NEW PICTURE OF LAURYN HILL WITH 4 OF HER 5 KIDS AT A MARTHA STEWART BOOK SIGNING.

Since the release of her solo album ten years ago, Lauryn Hill has been something of a recluse. But apparently the way to get her out of the house is to host a Martha Stewart book signing. The two feminist icons met at a book store in New Jersey last week. But what's really going on with Lauryn? I'm just not understanding why she chose to paint her lips with black soot. Or does another substance the cause of the color of her lips? I'm well aware that she'd fallen on tough times and had become a bit mentally unattached over the past several years--the breakup of her long-term romantic and professional relationship with Wyclef Jean, the disbandment of The Fugees, the domestic problems with, Rohan Marley, the married father of her five children as well as the most anticipated and subsequent failure of making a comeback after she soared to the top of the charts with her Grammy Award winning debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill over a decade ago-- but still?

Well, at least her brood looks happy and content, thank God. Lauryn and her five kids: son Zion David Hill-Marley; daughter Selah Louise Marley; son Joshua Marley; and son John Marley now live with her mother in her hometown of South Orange, New Jersey. The couple's fifth child is a baby girl who was born in early 2008. Marley told People magazine that although the baby is 7 months old, she is still without a name.

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NEW PICS: JENNIFER HUDSON (& HER FAMILY) PULLED A PRANK ON THE PRYING PAPARAZZI.

Since becoming a celebrity and an Academy Award winner, Jennifer is no stranger to the prying eyes of the paparazzi who go out of their way to follow her every move. You would think they'd be respective enough to stay away from her at this turbulent time in her life...but as usual they treated her current circumstances with little thought. So much so, Jennifer and her family were nearly forced to devise a plan to pull a prank on the paps. According to blogger Sandra Rose (sandrarose.com):

It all began when Jennifer’s security detail called ahead to officials at the Cook County medical examiner’s office to alert them that Jennifer and her family were on their way to identify the body of her 7-year-old nephew. At the appointed hour, two black SUV’s pulled out of the parking garage of the Chicago Trump Tower hotel followed by a convoy of paparazzi. The trucks split up with most of the paps following the truck with the police escort.

As it turned out, that truck contained a family member acting as a decoy for Jennifer Hudson. When the truck returned to the hotel, the woman got out of the truck and triumphantly pulled off her wig to the delight of other family members.

Now before anyone gets up in arms about the hotel being mentioned in the article, let me just say that maybe, just maybe there is a strong possibility that this was all a part of the plan from the beginning. So please don't beat me (or Sandra) up about it. For all we know, Jennifer could be in seclusion anywhere else BUT the Trump Towers. Besides, what would be the point of having a decoy (which turned out to be Jennifer & Julia's half-sister Dinah) leave the same location where you're resting your head at?

SOURCE/PICS:SANDRAROSE.com
Thanks, Sandra!
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JENNIFER HUDSON'S 7-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW CONFIRMED DEAD; HUDSON TOO 'DISTRAUGHT' TO ISSUE STATEMENT; FAMILY PLANNING TRIPLE FUNERAL.

Police Supt. Jody Weis says the body found on Chicago's West Side is that of 7-year-old Julian King. The identity of the body also was confirmed this afternoon by the Cook County medical examiner's office. "Tragically, search efforts ended shortly after 7 a.m.," Police Superintendent Jody Weis said at a press conference this afternoon in Chicago. "At this time, we can confirm that the body located inside the vehicle was the body of 7-year-old Julian King. The vehicle was towed and taken in...for forensic processing."

The announcement came shortly after Jennifer Hudson, accompanied by family members, viewed the remains—the second time in three days the Oscar winner has had to make the grim trip to the morgue, having previously identified her slain mother and brother. Chicago police had brought Julian's body to the medical examiner's office about 12:15 p.m., said office spokesman Sean Howard. Hudson and relatives arrived about three hours later. When the group entered a viewing room at the office Hudson held her head down, as if praying, Howard said. The family identified Julian via a video screen mounted on a wall that showed his face, according to Howard. With Hudson were two other aunts of Julian's, an uncle, three other family members, two detectives, Howard and a medical examiner, the spokesman said. When they saw the boy's face on the screen, Hudson told investigators, "Yes, that is him," Howard said. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. A police spokeswoman said that Julian was shot multiple times, but Weis said those details were being left to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office to report.

