NEW MAGAZINE SCANS. CHILLI IN CTP MAGAZINE + NEW PHOTOSHOOTS.

There's no new news to report on Chilli or the much delayed album which had a tentative release for September 2nd (of this year), but I do have several more new pics. Although I'm not sure if the picture of Chilli wearing a purple dress is an actual ad for her Bags by Chilli line, it is nice to see her dolled up from head to toe in an ensemble different from what we're used to seeing her wear. The folks over at CTP magazine dedicated its entire summer issue to Chilli, in an effort to drum up promotion for her upcoming projects (i.e. new album, handbag line, non-profit organization called 'Chilli's Crew') . For those of you wondering, Chilli's wardrobe in these (CTP magazine) pics were provided by Controversy Boutique located in Atlanta.

Hannah, who runs a brand new myspace fan page, visit it here dedicated to Chilli, emailed me more pics from the singer's photospread in CTP magazine. Thanks, Hannah! Remember to click the pics to see their full image.

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Last week I told you all that although Chilli's album won't be released this year, the singer still took time to shoot promo shots for her solo debut. The beautiful photoshoot pics below were snapped by Atlanta-based photographer Calvin Evans.

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ONE OF THREE OF T.I.'S BABY'S MAMA TAKES HIM TO COURT FOR MORE CHILD SUPPORT + MORE CANDID PICS OF THE RAPPER & HIS FIANCEE, TAMEKA 'TINY' COTTLE.

According to the Associated Press, rapper T.I. has been sued by his former girlfriend and mother of two of his sons claiming she is in vital need of more child support payments. Court documents show Lashon Dixon has been receiving $2,000 a month for their two sons, Messiah Ya'Majesty Harris and Domani Harris, ages 7 and 8. Rather than demanding a specified amount, the 29-year-old is requesting a court to order a stipend equal to Tip’s financial success. Dixon claims she's having a hard time supporting the boys with the $2,000 a month he is providing. The two allegedly grew up together since they were teenagers and were romantically involved prior to his platinum-selling status in today’s hip-hop climate. In addition to the two children he shares with Dixon, the rapper also has a daughter, Deyjah, from another previous relationship as well as two more sons, Clifford Joseph 'King' Harris III and Major Harris with fiancée and R&B singer Tameka “Tiny” Cottle. The couple also had a daughter who died shortly after childbirth in 2007. Word around the web is that the judge in the case originally reduced Dixon's child support payments from $3,500.00 to $2,000.00. One reason for the reduction, from my very own assumption, is that the dollar amount was lowered due to the fact that T.I. takes care of each of his five children who often reside with their father.

At the time of this posting, there was no word from T.I. or his rep. T.I.'s new album Paper Trail is scheduled to hit stores Tuesday, September 30th. In the meantime and in between time, check out more candid pics of T.I. and Tiny out and about that I peeped over on LSA.

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NEW PICS: ANANDA LEWIS & QUEEN LATIFAH AT TAPING OF 'A CONVERSATION WITH THE QUEEN' IN NEW YORK CITY; LATIFAH ADDRESSES LESBIAN RUMORS ONCE AGAIN.

Could former B.E.T. Summit co-host Ananda Lewis be making her way back to the network? Cause Lord knows Rocsi's time has been up. Below are pics of Ananda interviewing actress Queen Latifah during the taping of A Conversation with the Queen at The Directors Guild of America theater on Saturday evening in New York City. A Conversation with the Queen was presented by the 2008 Urbanworld Film Festival as well as the BET Network. During the interview, Queen Latifah admitted that she considering naming her upcoming eight studio album The L Word. Asked for the reason, Latifah says that she wants to "mess with people's heads" concerning the latest rumor saying that she is a lesbian and has an affair with Laila Ali.

Instead of denying the rumor(s), as she has in the past, Latifah jokingly told Ananda that the "L" word can stand for "love" or, just as what people think, "lesbian". She explains as saying, "L was gonna stand for love though or La. Since people want to play games, I like to jab back sometimes just for fun." For her future project, the New Jersey singer states that she will return to her rap root by working with LL Cool J and Dr. Dre. "Dre helped me write some stuff. He wrote some stuff with me and Ludacris wrote a record for me," Latifah says. Speaking of the theme in her upcoming album, she briefly explained the topic will vary but it is mostly about love relationship. "Lyrically it covers a range of topics. A lot of love on there. People, dealing with people, how people do all kinds of things," she adds in a statement.

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TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN TO JOIN HER ON-SCREEN/OFF-SCREEN B.F.F. TICHINA ARNOLD ON 'EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS.'

