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.'

CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF PORSCHLA IN KING MAGAZINE'S MAY 2008 ISSUE.

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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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