CELEB DADDIES & DAUGHTERS: DIDDY & TWINS; CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER; KIMORA & DJIMON; CHRIS ROCK.

Now, I'm well aware that Djimon is not the father of Kimora's baby girls, Aoki and Ming. But these pics were just too cute to not post. The blended family were spotted arriving for a sunny day's lunch at the infamous Ivy in Santa Monica last Saturday.

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Comedian/actor Cedric the Entertainer attend the Dr. Seuss Horton Hears A Who! movie premiere at the The Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California with his wife Lorna and their kids; son, Croix and daughter Lucky Rose.

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Chris Rock shares a moment with his two daughters Lola Simone and Zahra Savannah during Easter Sunday Mass at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

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Diddy's darling twins Jessie James and D'Lila Star made a cameo appearance on MTV's Making the Band 4 season finale which aired Sunday night (3.23.2008).

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NEW PICS: RAPPER T.I. ATTENDS EASTER CHURCH SERVICES IN ATLANTA WITH HIS FAMILY.

For the first time in a long time, rapper T.I. was given a chance to get a breath of fresh air after he was granted permission to attend Easter church service at the Georgia Dome yesterday. The rapper, who is currently on house-arrest for several felony weapon charges was accompanied by his fiancee Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle, their children. One of T.I.'s lawyers as well as a court-approved monitor were also present as part of the terms of him being able to go. T.I. was arrested last October hours before he was to perform at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. Authorities say he was trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a quarter-million dollar fine on each of the weapons charges fled against him. He is under house arrest as he awaits trial.

Atlanta photographer and blogger Sandra Rose has exclusive pics of the rapper and his clan as they posed for pictures. According to Rose:

T.I. and his family arrived at the dome aboard his favorite mode of transportation: a special tour bus kitted out with plasma tvs. A friend who spoke with Tiny by cell phone aboard the bus could hear T.I. in the background telling his kids, “y’all gotta be good today!” Tiny promised the caller that there would be photo ops available at the dome once they arrived. “[T.I.] is expecting that,” she said. Tiny, who is 6 months pregnant with a boy, looked radiant as she patted her belly backstage at the dome. The service was very emotional and moving as T.I. took the podium to give a speech on AIDS and its effects on the black community.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, said, “We’re here to celebrate the death of our Lord and Savior,” Harris said, “he was willing to give his life for us so that we may ask for forgiveness for our sins and be forgiven and saved…no matter how many times we have to ask…or how long it takes to get it right.”

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R&B FEMALE GROUP 'BLAQUE' TO LAUNCH NEW REALITY SHOW 'BLAQUE IN THE HOUSE' WITH T-BOZ THIS SUMMER.

Last year I told you all R&B/Hip-Hop female group Blaque (Shamari Fears Natina Reed and Brandi Williams), the mini-me version of TLC, who were mentored under the tutelage of the late Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, would be back on the scene in 2008. The platinum-selling trio--who has spawned several hits since their 1999 debut such as, 808, Bring It All To Me, As If, and I'm Good (from the Honey movie soundtrack)--have reunited to star in a new Atlanta-based reality show called Blaque In the House. We will see the girls prepare and record their first album in six years under the wings of a new mentor who isn't a stranger to us at all, Tionne 'T-Boz'Watkins. The girls will live with T-Boz during the taping of the show which doesn't sit too well with Fears husband of two years Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition. I'm guessing we'll see alot of cameo appearances by DeVoe because of this! Viewers will also see Reed's six-year-old son and Lisa's godson, Tren (who she shares with ex-fiancee and rapper Kurupt--he'll be there also) as well as Williams new fiance. The girls, all in their late 20s have definitely grown up.

CLICK HERE to watch the promo clip from Blaque In the House. And for those of you who need a little refresher on who I'm talking about, CLICK HERE to listen to 808 (written and produced by R. Kelly), one of the group's hottest and successful hits.

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Slated to air this summer, the show will also highlight the group's past separation, coping with the sudden lost of Lopes, their reunion as a group, what's going on in their personal lives and the predicted success of their highly anticipated 2008 album release. I don't know about yall, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they have in store. Additionally, I'm even more interested in witnessing their collaboration and their chemistry with T-Boz while she manages their musical projects. No word yet on what network will pick up the show.

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GEORGIA WOMAN SAYS ACTOR MIKE EPPS FATHERED HER 4-MONTH-OLD CHILD.

