L'UOMO Vogue October 2007 : Michael Jackson

Jena 6 - ABC News Coverage - Sept 20th

In related news:

David Bowie has donated $10,000 towards the Jena 6 Legal Defense Fund. Mychal Bell, remains jailed because he is unable to post $90,000 bond.

Wear Black Today - Support The Jena 6

Also, more info HERE

Condom Fashion Show in China

Funny but extremely creative...

Shout out to Nikki Jones for forwarding this to me..

Models parade in outfits made of condoms during a fashion show at the 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies & Products Expo in Beijing July 11, 2007.

Condoms of all shapes and sizes were used to make dresses, hats and even lollipops. Models fought through extravagant soap bubble special effects to show off tight-fitting wedding gowns, scaly-looking evening dresses, outrageous bikinis and other garments made entirely of condoms.

The show was held at the Fourth China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo and organized by China's largest condom manufacturer, Guilin Latex Factory, to promote the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It also marked World Population Day, organized annually by the U.N. Population Fund.

Sean Kingston - Me Love - Music Video

SO, based on the post below I know you're all wondering the connection between Sean Kingston's new song and CARNIVAL.. Well here you go.. Could totally see everybody dancing down the street to this blowing their whistles...

Sean Kingston - Me Love
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Random Post: Notting Hill Carnival

Ok, totally random post today, I head Sean Kingston’s new song yesterday and it totally reminded me of the Notting Hill Carnival, which is the one event that takes place in London that I really really miss and really need to make the effort to make sure I’m home for the next one. I’ve been literally every year since I was 17 years old, and always had a dan-dooley time.. Memories, the stories I could tell ya...

Below is a video of highlights of this years event, I really think it captures the true essence of the spirit of Carnival..

For those that don’t know:

Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over two days (Sunday and the following Bank Holiday).

It has continuously taken place on the streets of Notting Hill since 1965. The carnival has attracted up to 2 million people in the past, putting it the second largest street festival in the world, after Rio.

Luenell drops in at the TV Guide Post-Emmy Party and has a blast

The cute comic from Borat made a big impression with party guests that included Eve LaRue, Wayne Brady, Niecy Nash, Ananda Lewis and her former co-star Ken Davitian from Borat. This was "the" event of the night as TV illustrious stars were dressed to the hilt. Kanye West and John Legend were the big named performers.

Since so many people wanted to be photographed with Luenell, we've got exclusive cool pix for our readers.

This was Luenell's first "official" Emmy party and she had a blast. Later papparazzos chased her down the street while she was enroute to another party with her signficant other DeMarco Allen trying to take her photo just like they do for Britney Spears.

Party coverage and photos by: Eugenia Wright

Eugenia Wright is a former actress turned freelance writer publicist. You may write to her at kleopatragirl117@hotmail.com

ENGLISH GAL SPOTLIGHT: Samata's Muse @ Nolcha Fashion Week

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT - SAMATA'S MUSE

Hey all, I'm so proud of my girl Samata Angel, not only is she a black Brit like me, but she's also the FIRST black British female designer to be featured during Nolcha Fashion Week in NY.

Stay tuned for a full feature on Samata @ DennicasPlace.com

Check her out at the following sites:

www.samatasmuse.com

www.myspace.com/samatax

Gwen Stefani, ft Damian Marley - Now That You Got It - Music Vido

Gwen’s 4th single from the platinum album “The Sweet Escape”. This track was produced by Swizz Beatz.

Beverly Johnson Presents Art Show Benefit: Lili Bernard Paintings

SuperModel Beverly Johnson Presents

A Silent Art Auction Benefit / Inaugural Art Show Opening

Saturday, September 22, 2007, 6 pm - 9 pm

Lili Bernard Studio-Showroom
935 Chung King Road
Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Auctioning original oil paintings by fine artist Lili Bernard. Featuring live vocal performance by Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins and live Kung Fu exhibition by The Shaolin Monks.

Select paintings by Tonya Pinkins will also be debuted and auctioned. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit charitable organization ¡HABLA! Harvesting Asian, Black, Latino Artists. ¡HABLA! Youth artwork will also be displayed and sold.

Contact: info@hablala.org or (323) 936-3607.

Free Admission.

Paintings viewable online at www.lilibernard.com

Cities cracking down on saggy pants

Something I spotted on Yahoo News..

TRENTON, N.J. - It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle — low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail.

Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up in several places. At the extreme end, wearing pants low enough to show boxers or bare buttocks in one small Louisiana town means six months in jail and a $500 fine. A crackdown also is being pushed in Atlanta. And in Trenton, getting caught with your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but a city worker assessing where your life is headed.

"Are they employed? Do they have a high school diploma? It's a wonderful way to redirect at that point," said Trenton Councilwoman Annette Lartigue, who is drafting a law to outlaw saggy pants. "The message is clear: We don't want to see your backside."

"In Atlanta, we see this as racial profiling," said Benetta Standly, statewide organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. "It's going to target African-American male youths. There's a fear with people associating the way you dress with crimes being committed."

50 on Britney - He's a sweetheart really....

Ok, so I do have a new found respect for 50 re his comments on Britney right after her "performance" at the VMA's.

HOST: What did you think of Britney's performance?

50 CENT: Good, the production was good..

LOL, what a tactful young gentleman.. Anyhoo, check out the IOL story below where 50 defends Brit re Kanye's rant, too funny.

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50 Cent defends Britney against Kanye

Rapper 50 Cent has hit back at Kanye West for criticising Britney Spears' lacklustre performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, insisting the hip-hop star should not take out his anger on the troubled singer.

West recently slammed MTV's decision to let Spears open Sunday's awards ceremony ahead of himself, claiming the Toxic hitmaker was "not ready" to make her pop comeback.

But 50 Cent believes West is just jealous of all the attention Spears has been receiving.

He tells American DJ Ryan Seacrest: "(West) was upset, he's not used to being recognised. Period.

"Kanye expressed that he felt that Britney shouldn't be actually opening the show - almost like he forgot that Britney Spears sold 50 million records. She did.

"He is not thinking about her full body of work. She deserved to headline the show better than anybody else that was on it - even in the state that she is in."

SOURCE

Mychal Bell's conviction overturned in Jena 6 case

Jena 6 update since my last posting on this topic:

Yesterday a State appeals court threw out the aggravated battery conviction of Mychal Bell, one of the half-dozen black teens facing unusually serious charges for the beating of a white schoolmate amid escalating racial tensions in a small Louisiana town. The Associated Press reports:

Mychal Bell, 17, should not have been tried as an adult, the state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal said in tossing his conviction on aggravated battery, for which he was to have been sentenced Thursday. He could have gotten 15 years in prison.

His conspiracy conviction in the December beating of student Justin Barker was already thrown out by another court.

Bell was only 16 at the time of the beating. It occurred after a series of troubling incidents that started when black teens sat under a schoolyard tree that had traditionally been reserved for white students. In response, a group of white students hung three nooses from the tree, an act for which they were punished with a brief expulsion. Bell's attorney told the AP that he wasn't sure whether his client would get out of jail immediately or face new charges. Four other teens involved in the beating still face adult charges because they were 17 years old at the time of the fight.

The rally on the 20th of September is still due to take place, we need to educated the world and the media...

Diddy's banned commercial for "Unforgivable"

This ad confuses the hell out of me, its Diddy's ad for his fragrance "Unforgivable" which has been banned from all major networks..

Honestly, I think it looks like a trailer for an indecent proposal type of porno (if there's such a thing??) AND it's 3 loooooooooong minutes... Check it out for yourself..

Unforgivable

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Jamie Foxx gets star on 'Walk of Fame

Jamie Foxx was immortalized on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" today, becoming the 2,347th celebrity to have a star bearing his name laid on the sidewalk.

Diana Ross to Recieve Kennedy Center Honors

The iconic and legendary Diana Ross has been chosen as one of five to receive a Kennedy Center Honors Award for 2007.

Considered the highest award an American artist can receive, previous recipients have included playwrights Tennessee Williams, Neil Simon and Arthur Miller, opera diva Leontyne Price, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, dance legend Martha Graham, and actors Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier.

Ms. Ross, who is one of only a few who have legitimately earned the title "legend," will be honored this year along with film director Martin Scorsese, singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, classical pianist Leon Fleisher, and writer-director- comedian Steve Martin.

"With their extraordinary talent, creativity and perseverance, the five 2007 honoree have transformed the way we, as Americans, see, hear and feel the performing arts,' said John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Stephen A. Schwarzman.

The annual awards gala on December 2 will be taped for broadcast on CBS December 26.

