Check out Episode 11 (the SEASON FINALE) of VH1′s new scripted drama “Single Ladies” (starring Stacey Dash, LisaRaye and more)!

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In case you missed the series premiere of VH1′s highly scandalous scripted drama entitled “Single Ladies” last night, then don’t fret because we have the entire inaugural episode right here for your viewing pleasure!

Watch Stacey Dash, Lisa Raye, Lauren London, and the rest of the all-star cast get their acting on below:

Every year, actor/comedian Steve Harvey (pictured above with his wife Marjorie) honors the contributions of local business owners, religious and community leaders, churches and schools across the country in what he affectionately calls “The Hoodie Awards.” And the 8th Annual Hoodie Awards were held Saturday night (Aug 28) at in Las Vegas, NV.

Some of the celebrities who walked the red carpet before making their way into the Mandalay Bay Events Center were LisaRaye, Toya Carter, Tiny, new couple Michael Clarke Duncan & Omarosa (random! yes, we know), Victoria Rowell and more, while R&B singers Fantasia, Joe and Angie Stone each performed during the show later in the evening.

Check out 15+ pictures from the 2010 Hoodie Awards below…

Here are some more photos from this year’s BET Awards, which were held in Los Angeles this past Sunday (Jun 27) . Check out 20+ pictures below of celebs like Trina, Gucci Mane, Toccara Jones, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys, Soulja Boy, Gabourey Sidibe, Ciara, T.I. and many more arriving on the red carpet before making their way into the Shrine Auditorium to check out the show…

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Ginuwine is back again! The R&B crooner is returning with a new album, Elgin, and took some time to speak with HoneyMag.com about his latest musical work, his wife (former rapper Sole), and the alleged affair with Lisa Raye plus a bunch of other things.

Here’s what he said about the rumored Lisa Raye affair

“The Lisa Raye affair, which lit up the blogs, was definitely not helpful either. It was totally made up – but I see how it came about. Anytime an artist does something with another artist and you see the chemistry you know there are going to be whispers. I picked her for my video because she is a great artist. We met on set at a play we did in Detroit, and from that experience I knew I wanted to work with her again. So when we were casting the video for my single, “Last Chance,” I called her. We had a lot of chemistry on set and were playing and hugging and all of that, and people made way more of it than it really was.

“My wife was pissed off. But I had to reel her back in and let her know that I’m not going to jeopardize what we have for anyone. We have a family, we have kids, we are married. The whole experience taught me how much the business has changed. We were playing, hugging and had chemistry. A lot of times you have to be careful because if you do that in front of the wrong people… Everyone is looking for a story so you have to watch what you do.”

And here’s what he said about his new album:

“I’m looking for that same energy and love from fans with my latest album. I call this one Elgin, it’s my real name. It reflects where I am as an artist, as a father, and as a husband. I’m still talking about love and relationships. That’s my strength. I don’t think anyone can talk about that subject the way I can. I’m a person that represents love in every aspect of the word. But there’s a maturity level there too. I’m not as care free as I once was. I’m way more skeptical of things and way more careful of what I do. Some of the songs on there are a bit risque, but you have to do that to keep the spice.

“I chose to limit collaborations on this album because I like to give the audience all of me. I like for you to get me and me, only. I’m selfish when it comes to my albums. And if I’m gonna get someone its gonna be some women. I have Lil Kim and Trina on an album called Batteries.”

He went on to speak about his wife, former female rapper Sole:

“My love for my wife is my number one inspiration though. We’ve had our ups and downs and we’ve had our times where we thought we were gonna separate, but I think a strong woman makes a strong man. She’s been able to stick in there with me and I’ve put her through the mud. I attribute my success to her and she deserves every good thing I could possibly do for her and I try to do that as much as I can now.

“My wife came into my life at a time when I was crazy. My dad had just killed himself and my mom died a year later from cancer. I just knew that she was the one. Since then, I’ve always told people that if you have to ask, that’s not the one. Deep inside, you know. But guys can get a little scared. Ultimately, marrying her was an easy choice. We were already living together. We already had a family. So I said, let me let her have her day – because the actual wedding day is for the women. It’s not been easy. Marriage is an ongoing process. You never master it.”

It’s about time that Ginuwine finally talked about this after a year of chatter. Isn’t it funny how celebrities will allow rumors to float around without addressing it. To them, it keep there name in the news.

