As brand ambassador for Ciroc, you already know Diddy had to throw a huge New Year’s Eve Party to promote the world-famous Vodka brand.

The Hip-Hop mogul hosted one of many “Ciroc the New Year” parties held across the country on New Year’s Eve (Sat. Dec 31).

Held in Miami Beach, Florida, Diddy’s party featured many big name appearances from celebs who chose not to be photographed, like Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Queen Latifah, Rick Ross, Fat Joe and others.

The ones who did choose to take a few pictures were Vivica A. Fox, Star Jones, NeNe Leakes, Gayle King, Kim Porter, Evan Ross and Diddy’s mom Janis Combs.

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Lots of celebrities, including daughter-mother duo Solange and Tina Knowles, LaLa Anthony, Kim Kardashian, Estelle, Eve, and many others, came out to support songwriter Denise Rich‘s Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research benefit Monday evening (Oct 17) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Other celebs spotted at the event were Naomi Campbell, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, Star Jones and Anthony Hamilton.

Take a look at 20+ pics below:

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz attended Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson‘s big Broadway debut performance in “The Mountaintop” last Thursday night (Oct 13) at the Benard Jacobs Theater in New York City.

Other celebrities spotted at the theater in support for Angela Basset and Samuel L. Jackson during their new Broadway show’s opening night were Magic Johnson (with his wife Cookie), Gabourey Sidibe, Star Jones, Tisha Campbell-Martin and many others.

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TV personality Star Jones and a friend were seen taking a stroll down Madison Avenue in New York City earlier this afternoon.

Tennis superstar Serena Williams was spotted leaving BOA Steakhouse in Beverly Hills with a group of friends following last night’s ESPY Awards.

Rapper Diddy waved to photographers as he made his way through JFK airport in New York City early Wednesday (Jul 13).

Paris Hilton posed for pics backstage on the set of “Extra” Tuesday afternoon (Jul 12) at The Grove in Los Angeles.

Nick Cannon was also at The Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon filming a television segment of his own.

And Snoop Dogg was spotted stepping off his tour bus Tuesday outside of the Radisson Hotel in Berlin, Germany, where the rapper performed later that night.

All is still not well when it comes to NeNe Leakes’ feelings towards fellow “Celebrity Apprentice” nemesis Star Jones.

On a recent visit to LA, when NeNe was asked about Star, she said sternly: “F*ck Star Jones! She ain’t got no job. Her only job is being ugly.” (Ouch!)

We wonder if Star will snap back?

Season 4 of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is due to hit TVs nationwide this fall.

Donald Trump‘s “Celebrity Apprentice” took another dramatic turn last night when it was announced that controversial and outspoken reality star NeNe Leakes had quit the NBC reality TV show because she simply could no longer get along with her arch nemesis Star Jones.

During the episode, an obviously FURIOUS Leakes stormed off to her hotel and told Trump, “You can’t just accommodate her … that’s not fair”  later explaining: ”Mr. Trump bought into her bulls**t and i dont have to stay here and put up with BS to raise money for my charity. The best thing for me to do is just walk away.”

Later in the show, Trump added, ”The fact is she left … she quit, she gave up. To you, NeNe, I say, you’re fired. And you’re a quitter. And Star Jones kicked your ass whether you like it or not.

Ouch! Talk about a bumpy exit!

Earlier this week, “Real Housewives of Atlanta & Celebrity Apprentice” star Nene Leakes phoned into the Russ Parr Morning Show for what was supposed to be a pleasant call-in-interview. However what ended up transpiring was anything but pleasant once Nene became defensive when Russ Parr’s co-hosts Alfredas and Shaquanna began to suggest that she was nothing more than an on air bully and was only on reality TV because producers knew she would drive up ratings due to her drama fueled antics.

Here’s the play by play of the rather confrontational interview below :

Alfredas: “You seem like you are a bully.”

Nene: “I don’t know what you been watching because nobody has said that I seem like I’m the bully on “Celebrity Apprentice.” I know I’m not a bully and everybody has their opinions and that’s fine with me. You’re not on the show; I am. so you don’t know what goes on.”

Alfredas: “You’re being a bully now, I’m just asking you a simple question.”