FLASHBACK: George Benson - Give Me The Night / Music Video

LOVE this song.. My mum had various George Benson mixtapes that I used to play over and over and over again.. The DJ played this at an event I went to last night, almost choked on my jack & coke when it came on and then looked around to see if anybody else was as excited as me to hear it.. Yeah I've got problems..

Tyra Banks to Britney Spears - HILARIOUS

I couldn't help it...

Jennifer Lopez - Spring style @ New York Fashion Week

Big colorful butterflies hanging from the ceiling. Pink, purple and green trees. A model dressed as a fairy, on a swing.

Jennifer Lopez said her new young contemporary line was “fantasy – classic inspiration but with a new, kind of funky spin,” so she turned the setting of her JustSweet show Tuesday night into a fairy tale.

Models pranced down a silver sparkling runway wearing colors called pixie dust, magic mint and pirate pink. The clothes were sparkling, too, ranging from a sweater dress with thick, sparkling, colorful, diagonal stripes to denim boy shorts with a sparkling brown hoodie.

Lopez, 37, said she developed JustSweet to fill the void between J.Lo, her denim and T-shirt urban wear line, and Sweetface, a high-fashion, higher-priced line. She wanted to do something in the middle. All the pieces range from $49 to $99. She said she designed the line for the young at heart.

The actress-singer said she's not worried about whether she is taken seriously as a designer.

“I'm not looking for the credibility,” she said. “I'm looking to make clothes that every woman can wear.”

Source AP

Britney VMA Performance..

Ok, I'm not going to start bashing Britney, there's just waaaaaaaay too much of that going on at the moment..

BUT I was disappointed with her performance, damn I would have lip synced the hell out of the song myself if they'd let me.. not to forget pretending to like I was bothered to be up on stage.. Nuff said..

Celebrity Snapshot

Fashion Rocks, rocked...

50, LL and Luda looking fab...

Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well - Music Video

Check out JLo's new vid..

ENGLISH GAL's PICK OF THE DAY - Dirt123.com

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Celebrity Snapshot...

Snapshot of Kanye and Naomi Campbell looking fab @ last nights GQ Men of the Year Awards in London.

Shaquille O'Neal wants divorce

MIAMI (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal has filed to divorce his wife after nearly five years of marriage, his attorney said Tuesday night.

Attorney Ira Elegant said the petition was filed on behalf of the Miami Heat center in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear who is representing Shaunie O'Neal in the case.

The Heat did not have an immediate comment, and Shaquille O'Neal did not respond to a request for comment made through the team.

According to the filing, which was first reported by The Miami Herald on its Web site Tuesday night, Shaquille O'Neal is asking Shaunie O'Neal to provide a "correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities" that she had access to or obtained during the marriage.

They are the parents of six children; Shaquille and Shaunie O'Neal had four together, and each had one other before their Dec. 26, 2002, wedding.

Shaquille O'Neal makes $20 million annually in his contract with the Heat, plus endorsement deals that are estimated to be worth several million more each year. The couple has also listed their home on Miami Beach's posh Star Island for about $32 million, or roughly $13 million more than they paid for it after O'Neal was traded to the Heat by the Los Angeles Lakers before the 2004-05 season.

The Showdown.. Are You Ready??

Congrats to Halle

The Oscar winner has confirmed she is expecting her first child with Gabriel Aubrey, her model boyfriend of almost two years.

"Yes, I am three months' pregnant," Berry told Access Hollywood. "Gabriel and I are beyond excited, and I've waited a long time for this moment in my life.

"Now, the next seven months will be the longest of my life!"

Labor Day Weekend...

What a weekend, for those out in LA it was heatwave city, it was horrible and of all weekends I chose this weekend to do a paint project and a few other things around the apartment. AAGGHH.

I seriously think I lost about 10lbs from sweating this weekend, and that's with hardly any clothes on. The next block had a power outage and old people were dying in their non-airconditioned apartments.

My theory - Global Warming, BIG TIME..

I could go on and on but I won't, just thought I'd share my hot weekend with you all..

Happy Tuesday.

SNAPSHOT: Chris Brown does Akon

Taken at a Hot 97 Concert in NYC on Friday night..

Question: Where are her shoes???

Lil Kim Lamborghini Drama...

Spotted at Pretty on the OutsideDavid Gilmore once again works his magic.. Remember the Foxy Brown piece?

Here he showcases Lil Kim in her new Lamborghini before she got pulled over by police..