HAS AUBREY REALLY BEEN KICKED OUT OF DANITY KANE?

So it’s brought to our attention in last night’s season finale of ‘Making the Band 4’ that Aubrey‘s future with Danity Kane is nigh. Speculation is high that the most popular and trashy member of DK has been kicked out all because Diddy is sick and tired of her overly outspoken nature and behaviour:

At this point who cares? I’m not really buying it that Diddy has kicked out the power charger behind the group. Of course something like this makes for intensive compelling television so this all stinks of a promotional publicity stunt if ya ask me. Curiousity now falls on whether the group will be seen as a five-piece at the next event they attend. I’m very aware that the group has had their issues amidst all the break-up rumours in the past. However, Diddy needs to realise that DK is the best thing that’s ever happened to Bad Boy and Diddy’s bitchassness will certainly cave in if he were to let such a good thing deteriorate. It’s also reported that the remaining members have started recording their third studio album. But the real question lies in whether the group really can survive without Aubrey.

PERFORMANCE ROUND-UP: ALICIA KEYS, LEONA LEWIS, JENNIFER HUDSON & DANITY KANE…..

Alicia Keys performed her latest single ‘Superwoman’ earlier this morning live on Regis and Kelly:

Niiice.

Danity Kane performed their smash ‘Damaged’ at the Declare Yourself event last month:

Remember to tune into Making the Band 4 Season 3 Season Finale tomorrow at 9 pm on MTV.

Jennifer Hudson performed her latest single ‘Spotlight’ Live on Jimmy Kimmel last week:

If I posted this already then mad apologies.

Leona Lewis performed ‘Better In Time’ last week on the talent show America’s Got Talent:

Yes. I know all about her brand new performances that she did for Stripped. I was going to post them but all the vids were taken off YouTube. I’ll post them once they become available again.

WHAT LIES IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE OF DANITY KANE?

In the latest new trailer for ‘Making The Band’, a prissy P. Diddy tries to get to the route of the very problem that’s been dogging the future of the group for months. In a very intense season finale, it appears Diddy has kicked out one (or two) of the members (Aubrey & D. Woods):

…..or did he really? Or is this just a stunted exaggeration to bring in ratings so that MTV grants him another show? After all, can you really see the group lasting for any longer if two of them are no longer apart of it? I know Diddy knows better than to seperate the ONLY recording artists that bring in any type of revenue to his poorly-managed Bad Boy label. Plus, it was only last week on Sept 24th that the girls were all seen together at Declare Yourself’s “Domino Effect” event in Hollywood. You can catch the controversial finale episode via MTV on October 7th at 9 p.m.

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT…..

Rihanna attended the FABFIVE Vanity Fair Party at Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2009 held at Triennale Design Miuseum on September 25th in Milan, Italy:

Rih looked fierce and is set to follow in Beyonce‘s footsteps by launching her own clothing line in the future. I love her style so I would definetely check it out. I’ll post more on that when it all becomes official. Right now, the singer is pondering on it as she’d like to take her time.

Kelly Rowland attends the Roberto Cavalli fashion show at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009 on September 24th, 2008 in Milan, Italy:

That’s more like it Kelly!

Christina Aguilera hosted the Esquire House Hollywood Hills “Rock The Vote” event last night:

Not liking the make-up. Too much. She attended with her hubby Jordan Bratman but I’d rather not…..

Danity Kane attendedt Declare Yourself’s “Domino Effect” on Sept 24th:

Somebody rescue that poor dog!!!!

Christina Milian was spotted out on set in Malibu as she was seen shooting scenes for an upcoming movie:

The singer will premiere her new single ‘Us Against The World’ on Oct 6th.

Jennifer Lopez & hubby Marc Anthony were seen last night at “Golden Age” Dolce & Gabbana party to celebrate Domenico Dolce 50th anniversary:

J.Lo is looking sharp and elegant but doesn’t she always?

DANITY KANE’S AUBREY WHORES IT UP FOR ‘COMPLEX’…..

No doubt that Danity Kane‘s Aubrey ‘O Day is the most controversial sexed up member of the group; the one that talks up to Diddy the most and the one whom everyone believes will be the first to go solo and do her own thing. Well, the chick is taking her bad girl rep up a notch by doing yet another steamy photoshoot and interview for Complex magazine and living it up some more by talking about porn and sextapes…..

I’m going to post the most interesting parts of the interview, and of course Aubrey talks bout her love of sex:

How many Danity Kane albums are you locked in for?

Aubrey: Seven, not including holiday and live albums.

On having sex whilst on your period.

Aubrey: Yeah. There was some new guy I was dating, and it was the first time we were going to go there, and he was weird about it. So I ask Jenna for advice and she’s like, “Honey, it’s just a little war paint, who cares?”

Guys are always curious about girls and porn.