Now that they are running things in the world of reality television, VH1 is trying its hand at an original series! Actresses LisaRaye McCoy and Stacey Dash both recently revealed to Vibe Magazine that they will be starring alongside fellow actress Lauren London in VH1′s first ever scripted series, “Single Ladies.”

The show was written by former “Living Single” star Queen Latifah and will begin four-day rehearsals and filming in Atlanta this week. “Single Ladies” is said to appeal to fans of shows like “Girlfriends” and “Sex In The City.” No word just yet on when the new show will hit television but continue reading for more details…

“When Girlfriends got off the TV we didn’t have anything else to relate to,” says McCoy.”This would be something else as a series so we can do more and be a little bit more risqué.” Dash—who was first vying for a reality show with VH1—plays a celebrity stylist who is experiencing autonomy for the first time. “My character is very similar to my own life because I’ve never been single. Literally, since I’ve been 17 years old. She’s never been married, the character than I’m playing, whereas I’ve been married three times, so that’s the difference,” Dash says. “It’s a really good script.”

McCoy’s character, a video vixen, is a bit more experienced than Dash’s. “She doesn’t have one of anything nor does she believe in having one man. She believes in dating and being able to explore her possibilities. She’s much like Samantha of Sex in the City,” explains the Player’s Club star. “Very straight up and honest. She’s the one that has that spunk, I’d like to say that she’s the slut of the three.” McCoy, currently starring in her own reality show, TV One’s The Real McCoy, also mentioned to VIBE that London plays a younger, semi-shy character married to an NBA player. Although London will be a recurring character in the show, her rep confirms that the role is small.

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Honey Mag chatted with actress turned reality TV star LisaRaye McCoy, who recently signed divorce papers against her husband, Michael Misick, the former Premiere of Turks and Caicos, about her marriage, the divorce, whether or not she got married for the money and more.

She also touched a bit on how she feels about Rocsi (from BET’s 106 & Park) creeping with her man and how her relationship with fellow actress (and once best friend) Vivica A. Fox is. Peep a few excerpts from the interview below and when you continue reading…

You have been going through your divorce to former premier Michael Misick for over a year. Is it final yet?
When you’re going through a divorce, that’s sad in itself. When you’re fighting the man that runs the country, that is a totally different thing. It’s a different country and they don’t do things the same way we do things over here. The divorce is final. The second part, which is the divorce settlement, is not.

You signed a prenuptial agreement. What seems to be the hold up with your settlement?
We are still going through that now. This man has lost his position, his lifestyle, family, and his government legacy. That is a lot. He’s facing not only an investigation, but also charges. And not just from the governmental standpoint, but he also had charges for rape. That’s a lot for one man to take on. And he loses his wife. I get that there are some other priorities in his life. My thing is that I’m waving my flag over here going okay so we agreed that we are no longer interested in being together. So let’s be fair with each other.

Many people feel that you married him for the money. Are you a gold-digger?
The perception that they have of me — I could give less than a damn about. I say this to them. I dug for gold in high school. I’m a platinum girl now. I’m an international person. I don’t even like taking out the trash. I don’t dig for anything. I don’t have a garden either. Every relationship that you embark on is some kind of business relationship. You got to look at it that way. You got to protect yourself, not just from the man next door, or Uncle Sam, or the IRS, you got to protect yourself from anyone you’re in business with. So you better look for someone that’s going somewhere who’s trying to take you with them. Money attracts money. Power attracts power. You ain’t got to tell the white girls that. Look at Jackie Kennedy Onassis. She stepped from Kennedy to Onassis. Do you think she stepped from Kennedy to Burger King man? No.

How did it go wrong?
He had a child within our marriage with the same baby’s mother that he had his first child with, which I did know about. When a woman feels something is going on we go into that investigative mode. And when I did that, I got all of my ducks in a row and I brought it to him and said what is this all about? He explained it to me. I said to myself, ‘Is this worth me breaking up my new marriage for?’ It was deceitful but it wasn’t worth me breaking up my marriage at the time. But I had to think if I trusted him. Trust is a building process. So while we are trying to build the trust, so many things were happening with affairs and the corruption of governmental funds and then the Rocsi thing.

Did you know Rocsi
I knew Rocsi in the mutual respect that we were both public figures. And she interviewed me before on 106th and Park.

