The always fashionable First Lady Michelle Obama has released her first official White House Portrait taken in February in the Blue Room of the White House. She looked chic and fashionably subdued in her black Michael Kors dress and pearls( pretty girls always wear twenty of them)

Kanye West covers the March issue of Details magazine and says some pretty interesting things about music, his sexual addiction and the perception of gays. I don’t know why but I love to hear this man talk, and love reading his interviews even more. Here are a few excerpts:
Kanye on how he got into making beats“First beat I did was in seventh grade, on my computer. I got into doing beats for the video games I used to try to make. My game was very sexual. The main character was, like, a giant penis. It was like Mario Brothers, but the ghosts were, like, vaginas. Mind you, I’m 12 years old, and this is stuff 30-year-olds are programming. You’d have to draw in and program every little step—it literally took me all night to do a step, ’cause the penis, y’know, had little feet and eyes.”
Kanye West on his drive“People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex—to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 A.M., the places they go to pick up a girl. If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic . . . ”
Kanye on losing his fanbaseThis game’s pass or fail. There’s no Bs, Cs, Ds. Either you bricked or you won, and this product’s gonna be an A. Fans out there don’t like it, ’cause of their own snobbery or instant rejection of Auto-Tune? Kanye West covers the March issue of Details magazine and says some pretty interesting things about music, his sexual addiction and the perception of gays. I don’t know why but I love to hear this man talk, and love reading his interviews even more. Here are a few excerpts:
Kanye on how he got into making beats“First beat I did was in seventh grade, on my computer. I got into doing beats for the video games I used to try to make. My game was very sexual. The main character was, like, a giant penis. It was like Mario Brothers, but the ghosts were, like, vaginas. Mind you, I’m 12 years old, and this is stuff 30-year-olds are programming. You’d have to draw in and program every little step—it literally took me all night to do a step, ’cause the penis, y’know, had little feet and eyes.”
Kanye West on his drive“People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex—to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 A.M., the places they go to pick up a girl. If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic . . . ”
Kanye on losing his fanbaseThis game’s pass or fail. There’s no Bs, Cs, Ds. Either you bricked or you won, and this product’s gonna be an A. Fans out there don’t like it, ’cause of their own snobbery or instant rejection of Auto-Tune?

Sisters Vanessa and Angela Simmons signed autographs at the concert and fashion show for their Pastry handbag and apparel line presented by Seventeen magazine at the Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas yesterday

Keri Hilson performed at Vanessa and Angela Simmons’s concert and fashion show for their Pastry handbag and apparel line presented by Seventeen magazine at the Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas yesterday.

Uber Designer/stylist Patricia Field and my perosnal favorite singer Solange Knowles pictured front row at the Toni Maticevski show on Monday in NYC.

A Buffalo, NY man who started a TV network to show Muslims in a positive light, beheaded his wife who provided the inspiration for the network, according to police.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, is charged with 2nd degree murder in the brutal beheading of his wife Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37. The murder took place on Thursday (2/12) in the Orchard Park office of their company, Bridges TV.
The NPR (National Public Radio) profiled the Hassans in 2004. They talked about starting “A new cable network for Muslim-Americans” after 9/11 to “inform and entertain Muslims and, at the same time, give viewers who aren’t Muslims a glimpse into” their culture.
They described traveling from Buffalo to Detroit a few weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks, and came up with the idea for the new network after hearing some “derogatory remarks about Muslims” on the car radio.
The couple separated last year and police say the victim had an order of protection against her estranged husband.
The murder weapon was not recovered.

Sri Lankan star M.I.A. (”Paper Planes”) gave birth to a boy, according to online reports via Contactmusic.com:
Indian gossip website DesiHits.com was the first to report the Paper Planes hitmaker, who performed on her due date at the Grammy Awards (08Feb09), gave birth to a baby boy on 12 February (09).
In a recent interview, the singer/rapper revealed she thought her child would be a boy, stating, “It doesn’t matter to me if it’s a boy or a girl. If it’s a girl she will be a tough girl, but I think I may have a boy because I have a pointy stomach.”M.I.A., real name Maya Arulpragasam, was so worried about going into labour at the Grammys, she had an ambulance, stretcher and golf cart on standby - and her fiance Benjamin Brewer used a stopwatch to time her contractions shortly after she came off stage following her performance with Jay-Z, T.I, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.
The baby’s dad, Ben Brewer, is the biracial son of Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Warner Music Group, who comes from one of the wealthiest Jewish families in Canada.
Bronfman Jr.’s marriage to Brewer’s black mother, Sherry Brewer, was a source of contention between Edgar Jr. and his dad, Edgar Bronfman Sr., the wealthy heir to the Seagrams liquor fortune.
Bronfman Sr., considered by some to be racist, wrote in his memoirs:
“I very much wanted for him to end the relationship, because I told him, all marriages are difficult enough without the added stress of totally different backgrounds. Sherry offered to convert [to Judaism], which though well intentioned, was not the point.”
Edgar Jr. and Sherry had two more children before divorcing in 1991.

