After a hiatus from the music industry, R&B crooner Ginuwine is back on the scene with “Last Chance,” the first single from his still-untitled upcoming album.

The video features actress Lisa Raye.

VH1 reality star Tiffany Pollard will return to the Celebreality network on Monday, May 4 for the premiere of New York Goes to Work, a new The Simple Life-esque unscripted series that will see the outspoken diva working in a variety of mainstream 9 to 5 positions selected by the viewing public. Read the rest of this entry »

The lineup has been announced for the 2009 Essence Music Festival. Look for stars like Beyonce, Robin Thicke, Lionel Richie, and John Legend are just a few of the artists who have now been confirmed for this year’s festival, which will take place in New Orleans July 3-5.

A judge sentenced T.I. to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges on Friday.

The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, wore a dark gray suit and black dress shirt and tie for sentencing. T.I. plead guilty last March after he was arrested on October 13, 2007 for attempting to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. He had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count, until he cut a deal and pleaded guilty last March to the federal weapons charge.

T.I. has already has completed about 1,000 hours of court-ordered community service warning youths about the dangers of guns, drugs, violence. He still needs to complete 470 additional hours.

“Today I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to all,” the rapper told U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. at this morning’s session.

“Everything I learned was through trial and error….“I’ve learned lessons in my life to put in my music so people won’t make the same mistakes as I.”

The Grammy Award winner will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison.

Method Man insists he’s not broke. In fact, he’s got a very interesting reason for why New York State tax collectors repoed his 2008 Lincoln Navigator from his Staten Island home last week–it’s because he is a weedhead. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW Video from Maino & T-Pain–”All The Above”

Maino’s debut album is slated for release in June.

Jennifer Hudson received an engagement gift for two on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday. The talk show host presented the Oscar/Grammy-winning artist with a totem bike that she can share with soon-to-be hubby David Ortunga.

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(Jennifer Hudson performs “If This Isn’t Love” on Ellen…_)

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Check out the costumes designer Thierry Mugler created for Beyonce’s world tour, which kicks off in Edmonton, Canada on Thursday.

“Sasha Fierce is another aspect of Beyoncé’s personality. She is Fierce on stage and Beyoncé in real life. I tried to understand these two sides with my own perception of both aspects,” Thierry tells WWD.

Stars Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, and Idris Elba talk about their upcoming thriller Obsessed.