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.

Check out the pics below:

The 9th Annual Ford Hoodie Awards went down over the weekend (Sat. Aug 13) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Hosted by Steve Harvey, the 2011 Hoodie Awards featured appearances from R&B singer Letoya Luckett, actor/BET personality Terrence J, actor/comedian Kevin Hart, gospel singers Tye Tribbett, Marvin Sapp, & Kirk Franklin, actresses Tisha Campbell-Martin & Tichina Arnold, and many more. The show also featured performances by soul singers Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton and Kem.

As hinted by its name, the Hoodie Awards — conceived and developed by Steve Harvey — celebrates the best of the “hood,” ordinary people doing extraordinary things. So instead of celebrities taking home trophies, its every day people that get their time to shine in the spotlight.

Check out 20+ pics from the 2011 Hoodie Awards (as well as the full list of winners) below!

2011 FORD HOODIE AWARDS WINNERS LIST:

Best Fried Chicken – Carey’s Cuisine (Washington, DC)

Best Nail Salon – Salon Couture (Washington, DC)

Best High School Teacher – Glendora Franklin (Washington, DC)

Best Car Wash/Detail Showroom – Shine (St. Louis, MO)

Best Church Choir – Family Worship and Praise Center(Tallahassee, FL)

Best Soul Food Place – Croaker’s Spot, The Soul of Seafood (Richmond, VA)

Best Barbershop – Moon’s Barbershop (Washington, DC)

Best Beauty Salon – Salon Couture (Washington, DC)

Best High School – Cass Technical School (Detroit, MI)

Best Barbecue – This is It BBQ & Seafood (Atlanta, GA)

Best Church – First Baptist Church of Glenarden (Washington, DC)

Best Community Leader – Tony Lewis Jr. (Washington, DC)

Congratulations to all of the winners!

For those who are making false statements (**cough cough MediaFakeOut cough cough**) saying actress Tisha Campbell-Martin is dying from lung disease….get your facts together!

In a recent interview with PEOPLE magazine, The “My Wife and Kids” star dispelled all the rumors.

“Thank you, everyone, for your concern. However, no worry is needed. I was diagnosed with a lung disorder that some people walk around with and don’t even know they have,” Tisha stated.

The lung disorder she is referring to is sarcoidosis disease, which is something Campbell-Martin has actually had for about 10 years now. But through a good diet and exercise, she is completely healthy.

“Through early diagnosis I’m happy to share that I stay healthy with diet and exercise,” she said.

Good for you Tisha!!

Your thoughts?

If you were getting ready to set your DVR to catch an upcoming episode of Maury… don’t. Tiara Campbell, actress Tisha Campbell‘s little sister, hit Gossip On This up exclusively this morning clarifying a couple of things. For one, she was joking about taking Diamond Blue from Pretty Ricky to Maury to reveal DNA test results of her newborn daughter, who was born premature earlier this week. She told us she was only “thinking about it” because it would be funny, but she says wasn’t serious when she mentioned it.

She also told us that shortly after we were told the newborn’s name was Nina Minaji, they decided to change it to something else before they turned the birth records in. We’re not allowed to reveal the baby’s real name, due to recent concerns of privacy, but she and the family wanted us to let you guys know that she is NOT going on Maury and the baby’s name is NOT Nina Minaji.

When the baby is healthy enough, a DNA test will be done to prove Blue either right or wrong. Tiara says GossipOnThis.com be the first to know when they get the results back. Stay tuned…

Well that was quick. GossipOnThis.com has exclusively learned that actress Tisha Campbell-Martin‘s sister (and allegedly Diamond Blue from Pretty Ricky‘s baby mama) Tiara gave birth to a baby girl Sunday night (Jan 24), about 4 months shy of her original due date. Her sister Toya reached out to us and gave us all of the details, saying that stress caused Tiara to develop a condition related to high blood pressure, which forced doctors to go in and take the baby out in order to save both her and the baby.

“While we were on a plane Sunday on our way to Los Angeles from Atlanta, Tiara had a headache and was very dizzy, so I felt her head and she had a fever,” Toya Campbell (another one of Tisha’s sisters) told Gossip On This exclusively. “So as soon as we got to LAX airport, Tiara was rushed to the hospital and the doctor said her temperature was 103.5 degrees and her blood pressure was really high,” she continued. “The doctor said they had to take the baby out right then because they both were at risk of dying.”

Doctors told Tiara and her family that “due to a combination of high blood pressure and stress,” she developed a serious condition that affects about 5% of pregnant women worldwide known as preeclampsia, which forced the doctors to take extreme measures and take the baby out via Caesarian section (or “c-section”),

Toya told us that despite the complications, both mom, 21, and the newborn baby are “doing great” and she and her family are thankful that both she and Tiara are alive.

