Monday, August 16, 2010

Spotted: Fab Chicks Edition

Teyana Taylor stopped by the GlamBar Salon in Atlanta this weekend. ♥ the hat by the way!


Adrienne Bailon was spotted at the World Basketball Festival in NYC last night.


Jurnee Smollett attended the 9th annual InStyle summer soiree in LA.


Sessilee Lopez attended the David Yurman Summer Celebration at The Rooftop in NYC.
And here she is with beau David Yurman.

Captured!


Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona are featured in the new Rocawear "NEXT" campaign. The two artists are freshly fitted with pieces from the fashion label's Fall 2010 campaign that is set to represent what's "next" in the essence of urban culture.

Check 'em out:



Wednesday, August 11, 2010

It's Beau-ti-full


Meagon Good celebrated her 29th birthday by hosting a party last Saturday at HOME in Toronto. And she looked beautiful as usual. I love this chick. She's so fab and its effortless.

Actor Lance Gross, rapper Lil Romeo, and NBA baller Demar Derozan were also there.

(Photos via theYBF)

Miss Keri Baby

Keri Hilson attended the Hollywood premiere of Takers last Wednesday rockin this uber cute chic/glam look:

I adore Keri and her classy and unique sense of fashion has her in the running for 2010's Best Dressed, along with actress Zoe Saldana.


Check out pics of Chris Brown, T.I., and Idris Elba at the premiere below:

Monday, August 9, 2010

Fierce & Fab


This month's issue of Essence represents the magazine's 40th anniversary. Supermodels Naomi Campbell, Iman, and Liya Kebede all grace the 40th anniversary cover of Essence magazine.

Quote from Essence.com:
"When the first issue of ESSENCE arrived on newsstands in May 1970, few guessed that just four decades later the First Lady of the United States would be a Black woman. As the magazine turns 40, we celebrate 40 fierce and fabulous women -- including Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Iman, Serena Williams, Vanessa L. Williams and many more -- who have fearlessly given voice to our dreams and paved the way for dreamers to follow. Plus, in "Be Fearless," take a look at an exclusive message from First Lady Michelle Obama on how ESSENCE has helped to shape her life and yours."

Read more: http://www.essence.com/magazine/40_anniversary_essence_magazine.php#ixzz0wAdryFHY

Monday, June 28, 2010

Chris Brown's MJ Tribute


Last night at the 2010 BET Awards Chris Brown put on a show. He gave us the MJ tribute we've all been waiting for. He definitely did his thing. I've been anticipating this moment since I found out Michael Jackson passed away. I knew there would be some sort of dedication show/concert featuring some of today's hottest artists and the biggest MJ admirers, which no doubt included Chris Brown and Usher. Usher put it down at the nationally televised memorial service held shortly after Michael's death. He didn't get to dance that day, but whenever Ursh dances we get a little Michael, not to mention he performed in front of Michael for his 30th anniversary special. Anyways, Chris went in at the BET Awards. He even broke down while he was supposed to be singing Man in the Mirror, which I'm sure had alternative meanings for him, and the audience had to join in and sing the lyrics with him. Either way I was touched and Chris definitely delivered. In the words of Trey Songz, "Chris killed that."

Friday, June 18, 2010

Just Throw It in the Bag!!!

And the Los Angeles Lakers are 16x NBA Champions. That is one championship away from tying Boston for the record. Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant collected their fifth championship rings, while Ron Artest picked up his first. And it was well deserved because he did the damn thing last night. The rest of the Lakers appeared to be struggling out on the court during the first half and it was nothing like the Lake show they put on during game 6 (maintaining a 20-point lead most of the game which ended 67-89) they were finally able to pull it together though in the last 12 minutes of the game and maintain their edge. This game 7 was crazy, but all the angst and anxiety was well worth the finish. While I think Rondo has incredible talent (the kid never gives up!) and Boston is obviously a veteran team, it just wasn't their time to shine last night. I never for one second this whole playoff season doubted that the Lakers would win the title. Its like gatorade "is it in you?" The Lakers have got it and no one can contest that right now, not the Celtics and not even LeBron.

The final score of game 7 was 79-83. Kobe took home the MVP trophy as expected. This is Phil Jackson's 11th championship as a coach and as noted after the game he usually wins championships in a series of three. So, will Phil be back next year to coach the Lakers, let's hope so we can do it all again next year!


Want more, check out this article and analysis over at Dime mag:
http://dimemag.com/2010/06/purple-reign-2-lakers-repeat-as-nba-champions-kobe-as-finals-mvp/#more-46839

Monday, March 22, 2010

Rev Run's Words of Wisdom


"When you take things for granted, the things you are granted get taken."

Check out the Rev's twitter page for more words of wisdom → http://twitter.com/RevRunWisdom

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Daily Fortune



So, I opened my fortune cookie today and it read: "Be mischievous and you will not be lonesome." (Uh huhhh)





Here's what my daily horoscope read:
"Some news, or possibly a connection with someone regarding your career will go rather well today, Gemini. It's possible that you are planning on negotiating an improvement in your income, or, at least working on your image by window-shopping for upgraded styles or skills. You may have the chance to create new opportunities for yourself as well as improving your current situation. Do not let yourself get into trying to be more like others on a superficial level; your goal today is to emphasize who you are and what you do best."

Quite inspiring.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Artist Spotlight

Nipsey Hussle came to UCLA a little over a week ago to participate in an intellectually stimulating panel discussion that explored the materialistic, misogynistic, and violent images portrayed in hip hop music videos. As a description of the event stated, "Many are aware of the stereotypes that are perpetuated in these videos but few are actually willing to deliberate and converse about them. Striving to promote edutainment (education + entertainment), the discussion will be formatted to watch different clips and compilation-footage of hip hop music videos throughout history and then spark a discourse about the social, cultural, and political undertones embedded within the videos. The goal by the end of this powerful discourse is to grant all participants and audience members the opportunity to reach a higher truth and understanding in regard to the portrayal of women, African Americans, and the greater hip hop culture through the visuals that hip hop music videos lend us."
And might I add that I was quite impressed with Nipsey's input. He was well-composed and articulated his views/thoughts in the most candid and alluring manner. He definitely secured some new fans that night and made an admirer out of me.