A couple of days ago, I posted info on Snoop Dogg's new reality show that's set to premiere on E! Entertainment next week as well as details on his new album, Ego Trippin' (which will drop early next year). Today, Snoop's first video, Sensual Seduction, from his upcoming album premiered on MTV's TRL.
When I first saw these pictures of Kerry Washington and Common together, I asked myself, 'What in the world do they have in common?!' (no pun intended). Then I remembered reading an online article about Kerry making her directorial debut as director of Common's latest video, I Want You. So, I'm going to go ahead and assume that this is the reason why they both appeared on MTV's TRL together.
According to SOHH, originally, Common, who hails from Chicago, handpicked the talented actress as the leading lady in his new video. However, Washington wanted more (i.e. a directorial credit)... and she says it wasn't just her pretty face that earned her the spot in Com's director's chair. "Common called me and asked me if I wanted to be 'the girl' in the next video because we've really always had a mutual respect for each other's work and I said that I would do it if I can direct it," Washington told SOHH. "And he was like, 'Alright well write a treatment."
The shoot, which took place in L.A. a week ago, turned out to be a celestial event. "One of the really cool things about the video is that it's totally star studded," Washington said. "It's myself, Common, Alicia Keys [and] Kanye West. It's really fun. I'm loving it even more than I thought I was going to."
As for those rumors that these two are allegedly dating...well, the hell if I know! Although there has been more than a few web whispers regarding their courtship (Kerry has reportedly been seen at a number of Common's performances...and there were also rumors that the two possible lovebirds were spotted playing kissy-face in Virginia earlier this month), only time will eventually tell as to rather Kerry and Common have a little more in common than just music and whatnot. Besides, isn't he somehow always rumored to be dating any chick he happens to be working with or photographed with?
Alicia Keys made an appearance on B.E.T.'s 106 & Park to world premiere her new video, No One from her third studio album, As I Am. ALso, the singer recently spoke to EW magazine where she discussed the new sound on her new CD, her new look and her new attitude.
New Sound On her new CD, As I Am, Keys says: ''My voice is different'' — raspy, urgent. (Hear for yourself on the addictive single ''No One.'') ''All my albums are personal, but there's so much more that I feel, and so much more I needed to say.''
New Look:Out: hats, braids. In: curls, couture — and a strong body, courtesy of a marathon she ran in Greece. ''It took me five hours; it was hell. But it was amazing. When I got to the end, I started crying.''
New Attitude: ''I used to be a wall-building, feeling-hiding con artist. I'm at a whole other place now. I'm gonna tell it how it is and how I feel it. I'm not gonna sacrifice my spirit for nobody.''
View more pics + watch Alicia's new video after the jump!