Day-Day say it ain't so! Not you too, boo?! According to recent reports, comedian Mike Epps is fighting a paternity suit from a Georgia woman who claims the actor is the father of her four-month-old child. Epps, who starred in Next Friday and most recently Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, has been named in legal papers filed by an unnamed female in February 2008, in which she requests Epps take a DNA test and acknowledge the child as his own. The woman's lawyer Randy Kessler claims his client initially wanted to keep the proceedings quiet, but was forced to go public after repeated calls, letters and emails to Epps and his attorneys were ignored. He tells TMZ.com, "We are not asking for the moon, we are just asking him to take a paternity test. Once the tests are completed and paternity is confirmed, hopefully, Mr. Epps will do the right thing and begin to provide for his child."

Epps, 37, has been married to wife Michelle MCCain (shown above)since 2006. The couple has one daughter together. Epps also has a teenage son from a previous relationship.
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ALLEGED TYRA BANKS STALKER ARRESTED, THEN FREED FROM JAIL.

A man accused of stalking retired supermodel Tyra Banks has been released back onto the streets of New York - just 24 hours after he was arrested by police. Brady Green, 37, has allegedly been hounding Banks for months, sending her letters and leaving her phone messages since early January 2008. The Dublin, Georgia, native then began sending the talk show beauty flowers and last Tuesday (March 18, 2008) turned up at the N.Y. TV studio where she films The Tyra Banks Show asking to speak to the star in person. Authorities were alerted to Green's unwanted presence and found him carrying a large bag packed full of magazine cuttings and notes about Banks. He was removed from the premises, but later returned and waited for Banks to emerge from a fast food restaurant across the street. Police were called back to the scene and officers took Green into custody, charging him with stalking, harassment and criminal trespass, reports the New York Post.

Green was hauled before a judge at Manhattan Criminal Court on last Wednesday where he protested his innocence - and within minutes he was freed by Judge Anthony Ferrara, despite Green having prior run-ins with the law. Ferrara did issue an order of protection for Banks, but staff at the posh Chelsea, N.Y. studio are reportedly still anxious about Green's return. A producer says, "There's no security at this building. It's very scary."
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CHRIS & RIHANNA CAUGHT LEAVING CLUB TOGETHER; CHRIS DENIES RUMORS OF ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH RIHANNA.

In the UK for two sell out shows, Chris Brown kicked the Easter holidays off in style by throwing a party at London hotspot Maya. After stopping to say hello to MTV News’ Rickie , he got on the mic for over two hours, singing and dancing on his table whilst Rihanna preferred to sit on the sofas by his feet. She did get involved however when Brown’s remix of her smash ‘Umbrella’ came on (”you could be my Cinderella -ella-ella” etc) and the couple danced together. The pair were careful not to give on-looking partygoers any sign that they are more than good friends - and there was certainly no ‘Kiss Kiss’. In keeping with tradition, the night ended with a slow song - Brown’s current track ‘With You’. As all the girls in the club watched the man himself belt out the lyrics, even Rihanna managed to raise a smile….

In a recent interview with MTV, Brown denied insistent rumors that he and Rihanna are dating. As a matter of fact the tall, beige and handsome young heartthrob, who’s currently promoting his album Xclusive, is getting fed up of the accusations that are being fired at him left, right and center. “I’ve been on my website and seeing how girls have been threatening me and saying I’m a liar and I’m like it’s not even that.” However, Chris did mention that he has a certain friend. “I have a close friend but it’s not like a relationship, I’m not trying to settle down, I’m only 18 so I’m just trying to live my life and have fun”. Unh-huh, Chris, and we know just who that close friend who has been so very close to you is. Do your thang, Your Beigeness. Do your thang.

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'THE SHIT CELEBS SAY': KIM KARDASHIAN: 'I DON'T WANT TO PUBLICIZE MY RELATIONSHIP. I WANT TO KEEP IT AS PRIVATE AS POSSIBLE.'

Is she serious?!! I know good and damn well this chic can not be serious!! Regarding her relationship with Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian has gone on record as saying, "I don't want to publicize my relationship. I wanna keep whatever I can private and to myself and off camera." Now, if that doesn't put the lid on the jar, I don't know what does. She unabashedly flaunts her boy toy around Tinseltown and beyond--both candidly and at red carpet events--at her every convenience yet she doesn't want to 'publicized my relationship'? Seriously? Anywhoo, during the launch party celebrating the second season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians last Thursday, Kim told reporters her man will make a small cameo appearances on K.U.W.T.K. this season. Then this heffah-hussy began bitching and moaning about why she didn't want her lap dog on the show.

