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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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Alicia Keys stopped by BET’s 106 & Park yesterday and co-hosted the entire show with Rosci and Terrence. Her latest video “Teenage Love Affair” was also debuted. Photos from Alicia’s appearance can be seen above and for those of you who have yet to see the new video- you can check it out on page 2. And in other AK news, the singer has been forced to cancel several shows due to vocal problems. Both shows however are expected to be rescheduled at a later date. Keys, who is currently being treated by a physician, is expected to return to the stage on Saturday, April 26th at the Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus.
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Alicia Keys is reliving her ‘School Daze’ for her all-new music video, “Teenage Love Affair,” and ET was behind the scenes in New Jersey! “Teenage Love Affair” is the third single off of Alicia’s hit album As I Am, in stores now, and the video pays special homage to Spike Lee’s college comedy from 1988. “It really tells the story of when you first fall for somebody,” she explains to ET. “You know how it feels: you’re on the phone all night; when you see them in those special places, you get that feeling and you try to meet them as much as possible — that whole first love kind of thing.” Just back from touring Europe, Alicia is kicking off her two-month North American tour (with “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparcks opening up) on April 19 in Hampton, VA. “Being able to see all those faces out there singing at the top of their lungs, it really shows me how we’ve connected through this music,” says Alicia, adding, “The tour is a workout … that stage is really, really big, so I feel like I just jogged a basketball court!”
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Singer Alicia Keys has been tapped by Dove and MTV to star in their Real Beauty TV micro-series, “Fresh Takes”. The series will revolve around a group of 20 something year old females and the pressures they must overcome in order to pursue their dreams. Each mini series will air as a commercial interstitials during the March 24th premiere of “The Hill”, which airs on MTV.
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Is anyone besides me watching the Grammys tonight? My gosh it is such a snooze fest. I usually skip the show and catch the highlights online, but because rumors of a Janet Jackson performance have been sweeping the net recently, I decided to tune in. Unfortunately, Janet has not taken to stage yet and wasn’t on the red carpet either. Alicia Keys however, performed a duet with Frank Sinatra and Rihanna performed alongside The Time.

Other Brown Sistas to walk the red carpet so far include Fantasia, Toccara and Keyshia Cole.
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During the Super Bowl XLll press conference today Alicia Keys revealed that not only is she joining the performance line-up for the big football event, but will also be heading out on the road for her “As I Am” Tour- which will be sponsored by Lexus. The tour will build upon the success of Alicia’s latest CD which has already sold- get this- over 3 million copies since it was released back in November. The tour will kick off in Europe on February 25th and make stops in Paris, Milan and Zurich. The U.S. and Canadian parts of the tour kick off on April 19th in Hampton, Virginia and continue throughout the early summer. Alicia’s “As I Am” tour will visually step it up a notch as the singer has called upon iconic designer Giorgio Armani to create a custom wardrobe for the her, which I suspect will rival that of the great Cher, Tina Turner and Janet Jackson. Look for Alicia in the meantime to perform at the SUPER BOWL XLII PREGAME SHOW at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, which will air live on Fox, Sunday, February 3rd.
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Alicia Keys, Maxine Waters and Tyra Banks were among the top achievers in entertainment, business and politics who were honored at the first ever BET Honors gala. The ceremony was held tonight at Washington, D.C.’s Warner Theatre and will air on Feb. 22nd as part of the network’s Black History Month programming. Other notable Brown Sista to also show up for the festivities included actresses Vivica Fox and Kerry Washington- as well as singer Keyshia Cole.
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… it’s new to me at least. Here Alicia is photographed by Stewart Shining relaxing on a bed of flowers. Lovely shoot. Look for more to be added to Alicia’s gallery on BrownSista.net.