'It Kills Me' by Jarius (Melanie Fiona)

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Who should play 'Jessica' in 'Roger Rabbit 2'?

With Hollywood confirming the news that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2" is in the works, you have to wonder if it's prudent to go the cartoon route or give the mantle of "leading lady" to someone of the fleshly realm.Not since Marylin Monroe has a screen starlet ramped up the testosterone types like the one and only Jessica Rabbit.Here are a few candidates taken...

The Demise of the Soul Album

It is on pleasant autumn days such as this that I wantonly miss the good old days of music: Soul albums.To be more specific, the texture and warm feel of a vinyl record that produces soulful sounds. I miss linear notes. I miss the cover art, big and bold colors that were as much a part of the music as the sonic impressions coming out of the speaker.Now we have...

Celebrities come out for 'Precious' premiere

The movie that everyone's talking about, "Precious," based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire premiered to raucous praise and support recently by some of Hollywood's A-listers.The film's director, , has a hilarious quote about how he inroduced himself at Cannes, by saying, "I’m a little homo, I’m a little Euro and I’m a little ghetto.” To say that the film is...

Chris Brown's album cover for 'Graffiti'

Chris Brown has released the album art for his forthcoming LP 'Graffiti'. The style is kinda "Star Wars" meets "Space Jam" if you ask me (What's with the Hans Solo boots dough?)I don't know, Chris. When people think of you they still see Rihanna's beat-up face -- at least this year -- and it just may be a bit too premature to come out so hard. But what do I...

TV's top prime female: Tyra is No. 1

First of all, we can't count Oprah Winfrey, because her show is not considered "primetime." If it did, then this wouldn't even be close.But Tyra Banks is the No. 1 earner among women on primetime TV, according to Forbes.While there are other aspiring media moguls out there, none of them have pulled it together across such a broad spectrum as T. Banks. Tyra,...

Celebrity costumes for Halloween

Well it was a scary night for some celebrities, and we're not talking about the VMAs.All Hallow's Eve brought out the demonic kid in more than just a few celebrities, including the First Couple. I think Michelle Obama was dressed as the Southern University mascot, while Barack Obama came as Mr. Rogers. Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey: Schtick at NiteNick and MiMi...

Beyonce to do Thanksgiving Special on TV

In a case of network television bringing superstardom to your living rooms, ABC says it will broadcast Beyonce on Nov. 26 for a Thanksgiving special.The special is geared to promote the deluxe edition of Beyonce's album "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" and a live CD/DVD.The fact that "I Am" was released in 2008 shows you that Bey is serious about not producing any new...

Tyra for Halloween: Pepa???

Tyra Banks, illustrating her addiction to all kinds of wigs, called herself trying to dress up for Halloween as Kim Kardashian this week. The only problem is that she inadvertently pulled a dead ringer for Pepa of Salt and Pepa. To call the similarities stunning would be an understatement. I halfway expected Tyra to go into full "Push It" mode ("You really got...

The Gucci Joy Bag

Okay, so they call it a joy bag for a reason, eeeight? I don't exactly know why but it is what it is, okay? Gucci has some of the most ferocious stuff on the market so they must know what they're talking about, right?Get more Gucci bags her...

Raphael Saadiq: Lonesome Soul Singer

Wow, it seemed like yesterday when the sweet sounds of Tony! Toni! Toné, the Oakland-based family trio, engulfed urban radio.Raphael Saadiq, formerly, Raphael Wiggins, has always had a lonesome streak.Hard to believe that Saadiq's "Ask of You," his biggest song to date, was released in 1995 (on the "Higher Learning" soundtrack no less).Saadiq is content to carry...

Ipod Ghetto Blaster

Just when you thought the 1980s were dead and gone, Apple has turned the supreme old-school beat box on its head with the Ipod beat box cradle. The box holds a powerful Ipod and blasts digital goodness throughout the bou.le.vard.Get it - for the low low -$188 @ Amaz...

Lina: Totally Slept On Singer of the Decade

If it wasn't for Michael Baisden's radio show, you probably wouldn't know the sounds of Lina, the Hidden Beach recording artist who has truly been an underground in her quest for stardom.Lina has been around a loooong time, I should know, I copped her first joint, way back in the late 1990s. Immersed in the "neo soul" movement back then, urban radio just didn't...

Twitter Beard Masks: Trick or Tweet?

The holiday mask season is in overdrive as youngens scurry about the stores to find costumes to look spooky in. One of the more curious items this year is the Twitter Beard Mask.NOw, if you already have a beard then it's not much use to you, but if you don't then ... You can download the Twitter beard mask, cut it out and commence to scaring people immediately...

ATL Halloween party: J.D., Dallas Austin, etc.

If you're down for a scary-good time then Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri and Leo Marshall have got some bloody fun for you. If you're in the ATL, check it ou...

Farrah Franklin: Destiny Fullfilled?