Tisha Campbell’s husband, actor Duane Martin, reached out to Gossip On This exclusively last week and let us in on some information involving his sister-in-law and future niece. According to Martin himself, Tiara, Tisha’s 21-year-old sister, got into a relationship with Diamond “Baby Blue” Smith from Pretty Ricky and “one thing lead to another” and she got pregnant.

When Tiara contacted Blue about the situation, he constantly denied the baby being his and later ignored her phone calls. So she went into a state of depression and her brother-in-law Duane wasn’t having that.

“I’m a father, so if I have to blast him to make him become a father, then I will do just that,” Duane told us. “Tisha has five sisters and one brother and she cares for them very much, so to hear that her sister wants to abort the baby because she feels like she made a mistake hurts Tisha,” he continued. “When you mess with my wife or my family then I become upset, especially when I tried to reach out to him in the beginning, instead of taking it to the next level.”

Toya Campbell, 24, another one of Tisha’s younger sisters told us that Tiara stressed a lot during her entire 5 month pregnancy, which caused her to develop preeclampsia and the doctors had no choice but to terminate the pregnancy and try to save the baby in order to save both of their lives.

Toya and the rest of her family also wanted us to let people out there know this:

“To anybody who is stressing while they’re pregnant… Please don’t. Preeclampsia happened to [Tiara] and it can happen to anybody…”

We’re not 100% sure if Blue is the baby’s daddy or not but we wouldn’t be surprised if the DNA results revealed that he is.

Tiara and her family assure us that DNA testing will be done as soon as the baby is stable enough. And they said we’ll be the first to know when the results come back, so stay tuned!

Apparently Diamond Blue from Pretty Ricky is fielding questions from fans, followers and anyone else with an inquiring mind regarding his Maury Povich situation. If you’re not up to speed what’s going on, click here to catch up.

Basically, a girl who just so happens to be the sister of actress Tisha Campbell is alleging that Blue is the father of her baby. She says she knows 100% that the bun in her oven belongs to Blue, but Blue says he just isn’t having it. Not at least until the baby is born and a DNA test can be performed.

A couple of days ago, we told you about him running his mouth on Twitter. And now he’s at it again, admitting that he did hit it so he can’t “100% deny”. But he says he used a condom so he “can’t 100% deny it” …

GossipOnThis.com exclusively reported yesterday that Tisha Campbell-Martin’s younger sister Tiara was allegedly 5 months pregnant by Diamond Smith aka “Baby Blue” from the singing group Pretty Ricky. And she believes 100% that Blue is the father of the unborn baby. The problem is that Blue has been denying that he’s the father ever since she told him she was pregnant, and he’s at the point now where he’s not returning her or her family’s phone calls.

So Tisha’s husband Duane Martin (who is also an actor in the entertainment industry) reached out to us in hopes that word would get out, which Duane and the entire Campbell family hoped would make Blue step up to the plate and do what’s right.

Well apparently Blue caught wind of our story and put out a series of messages on his Twitter denying the Campbells’ allegations, saying that he would be a great father … if he had a baby.

Continue reading to see the rest of his Tweets…

So there you have it folks. The Campbells are saying that Blue is without a doubt the father of Tiara’s baby and Blue is saying that he isn’t. Guess we’ll have to wait until the baby is born so that a paternity test can be taken which will determine whether or not Blue is the daddy. See you in about 4 months!

There is some shady behavior going down. Gossip On This has learned that Diamond “Baby Blue” Smith of the singing group Pretty Ricky is on his way to becoming what we like to call a “dead beat dad!” Sources extremely close to the situation exclusively revealed to us exclusively that the young entertainer and actress Tisha Campbell-Martin‘s younger sister Tiara had been somewhat involved romantically in the past, and now she’s 5 months pregnant by him and is 110% positive that Baby Blue is most definitely, without any doubt, the father. But he refuses to take responsibility, and Tisha and her family, especially her husband, actor Duane Martin, are extremely pissed at the way he’s treating her so they reached out to us and dished all of the details.

“Last year in August, Tisha’s younger sister was with Diamond Blue from Pretty Ricky,” Duane Martin exclusively revealed to Gossip On This. “One thing lead to another and now she’s five months pregnant by him. I spoke to Blue in October and I would never imagine him being the way he is. He doesn’t call back, he doesn’t check on her and he’s also ignoring her phone calls. She and the family are really hurt by this.”

Diamond (yes, his real name is “Diamond”) and Tiara met a couple years back at an industry event in Atlanta, according to Toya Campbell, another one of Tisha’s sisters, so it’s not like she was a random groupie/jump-off or anything like that. The two have known each other for a while now.

Anyway, Tisha, who has a total of six siblings (five sisters and one brother), is very protective of her family and all she and the rest of her family wants is for Blue to own up to his responsibilities as a man and acknowledge that he is the father of Tiara’s unborn baby girl, who is due in May.

