Celebs Out & About: T.I., Jennifer Lopez

Rap mogul T.I., center, was spotted at Reign nightclub yesterday doing a walk through for his upcoming AKOO fashion show hosted by T.I. and Kevin Hart. That’s AKOO Creative Director Ralph Reynolds on the far left; T.I.’s mother, and T.I.’s sons Domani and Messiah on the right. If you follow Grand Hustle general manager Hannah Kang on Twitter.com, then you were probably one of the hundred or so hopefuls who showed up yesterday to audition for the AKOO fashion show, which is tomorrow. The walk through was filmed by VH1 camera crew for the final episode of T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle.
Photos by ExclusiveAccess.net

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Ciara Interviews New England Patriots Players During SB 46 Media Day

The excitement is building as football fans await the kickoff of Super Bowl 46 on Sunday. Songstress Ciara was given the enviable job of interviewing the New England Patriots players on the field during the 2012 Super Bowl Media Day in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ciara conducted interviews with the Patriots players for ‘The Insider’ sports show with Kevin Frazier. Ciara got real friendly with NE safety Sergio Brown (#31). You can tell Ciara took her job very seriously. She wore quarterback Tom Brady’s jersey number. Isn’t she cute? Unfortunately, NE doesn’t have a chance against the odds-on favorites, the NY Giants. But it should be a good game for NE fans. It’s not who wins or loses, but how they play the game.

Photos: Kamil Krzaczynski/INFphoto.com




 

Monica Headlines Battle of the Bands 2012

R&B Diva Monica will headline the annual Battle of the Bands on Jan. 28 at the Georgia Dome.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: “eight college marching bands from historically black colleges and universities will showcase their music and showmanship at this annual invitational event, but it will also spotlight the talents of Grammy-winning Atlanta singer and songwriter Monica.”

Monica will perform at the Battle of the Bands on Jan. 28, just weeks before the scheduled release of her seventh album, New Life. You can get a taste of the new album on the Georgia native’s website, which features the video for the track “Until It’s Gone.” You can pre-order the album there, too.

Tickets for the event, which begins at 3 p.m. Jan. 28, are available at Ticketmaster or at the Georgia Dome Box Office. Tickets are $10-$12.

The bands participating in this year’s Honda Battle of the Bands are:

Albany State University’s Marching Rams Show Band

Bethune Cookman University’s Marching Wildcats

Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South

Prairie View A&M University’s Marching Storm

South Carolina State University’s Marching 101

Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands

Virginia State University’s Marching Trojan Explosion

Winston-Salem State University’s Red Sea of Sound




 

Programming Note: Basketball Wives Special Livestream Event From Miami

All week VH1 has been teasing the Basketball Wives Facebook followers about a special event coming Thursday involving the cast of the ‘Basketball Wives‘ (the boring Miami crew, not the LA cast).

And, maybe due to that fact, VH1 didn’t get much of a response to the teasers on facebook.

See what the BIG NEWS is after the break.

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PICS: The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! and After party

Troubled musician Kanye West leads the Grammy Award nominations with 7, but the bad boy producer was a no-show at last night’s live concert warmup to the 2012 Grammy’s in February.

While Kanye’s hit all-star single, “All of the Lights,” was nominated for Song of the Year, his critically acclaimed album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which featured ‘Lights’, was snubbed in the Best Album category.

But Bon Iver, who was a complete stranger to many of us before collaborating with Kanye on MBDTF, was nominated for 4 Grammy’s, including Song of the Year — which Kanye is also nominated for — and Record of the Year, which we assume is different from Song of the Year.

Fading rapper-turned-actor LL Cool J, 43, (pictured above) attended the concert after party with his long-suffering buxom wife, Simone Smith. I bet she has a lot of stories to tell, such as why LL Cool J is bleaching his skin when he’s already a light alabaster color. Or why he still calls himself “Ladies Love” Cool J, when they don’t.

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Sneak Peek: Beyonce on 20/20 this Friday (Video)

Attention whore Beyonce recently sat down with Katie Couric for an interview on ABC’s 20/20 where she basically rehashes what she’s already talked about in every other appearance that she’s made. It isn’t clear why Beyonce hungers for so much attention lately.

Every move Beyonce has made over the past 3 months has been orchestrated to put her front and center, in the national spotlight. This kind of attention-seeking behavior can’t be healthy for her.

The rumors must be true that Jay Z ignores Beyonce when they’re out of the public eye. And that he spends most of his time in the studio just to get away from her. Can you blame him?

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Celebs Out & About: Floyd Mayweather, Amber Rose, Lisa Wu

If you didn’t know the Soul Train Awards 2011 was being held tomorrow night at the Fox Theatre, don’t worry, you’re not alone.

Vivica’s former boy toy Slimm, right, and his business partner Mr Plush, left, of Plush Blue Entertainment, along with Upper Echelon Entertainment brought socialite Amber Rose and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather to Atlanta to kick off the Soul Train Awards weekend at Havana nightclub last night. Yes, former RHOA cast member, Lisa Wu, is still considered somewhat of a celeb around these parts.

Photos courtesy: Slimm of Plush Blue




 

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