Nia Long and Vivica Fox walked the runway during Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2009 Fashion Show

Beyonce’s covering the March ‘09 issue of Cosmo UK.
A snippet:
Despite being open about herself, Beyoncé is very private when it comes to her relationships:
“There are certain things that are kind of obvious, and if you start talking, the questions will never stop. I think there’s more to life than sharing it with everyone … At school, if I dated someone, I didn’t tell everyone. I fee like if everyone knows my stuff, it’ll take the beauty and pureness out of it.”This privacy extended to her wedding to Jay-Z last April which was a small private ceremony shrouded in secrecy:“I’ve never been the girl who went to a wedding and thought, ‘Oooh, I want to get married.’ So I didn’t want anything big and dramatic [for my wedding day] … And I think that people can put way too much emphasis on the day. It’s just so temporary and it goes in a second … I think it’s important for women to have their moment, whether it’s your prom or your birthday … but to me, marriage is not about that moment. It’s about something way deeper.”

First Lady Michelle Obama covers the latest issue of Vogue Magazine. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz at the Hay-Adams Hotel, where the Obamas stayed before the Inauguration, this is only the 2nd time a first lady has made the cover. Hilary Clinton was the first.
Vogue Editor-At-Large, Andre Leon Talley interviewed Mrs. Obama and you can check out the full article at Vogue’s official website.

Leonardo DiCapro The actor's off-again, on-again main squeeze, Bar Refaeli, is next month's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl, according to a big ol' billboard in Manhattan.
The 23-year-old Israeli model broke out of the pack after languishing on the inside of the magazine's most buzzed-about installment for the past two years.
SI's cover, featuring Refaeli and her tan lines in a multicolored string bikini next to the tease line "Bikinis or nothing," was first unveiled during tonight's episode of the Late Show With David Letterman, which tapes at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, right across the street from the revealing billboard.
And in related news, authorities are responding to reports of a six-car collision across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater

Chris Brown will not be rising from the ashes in Phoenix this weekend.
The R&B star, arrested last night for allegedly assaulting girlfriend Rihanna, has pulled out of his scheduled appearance Sunday at the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.
The 19-year-old had been tapped to introduce the players with Shaquille O'Neal before tip-off at Phoenix's US Airways Center. His "No Air" partner Jordin Sparks will be singing the national anthem.
"Chris Brown has withdrawn from NBA All-Star events," an NBA spokeswoman confirmed to E! News today.
The big-time basketball fan had also been planning to play Friday in the annual All-Star Celebrity Game, part of the weekend-long festivities.
The cancellation is no surprise considering both Brown and Rihanna scratched their scheduled performances at yesterday's Grammy Awards and Rihanna is expected to scrap a concert Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Besides, any participation on Brown's part would surely be overshadowed by questions about really happened between him and his chart-topping girlfriend. Earlier Monday, gum purveyor Wrigley announced it was pulling all running advertisements for Doublemint Gum featuring the "Kiss Kiss" singer.

TI covers the March issue of Blender magazine and is featured inside with his adorable son Major. In the article, He reveals his been arrested atleast 32 times (I hope he was joking) and talks about how he will pass his time while in the pen.
“You stay to yourself as much as possible. Speak when spoken to. And just mind your business. You ain’t there to make friends. You just there to do your time and go home. Some luxuries are available in some facilities that aren’t available in others. Some facilities have a TV, but you can’t watch it ’cause cats in there wild out so much. I’ll read the Bible a lot. Biographies, magazines. I don’t really read fiction. I read for information, rather than for entertainment. I’ll talk on the phone a lot. I’ll spend a whole day on the phone, checkin’ on what’s goin’ on, makin’ sure things are taken care of. Ain’t a lot to do.”

After the media blitz that ensued after he was charged with one count felony criminal threats against his Rihanna on Sunday night, Chris Brown has another thing to worry about, his endorsement deals.
Wrigley gum has now suspended all advertisements featuring the R&B star, including the popular commercial that even played during the telecast of the 51st Grammy Awards.
A company spokesperson tells Us Weekly:
“Wrigley is concerned by the serious allegations made against Chris Brown. We believe Mr. Brown should be afforded the same due process as any citizen. However, we have made the decision to suspend the current advertising featuring Brown and any related marketing communications until the matter is resolved.”

