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- Lenny Kravitz & Demi Moore--Bizzare Party Night...Together...At Soho Beach House For Art Basel
- MUSIC FAB: Tamar Braxton's "Love And War" Single
- CONCERT FAB: Trey Songz BRINGS OUT Young Jeezy, Fabolous & Trinidad James For Madison Square Garden "Chapter V" CONCERT
- Frank Ocean, The Throne, Nas, & More Dominate The 2013 GRAMMY Nominations
- PICS: LeBron James Honored As 2012 Sportsman Of The Year In NYC With Savannah, Jay-Z & Beyonce
- Cassie & Diddy CUDDLE UP At Miami's Art Basel
- Lil' Scrappy & Erica Dixon Make It DRIZZLE At The STRIP CLUB!
- YBF's Haunted Holiday Winners...
- Wiz Khalifa DISHES To The Breakfast Club About PREGNANCY SEX And How FATHERHOOD Has Changed Him
- Nicki Minaj Switches From Pink Signature Color To Lavendar In Her New MAC Lipstick Campaign
- TV FAB: A Peek At Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes & Judy Smith On "Oprah's Next Chapter" + Jamie Foxx HOSTS "SNL" (Promo)
- Rihanna Nabs Another "Styled To Rock" Reality Show--Starring & Producing On The STYLE Network
- Rita Ora Explains HER Side Of The Breakup With Rob Kardashian In GLAMOUR's January 2013 Issue
| Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:20 AM PST We haven't seen this baby girl since she was a newborn posing in pics with her famous mommy and daddy.
She was born almost 3 years ago this upcoming February, and even though her parents are no longer together, they co-parent and smother her with love. And if her parents are any indication of her potential, an eclectic music career may be in her future... The celeb parents of this cutie pie are....
Wait for it.....
She's Mars Merkaba Thedford....daughter of singer Erykah Badu & rapper Jay Electronica! Mars, who turns 3 in February, was Instgrammed by her dad who said, "Mars F. Electronica Alla." The tiny tot has taken professional pics with mom Erykah when she was just months old, and snapped on Twitter in her dad's arms. Cute!  |
| Lenny Kravitz & Demi Moore--Bizzare Party Night...Together...At Soho Beach House For Art Basel Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:33 AM PST We're not too sure what's going on here, but it looks like Demi Moore was having the time of her life partying and cuddling up to rockstar Lenny Kravitz last night. Check out the twosome raising eyebrows at Soho Beach House in Miami last night inside....
At the Chanel beachside BBQ celebrating Art.sy during Art Basel in Miami last night, Lenny Kravitz was apparently attracting all the chicks. Namely a bizarre-acting 50-year-old Demi Moore. She threw on her shortest jumpsuit and tossed back drinks while dancing and hanging all over Lenny Kravitz.
Either chick knows how to let loose whenever she wants, or maybe she was on something. But she surely got up and dropped it like it's hot with Lenny looking slightly unimpressed by the hot bodied actress:
Ha.
The twosome chatted it up before leaving out while folks surrounded their table snapping pics. Demi was reportedly there with her rumored young boy toy, 26-year-old Vito Schnabel. But did she also partake in someone a little more her age, like 48-year-old Lenny? VERY interesting.... Meanwhile, Lenny's in the midst of shooting a Marvin Gaye biopic. Pics: Wireimage/Splash  |
| MUSIC FAB: Tamar Braxton's "Love And War" Single Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:41 AM PST Reality star Tamar Braxton released her highly anticipated "Love And War" single yesterday. Listen to the track inside.... On both "Braxton Family Values" and "Tamar And Vince" (which has it's season finale tonight) fans have watched Tamar Braxton talk about stepping out of Toni Braxton's shadow and has been begging her husbanger Vince to let her release a single. And now she is. And her new single shows she has what it takes. "Love And War", which doubles as the title track of her upcoming disc, is a heart-wrenching love ballad that showcases the textures of her voice. Though Tamar's tone is very similar to that of Toni, her soprano reigns surpeme on this track and easily places her among one of the best R&B singers putting out music right now. By the way, be sure to check out the finale episode of "Tamar & Vince" on WEtv tonight at 9/c. Listen to the track below and you can download it on iTunes today:  |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:15 AM PST Trey Songz took his "Chapter V" tour to NYC's Madison Square Garden last night and brought out special guests Trinidad James, Young Jeezy and Fabolous. See pics and video inside..... Last night, Trey Songz "Chapter V" tour, which features Miguel and Elle Varner, rolled through the Big Apple for a sold out performance at Madison Square Garden. While on stage, the sexy crooner brought out a slew of special guests, including Young Jeezy. Trey, who was also joined on stage by up and coming rapper (reportedly soon to be signed by Rick Ross) Trinidad James, was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Song for "Heart Attack" yesterday. Trey, who also rolls through Detroit, MI and Nashville, TN this week, also rocked the stage with Fab.
