Alicia Keys bypassed the red carpet at Clive’s Grammy party
Of all the celebrities who attended Clive Davis’ Grandiose Pre-Grammy party at the Beverly Hills hotel last night, singer Alicia Keys was one of the few who had the common decency to bypass the red carpet while the body of the late Whitney Houston lay upstairs in her room at the same hotel. According to reports, Houston died Saturday of unknown causes at age 48.
A somber Keys arrived at the hotel’s rear entrance in a chauffeured limo with her husband, Swizz Beatz. Davis greeted Keys with a hug as she exited the limo. Inside the party, Keys posed for pictures with Sean “Diddy” Combs and his longtime girlfriend, Cassie. Surprisingly, Diddy also bypassed the red carpet.
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Beyonce and Jay Z Introduce Blue Ivy to the World
Beyonce and Jay Z released pics of their daughter Blue Ivy via his blog, Life + Times, today. It was always assumed they would take this route if they couldn’t get any high bids for the exclusive pictures.
Beyoncé Caught Lying Again?
Once again, Beyoncé was caught telling a bold faced lie after claiming she attended her husband Jay Z’s concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday night.
But was she really lying this time?
On Tuesday, the 40/40 club’s PR people sent out an email stating, “Despite various reports, Beyoncé did not attend Jay-Z’s concert.”
Indeed, the only photos we saw of Beyoncé were when she was leaving Jay Z’s 40/40 club after the concert.
Beyoncé herself added to the confusion when a NY Daily News reporter caught up to her outside the 40/40 club. The reporter specifically asked Bey if she attended the concert.
Shortly after the booty-licious mama arrived at her husband’s 40/40 Club for post-concert festivities Monday night, we asked her if she’d gone to the show.
“Yes,” she told us, calling her spouse’s concert “amazing.”
Apparently, Jay Z and his people were concerned that not enough mention was made of Beyoncé’s appearance at the 40/40 Club after the concert. The 40/40 Club needs all the publicity it can get. As you know, the bar came under scrutiny when the city’s health department shut them down for failing an inspection one day after the grand re-opening last month.
Holly and Rodney Peete to renew their wedding vows
Please note that the following is a positive post…
Actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, will renew their wedding vows after 17 years of marriage atop the Empire State Building on Monday, reports Page Six.
Celebrity event-and-wedding planner Colin Cowie, who designed the couple’s 1995 LA nuptials, will also coordinate the private affair.
When Holly hits the red carpets in Hollywood, she is often photographed with only 3 of her children; Ryan, 12, Robinson, 7, and Roman, 5.
Holly and Peete are also parents to an autistic child, RJ, 13, who was diagnosed when he was 3. RJ is Ryan’s fraternal twin.
The Robinsons said RJ’s diagnosis hit them both very hard.
Holly said: “We went through this emotional connection, and we just cried in each other’s arms. We didn’t know what the hell this autism thing was. We were both in denial for a few weeks.” Rodney added: “I stayed angry and blamed the doctor and was still in denial—while Holly basically rolled up her sleeves and did what needed to be done.”
fanMAIL: ‘Let Beyonce and Jay Z be happy’
Reader Yves Ganthier writes from France:
Dear Sandra,
Why can you not let people just be happy? You seem only to portray this particular couple in a negative light. Now, you say the woman has had a “breast augmentation” on top of a faux pregnancy. Then, you assert that the counterpart stiffs the poor of giving back while downplaying the performance at Carnegie Hall.
In the same article you sourced, it says that the show’s ticket sales have accumulated over one million dollars in USD, which will be dedicated to his foundation. Did you mention that? No.
You often complain about them always being in the spotlight but can you explain what exactly you’re doing? Keeping them in the media, thus contradicting yourself. Everything they do, you seem to have a problem with, despite the couple drawing away from the media for a month to focus on family. An eventful night turned into a ‘stunt’ of some sort.
If it were not for being surrounded by amazing, loving and intelligent people of African descent everyday of my life, I would assume that they are all as bitter and hateful as you.
I beg of you to find happiness and humanity.
Amitiés,
Yves Ganthier
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Photos by: Splash News Online and and INFphoto.com
CPS Recommends Gabe Have Monitored Visitations With Nahla
The Los Angeles County of Department of Children and Family Services is recommending that Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, have another adult present when has custody of his daughter, Nahla, Radar Online reports exclusively.
The decision comes two weeks after Berry’s former nanny filed a police report alleging that Aubry assaulted her while she was holding Nahla.
“Social workers have recommended that Halle maintain primary custody of Nahla,” a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. “Nahla spends most of her time with her mother. DCFS has also made a new recommendation that Gabriel not be alone with Nahla.
“Case workers are recommending that a nanny be present with Gabriel during his visitation times. Halle’s nanny had been with Nahla when Gabriel had his custodial time from noon until she went to sleep. However, after the alleged incident between the nanny and Gabe, that hasn’t been in place, and he has been alone with Nahla.
“It will be up to the judge to implement the recommendations. Gabriel is fighting having another person with him, he feels that Halle is trying to make his time with their daughter as uncomfortable as possible,” the insider says.
The report also recommends Berry and Aubry attend child parenting classes together.
Photo: WENN via Daily Mail
In Case you Missed It: Love & Hip Hop; Reality Check
I like ‘Love and Hip Hop‘ executive producer Mona Scott-Young. She’s real enough to give viewers into the real, less glamorous side of reality shows. For instance, Chrissy Lampkin only agreed to appear on last night’s episode if she wasn’t interviewed by Scott.
In last night’s episode, subtitled ‘Reality Check‘, Scott took viewers behind the scenes of ‘Love and Hip Hop‘, to show how the producers really influence the direction of reality shows.
Scott is part interviewer, part therapist. It was interesting to watch her use her calm shrewdness and experience to draw the emotions out of the insecure cast members.
For instance, we now know that fading rapper Jim Jones agreed to appear in the LHH pilot because Chrissy “took a liking to” all the attention she received from the show. It was hard to watch Jones squirm under the weight of his own humility as he admitted to suppressing his pride to allow his woman to shine on the show.
Now that’s love.