Nene: “And I’m just answering your simple question.”

Alfredas: “I think that you’re on [Celebrity Apprentice] because of the role that was portrayed in the Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

Nene: “I’m on the show because I’m very popular.”

Shaquanna: “Exactly, and you’re very popular because you try to over-talk people and sass them, and people like that, you know. Yeah you do. You over-talk and you get loud with people, and I think you do that to the right ones because people have been backing down from you and I think that’s why they say that you’re a bully.”

Nene: “Okay, so what’s your question?”

Russ Parr managed to calm things down a bit and get things back on track until later on in the interview, when he decided to ask Nene about her on-air nemesis Star Jones which set her COMPLETELY off:

Nene: “I also want to say this: It’s really hilarious how people like to pick the bad things out and they have nothing good to say, as in your co-host that’s on the radio with you, because I came on the show to interview and you’re just strictly talking about a bully. You haven’t said that I was positive at all.”

Shaquanna: “You know what? It’s not us, it’s the editors and how they portray you.”

Nene: “You see you need to say that to your listeners and also if you haven’t seen Star be manipulative, evil and conniving. She was calling me uneducated. She likes to pull the “I’m more educated than anyone” card all of the time. Just because you went to school for 10 years doesn’t mean you are smarter than me because we are on the same show getting the same check.”

“I don’t like people who like to put out bad information. That’s not cool to the listeners. I have a very big heart, I’m a very good person and there’s nobody you can talk to that has ever been around me that would tell you anything other than that. That is who I am and what you see on TV is TV.”

Shaquanna: Do you feel like you’re being attacked and that’s why you’re bullying people?

Nene: “Let me get you to understand I don’t bully anybody. I stand up for what I believe in and I’m very honest and I always tell the truth. I’m not a liar, I’m not manipulative and I don’t stab you in your back because I will stab you in your chest.”

For someone who can dish it out with no problem- – - Nene sure as hell is pretty bad at receiving it. SMH.

Actress Anika Noni Rose attended the 65th Annual Tony Awards nominations announcement sponsored by IBM early yesterday (Tue. May 3) at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Actor Idris Elba showed up at the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie “Thor” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Cal. Monday (May 2).

Mechad Brooks came out to the 2011 USA Upfront presentation Monday afternoon at The Tent at Lincoln Center in New York City.

E! reality stars Holly Madison and Josh Strickland were in attendance at The Animal Foundation’s 8th Annual “Best in Show” Monday at Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena.

Famed actress Angela Basset attended the “Forks Over Knives” World Premiere at SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood Monday.

Co-stars Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon posed at a photocall for their new movie “Water for Elephants” in Barcelona, Spain on Monday afternoon.

And reality TV personality Star Jones and rocker Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie were spotted backstage at the 56th Annual NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner Sunday (May 1) at the Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan.

When “Celebrity Apprentice” star NeNe Leakes sat down with Ellen DeGeneres a while back,  the Atlanta native called fellow “Apprentice” contestant Star Jones “a disaster.”

And after the tumultuous blow-up which took place during Sunday night’s vicious spat between the contestants, Jones appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – and took the opportunity to even the score.

“What were you thinking when NeNe was going off like that?” DeGeneres asks Jones in an episode airing Tuesday. “I was thinking my grandmother is going to watch this,” Jones says. “I was thinking I need to keep calm.”

She also couldn’t resist comparing her costar to a feral animal. “When you’re confronted in the wild with an un-caged animal you’re supposed to retreat,” Jones says. “You’re not supposed to attack.”

“No,” says DeGeneres, “with a bear you’re supposed to appear bigger. You’re supposed to get larger.”

“If you can tell me how to get bigger than that, I got money for you,” says Star.

Ellen also asked if a possible reconciliation was in the stars for the two reality divas:

“It looks like at the end of it you started making up, although you didn’t want to do it on camera,” she says. “How do you all get along now?”

To which a clearly strong willed Jones replied:

“I don’t know that girl and I don’t hang with people like that.”

Pretty safe to say assume these two won’t be becoming BFF’s anytime soon.

