Janet Jackson appeared Thursday on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to promote Why Did I Get Married Too? that premieres April 2. The performer also sings the first single,”Nothing,” from the film’s soundtrack that is co-produced by Jermaine Dupri and will be available March 30 on iTunes.
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Taraji P. Henson visited The Mo’Nique Show recently and the two shared their experiences of being nominated for an Academy Award. Mo’Nique recently won a Oscar for her best supporting actress role in the film, Precious. Henson, who was nominated for best supporting actress in the 2008 movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, gave an impromptu acceptance speech using the comedian’s Oscar saying: “So this is how it feels.”
Henson congratulated Mo’Nique on her accomplishments. “There were things that you did in that movie that actors who make more money than you and I put together can’t even do,” Henson told Mo’Nique.
Mo’Nique said she was full of emotion for what the two performers accomplished. “For all those little chocolate girls that didn’t think it was possible,” Mo’Nique said, “they are looking at two women who were nominated for that award.”
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Well it is finally here! The anticipated video for Lady GaGa and Beyonce’s “Telephone.” Tyrese is also featured in the video. Lady Gaga explains the concept of the video to E! News.
“I wanted to do the same thing [as ‘Paparazzi’] with this video,” said the 23-year-old singer who added that the Quentin Tarantino-inspired clip is a commentary on American culture. “Take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper; the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology, and turn it into something that was more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are.”
Beyonce and her mother Tina Knowles appeared Tuesday on Good Morning America to discuss opening the Beyonce Cosmetology Center for recovering addicts. Viewers get to see Beyonce’s wedding ring and her reaction when her mother says she is praying for grandchildren.
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Erykah Badu performed her single, “Window Seat” from her new album New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh Wednesday on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
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Estelle gets some help from rapper Kardinal Offishall in her first single, “Freak,” from her upcoming album, All of Me. It is different from what I am used to seeing from her. So… what do you think?
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Don Cheadle, star of the upcoming movie “Brooklyn’s Finest,” recently stopped by the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Cheadle said people often think he is former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and star of the 2000 film, “The Ladies Man,” Tim Meadows.
“I was on a plane and a flight attendant came over and gave me a couple of bottles of Courvosier,” he said. “I said, ‘What is that?’ She said, ‘Ladies Man.'”
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L.A. Reid, Chairman and CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group, flew to Belize Monday to meet with Shyne. The rapper was deported to his homeland Belize in Oct. 2009 after serving nine years in prison for weapons charges stemming from a high-publicized 1999 nightclub shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez. The two reportedly signed a $1-$5 million deal that will also provide distribution for Shyne’s Gangland Records.
“I have come here to stand by Shyne and to officially kick off our partnership with Island Def Jam Music Group and Gangland Records,” Reid said in an interview with 7Newsbelize.com. “So it is really an honor to be here, really very special place. I am here because great people are worthy of travelling many, many miles for it and I come here to say that your country is great and I hope you guys know that this is a great man from your country who deserves this kind of respect and who deserves this kind of support. So that is why we are here.”
Shyne also expressed his excitement about the deal.
“It is an honor and a pleasure, not just for me but for Belize,” Shyne said. “Chairman Reid is on the level of Berry Gordy, Clive Davis — the biggest music men in the history of music — and so to have a partnership with Gangland Records and Island/Def Jam is incredible for me.”
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Comedian Wanda Sykes, a longtime Sade fan, enticed the singer onto her show. Check out the two in a hilarious skit.
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Kanye West has released a video for “Coldest Winter,” which is on his 808s and Heartbreak CD. He does not appear in the video, which kind of reminds me of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Remember those creatures on horseback chasing the hobbit? So what do you think of Kanye’s newest video?