"You don’t want them (the media) to turn things into a negative so, like, my boyfriend, he might be on [the show] a little bit but I don’t really want him on the show, because like, what we do in my totally private time, I kind of want to keep that as private as possible so, it was a good thing that he was working during his football season while we were filming."

Girl, bye.

In related news, if Kim The Krybaby isn't careful about how she treats her family members, she may just find herself by herself. In one of the two cutting-room floor clips below, Kim throws a diva-fied bitch-fit and bawls her eyes out. Kim turned what was supposed to be family time into Kim and Reggie time. When Khloe calls her out on it, the diva screams, You guys all gang up on me and I'm tired of it. You guys are so mean to me!' I swear this is one time where I completely agree with everything Khloe throws at Kim. Everything.

In the second clip, Khloe and Khloe has obviously done something to piss Kim off to the point where she starts swinging that overnight bag she calls a purse and throwing punches at Khloe before calling her an 'f-ing bitch.' But that still doesn't stop her sisters from putting her in her place and clowning her ass before she leaves. Khloe is better than me (and bigger) because I would have definitely gave Kim a swift and sanctified kick in those two silicone-induced cheeks she calls an ass.

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LL COOL J. CONTINUES TO PORTRAY BITCHASSNESS TENDENCIES TOWARD HIS FORMER BOSS, JAY-Z; CALLS HIS FANS 'HATERS'.

It looks as though LL Cool J still can't manage to keep his piehole shut and let bygones be bygones. The rapper has stirred up more trouble with his former record label boss, Jay-Z, by insisting the departing Def Jam president failed his artists. The rap veteran has one more Def Jam release on his contract before he quits the label too. But, before he leaves, he's keen to let the industry know what he thinks about the 99 Problems hitmaker. Speaking out about the music mogul in Sister 2 Sister magazine, LL Cool J says, "It's been a great business for him, but it has been not so great for a lot of the artists that were there (at Def Jam) previously. We have to be very careful when we talk about it because, for some strange reason, his fans... start thinking, like, you're hating when you're just being real."

LL Cool J (real name James Todd Smith) also suggests Jay-Z was only given the Def Jam top job because the label's top executives wanted "to show the world that they still cared about hip-hop and they felt like giving him the job would show the world that." Jay-Z quit his post as president of Def Jam Records in December (07) and was alleged to be planning to start his own venture on another label.

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INJURED AUDIENCE MEMBER SUES THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW.

A woman is suing The Oprah Winfrey Show after she allegedly suffered serious injuries during a stampede to locate prime seats at the taping of the talk show. Orit Greenberg claims she was pushed down a flight of stairs by other Oprah audience members as they rushed into Harpo Studios in Chicago, Illinois in December 2006. Greenberg, who filed her complaint in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois on Wednesday (19Mar08), alleges she and an "excess number of patrons" assembled in a waiting room before the show, and were then told to enter the studio and sit "where they wanted". At that point, she claims Winfrey's fans "rushed the gate" to the studio.

Greenberg accuses Winfrey's production company Harpo of failing to adequately control the crowd, reports website TMZ.com. After suffering "severe and permanent injuries" from the incident, Greenberg is seeking over $50,000 for medical care and other damages from Harpo and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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RUSSELL SIMMONS' GIRLFRIEND, PORSCHLA IN KING MAGAZINE; TALKS KIMORA, GOLD DIGGING & OLDER MEN.

Russell Simmons' first post-Kimora-girlfriend, 25-year-old model and aspiring yoga instructor, Porschla Coleman has nothing but love for Simmons' estranged wife and fellow model Kimora Lee Simmons. In an interview with King magazine, Coleman defends Kimora's bossy, mean and holier-than-thou attitude stating Kimora is nothing like the tough woman she's portrayed as in the media. Oh, really now? Coleman says, "I don't have much interaction with Kimora, but the times that I have been around her, she's very cordial. I spend a lot of time with their girls, and they're a beautiful reflection of her. I hear rumors that people say about her, but she's been nothing but a doll to me." As a matter of fact, Porschla says she has no need whatsover to watch her back when it comes to Kimora.

