Gwen Stefani appears on the cover of "Elle" magazine

Gwen on how pregnancy challenged the superwoman image she had of herself: "I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn't want people to know (I was pregnant). I didn't want to become the Gwen Freak Circus Show – 'Watch it grow onstage.'"
Gwen on Kingston: "Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere, 'cause I'm still nursing. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name – total Rasta boy."
Gwen on her relationship with rocker Gavin Rossdale: "Of course me and Gavin have problems, sometimes. Everyone does. We've been together for over 10 years. This is, like, the real deal."

Miami is still 2007's celebrity hotspot destination. Trina was spotted at the bday bash celebration for director and Tyra Banks ex John Singleton. Comedian Eddie Griffin was there as well. The event was held at Social Snacks at 510cean.


Just why at Trina's weave?!?!


Jay-Z, Vivica A Fox, Nick Cannon, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson were some of the big names supporting the GM Style benefit in Michigan Saturday night.

Beyonce was not lying about 'upgrading' Jay-Z's sense of style. Jay-Z let his swagger do the walking.

Speaking of which,

"They're not hitched yet, but Beyonce and Jay-Z are ready to play house. The couple checked out several cribs while vacationing in the Dominican
Republic over the holidays. According to E! Online, they visited Oscar de la Renta's Casa de Campo, a private community that features secluded beaches, police and fire departments and 20 swimming pools. Maybe the prospect of buying some posh new digs prompted Jay-Z to slap his name on the new Yukon Denali SUV by General Motors, reports the New York Post. The cruiser is pimped
out in a hue he calls "Jay-Z blue." This partnership apparently made
Beyonce think he's going to pop the question soon, so she ran out and bought a white Guy Laroche gown." {TMZ}

The color of the car behind him is "Jay-Z blue."

J-Hud worked the red carpet.

Afterwards she was spotted at 71st Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards in a sleek black gown.

John Legend made black and white Converse sneakers sexy!

Nick Cannon was the gentlemen escorting Minka Kelly out on the runaway.


and his reward was a red lipstick kiss on the cheek. Play on player!
My fellow Bronx chica Rosie Perez represented.


Vivica A Fox sashayed down the runway. I prefer her "Two Can Play that Game" look much better. What she is doing to her physical looks she needs to stop it! And check her out without makeup during the fittings. Um no.


Ashley Scott, Mario Lopez and Vanessa Minnillo shared a laugh backstage.

Jennifer Hudson and Vanessa Minnillo posed backstage.

Jay-Z and Nick Cannon backstage.

Natasha Duffy, John Salley and Jennifer Hudson. John attempted to plant a kiss on J-Hud's hand.

and succeed.

Caridee English, fresh off her America's Next Top Model win, was there.

Anna Nicole Smith, Hulk Hogan, Shaq, and Fat Joe attended the boxing match for James Toney vs Sam Peter at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Anna Nicole I'm speechless.
Father and son Hulk and Nick Hogan...

Shaq always maintain his fresh style.

Fat Joe bought along his wife. (That's her right behind her man.)

More pictures from the 'Violator James Brown Tribute Party at the Canal Room in New York City' celebration featuring Melyssa Ford, QTip and Malinda Williams has resurfaced.

Sexy chocolate (That's Q-Tip to you and yours).


Check out Malinda up in the background.

Pharoahe Monch. Be sure to look up his internet only music video, "Gun Draws" on YouTube!

Malice from The Clipse, Doug E. Fresh and Big Tigger came out for NBA Star Gilbert Arenas' 25th Birthday with a Private Party Hosted by Diddy at LOVE in Washington, DC.





Forest Whitaker with his wife Keesha posed for the cameras at the 71st Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards.


Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman at the 18th International Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Gala. (Yes ladies this picture is hot! Two talented actors.)

Juicy tidbits:

Oprah got blackmailed. What a shame at the lengths folks will take to sue!

"A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5
million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.
Keifer Bonvillain, 36, targeted a person identified
only as "a public figure and the owner of a Chicago-based company," according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. The Chicago Tribune and the
Chicago Sun-Times, citing unnamed sources, reported Saturday that Bonvillain's target was Winfrey.
Bonvillain, of Atlanta, was arrested Dec. 15 in the
parking lot of an Atlanta hotel and released on $20,000 bail. He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Chicago on Monday.
According to the complaint, Bonvillain met a California-based employee of the Chicago company at
a party more than two years ago, then recorded conversations with the employee about the owner and her business.
In mid-October he sent the owner an e-mail, telling her an employee said awful things about her, the complaint
states. A month later, Bonvillain sent a letter saying he had tapes of the conversations, an FBI agent alleges in the complaint. In response, another
associate of the company called Bonvillain and learned he had taped 12 hours of those discussions.
Over the next few weeks, Bonvillain told the associate he wanted to publish a book based on the tapes and claimed he had received offers of $500,000 to $3 million from tabloids and book publishers, the complaint said.
"There are a lot of people who would want these,"
Bonvillain said, according to the complaint.
The associate, who was working with the FBI, agreed to a $1.5 million price, wired Bonvillain $3,000 in
earnest money and arranged to meet him in the parking lot, the complaint said. Bonvillain was arrested the next day.
Bonvillain told the Sun-Times the charges were a misunderstanding. "There is nothing to it," he said.
"It's nothing. It was a big mix-up." {Source}


