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*Whitney Houston’s life, her influences and how she will be remembered are among the topics covered in a special issue of Entertainment Weekly with the late superstar on the cover. At the Grammys, Bonnie Raitt, Diane Warren and other major music industry figures spoke to EW about her influence on their own work and on [...]
*The supermodels appearing in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue were revealed during Monday night’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” and among the 21 chosen were Adaora, Kirby Griffin and Ariel Meredith. Adaora was photographed by Walter Iooss Jr. in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The swimsuit is by Anna Kosturova. Watch her video below. Kirby [...]
*TMZ has posted a photograph of what it says is the bathtub where the body of Whitney Houston was discovered. The picture below, according to the website, was taken moments after police and EMTs removed the singer’s body from the bathroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel. It shows the tub still filled with water, and [...]
*Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer of “The Help” joined their fellow Oscar nominees Monday at the 84th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon, an annual rite of passage held in Beverly Hills for those whose work has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The gathering, which included Meryl Streep, George Clooney and [...]
*Beyonce showed up at her hubby Jay-Z’s first gig at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, turning heads just by walking into the show in her first public appearance since the birth of Blue Ivy Carter last month. She sported a form-fitting Alice Temperly dress, four-inch Christian Louboutin heels and held a gold Alexander McQueen clutch. [...]
*”American Idol” season 6 winner Jordin Sparks, whose dad Phillippi “PJ” Sparks was a Defensive Back for the New York Giants, spent Sunday watching the Giants beat the Patriots with boyfriend Jason Derulo as he continues to recover from a fractured neck. Sparks tweeted Sunday that she was watching the big game with her “boo,” [...]
*Willow Smith has whipped her hair all the way off. The 11-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith posted a photo on her WhoSay page via Twitter on Thursday showing her newly-shaved head – with no explanation for the drastic change. Smith, who now looks like her father’s twin, scored a hit in 2010 [...]
*Rihanna has traded in her brown curls for a bleached blond blow-out. The 23-year-old singer tweeted a topless photo of herself Thursday night with the message: “#Back2Work 1st Cover of the year!!!! #ELLE.” While Rihanna has gone blonde hair before — recently sporting a blond pixie wig for an Armani Jeans ad campaign and an [...]
*Bowlegged Lou says he and his group Full Force have always enjoyed a special relationship with Don Cornelius – so much so that the creator and host of “Soul Train” agreed to participate in the band’s “Unsung” special that premiered Monday, despite having turned down every single request from TV One to participate in other [...]
*While Christina Aguilera was belting out Etta James’ signature song “At Last” at her funeral on Saturday – a moment captured live on CNN – the blogosphere was lighting up with inquiries about the substance that appeared to be running down her leg. While Twitter and gossip websites joked about what the dark liquid could [...]
*With the film “My Week With Marilyn” currently in theaters and NBC’s upcoming drama “Smash” about the mounting of a Marilyn Monroe Broadway musical, Rihanna is now jumping into the Marilyn resurgence by taking her “Thug Life”-tatted fingers and throwing down $160,000 for a portrait of the Hollywood icon made of 65,000 crystals. The singer commissioned [...]
*”The Help” got the upper hand in the Oscar race on Sunday when the movie won three awards from the Screen Actors Guild, including best cast in a surprise over silent movie romance “The Artist.” “The Help,” which came into the show with a leading four nominations, also earned the best actress award for its [...]
*Michael Jackson’s three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — memorialized their late father with a hand and footprint ceremony outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood Thursday. “This, right here, is his lifetime achievement award,” Prince, 14, told the crowd. “This is what he strived to get, and this is what we are giving him [...]
*Lingerie label Etam lined up a bevy of disco divas to model their product at Paris Fashion Week on Monday, including Grace Jones, Chaka Khan, Gloria Gaynor, Sister Sledge, and the Pointer Sisters. [Watch highlights from the runway show below.] Etam, famed for their ability to shock, showcased their new Spring / Summer 2012 collection [...]
*First Lady Michelle Obama sported a sapphire blue dress by Los Angeles-based designer Barbara Tfank for the State of the Union address. The designer described it as a “criss cross bodice cap-sleeved slim dress in silk twill.” Mrs. O also wore Barbara Tfank — a floral print dress from the resort collection — last May [...]
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