Page 31 caught Trey and Trinidad James performing "All Gold Everything" at MSG. Watch it here:
And "Say Ahh" with Fabolous.
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| Frank Ocean, The Throne, Nas, & More Dominate The 2013 GRAMMY Nominations Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:26 AM PST LL Cool J & Taylor Swift teamed up together last night to host the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominations LIVE concert from Nashville. Check out who was announced as GRAMMY nominees and who's on deck to win in February....
Kanye, Jay & Frank Ocean are three of the stars tied for the most GRAMMY nods--SIX. We're super excited for Mr. Ocean getting his due after one of the hottest albums of the year, Channel Orange...and one of the best come-ups we've seen in a while. A few of his nods--Album of the Year, Record of The Year/"Thinkin' Bout You", Best New Artist, Best Collabo with Kanye & Jay for "No Church In The Wild", and Best Urban Contemporary Album.
Kanye & Jay are still making waves as the Throne including nods for Best Rap Performance & Best Rap Song for "Ni**as In Paris", and 'Ye copped Best Rap Song & Best Collabo nods for "Mercy". Jay copped Best Rap Performance with Andre 3000 & Jeezy for "I Do." Rihanna is looking to add 3 more Grammy's to her stash of 5. She's nominated alongside her mentor Jay-Z for Best Rap Collabo for "Talk That Talk." She also nabbed Best Pop Solo Performance (“Where Have You Been”) and Best Short Form Music Video (“We Found Love”). Congrats to Janelle Monae (performing above for last night's LIVE nomination concert) on getting plenty of nods alongside nominee leader Fun for "We Are Young." And Nas copped several nods of his own for Best Rap Performance & Best Rap Song for "Daughters", Best Collabo with Amy Winehouse for "Cherry Wine" and Best Rap Album for Life Is Good, in which he's battling it out with 2 Chainz and Rick Ross. Other highlights: Beyonce's "Love on Top" was nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance, while Chris Brown & Miguel copped plenty of nods for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best R&B albums and songs for Fortune & Kaleidoscope Dream. The R&B categories are toughies with Miguel, Usher, Elle Varner & Luke James duking it out. The awards ceremony will air exclusively on CBS from the Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2013 (from 8–11:30 p.m. ET/PT). Check out all the nominations over at Grammy.com. Here's a few of the top categories: BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BEST R&B SONG BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM BEST R&B ALBUM BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION BEST RAP SONG BEST RAP ALBUM RECORD OF THE YEAR ALBUM OF THE YEAR BEST NEW ARTIST SONG OF THE YEAR BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
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| PICS: LeBron James Honored As 2012 Sportsman Of The Year In NYC With Savannah, Jay-Z & Beyonce Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:12 PM PST LeBron James is the new 2012 Sportsman of the Year, and he copped his award at a big honoree ceremony tonight in NYC. And his fiancee Savannah Brinson was there to celebrate, as well as his homie Jay-Z and wife Beyonce.
Pics inside... LeBron and Savannah made it a celebratory date night while attending the 2012 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award presentation at Espace Wednesday night in NYC. The twosome made their way to the Miami Heat star's big awards ceremony, and had a few of their A-list friends there to celebrate the ocassion as well--The Carters: Savannah looked great in a mesh detailed purple cocktail dress while Bey kept it cool in an oxblood pantsuit. LeBron kept it dapper in an off-black suit himself.
Fab couple indeed. LeBron posed on the carpet with his trophy.
And he snapped pics with Hov and his US Olympic Team coach Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski. Bron tweeted on the way to the game a pic of him and his fab fiancee saying, "I'm good." Cute.  |
| Cassie & Diddy CUDDLE UP At Miami's Art Basel Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:05 PM PST Cassie and Diddy have been toting around Miami for Art Basel. Check out the twosome getting boo'd up while taking in the art shows...
