Wednesday, November 14, 2007

PICS/MAG EXCERPT: SANAA, GABRIELLE & NIA LONG IN ESSENCE MAG; ACTRESS DISH ON BLACK BLOGGERS.

Actresses Gabrielle Union, Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long will all be featured in Essence magazine's December 2007 issue. In this issue the women opened up and then some on several topics such as the trials and tribulations that go along with being a Black woman in Hollywood, seeking meaningful acting roles, staying true themselves and last, but definitely not least: dealing with the negativity on the Internet, specifically, the rants, rumors and just plain lies that are posted on various urban entertainment blogs written by Black woman, who as Gabrielle says are quick to 'rip us to shreds every two seconds from our nose to the weave to the clothes to the shoes to the ashy ankles.'

Well, I for one, am glad she isn't referring to me and mine. Let the records....and the blog post (peep the 'Hollywood Hottest Honeys...' or something like that further down on this page) show that I made a feeble attempt to post a blurb (although it was small, but at least I tried *folds arms on top of chest*) regarding Gabby's rumored shady ways with several men in the entertainment, music and sports industry.

Now, that I have said my piece, check out the excerpt of Gabby, Sanaa and Nia voicing their opinions as well as concern (and I can truly understand where they are coming from...cause Lord knows I be bout---yeah, I said 'I be bout'--to go off a la Benita Buttrell when someone says something off the wall about a couple of my favorite celebs) as they explain their utter disbelief on how it's Black women in the media (i.e., bloggers, magazine reporters, etc)...not the White media, who slander and scandalize their names the most...

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ON GOSSIP

Essence: How do you deal with the 24-hours-a-day gossip that comes out on the Internet?

Gabrielle: Just last week somebody gave me a baby. This isn’t Perez Hilton or the White gossip people, these are women of color, specifically Black women who, for whatever reason, don’t like the company I keep.

Sanaa: She’s talking about the gossip sites.

Essence: The blogs.

Sanaa: That are run by Black women.

Gabrielle: And now because everyone is clamoring for celebrity tidbits, the bigger gossip sites and even mainstream entities are picking up on it. No fact-checking, no nothing. And in one week’s time, there were like five different dudes, a baby—I’m a homewrecker. In literally seven days. I can’t point the finger at the White media. They don’t care about us. Paparazzi are not staked out in front of any of our houses. They are not going through our garbage because they don’t care about us in that way. So when you hear crap about us, it is coming from our own community, which hurts.

Nia: We are some of the few Black actresses whose passions are rooted in our community.

Gabrielle: There is this idea that there is integrity in journalism; if it’s written it has to be true. But that’s not the case. When blogs or any of the magazines get it wrong, there’s no accountability. In the next breath, they’ll complain on the blogs that we don’t have enough Black stars. Well, you rip us to shreds every two seconds from our nose to the weave to the clothes to the shoes to the ashy ankles.

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CELEB BABY NEWS, RUMORS & TRUTHS ON JENNIFER LOPEZ, HALLE BERRY & CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

Pregnant actress Halle Berry is devastated after learning boyfriend Gabriel Aubry plans to remain in New York following the birth of their first child next year (08). The Oscar-winner, who is five months pregnant, planned to raise the tot at her home in Los Angeles - but her French Canadian partner of two years reportedly wants to reside on America's east coast to further his modeling career. A source says, "She's been shocked by the news. Halle had always assumed Gabriel would move to the west coast so they could live together as one happy family. If Gabriel stays in New York, it'll mean long separations. She knows their relationship won't survive and has been begging him to change his mind."

But the 41-year-old actress is determined her baby will not experience the distant relationship she had with her own father. The source adds, "Halle hardly knew her own dad and they were still estranged at the time of his death, so she's desperate for her daughter to have a father she sees regularly."

Amd of what I heard is true, Halle is making the necessary moves in order to relocate from sunny Cali to the Big Apple. In the photos below, snapped back in early October, the mommy-to-be was spotted in the Tribeca area of New York City in searching for a home. If you ask me, it looks like Halle has no problem with supporting her man/baby daddy as well as his wish to elevate his modeling career and whatnot. That's just my opinion. Peep the pics for yourself.




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Bronx-bred beauty Jennifer Lopez is taking a break from her singing and acting career after a recent health scare alerted the star to the dangers of a miscarriage. The 38-year-old - who confirmed her pregnancy last week - was taken to a hospital after noticing spots of blood in her urine - and was ordered by her doctor to cut back on all strenuous activities. Lopez - who is rumored to be expecting twins - has been traveling around America to promote her latest album, Brave, and has just completed a U.S. tour with her husband Marc Anthony.

