Brown Sista

Alicia Keys closed out the 2008 Bermuda Festival Sunday night, taking to the stage to perform a medley of her hits, including You Don’t Know My Name, No One, and If I Ain’t Got You. Dressed in some type of shimmery black avant-garde outfit, Alicia performed for an estimated crowd of 20,000 and was paid a whopping $750,000 for her 90 minute set.
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Singers Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah and Alicia Keys, were all spotted walking the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival. The three Brown Sistas were on hand for the premiere of their new movie, The Secret Life of Bees. Gina Prince Bythewood, the brilliant sista behind the movie Love & Basketball, directed this film and look for it to hit movie screens across America on October 17th. Singer Jennifer Hudson is also gearing up for a promotional blitz as her long awaited debut album will finally be released on September 30th. Look for Jennifer to make appearances in the coming weeks on the Today Show, Live with Regis & Kelly, and David Letterman.
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Alicia Key’s four times platinum album “As I Am” has spawned it’s fourth single and video. “Superwoman” pays tribute to all types of women, ranging from the struggling mother on public assistance to the single working mom trying to balance family and career. The video was filmed last month during a two day shoot (June 9-10) at the LA Center Studios and was directed by Chris Robinson, who has worked on several of Alicia’s videos in the past (Teenage Love Affair, You Don’t Know My Name). The treatment for Superwoman apparently came from actress Jada Pinkett Smith, who not only acted as co-director but also makes a special cameo appearance in the video as well.
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Summer started almost two weeks ago. It’s only gonna get hotter, and hotter. So, make sure you stop by your fave boutique and pick out “THE PERFECT SWIMSUIT”.

Here are my fashion picks for swimwear, by celeb body-type::

                        
Rihanna has stated that she is about 5′8″. If you’re tall, with long legs like Rihanna’s, then show off those long, lean legs this summer! These barely-there bottoms are perfect — spanned with links of diamante chain to add more jazz to your look. (I think the skulls and studded jewelry are very “Rihanna”).

                        
J. Hud is a perfect example of today’s ‘curvy brown sista’. She always plays up her curves in sexy, memorable, yet sophisticated looks. A tankini and boyshorts with drawstrings on the side, like this set, is a great match, because the rouching at the belly creates for a subtle camouflage, and the bottoms are adjustable, so you can take them from swim bottoms to boyshorts. Add black and gold accessories to top off this suit.

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As I type this the 2008 BET Awards are in full effect and so is the Black female star power. As expected all of Black Hollywood is in the house tonight and that includes singers Keyshia Cole and Rihanna, who are both due to perform, as well Beyonce’s lil sis Solange, who celebrated her 22nd birthday last night.
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Singer Alicia Keys performed before a sold out crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday night. Ne-Yo was on hand to open up for the singer and quite a few celebrities took in the show as well, with reports of both Gabrielle Union and Britney Spears being in the audience. Next up for Alicia is a performance on Ellen and after that reports have Alicia mentoring Jennifer Hudson and possibly doing writing and production work on her debut CD, along with India Arie.
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Singer Jennifer Hudson was recently spotted departing the Los Angeles International Airport. The Academy Award winning actress is slowly building up her resume, appearing in this month’s Sex And City and contributing a song to the soundtrack, reportedly written by Gnarls Barkley star Cee-Lo Green. And still in the works is Jennifer’s solo CD, which is now said to be coming out sometime in September. We’ll just have to wait and see though- as her release date has changed quite a few times since she finished shooting Dreamgirls.
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