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HH was inside Mo' Nique's Pre-Oscar Luncheon as she celebrated with Nia Long, Ruby Dee, Gabourey Sidibe and many others. Then out of nowhere, Oprah showed up! Check it out...

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In the 42nd episode of the HipHollywood Weekly Wrap, we hit the red carpet at the 41st NAACP Image Awards and pre-show gala. Vogue Italia shows some love to curvy gals, upcoming talents and stylish black folks with their new websites. Production duo, Avila brothers talk about Usher's upcoming album. We also talk to star of The Forgotten, Rochelle Aytes. Ashy Larry aka Donnell Rawlings show us a thing or two about disrespect.

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AFI FEST 2009 Screening Of Precious: Based On The Novel 'PUSH' By Sapphire

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

HipVid: Oprah Is Psychic!

Oprah is a lot of things...TV Personality, Mogul, Producer, Billionaire...etc.  But now she can add psychic to her resume.  Ms. Winfrey tells HH how she predicted Mo' Nique's Oscar success.  Check it out...

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

Bey Gives Tour of Rehab Facility + Mama Knowles Prays For Grandbabies!

Good Morning America snagged another interview with Beyonce and her mother, Tina Knowles, to discuss their new venture - the Beyonce Cosmetology Center for recovering addicts. During the interview, Bey gives a person tour of the facility and details why it was important for the Phoenix House to have a cosmetology program.

She also forgets to take off her MASSIVE wedding ring, which causes quite a stir in the middle of the interview. Check it out.

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

HipThoughts: The Black Woman "Dilemma" - Just for Profit? 

Over the last few months, we've seen countless articles discussing the plight of the Black woman. These articles detail our supposed problems with finding and keeping love, so-called high rates of "singledom", and recently, everything from our net worth is less than $100 to "half of all Black women have genital herpes" has surfaced. We here at HipHollywood are sick of it and believe that some authors, bloggers, speakers and even research analysts are just creating this mass hysteria for profit.

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

HipVid: Big Boi ft. George Clinton 

There's a whole lot of puff puff pass going on in this here video. Considered the smoker's anthem, 'Fo Yo Sorrows,' is a new joint off of Big Boi's forthcoming Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. The song features funkmaster George Clinton and Too $hort.

Flip the script and take a hit.

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

HipHottie of the Day: Regina King 

Here's Regina King rocking this cute little blue cocktail dress at yesterday's NYC premiere of Our Family Wedding. This woman stays in the gym and she looks fabulous because of her dedication to those weights! Do you see her arms?

We have Forest Whitaker, Eva Marcelle, Lance Gross, America Ferrera, and more of the cast when you turn the page.

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

Zoe Saldana Covers Essence & Talks Sex 

Zoe Saldana is looking cute and casual on the cover of this month's Essence. Her story has an "A to Zoe" theme where she gives little tidbit about her life for each letter. Flip it to read "S"...which stands for sex, naturally.

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

HipCovers: Toni Braxton "Pulse" 

Alright, Toni! Here's Toni Braxton's cover for 'Pulse' set to be released May 4th. We would have loved to see a cover her short hair, reminiscent of her debut album cover. She looks fierce none-the-less!

Tuesday
09Mar2010

HipVid: Mo' & Lady O Celebrate!

HipHollywood was in the building as Mo' Nique celebrated the Oscar's with a luncheon.  Black Hollywood's elite came out to support Mo'...everyone from Nia Long to Ruby Dee, Gabourey to Macy Gray and many more were in attendance.  And then, without warning, Oprah Winfrey enters the restaurant!!!  It was amazing!  Check out our Mo' & Lady O interviews...

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

Gabourey Sidibe's Audition Tape 

Here's the tape that started it all. Check out Gabourey Sidibe in this powerfully moving audition tape. This scene brought everyone to tears in the theater. She's told this story many times before. She skipped school and used her last $5 dollars to get to the audition. Well worth it, wouldn't you say?

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

Just Premiere the Video Already!!!

Seriously, if they don't just release this freakin video! How many little snippets are we going to receive? This video better be the best thing since sweet tea and red velvet cake! (Sorry, that's the ATL girl in me) The Bey & Gaga 'Telephone' vid is set to premiere Thursday on E! News at 11:30pm. That's a really random time, but we guess it's not for the kiddies. Here's the press release statement on the HIGHLY antipated premiere:

"Gritty, erotic and wildly fierce, this nine-minute, visually stunning, cinematic masterpiece is helmed by famed music video director Jonas Akerlund. Rich with Gaga’s unique dance stylings, iconic costume design and unworldly hair and make-up, this is far from your typical music video.

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

HipCovers: Usher 'OMG' + Estelle 'Freak'

Looks like everyone is adopting this "vintage cool" aesthetic for their album art. Me likey. Here's the cover art for Usher's single 'OMG' featuring will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. The album is still set to be released March 30th. Keep your fingers crossed on that one.

Flip it for Estelle's "freaky" new cover art.

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

Michael Jackson's Bodyguards Discuss the King's Love Life

Michael Jackson's bodyguards were featured in an exclusive interview with Good Morning America where they discussed their two year time frame traveling with Jackson and his children. Instead of taking the popular route of bashing Michael, instead, they shed light on his wonderful parenting skills and his love life - one that might surprise folks. The bodyguards seems like some really nice guys, too. Check out the interview on the flipside.

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

Kelis Takes #1 Spot W/ 'Acapella'

Even without saturation on the radio, Kelis' 'Acapella' has taken the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance/Club charts. Owww! The track was produced by David Guetta, so surely it was destined to be a hit. The neon goddess is set to release Flesh Tone this spring. We love Kelis to death, but wouldn't you agree that she kind of channeled the movie Ferngully for this photo? Come on!

Tuesday
09Mar2010

New Music: T.I. 'I'm Back' + Album Details

HipHollywood has learned from Atlantic Records that T.I. is set to release his forthcoming album, yet to be titled, on August 28th.The direction of the album has not been disclosed, but where sure that he'll address his stint in the slammer.

His first single 'I'm Back' hit the net yesterday. Flip the script for all the crunkocity you can handle today.

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Monday
08Mar2010

Lil' Wayne-Chaos In Court (VIDEO)

Check out the chaotic video as Lil' Wayne FINALLY makes his way to jail.  As he enters the courthouse, swarms of people crowd him and make it pretty tough for his police escort to get through...

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