SOLANGE AND CEE-LO CHILL

Look who was chillin' in Miami last night? Solange. Girlfriend is really growing in her beauty.

KEYSHIA COLE PUBS NEW ALBUM

Keyshia Cole celebrated the release of her album "Just Like You" at Sol in New York City on Wednesday. Early estimates see Keyshia moving over 300 000 for the first week.

JAY-Z PRESSES FORWARD WITH NEW ALBUM

Check out stills of Hov and Pharrell on the set of "Blue Magic." The video, directed by Hype Williams, was done over the weekend in New York City.

USHER GETS INTO WITH MISS JONES

Usher and radio DJ Miss Jones butted heads recently, when the singer appeared to pub his new fragrance. Listen here.

In other Usher news, the two have revealed that they are indeed expecting a son. Usher told People reporters, "I just want my son to fully be coherent and to be healthy, first and foremost."

"I've found that it is a step-by-step process. You can wish for a million and one things. But I hope that my son has the same energy I had as a child," Usher said. "Hopefully, he won't be as bad as me. I hope that he's just a healthy son."

JENNIFER LOPEZ DENIES BABY REPORTS

What does J.Lo say to pregancy rumors: “No, no!" At a launch party for her new album last week in London, Lopez and hubby denied all reports.


“I don’t mind when people talk about this,” she continued. “I get the interest. I’m not the only [celeb] who gets these rumors.” But the newest spate seems to have staying power — despite Anthony issuing his own denial: “Everyone calls about this every month . . . but, no.”

BEYONCE GETS HER FIRST AMEX COMMERCIAL

B gets her first Amex commercial

RUSSELL SIMMONS KEEPS IT REAL

So Russell Simmons is crazy. Page Six reports:

Before Russell Simmons spoke at the Ad Club lunch at the Metropolitan Club honoring Bobby Shriver, he asked if it would be all right to use his usual term of endearment with the Kennedy cousin, "my [N-word]!" When told no, Simmons said, "You're right. There are too many white people in this room." Shriver, whose Project Red raised $45 million to fight disease in Africa, was also "roasted" by his brother-in-law Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (with Maria Shriver) and others. But Simmons got the biggest laugh recalling how he asked Shriver one morning what he was doing. Shriver replied, "I'm working for the poor people. What the [bleep] are you doing?"

NICOLE RICHIE TAKES A DIP

Nicole Richie vacations in Hawaii with boyfriend Joel Madden....baby.

Doesn't Nicole look cute? She looks better than some people who aren't pregnant.

ALICIA KEYS HITS UP 106

AK hit up 106 & Park yesterday to plug her new album.

Alicia is getting her sexy on these days....but I've got to be real.....I hate, hate, hate her latest single. Love AK....hate that song.

IRV GOTTI TRAILER

Check out the trailer for Irv Gotti's upcoming trailer.

It looks pretty decent.....hate to say it.

DIDDY AND ELEPHANT MAN IN A BRAWL?

According to the rumor mill, Diddy and Elephant got in a bout of fisticuffs in the Bad Boy offices in NY when Elephant Man reportedly grew upset w/ the progress of his project.

Well.....Diddy wants to put to bed any rumors of a rift between him and Elephant Man.

"Elephant Man's been in Jamaica," he explained. "He was here and when I was here — you see, I don't have problems like that, to be honest. That sh-- right there, that be happening to other people. That sh-- don't be happening to me. My house is all good and everybody sees the way I handle my problems, you know what I'm saying? You just kind of let it go. Everything don't need to be addressed. You kinda take that approach."

What???? Did that go over anyone else's head?

LIL WAYNE TURNS 25

Weezy F Baby celebrated his 25th birthday this weekend in Houston.


Bun B and Mike Jones hit the party

Baby was there of course

Bentley was there trying to look normal.

LISA RAYE TURNS 40

Lisa Raye celebrated her 40th birthday this Sunday. Girlfriend looks good for 40.


Her husband was there of course. I guess they're still hanging in there past the adultery rumors.

Bobby Brown was there w/ his new boo.

Da Brat was there looking like she did 2 decades ago.

