TOP MODEL WIND DOWN

As ANTM Cycle 10 comes to a close, Katarzyna was eliminated tonight leaving Fatima, Dominique, Anya and Whitney in the running of becoming the next queen of model real TV. Tonight threw a cute little spin into the competition but my girl Dominique is still hanging on strong. That child is as annoying as the Spongebob theme song, but she delivers.

Stay tuned to the TLT for the girl eliminated each week as 2 shows remain before the winner is crowned. I know I'm an avid reality TV hater... but there are some exceptions. Besides every girl has a few guilty pleasures. Plus that damned Tyra sucks me in every week.

Just like the Dion & Pilar show on the Oxygen Network. That show is just too many things.....and so many that I must devote an entire post to that right there.

TASTY VIDEO: CHRIS BROWN 'FOREVER'

CHRIS BROWN premieres his video for the single "Forever" today. Okay, I have serious issues with this whole R&B goes Pop era that were living in. Why can't we get a simple mid or a smooth slow jams like times of old? Maybe in my old age (yea, right) nostalgia gets the best of me but nevertheless, the video is ok -- standard video stuff if you ask me. Chris gets the eclectic award of the week for this spot. I mean honestly, when was the last time you saw a leading lady in a African American video who wasn't of the same persuasion? Hey -- he gets three snaps for me for the variety though.

Check the video....... Are you feeling it??

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ALICIA DOES LETTERMAN

ALICIA KEYS performs her newest single Teenage Love Affair from her album As I Am on Letterman this week. My husband and I love this song -- it's like and old school love anthem and the premiere of the video makes me take a liking to this song even more.

Alicia always delivers on stage, this is no exception. Check the video below....

NOTE THE QUOTE

NOTED QUOTE comes from Kimora Lee Simmons. She says,

"I would be very proud to have a baby. So it will come soon. I think about it all the time, and it's something that's a very exciting prospect for me."

No wonder the divorce was on the top of her to do list recently.... Mmmm Hmm Kiki... you aint slick!!!

ALICIA SHOOTS FOR USA TODAY

Here are some outtakes from Alicia Keys' recent shoot for USA Today shot by Todd Pitt. Leash is looking fresh and fly here.... I love it

RIH LOVES THAT CHICKEN

Check the pics of Rihanna leaving a mall in LA after getting her finger lickin' good on at KFC....

And I see she's totin' her faithful sidekick

"Hey Chris.... no, I'm just grabbin some chicken...."

TASTY VIDEO: LLOYD FEAT LUDACRIS 'THIS IS HOW WE DO IT (AROUND THE WAY)'

LLOYD premiered his new video featuring Ludacris. His new album Lessons in Love will drop July 15th.

Check the video below...

BUSTA 'THROW WATER ON EM'

BUSTA premiered his video for the single "Throw Water on Em"

Check it below....

KEYSHIA COLE PERFORMS AT JAZZ FEST

KEYSHIA COLE performed briefly for a drenched crowd of 100 to 150 people after lightening drove off the rest of the fans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. After crowds waited for her performance, finally she did her thing on stage even though I'm still just not feeling the black hair on Key Lo Lo.

Check the pics of the performance...

JLO SAYS NO MA'AM TO REALITY TV

Reports came out this week that Jennifer Lopez was set to do a new show for the TLC network which was to feature her entrepranual side as well as her mommy side, giving us a glimpse into life with Max and Emme and all that is JLO as well. People.com reports that

“The recent show Jennifer Lopez plans to produce for TLC is not a reality show,” says her manager, Simon Fields. “It’s a show that will track the creation, production and eventual launch of a new fragrance. Jennifer will appear in a creative, entrepreneurial capacity and will absolutely not feature her children and family life.”

I don't know how successful the show will be sans the twins, but hey I wish her will in the endeavor although I must briefly bring up her crash and burn reality series 'Dance life'. Hopefully this one does a little better.

Will you be checkin for the JLO show on TLC????

TASTY VIDEO: THE DREAM FEAT YOUNG JEEZY 'I LOVE YOUR GIRL'

THE DREAM's new video featuring JEEZY debuted yesterday on BET's 106 & Park. Check the video below..... what you guys thinkin' about the cut???