Cassie & Diddy were spotted chillin' around Miami this week and driving to and from art shows. We're sure Diddy copped his employee/boo some pieces for herself:
Yeah, we see the big diamond ring again. Diddy tweeted the pic saying, "Fuck what other people think." Clearly. Cassie is one of GQ's Sexiest Women of 2012. We can see why...
Pics: Pheed.com/Twitter
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| Lil' Scrappy & Erica Dixon Make It DRIZZLE At The STRIP CLUB! Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:33 PM PST Reality tv couple Lil' Scrappy and Erica Dixon made it drizzle at the strip club in ATL recently. See their apparent date night photos inside.... "LAHH ATL" couple Lil' Scrappy and Erica Dixon were spotted having a little fun at Onyx strip club in Atlanta this past Friday. The couple were joined by a few Falcons players and DJ Nando who all cheered while watching Scrappy make it drizzle (because we don't think tossing a few singles counts as "rain").
And if reports from UPTOWN Magazine are true, seeing Scrappy and Erica go head-to-head with Diamond and Soulja Boy on season 2 of "LAHH ATL" should prove very interesting next year. Drizzle on...
Photos via ATLNightspots  |
| YBF's Haunted Holiday Winners... Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:05 PM PST Our 2012 Halloween Costume Contest has turned into a Haunted Holiday competition. Check out who won inside...
A few unexpected delays caused the finale to be pushed back. But here it is are we continue the Holiday season. We received hundreds upon hundreds of entries from you fab YBF readers. And we've narrowed down our top picks. The winners of YBF's Costume contest are... THIRD PLACE: Flasher Girl. Any chick confident enough to show off her almost naked body to total strangers all night...even if her bod is perfectly toned...gets our vote. (Melissa Varner)
SECOND PLACE: Walking around as one person playing two different roles inside of a Port-O-Potty is half talent, half toomuch-time-on-your-hands. But we respect it. (Jason Smith) FIRST PLACE: The disturbing and probably controversial yet amazingly spot-on baby dressed as Chucky. (Crystal Toth)
Honorable Mentions... Melinda Johnson as Janelle Monae
Kito as Lil Wayne
Jacqueline Cruz as Regan from The Exorcist Jamie White as Storm from X-Men Thomas M. Medvec as IronMan
Ebony Jamis as The Sun Drop girl Camille Morago/Cat In The Hat
CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS! Please check your emails for instructions on winning your cash prizes of up to $300!  |
| Wiz Khalifa DISHES To The Breakfast Club About PREGNANCY SEX And How FATHERHOOD Has Changed Him Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:57 PM PST Daddy-To-Be Wiz Khalifa dropped by the Breakfast Club this morning to promote his O.N.I.F.C. release, and talks about getting married to and sexing his fiancee Amber Rose. Deets inside.... Earlier today, Wiz Khalifa stopped by Power 105's The Breakfast Club to chat it up about his music, his upcoming nuptials and his success. He talked about the album's title (Only N*gga In First Class) and revealed that most of the time he finds that he's still the only Black man in first class on his flights. And he said he's treated differently while flying because of his tattoos and the smell of weed. Ha. He also said that he also struggles with pleasing his hardcore fans, who've been with him through the beginning, and his new "radio friendly" fans. When it comes to beef, he said he has no hard feelings towards Chief Keef (who stood him up on a video shoot). ,He revealed that The Weeknd didn't appear in the video for the song they did together because The Weeknd's camp wasn't so sure that working with Wiz was a look they wanted for their client. On a personal level, he told the hosts that he and Amber are getting a new home in LA because they need more space. He then gave up all the goods saying that he loves pregnancy sex and how Amber's body is a lot more sensitive. Also, he conformed they'll get married before the baby comes and have a ceremony after the birth so Amber can wear a nice dress and get drunk! Of course. And when it comes to the wandering eye, the "Work Hard Play Hard" rapper said both he and Amber as so "committed" that they don't look at other people. He added that they don't watch porn OR make porn either. Watch the interview here:  |
| Nicki Minaj Switches From Pink Signature Color To Lavendar In Her New MAC Lipstick Campaign Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST
She's got a new signature color to add to her repertoire. Nicki Minaj just unveiled her new lavender lip color for her solo Mac Vova Glam campaign. Check out the visuals inside... In addition to her Pink Friday fragrance for the MAC Viva Glam campaign where she and Ricky Martin raised money for AIDS causes, Nicki Minaj just copped her own solo fragrance. The Barb is trading in that Pink signature color for a shade of purple that's been popping up on runways this season. The MAC twitter handle broke the news this morning tweeting this morning:
The lavender shade will hit stores in February. So now her Barbz can smell like her and rock her lavendar lips at the same time. You feelin' it?  |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST For the next installment of "Oprah's Next Chapter," the tv maven talks to "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes along with series star Kerry Washington and the real life inspiration behind "Oliva Pope," crisis management expert Judy Smith. Get deets on the episode inside and Jamie Foxx and his "SNL" promo. With Django Unchained set for a holiday release and her "Scandal" series still making conversation at water coolers across the country , Kerry Washington sat down wiht Oprah Winfrey for "Oprah's Next Chapter" recently. She talked to Oprah about the significance of being the first Black lead actress on a primetime show since Diahann Carroll on "Julia" (almost four decades ago) and Kerry also comments on her vision for her career, all of her leading men and how Django Unchained changed her life. Oprah also spoke to Shonda Rhimes, the mastermind being "Private Practice," "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Scandal." On the show, Shonda talks about killing off two of the most beloved characters on "Grey’s Anatomy", what she is most proud of in life, and what inspired her to create a “no a**holes policy.” And keeping with the "Scandal" inspired theme, Oprah also welcomes Judy Smith, the real-life inspiration beind "Olivia Pope." Judy and Oprah also talk about some of her most famous clients including Monica Lewinsky. In case you missed it...watch the first look here:
Check out "Oprah's Next Chapter" on Sunday, December 9 at 9pm EST/PST.
Also..... Oprah chats with Kerry's Django Unchained co-star Jamie Foxx during a chat filmed at the Soho House in NYC. During one segment, Jamie's daughter Corinne joined in as Mr. Foxx tickled the ivories for Oprah. For Jamie's episode, which airs on December 16, he speaks about his career in Hollywood, working with Kerry and what he's looking forward to in his career. Also, Jamie will host Saturday Night Live this weekend (his second time), with Ne-Yo as the musical guest. Watch as Jamie gets into the holiday spirit with funny SNL promos below:
Photos via George Burns  |
| Rihanna Nabs Another "Styled To Rock" Reality Show--Starring & Producing On The STYLE Network Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:06 AM PST Rihanna gets another shot at her fashion reality show career. She's set to star and produce in her own fashion reality series on the Style network. Deets inside... 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty busy one for Rih Rih. In addition to her Diamonds World Tour, kicking off March '13 in North America, she'll be hard at work on her new American show "Styled To Rock." It was just announced today that Rihanna will be starring and producing the fashion reality series for the STYLE network. And if the name sounds familiar, it's because it is. Rihanna did the same fashion reality show over in the UK earlier this year for one of the British networks. But after it got less than stellar reviews, ratings & viewers, it came to an end. Now, she's got a second shot to make it work here in the US. The show is slated to premiere in 2013 as an hour-long 10-episode series. Twelve up-and-coming designers, hand-picked by Rihanna, will be given the opportunity of a lifetime to create unique fashion pieces for A-list celebrity talent. “Fashion has always played an integral part in my life and career,” said Rihanna. “I am so excited to partner with Style Network and share my creative insight with these 12 designers and give them this opportunity to showcase their work.’ As for how this reality series will go down exactly, according to the press release:
Will you be watching?
BONUS: Check out Rih's performances of "Diamonds" & "Phresh Out The Runway" from last night's airing of Victoria's Secret fashion show:
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| Rita Ora Explains HER Side Of The Breakup With Rob Kardashian In GLAMOUR's January 2013 Issue Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:19 AM PST After Rob Kardashian put his ex-girlfriend Rita Ora on blast for allegedly cheating with over 20 men while they were together, Rita's side of the story is now out. Check out her GLAMOUR magazine spread and what she had to say.... The British singer is trying her damndest to take America by storm. So with the backing of Roc Nation and a new upcoming tour and appearances everywhere we turn, why not throw in a little drama. Rob K. out her cheating ways on blast this week. But Rita Ora tells GLAMOUR magazine in the new January 2013 issue she's covering, they broke up because of time and distance.
Doesn't mean she didn't cheat. But maybe she didn't believe they were 100% exclusive. Esp. with that "we were close for a while" statement. And this explanation about never being in love:
Oh wells. Good news for her: 'Rita Whora' stopped trending.
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