Thanks to loyal reader Sweta Shah of 5W Public Relations for sending along these pics from the elegant dinner that took place at the Waldorf Astoria, hosted by legendary entertainer, Bill Cosby last night:
For the 37th year, the star-studded Gala paid tribute to those who embody the humanitarian ideals of Jackie Robinson and who helped raise money for the Foundation’s premiere minority scholarship and mentoring program. This 2010-2011 academic year, JRF provided generous financial aid and program support to 220 Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars representing 31 states and the District of Columbia and enrolled in 92 different colleges and universities across the country.
This year’s honorees included Sean “Diddy” Combs (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bad Boy Entertainment Group), Ingrid Saunders Jones (Senior Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company), and Joseph R. Perella (Founding Partner, Chairman and CEO of Perella Weinberg Partners) for their charitable and philanthropic contributions and innovation in the music, fashion and financial arenas, respectively.
Mayor Bloomberg made a speech and contributing to the unforgettable evening, Russell Simmons (Founder, Def Jam Records), Ray McGuire (Head of Global Investment Banking, Citi) and Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts III (Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church) introduced the nominees. Music artist Chrisette Michele wowed the crowd with a special performance as well.
Photos by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images North America
Diddy definitely wears his suits well.
Love, love, love Christette!! She is such a beautiful woman to me!! Love her hair!
Russell Simmons looks older than Bill Cosby
Chrisette’s shoes are giving me the business!
Ummmmmmmmm …..Chrisette?? I guess she said f**k it
Opps, didnt mean to misspell her name
Diddy is starting to look worn on the face…Cassie need to give him a couple of facials… I would still like to hit that
Chrisette…
at that dress.
i’m convinced Chrisette’s hair looks great in anystyle. lucky bish..
Chrisette looks like my 50YROLD Aunt in these pictures.
Cocoabana says:
Chrisette looks like my 50YROLD Aunt in these pictures.
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At first glance i thought the beading in her dress was granny panties… Maybe I need new glasses
Love ya Chrisette but that dress
and umm is that the old “popcorn” hairstyle?
that cut is doing NOTHING for her
Dammit!
@Candi @Alex @Choco
Ya’ll ain’t going to be talking about my city!! I’ll kick ya’lls arses! *whips out ‘B-more Till I Die’ t-shirt*
SASO i talked about soufeast, i’ve only been to the touristy parts of bmore *whispers* but i heard things about it from folks talkin bout the wire
Very nice. I love it. #BlackElegance
THAT’S Chrisette?!
I swear I thought that was Frenchie what’s-her-name from American Idol.
I love her voice though.
my uncle went to baltimore and got mugged 15 mins after his plane touched down.
@Candi
All of Bmore is NOT like the wire. The wire was principally shot off of one main street in the inner city near downtown. The wire was based in truth but over-exaggerated to hell!
*wish I would have caught up with Idris one time while they were filming here, though….damn! Missed my chance!*
YES YSO!
@Kingston
Stop lying! It takes at LEAST 30 mins to get from BWI to any part of Baltimore. If it’s 15 mins after his plane touched down, he got mugged in Glen Burnie/Anne Arundel or something, but not Baltimore.
i’ve never seen an episode of the wire (i didn’t have fancy premium channels)
but i WILL try and find that damn blue moon cafe! (unless the area looks hood)
lol, someone jacked him for his luggage in the restroom! im dead serious..
well bwi ain’t really in baltimore, and when i hear that i think of coming to america where the whole neighborhood was wearing their princely robes and selling their gold toothbrushes
@Kingston
Well! That may not have been a Baltimorian- that could have been a passerby traveler from another state. We will NOT claim that one!
He needs proof that it was one of us.
Chrisette look kinda HUGE in these pics…I
hear hair though. She got that Chris Brown going on.
Looks like it was a nice event.
How old is Bill Cosby?
*her hair
Chrisette resembles Frenchie from American Idol. They should do a duet; both have amazing voices.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Russell in a tux. It’s a nice change.
Glad to see Ingrid looking decent. That’s one woman who makes too much money to always be boogie.
Chrisette knows she can wear the heck out of those exaggerated lashes, but that dress could be a size or two larger.
@ Sassy
I believe Kingston! I don’t mess with Baltimore when the sun go down
I’ll take my chances with DC.
YSoSerious says:
THAT’S Chrisette?!
I swear I thought that was Frenchie what’s-her-name from American Idol.
I love her voice though. ~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Great minds think alike. If I had only clicked “submit” earlier!
@ Bsoul
I
Chrisette!
BTW, whassup y’all? @CandiPants… your new halo is the bees knees.
ohpretty1 says that dress could be a size or two larger.
psp how do u do it?! *faints*
*twirls around to show off the halo i got imported from tunisia* u likey?! i can get u one too
@Danielle
Stop being scaredy-cats!
Chrisette’s hair is giving me the willies
Danielle says:
@ Bsoul
you better stop! Chrisette don’t look nothing like Frenchie. They both can sing though.
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I swear I thought it was Frenchie at first glance until I read it was Chrissie.
YSo thinks so too.
