TARAJI HENSON IN MONARCH MAGAZINE.

Beautiful actress Taraji Henson is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Monarch magazine. In her cover story, the actress talked about the highs and lows of being an Academy-nominated actress as well as the joys of being a hands-on mother to her 14-year-old teenage son, Marcell.

TARAJI ON ACTING: “Acting is so much more than just looking cute in front of a camera. I don’t judge characters because they are based on real people and there is a reason why that person is the way they are. Honestly, if you think about it, no woman wakes up and aspires to be a whore. But, because of life’s circumstances they have ended up that way. Regardless, it is my job as an actress to portray that role, not judge it. I know several actresses who have been locked into a certain type of role because directors think that is all they can do. I think that is BS … I know I can do anything. Acting is my craft; it’s what I studied and what I do. Just give me a dialect coach like they give to other actresses and I will have you believing anything.”

TARAJI ON BEING THE COOLEST MOTHER ON EARTH: “I am very hands-on and I want to make sure my son has the energy he needs to go off to school and have a productive day. I don’t have an assistant. It’s all me. Taking care of my son is my number-one priority. It seems like my baby has grown up so quickly and I just want to cherish the time I have left with him before he goes away to college. I am already saddened by the fact that I only have a few years left....Honestly, I have done a hell of a job as a single mother and Marcell is an incredible kid. I believe children are closest to God's heart, like little angels, and because I take good care of him that's why I'm so blessed.”

Below check out pics from Taraji's photoshoot. The actress is decked out in haute couture gowns from Kevan Hall, Michael Kors and ISSA London.

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Also, Taraji's home, a Spanish style bungalow, was featured in a previous issue of Monarch magazine last fall. I wanted to post these back then, but I got a little bit lazy! Anyhoo, Taraji says most of her time is spent at home rather than out and about. Taraji takes pride in her home and prefers to relax there. “I love my house and I have done a lot of work to make it my own. It is so serene. My home is my sanctuary and I try to spend as much time as possible there.”

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TIA MOWRY SOUNDS OFF ON THE FATE OF 'THE GAME.'

I had to found out about The Game's chances of possibly becoming an hour-long dramedy series on the CW through an angry Twitter message from Tia 'Med School/Girl Melanie' Mowry Hardrict. I have to give a shout-out to my girl GeorgiaToTexas on LSA for posting the screencap and allowing me to use it. Thank you, gurl! Back to Tia. The actress expressed her frustration, and rightfully so, to all of her Twitter followers after reading some bs story on that MTO site. For the record, I didn't bother to find out, mainly because I despise that site very much, what bogus story they had posted about her, but if I had to guess, it probably had something to do with them alleging she's pregnant. Which isn't true. Besides, I was more concerned with the fate of my and my baby sister's favorite television show. So I'm sure she'll be glad to read this as well. She better read it. That lil heffa had me on the phone while I was writing this story and she of all people know I can't talk and type at the same time! Hell, I can barely walk and chew gum at the same time!

Check out Tia's rant below. Click on the picture to read its details.

As you can see, Tia reveals that not only is Mara Brock-Akil (the creator of the show) pitching the idea to the CW brass to transform the show into an hour-long series, there's also talk of BET picking the show up for its fourth season. Hey, I'm game (no pun intended) for whatever will keep the show on the air. The CW plan on eliminating their comedy division and the only way for The Game to remain on the network is by switching it from a comedy into a drama. I later found out, through The Hollywood Reporter, that switching genres is extremely rare. However, for The Game, such a transformation would actually make sense creatively since the show mixes comedy with drama more than a traditional sitcom.

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VIDEO CLIP: EN VOGUE REUNITES AT THE 2009 TRUMPET AWARDS.

Jesus be a fast forward button and make Easter Sunday get here as soon as possible. That was my prayer before today. If you watch TVOne as much as me, then like me, you too are getting sick and tired of the 2009 17th Annual Trumpet Awards promo the network insist on airing every half hour. The show was taped back in January! They've been running it for damn near a whole month and I've been dying to see this En Vogue reunion. Because yall know their performance with Alicia Keys on the BET Awards does not count. But I digress. Anywho, to say my patience has run out with TVOne would be an understatement. I got tired of waiting and went and looked to see if I could find footage from the awards ceremony my damn self...and I did. Below you'll find the video clip of En Vogue's reunion performance at the awards ceremony which airs on Easter Sunday at 8 pm. Damn, I just promoted it again, huh?

