Celebs Out & About
Singer Solange Knowles attended OP’s “OPen Campus” Fall Ad Campaign launch at Mel’s Drive-In in Hollywood, CA yesterday.
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Rapper Khia and a friend were in the house at Tongue & Groove nightclub last week.
Photo by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net
MORE Celebs Out & About pics after the break!
Morning Wood: Ballers and Their Toys
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Nothing says LOVE more than seeing a man spending quality time with his baby. Not the two-legged kind — the 4-legged kind that sits on dubs. On average, ballers spend more time and money on their rides than they do on any other prized possession.
While perusing the Internets this weekend looking for wheels to spruce up my Jetta, I came across a gallery of celebrities posing with their favorite rides outfitted by rim specialists, Lexani. None of the rims pictured cost less than $2,000.
Extravagant over expenditures notwithstanding, even I have to admit these ballers look sexy alongside their whips. I realize I haven’t put up a Morning Wood post in a minute, and some of you are getting antsy to see one. So hopefully this post will suffice.
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MORE pics of Ballers and their Toys after the break!
Celebs Out & About
Rapper 50 Cent promoted his new video game “50 Cent: Blood on the Sand” at Play N Trade in Manhattan yesterday.
Jim Jones looking tired and weeded out on the set of his “Dancing on Me” music video filmed in NYC on Wednesday. We can just imagine what the end result of his video be based on this pic.
Niche Media CEO Jason Binn got up close and personal with music mogul Jermaine Dupri at LA Confidential Magazine’s May/June Issue Party in L.A. last night. It’s quite touching to see these securely confident, well-heeled industry types getting their man on without worrying about the repercussions. Speaking of repercussions: this pic reminds me of this one and this one, and who can forget this memorable one.
Pop/rock singer Pink also got up close and personal with British fans on the set of a T-Mobile ad shoot at Trafalgar Square in London, England yesterday.
Industry vet Sylvia Rhone, left, President of Universal Motown Records, yucking it up with musician Jay Lyon, center, and rapper Kid Cudi at Norwood’s in NYC last night.
Rap icon Mos Def attended Bazar Royal’s live performance at S.O.B.’s in NYC last night.
L to R: Socialite/model Selita Ebanks, Rashida Ali (owner of Bourgeoisie Shoetique), and supermodel Jessica White served up well-crafted shoes from the world’s finest European designers at the Bourgeoisie Shoetique Spring affair “The Platform” hosted by Selita Ebanks in NYC yesterday.
Source: Nicole Garner/Garner Circle PR
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Celebrity Seed: Madonna, Brad Pitt
Actor Brad Pitt took his daughters Zahara and Shiloh on another bribery/reward run to the toy store in the Georgetown Area Of Washington DC yesterday. This is how some white folks modify their children’s behavior using the reward/bribery method. It works too. The reason why this method isn’t utilized by black folks is because most of us don’t have the financial resources to consistently reward our kids for good behavior. So we resort to the more convenient method of beating our kids with whatever we can lay our hands on — a belt, a shoe, extension cord, etc.
Photos: Splash News Online
Madonna escorted her children David Banda and Lourdes to Kabbalah services in Manhattan last night.
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Celebs Out & About
Keyshia Cole performed during Lil Wayne’s I AM tour yesterday at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. I’m sorry, but Keyshia is too large to be opening up shows for that troll. Call me Manny!
Photo: Getty Image
Akon and African watch designer Mazzocchi pose during the launch of her Maranello watch line in London, England over the weekend. That’s how we do it in London and the Caribbean y’all! We don’t work to make others rich! I’ve already placed my call for an interview with her and I don’t even do interviews. Check out her website [LINK].
Brandy prowled the stage during the 2008 Q102 Jingle Ball in Camden, NJ over the weekend. Too bad her album isn’t shaping up to be a hit. I heard half of the album last week. Not good.
Rihanna and her BFF Chris Brown were seen walking through the Miami airport on Saturday. That’s one globe-hopping couple. There’s no need for Chris to hide behind his hoodie. Boy, we already know you and RiRi are slapping skins. Grow up! By the way, we love the matching Louis Vuitton bags!
Singer Chrisette Michele said ‘fukk it’ to all the talk about her putting on the extra poundage. Chrisette knows she’s healthy, she looks good and the men loves them a thick woman. So stay hating!
Jamie Foxx celebrated his 45th birthday TAO in Vegas over the weekend with Sean Combs croaking ‘Happy Birthday’ next to him. Then he flew into Atlanta last night to continue the celebration at the Velvet Room. More on that later.
Ludacris did his best Urkel impression with rimless glasses at the Hawks/Cavaliers game in Atlanta Saturday.
Warner Music Group’s EVP Kevin Liles was in town to attend the Frank Ski Kids Foundation Wine Tasting & Auction held at his stately mansion annually. This year’s event took place last night and I hear it was slam packed! They said it was so tight in there you couldn’t turn around. I hope all those people opened their wallets and Louis Vuitton Pochette’s to give to the cause. I was invited to shoot but I was still sick so I sent my photographer Alphonso who had a mishap with his camera. Oh well, that’s the way it goes sometimes. Thanks for the invite JeNika! I got you next year! By the way, I did note that Kevin and Ludacris had on the same leather jackets in different colors. I wonder who makes it? We see you honey with your Chanel bag.
Polow Da Don overdressed for the occasion. Here in the A we do take off our faux rabbit collar coats indoors, so you have to excuse Polow. He’s kind of extra sometimes, but we love him! I love Jeezy’s style but didn’t the bubble jacket go out with the 90s? There was no other celebrity worthy of noting at the game or you know I would have posted their pics.
Kanye West posed backstage on Day 2 of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Xmas event in Universal City, CA yesterday. He behaved himself for once.
LL Cool J and 50 Cent did their thing at the Spike TV’s 2008 “Video Game Awards show in Culver City, CA last night.
Photos: Wireimage/Getty except where indicated
Celebs Out & About: Floyd Mayweather!
Floyd Mayweather paid a lot of bills and made the ladies happy last night at Pure Atlanta. If you missed it, you missed out on your share of over $50K in cash that Mayweather blessed the crowd with!
I hear the ladies were out of control in the VIP area near where Mayweather was standing. But he had his eye on one chica in particular all night long.
As if the cash wasn’t enough, Mayweather and Benny, the promoter of Thursday nights at Pure, gave away a free BMW to one lucky winner last night!
Now why didn’t Benny tell me they were giving away a free Beemer?
I guess Benny heard that a certain club owner gave away three luxury vehicles recently, including two Benzes and a Range Rover.
Photos by Freddy O
Kanye West’s MacBook Air Gets the LV Touch
When Kanye West’s ghost blogger isn’t updating his blog, Kanye does it himself on the fly with his MacBook Air.
Kanye West loves his new generation MacBook Air so much that he personalized it by adding a custom Louis Vuitton skin. They don’t call him the Louis Vuitton Don for nothing!
Thanks to loyal reader JT for the pics!
