Archives: June, 2008

WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER?: GOLDEN OR MELYSSA
FASHION PICKS: CELEB SWIM GUIDE
PICS/VIDEO: JAY-Z A SUCCESS AT THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
SPOTTED: WILL & JADA AT THE 46664 Concert
♫ HOT OR NOT: GYM CLASS HEROES & THE DREAM ♫
ROUNDUP: PARIS BENNETT PREGNANT / RUSSELL'S CHILD SUPPORT / MANDELA GIVE NAOMI THE BOOT
VIDEO: T.I. - NO MATTER WHAT
SPOTTED: CHRIS & RIHANNA MAKE ROUNDS IN HOLLYWOOD
CANDIDS: KANYE & PHARRELL AT LOUIS Vuitton's MENSWEAR Spring/Summer
♫ NEW MUSIC: ALGEBRA - "RUN & HIDE"
ON THE SET: F'N MTV FEAT. T.I, DAY 26, & RIHANNA
CANDIDS: ZOE / BEE / MEL B / KEYSHIA & FRANKIE / RIRI / TONI / MARIO / SELITA / TERRENCE / HALLE
SANTOGOLD IS MTV'S ARTIST OF THE WEEK
DADDY CANDIDS: CHRIS ROCK & DAUGHTER / KOBE & DAUGHTER / GARY & DAUGHTER
♫ HOT OR NOT: T-PAIN & LIL' WAYNE ♫
NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
SPOTTED: BEYONCE & IDRIS FILMING "OBSESSED"
EVENTS: DINNER HONORING NELSON MANDELA
PARTIES: BET LATE NIGHT AFTER PARTY HONORING STEPHEN HILL
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: LOVIE AUSTIN
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
2008 BET AWARDS - FASHION ROUNDUP
ROUND UP: LARRY & JULISSA BREAK UP? / DMX ARRESTED AGAIN / GARY SAYS NO 'CELEBRITY REHAB'
MAG COVERS: BARACK OBAMA COVERS ROLLING STONE
SPOTTED: SHAQ IN NYC
'08 BET AWARDS PERFORMANCE & SHOW
VIDEO: JENNIFER HUDSON - SPOTLIGHT
'08 BET AWARDS PRESSROOM & ARRIVAL PICS
FASHION ROUNDUP: MICHELLE OBAMA'S DRESS / OBAMA INSPIRES VERSACE / U.S VOGUE ON BLACK MODELS
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: OBAMA DROPS SEAL / TERRORIST ATTACK WOULD HELP MCCAIN? / WHAT ABOUT OBAMA?
BET AWARDS PRE-EVENTS: PRE-PARTY & DINNER
♫ HOT OR NOT: J*DAVEY - "MR. MISTER"
BET AWARDS PRE-EVENTS: CELEBRITY BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT / BET Oasis Spa Lounge (day 2)
ROUNDUP: JILL SCOTT ENGAGED / RUBEN TO WED / NATE DOGG ARRESTED / RIHANNA NOT DATING CHRIS?
GUESS WHO: SINGER CELEBRATES BET NOMINATION
PARTIES: SOLANGE CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY
NEWS: GAS PRICES!