And for those of you who think you're hurting Coleman's feelings by referring to her as a certified golddigger, think again. The beauty, who has been dating Russell for the past 10 months says she is not concerned and/or worried about other folks perception because at the end of the day, she knows where her heart is. 'I made a connection with Russell that people will never understand. No one is gonna get in the way of how I feel about him. People are gonna say what they wanna say, and I can't control that, but I know where my heart is.' As for Simmons' and Coleman's significant age difference (like Kimora, at 50-years-old, he's also old enough to be Porschla's papa), Coleman claims, 'Well, bottom line, I'm an adult. It's my decision in what I choose to do. Growing up, I was always the more mature one; I've had this older mentality. I've always played 'Mama' in every situation, so it was only natural that I ended up with an older guy.'

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NEW CANDID PICS OF USHER WITH HIS WIFE & USHER W/HIS STEP-SON ON THE SET OF NEW VIDEO, 'LOVE IN THIS CLUB.'

Usher has been seen out and about in the last couple of days since getting hitched to his ball and chain, Tameka. Below are candid photos of the couple in Beverly Hills earlier this week. Don't know who Nickel-Slick Usher and his Sidekick Sally think they're fooling though...because these pictures has PUBLICITY written all over them. Don't be surprised if we 'learn' the couple's 'marriage' is in disarray or that they have amicably 'separated' in the weeks leading up to the June release of Usher's new album. Because it's all, let's say it together: PUBLICITY. He's probably thinking, 'Well, if my fans, especially the ones who despise Tameka, think we've separated or are on bad terms, then maybe they'll go out and cop my album like they did after Chilli kicked my cheating ass to the curb back in 2004. *rubbing hands together* Yeah, that's it. Then my record sales will go through the roof! Hell, I may even surpass the sales of Confessions! And then I'll wake up because there's no chance in hell that's going to happen to me again...especially since I fired my own damn mama!'

Peep the images below. In the second row of pics, you'll find Usher and one of his three step-sons on the set of his new video 'Love In This Club.'

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THROWBACK PICS: MAIA CAMPBELL IN KING MAG; ACTRESS DISHED ON SUGE, SHAQ & JAY-Z.

**BUMPING UP AN OLDIE, BUT GOODIE. BLOG ENTRY ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2007 (CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMMENTS)**

This girl! Bless her heart. I've always been a fan of her and her mother. But for her to be such a beautiful girl, the craziness she once embraced wasn't a good look at all. I just want her to get better....to get the help her mother so desperately wanted for her before she passed away. Here I was thinking her mental illness had gotten worse within the past couple of years, but low and behold I find this excerpt from her 2002 King magazine interview which proves, at least to me, she'd been a bit off for a while now.

However, that was then, these days, from my understanding, Maia has pulled herself together since the death of her mother, best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell. Moore Campbell died at the age of 56 on November 27, 2006 from complications related to brain cancer...just one day after Maia's 30th birthday. It's no secret that Maia, who scored the biggest role of her career as 'Tiffany Warren' on UPN's In the House, privately battled drug abuse. Soon as the hit sitcom was canceled, rumors of Maia's drug abuse and erratic behavior around Hollywood began to swarm around the Internet and beyond. In the July 2004 issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Maia candidly admitted to abusing drugs while vehemently denying rumors that she's a certified nut job. 'I am not a psycho. There's a rumor going around that I'm a psycho,' Maia told the magazine. The actress's rapid decline into drugs and whispers of the beauty being bi-polar is what some believed was the catalyst that strained her relationship with her mother. And some speculate Bebe's last novel, 72 Hour Hold, was loosely based on her relationship with her daughter.....

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...Whatever the case may be, Maia says she was able to make peace with her mother before she passed away.And I know from from personal experience (I lost my father to bone cancer in 2005) that a moment like that is a truly welcoming comfort as well as one of the most precious privileges God can ever bestow upon you. Some say Maia has gotten herself together and has become stronger since her mother's untimely death. Maia says she now finds happiness from the love she feels for her family, true friends, her profound belief in God and everything else that makes life worth living, bless her heart. It's true what they say: Loosing a loved one can have one of two effects on a person. Either you'll fall by the wayside something terrible OR you'll get your dusty ass up, brush yourself off and get back on the right track in order to move on with your life.

These days Maia is busy taking care of her young daughter, Elizabeth Elisha Gutierrez (who is named after Maia's mother) and operating her production company, MCC which is a multi-tasked business that provides today's film and television culture with quality entertainment.

It makes me feel good to be able to write such a positive story on her because Lord knows there aren't too many out there. I just hope in the future I can continue to post more inspiring stories involving her.

Let's continue to hope and pray for the best for her.

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