BEYONCE AND ELLEN DO AMERICAN EXPRESS

BEYONCE cameo's in the American Express commercial seen below with Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen is hilarious in this spot but I think she's funny regardless & her show is definite a daytime must see. Check the video below for the commercial before it hits airwaves....

TASTY VIDEO: THE ROOTS FEAT WALES & CHRISETTE MICHELE 'RISING UP'

THE ROOTS team up with Wales and Chrisette Michele for thier video of the single "Rising up". The new album "Rising Down" will be in stores April 29th via Def Jam.

For all you Roots fans of old the new LP will definitely be something to look out for.

Check the vid below

PRINCE DOES LETTERMAN

PRINCE performed his single 'Turn me Loose' on Letterman Friday Night.

Check the performance below....

LUDA OPENS ASIAN RESTAURANT

LUDACRIS opened his new restaurant called Straits Atlanta with head chef Chris Yeo last week. His new business venture will serve Singaporean cuisine in the heart of the ATL.

Three snaps and a afro pat to Luda for stepping outside the box on this one....although not that fair -- you know black folk love rice and what not!!!

CAKE LADY GLASSES

Since I love me some Kimora Lee, here is clip from the season premiere of season 2 of her reality series on The Style Network Life in the Fab Lane. Here we've got weird cake lady in some even weirder glasses, Aoki cant stop eating cake and Mama Kimora ready to jab her with the plastic cutlery for her gluttonous ways...

Take a look

NEW PASTRY KICKS

VANESSA & ANGELA SIMMONS are just takin this Pastry line of theirs and running with it. They have a new summer line out featuring the White Copper Pastry and the Strawberry Creme Pastry. I have to say, I am excited to see the plainer shoe design aimed for the older stylerista.. like myself.

What ya'll think of the new kicks????

To see more of the Pastry line including handbags, apparel and more shoe styles go to their official site here -- PASTRY KICKS

[photos court of pastrykicks.com]

THE PEDOPHILE RETURNS

OK, is it harsh of me to think of this golden shower"er" as a pedophile? Is it still naive of folk to think that wasn't him in that video?? As we ponder this, let us partake in another bit of Kells calamity as we here at the TLT present Kell's new video for the single 'Hairbraider'.

I just.... oh Lawd, I need heads bowed in a moment of prayer for this video. Is that a bag of red Kanekelon hair braided into his rows? He just sooo needs to stop trying, like for real! Oh goodness gracious, just watch...

R. Kelly - Hairbraider [Official Music Video]

TASTY VIDEO: ALICIA KEYS 'TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR'

ALICIA brings us a physical interpretation of her single 'Teenage Love Affair' via her new video which was inspired from Spike Lee's "School Daze". Leash gets her little courtyard step on and is looking cute as a button with her "around the way girl" earrings on and of course sporting the trademark Spike Lee cinematography here. I love it love it.....

Check the video....

TATSY PREVIEW: MC 'BYE BYE'

MARIAH gives us a glimpse of her new video for the single 'Bye Bye' off her new album E=MC2. I will reserve my criticism for the full version but this preview didn't really tell me much of what I'm going to be seeing in this. But clearly, this is another baby tee, cutesy MC production... clearly.

Check the preview

TASTY VIDEO: RIHANNA 'TAKE A BOW'

RIHANNA's video for 'Take a Bow' just debuted on the Def Jam website this week. The video is quite simplistic in its concept but effective none the less. Rih Rih is looking quite flawless in this vid and I'm loving the simple black tank, clear gloss and jeans against the simple black background. And this chick can certainly wear red lipstick - I'll give her that.

Check out the vid...

GIRLICIOUS LIKE ME

The winners of the CW's reality show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious...Chrystina, Nichole, Natalie and Tiffanie, uncover their first 2 singles, "Like me" and "Stupid Sh*!". I have to admit although I'm really not into the reality singing series thing ( and I must continue to reiterate that), the songs are pretty catchy dang it! I mean you cant go wrong with a Jazzy Pha shout out in your debut single. That alone is almost a little disappointing to admit. They've got a little flavor and some appeal and the 5 minutes I did watch of the show ( because it aired after ANTM) I did pick a couple chicas that I liked and they both ended up making the cut. I must say I have a flair for this kind of stuff.

Anyways, moving on....

Check the official video for their singles "Like Me" here.....