Aubrey: I usually watch black guys doing white girls, that’s my little fetish, even though in real life race isn’t a factor for me. Really, I’m more turned on by watching the girls than the guys. I love someone who looks like they’re really into sex.

All this porn talk raises the question: Would you ever be in one?

Aubrey: I wouldn’t. I’d like to keep my sex life personal. I’ve had sex on camera with my boyfriend for fun, though.

Damn, you know those things can leak, right?

Aubrey: I’ve made all of them delete it right after we watched it.

That’s what you think.

Aubrey: No, I’ve watched them delete it. But let me tell you the key to that. If you do a live feed through the TV, you can watch it on the TV while you’re doing it and it never records.

Sex on your period is just straight nasty to me. Even just thinking about it is enough to raise an eyebrow. I know some chicks are into it but no! Besides, I don’t know why Aubrey is acting so sensitive to not having a public sextape because we all know she’s a step away from doing Playboy. Read the full interview HERE.

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT // CHRIS BROWN WRITES FOR NEW BRITNEY ALBUM…..

Last night, Ms Janet Jackson kicked off her ‘Rock Witchu Tour’ which went down at the GM Place in Vancouver, B.C:

Wow. Janet really do have one hell of an ass. I am quite surprised she didn’t go stick thin for the tour which I’m quite happy about. Go Janet!

She was rocking the same hairstyle she wore in her atrociously cheesy ‘Call On Me’ video a few years ago:

JANET-WORLD.DE

The gig featured more than five costume changes and 30 chart-topping hits including ‘Rhythm Nation’, ‘Control’, and ‘Let’s Wait Awhile’. Janet’s ‘Rock Witchu Tour’ will see its way across the United States stopping in various cities including Oakland, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, Washington, D.C., New York, Atlanta, and San Diego.

Mariah Carey performed on Canadian Idol this week and was accompanied by hubby Nick Cannon:

She looks great I guess.

Keri Hilson attended a GQ Magazine party at the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage in Las Vegas on Tuesday:

Keri was looking absolutely amazing from head to toe. That’s one gorgeous chick right there. Good to see she’s still hustling to get that album out.

Christina Milian attended the Zodiac Show:

The event was hosted by former Pussycat Dolls member Carmit Bachar. Christina arrived with her younger sister Danielle. They both looked cute.

Chris Brown was spotted on the set of his new movie ‘Bone Deep’ in Los Angeles, California on Monday:

That boy reeks of all sorts of sexy. I bet he knows it too.

Chris has also responded to Jordin Sparks remarks about fancying him but Rihanna ruining her chances. He says:

“I heard that [she has a crush on me]”, said Chris at the 5th annual Fashion Rocks show in NYC on September 5th. “But when we did that video, I didn’t feel that chemistry. I didn’t feel that. When they yell action, you have to put on a certain performance, but as far as off-camera: there’s no connection”. SOURCE

This is EXACTLY what I said not too long ago. He’s right.

Oh, and he’s also writing for the new Britney Spears album since they’re on the same label and all:

“I actually wrote a couple songs for her now”. Brown said, noting that Spears hadn’t yet heard the new songs. “We’re on the same label, so all the executives heard the records and they love the records, so hopefully she’ll cut it” he said. “But if she doesn’t, oh well, we’ll go back in the studio and still do some more records for her”.

Damn, Chris is writing for EVERYBODY these days. He sure knows how to make that paper. Good for him. He’s knowing that the money isn’t made through record sales.

Meanwhile, his girlfriend Rihanna was spotted visiting him on the set of the actual movie yesterday:

The couple were shuttled around in a cargo van while they both covered their heads with a white towel. Chris is in the photo behind Rihanna. Funny.

Cassie attended The Lebron James Family Foundation at the Ralph Lauren store in NYC:

I like this get-up.

Cassie looked cute when she hit up the Prada presents a screening of ‘Fallen Shadows’ at the Prada Epicenter in NYC on Tuesday night:

The event was also attended by Robin Thicke and his beautiful wife Paula Patton.

Solange Knowles hosted her album release party at Prive Nightclub in Las Vegas on Monday night:

Word on the E-Streets is that Matthew Knowles is trying to shop a reality show based solely on Solange and E! are reportedly interested. Wouldn’t surprise me….

Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson attended the Golf Rocks event during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday in Toronto, Canada:

They did promo over there for their latest movie ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ which is set to drop on Oct 17th. Put away those saggy stretch marked titties Jen.

Alicia Keys was seen out and about in NYC earlier today:

Looking good Licia!

Brandy attended the Ports 1961 Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Monday in NYC:

She sure has been glowing lately. Good to see Brandy out and about at all the latest industry events. Nov 11th bishes!

