Look! It’s Brandy and Monica kicking at in ATL on Wednesday night. Brandy performed at the V-!03 soul session and Monica stopped by because they haven’t seen each other in years. Good stuff and shout out to Freddy O for the pics.
President-elect Barack Obama was chosen as Time magazine’s person of the year for their Dec. 29, 2008/Jan. 5, 2009 double issue.
“For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the president-elect is TIME’s Person of the Year,” according to the magazine.
The cover image was created by artist Shephard Fairey, who also created the popular Hope image.
Al Sharpton, left, and Caroline Kennedy have lunch at famed soul food restaurant Sylvia’s in Harlem, New York, Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. The late President John F. Kennedy’s daughter acknowledged Thursday that she is seeking to be appointed to the U.S. Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state.
Actress Taraji P. Henson (pictured above at an ‘Benjamin Button’ screening in NYC last week) received three nominations on Thursday for the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards. Two for her performance in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (best supporting actress and ensemble cast) and one as part of the “Boston Legal” TV series ensemble.
Other notable nominees included, Phylicia Rashad for Best Actress in a TV Movie for ‘Raisin in the Sun’ and Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture for ‘Doubt’.
For this edition of Who Rock’d It Better we have Danity Kane’s Dawn Richards and socialite Kim Kardashian wearing the same Dolce & Gabbana strapless dress.
Dawn first wore the dress at a Rock The Vote party in September and Kim wore the dress earlier this month at a video game launch party. Take your pick…
Singer Leona Lewis was spotted getting some Christmas shopping done at Barneys in New York on Thursday. Lewis was recently named PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian along with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis.
(L-R) Damon Peruzzi, Kelis, Publicist Tracy Nguyen and Estelle attend the 2008 IPR holiday party and birthday party for Tracy Nguyen at Mr. West on Wednesday night in New York City. Other guests included: Akon, Nick Cannon and more.
Check out the PSA announcing CommunityofVeterans.org, the first online social network exclusively for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, join the veterans-only online community to connect with people who know where you’re coming from. Share your experiences and help others make the transition to civilian life.
CL favorite Kid Sister recently hosted MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation T-Shirt Launch. The organization partnered with designer label Trovata who designed a t-shirt currently selling at Urban Outfitters and the MTV Store with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the Staying Alive Foundation, which gives grants to young people around the world working on AIDS/HIV prevention.
