Tyler Perry‘s newest film “For Colored Girls” premiered this week in New York City. And stars from the movie, including Janet Jackson, Kerry Washington, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise and others, walked the red carpet and posed for pics outside before making their way into the Ziegfeld Theater to catch the premiere.

Other celebs spotted on the red carpet of the “For Colored Girls” premiere event Monday night (Oct 25) were Fabolous, Estelle, Ciara, Lance Gross and more. Check out 15+ pics below (and when you continue reading)!!

ATHLETE MARION JONES BEGINS SERVING PRISON SENTENCE » Former Olympic gold-medal winner Marion Jones started her 6-month sentence behind bars in a federal prison in Texas on Friday, reports People. Jones arrived a little before noon at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.

As previously reported, the athlete will have to perform 800 hours of community service during her 6-month prison sentence. According to People, Jones, who used steroids distributed by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative – the same lab that supplied steroids to athletes who included New York Yankees star Jason Giambi – is the first professional sports figure to receive prison time. But she probably won’t be the last.

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YOLANDA ADAMS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE IRS » Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is currently under investigation per request of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), reports The Houston Chronicle. After failing to show up for an appointment last month to explain her financial affairs, the entertainer has been forced to turn over documents, and the IRS is attempting to determine her tax liability and is currently figuring out ways how to collect on the debt.

A 2005 Ocwen application said Adams earned $40,000 a month and listed $8 million in assets — including an $800,000 trust account, $4.9 million in other personal holdings and jewelry worth $1.5 million. That document said she owned a Lexus and a Hummer. A subsequent Chase home loan application listed $3 million in assets, including a business worth $1.5 million, a Mercedes-Benz and a Range Rover. She owns a home worth more than $2 million in Houston’s Royal Oaks Country Club subdivision.

The IRS also wants to know about her endorsements and royalties as well as music companies and foundations with whom she is affiliated. Houston entertainment lawyer Ricky Anderson, who represents Adams, said Wednesday that he was unaware of the lawsuit and declined to comment until he could look at the IRS filings and reach Adams, who is featured on a gospel cruise to the Bahamas this week.

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BEYONCE AND IDRIS ELBA TO STAR IN NEW MOVIE TITLED “OBSESSED” » Singer/Actress Beyonce and actor Idris Elba have been picked to star in a new thriller titled Obsessed. The Screen Gems’ thriller will have Elba playing the role of an asset manager with an overly attractive wife (played by Beyonce) continuing her thriving career. However, the film takes a drastic turn when a temp office worker begins stalking Elba’s character. Obsessed will be directed by Steve Shill. He is best known for his work on HBO shows including The Sopranos, The Wire, Rome, Deadwood, and Big Love.

Beyonce’s father and manager, Mathew Knowles, is said to be executive producing the movie, alongside his daughter.

Oprah gave Marion Jones her first interview since being sentenced to six months in prison for lying about her steroid use and check fraud. The disgraced athelete said that she accepts responsibility and has no regrets.

“I think that I absolutely should have to accept responsibility for breaking the law,” she says on the Oprah Winfrey Show. “I have no regrets for doing what I did on October the 5th and pleading guilty and admitting to the world that I lied, that I’ve made mistakes. [It pales] in comparison to seeing my husband cry,” she tells Winfrey, speaking on being stripped of her Olympic medals. “They [pale] in comparison to seeing my mother have to stand there in the courtroom and bawl. You know, those things to me are what mean the most.”

Due to the fact that she has a 4-year-old son at home, Jones told Oprah that she is disappointed to be serving a 6-month jail sentence instead of just being on probation. She went on to say that she and her husband haven’t explained the situation in its entirety to their young son, who was also upset when his mother wasn’t able to drop him off at school one morning.

Jones will begin her 6-month sentence on March 11th.

In addition to returning all 5 of the medals she won in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Marion Jones was sentenced to 6 months in prison for lying to federal investigators about her steroid use and check-fraud scheme, according to a report published by People last week.

“I absolutely realize the gravity of the offenses I’ve committed. I want to apologize,” Jones told the court as she began to cry, according to ABC News. “I plead with you,” she said, to not separate “me from my boys even for a short while.”

Her lawyers asked for leniency, according to the Associated Press, but U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, N.Y., sentenced the 31-year-old to the prison term as well as two years of supervised release, during which she will be required to perform 800 hours of community service. In sentencing, the judge said he gave her the maximum under her plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of “hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship.”

Jones, who used steroids distributed by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative – the same lab that supplied steroids to New York Yankees star Jason Giambi and San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds – is the first professional sports figure to get prison time. Jones is also now said to be in financial ruin.

The 6-month prison sentence seem a bit harsh, don’t you think?

