IT'S RAINING

I'M SITTING AT WORK LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW IT'S RAINING. THE BEST PLACE TO BE RIGHT WOULD BE HOME SO THAT I CAN SIT ON MY COMFY COUCH AND LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW.

OSCAR AFTER PARTY

FOREST WHITAKER AND WIFE KEISHA

JOHN LEGEND AND GIRLFRIEND CHRISSY KEIGER

EVE AND MAC COSMETICS PRESIDENT JOHN DEMPSY

HALLE BERRY AND GABRIEL AUBRY

JADA AND WILL SMITH

CELEBRITY APPRENTICE

DONALD TRUMP'S CELEBRITY APPRENTICE WILL BE PREMEIRING ON MARCH 1ST. THIS YEAR'S CELEBRITY APPRENTICE INCLUDES FORMER TLC MEMBER TIONNE "T-BOZ" WATKINS, SINGER BRIAN MCKNIGHT, MODEL CLAUDIA JORDAN FROM DEAL OR NO DEAL, DENNIS RODMAN AND FOOTBALL PLAYER HERSCHEL WALKER.

USHER IS COMMITTED TO VOLUNTEERING

THIS IS USHER VOLUNTEERING AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN S.E. DOING INAUGURATION WEEKEND.



THE WEEK USHER WAS IN WASHINGTON DC TO ATTEND A HEARING ON IMPROVING AMERICA'S COMMITTMENT TO SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM AT THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE HEARING. WHEN ASKED HOW HIS WIFE WAS DOING HE RESPONDED BY SAYING "THAT SHE IS DOING WELL."

INDIA ARIE COVERS JET MAGAZINE

IN THIS WEEKS JET SINGER INDIA.ARIE TALKS ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND HOW TIRED SHE IS OF HAVING HER MUSIC CATEGORIZED. SHE IS ALSO CANDID ABOUT HOW THE MAKE FEMALE ARTIST COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HOW SHE ALMOST RETIRED.

BEYONCE COVERS EBONY MAGAZINE

FIRST LADY COVERS PEOPLE MAGAZINE

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA DESCRIBES LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. DRESS IS BY BLACK DESIGNER TRACY REESE

KERRY WASHINGTON

KERRY WASHINGTON HAS BEEN LISTED AS ONE OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD I AGREE.

THE HAPPY LIST

MAKING MY OWN PATH

A GOOD CUP OF TEA

TRAVEL TO THE CARRABBEAN, ROME, ITALY

CHRIS ROCK FUNNY

CANDLES

THE BEACH

LONG HOT SOAKS IN THE TUB

RED VELVET CAKE

KEY LIME PIE
JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS ON MY HAPPY LIST

HAPPY CUPCAKE DAY

SPOTLIGHT ON TARAJI P. HENSON

TARAJI WITH MOM AND GRANDMOTHER AT THE OSCARS

DC NATIVE TARAJI PENDA HENSON WAS NOMINATED FOR THREE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOTABLY FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE IN THE FILM THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. HENSON ATTENDED OXON HILL HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS HOWARD UNIVERSITY AS A THEATER MAJOR. CLOSE FRIENDS REFER TO HER AS COOKIE. UPON RECENTLY RENTING "TALK TO ME" I DIDN'T NOTICE HOW FUNNY SHE WAS. I LOVED HER FIESTY CHARACTER VERNELL. WHILE AT HOWARD TARAJI WORKED AS A SECRETARY AT THE PENTAGON AND WAS A SINGING WAITRESS ON THE SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON CRUISE. WHILE STILL IN COLLEGE TARAJI GAVE BIRTH TO HER SON MARCELL.

IN PURSUIT OF STARDOM TARAJI LEFT WASHINGTON, DC FOR HOLLYWOOD WITH HER BABY SON. THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO. WHILE TARAJI ISN'T EXACTLY A NEWCOMER SHE HAS BEEN ACTING STEADILY EVER SINCE SOME HER FILM CREDITS INCLUDE JOHN SINGLETON'S "BABY BOY", "FOUR BROTHERS", "HUSTLE AND FLOW", TYLER PERRY'S "THE FAMILY THAT PREYS", TD JAKES "NOT EASILY BROKEN" AS WELL AS OTHER NOTABLE FILMS AND TV SHOES. WITH SMART CHARACTER ROLES AND BY REFUSING TO BE TYPCAST, TARAJI HAS BLOSSOMED INTO A MEMORABLE AND REMARKABLE ACTRESS.

LUXE BOHEME JEWELRY

MOOD SWING STUDIO'S LUXE BOHEME COLLECTION IS VERY INTRIGUING.

ANNUAL BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD LUNCHEON

EVA PIGFORD, TIA MOWRY, LAUREN LONDON AND KYLA PRATT

LISA RAYE

SANAA LATHAN

KERRY WASHINGTON

TARAJI AND MOM BERNICE

HALLE BERRY AND TARAJI P. HENSON

TICHINA ARNOLD
THE SECOND ANNUAL BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD LUNCHEON WAS HELD RECENTLY IN HOLLYWOOD HOSTED BY ESSENCE MAGAZINE.

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