Picture Frenchie a little slimmer.
I just checked her shoes and I love them! They are just two ribbons away from being gaudy though.
sean garrett scares me!
@CandiPants.. I will take one in purple please. (You always look out fa ya girl) It’s a site that you paste the link in to and then push convert button blah blah blah… It was quick though I’ll ask (and actually listen) him to tell me again and let youk now.. I have to edit some of the information sometimes but it’s still cool (song name or artist name)… I like musicals and stage productions and the songs on the cd never sound like the one on the movie….
@kingston.. go watch the video though. That is a nice whip… He makes some truly homolicious faces in the video…. It was one of those songs I heard, looked at the video monitor (at work) and was surprised at who it was….It’s a cool cut though… how ya been?
ya’ll tom’bout??
People who should never leave the house without a hat: Russell Simmons, Ne-Yo, Jeezy, LL Cool J.
*catches HIS’ panties in my teeth Bruce Leroy style* Hey girlie! Did u get all the stuff for the science fair? Actaully, they were mostly still on topic……..
Cha Cha
Oh, how I missed your shenanigans(coochay popping)!!
PSP
What’s going on boo?
Hey there. How goes it?
hey @Alottadat. I’ve been laughing at you and Fernando this morning and have decided I’m coming to meet you in LA next time so we can make sure to have a good time (And to get something better than this bow) …
That PSP is just scrumptious!
not all of it yet, he may not make it to the science fair at the rate he’s going
this child is tryna kill me with stress ya’ll!
@his and they telling Baltimore horror stories (kingston’s is a comedy).. I watched all five seasons of the wire and ain’t going nowhere near that place.
ya’ll stop messing with Alex! I been wearing my bow all day
@HIS
IT’S KAY BOO 
@SASSY CUTE GRAVI LOVE
@PSP
You didn’t like your bow?
I just want everyone to know that Laker said I look like Gary Coleman in my gravi.
*pulls the string on HIS’ bow so her boobies spill out*
I like my bow because you gave it to me but left to my own devices I’m sure I would have picked something else (or tried to tie you to the bed in which case I need some more stuff to go with it) …
AND I WANT ERRBODY TO NOT LIE AND SHOW ALEX THAT THE PIC DO RESEMBEL GARY AND BE 100 WITH UR GURL ALEX LIKE I WAS!!! AND AGAIN SAWWWY ALEX I DIN’T MEAN IT NEGATIVELY BUT AGAIN I SAWWY
Lakerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
i wrapped my bow around my thigh ala punky brewster. and helped myself to some of the other trinkets alex brought back.
@PSP
Or do you prefer lemon pepper wings and a freeze cup? 
Why if you had gone, I could have wined and dined you!
You sure she said gary coleman? Go check the fabuloso dollar store dictionary maybe she was tryna say something else… but still
@HIS IS THAT TEENAGER OF UR’S DRIVING U CWAZY??? MY MOMMA TOLD ME “YEAH I HOPE UR KIDS PUT U THUR HELL LIKE U DID ME” SO I SSSSSCAAREDD!!
@Alottadat.. I aint gon lie, it depends on how much I had to drink… a bish be famished after like the third shot….
i’ll take an order of lemon pepper wings pls
@ SASO I’m not sure how I feel about you kissing @ACE in your gravi
Justin Combs looks like a nice young man. I hope he goes to college.
@PSP I SAID SHE RESEMBLE HIM IN THAT NEW GRAVY
i was just wondering where Al had been and he pops back up with THAT
@Lakeshow… I have her with the wife beater and sexy shoulder (licks the A)..
@PSP SHE GOT A FUKN NEW GRAVI UP AND ERRBODY KNOW IT I JUST SAID IT CUZ I RATHER SAY IT THEN TALKN ABOUT BEHIND HER BAK BUT FUK IT MOVING TO THE NEW POST!!
@HIS RUDE CAN BE CONFUSED WITH TRUTH!!
@ALEZ I SAAWWWY LAST APOLOGY TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!!
@PSP
I changed that gravi this morning and I just changed it to Gary Coleman so Laker can see what the hell she been saying.
YSoSerious says:
@ Bsoul
Hey there. How goes it?
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Hey you!
It’s going very slowly but surely. How’s it going with you?
CANDI! hi
HIS hold me!
no reason in particular 
Cocoabana says:
Chrisette looks like my 50YROLD Aunt in these pictures.
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I love her music and her face is beautiful. But that body is not the busniess and I’m thick myself. She has an old woman’s shape.
WHats Up Candi you lookin for me?
manuel
annd i’m in the wrong post
@ALEX I NEVER THOUGHT SUCH A PURRTY GIRL LIKE URSELF WOULD TAKE CRITISIMS TO THE CORAZON AND AGAIN I SAWWY AND NO NOT THAT PIC I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND U PIKED THE UGLIEST SO NOBODY COULD FIND ANY RESEMBLANCE <<SPELLCHECKANYBODY!!
@Laker
We’re moving on. It’s ok. lol
shout out to stillasassyone!!! B -MORE all day baby send me some crab chips !!! LOL