And check this performance on the morning show KTLA. This live performance is tres mediocre and definitely less than par in comparison to their videos for the songs. Check it...

VACATION HIATUS

Upon the arrival of my husband from his 15 month term in Iraq, we've emerged briefly from our vacation hiatus today and so having said that.... I am back!

So look forward to your daily dose of all the stuff that keeps you busy at work while your hardly working or whatever you may be up to during the day.

And so, let's get right to it....

TASTY VIDEO: MJB 'STAY DOWN'

Here is the Mary J video for 'Stay Down'. Personally, I love this cut...

Check the video

ALICIA MAKES HERSELF CLEAR

ALICIA KEYS covers Blender Magazine and in her interview made statements saying:

‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.”

Keys, 27, said she’s read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck “to symbolize strength, power and killing ‘em dead,” according to an interview in the magazine’s May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

Another of her theories: The bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled “by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing.”

She clears up her statements when interviewed on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and gives the real reason why she wears the AK-47 jewelery. Listen to the interview below.

NEWLY LEAKED: NE-YO 'LET'S JUST BE'

As the release date for Ne-yo's third studio album 'Year of the Gentlemen' approaches(June 24), here is another single from the singer/songwriter 'Let's just Be'. First off, let me just say that I am more impressed from the things he pens than from the things he sings. That being said, I am feeling this track. The mid includes the trademark smoothness we can expect from Ne-yo but embracing a more R&B sound than the leaks we've heard thus far which sport more of a pop feel. Nothing by Ne-yo ever leaves my mouth watering and making me beg for more, but this is still one of the better tracks I've heard from this new project. I'm not expecting this new album to be a smash but I'm hopeful that there will be more tracks of this flavor on the playlist.

Listen to the track here: Ne-yo: Let's Just Be

And tell me... are we tastin' it or tossin' it??......

TASTY VIDEO: RAY J 'SEXY CAN I'

RAY J performed his single 'Sexy Can I' on Jay Leno last night. The song is ok and performance mediocre but I mean, what can you really expect from Ray in the performance arena anyway?

Check the video....

Sexy Can I Live

DANITY KANE PERFORMS ON SOUNDCHECK

DANITY KANE performed a set on Walmart's online concert series in New York.

They performed:

• Poetry
• One Shot
• Showstopper
• Damaged

Overall, this was a good performance. I appreciate the on point vocals and tight harmonies. All in all, you can definitely see the growth and the coming of age of a Platinum selling girl group. I love Dawn's passion when she gets her 5 seconds of fame. Although, I always wonder why Shannon has the least solo moments but, hey that's neither here nor there. I love the all white outfits and prefer them over the mixed and matched thing. A more cohesive look gives them that group feeling and not just like 5 girls someone put together off a reality show series... oh wait, that applies too now doesn't it.

Click here to see the performance

What do you guys think of the performance?

SAUSAGE LADY OF THE JUNGLE

KIMORA is back for another season of Life in the Fab Lane which premieres on the Style Network on Apr 20th @ 8pm. Here is a clip of her doing what she does best -- telling the help how much they suck and why she cuts the paychecks and they don't. This right here will teach you never to get smart with the boss lady!

I love me some Kimora but she does get the stank-a-dank award of the day for the 'tude in this clip.

Check it....

SUGAR CRYSTALS & MINI MOGULS

RUSSELL SIMMONS was recently out and about with his daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee enjoying a little daddy/daughter day out. Those two little girls have got it made in the shade-- you hear me! Their mom, dearest Kiki, spoils them head to toe and not to mention that Aoki looks and seemingly acts just like her mother, a little modeliva in training & their dad is a mega mogul and answers their every beck and call.

Watch out for these tiny princess divas in the making ya'll. I'm just saying.....

TASTY VIDEO: 'BIG' BOI BALLET

BIG BOI of the group Outkast wanted to put his music to ballet so he teamed up with the Atlanta Ballet to produce, 'Big'.

As if ballet dancing wasn't hard enough, you want to add live music that could change every time you rehearse it. Hmm... I dunno. It was probably a sight to see live I, however speaking from a dancer's point of view, am not feeling the video of this too much. Big Boi didn't need to be on stage, he could have performed on a side stage or something but he took away from the choreography by standing right in front walking back and forth. There were some beautiful moments there that couldn't really be given justice.

