NBA Baller Carmelo Anthony celebrated his 28th birthday May 29 with a low-key gathering at a nightclub in Soho with wife LaLa Vasquez and a handful of friends. Melo who is getting ready for the Summer Olympics in London said that he took the last couple of weeks off to spend time with LaLa and son Kiyan before starting to prepare for the games in July. This will be his third time at the Olympics; he competed in Greece and Beijing. Bleacher Report

Hardest working man in Hollywood Samuel L. Jackson is joining the cast of the RoboCop remake. Samuel L. plays Pat Novack, a media mogul, in the film set for release in summer 2013. Hollywood Reporter

Actor Courtney B. Vance hit up the red carpet at the premiere of his new film, the Disney Channel original movie “Let it Shine.” Courtney stars opposite actress Dawnn Lewis as a pastor in the film and father to the movie’s lead character. The film, which focuses on a shy aspiring teen rapper, is Disney Channel’s first original movie featuring a cast. Blip

Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson and fiancé David Otunga are excitedly making wedding plans. With the focus of the court case in the killings of Jennifer’s mother, brother, and nephew behind them, they are able to make plans for their long-awaited special day. That was something that was hanging over our heads for so long, and now we feel like we can finally breathe a sigh of relief,” Otunga, 32, told People. “Everything is good now.” The couple has not yet revealed their wedding date. People

Rapper/Actor Ice Cube was photo’d out with his wife Kimberly and his getting-bigger-by-the minute mini-me son, O’Shea headed to the Los Angeles Kings finals in downtown L.A. Black Celeb Kids

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