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R&B singers Usher and Miguel linked up backstage during the first day of the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Friday evening (Apr 15) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

Janet Jackson was fresh-faced as she hosted a book signing for her new book “True You: A Guide to Finding and Loving Yourself” Friday at Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA.

NBA star Dwight Howard and Emmy Award winning entertainment journalist Nancy O’Dell took the all-new Blackberry Playbook for a test drive at the Blackberry Playbook Launch Party, hosted at Center 548 Thursday (Apr 14) in New York City.

Actress Vivica A. Fox was spotted at the Vault VIP Preview event, held at Vault in Miami Beach Thursday.

Actor Josh Duhamel posed with a pair of Reebook’s new RealFlex sneaker Thursday (Apr 14) with actress Ali Larter on the red carpet of the shoe’s launch event at SIR Stage 37 in NYC.

Then Josh demonstrated how the shoe works with some movie stunts.

Star Jones showed up at the 2011 Arthur Institute for Urban Health’s Sports Ball Thursday evening at Chelsea Piers in New York City

Troubled actor Charlie Sheen and two of his goddesses, Bree Olsen and Natalie Kenly, posed on the red carpet of the official after-party for Charlie’s “Torpedo of Truth” Tour stop Thursday at Muzik in Toronto, Canada.

Jamie Foxx paid a visit to BET’s 106 & Park Wednesday (Apr 13) to promote his appearance in the upcoming movie “Rio.”

Jamie, Jamie, Jamie …. (LOL!)

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame also made a guest appearance on BET’s 106 & Park Wednesday to promote some new projects of his own and to celebrate the success of his debut album Flockaveli.

Rick Ross and Wale made appearances on 106 & Park just one day prior on Tuesday (Apr 12) to talk about Maybach Music Group.

BET reality star Toya was also on 106 & Park Tuesday to discuss her new show “Toya: A Family Affair,” which debuted to over 1 million viewers last week.

And UK crossover artist Jessie J, whose debut album Who You Are officially dropped in the U.S. last week, performed on 106 & Park to promote her album’s stateside release.

After the most recent episode of Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” aired on Sunday, Star Jones can stay silent no longer.

In an interview with Rob Shuter from PopEater.com, Star goes at her co-star NeNe Leakes after she launched an attack on fellow contestant LaToya Jackson. NeNe said to sweet faced LaToya: “The only reason you’ve gotten this far is because of your last name.”

Star is holding no prisoners and explained to Shuter:

“You never get involved in a pig fight,” Star tells me. “If you do, three things happen: you get dirty, you get tired, and only the pig has fun. It diminishes me to talk about her. I have so many other things going on in my life. In my heart, I think ‘pray, don’t act crazy, your grandmother is watching, your sorority sisters are watching, you were raised better than this. I know that there are people that value my opinion. Plus, I’m not 20 minutes off the pole.”

Wow Star really unleashed the big guns! Pig fight? 20 minutes off the pole? #Harsh!

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Star Jones didn’t hold back when recently asked if business mogul, and her boss on Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump should run for President. When asked if Trump would get her vote, she told E! Online: “Absolutely not.”

But don’t worry, there are no hard feelings between the two. Star went on to explain: “I’m a Democrat, I would never vote for a Republican. When it comes to business, Mr. Trump is the best at what he does. He should stay in his lane.”

However, some of her castmates on the reality show have gone in teh opposite direction and offered support to gold loving Trump. Former supermodel and Trump fan, Nikki Taylor told PopEater: “I hope Donald Trump runs for president, I really do. I would vote for him, absolutely. Wouldn’t you? I’d trust him with everything that I have.”

No Nikki Taylor, we would not.

For the first time in 5 years since her tumultuous exit from “The View,” Star Jones came face to face with Joy Behar on “The Joy Behar Show” Monday night (Apr 4). While there, Jones admitted to Behar that she was “miserable” during her final year on the ABC chat-fest.

Jones, 49, was on Behar’s show to promote her new book “Satan’s Sisters,” and said that she misses the the daily banter about current events, but credited social media for giving her a forum for her voice to be heard now that she’s off the panel.

“I miss the discussion,” she said. ”I miss the ‘Hot Topic’ arguing back and forth.”