Fans have something to look forward to when Everybody Hates Chris returns for a fourth season this fall. Ooooh, and I can't wait!!! Aside from the hilarious new storylines that await the residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, actress Tisha Campbell-Martin will attempt to spice up the comedy as she reunites with her old Martin sidekick Tichina Arnold. According to Entertainment Weekly, Tisha Campbell-Martin will be joining the cast of Everybody Hates Chris for a multi-episode arc. The 39-year-old actress will reportedly portray a character named Peaches, who is described as “a sexy, edgy, vibrant ghetto princess who moves back to Bedford-Stuyvesant after a stint in prison and strikes up a frenemyship with Arnold's Rochelle.” Everybody Hates Chris fourth season premieres on Friday, October 3rd on The CW. Besides Arnold, the series also stars Terry Crews as Julius, Tyler James Williams as Chris, Tequan Richmond as Drew, Imani Hakim as Tonya, Vincent Martella as Greg Wuliger, and Chris Rock as The Narrator.

Aside from Everybody Hates Chris, Tisha has also been cast in several upcoming projects including the movie Pastor Brown and the TV show Rita Rocks. In Pastor Brown, she'll be playing a character named Amanda Carlton in a romantic comedy about a prominent pastor's daughter who is tasked to take over the church. Rita Rocks, on the other hand, will feature Tisha as Amanda Carlton in a comedy about a frazzled working mother who starts a garage band with her neighbor and a female postal worker.

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Known for her starring roles in such programs as Rags to Riches, Martin, and My Wife and Kids, Campbell-Martin is a notable actress whose accomplishments extend to the film, theater and music industry. Most recently, she appeared as Carmen on the TV series All of Us, which ran from 2004 to 2006.

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CANDID PICS: JOHN LEGEND IN SOHO WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND; ARETHA FRANKLIN IN NYC; BIRDMAN IN MANHATTAN.

Singer John Legend was spotted shopping with his girlfriend in SoHo yesterday afternoon.

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The paparazzi found Ms. Aretha looking like a human-sized tropical-kiwi flavored Skittle in NYC last week.

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Rapper Bryan 'Birdman' Williams seen leaving his hotel in Manhattan on Friday.

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KIM KARDASHIAN NEWS: SOCIALITE TICKETED FOR SPEEDING THROUGH SCHOOL ZONE; SAYS SHE WANTS TO LAUNCH A SINGING CAREER; SOLICITS 'D.W.S' VOTES.

As if some of you really cared. Attention whoremonger, Kim Kardashian, was recently stopped for speeding through a school district. The socialite was reportedly rushing home after finishing rehearsals for Dancing With The Stars on Wednesday when she was pulled over by a police officer and booked for speeding and driving with tinted windows. Kim accepted she was driving too fast and did not argue with the law enforcement officer. Now, that little tidbit may have had some of you all rolling your eyes and wondering why in the hell I posted it in the first place. So, if you thought that was bad, read on.....

In the meantime and in between time, Kardashian says she intends to launch---wait for it---a singing career when the series is over, claiming, 'I would be down with starting a pop career, if it was something fun. I love music, so it would just have to be the right thing.' The 27-year-old has already started thinking about which artists she would like to collaborate with. She added: "I would love to work with Timbaland as a producer and maybe Justin Timberlake." Somebody, please tell her to stop playing.

And as if all of that wasn't enough, on Sunday afternoon, Kim coerced her family members (and then again, maybe she didn't have to if they're as camera hoggish as she is) into wearing t-shirts that read 'Vote for Kim' and 'Team Kardashian' to support her and her dancing partner during the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. Kim's mom, four sisters, brother Robert and his Cheetah Girls girlfriend Adrienne Bailon all donned the personalized tees as they shopped, filmed scenes for their reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and strolled around in Beverly Hills. All of this comes in advance of the big 3-night Dancing with the Stars season premiere event, which kicks off on ABC starting Monday September 22 at 8/7c.

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NEW PICS: WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH ATTEND TREY'S J.V. FOOTBALL GAME.

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith turned heads a couple of weeks in the small town of Bakersfield, California. No, they weren't there attending a red carpet event...although I'm sure the words 'Bakersfield' and red carpet event' are in no way synonymous with each other. Anyhoo, the celebrity couple came out to cheer on their oldest son (I say 'their son' because Jada considers Trey as much as her son as she does Jaden), 15-year-old Trey during a junior varsity football game between Westlake Village-Oaks Christian High School Bakersfield Christian High School. Trey, a sophomore, plays wide receiver for Westlake-Village.