THIS WEEK’S TOPICS » Tiffany “New York” Pollard caught in a sex tape scandal! – Vivica A. Fox denies her Sex Tape – Kim Kardashian’s ass is major & more!

SHAUNIE: “I WANT TO SAVE OUR MARRIAGE” » Shaquille O’Neal’s divorce battle may be postponed, as his wife Shaunie Nelson has filed papers to the court denying that her marriage is irretrievably broken down. The basketball legend filed for divorce last month claiming that his wife had been “secretive about her assets … particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either (her) name alone or in other entities.” However, Nelson denies this secrecy stating that she has “nothing to hide.” The wife of Shaquille is asking the court to grant her a three-month continuance so that she can attempt to save her marriage and ignore her husband’s divorce application. [ ENTERTAINMENTWISE ]

BEYONCE AT THE LAUNCH OF HER NEW “B-PHONE”
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INTRODUCING THE “B-PHONE” » Sprint unveiled the B’Phone this morning at the Samsung store in New York’s Time Warner Building. The Beyonce-branded version of the UpStage music phone originally introduced earlier this year features gold-and-burgundy colors designed by Beyonce, a Beyonce-themed startup screen and the ability to download exclusive Beyonce photos, videos and a song she recorded as a child.

“When I was 10, I recorded a song called ’632-5792′ — a phone number. It’s a little embarrassing but it’s cute. There’s a recording of that song on the phone exclusively for my fans,” Beyonce told journalists. “I wanted to make sure people got a feel for who I really am. It’s only through this phone that you can get this close to my life.”

In addition, the B’Phone showcases a dual-sided design, with an MP3 player on one side and a phone on the other. It also provides easy access to Sprint’s multimedia content, including Sprint TV and the Sprint Music Store.

LINDSAY LOHAN: “NO MORE L.A. CLUBBING FOR ME!” » Lindsay Lohan is out of rehab and ready to turn over a new leaf … we hope. Right now she’s saying that she is going to keep away from the L.A. club scene and ditch old pals who might drag her back into bad habits. “Going out all the time was very self-destructive,” the former party girl told In Touch magazine. “The biggest thing is not being in L.A. and staying away from the nightlife,” the 21-year-old actress said. Portions of the interview were posted on the magazine’s website today. Lohan entered the Cirque Lodge rehab center in Utah back in August after being busted for drunken driving and cocaine possession. She left the facility a week ago, but may return for some outpatient treatment.

“I hit rock bottom,” she told OK! magazine. “Everything in my life came to a point where I had to make a decision.” Lohan is set to begin filming “Dare to Love Me” in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, but after that she won’t be sticking around the City of Angels. “I plan on returning to Utah so I can stay focused and avoid other distractions,” she told OK!. Those distractions include so-called friends who are more interested in partying than in her well-being, she told In Touch. “I have good people in my life now. I am surrounded by people that don’t use me and who love me for me,” she said. “The people who want to go out and party, that’s not what I’m about now.” [ READ MORE HERE » ]

POOR MARION… » Marion Jones surrendered the five medals she won seven years ago at the Sydney Olympics Monday, just days after she admitted using performance-enhancing drugs in U.S. District Court in White Plains. Jones also agreed to a two-year suspension from track and field even though the 31-year-old tainted superstar already announced her retirement after Friday’s appearance in court. “She has paid a very high price,” said United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive officer Travis Tygart. “She is looking at jail time and she has lost the glory she won.”

The three gold medals and two bronze medals Jones won in 2000 were sent to the United States Anti-Doping Agency yesterday, Tygart said. USADA officials will turn the medals over to United States Olympic officials, which will then return them to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC can strip medals and nullify results eight years after competition. She won gold medals in 2000 in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 1,600-meter relay, as well as bronze medals in the long jump and 400-meter relay. [ READ MORE HERE » ]

Dayummmm homie! After tons of tests and accusations, Marion Jones (famous for winning 5 Olympic medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000) has admitted to using steroids. She will be stripped of her winnings (medals included) and has made a decision to quit track and field. Below is a statement from Ms. Jones herself:

Making these false statements to federal agents was an incredibly stupid thing for me to do, and I am responsible fully for my actions. I have no one to blame but myself for what I’ve done. To you, my fans, including my young supporters, the United States Track & Field Association, my closest friends, my attorneys, and the most classy family a person could ever hope for, mainly my mother, my husband, my children, my brother and his family, my uncle and the rest of my extended family, I want you to know that I have been dishonest, and you the have the right to be angry with me.

I have let them down. I have let my country down. And I have let myself down. I recognize that by saying that I’m deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I have asked Almighty God for my forgiveness. Having said this and because of my actions, I am retiring from the sport of track and field, a sport that I deeply love. I promise that these events will be used to make the lives of many people improve. That by making the wrong choices and bad decisions can be disastrous. I want to thank you all for your time.