Behar asked Jones if she would ever return as a guest on “The View,” to which Star responded:

“Right in the middle of Satan’s Sisters? Someone will have to read the book so you know what to talk about,” Jones said. “Of course I’d come. You invite me, I’ll be there.”

“I’m not in charge of the booking! Don’t look at me!” Behar said, spurring Jones to joke Behar was hiding behind “plausible deniability.”

Jones revealed that she left “dramatically,” explaining her final year on The View “was really probably the most emotionally-destroying time of my life” as she went back and forth with ABC.

“I honestly was not sure that I could take it: Do you know, I actually lost an additional 20 pounds? It was really, really sickening!”

“The first eight years were great, [the last year was] miserable.”

Still, Jones said in all, her experience was “fun … it was a lot of fun.

Watch the ladies chat it up below.

Reports have surfaced that “Celebrity Apprentice” star NeNe Leakes has been cozying up to Al Reynolds, the ex-husband of her nemesis and “Celebrity Apprentice” castmate Star Jones.

According to Pop Eater, a friend of Star has stated:

“Star thinks it’s pathetic that these two has-beens have teamed up together. NeNe knows how much pain and hurt that man caused Star. For NeNe to suddenly befriend him tells you exactly what sort of woman she really is.”

The friend goes on to say:

“Al will do anything to get back into the press, including hanging out with reality stars. But to be getting close and personal with a woman who has publicly stated she wouldn’t spit on your ex-wife if she was on fire is just desperate.”

Star filed for divorce from Al back in 2008. Star vowed to never discuss publicly what happened between her and Al. At the time, she released a statement that said, “I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman.”

Recent reports state that Star and NeNe are on the verge of squashing their highly publicized beef, but it seems as if this heated showdown is just getting started. Way to fight dirty Nene!

According to published reports, the highly publicized feud between “Celebrity Apprentice” cast mates Star Jones and Nene Leakes appears to be coming to an end.

The battling divas previously came to physical blows on Donald Trump’s hit reality show, but sources claim that cooling heads are prevailing.

“Both NeNe and Star are trying to get along better off set – it was really only when the show started taping that their competitiveness kicked-in,” an anonymous source tells Radar Online. “NeNe felt slighted by Star who she thought was not showing her enough respect – while Star believed that NeNe was all show and no substance.

“They are both head strong women and NeNe believed Star was trying to boss the other contestants around and on top of that they were feuding over hair, wardrobe and make-up too. But they are trying to be more accepting of their differences now although producers want to ramp-up their rivalry when the cameras are rolling because they believe it could translate to high ratings.”

NeNe poured fuel on reports that the combustible pair really did not get along after she went on the Wendy Williams Show recently and confessed to the host: “Star is special… I wouldn’t spit on her if she were on fire.”

It’s such a shame to see grown a$$ (and so called “professional” women) bicker on national television. Get it together ladies.

Celebrity Apprentice airs Sunday nights at 9/8c on ABC.

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This time around, the fighting occurs between the ferociously ill-tempered Star Jones, and fired Celebrity Apprentice contestant Lissa Rinna.

Last week Rinna found herself getting kicked off the reality show after she was appointed team leader on a children’s book project.

She heard the dreaded “You’re fired!” in the boardroom after she bombed the task and then threw her team under the bus.

Rinna singled out  Jones, accusing the former View co-host of trying to take full credit for writing the kids’ book at the center of the challenge.

Behind the scenes, the catty infighting got even uglier, with Jones claiming she has been targeted by Rinna’s “foul” tweets and emails—attacks so nasty that Jones has secured the services of  a few bigwig lawyers to go after Rinna.

According to E! News:

Jones has  gathered the series of tweets dating back months and a pile of emails from Rinna and turned them in to NBC’s legal department, complaining she is being “harassed,” according to a source familiar with the situation.

No comment yet from Rinna, who has since deleted the offending tweets, including some of Rinna posing with monster masks and featuring captions like “Great picture of me and Star Jones!!!! ” (Although Rinna has removed them, many have been archived online.)

Saying that such attacks were “evidence of [Rinna's] instability,” Jones also got lawyers from The Trump Organization and from Mark Burnett Productions involved in her fight this week to shut Rinna up.

