Beyoncé switched up her look for Gucci's Chime For Change anniversary party tonight.  The "XO" chick took out the braids and let it flow while rocking a white hot look by Gucci.

Check out her fab look inside...

At the Gucci store on 5th Avenue in NYC, Beyonce rocked a sexy white jumpsuit for Chime For Change's 1 year anniversary party.  And it was all hosted by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini and T Magazine Editor-In-Chief Deborah Needleman, which explains why the pop queen is covering the new issue of T magazine this week.

She laughed it up with Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, as both ladies, along with Selma Hayek,founded the Chime For Change organization.

And little sis Solange was also there to support and rock a special guest DJ set in this cute orange and cream summery look.

The sisters, who are making their first public appearance since levatorgate (outside of their personal pics in New Orleans), chatted up actress Blake Lively.

Over the last year, Bey has participated in a commercial for the organization, whose mission is to raise funds and awareness in support of projects for girls and women around the world through sharing "powerful stories" about inspiring females.  And she's rocked out with the Sound for Change concert, as well as told her own stories.  Mrs. Carter shared her take on gender equality last April for the campaign saying:

"I have always felt strongly about equal opportunity for women. Girls have to be taught from early on that they are strong and capable of being anything they want to be.  It's up to us to change the statistics for women around the world. I'm honored to be in the company of women who live fearlessly and set an example for the next generation of young ladies."

Fab look and a fab cause.  And to show how serious she is about giving back to young girls, she donated $500,000 to the cause:

According to the press release issued by Gucci:

Beyoncé committed to donate $500,000 to fund Chime For Change projects for girls and women in the areas of Education, Health and Justice as follows:

EDUCATION: $125,000 to support 100 school girls at Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) schools in Kenya for one year.
· HEALTH: $125,000 to provide 320 Embrace infant warmers to 100 rural health facilities in 11 Millennium Village sites across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Mali, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, and Ethiopia). The Embrace infant warmers will help more than 1,900 at-risk newborns survive and thrive.
· JUSTICE: $125,000 to provide 600 Sisters in Strength Youth Leaders and Alumni in New York City with the critical educational and mentoring support, job training, counseling services, and resources they need to successfully navigate and graduate from high school and college through Girls for Gender Equity.
· JUSTICE: $125,000 to provide 25 human trafficking survivors in Los Angeles with counseling, medical care, legal services, and individual recovery treatment to rebuild their lives through the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST).

Nice!

Twitter: @WomensWearDaily/Jamie McCarthy/Chime For Change

Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz stepped out to honor a YBF legend last night, but we were distracted by her attire.  Which isn't totally out of the ordinary.  But...Is Alicia keeping a secret?  See the pics inside....

When it comes to putting celebs on "bump watch", TheYBF.com was 100% correct when we called out Tamar Braxton, Savannah James and Kerry Washington to name a few.  Now....we're simply going to "lightly suggest" that Alicia Keys may have something growing under her wide belt last night and billowy top earlier this week.  Could be a baby...or a food baby.  But we're thinking it's something.

We spotted Alicia (alongside Swizz Beatz) at the 2014 Gordon Parks Foundation awards dinner at Cipriani Wall Street last night.

Alicia and Swizz were the evening’s Co-Chairs (with Karl Lagerfeld& Donna Karan) where George Lucas and Mellody Hobson (above) were presented with the first Gordon Parks Patron of the Arts Award.  Gordon Parks is best known as the director of Shaft, and also was a well known photographer for LIFE magazine.

Amar'e & Alexis Stoudemire were also among the chic guests who toasted George and Mellody.

As we wait for new music (and possibly an announcement of another kins), we'll just say Alicia and Swizz are glowing. 

Photos via WireImage/WENN

Mariah Carey's latest disc "Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse" is a hit...according to her PR team. But we're wondering if true chart success has become elusive for the chanteuse.   More inside....

FACT: Mariah "Mimi" "Butterfly" Carey is the biggest selling female artist of all-time.  The Grammys, AMAs, MTV Awards, World Music Awards, Billboard Awards, NACCAP Images Awards and even Hoodie Awards all agree. 

But we're sure the head of her publicity team has been sweating bullets since last Tuesday when Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse dropped in secret. Not a secret Beyonce type drop....just a drop where her fans kinda knew about it, and didn't really go out and buy it. 

Direct from DefJam, the press release reads:

ME. I AM MARIAH... THE ELUSIVE CHANTEUSE, released May 27th on Def Jam Recordings, the brand new album by multi-platinum global super­star Mariah Carey, is greeted with critically overwhelming raves across the board, and soars to #1 on the iTunes pop chart in 33 countries including the U.S. The new album also debuted at #1 on the Soundscan R&B Albums chart, which marks her 15th Top 5 album.