Director Rachid Bouchareb, is setting up a movie on the early life of legendary civil rights
activist Angela Davis and in a recent interview with THR, he said he wants Beyonce to play the leading role:
“I want Beyonce Knowles
to play Angela Davis,” he said. “It’s a great dramatic role for her.”
Bouchareb, who will produce the movie through his French production company
, plans to shoot in summer 2010 with a budget in the region of $20 - $30 million.

Grammy award winning singer Usher canceled a Pre-Grammy appearance late Saturday to rush to Brazil where his wife Tameka Foster-Raymond suffered “complications from plastic surgery.”
A source close to Usher’s camp told Sandrarose.com last night that Tameka suffered “an emergency related to the plastic surgery,” but she is “fine now.”
According to published reports, neurosurgeon Dr. Gabriel Hunt of LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was flown to Brazil to consult on the case.
The most likely reason that a neurosurgeon would be consulted is if the patient fails to wake up from the anesthesia. This type of emergency can occur when the patient receives too much anesthesia and not enough oxygen during the procedure.
Artists and adult entertainers routinely travel to Brazil to have plastic surgery performed by skilled surgeons at upscale clinic/resorts which offer both privacy and a luxurious setting for the patient to recuperate.
Brazilian doctors are also favored for the cheaper rates they charge.
Usher and Tameka have two children together. Naviyd Ely Raymond, was born in December 2008, and the couple’s first child, Usher Raymond V, was born in November 2007.

Tiger Woods‘ wife, Elin, gave birth on Sunday to their second child–a boy named Charlie Axel Woods. Their daughter Sam was born in 2007 (pictured above). These folks love ambiguous names. Tiger posted a statement on his website saying: “Both Charlie and Elin are doing great and we want to thank everyone for their sincere best wishes and kind thoughts.” Congrats to the couple!

Nas confirmed to MTV news on Sunday at the Grammy Awards, that he and Kelis are expecting a child and they will find out the sex of the baby soon:
“Yeah, man, I find out what it’s gonna be next week, so I’m happy,” said the rapper, who has a 15-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. “I got another one coming in ‘09, yeah! That’s what’s up!”
The news first broke out on US Weekly’s website last month that Kelis was currently in her first trimester. The two also celebrated their wedding anniversary in January.

representative for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed late Sunday, Feb. 8 that popular singer Chris Brown, 19, turned himself in at the Wilshire Police Station on Sunday afternoon, in connection with an alleged domestic violence felony battery report.
The singer voluntarily turned himself in to be questioned and according to TMZ, he was arrested and charged with one count felony criminal threats. His bail was set at $50,000, which he paid and was subsequently released.
Officials are still declining to identify the injured party in the alleged assault and Brown’s court date is scheduled for March 5th.
As stated, Chris Brown and his reported girlfriend Rihanna both cancelled their scheduled Grammy appearances and performances on Sunday night.

Above is a photo of Rihanna and Chris Brown leaving Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy party in his rented Lamborghini on early Sunday morning, just minutes before the alleged attack on an “unidentified victim” in the same car. Sources say, they left the party speeding by their hotel - and ended up in Hancock Park.
Various media outlets are confirming that Rihanna (birth name Robyn Rihanna Fenty) is the reported victim, as everyone speculated. The LAPD is expected to give a briefing on the case later on this evening (PST).
As we reported, Chris has been charged with one count felony criminal threats (which could result in up to 9 years in prison) and is expected to appear in court on March 5th.

Kellogg likes its flakes frosted, not baked.
A couple days after Michael Phelps apologized for being photographed with a marijuana pipe, the cereal maker says it has dropped the 14-time Olympic gold medalist as a spokesman.
"We originally built the relationship with Michael, as well as the other Olympic athletes, to support our association with the U.S. Olympic team," a rep for the Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday, and the swimmer's recent behavior is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."
Their contract with Phelps is set to expire at the end of this month. At press time, the 23-year-old also has a sponsorship deal with Subway, which has declined to comment on its golden boy's slip-up.
Also Thursday, USA Swimming, the sport's governing body in the U.S., suspended Phelps from competition for three months to teach the lad a lesson.
"This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero," the federation said in a statement.
"Michael has voluntarily accepted this reprimand and has committed to earn back our trust."
"It's times like these where you really do get true support, and I've really been able to find out who my friends and family are," Phelps told E! News before the dual announcements were made. "That was some bad judgment, bad mistakes, and I'm all over it."
Phelps, who showed up on boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes after winning a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics last summer, publicly apologized Tuesday for not just saying no to drugs after the British tabloid News of the World published a pic of him appearing to smoke pot at a party last fall.
"I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment," Phelps said in a statement. "I'm 23 years old, and, despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
He then made the smart move of averting attention to whether he'll compete in the 2012 Olympic Games or not.