CANDIDS: RAVEN SYMONE + 'COLLEGE ROAD TRIP'S' OPENING NIGHT BOX OFFICE SALES; SOULJA BOY IN THE U.K.; CHRISTINA MILIAN@ MR. CHOW.

Here are a couple of candids of Raven-Symone smiling and cheesing for the paparazzi during a recent stroll in her SUV in Los Angeles. I wonder is she smiled once she realized her movie College Road Trip, which also stars Martin Lawrence, Donnie Osmond and Brenda Song, only brought in a mere $3.5 million in box office sales on its opening night, according to movieweb.com. I am truly at a lost for words. I was so sure the number would've been much, much higher than $3.5M. For a Disney movie, this is a big disappointment. And although College Road Trip snagged the #2 spot, industry insiders predict the G-rated family comedy's box office sales will unlikely bring in no higher than $12.5 million for the entire weekend. Meanwhile, 10,000 BC took in an estimated $11.5 million on Friday.

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Soulja Boy arriving at the BET launch party in the United Kingdom.

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Ms.Cutie Pie herself, Christina Milian was spotted leaving Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. Christina made it a late night for the staff of the restaurant as she was the last one to leave--at 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning. The singer had met with producer Polow Da Don regarding hooking up on a few future music projects of hers.

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PICS: KEYSHIA COLE, HER MOM FRANKIE & HER SISTER, NEFFE @ 'KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS REUNION SHOW' TAPING.

The reunion show taping of Keyshia Cole's BET hit reality show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is took place in front of a studio audience last Saturday at the Turner Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Cole's mother, Frankie (showing off her denture-riffic choppers), her sister Neffe and her manager Manny were all in attendance. The reunion show, aptly titled Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is Reunion Show will air on BET in the coming weeks. So be sure to check it out. I know my mama will. LOL! Looks like Keyshia is finally where she wants to be in life; both personally, financially and professionally. That's a good look. I have an entirely new respect for Keyshia (and the rest of her family) as an artist and person just from watching this show. Bless her heart. Let's just hope Frankie keeps her ghetti-quette in check. Then again, if she doesn't, it'll make viewing the special a lot more entertaining.

In related news, Keyshia's sister, Neffe has had her baby, according to Sandra Rose. If you were an avid viewer of the show like me then you remember Neffe had had a difficult time deciding whether she should terminate her pregnancy, even going as far as making a trip to the abortion clinic. Well, needless to say, her final decision resulted in her giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Rose says Cole will formally introduce her nephew on the reunion show. Check out the pics below. Click on them to see their full size.

Photos courtesy of Freddyo exclusively for Sandrarose.com
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PRINT AD: LIL WAYNE IN 'STRAPPED 4 LIFE' CONDOM AD.

Although Lil Wayne's 'position' in his new ad looks very, very suspect, I commend him for volunteering to such a good cause. (click pic to see it in its full image)

Strapped Condoms recently launched a program with the intention to educate youth in identifying at risk behavior patterns that contribute to the continuous spread of HIV and STDs. Rapper Lil Wayne has stepped up to the plate to further the cause the company, founded by Rap-A-Lot founder J. Prince, wants to spread. Via a campaign they are calling Strapped 4 Life, the condom company will launch a series of ads-PSAs with Lil Wayne as the main spokesperson. "You need to get informed, not infected and don't forget stay Strapped baby," exclaimed Lil Wayne. The message is targeted towards youth between the ages of 18 to 24. According to the company, the Houston Department of Health & Human Services reports that as many as 1 in 40 African Americans in Houston are living with HIV. On a national scale, Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that even though blacks account for only 13% of the U.S. population they account for about 50% of the people who get HIV and AIDS. For African Americans AIDS is a leading cause of death.

"In the mist of this crisis where HIV and AIDS is the #1 killer where our race of people is concerned, I salute Lil Wayne as an authority figure for taking a stand to inform our people to use Strapped Condoms and to Stay Strapped for Life," said J. Prince. The Houston based Strapped Condoms was created by J. Prince back in 2005. According to their website, their condoms are made from the finest quality of natural rubber latex.

For more information about the Strapped 4 Life campaign and their condoms, visit StrappedCondoms.com.

Thanks to my girl Mina for bringing this my way!
Article via: HHE.com

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RANDOM CELEB PIC: REGINA KING & HER SON, IAN VASELINE AD BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOSHOOT.

Actress Regina King and her 10-year-old son, Ian, take a break during a photo shoot for Vaseline's 'Skin is Amazing' campaign (click on pic to see its full image). The campaign benefits the Coalition of Skin Diseases, an organization that advocates on behalf of individuals with skin disease by supporting clinical research while improving their quality of life.

King, who recently starred in the movie This Christmas, posed with her son to symbolize the protective nature of skin. 'The first one was both of us holding each other's hands and it was showing that protection that a parent has for a child,' she says. 'It's so hard to explain the first time you touch your child-it's the best experience. And you're always checking if their skin is nice and bright and glowy; then you know everything is alright.'

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IDRIS ELBA & BEYONCE TO PLAY HUSBAND & 'HOT WIFE' IN NEW FILM 'OBSESSED.'

Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles is set to bore us all to hell on the big screen once again. According to Variety, Knowles along with actor Idris Elba and Ali Larter have all been tapped to star in Screen Gems' thriller Obsessed. Elba will play an asset manager with a hot wife (Knowles) and thriving career — until a temp office worker (Larter) begins stalking him. Director Steve Shill will helm from a script by David Loughery. Will Packer.