EVENTS: 2008 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Awards
PARTIES: ISLAND DEF JAM TAG RECORDS LAUNCH
SPOTTED: BEYONCE ON THE SET
NEWS ROUNDUP: MANDELA CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY / STROKE AWARENESS PSA / SHARPTON DONORS SUBPOENAED
EVENTS: Teairra Mari hosts an event
WHAT THEY ROCK'D: RIHANNA EDITION
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: OBAMA REINTRODUCES HIMSELF / MCCAIN: $300M TO SOLVE ENERGY CRISIS / CLINTON OFFERS PRAISE FOR OBAMA'S ENERGY PLAN
CL EXCLUSIVE: BACKSTAGE WITH SOLANGE
SPOTTED: DAVE CHAPPELLE & CHRIS TUCKER LAUGHING IT UP
BET AWARDS PRE-EVENTS: BMI LUNCH / BET Oasis Spa Lounge
NEW MUSIC: Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash (snippet)
COUPLED UP: JANET & JERMAINE IN MILAN
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
TYRA WINS A DAYTIME EMMY
SPOTTED: HALLE BERRY IN LOS ANGELES
FEATURE: CONCRETE LOOP GRADUATES
SPOTTED: RIHANNA AT VARIOUS EVENTS IN NYC + HER NEW TATTOOS
SPOTTED: Beyoncé IN LOS ANGELES
WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER: RIHANNA OR KEYSHIA
CANDIDS: KEYSHIA & MAMA / THE ROCK / JOY / MEAGAN / HILL / KERI / TRACEE / GARCELLE
EVENTS: JADA & THE KIDS HIT UP ANOTHER PREMIERE
EVENTS: SERENA & VENUS AT Pre-Wimbledon Party
GUESS WHO: SPOTTED IN LONDON
♫ NEW MUSIC FROM KARINA PASIAN
WHEN DID SHE ROCK IT BETTER?: MEAGAN & HER YSL PUMPS
EVENTS: Cartier Love Charity Bracelet Launch
BLACK SUPER MODELS COVER VOGUE ITALIA
SPOTTED: RIHANNA ON 106 & PARK + OUT AND ABOUT IN NYC
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
EVENTS: ALICIA KEYS 'AS I AM' TOUR WRAP PARTY
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: FELA KUTI
SPOTTED: WILL SMITH ON PROMO MODE IN GERMANY & LONDON
MUSIC NEWS: LIL WAYNE GETS A MILLION + COLLAB WITH T-PAIN? / SANTOGOLD TO JOIN COLDPLAY
SPOTTED: CELEBS AT OBAMA FUND-RAISER
SPOTTED: BORIS & NICOLE IN CALI
FEATURE: CONCRETE LOOP GRADUATES
SPOTTED: RIHANNA PARTIES AT GUESTHOUSE + PICS OF HER AT TRL
VIDEO: KELLY ROWLAND PSA
EVENTS: Women In Film's 2008 Crystal Lucy Awards
EVENTS: U.K. 'ADULTHOOD' PREMIERE
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: OBAMA & CLINTON / MD'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE IN CONGRESS / MCCAIN'S NEW AD
MUSIC NEWS: Janet Jackson Prepares for U.S. Tour; speaks on Def Jam
♫ HOT OR NOT: JARVIS - "PRETTY GIRL"
SPOTTED: MEAGAN GOOD HITS UP TRL
MOVIE TRAILER: MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
GUESS WHO: SHOPPING IN BEVERLY HILLS
CANDIDS: MICHELLE / RIRI / COMMON / KID SIS / WILL / J. HUD / ESTELLE / MARTIN / NAOMI / LAURIEANN / THE ROCK
SPOTTED: MARY, KENDU & THE KIDS
EVENTS: Fashion Votes
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: GORE ENDORSES OBAMA / BUSH ENLISTS SPECIAL FORCES / PAUL DROPS OUT
HOW THEY ROCK: SHORT SHORTS
TV ROUNDUP: CNN'S 'BLACK IN AMERICA' / MICHELLE OBAMA TO HOST 'THE VIEW'
♫ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CHESTER FRENCH
GUESS WHO: ROCKING SOCKS AT THE AIRPORT
♫ ALBUM REVIEW: SEAN GARRETT - TURBO 919
FEATURE: CONCRETE LOOP GRADUATES
♫ NEW MUSIC FROM JOHN LEGEND