Were you shocked when you found out about Rocsi and your husband?
I’m never shocked, girl. I don’t put anything past anyone. I was very disappointed in the way it was handled. Because to me, if you’re going to do whatever you’re going to do… respect your [and my] home. Do that over there, not here. And the way it was done so publicly with people calling me saying, ‘Hey, you know I’ve seen pictures on the Internet in your backyard? And I see that she flew in and you flew out.’ I didn’t know that she knew my husband.

Have you seen her since?
Have you heard that I’ve seen her? You will hear about it. I’m sure that you will.

Your divorce has been a very public one. Have your friends helped you through this?
There was a lack of support from my friends that I embraced and took over there (Turks and Caicos). When you have a friendship and you come out of your funk you do look for someone to comfort you and say girl I got your back. Do you need anything?

Were you saddened by the fact that Vivica Fox was not by your side through the turmoil?
I wasn’t going to lie down and die because I fell out with Vivica. I keep it real. I’m not going to say I could care less. Once you go through the hurt that your friend is not there, you tend to [say] ‘it is what it is.’ Let me keep on moving.

Why aren’t Vivica and yourself no longer friends?
I’m looking for the answer now. It’s confusing to me. It’s puzzling. You have to ask yourself why. And although I have wanted to ask her why, I go back and forth because I’m like why am I extending the olive branch. So I’m kind of torn. Because we have said we are going to talk but I get to thinking about it and it makes me go you know what fuck it. Nah. Uh uh. I don’t know what she could possibly say to me that could make me say okay.

Did anything specific happen between you and Vivica?
On my part there are some things that happened. That, I know. But she doesn’t know that I know. We haven’t had an opportunity to sit down and talk about those things. I don’t know if there are some things that she thought that I’d done. Definitely she was not in the midst of my marriage. So while it was going on I don’t know what she could have thought was more important than a woman whose life is changing. If by chance my drama was too much for my friends to handle that says a lot about a friendship too.

Is there anything you would like to say to Vivica?
What couldn’t you put [some things] on the back burner and say my friend needs me? Let me go to her. You can’t be with me while the chips are down? But while things were good, ‘we flying over here.’ We at my house free styling and profiling and you can’t be there when I’m going through it. Huh I don’t need you. I definitely don’t need you while I’m on the up swing. It’s sad to me. That says a lot about a woman to me. That says a lot about a person’s character.

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LisaRaye McCoy-Misick and her daughter Kai Morae attended the premiere screening launch party for LisaRaye’s new show “Lisa Raye: The Real McCoy” at the Standard Hotel in Los Angeles Tuesday night (Apr 6). The 42-year-old actress, who is currently in the middle of divorcing her husband Michael Misick, will reportedly get very candid about her marriage in the upcoming show, set to premiere tonight at 9 PM Eastern on TV One.

Other folks at the screening for the new show were Lance Gross, Tatyana Ali, Kevin Hart, Ray J, Barry Floyd (Tee Tee from The Game), and more. Check out the pics below, and a few more when you continue reading)…

Rumors sparked when the pair started showing up at events together all of a sudden, and TheYBF put up a story Tuesday (Sep 29) reporting that the two were indeed a couple, citing an anonymous source who just so happened to be a major industry publicist. But what made the story seem to true was the fact that both of them are going through divorces right now, so the opportunity just really seemed to set itself up.

Here’s what we know: A few weeks ago our source (a MAJOR publicist in the industry who shall remain nameless) told us that Al and LisaRaye–both barely divorced–are indeed together now. When we asked the obligatory “WTF?! Why?” The answer is because Lisa knows she’s not getting into any of these “society and political” events without a man who could bring her along. She’s also starved for media attention–surprise surprise–so Al is her “In” into that world. And Al–well he’s just happy to say he can have a chick that looks like LisaRaye on his arm and whose perm looks better than his. The two have been confusingly spotted at a few events together like the NAACP Image Awards and Michael Jackson’s memorial services…

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But according to S2S Magazine, that story isn’t true. Al and Lisa both contacted the magazine, dispelling them and giving their two cents.

LisaRaye told us that she and Al are part of a White House educational tour, which also features Newt Gingrich. Both LisaRaye and Al are going through divorces now, but as for rumors of their coupledom, Al told S2S publisher Jaime Foster Brown that he thinks it’s one of the most ridiculous things he’s ever heard.

“I went on an 80-city tour with Hillary Clinton and nobody ever accused me of sleeping with her,” Al pointed out.

