THE BLACK BALL!

In London yesterday, the Black Ball was held for the Keep a Child Alive organization. Jennifer Hudson, Ms. Kelly, and A. Keys were all attendance and looking pretty damn fab!

A.Keys brought her little brother along for the charity event.


J.Hudson is working her cut and that dress...do it girl!


Here are the up close and personals with Ms.Keys and Ms. Rowland...both looking totally FAB:

Ms. Keys


Ms. Rowland

THE BLACK ROYAL FAMILY: HAVE THEY FOUND THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE?

Have the black royal family found the key to a successful marriage? It has been rumored for a while that the couple has an open marriage and now Will is finally speaking on it. I can't help but agree with the Smiths because I am all about being completely open and honest with your partner. I feel it is only natural for us to be attracted to other people while I don't think I would ever have sex with another man besides my husband, I can understand if he would want to because that is the nature of man. Nine times out of ten, men are only cheating for the physical reasons but it would have to be a one time deal with each woman! No building relationship with a biotch! Those are my thoughts but here is what Will had to say on the matter.

"The actor – who tied the knot with Jada Pinkett Smith 11 years ago – is determined to be honest about how he feels. ‘Our perspective is, you don’t avoid what’s natural and you’re going to be attracted to people,’ Will explains. ‘So sometimes we have the discussion: “Wow, this or that girl is freaking gorgeous”. I’m not going to say anything to my buddies that’s any different than what I say to my wife.’

And Will, 39, reckons he’ll tell Jada - and she’ll tell him - if they ever feel the need to have sex with others. Each will say: ‘I’m not going to do it if you don’t approve of it,’ he says. But Will’s not sure what he’d do if one day Jada, 38, confides that she does want to take a lover. ‘I don’t know how I’d feel,’ he confesses. ‘But I know I would react better than if I found out about it afterwards.’ "

Hmmmmm.....it might keeps us out of divorce court!

RIH RIH IS IN STYLE: I ALREADY KNEW!

RIH RIH is gracing the cover of the August 2008 issue of IN STYLE where she will talk about her fashion forwardness so she is dropping a few of her style secrets. She also reveals in the issue that she is against posing naked....hmmmm, I am going to give that some time cuz if they come up with enough dollas..she will do it. LOVE YA STYLE RIH!

Also I gave you a few pics from Essence recent cover story with Usher but I came across this picture and I knew I had to share. His baby is so damn cute....I love this pic!

TRADING PLACES!

Looks like Golden State will be saying goodbye to Baron Davis who recently signed with the LA Clippers. Seems as though the Warriors did not come up with an offer for Baron who is a native of the Bay Area and his agent said "he would have liked to remain a Warrior". But in the end, you know it is all about those dolla figures and well Baron Davis is getting a great deal of 5 years for $65 million dollars. While Elton Brand leaves the Clippers and heads off to Philly to play for the Sixers with a five-year and $82 mil deal. Luckily Chris Kaman will remain with the Clippers and hopefully Baron will be able to make a run into the playoffs. But we all know the Western Conference has some very fierce competition and with Brand in the Eastern Conference, we just got a little stronger. I fear the Lakers this year cuz Bynum is coming back into the lineup so we definitely need to be on the lookout for them to handle business this season.

Also while the Wizards are holding on to Antawn Jamison and offering Gilbert Arenas a max deal of $111 million over 6 years, they are losing Roger Mason, Jr. to the San Antonio Spurs. We will miss you Roger who had a career season last year and was great coming off of the bench. Roger got $7.3 million for two years which actually works out very well for him. He is also getting married this August to his longtime sweetheart who happens to be extremely beautiful, sweet, and a Harvard Law Grad..Ms. Lauren. Congrats to you both.

DJ Cassidy's 27th Birthday Bash!

All the celebs were out to celebrate Cassidy's birthday. Little short ass O'Neal was holding the cake...awwe it is always nice to let midgets help out!

Cassidy even got into the groove with Ronnie DeVoe of NE and BBD.


Maxwell with his new sexy cut was there and rockin some fly glass. I am so mad at BET's Stephen Hill's sensitive butt in the black tee...seriously dude!


It ain't a party unless Diddy is there.....looks like he was having a nice time. Where is that sexy bodyguard of yours? I LOVED HIM!


Random Sexy, Skinny Ass Kevin Lyles, Swizz Beats, and Wale in the building...DC STAND UP IN YOUR NIKE BOOTS. :)


Best Dressed of the Night:

CASSIE, sometimes singer...most known for jumpin on and off of Ryan Leslie and Diddy!

