Rihanna shows us why she’s considered the sexiest beast in heels in the short film for her Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear campaign. The Bajan goddess was shot by photographer Steven Klein in New York. Watch below as the “Skin” singer gives lessons on getting dressed in a car.
It has been a while since Kanye West‘s last temper tantrum. Over the weekend, following the debut of his womenswear line Dw, the honorary Kardashian spoke to the Parisian Club Silencio crowd about the fashion critics who had yet to review his line. Although the recount is transcribed, it’s not farfetched to assume he was speaking belligerently.
See what he had to say about Louis Vuitton, Nike, and Hedi Slimane below…
“Tat my name on you girl so I know it’s real,” Rick Ross raps on “Free Spirit,” his latest collaboration with Drake. Wednesday, the frequent collaborators hit the New York City club scene to do what they do best - party and bullsh*t. DJ Khaled and Busta Rhymes also fell through. Greenhouse nightclub was their venue of choice.
The HQ cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, featuring rap supreme Nicki Minaj has surfaced and in the November issue, the “Fly” femcee admits to having suicidal thoughts before fame due to the letdowns and setbacks of breaking into the industry. The second quarter is looking mighty decent for Minaj, considering her working on a new album, three new features in two days, a role in the latest Ice Age film and lots more, however, things weren’t always clear-skied.
“It was one dead-end after another, she says. “At one point, I was like, ‘What would happen if I just didn’t wake up?’ That’s how I felt – like maybe I should just take my life.”
In a svelte minidress, fit for Catwoman, the crossover star looks back at the turmoil she’s overcome, including a violent, substance-abusing father. The tagline on the cover “How She Beat The Odds And Learned To Rule The World” comes from an honest goal she set at an early age.
“I would pray to God to make me famous, so I could buy my mother a huge house,” she reveals.
Read more below…
Earlier across the pond, the 2011 MOBO Awards were held at the SECC in Glasgow, Scotland. Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Chipmunk, Jason Derulo and other stars came out to celebrate the best Music of Black Origin. Boyz II Men, Mr. Hudson and Dionne Bromfield emerged for the show.
Dionne Bromfield gave her godmother Amy Winehouse a fitting tribute by singing “Love Is A Losing Game.”
Acclaimed boy band Boyz II Men were awarded for their outstanding contribution to music.
Jessie was the big winner of the night, winning in four of her five nominated categories. During her best album win speech, she said,
“Wow. I did not expect to win that at all. I just want to say the biggest thank you to my fans because I watched this last year by myself in my living room and no one knew who I was and now I just won best album. That is epic. Thank you everyone.”
See more photos and a complete list of the winners below…
Ciara attended Carine Roitfeld‘s Vampire Ball at Cabaret Raspoutine with Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci. Held on the penultimate night of Paris Fashion Week, the R&B songstress wore a chiffon dress complimented with Givenchy’s S/S 2012 floral print along the hemline.
Go below to see what she had to say about Kanye West‘s fashion show and watch Ciara dance with Ne-Yo.
Super producer Pharrell Williams played bartender at Kevin Durant‘s birthday celebration at Dream nightclub in Miami Beach. The event was sponsored by Skateboard P’s Qream Liqeur, where he served Diddy‘s now infamous Cîroc Vodka. Hopefully Sean doesn’t mind the mixing of brands.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and singer/songwriter Kelly Rowland is climbing aboard to bring attention to the cause with her involvement in Rock Ur Pink, an initiative by Music Choice to draw widespread awareness.
In addition to the PSA, we have behind the scenes footage of the shoot that sees Rowland open up about her reasons for “rocking pink”, which is her aunt, who’s struggling with breast cancer. The question triggered tears from the driven R&B starlet.
Check out the PSA, the behind-the-scenes footage and MORE below…
Here’s a glimpse at Nicki Minaj‘s scantily clad, yet cute cover Cosmopolitan magazine’s November issue. In the issue, the rap supreme will dish on beating the odds as pop-dominating femcee and how she’s “learned to rule the world”.
It’s refreshing to see Minaj in a different light, in regards to her attire. The goofy get-ups curved the ability to take her serious, but this cover tells us that the businesswoman still has the sexy and alluring demeanor we fell in love with.
Diddy goes from causing chaos in an Atlanta club over his brand to resorting to public apologies to defend the highly-supported brand. We recently reported T.I.’s reply to the negative attention mustered up in light of the BET’s Hip-Hop Awards After-Party, which also celebrated T.I.’s release from prison.
“Me and Puff go way back – that’s like a brother to me,” Tip explains. “Whatever was said – by me, was said out of love to Puff.”
We’re sure the highly-regarded entertainer is feeling the heat from an ignorant move, but he assures fans that the actions were out of character via Twitter.