“Star declined to make the cause of concern public as to not take away from her purpose of doing the show, which is charity,” a rep for Jones tells E! News.

40 year old something women, bickering and fighting on national TV. Real classy ladies. Real classy.

For a season that’s supposed to be all about charity and looking out for others, this season of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” has most of the contestants simply looking out for themselves.

A fact made all too familiar to Lisa Rinna last night as she was fired by Mr. Trump after being “set up” to lose by Star Jones & Dionne Warwick, people she wrongfully assumed were her “teammates.”

PopEater’s Rob Shuter breaks down all the juicy details below:

Lisa Rinna felt the underside of Donald Trump’s boot last night on ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ and the bad blood between her and Star Jones, the mastermind behind her defeat and the first to throw her under the bus during the episode, could not be any uglier.

“Since the show wrapped, there’s been no love lost between Star and Lisa,” one of the contestants tells me. “Things got so ugly between them that NBC legal had to get involved.”

I’m told that Mark Burnett Productions and the Trump Organization had to step in and get the network involved during Lisa’s short stint on the show. Both sides aren’t talking about what sparked legal’s attention or even who is the culprit in this mess.

That said, you could see from just watching the show that these two ladies clashed from the moment they met. Star pushed to get Lisa chosen as team leader, primarily because she thought she’d blow it and get fired. Even NeNe Leakes admitted it, saying, “We choose Lisa because we didn’t think she would handle it, and it’s best to get her out now.”

Lisa was tasked with spearheading the creation of a children’s book, but she soon had to defuse a battle between Marlee Matlin and Dionne Warwick. Throughout it all, she and Star butted heads.

We all knew that Star, the direct-talking lawyer, and the more relaxed Lisa were never going to be friends, but no one could have predicted it would ever get this ugly.

“Lisa feels betrayed by Star and Dionne Warwick and has never in her life been exposed to such a negative environment,” a friend of Lisa tells me. “She comes from a place of love and refuses to fight dirty even if that means she would not win. To be honest, she’s happy it’s all over and has moved on.”

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Look below to see how everything unfolded:

Star Jones has finally responded to Nene Leakes‘ trash talking on the “Wendy Williams Show”.

Check out below to see what she had to say:

You are featured on the new season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and the charity that you compete for is the American Heart Association. The show is getting a ton of pre-press mainly because Nene Leakes has been doing interviews about you. What went wrong with you and NeNe?

This actually saddens me. Black women trashing other black women all for the sake of personal aggrandizement. When the cast was first announced, I was both excited and concerned. Excited that this was going to be the most diverse cast in prime-time reality programming and concerned because the media immediately started the drumroll of “can this many black women get along?” The four of us actually chatted about the unique opportunity we had to influence the perception of black women and the way we interact. We each brought something different to the show, so I had hoped we could avoid falling into the typical “snake charmer in your face loud bombastic black woman” stereotypical box that was expected. Some of us were more successful at our quest than others. I knew I wanted to approach the game intelligently, professionally and strategically, while keeping in mind my true purpose for being there – winning money for my charity.

You have a lot of black female friends – Vanessa Bell Calloway, Natalie Cole and Holly Robinson Peete to name a few. Were you surprised at Nene’s personal attack on you and the implications that you don’t gel with other black women?

Who are you telling! You know my girlfriend gatherings are legendary! But you’ll see this season on the show, at some point Nene attacked all the black women on the show and scared the other women to death with her aggressive approach. But to be fair, it is an approach that works for her kind of television interaction, as evidenced by the great ratings they generate. But it isn’t an approach that works in the professional environment and it isn’t an approach that most sisters use in interacting with each other. I would hope, as she becomes more exposed to a variety of professional situations, she will tone down the vitriolic emotional reactions and learn to express herself in manner that is more reflective of the majority of black women in America.

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We feel Star on this one….save the drama for yo mama NeNe!

Thoughts?

NeNe Leakes has Star Jones SHOOK! In fact, Star is so afraid of NeNe that she had to hire her own security detail to keep the controversial reality star away!!