Beyonce will executive produce along with her father, Mathew Knowles. She is also producing and co-starring as Etta James in Cadillac Records for Sony BMG. Larter is working on episodes of NBC's Heroes. Elba next stars in Prom Night for Screen Gems. (Variety)

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FORMER OLYMPIC CHAMP MARION JONES IS NOW FEDERAL INMATE #84868/054

Former Olympic champion Marion Jones, sentenced in January to six months prison for lying about using steroids, Friday reported to a Texas jail, US Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said. "Yes, that's confirmed," Billingsley said, saying the 32-year-old athlete reported shortly before noon to the Federal Medical Center-Carswell, a correctional facility in Fort Worth, where she was assigned the inmate number 84868/054. Jones, who has been stripped of the three gold and two bronze medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation for lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about a check-fraud scheme that involved her former partner - Tim Montgomery. Jones had been told she had until March 11 to begin her sentence. In sentencing Jones, US District Court Judge Kenneth Karas said the athlete had not made "a momentary lapse in judgment, a one-time mistake, but instead a repetition in an attempt to break the law," adding "nobody is above the legal obligation to tell the truth". In court, Jones had asked the judge to spare her jail time for the sake of her two young sons.

Jones captured gold in the 100- and 200-meters at Sydney and helped the 4x100m relay to gold as well, confirming her status as an international sports superstar. She was also a five-time world champion. Her humiliating fall from grace began when she admitted in October to lying to federal agents during the course of the BALCO steroid distribution probe. The admission came after years of vehement denials, and she went so far as to sue BALCO founder Victor Conte when he accused her of being a dope cheat. Evidence mounted that her glorious career was steroid tainted. Still she denied wrongdoing, even qualifying for the 2004 Athens Olympics in the long jump.

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But when faced with charges of lying to federal agents about taking steroids and about her role in the fraud scheme, Jones made a tearful confession, admitting she used BALCO's designer steroid THG from September of 2000 to July of 2001.

All Jones' results since September 1, 2000, have been stricken from the records and Jones has been banned from competition by the IAAF, the sport's governing body, even though she announced in October her decision to retire.

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GOSPEL SINGER YOLANDA ADAMS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR 'UNDERREPORTING' OR 'OVERREPORTING' HER INCOME.

If Yolanda don't get her (financial) affairs in order, she's going to find herself in a hallelujah hell storm; whatever that means. LOL! According to the Houston Chronicle the Internal Revenue Service is investigating the gospel star and radio host. The agency has asked a federal judge to force the entertainer to turn over documents after she failed to show up for an appointment last month to explain her financial affairs. The agency is trying to determine her tax liability and how to collect on the debt. According to filings in Houston federal court, the IRS probe stems from two million-dollar mortgage loan applications. A 2005 Ocwen application said Adams earned $40,000 a month and listed $8 million in assets — including an $800,000 trust account, $4.9 million in other personal holdings and jewelry worth $1.5 million. That document said she owned a Lexus and a Hummer. A subsequent Chase home loan application listed $3 million in assets, including a business worth $1.5 million, a Mercedes-Benz and a Range Rover. She owns a home worth more than $2 million in Houston's Royal Oaks Country Club subdivision. The agency also wants details about her endorsements and royalties as well as music companies and foundations with whom she is affiliated.

Houston entertainment lawyer Ricky Anderson, who represents Adams, said Wednesday that he was unaware of the lawsuit and declined to comment until he could look at the IRS filings and reach Adams, who is featured on a gospel cruise to the Bahamas this week. According to court documents filed Tuesday, a revenue officer who works cases involving small businesses and the self-employed is looking into Adams' taxes for 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004. In January, the agency issued a summons that required Adams, 46, to bring financial documents for the last six years to Houston's IRS office and answer questions. At the appointed hour, 9 a.m. Feb. 5, Adams would have been on the air hosting her Houston-based radio show.

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The federal government has asked a judge to order Adams to appear with "records, papers or documents" or explain why she should not be forced to comply with the summons. Richard Alderman, an associate dean at the University of Houston Law Center, said the IRS issues a summons to ascertain how a taxpayer accumulated assets. "They believe that somebody has either overreported deductions or underreported income," he said. "The IRS is not an agency that is easy to avoid. Generally, if they want information, you're going to have to give it to them."

Adams is a Grammy winner and host of the Yolanda Adams Morning Show with Brother Larry Jones, which debuted last year. The program is heard in major markets nationwide, including Atlanta, New York, Washington and Philadelphia.

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T-PAIN TOSSED FROM CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY FOR CAUSING CHAOS.

Come on now, T-Pain. For the love of Tallahassee, you gon have to do better, dawg. The R&B rapper ternt singer chose to act the fool by causing complete chaos at a Connecticut university when he reportedly refused to leave the campus - forcing security to call in police. The Tallahassee native was performing at Quinnipiac University's Spring Concert last month (February 23, 2008) when an altercation took place, prompting guards to escort T-Pain and his entourage off the premises. University officials have refused to divulge details of the incident, with Chief of Security John Twining only admitting the institution made some requests but "they (T-Pain and his entourage) didn't listen, and suffice it to say, he refused to comply". According to reports, T-Pain refused to leave the site, so Hampden Police were called in to deal with the situation. T-Pain's representatives have so far failed to respond to the university's allegations.

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