The Hollywood Bubbly

The Essence Music Festival has plenty to celebrate this year. And it will be about a lot more than music, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc.
The festival, slated for July 3-5, will include events marking the festival's 15th anniversary and President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Headliners for the festival — billed as one of the nation's largest annual events celebrating black music and culture — will include Beyonce, John Legend, Teena Marie, Al Green and dozens of others.
I'm getting excited already (and I still dont' have my tickets).
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RiRi is looking absolutely fabulous on the Feb '09 cover of GQ Mexico.


Some of you may remember these photos from a photoshoot she did with Blender Magazine. But even still, they are still HOT.

Now after the departure of Aubrey and D. Woods last season on MTB, it was down to Shannon, Aundrea, and Dawn. Well, MTB 4 is back for another season but we're gon' have to see exactly how this plays out. Dawn broke the news to MTV yesterday night that DK is officially done...Put a fork in em'. In the video, she says that she showed up at their hotel to find out that she was the only one there. Aundrea didn't show up until the next day and Shannon, homegirl still hadn't showed up.

I don't know about ya'll but I'm totally pissed right now. I was already mad when D and Aubrey left but now, I'm really like so long to DK.

A very pregnant Kimora and boyfriend/fiance Djimon were spotted at a mall in Mexico City. The two were out there for a Baby Phat Store opening.

Absolutely DIVALICIOUS, big belly and all!

T.I. took it to the extreme at a recent performacce in Vegas.

He gave the crowd an up close and personal view of his curly pubic hairs. According to the photog who took this shot, the white thing in his hand is his shirt and he's giving it something special by rubbing it on his manhood before handing it to a fan.
Talk about big thangs poppin'....
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Reportedly, Kelly has kicked her father figure, Matthew Knowles, to the curb. Supposedly the 2 got into a heated argument which ended in her firing Matthew. Evidently Kelly has gotten fed up with not getting any play as a solo artist. On the cool, she needs to change careers or labels all together. Anywhoo, hopefully the best comes her way eventually.

According to a source, rapper Trina and baller Kenyon Martin are now engaged. Supposedly he proposed to her after seeing the relationship President Obama and Michelle has and felt he wanted to share that same love with his baddest chick. Sources are saying that the two will get hitched on Valentine's Day somewhere in Mexico. We'll see....

Apparently things are hard for everybody, even F-A-B-O himself.

Fab and his crew of about 20 deep were all at some restaurant in ATL ordering up loads of champagne and liquor. Well, the manager went over and requested a credit card to go ahead and start the tab. Card #1, DECLINE.....Card #2, DECLINE.....Card #3,4, and 5, DECLINE. Yup, supposedly Fab had 5 different cards that all declined. One member of Fab's entourage then goes outside, starts a fight with the bouncer, then he falls, hits his head on the ground, and starts bleeding. The manger calls an ambulance and when they arrive along with the police, the dude gets up and takes off running. But wait, there's still the tab that needs to get paid or somebody gon' be hitting the dishes. The remaining members of Fab's entourage all puts their 2 cents together and gets the bill taken care of.
Boy ain't that a mess. It's hard to tell if he's broke or just needs a new accountant to keep up with his expenses.