The chick DOIN the most and the skinniest one in the party:

JASLENE, formerly of America's Next Top Model

The Biggest Bamma/Who Are You? there:

YES THIS IS A MAN NAMED UNIQUE...LOOKIN A HOT ASS MESS! BOOOOY STOOOOOP!

MARIAH AND KING OF SWEXY!

Oh yes...what a pleasant surprise it was for me to see my sexy ass TI in the new MC video for "Loving You Long Time." I actually like this song a lot. It is off of her current album, E=MC2. Must be hard for Mariah coming off of a killer album like Emancipation of Mimi to her current album. Emancipation was so FIRE that when you match E=MC2 next to it then it just does not even come close. I think the same thing happened with Usher coming off of Confessions to his current album, Here I Stand. Anyway I am still loving you MC and I can't wait for the Cruise Control video with Damien Marley's sexy ass...if you don't know, I am all about sexy!

Check out the King of Swexy and MC showing off that killer body(you know it is not truly a Mariah video without running herself through some water in a bikini), some say she worked hard for her new bod and others say she paid for it ---either way it is yours boo. LET THE HATERS HATE...DO IT MC!

MORE PICS FROM HISTORIC ALL BLACK VOGUE ITALIA!

Tocarra has come a long way from the plus-sized model on America's Next Top Model. She is hosting various shows on BET and while her voice is aggravating as hell, I can't take away for her doing the damn thing. Now she is also featured in the historic July issue of Vogue Italia using only black models. YOU GOTTA RESPECT THE HUSTLE!

Here are some more of her pics:



You know it wouldn't be historic without one of the fiercest supermodels in the game who even has her own walk...THE NAOMI CAMPBELL WALK..B told you about it on GET ME BODIED!

CHICK PLEASE STOP HURTIN EM....AND STOP THROWING THEM DAMN CELL PHONES!


FIERCE..FIERCE...FIERCE!


COP THE JULY VOGUE ITALIA ASAP...


ONE MORE OF MY FAVS:

HATER ALERT!

WE HAVE A HATER AMONGST US IN THE BLACK AMERICAN MOVEMENT FOR BARACK OBAMA AND IT IS NO ONE ELSE BUT KEEP HOPE ALIVE PREACHING REV. JESSE JACKSON:


THEY SMILE IN YOUR FACE...ALL THE TIME THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR PLACE....YEAH I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU JESSE.

So Rev. Jesse Jackson was on the most right-winged channel in America..yes RACIST ASS FOX NEWS when he whispered some crude remarks about Barack Obama....something involving the cutting of Barack's nuts. ARE YOU SERIOUS DUDE? YOU KNEW FOX KEPT THE MICS ON WAITING FOR SOME DUMB ASS SH*&T TO HAPPEN THAT THEY COULD USE TO F WIT BARACK! YOU ARE SMARTER THAN THIS JESSE UNLESS IT WAS YOUR PLAN ALL ALONG...HMMMM!

Please check out the video so you can get a taste of the hateration...SHAMEFUL JESSE..JUST SHAMEFUL! HATERS NEVER PROSPERS SO THAT IS PROBABLY WHY BARACK IS THE NOMINEE AND YOUR ASS JUST GOT BUSTED HATING!



Copy and paste to listen: http://www.livesteez.com/videos/watch/qMgD3ml

Jesse apologizes here....WHATEVA JESSE!

TOO LATE..YOU ARE A HATER!

SPLITSVILLE: RUSS AND YOGA CHICK PORSCHLA!

Well I saw Russell coming to the affair in the Hamptons this past weekend all by himself and I said to myself..."yo, where is yoga chick?" She obviously has gotten the boot and reports are saying that Russell just wants to do him. Recently he just sold Phat Farm for $140 million and his supermodel ex-wife, Kimora, is now in charge of branding for both Baby Phat and Phat Farm. Mr. Simmons is on to his other ventures. Yoga chick obviously is doing her now too as Russell congratulated her on the Huffington Post blog for getting her yoga certification. Then he basically gave her the GOD BLESS AND GOOD NIGHT joint like he did at the end of every DEF COMEDY JAM! Go ahead Russ...do you boo. There is another bad ass light skin chick just waiting to take your arm down the next red carpet.

State of Confusion: Poem of the Week!

