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Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def weekend continued last night with a white party held at Woodruff Arts Center.? The event was hosted by Sanaa Lathan, Gabrielle Union, Nia Long & Regina King and was DJ’d by none other than the A’s own Lil Jon.? Check out the flix of Nelly, Bow Wow, Avery Storm, Chingy (who was with actress Mari Morrow all night): Continue Reading…
Check out the pics from last nights NAACP Image Awards?show.? I missed it…dammit!? Unfortunatly, I chose “Lost” over the awards show!?
Judging from the pics, there was lots of Black folks dressed up and smellin good! The A’s own Tyler Perry looked mah-velous as well as Keisha Knight Pulliam and Sanaa Lathan.? Omarion looked zestfully clean and Megan Good even let her brows grow out for this event!?
One comment…who let Robin Givens out and WTF was going on with Eva Pigford??
Way more pics after the jump…
Tyler Perry is currently negotiating with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson to star in “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys”, a drama Perry wrote and will direct and star in for Lionsgate.?
Already on board are Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard and Rockmond Dunbar. The project will begin shooting March 2nd at Tyler Perry Studios here in Atlanta.
The script focuses on two families from different sides of the tracks that become intimately involved in love and business.?
The Family That Preys is Perry’s sixth for Lionsgate.? He scored his last hit with Why Did I Get Married? and will follow The Family That Preys by directing Madea Goes to Jail,” based on his stage play. Lionsgate opens Perry’s Meet the Browns, starring Angela Bassett, David and Tamela Mann and Lamman Rucker on March 21. (Source)
In related news, Jennifer Hudson’s next film, her first since winning the Oscar for her performance in Dreamgirls, will be released this summer. Miss Hudson has the devine pleasure of joining the reunited Sex in the City crew in Sex and the City: The Movie! Oh how I wish it were me!!?
Sanaa Lathan has been busy as well working on the film version of the Broadway play, A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sean “Diddy” Combs and Phylicia Rashad.? The film will be shown at Sundance this year before it airs on ABC Television February 25th. Both projects are “must-sees” for me! Check out the trailer to A Raisin in the Sun(hosted by Diddy of course!) below:
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Keri Hilson covers “Fader Magazine”!? (Concrete Loop)
Movie Stills: “A Raison in the Sun” w/Sean “Diddy” Combs, Sanaa Lathan & Phylicia Rashad ~ TV Version to air in February ’08 (Real Gossip 101)
Tiny & T.I. are expecting a baby boy!? It’ll be T.I.’s fifth child and the couple’s second after 3-year-old King Harris.? Tiny posted the information on her MySpace page last week. Congrats! (Crunk & Disorderly)
Janet Jackson’s Feedback Video (Snippet) – Full Video Premieres Tomorrow (WorldStarHipHip)
Seen in the “A” ~ Yung Joc and Fantasia chillin on a romantic date at Friday’s Restaurant in Buckhead. A source has revealed that the couple wined and dined and then skipped out on a measly $58 tab…! Come on now…we know that Joc has to pay all his legal bills…but dayum! $58 bucks?!?? Get it together people!
…and just because I missed it…here is a clip of the I Love New York 2 Reunion Show. Check out our friends over the Flavor of Love Blog for the full recap!
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