Beyonce on the downside of fame:

"Work is my drug. I'm not worried about having a
breakdown. "There are negative sides to fame, sure. It's hard to find yourself then everyone tells you everything you do is excellent. It's hard to stay humble, hard to make friends. It's hard to know who is real. "It's also hard if you don't have people you trust before you become famous." Preach Beyonce preach!


LaToya Jackson delivered a baby while filming her new reality TV show, "Armed & Famous."

"[LaToya Jackson] was training as a reserve police officer in Muncie, Indiana as part of the new show, when she came to the aid of stranded young mother-to-be on 16 December... "I helped deliver a baby girl on the freeway. I lifted the woman out of the car and helped take her to a midwife. It changed my life." [Source]
Music news:

Beyonce who's had auditions for backup dancers in Houston Texas, is re-releasing "B'Day" with two Spanish language tracks.

"With Beyonce's Spanish-language version of
"Irreplaceable" flying up Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, the "Dreamgirl" is dreaming of crossover.
The R&B starlet said in an interview with univision.com -- and sources confirm -- that she will rerelease her "B'Day"
album with four Spanish tracks. The Columbia release debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart 17 weeks ago; it is currently at No. 12. One of the additional tracks, "Beautiful Liar," will be a duet with Shakira.
"Irreplaceable" is also No. 12, on Billboard's airplay-based Hot Latin Songs chart. Beyonce is currently featured on univision.com, which is sponsoring a contest where fans can download a free ringtone and enter to win a
trip to her July 21 concert in Mexico." {Source}

More on Beyonce. She's releasing an album to be release Summer 2007.

Beyonce Plans 3rd Album Late Summer 2007
Straight off of the hills of her career defining sophmore effort B-day, the inspiring Dreamgirl Beyonce, plans to release yet another album mid to late 2007. The multi platinum, 9 time Grammy-award winning superstar announced during an interview with Reuters that she plans to create yet another banner year for 2007. After currently being nominated for 2 Golden Globe nominations, and preparing for a Summer world tour, the diva shows no signs of slowing."I've never been the type of person to not work" she explained. "Many artists release albums then go away for several years until releasing another one. I love to work because this is what I love to do." The newly acclaimed actress who has been hailed critical acclaim for her starring role in the film remake of the broadway musical Dreamgirls, also said that many of the songs on her third album will be leftovers from B-Day. "I'm looking to start writing new songs at the beggining of the year, then hopefully find time to record them in between dates of my world tour in the Spring." She explained. The singer also stated that she had many upcoming movies in the works, including a thriller about a dangerous woman who falls in love with an undercover cop. "I'm so excited." she exclaimed. " I never dreamed I would have so many opportunities to do what I love." The new album is expected to be released in the late Summer of 2007, along with production of her new movie starting later in the year with a release date of February 27, 2008.
{http://www.beyoncedaily.org/}

Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill recorded a duets on Tim McGraw's new album. Aww !

"Country star Tim McGraw will release his next album, featuring a pair of duets with wife Faith Hill, on March 27. "Let It Go" (Curb Records) will be the follow-up to 2004's "Live Like You Were Dying." McGraw is backed by his touring band, the Dancehall Doctors, marking the group's third appearance on his recordings. Hill duets on "Shotgun Rider" and "I Need You." Another country star, Big Kenny of Big & Rich, penned the album's first single, "Last Dollar." The video for that song premiered after the stroke of midnight January 1 on CMT." {Source}

Alicia Keys insists music is her passion not acting. {Pictured is Alicia on the set of "The Nanny Diaries."}

"R&B star Alicia Keys insists she will never give up singing, even if she enjoys huge success as a Hollywood actress. The singer plays a glamorous assassin in new film “Smokin Aces.” And although Keys has always dreamed of being a movie star, she has vowed to keep music her number one priority. She says, "I need music - it helps me as a person. I'm working on my new album and I'm excited about it. "I've been close to acting since I was a little girl. It's always been a part of my life. I was just waiting for the right time. It's exciting to enter another world where you are not yourself. You can dive 100 percent into it and be totally liberated by it."

Halle Berry at the Oscars. This was a truly unforgettable moment. I cried along with her. I appreciate the fact Halle name drop if not all talented African American actress in the business. I also remember dang her makeup did NOT rub off and she's still flawless. Read and watch her acceptance speech [here]