Niecy Nash was there sporting her new "just got a divorce" figure. Girl that break up diet is the truth.

Tisha Campbell & Duane Martin were there squashing rumors of break-up

Eddie Murphy's ex Nicole hit up the party as well

REMY MA STILL A FOOL

So this is what Remy Ma decided to wear to court last week….She stupid. No verb…just subject and adjective.

Boo this ain’t no fashion show (not that she would even win wearing a plaid shirt and boots last week when it was still officially summer), you have been charged with a crime.

NELLY & ASHANTI STILL HANGIN'

Nelly supported his boo Ashanti at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Hosts World Premiere for her new film Resident Evil: Extinction last week. You know….for a while I thought these two weren’t really a couple, but I’m actually starting to think they’re legit.

They make a handsome couple.

JAY-Z & BEYONCE KEEP IT FRESH

Jay-Z and Beyonce were spotted walking in Soho on Friday. I can't even hate....these two are the hotness.

EDDIE MURPHY & TRACEY EDMONDS PLAN WEDDING

It seems Eddie Murphy may be f---ing for work. As he and Tracey Edmonds plan their "fun and casual" wedding, Eddie revealed that the Tracey is producing a movie for him.

"We've got a couple different things with each other we're working on," Murphy revealed. One tentative project includes a comedy costarring Chris Tucker. "I have two comedies," Edmonds explained, adding, "We are actually doing a lot of things."

USHER AND TAMKEKA OUT AND ABOUT

Usher and his now 7 month pregnant wife are spotted out and about.

JAY-Z PICKS UP THE MIC AGAIN

Hov has just revealed that he's about to release a new album. This dude is never going to put the mic down....Thank goodness because the game is struggling.

He told reporters he was moved by a recent screening of the Ridley Scott-directed "American Gangster."



Here his first single, "Blue Magic."

MYA TO HIT CHICAGO

The NY Daily News reports that Mya may be up for a role in Broadway's "Chicago." Duncan Stewart, the casting director responsible for Usher's turn as Billy Flynn and Ashlee Simpson's as Roxy Hart, was spotted scouting her at a party she hosted Saturday for 10 Cane rum at the Dream hotel.

In other Mya news, the singer was spotted performing at Skool'd, a benefit event hosted by Richie Rich on Wednesday night at Sol in New York. The proceeds go to the Ali Forney Center and the Reciprocity Foundation — organizations that assist lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender homeless youth in New York.

RIHANNA GRACES FASHION

Rihanna graces the October issue of Canada's Fashion Magazine. Girlfriend is doing it.....

DIDDY HOSTS UNFORGIVABLE LAUNCH PARTY

Diddy gives photographers a whiff of his new fragrance, Unforgivable Woman, at a launch party Wednesday in New York.

This week, he got so confident he issued a challenge on Rachel Ray’s talk show:“This week I am going to challenge my female counterparts, from J.Lo, Mariah, Sarah Jessica Parker to Gwen Stefani, that my fragrance is better than theirs. I am a man, and I know how a woman should smell.”


DJ Clue

Beyonce

Aretha Franklin

3LW'S Adrienne Bailon

JENNIFER LOPEZ OFFERED KFC PARTY

This is one of the silliest things I've heard in a while.




KFC has extended Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's tour bus with a chicken invitation: Party with us while you're on the road. Anthony recently admitted to Access Hollywood that he harbors a major KFC addiction, saying, "I can't eat anything else after a concert."

Now reportedly, J.Lo is not a big fan of KFC, but KFC president Gregg Dedrick still publicly extended an invitation. "We would like to offer you, your entourage and a few VIP guests an 'all access' pass to the KFC location of your choice," Dedrick wrote in an open letter to the couple. "You have a bucketful of choices for 'after party' locations because KFC has more than 5,500 restaurants across the country. Hearing about your fondness for KFC was music to our ears, so just name the time and the place and we'll open our doors to you for a post-concert feast."

ASHANTI PROMOTES RESIDENT EVIL

Ashanti is doing it these days....She hit up Planet Hollywood yesterday to donates memorabilia from her upcoming movie "Resident Evil: Extinction"