Check the video and judge for yourself.

ALL EYES ON MIMI..... CLEARLY

MIMI is MTV's Artist of the Week as part of their 52 Bands/52 Weeks campaign. You can check the spots below with the featured video of Jack Jr. her dog voiced by Snoop.

In related news, The Empire State Building will be lit in Mariah's album colors (purple, pink and white) from April 25th - April 27th.


Check the other spots by clicking on the links below...

Touch My Body
Touch my Body Pt2
I'm that chick
I'm that chick Pt2
Thanx 4 nothin
Migrate
Migrate 2
Love Story
J.J and the Paparazzi
J.J's reality show
Mariah hits high notes
Mariah works out with J.J
Jeans skit with J.J

KELLY ROWLAND PERFORMANCE

KELLY ROWLAND performs her UK smash 'Work' at the Hilfiger Sessions in Germany. This is a great performance and the band was hot! Good work Kel!

Check the video.

MIMI COVERS THIS MONTH'S JET MAG

Hot on the promo trail is Miss Mimi who covers Jet Mag ( on newsstands now) this week. Of course she's giving us that same diva, new album, yadda yadda in the interview but still looking fab on the cover I must say. The busy bee will be on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, American Idol on Tuesday and Wednesday and Mimi's BET special with be airing this Thursday also so check your local listings for that spot but of course you can catch the review right here on the TLT.

WHAT'S HOOD WITH MONICA

Monica has recently left a voice mail on her fan site MonicaSoul.com on the progress of her new album 'Lessons Learned'. She dishes that the album will have a late year (August) release with no first single chosen as of yet. Producers she will be working with: Babyface, Polow da Don, R Kelly and Ne-yo. The LP will have 12-14 tracks and she will be looking forward to taking her boys Laroco (2) Romello (3months) with her on tour to promote the album. She's got more than enough material for at least a mediocre tour although she's not the greatest mover on stage but she can blow it live. Not to mention, she is definitely determined to get back in there I mean she just practically gave birth.

Something that perks my eye, she is launching her little boys' clothing line "Regions of Rock". OMG, I love that. It's so hard to find little boys clothing that is cute. I know I will be on the look out for that as you should be in your 'region'. I'm sure there is a little boy in your life that you could hook up ATL style.


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NEW MUSIC: RAVEN-SYMONE / CHERISH

RAVEN-SYMONE has a new acoustic inspired track out produced by Stargate. As an entrepreneur, actress, and even a role model.... I can respect what she's got going on. As an artist, I just can't take her seriously. For instance, when I hear this track I think they'll probably be a video soon for it playing during the wait time between shows on Nickelodeon. Like I see her and immediately think 'That's so raven". Maybe because I have children and nine times out of ten my television is glued on Nickelodeon like a spider on a glue trap. Anyways, I don't hate this, I don't love it, but she's defintely playing to the market that adores her with this one and I guess you can't really go wrong with an acoustic track these days.

Check the track below.

Raven-Symone : In The Pictures

Of course there is a So So Def remix for about every song in creation and Cherish lends us there's from the song Killa found on the Step Up 2 movie soundtrack as well as on their second LP The Truth. I have to chime in on a comment from a previous remix that was posted on this one. So in order to have a remix, we have to throw a worthless rap verse in there and a couple of co-signs from Tiny Tim and were in business. Umm, I think not. In this case and in most, the original is way more appealing that the remix but I just write the reviews. Again, I'm not totally in love with this song but I appreciate that the girlies can actually sing and despite that synthesized beat that is actually incredibly annoying -- at least the vocals are on point.

Check the track below.

Cherish : Killa (So So Def Remix)

View the music video for the original version HERE

TATSY VIDEO: MYA ON 'SECRET TALENTS OF THE STARS'

MYA flexed her undercover tap dancing skills on Tuesdays preview episode of 'Secret Talents of the Stars', CBS' new reality series.

Mya explains that her first love had always been tap dancing and those of us who knew her from around the way know that she has always been a dancer, before a singer. But, despite her years on hiatus, she does her thing in this spot which pays homage to legendary tappers like the Nicholas Brothers.

Being a dancer myself, I know how difficult tap dance is so even though I'm not really into primetime reality programming... I may watch this just for her.

