RAY J. LANDS HIS OWN REALITY DATING SHOW ON VH1.

According to VH1.com, actor/singer/soft-core porn star and Brandy's baby brother Ray J. has scored his very own reality show on the VH1 network! I have to say, I did not see this one coming. But then again, it is VH1...and what celeb, semi-celeb or semi-semi-celeb doesn't have a reality show on VH1? Anyhoo, apparently all the love and adoration he receives from Whitney Houston, Lil Kim and any other groupie isn't enough and has left the singer, who some--and maybe even Ray J. himself--consider one of the most infamous playboys in hip-hop in need for more. He's finally ready--or so he says--to find that special sweetheart to settle down with. In 2009, be on the look out for the Sexy Can I star's as of yet untitled dating show to hit the airwaves. In the meantime and in between time, the show's producers are currently casting for 'smart, attractive women over 21 who think they can handle the drama of celebrity life' in the following locations:

Miami (Miami@realtalentcasting.com)

Chicago (Chicago@realtalentcasting.com)

Las Vegas (Vegas@realtalentcasting.com)

New York (NY@realtalentcasting.com)

Dallas (Dallas@realtalentcasting.com)

Houston (Houston@realtalentcasting.com)

Oklahoma City (OK@realtalentcasting.com)

Los Angeles (LA@realtalentcasting.com)

If you live near one of the aforementioned locations, e-mail for an audition! And maybe--just maybe you'd get your chance to stroll down the red carpet arm-in-arm with Ray J. Norwood.
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ACTRESS/DIRECTOR KARYN PARSONS ON BEING BIRACIAL IN AMERICA & HAVING A CHILD WITH BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES.

Last April, I made a post about the beautiful Karyn Parsons a.k.a. Hilary Banks (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) and her two adorable children, 6-year old Lana and 11-month old Nico in my 'Celebrity Mommies on a Mission' blog post and some of were shocked at the fact that Karyn's children looked so much unlike her. Well, the actress, who played the role of spoiled valley girl with a penchant for everything designer for seven seasons, and is now married with children recently sat down and talked to ESSENCE.COM to discussed her role as wife of 5 years to Russian film maker Alexander Rockwell, embracing her biracial identity and how she reacted to her daughter being born with blonde hair and blue eyes.

KARYN PARSONS ON HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS BEING BIRACIAL IN AMERICA: "Well, it's hard. When I saw Barack's speech on race, I cried and I felt like, there's the speech I've been wanting to write. I've been thinking about writing about race for a long time. It's very interesting how we feel about each other in terms of race. When I'm around Black or White people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around Black people; they will really tell how they feel about White people regardless of the fact that I'm also White and have White relatives. It's very interesting and can be really hard."

KARYN ON BEING MARRIED TO A WHITE MAN AND HOW RACE IS SOMETHING THEY STILL HAVE TO FACE:" And I'm married to a White man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest White child with blonde hair and blue eyes. And I'm like, Omigosh, now what am I going to do? She has my mom's features and is lighter than my husband. And my boy is browner than I am. Brown eyes and really tan. The race thing is something we continue to deal with and just have to learn to love ourselves and others."

TO READ MORE OF KARYN'S INTERVIEW, CHECK OUT ESSENCE.COM.
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CANDID SHOTS: BFFs VIVICA A. FOX AND LISARAYE McCOY MISICK.

Vivica Fox was lensed leaving the H. Lorenzo boutique after a day of shopping on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California on Tuesday. On Thursday night, the actress/producer and now reality show star played hostess to several of her industry friends as they came together to celebrate and watch the premiere of Fox's new VH1 reality show Glam God with Vivica A. Fox. The show, which airs Thursday nights at 10 pm pits aspiring fashion stylists against each other and gives them the task of creating the drop-dead, red-carpet look that will impress host Fox, and her glam panel of judges: celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch and US Weekly Bureau Chief, Melanie Bromley. The winner of the eight-episode show gets to style an A-List celebrity for a spread in US Weekly and a $100,000 check.

Maybe the show will eventually get better, but after trying to sit through and watch it last night, in my own personal opinion, I highly doubt it. The only time my ears perked up was when one contestant got slick at the mouth with Vivica...and Vivica being the keeping-it-real diva that she is, saw fit to straightened ol girl out, respectively, of course.

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And here we have Vivica's BFF, LisaRaye McCoy Misick. Poor LR. In all my years of surfing the Internet for celeb news and pictures, I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, seen candid photos of LisaRaye anywhere until now. I try not to laugh too hard at the fact that she had to get bit up, bruised up, embarrassed, talked about and looking a pure, utter mess in order to have the paparazzi to finally deem her 'worthy' enough of their candid shots.

Below are images of the actress arriving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport last week after her devastating trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands to meet with her estranged husband to discuss their divorce proceedings.

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