Hope you all enjoy the video as much as I did. I thought it would have been a bit better, but hey, it's better than nothing.

See, this is why I have always had the utmost respect for TLC and EnVogue. To me they embody what a girl group is really all about: no one member is bigger than the other and each girl has their own style and personality. Yeah, they bitch and bicker, but what girl groups don't? In groups like TLC and En Vogue, each member played a big part in their respective group. It wasn't/isn't about just one member. And yall know who I'm talking about, but, again I'll digress because if I don't....

AFTER THE JUMP, CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF EN VOGUE ON STAGE & BACK STAGE AT THE TRUMPET AWARDS.

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T-BOZ & CHILLI OF TLC PERFORM AT SPRINGROOVE IN JAPAN.

Speaking of reuniting girl groups, last weekend, T-Boz and Chilli of TLC reunited once again to perform at Japan's Springroove concert to a packed house and from the videos and pictures (which you can check out below) I've seen, they brought the house down! But then again, I've been a diehard fan of TLC since they hit the scene so of course I would say something like that. Their performance at Springroove marked the third time that they've performed together since Lisa's death seven years ago (April 2002). I LOVE watching these girls perform live and to know they still got it like they had it when they first hit the scene makes it even more entertaining to watch. And to see them include Lisa (as if they wouldn't have) damn near made me start crying! I got chill bumps and shivers went up my spine while I watched a couple of those clips. You can tell Lisa was there with them in spirit as they performed. They were beyond unbelievable. LOVED IT! Lisa didn't lie when she said energy never dies, it just transforms. Those girls still got it. Folks complain, bitch and moan about TLC and what they're not doing, but as soon as they put on a performance such as the one in Japan, it's a whole different story! They can't get enough of them. T&C know how to shut folks the hell up when they shut the stage down.

Check out pics and my favorite clips from their concert.

TLC medley with 'special performance' by Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes.

AFTER THE JUMP, SEE PICS OF T-BOZ AND CHILLI PREPARING FOR THEIR CONCERT AND FIND OUT WHY T-BOZ SAID THEIR PERFORMANCE WITH ALICIA KEYS AT THE BET AWARDS WAS SUCH A 'HOT MESS.'

'Too Much Booty in da Pants.'


'Girl Talk' and 'Waterfalls.'


Anywho, in a recent interview, T-Boz talked about their performance with Alicia Keys at last year's BET Awards. T-Boz said she didn't really consider it as a real performance and the only reason she and Chilli decided to do it was because of their love for Alicia:

"I love Alicia and that was the only reason I did it. We've never said yes to perform with anybody, ever. She is one of those people that you respect and feel honored to be asked and that's why we said yes. I don't count BET Awards as a real TLC performance. That was just a mess altogether. That was a terrible day for me. It wasn't a regular TLC show anyway. At real TLC show, we run things and are energetic and dance. That was just a hot mess. I'm very excited to do what we do and I'll be back in my element. That sure wasn't my element anyway. I'm happy to be back and we'll be doing it the way that we do it."

Chilli and T-Boz practicing for their concert.

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SOLE RESPONDS TO GINUWINE/LISARAYE RUMORS: 'I AM NOT PACKING UP NO 4 KIDS!'

A couple of weeks ago, Ginuwine and his handlers decided drum up some publicity for his new single 'Last Chance' by planting a story alleging that he and LisaRaye (who plays the lead female role in the video) were seen at Mr. Chows restaurant in Hollywood playing kissy-face and footsies with each other. When the story hit the Internet, it hit hard. However, In Ginuwine's quest for some media attention, he unknowingly (yeah right) threw his wife of 5 years under the bus. Punk move SlickSlide Hairline. In an effort to clean up the mess he made, he did an interview with Sister 2 Sister claiming the story wasn't true and that folks were just trying to start something. But he also revealed the fact that Sole was not happy at all with the news and that the couple had it out something proper-like because he didn't tell her that LisaRaye was going to be in his video. See, he and LisaRaye have a bit of a history together. They both toured in that 'Mama, My Hands Are Too Short to Reach God Which Means I Can't Cook Your Fried Chicken Tonight' type of stage play....which was mysteriously cut short due to some behind the scenes drama. Mmm-hmm. Anyhoo, my woman's intuition is telling me that not only is Sole nothing to be f*ck*d with, it's also telling me that if she hadn't found God, that would be LisaRaye's ass. She gon get enough of being all up in the face of these married men.

