Former MTV VJ LaLa Vasquez sat down to talk love and basketball Wednesday with New York’s Power 105.1 Breakfast club. She addressed rumors that her baller hubby Carmelo Anthony fathered a love child (not true) and said that despite her life as a basketball wife, she has no plans to be a part of the popular Basketball Wives reality show. {Hip Hop Wired}
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Simmons family. Legendary Rapper turned reality TV dad Rev Run and his son, 16-year-old rapper Diggy Simmons, showed their admiration for each other’s talent through a series of VEVO videos. Rev Run expressed his respect for his son’s talent while Diggy talked about how much his dad’s success inspired him to make a name for himself in the music industry. {BET}
Actress Holly Robinson Peete called out Saturday Night Live on her show The Talk for their lack of black actresses. While her cohosts on the show talked about being flattered by SNL’s Talk spoof, Robinson- Peete expressed her disappointment that her character always has to be “on vacation” during the sketch because there are no black actresses on the show to play her. The cast of SNL has included only four black actresses in the show’s 35-year history.{Gawker}
Date night is a little more than dinner and a movie for Jay-Z and Beyonce. The Carters headed to Austin last weekend to join Rapper Kanye West for his late-night G.O.O.D. Music concert. Rumor has it that Bey and Jay are also teaming up in the studio again sometime soon, recording a track for Dr. Dre’s new album. {Peace FM online}
Chris Rock’s Broadway debut in the play The Motherf**ker With the Hat came to a screeching halt last week when his costar Anabella Sciorra (you might remember her from the movie Jungle Fever) forgot her lines onstage. After Sciorra got her line from a production assistant, the show went on without a hitch, earning a standing ovation from the star-studded audience. {Aces Showbiz}
The Obamas headed home Wednesday from a five-day trip to Latin America. The first family looked happy to be stateside as they made their way into the White House. {Black Celeb Kids}
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