Keke Palmer has been named the “#8 Most Valuable Young Star In Hollywood”, according to Forbes Magazine. 15-year-old Palmer was the only Black Teen Actress named on the list, which included teen actors Daniel Radcliff, Miley Cyrus, Dakota Fanning, Abigail Breslin, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Watson, Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts and Anton Yelchin.

Palmer, who currently stars as True Jackson, VP, a popular show on the Nickelodeon Channel, of which she recently received an 2009 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Performance In a Youth/Children’s Program-Series or Special.” The 15-year-old also co-stars with Oscar Winner Kevin Spacey in Shrink, a new film that will be released this spring.

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Kobe and Vanessa Bryant’s Lawyers, Loeb & Loeb LLP, have released a statement on behalf of the couple striking back at the maid who accused Vanessa of being abusive, calling her names, and forcing her to retrieve a tag from a bag of dog feces.

“We have learned that a former employee of the Bryants, Maria Jimenez, has filed a complaint against our clients. Ms. Jimenez’s outrageous allegations of improper conduct are totally unfounded and patently false. The Bryants intend to vigorously defend against these untruthful allegations and are confident that the baseless nature of the allegations will be proven.”

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R&B singer Alicia Keys attended the National Black Theatre’s Communication Arts Program Symposium Friday in New York City. In other Alicia news, she recently announced that despite her talented musical background, she had to learn how to play the cello for her role in The Secret Life of Bees, on DVD March 31st. She added that even though she stopped practicing after filming wrapped, she does have plans on pursuing the instrument in the future.

“I had to work hard at it and I was constantly practicing, constantly learning and re-learning the proper way to play. It takes a year or so just to learn how to hold the bow properly and use it the right way, so just making it feel effortless and look effortless was a challenge. It had to look as if I’d been playing for 15 or 20 years. That took a lot of practice – but I’m used to discipline and practice … I didn’t play after finishing the film but I do want to rediscover it and I will probably start again from the beginning and learn properly,” said the star.”

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Tennis phenom Serena Williams attended the Sony Ericsson Open Player Party at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, FL Wednesday. Her sister Venus, Rick Fox, Wyclef Jean and more also hit up the event. Continue reading for more!

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So the Gucci Mane show went down as planned, despite rumors of him landing himself back in prison. According to our exclusive sources, Gucci went on stage at the Greenville Civic Center at approximately 1:30 AM and within an hour, the floor was cleared out and bottles were everywhere. He didn’t even get to finish performing “Traphouse” SMH…

“Like 30 n*ggas started fighting! The floor just cleared out … bottles were everywhere and security snatched some dudes up. I feel bad for whoever got cut though, and they could’ve let Gucci finish “Traphouse!”

Needless to say, somebody got hurt (apparently, they got cut) and the concert ended earlier than planned leaving people pretty heated. Too bad negroids don’t know how to act in a public setting. When Gucci Mane comes on, people just lose it and they’re ready to fight. And any and every one who looks at them wrong gets hit. So imagine him being live on stage. Needless to say, he won’t be rolling back through Greenville any time soon.