State of Confusion

Where am I left in your state of confusion?
Am I supposed to stay in this illusion?
Living in the hope that one day you will love me the same as I love you.
What am I supposed to do?
You say you can live with whatever once I make my decision.
But yet continue to paint a picture of me and you as a future vision.
You tell me I am the only one you can be your complete self with?
I am the one who has touched you with my love, my most precious gift.
You say what I want, you don’t have to offer.
Do you understand there isn’t a woman out there who could love you any harder?
Ride or Die, Til the End.
And back to the beginning again.
You see that is love but yet you are still confused.
And I no longer want my love to be used and abused.
You are afraid to share yourself with someone who truly loves every part of your essence.
Who sleeps alone by choice because she only desires your touch and simple affection?
The heat of our passion makes other men fall short….literally.
The way you touch me is deep and I am not just speaking physically.
I can no longer stay in this state of confusion…living for the illusion.
Just remember when I am gone there is no substitution.

-cristi dianne

JIGGA AND JEEZY: MAGAZINE STARS!

Jiggaman aka Sean Carter aka Jay-Z. Have y'all noticed or is it just me but don't rappers have too many damn names? Anyway Mr. Carter was featured in the historic all-black issue of Vogue Italia. You can not hate on this dude...he is a hustla in all senses of the word. He is one of the most financially successful rappers and entrepreneurs in the world. Currently on the verge of announcing a mega-mil deal with Live Nation, minority owner of the New Jersey Nets, and co-owner of the 40/40 club. This dude handles bizness and he's got the hottest chick in the game wearing his chain, BEYONCE KNOWLES. LOVE IT...DO IT BIG OR SIT YOUR ASS DOWN!

Pics from the spread:




AMERICAN GANGSTER......


JEEZY'S DEBUT ON THE COVER OF VIBE...



Jeezy made his cover debut with Vibe magazine this July. You know my man from the A had to throw a party to celebrate and of course, the stars of the music biz came out to celebrate. HE PUTS ON FOR HIS CITY BUT THIS PARTY WAS HELD IN THE BIG CITY..NYC BABY!

NASIR aka NAS came out to party with Jeezy...damn this dude is getting finer and finer as the years go by. Kelis must be keeping that glow on his face.


Swizz Beats and FABO were also there to show support. Where is Alicia, Swizz..hmmm?


DJ Clue and Jermaine Dupri were laughing it up with Jeezy...looks like a good time but I only have one thing to say to Jermaine..VENEERS BOO!


Terrence from 106 and Park...He is such a damn cutie..I have always had a thing for Omega men!


ATTENTION (SAID IN MY BONE CRUSHER WAY).......THE KING OF SWEXY WAS IN THE BUILDING!

FOURTH OF JULY WITH THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC - HAMPTONS STYLE!

As promised, here are more pics from my wonderful weekend in the Hamptons. I spent the 4th of July being hosted by Jill Zarin, star of Bravo's Real Housewives of New York City, at her beautiful Hamptons home. Everything was perfect from the decor to the lobster bar and of course, the SKINNY GIRL MARGARITAS created by the other star, Bethany. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming, we had a ball. Jill, Bethany, and the Countess Luann were all hella cool. Jason, Bethany's boyfriend, had me cracking up...definitely funny and off the hook fun. We were joined by Nicole Murphy(ex-wife of Eddie Murphy), Michael Strahan, and Rita Ewing (ex-wife of NBA player, Patrick Ewing). Below are the pics.

Bobby and Jill Zarin - the fabulous hosts of the 4th of July event. Jill is definitely a FAB CHICK.


My beautiful cousin Timi and I kickin it with Bethany and her man Jason....my hair was still a little on the flat side but you know I was working it out.


Jason and I getting a little one on one time...he reminds me of Charlotte's hubby on SATC...LOVED HIM!


The Countess Luann is a CLASS ACT...she was so friendly and my mom loved every minute of it - she was her favorite on the show. Then she became one of my favorites at the party.


My mom and I with Rita Ewing and Nicole Murphy who are as sweet as they are pretty. Everyone except my mom had a couple PATRON shots...look at those smiles! :)


Two beauties dancing and having a good time....Timi Ellison and Rita Ewing who go way back. These are the OLD SCHOOL NBA WIVES...They know the game ladies.


Vanessa Williams was also there....Just Kiddin! People were mistaking her for Vanessa all weekend, it was hilarious. This is my cousin Timi again but hey she is a star to me!


My other cousins..Chris and AlPacino, who was rockin his Cannes shirt. They were loving it. He was acting like he was a producer..we are a wild bunch!


Aunt Mimi handling business and being interviewed with Nicole Murphy by Hampton's Channel 12.


The fam hangin out with Michael Strahan....SUPERBOWL WINNER..you already know!


My cousin Chris, his wife Andrea, and I saying goodbye to Jill who was the hostess with the most. Truth be told, I was not ready to leave.


Special Thanks to my cousin Chris for getting these pictures to me. All I have to say is coming back to reality after being in US paradise for a few days is a difficult adjustment...LOL!!