NeNe, who along with Star and several others, appears on the upcoming season of “Celebrity Apprentice,” and sources say that the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” TV star even made fellow “Apprentice” castmember LaToya Jackson cry and got loud with music legend Dionne Warwick, who also appears on the show.

Peep the details below:

“NeNe is coming unhinged,” a source close to Star tells Pop Eater‘s Rob Shuter, adding that during taping the Atlanta ‘Housewife’ made LaToya Jackson cry and even got in the face of singing legend Dionne Warwick. But it’s her beef with Star that is particularly nasty, my source reveals. “Clearly, she can’t get along with women, especially other black women. She is losing it.”

(If you’re taking notes, the women in the cast include Hope Dworaczyk, La Toya, Star, NeNe, Marlee Matlin, Lisa Rinna, Niki Taylor and Dionne.)

For her part, NeNe isn’t waiting for the show to begin to make known her hatred for Star. During a visit to ‘The Wendy Williams Show,’ she tried her best to hold her tongue with limited success. “I’m not feeling Star Jones, I’m sorry. I gave her a chance when I first got there, I did,” she told Wendy, later adding, “I wouldn’t spit on Star if she was on fire.”

Of course, the feeling is mutual, but a friend of Star’s tells me the former ‘View’ co-host will rise above the negative. That said, she feels that NeNe could be a physical threat to her, so she has hired her own private security guards. “Star is a real celebrity, not some cheap reality star who is enjoying 15 minute of fame,” the friend says. “She’s a lawyer and a lady. NeNe can say what she wants about Star, but she doesn’t care now that she knows she’s safe.”

All this upcoming drama isn’t lost on NBC or ‘Apprentice’ honcho Donald Trump, who couldn’t be more excited. “This is the most dramatic season of ‘The Apprentice’ ever. It might just be the best TV catfight of all time,” a show source tells me. “Donald Trump loved it. He’s no fool. He knows that this sort of drama is TV gold.”

This most definitely sounds like must-see TV…….We can’t wait!! That NeNe Leakes is off the chain (LMAO!)

Your thoughts?

Well dayum…. NeNe Leakes says she doesn’t have ANY love for Star Jones!

The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star stopped by the Wendy Williams Show Tuesday (Feb. 8) and spoke on how much she’s not feeling the TV personality after meeting her on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice.”

“I’m not feeling Star Jones, I’m sorry. I gave her a chance when I first got there, I did. But Star, I’m just going to tell you, Star is a trip –– like she is very special, I really –– she’s special. No seriously –– I wouldn’t spit on Star if she was on fire,” the reality star stated.

Peep the footage below:

Well we guess shots are officially fired. Wonder what Star has to say about all of this??

Your thoughts?

Singer turned Broadway actress Michelle Williams joined the cast of “Chicago” on Broadway at the Ambassador Theater Monday (Feb 8) in New York City. She’ll continue the role through March 28th.

Williams first took on the role as “Roxie Hart” last year in the London production of the musical and she was so good that they brought her back to do the U.S. version of the show for select dates. More pics of Michelle doing her thing on stage and hanging out with Star Jones and Jay-Z at the after party below…

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Jazz legend Natalie Cole, pictured above with her sisters Timolin and Casey, celebrated her 60th birthday Thursday night (Feb 4) at TAO in New York City. The birthday girl had three dress changes and popped out of a cake at the party, despite her recovering from an elbow injury (which explains the sling).

Other celebrities in the building for Nat’s bday party were Star Jones, Michelle Williams, Wendy Williams and Gayle King. Check out more pics from the shindig below and after the cut…

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Black Hollywood came out in droves Sunday night (Nov 1) to support the AFI Fest 2009 Screening of the new movie “Precious,” which stars newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and actress/comedienne turned late night talk show host Mo’Nique.

Some of the big names who walked down the red carpet of the big Hollywood event, held at were Oprah, Tyler Perry, Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith and much much more.

Check out a ton of pics from the “Precious” screening after the break! And be on the look-out for the movie when it releases to theaters nationwide this Friday (Nov. 6).

Russell Simmons hosted the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Art for Life Benefit at his East Hampton Estate Saturday (Jul 18) in East Hampton, New York. He’s pictured above with his two daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee. Tila Tequila, Star Jones, Vanessa Williams and others also hit up the event.