CANDIDS: RIHANNA / WHOOPI / TYGA & TRAVIS / FOREST & KEISHA / GAME / MEL B / THE ROCK / QUEEN LATIFAH / SELITA / SEAL & HEIDI / HALLE
CONCRETE LOOP IS ONE OF TIME'S BEST SITES OF '08
CONCERTS: Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash 13
WHAT THEY ROCK'D: SOLANGE / BEYONCE / GABRIELLE / SANAA
NEWS ROUNDUP: TOP PRODUCER OF BLACK GRADUATES / NASCAR UPDATE / REACTIONS TO RUSSERT'S PASSING
SPOTTED: CELEBS AT GAME 5
POLITICS: OBAMA GIVES SPEECH ON FATHERHOOD
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
EVENTS: WILL, JADA & THE FAM AT MOVIE PREMIERE
EVENTS: Kira Plastinina US Launch party
SPOTTED: JOY BRYANT IN NYC
NEWS: SNOOP DOGG'S WIFE ARRESTED FOR DUI
SPOTTED: FANTASIA & ZION SHOPPING
WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER: ESTELLE vs. SOLANGE
♫ WHO SANG IT BETTER: KILEY DEAN VS. BRANDY ♫
GUESS WHO: CHECKING IN HIS HOTEL
EVENTS: PSArts, Snow Queen Vodka And Fabucci Swimwear kick off
NEWS: R. KELLY ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS
SPOTTED: BEYONCE, JAY-Z & DANIEL IN NYC
NEWS: JOURNALIST TIM RUSSERT DIES / OBAMA UPDATE
FEATURE: CONCRETE LOOP GRADUATES
CANDIDS: AMERIE / ASHANTI / USHER / SOLANGE / PHARRELL / YAYA / NAOMI / MEL B / ICE CUBE / TRACEE
♫ NEW MUSIC: MISSY ELLIOTT - "BEST, BEST"
GUESS WHO: WINE TASTING IN NAPA VALLEY
VIDEO: SO SO DEF'S NEWEST ARTIST DONDRIA
COUPLED UP: WILL & JADA AT GAME 4
RANDOM PICS: ALICIA KEYS AT MOVIE PREMIERE
♫ NEWS: LIL WAYNE ON TOP / AMERIE SIGNS WITH DEF JAM
WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER?: KIM OR KEYSHIA
♫ HOT OR NOT: SINCERE - What I Been Waiting For
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
NEWS ROUNDUP: SOLDIER'S DEATH: SUICIDE? / DR. CARSON HONORED / EX-OFFICIAL SUES NASCAR
EVENTS: ALEXIS PHIFER'S "If Looks Could Kill" Party
VIDEO: CHRISETTE MICHELE - LOVE IS YOU
COUPLED UP: MEAGAN GOOD & THOMAS JONES
FASHION PICKS: FLOWER POWER!
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: MA RAINEY
WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER: TREY SONGZ vs. SWAY
SPOTTED: ZOE KRAVITZ IN NYC
MINI ROUNDUP: ASHANTI PROMO VIDEO DRAMA / TIMBALAND GETS MARRIED
EVENTS: Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum Bday Party at Tenjune
HOT OR NOT: LL COOL J feat. THE DREAM - BABY (block version)
FEATURE: CONCRETE LOOP GRADUATES
GUESS WHO: SPOTTED IN LOS ANGELES
NEWS ROUNDUP: OPRAH'S BIG SLIDE / SHARPTON ON BLACK LEADERS / MORE KILPATRICK DRAMA
RANDOM PICS: LIL KIM @ SPOTLIGHT LIVE
KIMORA SAYS SHE ISN'T A DIVA; TALKS ABOUT MARRIAGE
EVENTS: CELEBS AT SPOTLIGHT LIVE / LUDACRIS HOSTS WEBBY AWARDS AFTER PARTY
SPOTTED: CELEBS AT LAKERS vs. CELTICS GAME
WHEN DID HE ROCK IT BETTER: KANYE WEST
RANDOM PICS: LIL WAYNE, TYGA, TRAVIS & AKON HIT UP TRL
ROUNDUP: USHER ON RELATIONSHIPS / CHRIS FINALLY TALKS / STACEY DASH HURT ON SET
SPOTTED: SOLANGE SMILING IN NYC
CL GRADUATES: BRITTANY / Cyntrica / Erica / Chasitie / GARVIN / JAMILAH / Jennifer / RAVEN / Johntaá / SHANELE
♫ NEW MUSIC FROM BRYAN-MICHAEL COX
VIDEO: DIDDY DIDN'T CHANGE HIS NAME
SPOTTED: JOEL MADDEN ROCKIN' A DOPE MALCOLM X TEE
COUPLED UP: EVA & LANCE
GET THAT LOOK: HALLE'S CANDID STYLE
CONCRETE LOOP WANTS TO FEATURE GRADUATES...