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But then again, that could be a cover up. Who knows? One thing we do know is stories like these aren’t very rare. Need we remind you of Whitney Houston and Ray J?

Singer Eric Benet and his girlfriend Manuela Testolini posed for pics as they arrived at the 19th annual NAACP Theatre Awards, held Monday night (Aug 31) at the DGA theater in West Hollywood. Other celebs at the event were Laila Ali, LisaRaye, Tatyana Ali, Tichina Arnold and more. Continue reading for all of the pics!

LisaRaye did her best MJ impersonation on the red carpet of Norwood Young’s birthday party/Michael Jackson tribute at Yong’s Hancock Park home Saturday (Aug 29) in Los Angeles. Mario and Sean Garrett performed at the 2009 J&R Music Fest Friday (Aug 28) at City Hall Park in New York City. And Ice-T and his wife Coco hosted a party at Club Dream in Miami Saturday (Aug 29).

We also have recent pictures of Kourtney, Kim and Robert Kardashian, Letoya Luckett, Ashanti and more! Continue reading to check them all out and click each picture for more information.

Lil Kim‘s 34th birthday was about 3 weeks ago (July 11th to be exact), but that still didn’t stop her from celebrating it with a big party at Mansion nightclub this past Thursday night (Jul 23) in Miami, FL. Other celebs who hit up the shindig were LisaRaye, Trina, Jagged Edge and more. Continue reading for a few more pics!

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Here’s a newly released photo of Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, NFL star Reggie Bush, touring the Motswedi Rehabilitation Centre over in Mochudi, Botswana (a city in southern Africa) on Tuesday (Jul 14). Kim and Reggie both are over there for charity as a part of the Russell Simmons Diamond Empowerment fund.

We also posted new candid photos of Queen Latifah, Evan Ross, Venus Williams and more. Continue reading for all of the new pics.

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Beyonce was among many performers who took the stage Friday night (Jul 3) in New Orleans during Day 1 of the 2009 Essence Music Festival. The Coca-Cola sponsored event also saw performances from Ne-Yo, John Legend, and others. Continue reading for lots of pics from day one of the event and keep checking back as we upload photos from the entire weekend!

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Here’s a shot of Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose on the red carpet of the 2009 BET Awards, which went down Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. The show itself pretty much sucked. And that’s us being nice. But for the most part, everyone looked good on the red carpet. Continue reading for 80+ pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, Soulja Boy, Ciara, Mario and tons more!

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Here’s a brand new music video from R&B singer Ginuwine for his first single, “Last chance” featuring appearances from Lisa Raye and Tyrese. The track will be featured on Ginuwine’s upcoming album, A Man’s Thoughts, set to be released June 2nd 2009. Peep the Juwan Lee directed video above.

Queen Latifah celebrated her 39th birthday Saturday night at SIR Studios in Hollywood, and the celebrity guest list included the likes of Kim Kardashian, Lil Kim, MC Lyte, David Banner, Vivica A. Fox and more. Continue reading to peep the rest of the pics and to see who else hit up Dana’s birthday party!

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The New York Post’s bogus story detailing an intimate dinner between singer Ginuwine and actress Lisa Raye-McKissick was shot down by a rep who reminded AOL Black Voices that Ginuwine was a married man and Lisa Raye is still a legally married woman.

On Sunday, March 8 in the ‘Page Six’ column of the daily newspaper, it was reported that McCoy and Ginuwine dined together at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills and “after posing for the paparazzi outside, they proceeded to kiss throughout their meal.”

“There’s absolutely no truth to this story. My client and Ginuwine are just friends. Ginuwine is a married man! LisaRaye is still legally a married woman and has absolutely no time to even think about dating as she works to get both her personal and professional affairs in order,” said publicist Lynn Allen Jeter.

The 41-year-old actress and the 33-year-old R&B singer, who is married to female rapper Sole, have known each other for years, according to reps for Lisa Raye, and after she attended a recent party of his, he extended an off for her to star in the new music video for his single “Last Chance.” Peep more photos of the two on the set of the video when you continue reading.

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R&B singer Ginuwine and his record label, Notifi/Warner, hosted a party at Mr. Chow’s in Los Angeles to promote his forthcoming album, “A Man’s Thoughts” after Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. Celebrities who hit up the party included: Lisa Raye-McKissick, Flo Rida, Dawn Richard and more. Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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