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All the real rappers were in the A performing at the Swagga Like Us Show. But since 50 Cent isn’t a real rapper, he opted to perform at Day 2 of the 2009 Bamboozle Left concert series Sunday night in Laguna Hills, California. Blah … he’s not welcome here anyway.

Star Jones posed for a photo at the 2009 Skating with the Stars Gala at Wollman Rink in Central Park Sunday in New York City.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attended the UK premiere of “RAce to Witch Mountain” in the West End of London Sunday afternoon.

Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart attended the Miss USA 2009 dinner at Bucco  di Beppo in Las Vegas Saturday evening. It’s almost time for fine ass Crystal to hand down that crown to someone else. We feel sorry for the next Miss USA cause Crystal is the sh*t! Miss USA 2009 has some tough shoes to fill.

Rev. Run of Run DMC and his wife Justine Simmons, stars of the hit reality series “Run’s House” (MTV), attended the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio. Run DMC was inducted into the famous hall of legendary musicians.

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run DMC took a few pictures on the red carpet of the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.

Russell Simmons hit up the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Saturday too, and he brought along his main squeeze Julie Henderson. He doesn’t like for “us” (bloggers) to call her that, but isn’t that what she is? We’d hardly consider a “friend.” Maybe with benefits, but never just “a friend.”

Musician Lenny Kravitz performed at what they call a “private concert” at TSF Studio early Monday in Aubervilliers, Northern Paris (France). Aren’t all concerts/shows technically “private?” You can’t get in unless you have a ticket or some sort of other invite. Unless Lenny was out there by himself, how can they call it a private show?

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Star Jones and her new man Herb Wilson (renowned executive chef of the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand hotels) were spotted courtside at Saturday night’s Knicks vs. Bobcats basketball game in New York. Actor Tracy Morgan & filmmaker Spike Lee were spotted at the game too. Continue reading for all of the pics.

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American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino was just one of the many celebs spotted at last night’s Season 7 American Idol Finale. Tasia’s boyfriend Young Dro, Actress Tamera Mowry, Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks, and Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard were also in attendance last night…

The American Idol finale wasn’t the only star studded event that took place last night! Maxim Magazine held their “Maxim’s Hot 100” party last night. Stars like Megan Good, Christina Millian, Mario, Amerie, Elise Neal, Nicole Schezinger, Tishina Arnold, and the Oh So Fine Evan Ros all came out to party with Magazine.

The Cannes Film Festival also took place yesterday. Celebs like Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell, Star Jones, and Diddy were all spotted at the festival’s after party, the dinner, or the actual event.

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The newly single Star Jones was spotted look mighty happy Nikki Beach for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. That is a cute dress Star! More »

The newly single Star Jones was spotted look mighty happy Nikki Beach for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. That is a cute dress Star!

Megan Good was spotted outside of the Crown Club in Hollywood last night. Looks like Megan is switched changed her hair style.

Ludacris was spotted celebrating the 5th Anniversary of his Foundation. Cee-Lo, Ciara, and Magic Johnson are just some of the stars who attended the event.

Newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were spotted at Six Flags. I know a lot of people think this marriage was a publicity stunt, but they look pretty happy to me. I hope they last.

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Recently everyone has been reporting that NBA star Dwyane Wade and Star Jones were a couple. Dwyane felt the need to address rumor and set the record straight Thursday during a guest appearance on “Inside The NBA“

“Star is an unbelievable woman. We have a great, great relationship. As friends. We’re friends, just like a lot of celebrities. We are friends. That’s all”

Dwyane still has yet to confirm or deny rumors that he and his wife Siohvaughn Funches have split.

#1: Why did Allure hide Jill Scott behind a bush, but left Gabrielle Union out in the field?

#2: Does Jermaine Dupri use a booster seat when he drives?

#3: Why is Madonna’s new album shitting on “Discipline” and it hasn’t even been released yet?

#4: Why is “Don’t talk to me, you know better than that!” [Jay-Z] so damn funny?

#5: Why did Wesley Snipes get 3 years in prison, and those racist ass cops who murdered a black man for no apparent reason didn’t spend one day behind bars? All Wesley did was not pay the government. Those idiots filled an un-armed person with 50 bullets! Am I the only one who feels this way?