Mel B and hubby Stephen Belafonte attended the Dash & Smooch Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Tuesday in NYC:

Mel clearly loves her man. Who’d have thought they’d have been together after a year? Not me that’s for sure….

Leona Lewis was spotted leaving In Touch Weekly’s Icons and Idols Celebration which took place at Chateau Marmont on Sunday night in Hollywood, California:

HOT!

Danity Kane‘s D. Woods and Aubrey O’Day were spotted attending W Magazine’s New York Affair on Monday:

Aubrey was also seen on her lonesome at the Style360 Spring 2009 – Ultimo / Dash and Smooch in New York today for Fashion Week.

Keyshia Cole attended a private dinner at One Sunset with super producer Danja and rapper T.I (not pictured) over the weekend:

Could Keyshia and Danja be discussing working together on her new album? I wonder if it’s still dropping this Christmas. It’s been pretty quiet on that front.

R&B singers Deborah Cox and Letoya Luckett attended rapper LL Cool J‘s ‘Exit 13’ album release party at Tenjune on September 9th, in New York City:

Letoya also attended the Lia Sophia Jewelry Suite on September 6, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. She got made over by celebrity eyelash guru Ja’Maal Buster.

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT…..

Pop beauties Fefe Dobson and Christina Milian affectionately posed it up and appeared to have drank themselves under the table when they both attended the ‘House of Hype’ Pre-VMA Party which took place at a Private Residence in Hollywood over the weekend:

Wooooow! Now I see what everyone was talking about when they said Rihanna completely jacked Fefe Dobson style. It seems Riri certainly did a proper image evaluation on homegirl right down to the hair, dress sense and the very star tats behind the ears. I’m at a loss for words right about now….

Other R&B folk who hit up the same event included Danity Kane‘s Dawn Richards, Solange Knowles, Robin Thicke, PCD‘s Melody Thornton and Raven Symone:

Raven needs to learn how to dress to accentuate her shape. Everything is all sorts of wrong, from the dress, shoes and… well, where do I start?

Amerie and Janet Jackson hit up another MTV VMA event in Hollywood over the weekend:

Looking great ladies!

Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Adrienne Bailon and Danity Kane attended In Touch Weekly’s Icons and Idols Celebration which took place at Chateau Marmont on Sunday night in Hollywood, California:

Surprisingly, everyone looked nice. Well, nearly everyone, lol.

Kelly Rowland attended the ‘Maisha Africa’ Charity Gala to benefit the Rwandan children, during the 34th U.S. Film Festival in France on Sunday:

Kelly looking totally tittylicious in a daringly lowcut dress and making the most out of those new boobs.

Usher was spotted at LAX yesterday:

Usher seems really happy that he’s about to become a father for the second time. Congrats to him and Tameka.

Fantasia performed at the 23rd Annual ‘National Council of Negro Women’s Black Family Reunion’ at the National Mall in Washington DC on Sunday:

She’s turning into Kelis with the multiple dye….

Brandy and Jennifer Lopez were spotted at Reese’s Spring/Summer 2009 Runway Show, during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City last week:

Jen chilled with close pal Victoria Beckham but Jen looked MAD FIERCE in that white dress. Vintage Jen at its finest.

Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted arriving at Club Element in Hollywood, California over the weekend:

The couple were seen landing at LAX Airport on September 6th for the VMA’s. So far so good…..

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT: VMAS SPECIAL…..

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards was a catastrophe last night. But before I talk about the wackness, I want to discuss Ms Britney Spears. Britney COINCIDENTLY won in ALL the categories she was nominated in, which was very suspicious. People can talk smack about her fans voting hard but where were those fans when ‘Toxic’ was waaaaay more deserving four years ago? She practically won Awards where it no longer matters especially when she should have won those Awards at the height of her career (since she’s considered the certified ratings-puller throughout her VMAs career).

Toxic video was brilliant, from the costumes, the execution and the female James Bond concept as well as the song itself being hot. Aint no way ‘Piece of Me’ is touching anything on ‘Toxic’. In fact, ‘Piece of Me’ video pales in comparison and is pretty crap. So if she was going to win any awards for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year, it should have been for Toxic. I am really shocked she reigned over Rihanna who obviously had the better video. It is STRAIGHT obvious that MTV gave her all those Awards because 1. They felt bad for partially contributing towards her disatrous VMA performance last year, forcing her to perform just to get ratings knowing full well that she was still ill and not at all in the right frame of mind. 2. The VMA’s is well noted for Britney and yet she’d never won a Moonie in her 10-year career. 3. They negotiated with Brit’s people to have her appear provided that she wins one, if not all her categories. MTV had no main highlight and felt Britney was worth it. 4. It goes without saying that MTV only cares about ratings and not the wellbeing of the artists performing but maybe just maybe, they CARED and wanted to make her feel good about her comeback since they contributed towards her humilaition last year.