Farrah Franklin used to be in Destiny's Child, for those of you who don't recognize the face. Franklin, a teen model, was used as an extra in Destiny Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" video and was personally tapped by Mathew Knowles (along with Michelle Williams) to join the group. She lasted less than year, hearing about her firing from MTV, of all sources.Since...

Prince had a house party, y'all

The high-heeled Purple One -- the baddest man alive know that the King of Pop is dead, yes, i'm talking about Prince, the one and only -- welcomed people into his home this past weekend for what surely was a surprise as the bitter cold starts to envelope the Twin Cities.Prince had a little free concert at his Paisley Park studios/home to bring attention to something...

What's up with Michelle Williams?

Destiny be damned, singer Michelle Williams is prepping for another album that probably won't see the light of day until mid- to late 2010. Since her days in the greatest-selling female pop group of all time, Michelle has recorded gospel music, returned to pop music, and even set her sights on Broadway.Michelle has been successful in whatever genre she's done;...

Gucci can sell anything

We don't even know what this is (update: One of those tops that have an identical top inside of it, and an identical smaller one inside of it and it goes on to infinity), but you put Gucci on it, and people buy that kind of thing. Well, they used to before this stuf...

Model chicks still being 'Shopped

The quest to get "real" women with "real" shapes continues in the fashion world: The above model was photoshopped to look svelte, "slim."Girls and impressionable women who see this magazine cover will no doubt subconsciously believe that skinny chicks are the way to fame, glamor and glitz."Down with stick chicks!" "Down with stick chicks!" repeat: "Down with...

Hot Shoes: Would You Rock These?

If wish I could tell you where these are located, but ... me can't do that. At the momen...

Rihanna: ReSpectacled

Your girl Rihanna has rocked many different kinds of glasses/shades along the way?Does Ms. Fenty actually wear glasses in real life?We think so, but she's not the kind to keep them clear-lens. She has rocked shades of any kind and many kind through the years.But is she blin...

The Hotness: Fendi Ipod Bag

I told you I got you for the sales season. If you're "heavy" into the gadgets, try this Ipod accessory bag from Fendi. Designed by Karl Lagerfeld, the iPod case easily holds 12 iPods (do you have enough music for 12 Ipods?). That's one for every day of the week, plus holidays. Maybe you can download that new Melanie Fion...

Ciara: Braids are Back

Leave it to that ATL style maven Ciara Harris to bring it back to the Motherland with the braids.]Ciara was seening out on the town in Los Angeles and then later via U-stream rocking the cornrow look.For you history buffs, you may wonder, so who was the person who brought cornrows to the forefront of American celebrity culture?Wikipedia says: A common way of...

Is Ashanti Still Hot?

Is Ashanti still hot?Does she still have it?Fresh off her stage debut in the multi-week run of "The Wiz," and free of her record label woes with The Inc, AND free of a longterm relationship with rapper Nelly, (well, maybe) one has to ask: What's up with Ashanti these days?The last we saw of her she performed with Ja Rule at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors, but as of...

Who is Melanie Fiona?

About every few years there's an artist that you hear one time, and your mind makes a mental footnote. The chords, the vocals, the style, everthing feels right.So it is with Melanie Fiona's debut offering on urban radio at the moment.So who is Melanie Fiona? Urban radio's answer to Amy Winehouse, to put it succinctly.The Toronto native has yet to release an...

The Hotness: LED Lashes

The Korean art-design collective known as SooniPark has come up with a novel way to stand out at the club: LED lashes.If you want to order some of these, please hit me up via email. Feel free to do it yourself, but you'll need to know some Korea...

Celebrity Style: Melyssa Ford (Oops)

Hey, sometime we're working so hard, and we just perspire and we, well, sometimes we just get a little wet under the pits (Couldn't the photographer say something though...

Christopher Brown: Revisited

Well, you knew it would come to this, didn't you?The rehabilitation of Chris Brown is in full effect, with a new album ready to be dropped and a slew of marketing and promotion to do.So, will you buy "it"?No, not the fact that a mere adolescent is asking the world to forgive him for a crime that was made worse by the media's boundless publicity of it. It's not...

Zoe Kravitz shares skin secrets

The eccentric Zoe Kravitz, the lovechild of rocker Lenny Kraviz and actress Lisa Bonet, is sharing skin secrets with the world these days.The "family" secret, which comes to us from Teen Vogue, comes from her mother, (remember her? The wayward Huxtable?).Zoe says: "My mom told me to use coconut oil instead of body lotion. It makes my arms and legs feel amazing....

Eva and Tony in Sexy Photoshoot

Celebrity couple Eva Longoria and Tony Parker recently posed for a London Fog ad campaign.London Fog is using celebrities as the holiday season ramps up, and the San Antonio Spurs guard and his television actress wife are the second high-profilers to be featured. Earlier this year, London Fog used supermodel Gisele Bundchen (who is married to another star athlete,...

Did Toccara sell out?

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Lil Mama. Spotted. Again

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Celebrity Style: Bey

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'Balloon Boy' listens to Kelly Rowland album, vomits

This was just too hilarious to pass up. Destiny's Child and Balloon Boy. Togethe...