PARTY TILL YOU DROP

The Simmons sisters hit up New York City’s High Bar to celebrate Vanessa’s birthday on Sunday night.


Jermaine Dupri's So So Def weekend festivies continued with rolling when celeb hit up the annual all white party on Saturday.

Lil Kim’s celebrated her 33rd birthday at Spotlight Live in NY, making it Kim’s 2nd birthday celebration in less than a month. Her actual b-day was July 11th.

E3 NEW MUSIC MONDAY


Lil' Wayne feat. Babyface ~ Comfortable


Q-Tip ~ Getting Up

Usher feat. Will.I.Am ~ What's UR Name

Lloyd feat Plies ~ Year Of The Lover


M.I.A. ~ Paper Planes

Michelle Williams ~ Unexpected

2008 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS

The Teen Choice Awards went down in Los Angeles last night and everyone came thru.Make sure to watch the 2008 Teen Choice Awards tonight at 8pm Eastern/Pacific on FOX
Tia looks fab and plus she cut her hair again... Still looks great!
How can you not like Jordin Sparks... She's such a sweetheart!
The Cheetah Girls made an appearance
Will Smith, with Will the 3rd and Jaden
Lil Mama... Speechlees?

Chris Brown aka The Crest Kid... with a smile like that.
Father and son bonding time

Mariah Carey performed "I'll Be Loving U Long Time"
Nice red carpet portaits.
Will Smith still got it

Chris Brown rocked the stage with Step Up 2 star Adam Sevani
Actress Neicy Nash was a presenter at the Teen Choice Awards.

BORN TO DO IT

From in front of the camera to behind the mic...

Although few have heard of Drake in the United States, he has built up a strong reputation in his native Canada. Despite being best known for his role as Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation, the Toronto native also has a rap career, the pinnacle of which came with the Trey Songz-assisted Replacement Girl (the first Canadian unsigned video to chart on BET’s 106 & Park countdown). Making an even bigger move, Drake has recruited arguably the most popular hip-hop artist in the world (Lil’ Wayne) for the singing rappers’ ballad "Brand New." Nothing brand new can be said about this track other than it's hot with or without Lil’ Wayne.

Be on the look out for Drake’s mixtape/album, So Far Gone, available online this August.

CHRIS BROWN DOUBLES HIS PLEASURE

Check out Chris Brown's new commercial for Wrigley's Doublemint. The commercial features Chris' current hit 'Forever' revamped into Wrigley's new jingle.

TEAIRRA MARI SPEAKS OUT ABOUT JAY-Z & MORE

In a recent interview with AllHipHop.com, former Princess of The Roc, Teairra Marí spoke out on the current status of her relationship with one-time mentor Jay-Z and the misdirection on her first LP:

AHHA: Is there still a relationship at all with Jay-Z?
Teairra Marí: There is no relationship there at all. I haven't heard from him since that time. I think I sent him a happy birthday message because his birthday is two days after mine, like two years ago and since then it's been nothing. And I don't want it to be – Actually, it's fine because I was a young girl. If you could come into a young girl’s life and then just throw her on the curb, you put this father presence on and then be like, “I’m done with it.” I don’t want a relationship like that.

AHHA: With your first album, Roc-A-Fella Presents Teairra Mari, do you feel that project accurately depicted where you wanted you career to go and what you wanted your sound to be?
Teairra Marí: I was 17 and I had a parental advisory sticker on the album. I was totally against that. I was pre-instructed to do what I did. They wanted me to be that rebellious, young teenager. At the time I was going through a rebellious stage so I guess I could see it, but the curse words I didn’t totally understand it, like a cursing 17-year-old girl. I just did what I was told because I believed in those people.

E3 MOVIE PREVIEW: THE PRINCESS & THE FROG

The new trailer for Walt Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" is here. View the clip after the jump.

A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- "The Princess and the Frog" will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn. Princess Tiana will be the first Black Disney Princess.

ANTM AIRPORT BEATDOWN

Hairspray star Nikki Blonsky and her father were arrested on assault charges Friday following a brawl involving the family of America's Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden in a Caribbean airport. The 19-year-old actress was released on bail, while her father, Carl Blonsky, remained in jail. Golden was also arrested and released on bail. Golden's mother Elaine was reportedly hospitalized with serious injuries. According to the Providenciales Police Department in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the fight erupted in the departure lounge of the Providenciales International Airport after everyone had gone through security. "Things got out of hand in an argument over seats in the departure lounge, and several people were involved in an altercation," a police source tells PEOPLE. "There were some injuries involved." Nikki Blonsky was charged with assault with actual bodily harm, which carries a maximum sentence of two years, and common assault, also known as threat of assault, with a 90-day maximum term.

E3 COVER 2 COVER

R&B star Ciara is featured on the cover of the latest issue of BILLBOARD magazine.

Jay-Z covers the 15th anniversary Juice issue of VIBE magazine.

Cassie, NERD, and Lupe Fiasco cover COMPLEX’s Style & Design collector’s edition issue.

Erykah Badu covers the August issue of VEG NEWS magazine

R&B star Ashanti appears on the cover of PAGE SIX

PRESIDENTIAL SUPERHERO

US presidential rivals Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are now comic book heroes.
The presumptive nominees for the White House are featured in two new graphic novels that chart each man’s bid to become the next President of the Unites States of America. Each senator appears on the cover of his own book, posed like a superhero standing in front of the American flag. The books, published by IDW Publishing, go on sale October 8th.

NOW SEE THIS: ANGELA SIMMONS

Angela Simmons recently released a new promo song entitled “Center of Attention” to promote her shoe line Pastry and their newest sneaker releases. Peep the new music video below:



DWYANE WADE FACES LAWSUIT

A story in Florida's Sun-Sentinel reported that Dwyane Wade is facing a lawsuit for breach of contract from former partners Mark Rodberg and Richard von Houtman. Rodberg and von Houtman helped Wade open two restaurants last year and were planning a third. But both D. Wade's Sports Grills shut down in the last couple of months and the plaintiffs are saying it's because Wade didn't fulfill his end of the deal by making the required marketing and promotional appearances on behalf the restaurants.Wade, however, is saying that he did meet his obligations and Rodberg and von Houtman , who are looking for $15,000 and attorney's fees, needed to slow their roll and let the restaurants marinate for a minute before expanding. "If anything, Dwyane has a concern that the value of his name has been tarnished by ceasing operation of the restaurants," Steven Peretz, Wade's attorney, told the Sun Sentinel. "This is an instance where D. Wade called a timeout on the expectation of the restaurants. The pilot restaurants have not shown any record for success."

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E3 OFFICIAL: NE-YO

Here's the official album cover for Ne-Yo's forthcoming effort 'Year of The Gentleman' due this September. Plus take a listen as Ne-Yo performed a live rendition of Rihanna's #1 smash 'Take A Bow' while visiting a radio station in UK.


Listen: NE-YO ~ TAKE A BOW