“I’m a father, so if I have to blast him to make him become a father, then I will do just that,” Duane told us. “Tisha has five sisters and one brother and she cares for them very much, so to hear that her sister wants to abort the baby because she feels like she made a mistake hurts Tisha,” he continued. “When you mess with my wife or my family then I become upset, especially when I tried to reach out to him in the beginning, instead of taking it to the next level.”

Duane also told us that Tiara isn’t doing this just to get a check from Blue or anything like that. She just wants him to accept their daughter and be a father.

“[Tiara] doesn’t need any money from him. She just needs a father for her child and I know any woman can relate to that,” the actor told us.

And what exactly were his motives for reaching out to us?

“I want women to watch who they sleep with because it can become a nightmare,” the actor said. “My sister-in-law is in a deep  state of depression because of all of this…”

Wow! SMH… Sounds like Blue might want to grow up, be a man and take care of his responsibilities because clearly Duane, Tisha and the rest of the family doesn’t play when it comes to this young girl’s heart. So dude better watch out!

** UPDATE: DIAMOND BLUE SAW OUR STORY AND RESPONDED! CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HE SAID **

“Lauren London and Dwayne Carter welcomed their healthy baby boy into the world on 09-09-09,” her PR team told our good friends over at Hip Hollywood. Everyone is happy and well.”

No other details, including the baby’s name, have been released yet. This is Lauren London’s first child, but Lil Wayne has two other children from previous relationships — daughter Reginae, 9, from his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Carter and a 10-month-old son from an unknown woman. In addition, Nivea should be popping out Wayne’s fourth child within the next few months.

Three kids in 12 months? C’mon now Wayne, it’s time to start investing in some latex! More new baby stories when you continue reading…

TISHA CAMPBELL & DUANE MARTIN WELCOME NEW SON INTO THE WORLD

Actress Tisha Campbell and her husband, actor Duane Martin, welcomed their second son, Ezekiel Czar Martin, into the world last Tuesday (Sep 8). The baby, originally due on the 21st of this month, weighed in at 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 23 inches long at the time of his birth. Ezekiel joins his 8-year-old brother Xen.

Campbell-Martin, who announced the pregnancy in April, had no qualms about being pregnant at 40. “I’m enjoying it. I’m 40, and having a baby!” she told PEOPLE’s Celebrity Baby Blog. “Every moment, every nauseous moment, everything that is good and not so good about being pregnant, I’m enjoying.”

Campbell-Martin currently stars in Lifetime Television’s comedy series Rita Rocks, which returns for a second season on Monday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.

SOURCE: PEOPLE

NEFFE GIVES BIRTH TO BABY #5

Keyshia Cole‘s older sister Neffeteria (Neffe for short) gave birth last Thursday (Sep 10) to a baby girl she and her fiance Soullow named Nayla Noel Lavern Lower. The baby weighed in at 5 pounds 7 ounces and makes baby #5 for Neffe. We’re not sure if Soullow has any children from previous relationships.

We hear Neffe was in labor for over 13 hours and she and her mom Frankie were going back and forth arguing about whether or she should go through with a Caesarian section or natural childbirth. No word on which option she chose but in any event, we think it may be time to tighten those tubes up. Five children is enough :)

Expectant mommies Tisha Campbell-Martin and Golden Brooks posed for a quick pic with actress Ali Landry at the launch party for the Nicole Richie maternity collection Thursday night (Aug 6) at A Pea in the Pod in Beverly Hills.

Tisha and her husband of nearly 13 years, actor Duane Martin, are expecting their second child sometime in the fall, and judging by these photos, he/she will be here very soon! Golden and her boyfriend, actor D.B. Woodside, are expecting their first child, due to be born this September.

And as far as the party’s hostess Nicole Richie is concerned, she and boyfriend Joel Madden will be welcoming their second child into the world sometime this fall as well.

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Melanie Brown attended The Rescue held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Monday in Las Vegas, NV. The Rescue protests Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army, which is a sectarian guerilla army that abducts children in Uganda and engages in armed rebellion against the Ugandan government.

Danny Glover posed for pics at the premiere of “Soundtrack for a Revolution” during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Sunday afternoon.

Film director Spike Lee attended a screening of “Kobe Doin Work” during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Saturday in NY.

Laz Alonso, Wanita “D. Woods” Woodgette and Michael Ealy posed for a pic together at the after party for the ESPN Gala at Bar Artisanal Saturday night in New York.

TV host Nancy O’Dell and actress Tisha Campbell took a pic together at a signing of Nancy’s new book “Full of Life” at the Baby & Tween Celebration trade show at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday.

Gary Coleman hit up the premiere of “Midgets vs. Mascots” Saturday at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. His idea … not ours.

Holly Robinson Peete and her family (including her husband, former NFL player Rodney Peete) spoke to the crowd during the 2009 Autism Speaks Walk Now of Autism event Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. This issue actually hits home for the Peetes, who have a 10-year-old autistic son named Rodney Jr.

One of GOT’s fav couples Ice T and Coco hit up the premiere of “Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB” during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at AMC Village II Friday in New York City.

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