Rapper/Actor Common arrives at the InStyle/Warner Bros. after party for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Oasis Court on Sunday in Beverly Hills, California.
Actress Joy Bryant arrives at the Art Of Elysium’s 2nd annual Heaven Gala on Saturday Los Angeles, California.
Army Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks acted as a stand-in for President-elect Barack Obama and Navy Seaman 1st Class LaSean McCray acted as a stand-in for Michelle Obama on the West Front of the Capitol during a dress rehearsal for the Inauguration Ceremony on Sunday, January 11th.
Thousands of participants involved in the swearing-in ceremony and parade, law enforcement, safety, and other participants practiced for the January 20th inaugural for the 44th US President Barack Obama.
Check out more photographs from the inaugural rehearsal and parade.
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint listens to comedian Bill Cosby speak during a live taping of ‘Meet the Press’ at the NBC studios Sunday, January 11th in Washington, DC. The panel discussion was focused on the incoming President-elect, Barack Obama and his administration. (Click here to view video)
Guess who attended the press conference for the new BET Reality Show, Harlem Heights? Hint: She used to date a very popular rapper from 2005-2006.
Singer Grace Jones performs on stage as part of the Sydney Festival 2009 at The Enmore Theatre on Sunday in Sydney, Australia.
John Legend performed at The Pearl in The Palms Resort and Casino on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
♫ Ciara feat. Chris Brown - Turn Me On (snippet) - listen
Even though this is just a snippet, this is the type of dance music that I was expecting for Ciara to give me this time around. Like I said, there have been some good songs that I’ve heard come from these Fantasy Ride sessions. I knew a collaboration between these two wasn’t far away, considering that show that they gave us for the BET Awards. In any event, I’m eager to hear some more of the new material Ciara’s got under her sleeve, considering so much has leaked.
♫ Lil’ Wayne feat. Pharrell Williams - Yes (full) - listen
Check out this new Lil’ Wayne track, produced by Pharrell Williams, of The Neptunes. I actually really think the beat is pretty funky, and according to our friends at Rap-Up.com, the track only took Pharrell 3 minutes to produce. I’m not surprised. I’m not sure what this track is coming form, considering that Weezy just dropped a mixtape and his currently on his I Am Music tour with T-Pain, Keyshia Cole and Keri Hilson.
3x Grammy Award winner and actress Jill Scott, 36, is pregnant with her first child, as she revealed to reporters at the Television Critics Association conference in Los Angeles on Friday.
Promoting her new HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, based on the popular novels by Alexander McCall Smith, Scott said she discovered that she was pregnant just before leaving for Botswana where she filmed the show.
“The first trimester I spent in Botswana,” said the star, “That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. First trimester! You’re sick every morning. It was seven hours time difference, the heat, the bugs, the 14 hour days. But my doctors gave me a clean bill of health and said you can do this, so I did it.”
She is engaged to drummer Lil’ John Roberts and is due on April 25th.
In this week’s address, President-elect Barack Obama highlights the challenges facing our struggling economy and introduces a report by Drs. Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein that confirms the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will save or create 3-4 million jobs.
Mayor Sheila Dixon listens during a news conference on Friday. A Maryland grand jury indicted her on 12 criminal counts, including theft and perjury, for alleged official misconduct beginning when she was a councilwoman.
Prosecutors say Dixon received a number of gifts from developers and didn’t properly disclose them. Additionally, for four years she misused holiday gift cards intended for needy families to buy herself clothing and electronics and as gifts for members of her staff. Continue Reading »
