Rapper Nelly held a fan meet and greet and autograph signing this past Friday (May 7) at Macy’s in Culver City, CA to promote his new “Apple Bottoms” collection.

Singer Nicole Scherzinger, who is currently a contestant on ABC‘s “Dancing with the Stars,” hosted an evening at Caesars Palace’s Pure Nightclub Saturday night (May 8) in Las Vegas.

Recording artist Sean Paul showed off his crazy new haircut as he walked the red carpet for the JabbaWockeez dance crew show opening night at the Tabu Ultra Lounge at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Vegas Friday evening (May 7). The hell was he thinking?!

R&B singer Mary J. Blige spoke at the “Stronger: Girls’ Empowerment Day” at the Time Wanter Center Friday in New York City.

Grammy award winning rapper Eve took pictures and signed autographs as she hosted a meet and greet session with her fans at Journey’s Friday afternoon in New York City.

Actor Taye Diggs took part in Amtrak’s National Train Day celebration at Penn Station in New York City Friday.

Comedian turned late night talk show host George Lopez and his buddy rapper Snoop Dogg laughed it up and clowned around Thursday (May 6) on the red carpet of the 10th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball in Beverly Hills, California.

Nick Cannon and Jessica Simpson were spotted at the Operation Smile Annual Gala at Cipriani, Wall Street Thursday in NYC.

Actress Joy Bryant hit up the Brotherhood/Sister Sol 6th Annual Voices Gala at Cedar Lake in New York Thursday evening.

Singer Toni Braxton and her son 7-year-old son Diesel showed off matching haircuts as they filmed a “We Volunteers” Public Service Announcement for We TV at the American Movie Company last Thursday in New York.

Rapper Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of Outkast kicked off promo rounds for his upcoming debut solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty by dropping by Fuse Studios in New York City to record an appearance on the “Fuse Top 20 Countdown” last Thursday.

Two of the three Kardashian sisters (Kim and Khloe) promoted their QuickTrim diet product at a couple of in-store appearances Thursday in Sherman Oaks, California.

And last Wednesday (May 5) twin actresses Tamera and Tia Mowry walked the red carpet of the 2010 A&E Upfront presentation at the IAC Building in New York.

“Mother, father and son are all doing well,” the reps said in a statement.

Diggs and Menzel, both 38, met on the set of the Broadway production of Rent back in 1996. They got married 7 years later in January 2003.

Actors Charlie Murphy and Forest Whitaker were spotted on location for their new comedy movie “Family Wedding” at Clafoutis, a restaurant located on Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles.

The movie, which according to IMDB, also stars Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera, Regina King and Lance Gross is set to be released sometime next year.

Actor Taye Diggs was also spotted on location for the movie. Here he is taking a short break from filming.

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Ja Rule was giddy as a mutha as he performed at the Grand Opening of Float and 207 at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego Friday. Homeboy must be ecstatic to finally be collecting a check … that is, if he didn’t do this event for free. Let’s be real now. These days, who’d put up good money for a Ja Rule performance or appearance? We are in a recession, after all.

Actor Taye Diggs was all smiles on the Red Carpet of “The Reasons to be Pretty” Broadway opening night party at Hudson Terrance Thursday night in New York. It was recently announced that the actor was expecting his first child with his wife of 6 years, actress/singer Idina Menzel. The two have been together since 1996.

Comedian/actor Kevin Hart looked surprised as hell Thursday night when a photog snapped a photo of him at “The Round Table” 1 year anniversary party at M2 in New York. The event also doubled as a birthday party for Lenny S and Maya The B, hosts of The Round Table, which airs on rockmetv.com.

Complex Magazine threw a party Thursday night celebrating their 7th year in business and 88-Keys and Consequence posed for a photo holding up the latest issue, which features rapper Kanye West. The cover boy didn’t attend the party.

Model/attempted singer Cassie was spotted solo (as in Diddy was no where in sight) Thursday night at some Home Cooking Thursdays event at Imperial in New York. Whatever gets the bills paid, we guess… Can’t knock a chick trying to outlast a recession, right?

Actress Tatyana Ali, or Ashley Banks (whatever you prefer), posed for photos on the Red Carpet of USA Networks’ “American Character: A Photographic Journey” exhibition opening at Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

Actress Vivica A. Fox hit up the One for Jasmina Benefit at John Allen’s Wednesday night in New York. Jasmina Anema is a six year old from Brooklyn battling leukemia, and is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. But finding a match, which would most likely come from an African American, is especially difficult because Jasmina is adopted and has no siblings. Her battle and the race to find a match for the bone marrow transplant has garnered a lot of press and media attention, especially from the Black celebrities, including Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Natalie Cole, Vivica A. Fox and more.

Soon-to-be newlyweds Lance Gross and Eva Marcille were all booed up at the Los Angeles screening of “Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices,” held at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warner Bros. studio lot last Wednesday in Burbank, California.

Actress/singer Jennifer Hudson was spotted at the Balthazar VIP Dinner, sponsored by Topshop, Wednesday night in new York. Catch her in a town near you as she goes on tour with Robin Thicke! The tour kicked off last Tuesday (Mar. 31st) in Albany, NY and will feature key dates in Philadelphia (Apr. 3rd), New York City (Apr. 10th), Atlanta (Apr. 15th), Chicago (Apr. 25th) and more.

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Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair played host to the 2009 Vanity Hair Oscar party, which was attended by Russell Simmons, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and about damn near everyone who held a big name at this year’s Oscar Awards and then some. Don’t believe us? Continue reading for more pics from the red carpet of the party!

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