MOVIE STILLS: ASHANTI & MIKE EPPS IN 'RESIDENT EVIL' TRILOGY: 'RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION'

Looks our girl Ashanti is serious about this acting thing. With above average performances in movies, Coach Carter, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and John Tucker Must Die, it looks as if she's well on her way to truly earning a 'singer/actress' title. She along with comedian/actor Mike Epps co-star in Resident Evil: Extinction, which happens to be the third and final installment of the Resident Evil series. I got my hands on some several film stills, so peep the pics (click on the pics to see full image) below as well as the synopsis for the movie. It's scheduled to hit theaters next month (September 21, 2007).

The trilogy to the $100 million hit, Resident Evil: Extinction is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the last film left off. Alice (Milla Jovovich), now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Oliveira (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead... and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive

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NEW PICS: BEYONCE W/HER MAMA & SISTER SOLANGE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE DEREON COLLECTION IN TORONTO

Beyonce with her mama, Tina and sister, Solange were in Toronto, Canada today for the launch of their House of Dereon Collection line. Check out the pics below.

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FOXY BROWN TURNS HERSELF IN ON ASSAULT CHARGE AFTER PULLING A NAOMI CAMPBELL

According to mtv.com, rapper Foxy Brown turned herself in to New York police on Tuesday (August 14) and was charged with assaulting her neighbor with a cell phone last

month, according to authorities. The rapper was formally charged with felony assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon. Brown — who was charged for assault at a beauty-supply store in Florida in February and claimed to have been a victim of assault herself in June — is scheduled to appear in court September 26.

Nonetheless, despite the legal issues, Brown still managed to find room on Tuesday to announce her departure from longtime recording home Def Jam in favor of Koch Records. A representative from Koch confirmed Brown has signed with the indie powerhouse and is scheduled to release her next album, Brooklyn's Don Diva, December 1.

Ask my little sister and she will tell you that I told her it was just a matter of time before Foxy got herself in more trouble before being thrown in jail once again for pulling one of many temper-tantrum tirades. I never understood how ol girl could catch a new charge while still on probation (for other assault charges) and still be able to avoid going to jail. Now, I'm not trying to make little of Paris Hilton's stint in jail for violating her probation. Yes, she deserved to be punish like us common folk, BUT what I did have a hard time trying to figure out is how Foxy could leave the state of New York without her p.o.'s permission, throw a bitch fit in a hair supplies store, get arrested for it, have all that shit caught all on tape AND still avoid doing jail time.

I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that this time, especially after pulling this latest stunt, there will be a jail cell with her name written on it ...along with a very, big, tall, hairy, old-navel-and-parmesan cheese-smelling pre-approved cellie named Cloreonyce waiting for her.

She gon learn. Oh, yeah. She will learn. But I digress.

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BITTER COFFEE BEAN: SUDANESE SUPERMODEL ALEK WEK CALLS OUT COFFE COMPANY AS BEING RACIST IN HER NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Sudanese model Alek Wek, who graced the cover of Ebony magazine's September '07 issue along with Tyra Banks, Kimora Lee Simmons and Iman, who to me is the supermodel of all supermodels, is calling out an Italian coffee maker for using her in a photo which she now views as racist in her new biography, Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel (Amistad $24.95).

Wek, a member of the Dinka tribe who now resides in Brooklyn, New York compares a calendar photo she did for famed Italian coffee company Lavazza to a number of notorious racist ads.

In excerpts provided by the New York Post's Page Six, the 30 year old supermodel writes how she was photographed naked inside a "gigantic white espresso cup bigger than a car...My skin was to be the espresso."

She says the images were "beautiful," but adds, "I can't help but compare them to all the images of black people that have been used in marketing over the decades. There was the big-lipped jungle-dweller on the blackamoor ceramic mugs sold in the '40s; the golliwog badges given away with jam; Little Black Sambo, who decorated the walls of an American restaurant chain in the 1960s; and Uncle Ben, whose apparently benign image still sells rice."

Lavazza CEO Ennio Ranaboldo told Page Six: "A great artist photographer, Albert Watson. A great model, Alek Wek. A great calendar. That's all there's to say."

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CANDID PIC: R. KELLY OUT IN PUBLIC W/UNKNOWN GROWN WOMAN...WELL AT LEAST SHE LOOKS GROWN!

I'll be the first to say it: I never thought I'd ever see a pic...at least a candid one of R. Kelly out in public; especially with his child pornography trial finally scheduled to begin next month. So imagine my surprise when I came across an image of the R-Uh (I think that's how he says it) out and about, as we bloggers like to say, with an unknown woman. Now, we've all read Kelly's estranged wife's story in Essence magazine and we all know what she looks like. Well, it's safe to say, that the woman in the pic below ain't her.

The R&B, crooner, whose latest album 'Double Up' just went platinum, was spotted leaving Pastis restuarant at the Meatpacking district in New York City with this young lady yesterday afternoon. Although there's no word on who the young lady is, maybe Kells is making a last attempt to garner a bit of positive publicity (if there is such a thing when it comes to him) before he drops the ten new uncut and uncensored chapters of 'Trapped in the Closet,' the the musical drama and so-called hip-hopera that has become a cultural phenomenon. The latest installment is due on DVD at the end of this month (August 31, 2007).

You can watch ALL 22 chapters of the series by going to IFC.com. 22 chapters?! Yeah, I'd have to watch that entire spoof of a drama all over again, because I refuse to wrack my mind trying to figure out what was the last chapter I'd seen.

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NEW MAG SCANS: CHILLI IN XXL'S (HIP-HOP) MAGAZINE; TALKS SOLO DEBUT.

Earlier this morning, in my Stacey Dash blog entry, I mentioned Chilli of TLC and how it seems as if she nor Stacey never seem to age. To prove my further prove my point, here are several pics of the 36 year-old 'sexy' component of TLC, Ms. Rozonda Thomas showing off her everlasting beauty...and baby hair in XXL's Hip Hop Soul magazine's 2007 summer issue.

According to her fan site, Chilli-Online.net , the pint-sized singer, who is signed to Akon's record label Kon Live Distribution (under Interscope Records) is set to release her much long-awaited debut solo album (something she's been working on since hooking up with Usher over 6 years ago) this fall. Several of her song tracks such as Gameproof featuring her former groupmember, T-Boz, Straight Jack featuring Missy, and more recently Glidin' have all magically leaked their way onto the Internet creating a bit of buzz letting everyone know (at least those who care enough) for her soon-to-be-released solo album...6 long years in the making.

Some of the pics below were actually featured in the magazine, while some others are outtakes. Check 'em out.

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THROWBACK PICS: STACEY DASH PHOTOSHOOT

While perusing the 'Net last night, I came across one of Stacey Dash's old photoshoot. I swear, I don't know whose aging better: Stacy or Chilli of TLC!

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