Health

She’s trimmed over eighty pounds off her body, and now Jennifer Hudson is ready to help others with their effort to slim down by opening a new weight loss center in Chicago. Source

This one is huge and well-deserved! Shakira may be a three-time current Latin Grammy nominee, but now she is also being honored as the 2011 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Source

Music

Here is a Gloria Estefan song-by-song breakdown of her new dance album, Miss Little Havana, out September 27 (hard copy at Target, digital copy through iTunes). We went out and bought the album’s Target edition because we loved the album art by Cuban American artist LEBO so much! Source

New Music

Wow. If there was any question about Charles Hamilton’s sanity this record should seal the deal. On “Cats Said I Can’t Diss You” he takes shots at everyone from Rick Ross, Keri Hilson and Young Jeezy to Drake, Biggie and Tupac. We guess his point is that no one is untouchable but this comes off […]

Jay-Z To Help Design Nets New Uniforms After announcing a series of concerts to open up the Nets new arena in Brooklyn next year, Jay-Z is still at work as an NBA executive. According to reports, the rapper/business mogul will help design the soon to be Brooklyn Nets’ new basketball uniforms. Source

It was just announced that Eric B. and Rakim have been nominated for the first time to enter The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012. Looks like Eric B.’s daughter Starr Barrier has another announcement to make. She says her father is a deadbeat dad. Starr says her dad Eric B. owes over […]

Blige On Nina Simone Comparisons Mary J. Blige covers the October issue of PAPER magazine and in it, the diva discusses what will be her most challenging acting role yet, depicting  soul singer Nina Simone Source

About a year ago we ran a feature on rappers and their ridiculous chains. While we covered just about everyone, we did miss a few and we were inspired by Nicki Minaj’s new neck piece and decided to bring the feature back. VIEW PICS HERE

Amber Rose appeared on New York’s Hot97 morning radio show yesterday where she cleared up some rumors and addressed host Peter Rosenberg who had wondered why she (“a hot girl who used to sleep with Kanye”) deserved to write a book. Read and watch excerpts of the interview below: On Stripping At Sue’s and Meeting […]

Photos

Kimora Lee, the new President and Creative Director of JustFabulous flexed her fashion forward heels at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood. Christina Milian attended the event in a pair of pink JustFabulous pumps. Kimora’s husband Djimon Hounsou was by her side smiling for photos with his Fabulous wife! Fab Or Fug? Kimora In Leopard [PHOTOS] […]

T.I. To Be Freed Thursday T.I. will officially be a free man Thursday after completing his prison sentence and time at a Georgia halfway house. As previously reported T.I.’s been having complications with his release. source

Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace is defending his wife Kimsha after she allegedly put Shaunie O’Neal on blast via Facebook yesterday. Metta World Peace (I can’t!!)took to his Twitter page to shut down any rumors it may have started or bad blood it might’ve shed (and trust, it did,because Evelyn went in, but I’ll […]