“I’m a child [of] God and I should be better no matter what someone says to me. I’m sorry for the ignorant way I repesented myself and us,” he wrote. “To all my childen of God … I have backslid and regressed. Forgive me for my ignorance. Pray for me pls. I know better and I am better.”
He continued,
“I have a responsibility that I promise I will live up to. And I’m more disappointed in myself than you know. I will humble myself and learn. Bottom line is I’m sorry to all! Pls find it in your heart to accept my apology. I will do better and be Greater And a source of positivity!”
Even before she was fighting to get out of the shadow casted by her prodigy Oprah Winfrey, 82-year-old Barbara Walters has gotten away with making stereotypical statements and asking prejudicial questions to her urban interviewees.
During yesterday’s “Hot Topics” segment, the ladies of The View discussed Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry’s hunting camp, which has a rock with the word “Niggerhead” painted on it. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg introduced the topic and used the word “nigga,” deliberately contrasting it to “the N-word.” Walters took advantage of the moment and exposed her dormant racial prejudices by purposely repeating the word.
Co-host Sherri Shepherd was displeased with Barbara saying “nigger” and revealed her feelings on the word.
“When I heard you (Whoopi) say it, it was fine. You said it a different way. When I heard you (Barbara) say it, I didn’t like the way you said it. Because when you say it, you say (inaudible). And I don’t like (inaudible),” Shepherd explained.
Barbara, who is fully aware of the stigma and boundaries of the word, disingenuously asked Sherri was it because she is white. Sherri eventually enlightened Barbara her skin color does disallow her from using the word (according to her and many other’s standards), and white people (Barbara included) shouldn’t use the word under any circumstances.
Barbara then said, “I never knew you felt this way and I find it just amazing.” Apparently she’s going senile because Sherri announced her stance on the word during a heated debate in 2008.
Prior to a surprising appearance at Taylor Swift‘s concert, Clifford “T.I.” Harris held his first annual “A King of Oneself” presented by AKOO Clothing and Grand Hustle Entertainment at The Mansion in Atlanta (Oct. 2nd). Celebrity guests included Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, Nelly, Young Jeezy, Rocko and Toya Wright.
“We’re gathering our family and friends during BET’s Hip Hop Awards weekend to show love and appreciation to T.I. as he celebrates his 31st birthday, his new book Power & Beauty, and the growth of the AKOO Brand,” stated Jason Geter, Co-founder of AKOO Clothing and CEO of Grand Hustle Records.
Cîroc, Beats by Dre and MusicBusinessPolitics sponsored the invite-only brunch. Each invited guest received a bottle of Cîroc, courtesy of Sean “Diddy” Combs - who was absent. Thankfully, his coveted bottles of Cîroc had an exclusive display.
Friday (Sept. 30th), Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame and his CEO mother Deb Atney hosted a celebrity bowling tournament, where the proceeds went to charity. Fellow philanthropic rapper Ludacris and author of Priceless Inspiration Toya Wright attended the event. Troubled comedian Katt Williams, Lil’ Chuckee and Shawty Lo also came out to support.
Unfoturnatley, by the night’s end, former associates of Waka initiated a gun-less brawl, which halted the charitable festivities. Luda’s mother confirmed the event continued after the fight, and The Luda Foundation team was victorious over Rah Rah’s Village of Hope team and Toya Wright’s Visual Beauty team with an impressive ten strikes.
It all started over 25 years ago, while an unborn Ciara was growing in her mother’s uterus. Unbeknownst to her, she’d develop appendages that would eventually become the butt of all jokes.
Twitter, being the epicenter of assholes, took advantage of Ciara’s naturally long appendages for the sake of retweets and hurtful jokes. The impulsive social media cowards who chose to negatively comment on Ciara failed to follow up with photos of their physical appearances.
Ciara entertained the naysayers by enlightening them of her fortunate whereabouts: “Deez Lil piggies went 2 Paris Deez Lil piggies sat front row..” For those who don’t understand, she’s implying that while you talk about her obviously long toes, they are enjoying a front row seat at Paris Fashion Week’s most celebrated designer’s fashion shows - somewhere you aren’t and will likely never be.
With the rise of suicides caused by bullying, you’d think we would elevate to a maturer level where this is less frequent. Only in a perfect world.
The fashion show Ci Ci was speaking on was Givenchy’s ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2012. Jennifer Hudson, Kanye West, Chanel Iman and Naomi Cambell all sat front row alongside Ciara in support of Riccardo Tisci’s collection.
Not these streets of New York of course. Beyoncé covered her growing baby bump and showed off her legs in a black and white loose-fitting outfit. The mother-to-be has been busy promoting her latest fragrance, attending fashion shows and supporting her husband’s ventures. As expected, someone will have to strap this woman down to make her rest.
