Maxwell stopped by ABC’s GMA Wednesday to promote his new CD Blacksummers’snight and perform a live rendition of his hit “Pretty Wings.”

Estranged hip-hop couple Nas and Kelis welcomed a healthy baby boy, named Knight, in a New York City hospital on Tuesday.

According to MTV.com, Nas was not allowed to be present at the birth

A source says: “Nas is in New York City, anxiously awaiting the arrival of his son. It was his intention to be there for the birth, but unfortunately he has not been allowed to be present.

“While this is clearly heartbreaking to him, Nas continues to offer his support and love to his new baby boy and his mother.”

The birth of their son marks the first child for Kelis, and the second for Nas, who has a 15-year-old daughter, Destiny, from a previous relationship.

Whitney Houston hosted a listening party for her highly anticipated new album, I Look To You, in New York City on Tuesday night. I Look To You — Whitney’s first album of original material since 2002 — drops in stores September 1, and mogul Clive Davis is oiling up the old publicity machine to ensure the effort hits Billboard in a major way.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz 411 reports that Whitney has signed a deal to appear in an ABC special that will air the last week of August, just days ahead of the album’s scheduled release.

First Lady Michelle Obama debuted a new haircut on Tuesday.

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Kim Kardashian says she is becoming increasingly bothered by harsh remarks from the public about her interracial romance with African-American New Orleans Saints star Reggie Bush.

Kim and Reggie were recently criticized for their decision to embark on a charity trip to Africa to tour diamond mines with Russell Simmon’s Global Grind Organization. The socialite claims she was blasted by critics who felt she “didn’t belong.”

“I don’t understand it because I was raised to not see color,” the Armenian bombshell told FOX411 at the Three O Bubble Vodka Launch party in New York City earlier this month.

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A concert film of Michael Jackson’s final rehearsals will open in theaters this fall, according to reports.

Sony Pictures paid concert promoters AEG Live $60 million for the rights to footage shot during the late King of Pop’s rehearsals for the This Is It Concert Series, The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz 411 Column learned late Tuesday.

The tour would have opened at London’s O2 Arena last week — only two weeks after Michael’s death of a suspected heart attack. The film will hit theaters Friday, October 30.

Adam Yauch, of pioneering rap group the Beastie Boys, has been diagnosed with what is described as a “very treatable” cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. Read the rest of this entry »

Tyler Perry has stepped up to give the vacation of a lifetime to sixty-five Pennsylvania children who were turned away from an exclusive swim club in surburban Philadelphia.

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“He wanted to do something nice for them and let them know that for every negative experience, there are people out there who want them to succeed regardless of the color of their skin,” Keleigh Thomas, Perry’s publicist, told CNN.
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Whitney Houston has released the tracklisting for her long-awaited comeback album. Read the rest of this entry »

TMZ.com is reporting that “Milkshakin’” R&B star Kelis is currently in labor in a New York City hospital. The 29-year-old is about to deliver a brand new baby boy that will be the first son for her estranged husband Nas.

Although through was some confusion at first, Nas’ lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, says the rap star is in New York for the birth of the baby and is now “rushing to the hospital to be with her.”