A source close to the star says, "She's petrified that something could go wrong (with her pregnancy). (The hospital visit) really shook her up. If she lost the babies, her life would be shattered." And the singer's doctor isn't the only concerned party - her mother, Guadalupe, has been trying for months to get her daughter to slow down. The insider adds, "Her mum's constantly been on the phone, telling her to calm down. Guadalupe's very no-nonsense and she's told Jen that she needs to take some time out of the limelight to enjoy her pregnancy and her babies when they arrive."

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Singer Christina Aguilera has held a blue-themed shower for her baby at her Los Angeles home, according to reports. People magazine reports that the 26-year-old star welcomed friends and family to the gift-giving ceremony in Beverley Hills over the weekend. The Grammy-winning artist cooed over presents such as blue socks and shirts for the child, a bassinet with blue bedding materials and matching diaper-changing equipment for the little tot, according to a source.

Over the past few weeks there had been intense speculation about whether Aguilera and fellow singer Jennifer Lopez were pregnant. Both have confirmed that they are expecting children and tabloid speculation has now moved onto the gender of their forthcoming bundles of joy. Last week, Aguilera told Glamour magazine that she was expecting a child with music producer Jordan Bratman. The couple have been married since November 2005.


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NEW PICS: BOYZ II MEN PERFORMING/SIGNING COPIES OF THEIR NEW CD, 'MOTOWN: A JOURNEY THROUGH HITSVILLE USA.'

Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris and Nathan Morris who happen to be the remaining members of Boyz II Men, the most successful Grammy Award winning R&B male group of all time, performed and signed copies of their new CD Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA at FYE in their hometown of Philadelphia Tuesday night. On Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA we hear the fellas not only pay tribute to, but also sing their own renditions of such Motown classic hits as The Temptations Just My Imagination, The Miracles Tracks Of My Tears, The Four Tops It's the Same Old Song/Reach Out I'll Be There, Stevie Wonder's Ribbon In the Sky, Marvin's Gaye Mercy, Mercy Me and more all produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson.

During their reign from 1992 to 1997, Boyz II Men sold 90 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide. I knew these guys were successful, but I didn't fathom just how much. FYI: Three of their #1 hits, End of the Road, I'll Make Love to You, and One Sweet Day (with Mariah Carey), set and broke records for the longest period of time a single remained at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. You learn something new everyday, huh?

Baritone-bassed and fourth member Michael McCary left the group and retired from music altogether back in 2003 (after the release of their 2002 Full Circle album) after being diagnosed with severe scoliosis...a chronic back ailment.




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NEW PICS: TI A MOWRY, CHRISTINA MILIAN, ROSHUMBA @ KEISHA WHITAKER'S 'KISSABLE COUTOURE' LAUNCH.

A handful celebs were on hand at Apothia at Fred Segal's in West Hollywood to help Forest Whitaker's wife Keisha, as she celebrated her partnership with make-up artist AJ Crimson in creating their new luxury cosmetics line Kissable Couture. Celebs in attendance included: Christina Milian (of course), Tia Mowry, Laurence Fishburne's wife, Gina Torres, Shondrella Avery, model Roshumba Williams and Access Hollywood co-host Shaun Robinson.




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BEYONCE'S TOO-SEXY BILLBOARD IN SIN CITY HAS RESIDENTS VEXED + IS BEY AIMING FOR A RIHANNA-INSPIRED ALBUM?

An advertisement featuring a bikini-clad Beyonce Knowles has angered locals in Las Vegas, after they complained the billboard was "obscene". The R&B beauty appears on an advert for the city's KWNZ radio station, but residents in Sin City are petitioning to have the raunchy image taken down. Resident Pamela Keeney says, "It's obscene. I have my two little grandkids coming over here, and they don't need to be seeing that. You can change the channel on the TV but you can't change that." Ward Ryan, another resident, has collected 100 signatures on a petition protesting the billboards, saying he was upset that Clear Channel installed it without permission.

But KWNZ has stood by the billboard and has received the backing of city spokesman Chris Good. Scott Seidenstricker, manager of KWNZ, says, "The billboards were taken from publicity shots and this is the way those people perform. So to show them in a jogging suit probably wouldn't be the right thing." Good adds, "It complies with all the locational criteria that are set out in our (advertising) code (of conduct)."

In related news, Knowles has enlisted the help of dance duo The Freemasons to help her create a pop album similar to R&B rival Rihanna's. The British music producers say Knowles is desperate to trade her heavy R&B sound in favor of a more dancefloor-friendly pop production. Freemasons star James Wiltshire says, "The album is going to be huge. It will rival anything the likes of Britney and Rihanna have done recently. Beyonce and her team can see where mistakes were made on the last album. It was very American, very R&B and stripped back. They want to go for a more international sound this time. She wants to hit as many audiences as possible." Wiltshire, together with partner Russell Small, helped Beyonce's tracks Beautiful Liar and Deja Vu reach number one in the United Kingdom.

