CELEB CANDIDS: B.F.F.'s TISHA & TICHINA; LISARAYE & VIVICA; TRACEE ELLIS ROSS; KEYSHIA COLE; TATYANA ALI; DEMETRIA McKINNEY.

I found some very random celebrity candids of several Black actresses/singers. On the first row (left to right) there's Keyshia Cole shopping on Rodeo Drive; Tichina Arnold and her boo at a comedy show in Hollywood; House of Payne co-star Demetria McKinney (she was also in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns stageplay) and actress Tatyana Ali at the American Black Film Festival in Hollywood; Tracee Ellis Ross & BFF's Tisha Campbell Martin & Tichina were all spotted at a recent Katt Williams concert in Hollywood.

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Below are pics of LisaRaye garbed from head to toe in her signature white attire while attending the Hennessy Art of the Gentlemen event on October 2, 2008 in Hollywood, California. In the third photo, LisaRaye is seen at The Improv in Hollywood; and the last candid pic shows her leaving Mr. Chow in Los Angeles a couple of months ago.

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And here are pictures of LisaRaye's B.F.F. Vivica Fox at the Nick at Nite Worldwide Fido Awards which were held at Barker Hangar last week in Santa Monica.

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NEW PICS: TATYANA ALI IN KING MAGAZINE; ACTRESS DISHES ON NEW ALBUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 'ASHLEY BANKS' & BARACK OBAMA.

Dominican beauty and Harvard University graduate Tatyana Ali is featured once again in King magazine. In her featurette the 29-year-old actress-turned-singer discussed everything from her new film Hotel California (which co-stars Tyson Beckford), her sophomore album The Light (read more about that here on Real Gossip 101 by clicking here) as well as the the surrogate work she and sister Anastasia willingly participate in for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Don't let the Nick-at-Nite reruns fool you. Believe it or not, 'Ashley Banks' Fresh Prince of Bel Air is now a grown-ass woman. “Look, that show changed my life,” Tatyana says of her experience. “It used to freak me out watching the show, but I look at it now and say, ‘That shit was funny.’”

TATYANA ON HER ROLE IN 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA': [Laughs] "I do get jacked up. I’m known more for lighter stuff, obviously for comedy, but this is really very dramatic. And my character experiences a lot of violence and gets caught up in a situation where she has to fight for her life."

TATYANA ON HER NEW ALBUM 'THE LIGHT': "I found my voice with this album, The Light. I can never stop singing. Remember, I recorded my first album [1998’s Kiss the Sky, MJJ Music] when I was 16, and other people wrote most of the songs. I really wanted the next album that I did to express who I am. And the only way I can do that is to write it myself. So in that sense, I found my voice. I finally paired up with a producer named Johnny J, who has sold 100 million albums worldwide and is responsible for a lot of 2Pac’s music."

TATYANA ON HER WORK IN BARACK OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: "I’ve been working as a surrogate for his campaign. Surrogates can be politicians, actors, musicians or private citizens—anyone who volunteers in the campaign. Since the Iowa caucuses, I’ve been going to colleges and speaking to students, not just about Obama but about the importance of participating in the process. The notion that one vote doesn’t matter really is a lie. Just because people have done us wrong doesn’t mean we should give up. One of the reasons I did volunteer was because I was pissed at what happened in 2000 and in 2004. It made me cry. I needed to be hands-on and help, so I signed up to volunteer. You can’t let the past dictate the future. This is a fight worth fighting. I actually studied political studies and Afro-American studies in school, which was my major. I’m very interested in politics privately, but I think that each individual should be politically active. It’s really important because politics affects your everyday life; it affects how much we pay for gas. Hello? Those are the things you’re voting for in the booth, and I think people forget that. The next big fight is to get people to come out in the general election against McCain."

AFTER THE JUMP READ ABOUT TATYANA'S YEARS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND IF SHE BELIEVES FOLKS WILL EVER FORGET ABOUT 'ASHLEY BANKS.'

TATYANA ON IF SHE THINKS FOLKS WILL EVER FORGET ABOUT 'ASHLEY BANKS': "Sure, maybe. It’s not my goal. But it certainly stretched me as an actor. That’s why there’s something about the art itself, and performing, that I truly love. That still drives me. I’ve been in this business for 24 years, so there are a lot of things that I know intuitively. If I’m in the position to bring up an incredible writer, director or producer, I’ll do it in some way."

TATYANA ON HER HARVARD EDUCATION (F.Y.I. SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS): "In Harvard, everybody was extraordinary in the town that they came from. When you get there, nobody is more extraordinary than anyone else. College was my opportunity to be around my peers, which you don’t get to do when you’re a child actor. And I wanted to be normal and see what else was out there, see what else I was good at. And there are some other things that I’m good at. I’m good at the sciences, I love learning about plants. You know, I’m a dork…it’s cool. I’ve come to terms with that and I dig it a little."

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NEW PICS: TATYANA ALI, HER SISTER, ANASTASIA & TYSON BECKFORD AT THE INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL.

Below are pics of Actress Tatyana Ali, model Tyson Beckford and Ali's baby sister Anastasia attended HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival at the Fordham Univ. Lincoln Center in New York City, on Friday. And here's a heads-up on what the actress has been up to lately: Not only has Ali finish recording her sophomore album titled, The Light, which will be distributed later this year independently, the Harvard graduate has also been pounding the concrete while participating in Senator Barack Obama's Presidential election campaign.

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PICS: MARTIN LAWRENCE, NIA LONG, ESSENCE ATKINS, TATYANA ALI, TAYE DIGGS & OTHER CELEBS AT HOLLY ROBINSON-PEETE'S 'HOLLYROD' EVENT.

A plethora of celebs gathered at a private residence last week in Malibu, California to support actress Holly Robinson-Peete and her husband Rodney Peete's 10th Annual DesignCure Benefit for the HollyRod Foundation fund-raiser party. Celebs in attendance (I've posted 2 different events) included: Essence Atkins, Taye Diggs, Kel Mitchell, Keith Robinson, Tatyana Ali, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Ricki Lake, Lela Rochon, Nia Long, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and his wife Cookie, John Salley and his wife, Barry Bonds and his wife Liz, Sugar Ray Leonard, James Ingram, Cathy Hughes, Cedric the Entertainer and his wife Lorna, Vanessa Williams, Jimmy Jam and his wife Lisa, Martin Lawrence and his longtime girlfriend, Eriq LaSalle, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Chef Garvin, Judge Mathis and wife.

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