The First Lady of Turks and Caicos, LisaRaye held her birthday celebration at Club Area in LA last night. The evening was also a benefit to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Ike on Grand Turk island. But according to some, LisaRaye’s celebrity friends didn’t come through with the cash as hoped.

…almost none of the invited celebrity guests showed up except for MC Lyte and Spinderella, who shared dj-ing duties, and John Salley and Kim Porter. Sanaa Lathan, Vivica Fox, Elise Neal, Malik Yoba, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tamala Jones and the rest of the advertised celeb guests bailed on her. And to add insult to injury, on top of the $20.00 entry fee, LisaRaye passed around a bucket to drum up more cash and only came up with $300.00 more dollars. (Source)


I love this picture of Paula J. White, who also attended the party last night. I especially LOVE that outfit, those sandals, the clutch, the way she’s holding her stomach protectively. Only thing missing is her man. Hopefully she has one.

This Judy Winslow chick on the right could pass for Amy Winehouse’s kin. We know what Amy’s problem is, but what’s up with Judy? She needs to make EATING her top priority — the parties can wait. What’s the use in paying $300 for a party dress that looks better on the mannequin than it does on you? Was that harsh? They used to call it tough love.

Kim Porter attended LisaRaye’s party looking stunning as usual. She’ll be in Atlanta this weekend to attend a friend’s baby shower. I’m thinking about crashing the baby shower just for old times sake.

In addition to being a superstar producer/rapper and head of urban music at Island Records, Jermaine Dupri is also a talented DJ. But JD seemed to be having a little problem with his Macbook Pro laptop while spinning at The Underground in Chicago last night. I also bought a MacBook Pro recently and I’m still trying to figure the damn thing out. Apple over charges for their laptops and you still have to pay them to teach you how to use it!

I swear Apple is nothing but a cult! The sales people at the Apple store walk around smiling like robots. They try their best to talk you into switching from Windows to Mac — just like a cult. Anyway, JD was in Chi town to continue his 36th birthday celebration tour (that’s the big thing now: multi-city birthday celebrations).

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