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Monica and her kids, Lil Rocko & Romelo attended the grand opening of a new AT&T store over the weekend. Monica took time to sign autographs and greet fans while V-103’s resident dude in a dress, Miss Sophia, kept everyone entertained with ticket give-aways and laughs. Check out a few flix below:
Rock’s got the model face on lock! Love it. 🙂
Lil Rock assists in the autograph signing.
Mo and her mom, Marilyn Best (Good looks run in the fam!)
Shine Salon & Spa hosted their grand opening earlier this week. The owner, Kendra Roseberry, was ecstatic about the opening but was even more happy to see that two different production companies chose her event to tape their reality shows. Manny Holley, Keyshia Cole’s manager walked in exclaiming, ?I am ready to be pampered!? Manny also congratulated Roseberry and stated how they love to support Black businesses and that both he and Keyshia will be returning soon.
Attendees of the night included clients of Shine Salon & Spa, the stylists & their models, spa technicians along with special guests: Tameka ?Tiny? Cottle, Phaedra Parks, Manny Holley, Isaac Hayes, III, Eshe, Slim Calhoun, Celebrity Fitness Trainer Brandi A. Ray, Diamond, Olympic gold medalist Gwen Torrence & more.
Shouts out to DeeDee Cocheta at ABC Publicity for the invite.
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A host of bigwigs shared an evening full of birthday cake and champagne at Luckie Food Lounge last night.? Def Jam VP Jerry Clark, Terrinee Briggs, Eddie Weathers, Anthony Dent, and B.Cox all celebrated another year on this earth and partied like it was 1999 all night long! Spotted in the crowd were, Kawan “KP” Prather, T.I., Tiny, Tameka Raymond, Trey Songz, Jermaine Dupri and more.
Check out a few photos below:
Tip and Def Jam VP Jerry Clark
Tiny and one of her BFF’s chillin’ in VIP
Jermaine’s lookin’ real How You Doin’-ish with Trey 😕
In case you missed it:
Behind The Scenes of Bobby V’s “Hands on Me” Video Shoot
Video ~ “Beep Beep” ~ Bobby Valentino ft. Yung Joc
The “A” Pod ~ “Butterfly Tattoo” ~ Bobby Valentino
Since 2003, the hometown party people known as The Natives (Marlon Nichols, Ronald Sims & Jodi Merriday) owned Thursday nights in The ?A?. If you don?t believe me, ask Atlanta Magazine. They?re the ones in 2006 that credited The Natives with reigning over the ?Best Thursday Night Party Spot? in the city. Fast forward three years and The Natives Thursday night party is still the place to be if you were born, bred, or just begat your buppie and your bling in ATown.? But just like Bey did Jay, they?ve recently upgraded. The Natives got restless and moved on up to the Eastside (of Peachtree, that is).
Clockwise: Marlon Nichols, Ronald Sims, MiMi Gresham, Ms. Auburn & ATLien
The crowd grew up so the party followed. Gone is the old time bar/house party feel, replaced by the more upscale and ultralounge-ish sushi and ?tini?s offered in the new digs at SHOUT restaurant (1197 Peachtree St .). It ain?t sididdy, just a lil? more Diddy-ish. Valet is only $5.00 so the parking issue is straight. Adjacent to the new intown W Hotel location (old Colony Square to us old ?A? heads), it?s the perfect place to start the evening as an adult dinner with friends and end it with an old-fashioned jook good enough to get?..something.?.took. Spinning everything from Michael Jackson to T.I., Shout is now the place to go if your sexy side can?t help it that your grown side is jealous (and wouldn?t help it even if it could).
Jeans? Yes. Sneakers? No. Folk? Cool. Door? Free. Food? Great. Party? Hot!
So, skip the traffic and the congestion down the street and ?round the corner this Thursday and go Shout it out. All of your sides will thank you.
Keisha Knight-Pulliam celebrated her 30th birthday last weekend by holding a huge bash at Prive?in Vegas…but the big buzz on the net is that big rock that she’s sportin’ on that wedding ring finger?? Hmmmm? I’m sure he’ll turn up soon. In the meantime, check out a few more flix of Keisha’s bash:
Keisha and her ring…
Hmmmm? Maybe it’s this dude. Keish…what say you?
More photos of Rudy Keisha partying like a rock star below:
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