#6: Why hasn’t Hillary Clinton just given up yet?

#7: Why is everyone surprised that Mariah Carey lip-synchs? I mean really, who doesn’t lip-synch every now and then?

#8: What the fuck is taking so long to get R. Kelly convicted?

#9: Why isn’t anyone calling out “shitty cent” on his bitchassness?

#10: Why is Khia so salty over getting the boot from that whack ass VH1 show. How many times are we gonna hear her bitch about why she should be “Ms. Rap Supreme?”

#11: How does Omarion feel now that he’s a “free agent?”

#12: Is anyone really checking for Cassie’s new album?

#13: Why is Ne-Yo’s new video Michael Jackson-ish? Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

#14: Why did everyone but Star Jones know Al was gay?

#15: Does Beyonce and Jay-Z know that we already know they’re married? What the hell are they hiding? The more they hide, the more we dig!

#16: Is Beyonce really gonna retire? Or is she gonna pull a Jay-Z on us?

#17: What provoked Akon to lie about being an ex-con?

#18: Who else thinks that Foxy Brown will be back in prison by 2009?

#19: Now let’s be real. When Orlando Brown went missing, did anyone ask “who?” … and after you found out it was the dude from “That’s So Raven,” you were like “ohhh, him!”

#20: Adding on to that Orlando Brown fiasco, who gave Ricky Romance the approval to manage anyone’s career?

#21: Oh, by the way. Did anyone know that Ray J released a new album like 2 or 3 weeks ago?

(Photo: Getty Images) Television personality Star Jones has had enough of having her “husband” Al Reynolds live off of her, so the two have been separated for a while. She’s been living in New York, while he’s been living in Miami. Well now, after 3 years of marriage, Star has finally said enough is enough and has filed for divorce. They actually filed on March 26th, but Star revealed it to the public today (Apr. 23rd).

“Al was never there for Star,” a friend of hers said. “He hasn’t made any money in the last three years. He has been living off of her.”

Rapper/producer Swizz Beatz and his wife, singer Mashonda, have officially called it quits – in the form of separation and NOT divorce – after a 4 year marriage, reports All Hip Hop.

“Their union was one shared in love and deep admiration for one another. For the last seven months, the two have been working on establishing a formidable friendship, being great parents to their son, and remaining great supporters of each other’s careers,” a representative revealed to All Hip Hop. “The couple has asked that their privacy be respected at this time.”

The couple has a 2-year-old son together, Kassem Dean Jr., and if divorce does end up being a solution, they will remain friends and supporters of each other’s future endeavors, a la Kimora & Russell. Swizz is working on his second album, and Mashonda is working on an album of her own as well, in addition to an upscale swimwear line.

Venus Williams, along with some industry friends and her sister Serena, celebrated the launch of her brand new clothing line, EleVen at club Tenjune in New York. Check out more photos from the party after the cut.

Star Jones is under fire for reneging  on a promise she made to speak to 1,500 overweight teenage girls and their mothers, members of the Detroit nonprofit full and fabulous, in February of last year. Why? Because they didn’t pay her enough and she had better things to do … like going to the superbowl. Not a good look Star, not a good look at all…

The former “View” host wanted $25,000 to speak to 1,500 overweight girls and their mothers, members of the Detroit nonprofit Full and Fabulous, in February of last year. According to director Sharon Dumas-Pugh, Jones took their $17,000 deposit, two air tickets she upgraded to first class on their dime, and a suite in a five-star hotel – but never showed up for the event at Detroit’s Martin Luther King Jr. High School when Full and Fabulous couldn’t come up with the rest of the cash. Instead, she went to the Super Bowl (which was being held in Detroit) and a fashion show, and arranged her own book-signing at a Borders.

Eighteen-year-old Ethel McIntosh posted on the Full and Fabulous Web site, “We worked hard and sold dinners and fruit smoothies to help raise the money to bring you to Detroit. When I become successful, Ms. Jones, I will not forget where I came from, like you seem to have done. [ READ MORE AT THE NY DAILY NEWS! » ]