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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 [...]

 
It looks like Nia Long and ex-NBA baller Cuttino Mobley are an item once again. The duo hit the red carpet for the premiere of Will Smith and Rosario Dawson’s new movie, “Seven Pounds,” last night in Los Angeles.
Although the two have known each other for several years, it seems their relationship first became public [...]

What would possess Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets to get this pair of lips tattooed on his neck? Or maybe I should ask who?
Hip-hop artist Trina Martin of course.  They’ve been dating for some quite time and now that Kenyon is divorced he’s doesn’t mind showing that the Diamond Princess is rocking his world.
Essence [...]

The stereotypical stepmother gets a bad rap for mistreating her stepchildren but in the case of Whitney Houston it’s the opposite. Whitney’s stepmother has filed suit against the singer, claiming the songbird did not abide by the wishes of Whitney’s deceased father.
The Associated Press reports that, according to court records, Barbara Houston claims the 45-year-old [...]

 
Once again our skin color is back in the news - this time courtesy of Ne-Yo, who said, “All the prettiest kids is light skin-ded anyway, normally,” during an interview that is feverishly making its rounds through the blogosphere.
The comment is made at the 7:00 mark when Jenny Boom Boom and Big Regg, deejays on [...]

 
Most of Eddie Murphy’s non-animated films haven’t exactly been blockbuster, box-office hits in recent years. So when I read yesterday that the “Meet Dave” star was going to play Riddler in an upcoming Batman flick, I knew he would have a sure-fire hit on his hands since the latest Batman installment, “The Dark  Knight,” brought [...]

On the same day Will Smith showed up on the set of “Good Morning America” with a pile of coats for the underprivileged, the charitable donations of the Will Smith Foundation made news as well. FoxNews.com revealed that just released 2007 tax records show that $122,500 of the $1.3 million the foundation donated went to [...]

Janet Jackson is pregnant. Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri are breaking up. The rumors go back and forth daily, much as in the same way as with Usher and wife Tameka.
Tired of the gossip, Jermaine sent a “message to all Janet fans” on his blog on Global14.com yesterday.
TO ALL THE JANET FANS,
AS YOU ALL KNOW [...]

The trailer for “Obsessed,” starring Beyoncé and Idris Elba, has hit Youtube. The movie, which doesn’t open until April 24, 2009, looks as thrillingly suspenseful as “Fatal Attraction,” which should have made a heck of a lot of men think twice about straying but probably didn’t.
Essence

You can always count on Will Smith to get great media coverage on the heels of one of his new movies opening.
Next month, the box-office kingpin, will offer audiences the drama ‘Seven Pounds.’ 
To wrap around all the marketing blitz that surely will come with a surefire box-office tally, the former ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air‘ is making [...]

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If Star Jones is looking for a fight, she better look elsewhere.
Barbara Walters is opting not to engage her former tag-team partner, even though Jones sounded off on her former View mates in a recent interview with Essence magazine, saying “those girls were hateful” when Jones exited the ABC gabfest in 2006.
“Barbara [...]

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 [...]