According to reports, Big Willie didn't seem interested in what was going on around him until a parade of well-wishers and photo-seekers became a game of cat-and-mouse. Soon after, a local woman from Bakersfield called herself sashaying past Will and Jada while pretending she was on her cell phone. But she wasn't talking. She was trying to get close enough to the Smith's to snap a photo, but not before Smith's beefy bodyguards shooed her off. However, it was enough to impress a movie star. "I saw you!" Smith shouted after her. "That was very clever, very clever." And so Smith and family — wife Jada Pinkett Smith, one daughter in a "Smith" football jersey and the other in a Hancock baseball hat, plus son Jaden, who has his own budding movie career — took in Bakersfield Christian's junior-varsity game against Westlake Village-Oaks Christian. Shortly after the Smiths arrived near the beginning of the second quarter, word spread to the BCHS side of the stands and people began coming over to see Smith, one of the highest-grossing movie stars of all time.

Below are pics (peeped at BLACK CELEBRITY KIDS) of Trey practicing before the game. Click em to see em.

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First it was a couple of giggling girls. Then some students looking for a good story to tell their friends later. Then word spread some more. Soon, the assistants were telling people before they even approached that it was "family time" for Smith. Instead, the celebrity-seekers stood behind a fence a few hundred feet away and shouted "Hi, Will Smith!" He responded with a smile and wave, and then turned back to the game to watch the most famous JV squad in America. Later, during the varsity game, 49ers legendary quarterback Joe Montana appeared, standing quietly atop the visiting bleachers. No one seemed to turn a head.

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LIL WAYNE TO RELEASE HIS OWN DOCUMENTARY TITLED, 'THE NINO BROWN STORY.'; WATCH TRAILER.

Rapper Lil Wayne is gearing up to release a documentary DVD called The Nino Brown Story which charters his rise to fame as one of the greatest rapper's alive. The doc, set to hit stores on September 23, will also chronicle the much-publicized drama from his personal life and promises to give fans a never-before-seen glimpse into the rapper's often tumultuous world. The title for the film comes from the 1991 classic film New Jack City, a reference to the building owned by Nino Brown, the drug kingpin character played by Wesley Snipes and followed Brown's crew, 'The Cash Money Brothers.' If you're a true Lil Wayne fan, you'd know that lil dude makes constant references to the 1991 film in his lyrics. Aside from featuring uncensored footage following the rapper's travels throughout major U.S. cities such as Newark, Los Angeles, Philly and his native New Orleans, the documentary will also feature appearances from the other Mr. Carter, Jay-Z as well as Kanye West, Juelz Santana, Jae Millz, Freekey Zekey and Baby. The I Run This video shoot, Wayne’s Newark, NJ performance, and unreleased details about his NYC arrest have been added as special features.

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TONI BRAXTON SAYS HER HEART PROBLEMS WON'T HINDER HER COMPETING IN THIS SEASON OF 'DANCING WITH THE STARS.'

Singer Toni Braxton, who has just been cast to compete in ABC's seventh season of Dancing with the Stars, says she is determined to overcome the fears and anxiety that go along with her illness. “To be honest, I am a little nervous. Just because when I perform, the adrenaline gets pumping. I am a little nervous how my heart is going to feel,” Braxton said on Access Hollywood . And second, am I going to remember my steps because I am so worried about my heart?” Braxton was diagnosed with the heart disease pericarditis five years ago, and had a health scare last April that forced her Las Vegas show "Revealed" to close early. Participating in Dancing with the Stars, she believes, will help her to conquer the apprehension of performing everyday activities – such as climbing stairs – without worrying that she'll experience tightness in her chest. Still, she intends to remain cautious.

“I am not thinking about my blood pressure although my doctor has been on me to check it during rehearsals, so I have to stop and check it,” she added. As far as the competition goes, Toni said she’s not looking for any sympathy votes. “I’m competing with myself because I don’t want to be the victim because people will be like, ‘Toni has heart disease, oh she is a victim,’” she added.

The seventh-season opener will air on Monday, September 22 at 8:00 p.m. when each of the 13 celebrities will perform one of two routines they've prepared.
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JANET JACKSON'S 'ROCK WIT YOU' TOUR OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS.

Critics appear to be pleased with the presentation of Janet Jackson's new Rock Witchu Tour, which began Wednesday at the GM Palace in Vancouver, reports People.com. According to Canadian reports, the 42-year-old had multiple costume changes and performed 30 hit songs, including Control, Let's Wait Awhile and Rhythm Nation. She also had an S&M segment involving an audience member. The show was a "reminder that she is a trend-setter in her own right, a true diva, and a marvelous performer," noted the Vancouver Sun. "The most memorable moment of the show," writes Marsha Lederman of Canada's Globe and Mail, "came when Jackson, dressed in a gold and black glam hip hop-inspired track suit (and one gold glove) ... listened to the crowd roar its approval and became emotional – really emotional. We're talking tears. 'Thank you,' she said, seeming to really mean it, as she waved her hands, begging the audience to stop."

The Live Nation-produced tour hit the U.S. on Saturday in Oakland, Calif., and includes stops in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington D.C., New York and Atlanta. Peep pics from Janet's show below.

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