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T.I. HAS SOME 'THANGS' TO GET OFF THAT BONEY, BEIGE BOARD HE CALLS A CHEST; RAPPER PROUDLY CLAIMS, 'IT'S NOT OVER....THE KING AIN'T DEAD!'

T.I. has spoken publicly for the first time since his arrest last month on charges of trying to purchase machine guns and silencers. In a grainy video posted Monday on his social networking site, StreetCred.com, the rapper proclaims his innocence, plugs his upcoming album, Paper Trail, and promises his fans that "the King ain't dead." Wearing a light-colored robe and a black stocking cap, Tip (identified onscreen as "Hip-Hop Icon") kicks off the nearly three-minute clip by strolling to a couch in the living room of his Atlanta-area mansion and directly addressing the camera about what he's been up to since a judge granted his request two weeks ago for home confinement as he awaits trial on the gun charges.

"I know a lot of people are concerned, given the current situation, and I want to say thank you for all the prayers and support coming from all my fans and my supporters," T.I., 27, says in the video. "It's a very trying time right now, but I want to let everybody know that I plead not guilty, and I gotta stress my innocence to everyone out there who's listening. I look forward to being exonerated on all charges. And I say that with the utmost sincerity. I can't stress that enough to ya, ya dig." He also gives a special shout out to the judge for "even allowing me the privilege of being on house arrest and being here instead of, you know, the clear alternative." He also warns fans not to believe everything they read about the case. "Don't even believe everythang you see on the news," he says. "Don't believe everythang you read in the papers, ya dig that?"

Uh, can I say something right quick? Thank you kindly:

Dear T.I./TIP/Clifford Harris:

First of all, Dude?! I mean, really...if I read the word 'dig' one more time...Besides, you ain't got to convince us. What you need to be working on is coming up with a bonafied testimony that will convince the judge/jury who may already have every intention in the judicial world and beyond to send your bony, beige, petite ass back to the concrete jungle!

Ya dig?!


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With his future uncertain, given the possibility of a prison sentence--10 years if convicted--T.I. says he can't wait to get back out into the public and promises fans that he's making good use of his time. "The good thing is, man, you know, I got a lot time on my hands...Man, we gonna get through this," he says. "To whom much is given, even more is required. ... God will never take you to what he can't take you through. ... So, I'm just listening to what God got to say right now. And that's what I'm doing, I'm being still. ... I'm being quiet, and I'm being still."

Waving an unlit cigar and promising more messages on the site, the rapper signs off saying, "...my main message is it's not over ... and the King ain't dead!"

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PICS: SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S HOTTEST HONEYS HANGING OUT IN HOLLYWOOD: RAVEN, GABRIELLE, MYA & CHRISTINA

Former Disney Channel actress Raven Symone was spotted at the 2007 annual CosmoGIRL! Born to Lead awards in New York City, looking beautiful as usual. Expect to hear a new album (Raven's fourth studio album to be exact) from Raven in 2008. Raven has also just wrapped her new movie, College Roadtrip, which also stars Martin Lawrence. (Search RealGossip 101's blog archives for more info *wink*).

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Awww, here's Christina Milian...nothing much going on with her...just showing her pretty face at another red carpet event. Oh, wait, she's supposed to be co-starring in a new sitcom with Mario Lopez (the Puerto Rican Saved by the Bell dude) which will is scheduled to air on the CW in January....that's if the writer's strike is over by then.



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...Nothing going on with her either. While she waits for her record company to dole out a release date for her 2-year-old new album...Ms. Mya can also be seen strolling the red carpets to numerous Hollywood events.



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Here's someone we can talk about! Gabrielle Union attended Tao's 2-year anniversary in Las Vegas recently. The star who has been rumored to have dated and/or hooked up with such celebs as Derek Jeter, Hill Harper (Gabrielle says she had to make sure Hill's lady knew there that nothing was going on), Dwayne Wade, Jamie Foxx (damn Gabby!) and Ludacris (well, not exactly...but keep reading to find out!) says she is still single...meaning she has no boyfriend...at all. Gabrielle told S2S publisher, Jamie Foster Brown, 'It's so funny, especially considering I sit at home alone many nights. I wish I had a good guy to go out with.' However, Gabrielle did admit to having a 'very close relationship' with rapper/actor Ludcris and says he's amused by the rumors. Mmmmm-hmmm.

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