"We're just sad. We're going through this stage where we're just sad and in shock," Hudson's aunt, Dorothy Hudson, told the Associated Press Monday. She and her husband, John, own a Chicago funeral home that plans to handle arrangements for the family. Hudson's representative Christine Tripicchio said that "no statement from Jennifer or the family will be issued at this time, understandably." Earlier, there were reports that one of Hudson's personal assistants named Jay called Fox News shortly after the police discovery of the body and said Hudson was "so distraught she cannot talk."

Neighbors hold vigil for slain victims.

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FBI agents this morning located the white 1994 Chevrolet Suburban that Julian was believed to have been taken away in after receiving a call at 7:06 a.m. about a suspicious parked vehicle in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue on Chicago's West Side. A body was discovered in the backseat. "I didn't look in there. I didn't touch it. I knew it was a strange vehicle," area resident John Loudon, whose wife reported the vehicle to police after he saw that its license-plate number matched reports of the SUV police were looking for, told the Chicago Tribune.

"I feel bad about that baby," he added.

He said police showed up in about five minutes after his wife called them. They discovered the child inside. The body was removed and the SUV was towed away for evidence processing.

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**BREAKING NEWS**BODY OF A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY FOUND IN HUDSON'S ABANDONED SUV.

Our worst fears may have been confirmed and Jennifer Hudson and her sister Julia, could be set for more heartache after the body of a boy was found during the search for Julia's 7-year-old son. Chicago cops have found the body of a child and are investigating whether it's the body of Jennifer Hudson's nephew, Julian King. The medical examiner has not yet made an ID, but the body is that of a 7-year-old African American boy, the same age and race as Julian. The body was found inside a 1994 white Chevy Suburban. It is the same SUV owned by Jason Hudson, the murdered brother of Jennifer. Before his arrest, cops were looking for William Balfour, the suspect and estranged husband of Jennifer's sister. The license plate of the Suburban matches Jason's SUV. The SUV was found a few miles from the area where cops arrested Balfour. Neighbors say the vehicle has been parked there since Saturday. Now if those idiots knew the car had been there since Saturday and knew that there was an Amber Alert out for Julian which included a description of the vehicle he could have possibly been in, then why didn't someone alert the authorities?!!! Especially since they knew it had been parked there since Saturday! Balfour was arrested Friday night.

The SUV has been towed with the body still inside the vehicle to a police garage in Chicago. With the way things look, Jennifer and her sister may have to return to the coroner's office for the second time in two days to identify another immediate relative. If the boy is identified as Julian King, it will confirm detectives' worst fears because a law enforcement source said bullet casings were found in the boy's room on Friday.

I'll post more details as they become available. My prayers and condolences go out to the Hudson family.
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NEW PICS: WORLD PREMIERE OF 'MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA.'

The worldwide premiere of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa took place last night in Westwood, California. Celebrities in attendance included Will & Jada Pinkett Smith with their youngest son Jaden and daughter Willow; Chris Rock along with his wife Malaak and their two daughters; Cedric the Entertainer and his family; Toni Braxton with her husband Kerry and their two sons Diezel & Denim; Sherry Shepard and her family and more.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa which stars the voices of Pinkett Smith, Rock, Cedric the Entertainer, Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer, hits theaters November 7th.

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NEW PICS: ANGELA BASSETT, JADA PINKETT SMITH & KIM FIELDS ATTEND THE 15th ANNUAL DREAM HALLOWEEN FUNDRAISER WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

Celebrity mommies/actresses Jada Pinkett Smith along with her daughter & fellow thespian Willow, Kim Fields with her husband Chris Morgan and their son Sabastian and Angela Bassett with her boy/girl twins Slater Josiah and Bronwyn Golden all attended the 15th Annual Dream Halloween Fundraiser for the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation on Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Santa Monica, California.

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THE LATEST ON THE MURDER INVESTIGATION OF JENNIFER HUDSON'S FAMILY; SINGER POST MYSPACE MESSAGE ; SISTER HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE FOR MISSING SON.

