Rapper Snoop Dogg boasts that he is proud of his baby girl, ten-year-old Cori Broadus, and loves passing on the lessons he’s learned in helping his daughter with her budding music career. Snoop says “I’m proud of my baby girl. To me, she’s just an extension of my wife”...To see my daughter want to do it and love it is beautiful to me because I can put my energy into this.” {Black Celebrity Kids}
Laila Ali just launched a new campaign with the American Kidney Fund called Pair Up. Laila lit up the ABC Billboard in Times Square to announce the campaign, which empowers women to protect themselves and their loved ones from kidney disease. Laila’s aim is to help curb the sobering stat that African Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney disease than whites. She encourages women to take the Pair Up Challenge in support.
Nick Cannon released a new rap track where the new dad takes on some weightier issues like race relations, slavery, fatherhood, and the widely held assumption that the entertainer is living on wife Mariah’s loot. He also addresses the well-publicized feud between the Carey-Cannons and Eminem, standing up for his decision to go to bat for his wife. Meanwhile, Mariah heads back to work to lay down tracks for her new album; she tweeted and posted photos of herself in the studio with producer Jermaine Dupri.
Beyonce chopped it up with Entertainment Tonight Canada while promoting her new Pulse fragrance and revealed that pregnancy has put her sense of smell into overdrive with some undesirable results. According to the star, she now hates hubby Jay-Z’s fragrance which is one that Bey used to love. {Hello Beautiful}
Djimon Honsou will star alongside Bradley Cooper and Casey Affleck in Paradise Lost, the film adaptation of the 17th century poem. The film centers around a heavenly battle and may be shot in 3D. Djimon and Kimora Lee Simmons were spotted out recently enjoying a date night at BOA in Los Angeles. {VLADTV}
Actor Courtney B. Vance teams up with Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton to star in the new flick, Joyful Noise. The musical film revolves around a small town gospel choir whose survival is threatened when the choir director dies. Actress KeKe Palmer is also one of the film’s stars. Check out the trailer below: