News, pictures, music and videos from June 14, 2009

Ciara on the set of "Work" music video

Ciara’s upcoming music video for her new single, “Work,” will make its debut very soon but to hold you over, here are some brand new shots of the singer on location for the video. Make sure you pick up CiCi’s third studio album Fantasy Ride, which is in stores now! Continue reading for more behind the scenes pics and to peep a 19-second sneak peak of the new video.

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T.I.

The big wigs over at PETA apparently want rapper T.I. to pose nude in their famous “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign. PETA Executive VP Tracy Reimain says, “We’re asking T.I. to use his fame and his experiences to bare the truth about the fur industry by baring his skin.”

The Atlanta based rapper is currently serving a 366 day prison term on illegal weapons charges and Michelle Cho, the leader of the famous animal rights organization, wrote a letter to T.I. on behalf of the organization, asking that he publicly show his support by baring his skin when he’s released from prison. Continue reading to peep the letter they sent to Tip.

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Ray J // Cocktail from "For the Love of Ray J" season 1

VH1 recently announced that Ray J will be returning to reality television very soon as casting for season 2 of the hit VH1 reality series, “For the Love of Ray J” has commenced! According to the official casting site, VH1 & Ray J are looking for “single, beautiful and dynamic women who think they have what it takes to turn Ray J into a one-woman man.”

Season 1’s winner Joanna Hernandez aka Cocktail took to her MySpace blog shortly after the announcement saying that although she and Ray have a “cool chemistry” whenever they’re together, at the end of the day she “wasn’t the right person for Ray.” She added that she was happy he was honest about everything before they got too deep.

I am single now
Current mood: bummed
Category: Romance and Relationships
So most of you have seen photos floating around with me and a guy who is obviously not Ray. Some of you have been asking questions about who I am dating, is it Ray? or this person or that person and I want to clear some things up.

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Cassie

Bad Boy recording artist Cassie claims Gmail was partially responsible for her nude photos getting into the wrong hands. In a recent interview with radio personality JoJo Wright, the … “singer” denied leaking the images herself, saying that they were from an old e-mail from a year ago and that she doesn’t even have the pictures anymore.

“I wasn’t sure what the situation was until we asked more questions and kind of found out more things but it was in an old e-mail from like last year that I had. Actually it was Gmail and sometimes Gmail is the worst. It was a year ago when I took the pictures and sent them. I don’t even have the pictures anymore, so that was the crazy part about it … I got a phone call at 11 o’clock at night and my stomach fell. I freaked out for a second, but what can you do when that happens?

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Young Money

Up and coming rapper Drake is definitely a hot commodity right now! He’s so popular that he’s literally at the top of just about every major label’s wish list. And when asked by Vibe Magazine if he had been officially signed to a label right now, the Canada based actor/rapper responded by saying that he isn’t officially signed right now, not even to Lil Wayne’s “Young Money,” but we’ll see who he’s with soon enough:

“I’m not signed to Young Money but definitely Young Money is a family to me.” he told Vibe.com. “I’m definitely YM affiliated, you know? I have the utmost love for everybody over there, the utmost respect. Mack Maine and Jae Millz, those are like brothers to me, you know? Nicki [Minaj]. Nicki is Nicki. I love her. And now that I’m in this position I’m just trying to get everything all the way straight. In about a week or two it’ll all…it’ll be out there. You know the press release will be out there. It’ll be official.”

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He also discussed the differences between making albums and mixtapes, working with Kanye West, handling the transition from Jimmy on Degrassi to Drake the rapper and more. Peep the full interview over at Vibe.com!

Holly Montag

Heidi Montag’s big sister Holly offically made her debut on NBC’s new hit reality series, “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” on last Wednesday (Jun 10) night’s episode. She’s reportedly stepping in her for his sister Heidi and brother-in-law Spencer, who both quit the show for good last week after Heidi was sent to the hospital.

Though her castmates were nervous at first, with Sanjaya Malakar expressing that he hoped she wouldn’t add “drama” to the camp like her sister and brother-in-law Heidi and Spencer Pratt did, Holly seemed to fit right in with her cheerfulness and agreeable attitude, and even led the women’s team to a victory in the first food challenge.

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Maxwell // June 15th 2009 Jet Magazine

R&B singer Maxwell is back on the scene, but not without worries. It’s been almost 8 years since he released his last album, Now, which reached #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K, and when the time came to put out new music, he knew his absence to the scene for nearly a decade would be a gamble. And it definitely had folks talking and making their own speculations. But the 36-year-old Brooklyn native says he didn’t really pay attention to those crazy rumors:

“I don’t really put power into that. It’s just what people do and there’s no way I can control that. I can’t stand up at every moment and say ‘this true and this is not.’ There aren’t that many hours in the day to do that.”

His Jet Magazine cover story is on stands now and his upcoming album, BLACKsummers’night is set for a July 7th release. Peep the entire story on page 36 of the June 15th 2009 edition of Jet Magazine! And if you haven’t checked out his latest music video for the new album’s debut single, Pretty Wings, you can do so here.

Mike Tyson & Lakiha Spicer

Just two weeks after suffering the tragic loss of his 4-year-old daughter Exodus, retired boxer Mike Tyson married his longtime girlfriend Lakiha Spicer in a private ceremony at La Bella Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Tyson and Spicer signed the marriage license on June 6th, just 30 minutes before they exchanged their vows in the low-key wedding, which Shawn Absher, owner of the wedding chapel, said was in keeping with a special request from Tyson himself.

“They were very heartwarming, and I think they really do love each other,” Absher said. “He seemed happy -and his life’s been up and down. They just wanted to say the vows and be married … it was very sincere.”

This is Tyson’s third marriage. He was previously married to actress Robin Givens (1988) and Monica Turner (1997), of whom he has two children with.

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