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- [FULL VIDEO] RED TABLE TALKS: Jada Pinkett Smith, Daughter Willow & Mother Adrienne GET PERSONAL About Fame, Drugs And Mothering
- PARTY FAB: Monica HOSTS Hubby Shannon Brown, Memphitz, Toya & More At Hotel Noir Event In ATL
- BOUNCE BACK: Rihanna Gets WHITE HOT For L.A. BATTLESHIP Premiere
- DO WE LOVE IT?! Serena Williams SERVES UP Her Rap Skills
- Kanye & Kim Jet To Toronto To Put In Work
- Ashanti Gets Interviewed By Her Momager Tina + Lark Voorhies REVISITS "Saved By The Bell" Memories
- Willow Smith Hits Paris With Grandma...AND A MOHAWK!
- EXCLUSIVE: Stylist June Ambrose Dishes FASHION FABNESS For YBF Moms On Mother's Day
- CANDIDS: Drunken Evan Ross Gets CARRIED Out The Club + Christina Milian Shops For Shoes + Venus Williams Shops With Mom
| Posted: 11 May 2012 09:31 AM PDT Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne Banfield Jones for a very emotional and open conversation about family, failing as a mother, Willow regretting fame and more in the Red Table Talks. Watch the conversation inside.... In a new web series, which she hopes other families will participate in, Jada Pinkett Smith invited her family to sit at a red table and have an open conversation about their lives together (no topic was off limits). Just in time for Mother's Day, Jada hopes other families across the country will sit and have "talks" to build better relationships and stronger families. Here are the highlights (and Willow complaining yet again about how "hard" and tormented her life is as an extremely privileged 11-year-old because...she has to take 10 extra minutes to go somewhere. Yes, we know fame can be relatively hard and 11-year-old have a limited sense of reality, but someone needs a reality check about what TRUE hardship is and before this gets out of hand to the point she can't handle actual hard situations when she gets older): Willow Smith on fame: “If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn’t be famous,” the 11-year-old singer admitted. “Because when you’re famous it’s so hard. Let’s say if a regular girl is going to the book store, it’s ten times harder to go everywhere [when you're famous]. But some people are like, ‘Oh, it’s so easy,’ and I’m like, ‘As fast as you can get there, it’s going to take me ten more minutes to get there.’ Because I have to call security.” Jada on "Red Table Talks" "My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships. Just for people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. Love is what sometimes holds us and binds us when we're not so happy. If we concentrate on how much we can love one another, we can get through all the other stuff.” Adrienne Banfield Jones talking to Willow about her mothering: "Jada did not have the kind of life that you have now. And I was not a good mother. And I know that your Mom believes that all experiences good and bad help make you the person that you are today. But I feel like during those times, the bad outweighed the good. I was on drugs until your Mom was 17 or 18 years old. I have been clean for 22 years and I went into therapy. But I felt like things that needed to be said that she needed to get off her chest. I have been so caught up in my own guilt for years."
Watch the full Red Table Talks video below:
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| PARTY FAB: Monica HOSTS Hubby Shannon Brown, Memphitz, Toya & More At Hotel Noir Event In ATL Posted: 11 May 2012 08:25 AM PDT Last night, R&B songstress Monica hosted an affair for Grey Goose in Atlanta with her NBA husband Shannon Brown and friends Toya, Memphitz, and Peter Thomas coming out to party. See the pics inside..... Monica, with her hot hubby on her arm, hosted a swanky event at the W Hotel in Atlanta for Grey Goose last night. Loving this chic white suit look. Mo also posed it up with her fans at the event. Toya kept it colorful with her look, including an orange YSL clutch and snakeskin green Louboutin pumps...and an old school high ponytail. She was there with her husband Memphitz. And also kicked it with producer Bangladesh and makeup stylist Latasha Wright. Peter Thomas was also spotted looking...himself. And you can't have a Grey Goose event without Kenny Burns! Reality tv star (Football Wives) Chanita Foster was there. Demetria McKinney looked fab in her bright red dress as she posed with comedian Rodney Perry. "The Biggest Loser" trainer Dolvett Quince also added a dash of class to the event. Fab times all around. ATL finally got it (mostly) right....
