NEW PICS: ASHANTI VISITS THE REGIS & KELLY SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY.

Ashanti continued to pounding the pavement to promote her new album The Declaration by appearing on the Regis and Kelly Show in New York City on Tuesday morning (June 10). The Declaration debuted at #6 last Tuesday on the Billboard Charts selling a mediocre 89,246 copies. Damn! Keep pounding, Ashanti.

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NEW PICS: EVA MARCILLE AND LANCE GROSS AT DAYTIME EMMY NOMINEES RECEPTION.

Beautiful celeb-couple Eva Marcille and actor Lance Gross are still going strong. The couple have been dating for about a year or so. Gross was last seen in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns film and don't forget you Young & the Restless fans can catch Eva when she makes her debut on the number one daytime soap starting on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. In the meantime, check out pics of Lance and Eva attending the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences reception for the 2008 Daytime Emmy Nominees at the Savannah Restaurant in Burbank, California last Monday night (6.9.2008).

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MUSIC PRODUCER TIMBALAND TO WED GIRLFRIEND OF 2 YEARS IN ARUBA.

Wedding bells will soon ring for music mogul Timbaland. The producer is to wed his publicist girlfriend in Aruba on June 19, 2008, according to new reports. The acclaimed producer will exchange vows with Monique Idlett - his bride-to-be of two years - in the south Caribbean region. An insider tells Life & Style magazine, "Guests are being told to be prepared to fly to Aruba on that date."

Timbaland (real name Timothy Mosley) and Idlett have been engaged since last October (07) and have a seven month old daughter.

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TICHINA ARNOLD, LISA LESLIE & GARCELLE BEAUVAIS NILON WITH THEIR KIDS AT 'A TIME FOR HEROES CELEB CARNIVAL.'

It was celebrity mommy overload at the A Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival to Benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation held at Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles last Sunday (June 8, 2008). Celebs in attendance included actresses Tichina Arnold with her daughter Alijah; Garcelle Beauvais Nilon her husband Mike Nilon and their seven-month old twin boys, Jax and Jaid. Former WNBA player--and the first woman who made history by becoming the first player to ever perform a dunk in the WNBA league--Lisa Leslie also attended the event with her family including her daughter Lauren.

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GABRIELLE UNION SHOWS OFF NEW HAIR-CUT IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE'S JULY 2008 ISSUE.

For the fourth time in her career, actress Gabrielle Union graces the cover of Essence magazine's July 2008 issue. In Union's 'Love Your Body' feature story, the 35-year-old beauty, who co-stars with Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave opening this summer, talked about her new work-out regimen with her personal trainer/counselor/friend and former actress AJ Johnson (House Party) as well as her brand new hair-do.

GABRIELLE ON HER RIGOROUS WORK-OUT REGIMEN THAT'S PART CARDIO/PART TALK THERAPY/PART BIBLE STUDY: "It's about getting on the path to being the person you want to be. It helps you work out your issues and find your answers, which are usually pretty logical. Half the battle is just talking it out. There's no point having amazing shoulders or ripped abs if you don't feel like getting out of bed everyday. I'm loving the new cuts that are coming in--up my thighs, my arms. I love my abs. I definitely have more confidence, energy and stamina."

GABRIELLE ON HER SPUNKY, SHORT NEW HAIRCUT: "I felt fierce, fierce as the devil. I can already tell that people take you a little bit more seriously when they're not distracted by long curly locks. I wanted something different and dramatic and this is it."

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Gabrielle at The Race for the Cure in Washington, DC on June 7, 2008.

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USHER PERFORMS AT THE APOLLO THEATER; IS USHER'S ALBUM FLOPPING ALREADY?

Below are pics of Usher performing at the Apollo theater in Harlem, New York last week. Dude looks like he's working hard (if that's what you call grabbing your crotch a la Michael Jackson-style and humping the floor as if you're Bobby Brown during his Tenderoni-era)to better the sales of his fourth studio album, Here I Stand which was released on May 29, 2008. The album debuted at number one last week selling 433,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan thus making Usher the title of ‘Highest First Week Sales Of The Year For A Male Artist’. However, in just its third week of of release the album has already plummeted to the number three spot...selling a mere 139,370 copies. But before you do any rejoicing, consider this: Usher's Confessions sold 1,096,000 copies its first week at retail. Here I Stand couldn't even muster half of Confessions tally. Maybe his next single, Moving Mountains will help him to move more units of this album.

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