The beautiful and ever-so-happy Christina Milian was spotted in sunny Beverly Hills having lunch at a local restaurant with a friend before filling up her gas tank at a nearby gas station. Is it me, or does she always have a smile on her face.
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Kim Kardashian, Ray J.'s ex-girlfriend-turned-soft-porn-co-star, was snapped by a photog's lens as she sampled a couple of sweet goodies at an ice cream shop in New York City earlier this week.
Boy, LisaRaye has had her hands in all sorts of projects lately: headlining the stage play tour, Gossip, Lies and Secrets, busying herself as First Lady of Turks and Caicos...oh, and cleaning out her dressing room in the Hollywood studio where she once taped weekly episodes of the CW's All of Us sitcom which was recently and finally canned due to low ratings. Now, the woman, who went from being placed on the map after Ice Cube cast her in the leading role of 'Diamond' the stripper/college student in his movie The Players Club, to being the rumored mistress of NBA baller Gary Peyton, has since married into royalty and has allowed cameras to capture and chronicle her reigning moments as she adapts to island life.
From royalty to reality: Lifetime has picked up a nonscripted pilot chronicling the exploits of thesp LisaRaye McCoy-Misick as she adapts to life as the first lady of Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory in the West Indies.
The Premier and I, from Warner Horizon, will shoot in November. Pilot will take a comedic, I Love Lucy-esque look at the relationship between McCoy-Misick -- an actress who appeared in the UPN laffer All of Us and the feature Beauty Shop -- and her husband of 17 months, Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick.
"They're amazing -- I've never seen something like this in reality," says Jessica Samet, senior VP of reality programming at Lifetime. "They're completely different people, and she has an unbelievably dynamic personality, while he's reserved. They're polar opposites." Much of the project will center on the natural conflicts that rise out of such different personalities, Samet said. Then there's also the fish-out-of-water aspect of McCoy-Misick trying to figure out her new role as the wife of a head of state, as well as the lavish, exotic setting. "Clearly, the Turks and Caicos is a beautiful place to shoot," Samet said. "It's a voyeuristic look at the lifestyles of the rich and famous, as well."
Word around the web...is that the fifth season of B.E.T.'s popular, original reality series, College Hill, is shooting in and around Atlanta, Georgia. College Hill is Black-college life uncensored and completely unrestricted -- from the classroom to chaos, cultural clashes to crazy sexual escapades, pranks to strict consequences.
The reality show, which some consider an urban, collegiate knock-off version of MTV's successful series The Real World is currently housing eight college students (four males and four females) living together under one roof in a tricked-out pad in the heart of the city. And although MTV has surprisingly never filmed a season of The Real World in the Peachtree State despite the city's infamous and innovative thriving music scene, the presence of College Hill's latest season will definitely bring added attention to the city's most well-respected HBCU's (historically black colleges & universities) such as Spelman College, Moorehouse College, CAU (Clark Atlanta University) and many more. And that's a good look!
According to Access Atlanta, the show, which is set to tape through November and air in the spring of 2008, has already lensed footage at rapper Young Jeezy's recent birthday party and at a local hair salon.
In related news, BET is also shooting its second annual 2007 Hip-Hop Awards show at the Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday, October 13th. The show will premiere on the network on Wednesday, October 17th at 8 p.m. Comedian Katt Williams returns as host. R&B singer, Keyshia Cole's reality show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is is also being taped in the ATL.
The following video shows E! News behind the scenes as Usher and his wife Man-Man posed for their photo spread for Essence magazine's November '07 issue. As you can probably tell by the screenshot, the couple will grace the cover of the issue as well. This will also mark the first interview they've done together ever since they started their home-wrecking, adulterous affair of a relationship nearly two years ago. As you watch the video clip, you can easily figure out who wears the pants in the relationship. Here's a small hint: it ain't the one whose internationally known for dropping his pants while performing on stage in front of thousands of screaming female fans. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm aware that a majority of pregnant women have their hormonal moments when either they don't want to be bothered, they don't want too many people in their personal space or they just feel like bitching about the smallest, most petty little things they can think of. After watching the video, I'm convinced Tameka is all three. How she gon tell folks who were there to do their job to get out?!
It was kinda funny to watch Usher sit there and come across as if he knew that if he was to say anything out of pocket, Tameka would turn around and slap a pint of piss out of his Curious George/Monchichi-looking ass a la Rasputia (from Norbit)style! LOL! It was also surprising to watch them go from being all lovey-dovey while the camera was flashing, but quickly turn it all off between takes. That's just my observation though.
And that's all I really have to say about that. Check out the behind-the-scene footage for yourself.
I going to assume that their feature story in this issue will be used to push his new fragrance line. Usher needs his ass kicked for thinking that anyone would want to wear that Tameka-inspired-scented toilet water he calls perfume. Now I can say this because I actually went to Macy's to try it out; but his men's fragrance is definitely something I would buy for my man...well, if I had a man.
Also, I'm almost positive that their cover story will also shed more spotlight on their marriage--even though just a couple of months ago, he was bitching and begging folks to respect he and his wife's private life, but yet they both continue to stay all up in our face--than on news of Usher's latest music project...which we will probably never hear at all.