As of press time, an Amber Alert was still in effect for the missing nephew of Oscar winning actress Jennifer Hudson. The actress, who spent the weekend identifying the bodies of her loved ones, has stepped up the search for her nephew by offering a $100,000 cash reward for information leading to the safe return of her seven year old nephew, who has been missing since Friday. She also posted a plea on her MySpace page for his safe return. It reads:

"Thank you all for your prayers and your calls. Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely. If anyone has any information about his whereabouts please contact the authorities immediately. Here is a picture of Julian and what he was last seen wearing. Once again thank you all for being there for us through this tough time."

Julian King, 7, has been missing from his South Side Chicago home since the bodies of his grandmother and uncle — 57-year-old Darnell Donerson and 29-year-old Jason Hudson — were discovered Friday by his mother, Julia Balfour, in the home they shared. Donerson was found shot on the living room floor, while the body of Jason Hudson was discovered in the bedroom, police said. Their deaths were ruled homicides by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Chicago police spokesman Dan O'Brien says the search for King spans the entire city. But on Sunday, residents and officers were focusing their search efforts "in the immediate vicinity" of Hudson's home. On Saturday, the FBI was called in to assist in the search for King, in case he had been taken across state lines, in violation of federal kidnap laws.

The FBI confirmed Sunday that Hudson's brother-in-law, William Balfour, was in custody and being treated as a suspect, but charges had yet to be filed. Balfour was married to Jennifer Hudson’s sister, Julia, for several years, but they are currently separated. He has a criminal record and was released from prison in 2006 after serving nearly seven years on various charges, including attempted murder and car hijacking. "All I ask, I don't care who you are, just let my baby go, please," Julia Balfour, said at a news conference Saturday night. "I just want my son."

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William Balfour's mother, Michele Davis-Balfour, told WLS in Chicago that her son had nothing to do with the shootings and urged the public to focus on finding the missing boy. "Out of no means did my son do this. This heinous crime to this family is unbelievable. It's unbearable," said Davis-Balfour. "Whoever has Jennifer Hudson's nephew or Julia Balfour's son, please, I'm begging you, me and my family are begging you to return that son."

Jennifer Hudson, recently engaged to boyfriend David Otunga, rushed back to Chicago on Friday to identify the bodies of her mother and brother. She had been in Florida on a promotional tour for her new film, "The Secret Life of Bees," and her new self-titled album. While family and friends help Jennifer deal with the tragedy, support for the singer continues to pour in. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, a Chicagoan like the singer, issued a statement Saturday.

"Michelle and I were absolutely heartbroken to learn about this unimaginable tragedy and we want Jennifer to know that she is in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time," the Illinois senator said. "We also pray for the swift and safe return of her young nephew." Hudson sang the national anthem during the Democratic National Convention in August after a personal request from the Obama camp.

SOURCE: EURweb.com

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WHY DID DIDDY DO HIS TWINS THIS WAY?

I don't give a damn what the circumstances were that led him to put these darling little girls in front of a camera butt-booty naked wearing nothing but a damn bow-tie. No sir, Diddy. NO SIR!!

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CELEB CANDIDS: GOLDEN BROOKS & HER BOO; ARETHA FRANKLIN DOES MARIAH; BRANDY IN PHILLY; T-BOZ IN NYC.

Former Girlfriend Golden Brooks was spotted out on the town with her white boyfriend last week.

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Tionne 'T-Boz' was lensed by the paparazzi while leaving her hotel in Manhattan. As reported earlier on RealGossip 101, Tionne's in the Big Apple filming the new season of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice.

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Look at her. Seriously? Now I respect my geriatric elders but for real, what would it take for Aretha to invest in a better bra?! Jill Scott got an entire new line available at Ashley Stewart and I know she can afford one...or a batch. I mean really Retha! Here she is leaving a celebrity roast for Matt Lauer in New York City.

She may look a mess occasionally...or quite often, depending on who you ask. But one thing's for sure, she can still blow...even if it's some other diva's song. Below, peep the videoclip of Aretha doing her own rendition of Mariah Carey's Touch My Body.

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Brandy continues to pound the promotional pavement before the release of Human, her first album in four years. Below the singer makes an appearance at Philly's 100.3 The Beat earlier this month. B Rocka signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans.

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