REALGOSSIP 101: 12/11/07

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

PICS: TIA MOWRY & HER FINACE @ 'P.S. I LOVE YOU' PREMIERE; KEENEN IVORY WAYANS W/HIS BOO @ STORE OPENING.

The Game's Brittany Daniel with longtime boyfriend, director Keenen Ivory Wayans, attend the Kiki De Montparnasse Los Angeles Store Opening in Los Angeles on December 3, 2007.

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Daniel's fellow co-star Tia Mowry and her fiance/actor Corey Hardrict, attend the P.S. I Love You Los Angeles premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on December 9, 2007.

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MAG SCANS: CARMELO ANTHONY'S PHOTOSPREAD IN SMOOTH MAGAZINE

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(KING) MAG SCANS: SALLI RICHARDSON: 'SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, THERE'S A GUY WHO'S SICK OF FUCKING A HALLE BERRY.'

Salli Richardson's middle name should be multi-tasker. This veteran actress can do it all--from a leading role in the Sci-Fi Channel show, Eureka to a portraying Will Smith's spouse in his latest $150 million blockbuster I Am Legend, to her most important role--mother of her three year old daughter, Parker and wife of five years to fellow actor, Dondre Whitfield.

With past rumored relationships (before wedding Whitfield, of course) with Matthew McConaughey and the late Tupac Shakur, this beautiful biracial beauty (her mother is half African American/half Native American (Cherokee); and her father is half Irish/half Italian) who, along with her longtime boyfriend at the time, actor Glen Plummer (South Central) was once named one of Ebony magazine's 1995 Top 10 Hottest Couples of the Year, knows a thing or two when it comes to sniffing out a trifling-ass man (with the exception of Whitfield, of course).

And Richardson-Whitfield is also very well aware that a woman's physical characteristics a la Halle Berry, doesn't mean shit when it comes to a man remaining faithful in his relationship. I heard that!

FIND OUT HER TAKE ON HALLE BERRY AFTER THE JUMP!

The 40-year-old actress tells King magazine, 'There's no game you can try to play that I haven't seen or maybe done myself. We've all been lied to before. When you're younger, you know niggas are lying to you, but you choose not to believe it. You say, 'I know this shit don't sound right, but I believe him.' When you're older, you go, 'You know what? You're lying. And I choose not to believe your shit no matter how much you say it wasn't you.' ...And people always use Halle Berry as a reference. Somewhere in the world, there's a guy who's sick of fucking a Halle Berry.

You can have the finest chick, and then one day, for some reason, you're sick of fucking her, and you get someone who isn't even as cute. People go, 'He's got a Halle Berry--why is he messing with this girl with two babies?"

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NEW PICS/YOUTUBE CLIP: WILL SMITH (WITH 2 OF HIS 3 KIDS) AT HANDPRINT & FOOTPRINT CEREMONY IN HOLLYWOOD.

Rapper-turned-Academy Award nominee, Will Smith (along with his daughter Willow Camille and his youngest son Jaden), attends the Handprint and Footprint Ceremony in his honor at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California on December 11, 2007.

Will Smith took his place among Hollywood legends Monday with imprints of his hands and feet planted in the cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. "I'm humble, I'm honored, my heart is just beating right now," said an emotional Smith, 39. "I don't really understand it -- I'm not used to feeling like that...There's something in the concrete about being etched into the fiber of Hollywood." Among the friends and family on hand for the occasion were Smith's two youngest children, Willow and Jaden, and friend Tom Cruise.

After the ceremony, the two-time best actor Oscar nominee told KCAL9 television that he's looking forward to Friday's release of his new film, I Am Legend. "This one is special," he said. "We made a really aggressive attempt at a different type of movie, so I'm anxious to see how people respond to it."

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SET YOUR TiVOS & DVRs FOR TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC AND OUT OF CONTROL SEASON FINALE OF 'KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS.'

Tonight, the sophomore season of BET's critically acclaimed Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is draws to a dramatic close. In the special one-hour season finale premiering at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, Keyshia and her mother Frankie receive the results of a DNA test to reveal whether a man claiming to be Keyshia's long-lost father actually is. Meanwhile, her manager Manny organizes a family reunion to bring together Keyshia's foster family and biological family, including two siblings she's only recently become acquainted with. "That's always been my dream," said Cole. "This is my day - I want the family to come together, and I want everyone to get along."

But the tension is high as Frankie, who continues to deal with the emotional guilt of abandoning her children during years of drug addiction, shows up at the reunion inebriated and confronts Keyshia's adoptive parents. Meanwhile, her sister Neffe, who in last week's episode discovered that she was pregnant, makes a final decision of whether to keep her baby. Despite the opinions offered by her mother and sister, Neffe resolves not to be influenced in her decision-making. "This baby situation is always heavy on mind," Neffe reveals in the episode. "They don't have to live with this for the rest of their life, Neffe does."