Photos via Paras Griffin  |
| BOUNCE BACK: Rihanna Gets WHITE HOT For L.A. BATTLESHIP Premiere Posted: 11 May 2012 07:41 AM PDT After a stint in the hospital with the flu and a couple of IV's, Rihanna is back int he hotness saddle for her big Battleship movie premiere in Los Angeles.
Peep the pics of her sexy white extreme slit dress inside.... Rihanna seems to be bouncing back from her sickness quite nicely. The actress/singer popped up at the Nokia Theater in L.A. last night in a thigh revealing Adam Selman white halter gown. She paired her deep cowl neck & open back sexy fit dress with a pair of white Manolo Blahnik sandals and Neil Lane jewels. And, of course, a pop of her fave red lip color. Adam Selman also designed Rihanna's custom stage clothing for the LOUD tour. Hot. Inside the premiere party, Ri fist pumped Adam Fogelson, Chairman of Universal Pictures: And hit the stage with her co-stars Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard & Brooklyn Decker, who rocked a fab Christian Dior strapless gown. Pics: Pacific Coast News  |
| DO WE LOVE IT?! Serena Williams SERVES UP Her Rap Skills Posted: 11 May 2012 06:50 AM PDT Serena Williams isn't just a tennis pro...she's going for a rap pro spot too. These days it's not that hard to drop a simple track that everyone will praise as if it's the second coming...ask Nicki Minaj. So Serena decided to get in on the fun (just for fun) too.
Check out the tracks she laid down in the studio recently inside...
Serena may be over in Madrid right now serving up wins on the tennis courts, but beforehand, she hit up her homie Baltimore Ravens baller Bryant Mckinnie's B Major Music Group Florida studio to spit a few bars. She raps about the Gucci and the ballin' hard and the fact her name is Serena and her sister's is Venus. You know...the simple things everyone else raps about. But her flow isn't half bad based on today's standards. So.... DO WE LOVE IT?! |
| Kanye & Kim Jet To Toronto To Put In Work Posted: 10 May 2012 06:13 PM PDT Kanye and his girl Kim K. are keeping up the charade by jetting out of the country to Toronto together. All so Kanye can support her Belle Noel spring 2012 collection jewelry launch in the Canadian city.
Pics inside... Who says you can't mix business with pleasure. Arriving together in the same car at The Bay department store today, Kanye accompanied Kim K. on her launch event for the jewelry line in which she serves as "Creative Director." 'Ye conveniently seemed to be all smiles again after frowning it up in every Met Ball pic earlier this week: The twosome left the event together after posing for a few shots inside. Oh the hard work of it all.... Pics: INF/SPLASH  |
| Ashanti Gets Interviewed By Her Momager Tina + Lark Voorhies REVISITS "Saved By The Bell" Memories Posted: 10 May 2012 04:26 PM PDT R&B songstress Ashanti sat down for a recent interview with her mom Tina Douglas where they dished on the best advice she ever received and the women in the Douglas family. Also see Lark Voorhies from "Saved By The Bell"ad what she looks like now inside..... For Mother's Day, Tina Douglas sat down with her successful daughter and talked about the long line of strong women in their family and the best advice she ever gave Ashanti. As for her mom's best advice, "You always taught me to be a leader and not a follower and I remember that from elementary school." The pair were then joined by baby sister Shia who joined in some hugs and kisses and wished Tina a Happy Mother's Day. Watch the video here:
And here's a blast from the past..... Lark Voorhies aka Lisa Turtle from "Saved By The Bell" talked to E!'s Michael Yo about her upcoming projects and revealed that rumors of her dating any of her co-stars (like Zack Morris/Mark-Paul Gosselaar) were untrue. She still looks good, UPDATE: F it. It ain't the lighting. Something is terribly wrong here and it must be addressed. Whether it's bleaching or plastic surgery gone wrong, ridiculous makeup or some type of condition, you can't just give an interview looking like the real life ghost of the beloved Lisa Turtle and expect everything to be peaches and cream. We deserve an answer... Photos and video by Elizabeth Bruneau  |
| Willow Smith Hits Paris With Grandma...AND A MOHAWK! Posted: 10 May 2012 02:37 PM PDT Willow Smith sashayed into Paris today to do a little pre-Mother's Day shopping with her grandmother Adrienne at the luxe Cartier boutique. Pics of Willow and her mohawk inside... While her parents--Will & Jada--are out trotting the globe for Will's Men In Black III promo, 11-year-old Willow is chillin' with Grandma shopping around Paris. Must be nice to not have to be slaving away in a classroom learning reading and math skills like every other 11-year-old. But anywho:
