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A naked Serena Williams is just one of the athletes steaming up the cover of ESPN magazines’s 2009 special Body Issue.

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Looks like baby Nahla might be getting a little brother or sister to play with soon! According to the latest issue of Life & Style Magazine, actress Halle Berry is carrying her and boyfriend Gabriel Aubry’s second child! A source tells the publication that Halle, who is 3 months pregnant, conceived through artificial insemination.
“Halle is [...]

Quincy Jones, founder of the original Vibe Magazine, may end up buying the assets of the now defunct business.
A noted music industry veteran and producer, Jones founded the magazine in 1992 and turned it over to new owners in 2006.
Tuesday, June 30, Vibe closed its doors due to financial troubles. Former Editor in [...]

Ladies love eye candy as much as men do, and this year Chi-town rapper and actor Common, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, alongside former pro-wrestler turned actor Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson, made People Magazine’s annual hottest bachelor’s list.
Despite his heartthrob status, Common recalls a time when Cupid had him head over heels for one neo soulstress. [...]

Gospel Artist Israel Houghton and his group New Breed are building bridges over the gospel music generation gap with their style of music.
The group’s cross cultural hit songs Again I Say Rejoice and Friend of God, You are Good are spicing up the Sunday morning play lists across the country. And they will be [...]

Queen Latifah has revealed a traumatic chapter of her personal life: The singer-actress was sexually abused as a child.
In the latest issue of Essence magazine, Latifah says the abuse occurred over a period of time, and at the hands of a teenager charged with watching her.
“He violated me,” says Latifah. “I never told anybody; I [...]

“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert has landed the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, where he talks about sex, drugs and his “Idol” experiences.
The 27-year-old singer from San Diego acknowledges in an interview that he’s gay, and says it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.
“I’m proud of my sexuality,” he says. “I embrace it. It’s [...]

Danger from VH1’s “For the Love of Ray J” did a spread for this months Black Men’s Magazine. Check out some of the photos…

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Justin Timberlake wins style props in the March issue of GQ magazine.
The magazine picked the entertainer to lead a list of the “10 Most Stylish Men in America.” It singled out Timberlake for his impact on fashion, willingness to take risks and “knack for targeting trends” such as hats, three-piece suits, skinny ties and beards.
Timberlake, [...]

Kanye is pissy with his VIBE cover.  He says the mag digitally aged him and he’s not feeling it at all:
“I don’t have grey in my beard in real life!!! “I’m all down with being in my 30’s but daaaaaaaamn!!!! This is some Benjamin Button’s s**t!”.
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And here’s Ashanti’s latest spread in Black Men’s Magazine
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THE Premiere glossy fashion and lifestyle magazine in the Caribbean, Ocean Style Magazine, has released its ‘The 51 Most Beautiful People List’ and Barbados’ singing star Rihanna is number one.

The list reflects a wide range of talented individuals who are mega stars and may be a surprise to many, as most of them are from [...]

After remaining tight-lipped about her marriage, Beyonce is at last speaking out about her wedding to Jay-Z.
“What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It’s real,” Beyonce told Essence magazine in its November issue.
The singer says she did not want an engagement ring.
 
“People put too much [...]

The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year, is relaunching with a 20th-anniversary issue and a new focus — a direction that its co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as hip-hop’s bible, to prominence.
“It’s a very seminal period, an opportunity to both celebrate 20 years of content and the fact that The [...]

Hip-hop star Jay-Z’s talent for extending beyond rap to the executive worlds of music, fashion and other businesses has earned him the top spot on Forbes magazine’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” list.

Forbes on Thursday said Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, raked in $34 million in 2006, the year he released a comeback album “Kingdom [...]