Long story short. Rumors began to circulate claiming Sole packed up their kids (it's a lot of them) and left his ass over this drama. This isn't true. And to clear the air, Sole decided to respond to the rumors:

"I was like, that's funny. First of all, I'm not packing up no four kids and disrupting their lives in the middle of the school year, I don't care what he did. That's just foolish. But they were reporting this like they had seen me out here packing up my bags. I believed it wasn't true from the beginning. My being upset about it was just the fact that it caught me so off guard. I don't know if he was thinking, 'It's not true so I'm not even going to say nothing, because she probably won't even hear it.' Because I'm so removed from the industry that it would just blow over and not be a big deal. But when it became this big deal and they were on the radio and people were calling us saying, 'I heard this, and I heard that.' So then I was kinda upset. And I was just really upset at the lack of communication between he and I and because he's been home for so long and. It really did catch me off guard. I wasn't really prepared for all the phone calls and the stuff on the Internet. I was like, 'Oh, my God! This is crazy!' Both of us just really couldn't believe how it became such a big deal. But yeah, it was a debate and we got into it about how to handle things and how to move forward, you know, with him going back into the industry.....

CONTINUE READING SOLE'S STATEMENT AFTER THE JUMP & CHECK OUT A PIC OF THEIR DAUGHTERS!

....So yeah, I believed the story wasn't true in the beginning. Not because I'm this naive wife living in a bubble and I feel like my husband is not capable of cheating. Or he's not capable of making a mistake or doing something wrong as is any husband us capable of putting themselves in the wrong position. So not because I'm a fool did I not believe it; but I do know him well enough after this amount of time to know if there's some truth to something or if it's not. And the whole story and everything people were saying came across as such a publicity stunt. So my being upset about it was just the fact that it caught me so off guard and that the media and these 'quote, unquote' sources can be so reckless in what they put out there. They don't think that there may be children that may see that or read that and may be hurt by that. Or they think that because we are both in the process of changing our lives so much and I'm such a different person now that they may not think that that may not affect or hurt us or people that look up to us. They just throw stuff out there. Blatant lies and claim it to be true.

The whole industry is the devil's playground."

For the record, the couple is fine. They've given their kids a heads up to ignore rumors they may hear about Dad. They also developed a game plan for handling issues like this in the future.

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COUPLE CANDIDS: KIMORA & DJIMON; JANET & JD; BOBBY & HIS BABY MAMA.

Janet and her lil man JD were spotted leaving the Waverly Inn hotel late last month.

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Here's Bobby Brown and his fourth baby mama out and about recently.

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Speaking of big bellys. Kimora and her hubby Djimon were spotted playing like kids at a Los Angeles playground recently. I swear she looks like she's about to drop that load any day now and I don't think she's even 6 months pregnant which means she'll be bigger than ever once she hits nine months. Bless her heart. Around this time last year, she was asking 'Santa' to bless her with a baby for Christmas. Looks like she got her wish.

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MEAGAN GOOD IN MIAMI; PREPARES DEBUT ALBUM.

For those of you who don't know, Meagan is currently in the studio working on her first album with The-Dream and other producers. She told rapup.com, “I’ve been recording some stuff here and there—just experimenting, really focusing on getting up to par vocally. I’m going for a more pop sound, actually. I did some stuff with some lesser-known producers.” She isn't signed, but claims she's negotiating with a couple of record labels. Mmm-hmm. Check out a snippet from her song 'So Good' below.

In the meantime, the 27-year-old actress-turned-soon-to-singer (yeah, that part still surprises me too!) spotted dancing, throwing up deuces, unknowingly showing off her weave tracks and serving it up on the ones and twos with her publicist in Miami recently. Peep the photos below.

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