From heart-wrenching therapy sessions and family pathos to handling the day-to-day life of a platinum-selling artist, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is gives one-of-a-kind insight into the world of one of music's most captivating and complex rising stars.

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THE SIMMONS SISTERS LAUNCH HANDBAG LINE; PLANS TO EXPANSION INTO COSMETICS, CLOTHES & FRAGRANCES.

Vanessa and Angela Simmons are expanding their Pastry apparel brand and have announced the launch of a handbag collection that will be released in 2008. The Simmons' partnered with handbag industry giant The Betesh Group for their foray into the handbag category. The Simmons' are the daughters of pioneering rapper Reverend Run of Run-DMC fame and star in MTV's top rated reality series, Run's House. The sisters launched their Pastry brand in March of 2007. The company is expected to earn over $25 million dollars in sales this year, according to company representatives. Pastry Footwear recently launched a television commercial advertising their new "hi-top" Fab Cookie Pastries sneakers.

If it appears as if the Simmons sisters are taking too much on at one time (Angela is the chief editor of her urban magazine, Angela's Rundown; she also attends the Fashion Institute of Technology. Vanessa is an model and aspiring actress), they aren't stressing about it. It's obvious that the girl's penchant for hard work runs in the family. The two 20-something-years-olds claim their father, Rev. Run, and uncle Russell passed down their strong work ethic to the girls at a young age. However, the girls are well aware that there are people who may not take them seriously as designers or business owners because of their family's last name. Vanessa says, "We just happen to be in a really privileged position, which I thank God for every day. But we have to prove ourselves 20 times more to our family because our dad knows how quickly I can just say, “Oh, that was cool, but I’m over it.”

So what's next for these two up-and-coming tycoons? Expansion. Angela and Vanessa are hoping to branch out and turn their Pastry line into a global franchise the same way (their former Aunt) Kimora delivered her Baby Phat brand and KLS Collection into one of the top urban franchises in the world. Plans to launch a boot line, clothing, cosmetics and fragrance line are already in the works.

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T-BOZ TAKES BLAQUE UNDER HER WING; GROUP TO STAR IN THEIR OWN NEW REALITY SHOW, 'BLAQUE BY POP DEMAND.'

Looks like TLC's T-Boz and Chilli are going to be quite busy in 2008. And by busy, I'm not referring to the never-see-the-light-of-day release of their individual solo albums which were supposed to in stores by the end of '07. Anyhoo, the following press release (which I received in my inbox four days ago. I know, I got to do better) almost flew completely over my head. And although I love me some TLC, I'm not too sure how I feel about T-Boz taking the girls of Blaque a.k.a. TLC's mini-mes, under her wing in hopes of reviving the girl's careers as R&B artists. Especially when T-Boz and Chilli received so much slack after shunning R U The Girl with T-Boz and Chilli? reality show winner, O'So Krispie after the show wrapped.

Where have all the singing groups gone? They seem to be a thing of the past. Not so fast… the reemergence of Blaque, brainchild of TLC’s Lisa (Left Eye) Lopes, shatters the notion that girl groups are relics of times gone by. The upcoming show, reportedly titled Blaque by Pop Demand, chronicles the reintroduction of this already well-known group to the world. Now mentored by Tionne (T-Boz) Watkins, we all get a “front row seat,” as the third biggest-selling girl group of all time, TLC, pass their tiara to the capable hands of the only group truly birthed by the original.

There have been many whom have tried to capture the allure and style of TLC; however, Blaque is the only group that can legitimately capture the essence of their predecessors, while incorporating their own distinctiveness, which enables them to move forward in a fresh and thrilling direction. The three vibrant performers that make up Blaque are: Shamari Fears, Natina Reed, and Brandi Williams; they need not stand in anyone’s shadow. These women are proven artists, stepping back into the scene to recover “music” in its purest form.

AFTER THE JUMP, READ MORE ABOUT BLAQUE'S BLAQUE BY POP DEMAND REALITY SHOW AS WELL AS A LIST OF GUEST STARS WHO WILL MAKE CAMEO APPEARANCES.

Rumor has it that the show will be populated with cameo appearances, by Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition (husband of Shamari Fears), Kurupt (ex-fiance of Natina Reed and father of her son, Trent), T-Boz, and Da Brat, this fly-on-the-wall TV show promises to deliver all that it should. Fans will want to watch as these forcefully dynamic women claim their rightful position in music history.

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