Check the video...

VENUS WILLIAMS OFF THE COURT FOR GOOD??

Venus Williams says she will be sidelined indefinitely from tennis but has not said why.

Williams withdrew from the Bausch and Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, and reportedly made a trip to downtown Jacksonville to see a doctor.

"I've just been having some issues that I need to resolve, so I'm working on that at the moment and I'm hoping to be back playing as soon as possible," Williams said. "I'm not going to get any further into it, but of course I love the sport."

Last week Williams lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Williams says she still wants to attempt to play the French Open in late May.

"Of course I want to be there (for the French)," Williams said. "I don't want to be at home watching on TV. Watching this week will be enough on TV, so hopefully not too many more weeks."

SPOTTED: JANET IN JAPAN

JANET was spotted cruising through Japan's Narita International Airport. This is the first time we've seen Ms. Janet since her bout with the flu which postponed American touring/promotions for her album Discipline. Here she's seen at the start of her 3-day Japan promo for the album after which her US promotions will resume.

Good to see Janet out and about and looking well. Too bad Tiny Tim (aka JD) wasn't with her....he was probably hiding behind those flowers she's carrying, but I digress...

[PHOTOS: JUST JARED]

SPOTTED: DAWN AND QWANELL

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DAWN (of Danity Kane) & QWANELL ( of Day 26) were spotted looking all cutesy and lovey dovey at a party on Tuesday night.

Looks like the hook up we saw occuring on the reality series MTB4 wasnt just for show. Like I've said previously, Que is my underaged casanova so I'm not hating.

You have to admit though... they're so CUTE!!!


[PHOTOS:SPLASH NEWS/WIREIMAGE]

INBOXED: LEVERT MEMORIAL SERVICES

In my inbox today I received the memorial program for the homegoing services for Sean Levert who was recently serving jail time for failure to pay child support and died unexpectantly soon thereafter.

He was a third of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O'Jays singer Eddie Levert. His brother Gerald died unexpectantly in 2006 at age 40 of an accidental drug overdose.

Check the pages of the program below, click the pics for a view of the larger images

R.I.P Sean Levert!!!! May heavens gates await you......

URSHMEKA'S BABY SPOTTED

USHER and his stank wife UGMEKA (okay, I probably shouldn't call her stank but something about her just doesn't sit right with me) were spotted buying baby clothes and in the TMZ video, you can catch a glimpse of Usher Raymond V.

I guess black babies can't get pimped for millions apparently because still no takers of the 2 million that Tameka wants for first official pics of the baby.

Maybe next time.

GUESS WHO CHICKEROO -- REVEALED

Yesterday, I asked you all to guess who you think the celeb was that was spotted in LAX with am extra fabulous Prada bag in tow....

Well here she is,

If you guessed JADA PINKETT-SMITH well then, you would be correct. Now, why she has got those Set it off poetic justice style braids in her hair again... chile I don't know. But, she's still looking casually chic in her everyday gear. I think I love me some Jada just because she's tiny... and if you know me, you know that adjective is appropriate.

At least we know why her daughter Willow was sporting the exact same braids at the Kids Choice Awards with Dad....

Like mother like daughter apparently....

B'S NO BOOTY RULE

So it seems the details of the newlyweds Beyonce and Jay-Z's (whose wedding has still not "officially" been announced by either party's reps) wedding included......

Frisking the guests for guns and blades! I guess whoever said that love doesnt hurt.... doesnt know any of Jay-Z's friends. The UK Mirror reports that, "guests were instructed to leave mobile phones and cameras at home....but 3 guns were left in an amnesty box outside Jay-Z's Tribeca apartment."

The source also reports that, Jay "made and emotional speech....Bey serenaded her new husband....when the newylweds' hit 'Crazy in Love' came on, Bey did a raunchy dance for Jay and the couple made a mad dash to their crystalfilled bedroom a little before midnight."

The party reportedly lasted well after 2am and with the couple going to get that consummation on right before midnight shows that Jay was hurtin' something terrible after that three week no booty rule B put on his behind prior to the nuptials. [Source]

I see why it didnt take them 60 days to get married...... 1 day is too many for some men but 3 weeks, I know he was not having another second of that Bootylicious banishment!