SPOTTED: MICHELLE WILLIAMS AT fuse EVENT
PHOTO EXHIBIT: 'TURN AROUND' PART I
SPOTTED: SANTOGOLD IN CALI
FASHION PICKS: NIKE BLAZERS
SPOTTED: SERENA & COMMON IN CALI
VIDEO: NAS - "BE A NIGGER TOO"
♫ NEW MUSIC: N*E*R*D ft. SANTOGOLD & JULIAN CASABLANCAS - MY DRIVE THRU
VIDEO: DUO LIVE feat. ANGIE STONE - SUMMERSTACKS
CANDIDS: LISARAYE / DIDDY / JAY-Z / MIMI / T.I. / VANESSA / KYM / KEISHA / NELLY / GARY / JORDIN
MORE PICS OF SERENA IN EBONY
SPOTTED: METHOD MAN AT LAX
EVENTS: Heroes Celebrity Carnival Benefit
VIDEO: MAGIC JOHNSON PSA
♫ ALBUM REVIEW: N.E.R.D. - SEEING SOUNDS
EVENTS: SUSAN G. KOMEN 'RACE FOR THE CURE'
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
SPOTTED: KANYE WEST IN L.A.
POLITICS: RECESSION / OBAMA IN CHICAGO / HILLARY BACKS OBAMA
NEWS: TONI BRAXTON UPDATE
SPIKE vs. CLINT
VIDEOS: DWELE - "I'M CHEATIN"
SPOTTED: MARY & KENDU AT GALA IN LONDON
GUESS WHO: TWO FANS EXCITED
CANDIDS: ASHANTI & JA RULE / BOBBY / KIMORA / RUSS & Porschla / IMAN / RASHIDA / ESTELLE / MEL B / KELLY
WHO ROCK'D IT BETTER: CHRIS or USHER
VIDEO: ESTELLE - No Substitute Love
MAG COVERS: N*E*R*D COVERS YRB
♫ NAS' OFFICIAL FIRST SINGLE "HERO" ♫
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
SPOTTED: STACEY DASH AT PHOTOSHOOT
HILL HARPER'S NEW BOOK: LETTERS TO A YOUNG SISTER
EVENTS: COCA-COLA CELEBRATES ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL @ THE APOLLO
CANDIDS: KELLY / ASHANTI / HALLE / RIRI & CHRIS / NIECY / GOLDEN / JILL / CHRISTINA / JOY / NICK / TICHINA / AMERIE
♫ NEW MUSIC: NAS - "BLACK PRESIDENT" ♫
MAG COVERS: SERENA COVERS EBONY
EVENTS: 4th Annual Apollo Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
♫ HOT OR NOT: TAWANA - "TAKE ME"
VIDEO: Terrence Howard speaks about upcoming album
SPOTTED: MEL B OUT & ABOUT A LOT
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: BO DIDDLEY
GUESS WHO: SHOPPING IN LONDON
VIDEO: SOLANGE - "I DECIDED"
EVENTS: N*E*R*D CONCERT PRESENTED BY ZUNE
EVENTS: JILL SCOTT 'BUTTERFLY BRA' LAUNCH PARTY
POLITICS: HISTORY IN THE MAKING
SPOTTED: JAY-Z HAPPY ABOUT OBAMA NOMINATION
SPOTTED: ASHANTI PROMOTING NEW ALBUM
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
EVENTS: CFDA FASHION AWARDS
POLITICS: IT'S OVER AND THE WINNER IS...
♫ HOT OR NOT: NEW DTP ARTIST LE-LE
♫ ALBUM REVIEW: ASHANTI - THE DECLARATION
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: IT'S ALMOST OVER? / CLINTON WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES / CLYBURN SUPPORTS OBAMA
♫ THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW ♫
FASHION ROUNDUP: S&TC MOVIE BOOK IN STORES / SHOP KIM.K'S CLOSET / YVES SAINT LAUREN DIES
EVENTS: 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS
POLITICS: PUERTO RICO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RECAP
NEWS: OBAMA RESIGNS FROM TRINITY
CANDIDS: ALICIA / HEAVY D / T.I / HALLE / LATOYA & RUPAUL / BEYONCE & JAY-Z / MEAGAN / MICHAEL & CEE-LO / ASHANTI
♫ NEW MUSIC FROM T-PAIN ♫