June 2009 – Page 3

Sherri Shepherd gets caught tweeting about cheating on diet

Sherri Shepherd is in trouble with her nutritional coach and trainer. While getting in shape to pose in a bathing suit on The View Aug. 6, she mentioned on the social networking site, Twitter, that she cheated on her diet by eating fried calamari and buffalo wings. Unfortunately, her exercise team saw the message, reports People.com.

“Ain’t this a blip! I was planning on fibbing 2 my trainer & nutritional coach about what I ate this weekend – but they follow me,” she tweeted later that day.

“You just assume when you tweet that you’re tweeting to people far away, not the person – your neighbor across the hall,” Shepherd said on The View. “I wish my coach would have not tweeted because she’s coming here tomorrow to get on me about what I ate.”

Obama’s Paris Vacation

School is out and the Obamas are taking a family vacation. President Barack Obama arrived in Paris Friday to meet his family that earlier in the day made a stop at the Eiffel Tower. The presidential family stayed at the U.S. Embassy, reports the New York Daily News.

After a trip to Normandy to attend the 65th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings today, they will continue their Parisian vacation by visiting the Notre Dame cathedral. The President will return to Washington Sunday while Michelle and the girls stay in Paris until Monday and celebrate daughter, Sasha’s eighth birthday.

Michelle Obama lunches with Nancy Reagan

Michelle Obama had lunch with former First Lady Nancy Reagan Wednesday. This is the first time Obama has invited a predecessor to the White House, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. She called Reagan for advice during the Obamas’ move to Washington.

Whitney Houston new album due in September

The diva with the golden pipes is set to drop her new release Sept. 1. Sean Garett, w ill.i.am, and Akon are some of the producers and songwriters that helped on Whitney Houston’s seventh studio album.

“The voice is there; I don’t think anyone could ever take that from her. As long as we apply that voice to hit records, she’ll be right back where she left off,” Akon told Billboard.com back in 2007.

Anthony Hamilton releasing next album soon

Riding high off the success of his current album, “The Point of It All,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Anthony Hamilton is already planning for his fifth studio release.

“I may put out another one before the end of this year, or the top of (2010),” the North Carolina-born R&B singer told Billboard.com. “I’ve got at least 10, 12 songs, but I’m gonna do maybe 12 more and go from there.”

“It’s gonna be a blues, country, soul, rock kind of album on the next one,” he explains. “I want to do something different. I may do some orchestrated stuff. I’m not afraid of it. I have a fan base that loves me enough to trust that I’m giving them. That’s a great place to be.”

Kimora Lee Simmons reveals baby’s name

Kimora Lee Simmons announced her baby boy’s name via Twitter: Kenzo Lee Hounsou. The 8 lbs, 20-inch baby was born Saturday to Simmons and her boyfriend, actor Djimon Hounsou.

Comedienne Mo’Nique loses nearly 40 pounds

Nowadays, there is less of comedienne Mo’Nique to love. A move she told Jet magazine was prompted by her husband, Sidney Hicks.

“It was so gentle and sweet, and he wasn’t judgmental,” Mo’Nique said. “He said, ‘Baby, that’s too much and I want you for a lifetime. I decided that I had to get some of that off of me.”

The 5 foot, 6-inch comedienne said she now weighs 224 pounds and plans to keep losing weight until she reaches 200. The comedienne once weighed 262 pounds.

“This was truly making the commitment to watch what I eat and commit to working out,” she said. “I stopped eating red meat. I want to say to big people, ‘Let’s be healthy big people.’ Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.’”

Month: June 2009