Sounds all good right? That's what you get when you can afford a million-dollar SPIN cycle. Behind the well-written press release, Mimi's album sold 57K in the US last week and it was also the ONLY new R&B album released. And it had a prediction of less than 10K in the UK.  To make it simple and plain, K. Michelle had a better week. Tamar Braxton had a better week. And wait for it.....Ciara had a better week. #noteanoshade.

To put it into perspective, this was a significant decline from her 168,000 debut week total for her previous Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which represented a significant decline from the 463,000 opening week for E=MC².

We love Mariah...don't we all have a favorite Mariah song?  But shouldn't she give it a break with the over-the-top diva antics (the "D" train in a ball gown) and bad-lip sync moments (the BET Honors performance)?  What we would LOVE to see her on: The HBIC on Rupaul's Drag Race.  We actually loved her on "Idol", so this may be right up her alley....

The Randomness:

1.  50 Cent announced a new G-Unit album. Story.

Photos via Mariah's Instagram

After Beyonce, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland tried to secretly film Michelle's “Say Yes” video in New Jersey last month, Destiny's Child fans totally lost it once the word got out that they were filming. Now, a brand new picture from the video set has been released. Peep the pic and find out what Michelle had to say about the making of the video inside….

A Destiny’s Child reunion went down a few weeks ago when Beyonce, Michelle, Kelly and Solange met up in Maplewood, New Jersey to film the visuals for Michelle’s new single “Say Yes.”

The foursome filmed the video inside someone’s house in New Jersey and Michelle believes the secret got out after the owner likely got excited and called up family and friends to let them in on the secret filming. Soon after, a huge crowd gathered outside of the residence, which resulted in hundreds of people screaming their heads off once they spotted Bey making an exit to her black SUV.

Now…the first sneak peek of the video has been released and Michelle is dishing on the deets on what happened that night in NJ.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter Michelle detailed how the crowd outside of the set came about, her feelings about her first single "Say Yes" leaking, her upcoming gospel album Journey to Freedom (dropping in September) and she also dished on her cancelled Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour.

Here are the highlights:

On how fans found out about the secret filming of the video “Say Yes”:
"We heard all this commotion going on while we were filming. We filmed at somebody's house and they probably got excited and called their cousins and friends and, next thing you know, the whole town was on one street. ... I woke up to the news of the song being leaked and I just hate when that happens because it was an unmastered version. At the same time, I was overwhelmed by the support. I know things happen for a reason. I don't want anyone to think I'm pissed. I'm not."

On reuniting with her Destiny’s Child bandmates:
"It was so much fun," says Williams. "It was like we were little kids again. I have their back and they have mine. They have showed themselves to be loyal to me time after time. They have proven they are my sisters time and time again."

On the Harmony Samuels produced track:
"It is a song that came from Africa more than a hundred years ago. I don't think anyone knows who wrote it or who started singing that chorus. When the song leaked last week, so many people from Africa and Nigeria were trying to let me know where it came from."

On how Beyonce and Kelly came about to be featured on the song:
"They received an advance copy of the album and called saying, 'We love 'When Jesus Says Yes'… there has to be a Destiny's Child mix of the song,'" Williams recalls. "Kelly did it and Beyonce got right in the studio and did her part. I kept it a secret because I didn't want anyone to know until it was time."

On hoping to reconnect with DC fans with her gospel music:
"Destiny's Child had millions of fans but the second I did 'gospel,' they were, like, 'We love you but I don't know...' My message is that I'm here to inspire and to encourage and give hope. Whatever you want to do, you can do. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but I've been there. I have been down in a dark place and I want to tell people my story of how I got to that dark place and how I'm free from it now."

On the cancellation of her Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour (which she was set to play Mary Magdalene):
"I'll be honest and say this frees me up to work my album for the summer," she says. "I know there were sacrifices made for the tour. I couldn't take certain offers that came my way so now we're able to capture some of those opportunities again."

Nice.

Photo: Erik Umphery/The Hollywood Reporter
 

Pharrell Williams nabbed the cover of Elle UK’s newest issue and controversy is already brewing behind P rocking a Native American war bonnet. Also, Don Cheadle is currently trying to raise money to fund his Miles Davis Project. See P’s spread and get the deets on Don’s new project inside…

[UPDATE]: Pharrell has issued an apology via his rep after receiving negative backlash over his ELLE UK cover wearing a Native American headdress.

He said:

"I respect and honor every kind of race, background and culture. I am genuinely sorry," a rep for the star issued in a statement to the Daily News.
 

......

Pharrell Williams is having one hell of a year and to add to his accolades, he has landed on the cover of a special collector’s edition of the July 2014 issue of Elle UK magazine.

Donning an elaborate Native American headdress, the superproducer ditched his now famous Vivienne Westwood hat for Elle UK’s issue that features cult male icons on collector’s edition covers.

In the cover story P talked about how his wife, Helen, helps shape his creativity, his Vivienne Westwood hat and understanding the value of people and things.

On how Helen helps his creativity:"We just motivated each other as friends. She pushes me. I push her."

On his Vivienne Westwood hat:"I remembered (Malcolm McLaren's) Buffalo Gals video, where he wears the hat. I actually wore it five years before I was photographed in it, it's just that no-one was paying attention at the time."

On good manners and understanding the value of things:"I wasn't always that way. I took a lot of years to understand the value of things and the value of the people you work with," he continued. "The value of your fans who ultimately hold you high and lift you up. We're just hang gliders, dude, and they are carrying us around."
 

Peep the behind-the-scenes-video of P’s Elle UK cover here.

You can check out P’s full spread and interview in the July issue of ELLE, out June 5th.

Meanwhile, people are already up-in-arms over P rocking a feathered warbonnet on the magazine cover. One comment on the magazine’s site reads, “This is so wrong, obviously. Ignorance is not bliss, especially for those of us on the receiving end. Ignorant or indifferent - end result is the same.”

And another comment reads, “Blatant disrespect to Native people and cultural traditions is really disgusting. As a major magazine, you should already know better."

Did you find his cover offensive?

And in movie news....

“House of Lies” actor Don Cheadle is gearing up for his feature directorial debut in a new project he’s working on titled, Miles Ahead.

Miles Ahead will be a movie based on the life and music of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis. He has started a “social experience” in the making of the movie to help raise money to fund the new project.

In an Indiegogo Campaign Don writes:

Music has always been one of my passions. Since 6th grade, when I started listening to my parents’ Miles Davis records, his artistry has been an inspiration to me; he was someone who only ever followed a path as a runway to create a new one.

Surprisingly, Miles’ life, his passion, his creativity, his fire have never been brought to life in a film and the fact that his family has chosen me to do this now is an honor.

I want to tell a story that Miles himself would have wanted to see, something hip, cool, alive and AHEAD.

I’ve taken my marching orders from Miles’ mandates (“Play what’s not there.” “Fear no mistakes. There are none.”) and focused in on a very specific point in his life to explore his relationship with his muse, his voice, his fears and challenges to come out of his silent period and return to the music. I'm hopefully making a movie that tells a story many people can relate to, jazz fan or not.

MILES AHEAD is not just about the music. It’s about what we all face at one time or another in our lives; questions about who we really are, what we have to say and how will we say it. How will we ultimately be defined and who gets to say so?

Speaking of defining, in Miles’ illustrious career, he played everything from show tunes to acid rock. That’s why he rejected the term “jazz” and preferred to have his work defined as “social music.”

It makes perfect sense therefore to make MILES AHEAD a Social Experience.
I’m here on Indiegogo to invite you to connect with us NOW.

I want you to be a part of our journey, our story. Be a part of bringing a great story to life and help us take that experience to the next level. Here are some of the "Thank You" perks for being a part of MILES AHEAD.

Check it:

Don hopes to reach a goal of $325,000 by July 10, 2014.  Loves it!

Check out all the perks with each donation here.

Photos: Doug Inglish/ELLE UK 

Rihanna was spotted grabbing pizza for lunch in Paris today after launching her new perfume "Rogue" at Sephora.  Check out the pretty gal braving the rain inside...

RiRi is launching her Rogue fragrance at the Sephora on the Champs Elysee in Paris today, and she kept it chic yet comfy in military pants, a matching top with chain cutouts and heels.  And, of course, she made it work.

And she and her assistant Jen made a beeline for the yummy Pizza Pino to grab some lunch.

By the way, the "What Now" singer hilariously reposted "Family Guy"'s rendition of her CFDA see through gown that took the internet by storm this week.  And she gave them her own Twitter salute:

He gets it! pic.twitter.com/bWLbcFw32B

— Rihanna (@rihanna) June 4, 2014

Hilar.

Photos: INF/Rihanna's Twitter

Fab new mommy Vanessa Simmons has landed a new gig as a host for a new fashion designing show on Lifetime. Also coming to the network, for some reason, a new series following four African-American women who give makeovers to white women to help restore their confidence. Get all the deets inside…

Vanessa Simmons is getting back to work and will now juggle motherhood with newborn Ava Marie Wayans and her career now that she's landed a hosting gig on a new Lifetime series, “Threads”

America’s most talented aspiring fashion designers will be competing for a whopping $25,000 prize, a scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles and a top of the line sewing and embroidery studio courtesy of Brother International Corporation.

Each week, three new contestants will put their designing skills to the test in fast-paced, unpredictable challenges to take home the grand prize. This definitely screams “Project Runway” geared toward a younger audience.

Ava’s mommy is joining judges “Project Runway” season 4 winner Christian Siriano, Seventeen Fashion Director Gina Kelly, Accessories Editor Jasmine Snow and YouTube style guru Ingrid Nilsen.  And actress/dancer Zendaya will also be brought on as a special guest.

Can’t wait!

And in another new Lifetime series….

"Girlfriend Intervention" is a new unscripted series following four stylish African American women who are seeking white women to give them complete makeovers to help make positive change in their lives.

The four hosts consist of beauty pro Tracy Balan, home & sanctuary guru Nikki Chu, style & fashion maven Tiffiny Dixon and soul coach Tanisha Thomas.

In the press release about the show:

Making over their wardrobes, beauty routines, homes and minds, they teach these women how to embrace and celebrate their lives, speak their mind, lighten up and love themselves again. Our four experts carry themselves with a great deal of pride, style and, most importantly, self-confidence. Where does it come from and how can it be obtained? Who better to teach a woman how to get that sparkle in her eye and spring back in her step? Each week, Girlfriend Intervention follows a woman whose personal space and self-esteem are in desperate need of a major makeover and a life-giving dose of diva inspiration.

Will you be watching?

Photos: Vanessa Simmon’s IG
 

Dr. Dre isn't wasting anytime flaunting his increased wealth thanks to the sale of his company BEATS he sold his part owenership in to Apple.  Take a peek inside a $40 Million palace when you hit the jump...

Although FORBES made sure to shut down the notion that Dr. Dre is in the Billionaire's Club (he's just a couple hundred million shy)....that won't stop him from living like one.  The BEATS co-founder plunked down $40 Million to purchase a mega-mansion formerly owned by supermodel Gisele Bundchen and NFL QB Tom Brady.

The Brentwood, CA palace is 3.5 acres and includes a professional grade home gym, an infinity pool, a waterfall and motor court.  We managed to grab a few interior pics of the STUPID BIG pad from a profile Architectural Digest ran on Gisele.  And we're fantasizing with every pic.

Must be nice......

Photos via Architectural Digest

If we're going to take a lesson from anyone on how to build an empire with the most savvy and creative moves possible, it's Swizzy.

Swizz Beatz shares his college life experience being a business student at Harvard Business School in a new interview. Find out what he said about living the college life, building his empire and that controversial vacay with his wife....and ex-wife….

After partying at at Carmelo Anthony’s 30th birthday bash with his wife and mother, producer turned Harvard student Swizz Beatz stopped by Power 105’s Breakfast Club to share his college life experience and how he’s adamant about continuing to build his brand. Alicia Keys’ hubby also talked about actually living in a dorm on Harvard campus, owning his own studio, helping LaLa pick Carmelo Anthony’s birthday present and working on music with DMX.
 

Here are the highlights:

On why he decided to go back to school:
“I just felt like you got to keep graduating your brand. A lot of people get complacent with their success and things that they have done before and I just wasn’t comfortable with that because I started transitioning from being a producer to being a business owner. And I would be in theses rooms and no matter how big the deal is or how good it is people would still look at me like ‘oh, he’s the rapper guy,’ ‘he’s the rapper friend.’ I was like we all in this meeting because of what I’m bringing to the table. Being that I really didn’t have those credentials to go with those different things, I didn’t feel I was getting the respect I deserved so I said you know what, let me go sharpen my pencil a lil bit. Really walk back in these rooms a different person and a different man. And really invest that time into myself.”

On if he’s living at Harvard:
Swizz said he’s staying in a dorm on campus and he doesn’t have a room mate. He sleeps in a twin bed, has his own shower and his room is really smart. He decided to stay on campus to get the real college experience.

 

On his “owners program” academia:
Swizz admits that he’s a small guy in his class. He said he’s taking classes with people who’s companies are making billions of dollars a year. A great place to network. He said it’s the hardest class to get into in Harvard and you already have to already be successful and they fact check your resume.

On what made him build his own studio:
Swizz reveals he teamed up with his wife Alicia Keys and her main engineer to build the studio. He wanted to have a 5 star studio so when artist come in, they feel good.

On LaLa thanking him after she gave Carmelo Anthony his Corvette:
He said La and Melo are family so he helped her with choosing the car and hooking her up with the dealer.

On him responding to rumors about him cheating:
Swizz said he doesn’t really respond on a lot of different things but the rumor about him sleeping with a fitness trainer, he couldn’t let it slide. He said he kept quiet about his other “issues” due to his kids being involved and decided not to say anything (i.e. Mashonda)

On him vacationing with Alicia AND his ex-Mashonda:
“I thought that was a very positive message but even in that people still want the waters to be dark. They was saying all types of stuff. No, man there’s kids involved. We got to go to graduations for a long time. We got to go to games for a long time. And our personal things that we threw in the past, that’s the past. It’s going on 5 years already. Mashonda, she didn’t like fly on vacation, she happen to be over there already. She happen to be over there and she wanted to see our son.”

 

So there we have it.

Check it:

Get it done Swizz!

The Randomness:

1. Donald Sterling seems to have had a change of heart after reports reveal he will now sell the Clippers to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. STORY

Photos: Swizz’s IG

After spending the evening together at the GUCCI Chime For Change event Tuesday night, sisters Beyonce & Solange Knowles headed out separately last night...but both rocked hot pink looks.

Check out their fabness inside..

After spending Tuesday with her little sis the previous night, it was time for QT with the husband.  Last night in NYC, Beyoncé rocked a flirty pink mini dress and  pair of sexy heels with a semi-matching purse as she headed to and from her office in Manhattan.  And Mr. Carter was right behind her in his Rodarte jersey tee:

Bey was all smiles after donating half a million dollars to the Gucci charity the previous night.

And elsewhere in NYC last night, Solange hit another Gucci event.  But this time, it was for Gucci Beauty and was hosted by Creative Director Frida Gianni.  Solo posed it up with celeb stylist Rachel Zoe:

Absolutely adore this look.  She's killing the bold pantsuit game these days.

She posed it up with her good friend Hannah Bronfman and jewelry designer Jennifer Myer while showing off her turquoise earrings and matching clutch.

Totally fabulous.  Loves it!

BONUS: Check out The Carters in motion handling the paparazzi like pros:

The Randomness:

1.  Tamar Braxton is involved in a lawsuit thanks to a songwriter claiming the "One On One Fun" song was stolen.   STORY

Photos: Splash/Wireimage

Eve and her fiance Maximillion Cooper partied in Miami last night to kick off Gumball 3000.  See them alongside Tahiry, Bun B and more inside...

Eve is having a bit of fun before her big wedding day.  She and fiance Maximillion Cooper (atop) kicked off his Annual Gumball 3000 Miami 2 Ibiza Rally at Wall last night at the W on South Beach.

The 3,000-mile motor rally starts on Miami Beach today and all the fancy cars (and even fancier drivers) will race from Miami to Atlanta, then to New York, and then across the Atlantic into Europe before ending in Ibiza.  And the 3000 mile drive goes down from now until June 11th.

The big race around the world is a precursor to the couple's big wedding which we reported will take place at the Blue Marlin megaclub in Ibiza, Spain in June.  Nice!

A few of Eve's girls, some of whom attended her bachelorette party, were there to celebrate the kick off.

Other celebs in the building included "LAHH" star Tahiry, Rapper Bun B (who drove in Gumball 3000 last year), DJ Trauma, Pleasure P and EDM superstar DJ deadmau5.

BONUS:

Speaking of Tahiry, she did an interview with British radio host Tim Westwood where she called out a few chicks for having "fake" bodies. *Quick side eye*  Tahiry claims her own body/big booty is due to healthy eating and exercise. 

So how do you know when a butt is fake?  She says you have to look at the ratio.  Big butt + no thighs = fake.  Yep, we figured that out a while ago thanks to SO many examples in the industry.

Her opinion on butt shots: "Stop cheating ladies. I'm tired of women asking me if my butt is fake."  For the record, she says "I'm natural." 

Alrighty then...

Photos via Thaddeus/www.ExclusiveAccess.Net
 

Rihanna had a super busy day in Paris yesterday.  After launching her new ROGUE fragrance at Sephora on the Champs-Élysées, the CFDA Fashion Icon made her way to Hard Rock Paris where she made a huge announcement.  Pics and deets inside...

Dressed in a hot leather mini dress and sexy lace up booties, Rihanna hit the Hard Rock in Paris yesterday to bring a few of her most recognizable looks to the iconic rock and roll museum.  And to also launch her Limited Edition Artist Spotlight shirt (a collabo involving her photographers Gomillion & Leopold), which will be on sale on Hard Rock's website & select Cafes:

And the big news didn't stop there.  Rihanna announced that she's launching the Clara Lionel Foundation in honor of her beloved grandparents.  Her grandmother Clara Brathwaite (whom she called GranGran Dolly) passed away in 2012, and she's still very close to her grandfather, Lionel Brathwaite, who lives in Brooklyn.

And she kicked things off with her own $200,000 donation:

Nice!

Check out video of the French Navy (her french fans) going wild:

And she also went to dinner with Balmain's Creative Director Olivier Rousteing in another all black look.

Fab times!

Photos/Videos: @musicmadmarc, @mistressofnz, @Rihplays IG, @RihannaDaily

Jennifer Lopez brought out Ja Rule, Fat Joe and French Montana for a free concert in the Bronx that celebrated the upcoming release of her "A.K.A." disc.  See Jenny back on the block inside....

Jennifer Lopez made a triumphant return to her birthplace (The Bronx, NY) for a free 90-min concert to celebrate her success in showbiz and the pending release of her A.K.A. album.  The concert took place at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park as part of a national music series sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

As she raced through a string of hits, Jenny From The Block had several memorable fashion moments including a custom-made 'Versus' Versace green palm-print long-sleeved bodysuit that recreated her iconic Grammy 2000 Versace gown.

Ja Rule came out to perform his rhymes from two of JLo's biggest hits "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny."  Sigh.  Those were the days, weren't they?

French Montana was also on hand to spit his line from Jenny's most recent hit "I Luh Ya Papi."

Backstage, we spotted Fat Joe (who's appeared on several JLo singles), Murder Inc. founder and former J Lo producer Irv Gotti, and French's girlfriend Khloe Kardashian.  Those two...

Khloe and French posed with Benny Medina, J Lo's longtime manager.

TI was also spotted backstage.  He and Khloe posed for a few pics.

Watch Jennifer Lopez Feat. Ja Rule "Ain't it Funny" & "I'm Real": 

Watch Jennifer & Fat Joe "Lean Back":

Also........

During an interview that aired this morning on GMA, Jennifer and her sister Lydia discussed launching a new healthy childhood center with the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.  

Photos via Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images North America/WireImage/Splash/Instagram

Diddy, Kim Porter, Kelly Osbourne and friends came out for an intimate gathering to celebrate Quincy Brown’s 23rd birthday. See his party pics inside with his mama and the man he considers his (other) father...

Diddy’s eldest son Quincy (who’s biological father is Al B Sure) is now 23-years-old.  And to celebrate, he gathered his closest friends and family for a private dinner.  How grown-up of him.

Diddy, mom Kim Porter, good friend Kelly Osbourne and more came out to party with the young rapper/actor.

Looks like Quincy was really enjoying himself surrounded by his family and friends. He gave a special shoutout to his friend/director Alfredo Flores with the caption, "Fredo in the cut! Thanks for everything! I had such a fun bday my brotha #frequincy | @alfredoflores".

Let me take a selfie!

And here's Diddy presenting his son's birthday cake:

Happy Birthday Q!

Photos: Quincy’s IG/ Kelly Osbourne’s IG/alfredoflores/ thedingoinsnow/golden_barbie/EliWehbe

The men are ready to take over the summer.  Check out the fellas of the Think Like A Man Too cast rocking the cover of ESSENCE magazine's Body Issue inside...

Heeeeey guys.  Cuties Romany Malco, Michael Ealy, Terrence J, Kevin Hart and Will Packer are gearing up for the big release of Think Like A Man Too (June 20th).  So it's only right they give the summer some on the second July 2014 cover of ESSENCE magzine (since the ladies of the cast have the other cover).

Producer Will Packer said about the sequel film:

“It was almost magical the way we picked up right where we left off. That’s on- and off screen. There was such chemistry between that cast. The fact is that this crew really is a family…”

The issue, which will be giving readers some behind-the-scenes peeks, hits stands July 6th.

Daniel Gibson is coming clean about his doomed marriage to Keyshia Cole, and he places the blame solely on himself.  Find out what led to their breakup inside....

In the latest issue of ROLLING OUT, we watched NBA star Daniel Gibson put a "period" on his marriage to singer Keyshia Cole.  It's over.  Officially.  As we've covered the former couple from their courtship to their marriage, and been there through family drama, reality shows and the birth of their son Daniel Jr. - it's sad to see it come to such a nasty end.  Clearly...both sides were hurt. 

While Keyshia will undoubtedly reveal her side of their breakup for years to come (through her music and a possible new reality show), the latest issue of ROLLING OUT is Daniel's chance to have his say.  And he does not hold back. 

If you blame him for breaking Keyshia's heart - he agrees with you.  If you say he cheated - he agrees with that to.  But it's a little confusing. While he dodges and skirts around a direct response about sleeping with other women, Daniel admits to cheating on Keyshia emotionally saying:

"I won’t say that I didn’t cheat, but I will say that I cheated my wife out of a friend in a lot of situations where I was supposed to hold her down and I didn’t. I cheated my wife out of a lot of different things."

Outside of admitting to other women, Daniel really bares his soul and seems guilt-ridden about the failed relationship and his role in.  Here are the highlights:

On what went wrong:

I think that life happened. In certain situations, you are a match made in heaven. But at the same time, nothing is perfect — and nobody is perfect. Then in some situations, you aren’t going to be as perfect as some people expect you to be. What happened with me and her was that our relationship was out there for everyone to see. So whenever we were going through our problems, it became public and everyone saw the ups and downs. With us, I think it was just a matter of us growing apart over time. I can’t say that there was one thing that broke us up, but what I can say as a man; when you are in a relationship, and you say those vows, I take full responsibility for everything that didn’t go right.

On taking the blame for the failed marriage:

I take that responsibility — I do.

On why he blames himself:

I’m giving you the real answer because I feel like you’re never supposed to allow your marriage to fall apart. Whether it’s the blogs saying I cheated, or if I don’t like your attitude, at the end of the day, when you’re married to somebody, and you say “I do,” it says for better or for worse, and regardless of what comes in your relationship, you’re supposed to work through it. For example, even if you wanted to say that I cheated, you’re still supposed to figure out a way to make that work. So I’m not backing down from anything that people have to say about me, and I’m not taking the easy way out. But I am taking full responsibility for that not being my wife.

Did you cheat?

No.

Well there are songs out by her that say something totally different.

Well, let me put it like this. I won’t say that I didn’t cheat, but I will say that I cheated my wife out of a friend in a lot of situations where I was supposed to hold her down and I didn’t. I cheated my wife out of a lot of different things. I feel like when we got together, I thought I was a man, and I thought I had it all figured out but I didn’t. I think I was like 23 when we met, and so a lot of mistakes that you shouldn’t make as a man in a relationship with your wife, I made. So you can go down the line — I probably made every mistake. The difference between me then and me now is that back then, I probably would have tried to sit here and make an excuse like, “oh it was because of her attitude, and it made me go out and cheat on her.” No, that’s a sucker move — that’s for a coward to say. So I‘m sitting here telling you that regardless of what she did, I married her. I loved her. And none of that other stuff should have happened. We’re supposed to still be together doing it right.

On strippers....

As far as the whole stripper thing goes, of course I went to the strip club and had a picture taken of me with a stripper. But what I’ve been trying to figure out when I hear people gossiping and talking is, since when do two pictures constitute a relationship? It only happens that way when the media tries to paint a picture that this is what happened to our relationship. And what I will say about my wife is that she’s really into the social media world. So when stories like this start floating around, and she feels the need to get involved with it, it makes it seem more true than it really is. But that didn’t really have anything to do with us being separated, because when you think about it, we were actually already separated before all of that came out.

The reason the relationship failed:

And that’s why I say it’s way deeper than a superficial story that I cheated. It’s way deeper. What it really boils down to was, I just wasn’t a good friend to her, and I wasn’t a good person for her at the end of the day.

I understand where you’re coming from, but what I don’t understand is why you’re taking the fall for something if you didn’t do it. If I was accused of cheating, and I didn’t, I would be proclaiming my innocence from the mountaintops. But you remained quiet, and I never understood that.

Me being the way that I am, and the way that I was raised, I personally felt like love should be private, so I really didn’t want to agree to us doing the show at the beginning. Because I really felt like, when you open up that door, you allow people to be able to hate, or form whatever assumptions they want to about you because you’re putting your life out there. But I felt like it should be private. And, you know, she sings and she sings from that hurt place. I respect what she does, and she has to do that, but as far as I go, I couldn’t care less what somebody has to say about me as a man. The people that know me are the people that matter. And those people know what I’m about and what I stand for. So feel free to call me a stripper-chasing coward who let his family down. But those that know me know what I’m really about and that is never going to change.

The latest issue of RO is available now. And aside from everything else, Daniel is still looking damn good.

Read more here.

Photos via RO/DeWayne Rogers

Since the infamous CARTERGATE scandal INSIDE The Standard Hotel's elevator in New York City, there has been very few sightings of Bey’s longtime ALWAYS present bodyguard Julius.  We could be overthinking it...but have you seen him??...

Have you seen Julius De Bor?

We haven't seen him much when he's normally ALWAYS there. We've noticed that ever since Julius was seen trying his damnest to keepSolange from pummeling her brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator at the Met Ball afterparty, Bey’s longtime bodyguard has been semi-missing in action.

We all know Julius from the many years he has kept Mrs. Carter and her family safe from all hurt, harm and danger.  But we find it quite...odd...that he has been missing since their reunion in New Orleans last month. Bey and her hubby Jay Z have been spotted out and about recently but there has harldy been any sign of dude.  He pulls double duty as our eye candy as well, so...

Did he quit? Did he take an already planned sabbatical?  Does he know too much?

So many questions…very few answers.

Hmm…what do we have here? Some pics popped up on these internet streets and it looks like Dwight Howard inside of a hotel room with two young girls. Come inside to see for yourself…

*squints* Is that you Dwight Howard?

Wait for it...

Hmm...surely looks (exactly) like him.

Houston Rockets baller Dwight Howard has plenty of extra time on his hands now after the Portland Trailblazers defeated his team in the Western Conference playoffs. And it seems he’s allegedly spending that extra time with some young tenderonis.

Twitter is buzzing over these alleged pics of Dwight Howard in a room with two young ladies…who look way to young to be in a hotel room with Dwight. But according to one or more of the ladies' Twitter account(s), he supposedly flew them out to Florida to come visit him:

The girl who posted these pictures, age unknown, is allegedly named Debbie and it appears she’s possibly still in HIGH SCHOOL. She’s pissed…for whatever reason so she decided to BLAST Dwight on Twitter with pics. She was on a mission:

And she also posted this alleged text message conversation between him and her (which we can't really make out what they're saying) but there is no confirmation if it's really him or not.

Sighs...

It appears "Debbie" has deleted her Twitter and of course, Dwight hasn't said anything. And we don't expect him to.

You’ll recall Dwight is currently in a relationship with “Christian singer” Christine Vest who birthed his child last year. Yep…she’s baby mama #...well we lost count (we think she’s circa #5). Wonder how she feels about her man allegedly partying it up in a hotel room with extra young-looking chicks...

Photos: Getty/Dwight’s Twitter/@dkb__

Sherri Shepherd covers SHEEN Magazine's annual comedy issue.  See the pics inside and the LAST print cover of JET Magazine ever.

Soon-To-Be-Divorced comedienne Sherri Shepherd covers the latest issue of SHEEN MAGAZINE where she offers great girlfriend advice and an insider’s view on the feminine side of comedy for the July/August 2014 Comedy Issue: Laughter Is Good For The Soul.

While she DOES NOT address her pending divorce (because it isn't funny), she does talks about the importance of motherhood, friendship, and good health. And as an avid Tweeter, she revealed the following,“I love social media but you can’t define me in 140 characters!”

In addition to Sherri, readers will find in the issue articles on Tracee Ellis-Ross' style, Sommore discussing the return of BET’s Comic View, and R&B Divas ATL star Kameelah Williams talking about her new role.
 

Pick up your copy now.

In other magazines.... 

In case you hadn't heard, this is the last week that JET Magazine will appear in print form.  So......Feast your eyes on the last physical cover of the iconic magazine! 

Hitting stores on June 9, the cover of the last issue salutes JET magazine's iconic history by featuring images of previous covers throughout the past 63 years. Inside, readers will find a retrospective of the news covered in the magazine from 1951 to the present.

JET is launching a new weekly digital magazine app to address the needs of its readers to get information quickly.  And that is scheduled to launch June 30 for all tablet devices and mobile platforms.

So...if you've always have dreams of being one of the "Beauties Of The Week", you can still nab that spot. It'll be online.....

The Randomness:

1.  FLOTUS to speak at Maya Angelou's funeral. STORY

2. Mariah Carey is giving a press conference on June 9th to announce the launch of her go N'Syde bottle "Butterfly" at the St. Regis Hotel in NYC.

Photos via James Anthony

Another day, another reality show.  Does the Lifetime network have an upscale answer to the ratchet reality docu-series on the dial?  Get the deets on "BAPS", a new show about affluent Blacks in St. Louis.... 

Are you ready for a group of African Americans who are chasing the American dream while maintaining a sense of decorum?  Well, as much decorum as you can on a reality show?

A new Lifetime docu-series called "BAPs" pulls back the curtain on an exclusive, privileged and affluent group of African-American friends from St. Louis who are self-proclaimed Black American Princesses and Princes.  No, not extras from Halle Berry's iconic (you know that ish was legendary) film of the same name.

The series follows lifelong friends who are educated, sophisticated and believe being a BAP in today’s world is a birthright. The press release reads:

"There is no shortage of conflict, humor and heart that comes along with being a part of this tight-knit clique, which includes, Anisha, Kristen, Gina, Jason, Riccarda and Brandon. Together, this group, whose dynamic can change from best friends to frenemies at the drop of a hat, attends St. Louis’ elite fashion shows, the symphony and charity events… but no occasion is conflict-free. Competing to be the most successful and most beautiful person in their circle is sure to bind and divide them, especially when Anisha’s boyfriend, Kendrick, and his niece, Rai-Rai are the anti-BAPs."

Does it sound appealing? We checked out the trailer and it looks pretty interesting. Is it time the world learns that Black folks come in shades other than "RHOA" and "LAHH"?

Lifetime will be making the sneak pubic very soon....
 

Photos via Lifetime