Soul Food star Malinda Williams (Bird) is still blogging away on Essence.com about her upcoming nuptials to former rapper D-Nice. (We love weddings here at BMWK and we need two tickets to the wedding to cover it for our readers!!!) I have to give it up to her she’s been pretty consistent and is keeping her readers in on everything from second guessing her wedding dress choice, what she should change her name to and hair and makeup tips. The wedding is scheduled for August 23rd and you can check …

The Staff here at BMWK (TheMom and TheDad) has learned that Ashanti will grace the cover of this weekend’s Page Six Magazine that comes free in the Sunday Edition of the NY Post. (See an exclusive look at the cover above!)
I know you’re wondering why do we care here at BMWK. Besides liking her music, the answer is because she may be gracing our black celebrity marriages category one day. In the article she talks about how after hanging with Nelly and his two children, thoughts are turning to …

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Today we have a very special celebrity guest post by the host of television’s Divorce Court, Judge Lynn Toler. Like many of our readers Judge Toler is a working mother and wife. Today she tells BMWK how she juggles and balances the demands of work and home life. Please show her how much we appreciate her by leaving a comment below the post and be sure to check your local listings for Divorce Court.
You know, everyone always asks me how I balance my work …

I’ve been wanting to post this for a few days now but I’ve been busy so please excuse me. This has been making the internet rounds so you may have seen it or heard it before but for those who have not… Former Soul Food actress Malinda Williams is getting married in August to former rapper D-Nice. Now you know we love “the idea of black love” here at BMWK and the only thing we love more than black love is the end result of marriage. Good, strong, long …

The blogosphere (and urban radio - we heard it on the Michael Baisden show today) is on fire with wild rumors and speculation that Will Smith finally admitted to having an open marriage with Jada but…. did he really? Will had an interview where he opened up about some things with a magazine in the UK. You can check out what he said by clicking here.
Now all I saw him say was that they discuss who’s attractive but thats no open marriage. Now it does go on to say “he’ll …

Actress Joy Bryant who me and TheMom just got finished watching this past weekend in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins also got married over the weekend. Since we do promote marriage we wanted to say congrats! Check out these details from People Magazine.
Joy Bryant wed her stuntman fiancé David Pope in beachside ceremony at a private residence in Amagansett, N.Y. on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed. The actress and former model, 31, wore a custom dress designed by her friend Angela Missoni at the ceremony, which was attended by about 100 guests. …

American Idol winner Ruben Studdard tied the knot over the weekend covering the black and married part, now he just has to have the kids. Click here to see some video footage of him and his lovely wife.

By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard is getting ready for a weekend wedding in his home state of Alabama.
Studdard, nicknamed the “Velvet Teddy Bear” on “Idol” for his big frame and sonorous voice, will marry Surata Zuri McCants, his girlfriend of two years, at the Canterbury United Methodist Church in Mountain Brook on Saturday.
He met his bride-to-be during a CD-signing at a Wal-Mart store in Atlanta in October 2006. The 29-year-old singer says he was struck by McCants’ beauty and later tracked her …