Brown Sista

Singer Ciara continues to criss-cross the country celebrating her twenty-second birthday with a five city tour. Last night Ciara touched down in New York City and kept the party going at the Runway. Besides shaking her groove thang, Ciara continued to field questions about her relationship with 50 Cent, who is rumored to have given the singer a fifteen karat “friendship” ring. Look for Ciara to wrap up her birthday tour in the next few days with a celebration in Miami and then two in the Bahamas. After that Ciara will hit the road for several touring dates throughout Europe, where she will be the opening act for Rihanna.
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Keyshia Cole recently performed on VH-1’s Unplugged and totally owned it. Many have speculated about Keyshia’s vocal abilities over the years but I think this show and these performances will quiet her detractors- for now at least. With a new album, new tour and the return of her reality show to BET, Keyshia is on a performance blitz, not only doing her thing on VH-1, but also taking it to the stage on The Tyra Banks Show, performing her heart wrenching single, Shoulda Let You Go. Look for Keyshia to heat up the Tyra Show this Friday, where she will also be joined by Rihanna.
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It’s happening. It’s really going to happen. One sure sign that a celebrity has a product to promote is when you start seeing them showing up at random events. Of course we saw Janet last week, she was promoting Why Did I Get Married. But promotion is over and yet Janet shows no signs of going back into seclusion. Janet has already stated that her new album will be coming out in the first quarter of of 2008, which leads me to believe she might be dropping a new single any day now. Janet was out last night taking in the Hollywood Film Festival’s 11th Annual Hollywood Awards and she looked fabulous. Janet is keeping slim and trim these days which is also another sign of an impending single. If you are longtime Janet fan you know not to get your hopes up too high, but with a new label, new look, hit movie and new book all dropping around the same time, I can’t help but get just a little excited.
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It has been a few few weeks since I last posted a Talk Me Tuesday feature and so today I have decided to bring it back, with the direct intent of talking about Barack Obama and the media’s assertion that sistas are not supportive of him. First, let me start by saying that I do not believe the polls, and though they vary depending on who is conducting them, the overall consensus is that sistas, and brothas to a lesser degree, do not support this man of color and his Black wife. Now I call Barack a man of color and not Black, because his biracial-ness, according to the media, has caused some Black people to question his overall Blackness.
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So remember I told you guys a few months back that Janet Jackson and Beyonce were scheduled to perform at Ethiopia’s millennium bash? Well Janet was obviously too busy basking in the glow of her box office success to show up, but Beyonce wasn’t. Beyonce not only showed up and performed but got a Queen’s welcome to boot. After a tour of the millennium stadium, which was built just for the occasion, Beyonce was brought to the King’s palace to meet Ethiopia’s President Girma Woldegiorgis. Word is Beyonce’s parents were also in attendance and got the royal treatment as well. Beyonce’s appearance before 5,000 Ethiopian fans serves as just one of her stops on her world tour which she extended in order to tour countries she has never toured before. After performing in Russia earlier this week and the millennium bash on Saturday, Beyonce next sets her sights on India, where she is scheduled to perform before a crowd of over ten thousand.
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I hate to post horrible stories like this, but obviously I must. Yolanda Brown, better known as LaLa, is rumored to have been found murdered in a Milwaukee recording studio along with her boyfriend, JeTannue Clayborn. LaLa is the female singer featured on Lyfe Jennings hit single, SEX. LaLa and JeTannue were reportedly ambushed in the studio, robbed and then shot dead. Let me add that so far I cannot find a reliable link that actually says LaLa was killed and I got this story myself from a Janet Jackson message board. A quick search of other blogs only shows Sandra Rose to be carrying the story, but she says she received it in an e-mail. Lyfe Jennings’ official message board is also posting this, but they too have only heard the rumor online.
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Actress Garcelle Beauvais‘ rep confirmed to People Magazine that the actress and her husband, Michael Nilon, welcomed twin boys into the world on October 18th. Jax Joseph Nilon and Jaid Thomas Nilon both weighed in at just under five pounds and were delivered by cesarean section. Garcelle is best known for her role as Fancy on The Jamie Foxx Show but made headlines earlier this year when she posed for Playboy while three months pregnant.
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Singer Whitney Houston made a surprise return to the spotlight last night, taking to the stage at the Swarovski Fashion Rocks show in London, England. Rumors had Whitney performing but instead she stepped onto the stage decked out in a gorgeous white Valentino dress and introduced the final catwalk show of the night, while Patti Labelle and The Sugarbabes ( A British version of Destiny’s Child) sang Lady Marmalade. As you all know, Whitney is trying to make a comeback in 2008 and random appearances, while looking like a million bucks, is generally part of the comeback strategy. Hopefully Whitney will return to the U.S soon and grace her American fans with not just an appearance but an performance. I know the world, like myself, wonders if Whitney’s pipes are as incredible as they used to be.
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