Looking cute with that colorblocking & Birkin Ms. Adrienne.. That hat...this mohawk. Oh wells. On a side note, she and her brother Jaden really could have been twins. Check out Adrienne/Jada/Willow's Red Table Talks where they discuss intimate issues of motherhood HERE in case you missed it. Pics: Splash/Fame/Flynet  |
| EXCLUSIVE: Stylist June Ambrose Dishes FASHION FABNESS For YBF Moms On Mother's Day Posted: 10 May 2012 12:54 PM PDT Just in time for Mother's Day, fashion expert & styling guru June Ambrose chatted exclusively with TheYBF.com for Mother's Day and offered a few ideas for fashionable moms. As the mother of 10-year-old son Chance and 7-year-old daughter Summer, June Ambrose is a working mom who manages to balance career and motherhood...all while staying effortlessly fly and fashionable. She tells TheYBF.com the best thing about being a mom is the unconditional joy the kiddies bring. "It's a real humbling thing," June gushes. "It's so rewarding because it reminds you about the important things in life. Like if you are having a really bad day you can count on the joy they bring to you. And it's changed my perception on life. My kids have taught me that I can just be me and that's enough for them. And if that's enough for them, it's also enough for the real world for me to just be who I am." While starring on her own VH1 reality series "Styled By June," we've seen her makeover celebs like Trina, Da Brat and Jaleel White. But the guru also has tips for the everyday Young, Black & Fabulous mom about looking fab for yourself, your man and your kids...all while holding down the craziness that is mommyhood. And how to spend YOUR day stylishly... June's Hot Looks And Trends To Rock On Mother's Day:
For the mom who plans to just relax... "I swear by cashmere sweat pants. Though very comfortable, the pants still carry an element of chicness and maximum movement. I also loves slip dresses, silk cammies by Miu Miu Prada and Rachel Roy's silk pajama pants (which are classy enough to wear both indoors and outdoors). And even on a "lounging day" it's important to look good for your man in case he comes home and you want a "happy ending!" For the mom headed to a fabulous brunch... "I suggest you celebrate in color and don't be afriad to be daring with your color and patterns. Mixing sailor stripes with a floral print is one way a mother can stand out amongst the crowd. Also, color blocking is BIG this season...along with pencil skirts." For the mom who wants to GLAM it up for a big night out with her husband or friends... "I recommend metallics for a big night out because a mom should be able to light up a room when she walks into it. And for those who lean toward dark garments, I would pair that with something that has some sheen or glitz to it." "And mom's don't have to go out and spend a ton to make this happen. You can reinvent anything in your closet simply using accessories like a glitzy clutch, gorgeous earrings, necklaces and broaches." For the mom who really wants to make a statement just because..... "I suggest you pick a theme a run with it! One theme might by "1940s Coco Chanel" and you're rocking a white tuxedo. Another could be the "Greecian Goddess" where the mom shows off her arms or other fabulous body parts."
Good luck keeping it sexy ladies. It won't be difficult for you fab YBFers. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!  |
| Posted: 10 May 2012 10:41 AM PDT Evan Ross was spotted getting carried out the club last night. By the paparazzi. Interesting. Pics inside, plus pics of Christina Milian & Venus Williams shopping it up.... Evan clearly was on lean after leaving Teddy's nightclub in L.A. last night. The ATL actor was carried from the club by the paparazzi. Who I'm sure thanked him handsomely for the close-up pics. What's really going on here Evan?
Elsewhere in L.A.: Christina Milian and her sister were spotted shopping it up at Fred Segal: Chris looked super cute in her slacks and floral purse. And perfect skin. Ugh. "The Voice" social media star just wrapped the season last night as a winner was finally crowned.
And over in Madrid, Spain: Tennis star Venus Williams was spotted out on a shopping trip with her pup and her mom Oracene. Awww. I'm pretty sure this "dress" is from her own Eleven collection....but I'm just not feeling it. The pro was in the Spanish city for the Mutua Madrid Open. Pics: Fame/Flynet  |
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