I instantly knew she was going to win all her categories because they were hyping up her appearnce like the best thing since sliced bread and hot chocolate. But to me, I felt a bit cheated considering that I didn’t find her skit to be AT ALL interesting and then, when she did take to the stage she was on for LESS THAN A MINUTE. The way they were hyping her up, I was expecting something big. Even if she previewed a brand new music video to show she’s truly back or something. That said, she looked FANTASTIC. Her weave wasn’t that perfect but it was a massive upgrade from recent months since it use to look like a ragged birds nest. Her dress was BLAZING and her body showed that the bitch was working it and how she truly is taking her comeback seriously. She looked like the old Britney from 5-6 years ago – the Britney from pre-K-Fed days. But all of those wins were just blatant and quite deceving really. MTV aint pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes.

One performance that pissed me off was Rihanna‘s ‘Disturbia’:

When I saw the gothic-themed dancers take to the stage and the brilliant set, I thought this should be really good. But the chick was stiff and had no fluency to make herself stand out. If anything, her dancers were showing her up and that should not have been the case. At times, my focus on Rihanna got lost and I became transfixed on her dancers who were the REAL stars of that performance. And to top it all off, her vocals were shaky. One can be forgiven for thinking a sheep was having an orgasm, except there was nothing orgasmic about Rihanna’s performance. She looked hot and her outfits were visually-engaging but the performance was a miss. It was one of those moments where I saw my admiration for the chick (as an artist) fade away into obscurity. I am shocked Rihanna doesn’t get the same stick as Cassie as a performer because right now, they’re pretty much on the same level as far as lacking stage presence is concerned. The chick did make up for it during her performance with rapper T.I. where they collaborated on his newest single ‘Live Your Life’, but not by much I must add. Damn shame, but I can’t really say I’m shocked. I love Rihanna’s edgy and cleverly ear-catching pop tunes but performance-wise, wham, bam, no thank you mam!

Pink absolutely ROCKED it out:

I love this chick. Even after she ditched the R&B to do the pop-rock route, I’ve never stopped respecting her as an artist AND most of all a performer. She is such an underrated performer it aint even funny. Anyone who saw her Janet Jackson tribute a couple of years ago on MTV will know Pink can throw down and the same swagger can be seen in her earlier video’s since ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ era. I can’t wait to listen to her new album. I’m reading she’s worked with Danja so whatever those two have cooked up together should be pretty interesting. I really enjoyed her last album ‘I’m Not Dead’ because it was political and had some thought-provoking messages behind it but overall, the music was enjoyable. As for the song ‘So What’, I liked it on the first listen because it is so fiesty and characteristically out there that I couldn’t help but like the song. In fact, when I first listened to it, the song made me laugh and any song that can do that is a winner in my book. Pink, certainly isn’t dead I’ll give her that, but more alive than life itself. Cracking stuff.

The other performance I’m going to concentrate on is Christina Aguilera:

I personally liked the euro-pop/electronica twist she put on the originally poppy ‘Genie In A Bottle’. Soon after, she launched into her new song ‘Keeps Getting Better’ which has grown on me DRAMATICALLY. As I previously said during the song leaking last week, the sound she’s going for, Pink actually did it since 2002 so I’m really not seeing the freshness. On top of that, her look is comparative to several blonde-haired pop chicks I can think of. It seems she’s catching on to what’s ‘hot’ right now to gaurantee herself a successful comeback. Not that I’m complaining because she works it well. My only disappintment was that she lip synced which is not the best way to make a comeback since she’s known for her impressive powerhouse vocals. This is what has separated her from the likes of Britney and Ashlee Simpson and now she pretty much put herself on their level when she’s soooo above them.

I don’t even have anything else to say about the other performances. They’re just not worth my time apparently. The VMAs have lost the spark and entertainment value that made the Network its name and respect. When they can’t offer any more gimmicks or shock tactics it’s always left to the performers to put on a great show and when they can’t even do that, what’s the point? I do know that penises shrivelled to prune and vagina’s dried up to sandpaper that a certain “Bootylicious” singer didn’t take to the stage, but you know how her stans are. If Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ciara, Alicia and so forth aren’t on that stage next year I’ll know better. LOL!

Anyway, here’s the other R&B folk that attended. Chris Brown, Solange Knowles, Ciara, Keri Hilson, Danity Kane, The Pussycat Dolls, Mel B, Ne-yo, Jordin Sparks, Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cotter and her man T.I:

I can’t even be arsed to speak on who looked hot and not. The pictures speak for themselves obviously. I hear Jordin Sparks upset folks when she claimed she wasn’t a slut due to rocking a Promise ring:

“I just have one thing to say about promise rings. It’s not bad to wear a promise ring,” Sparks, 18, told the crowd, off-the-cuff, “because not everybody – guy or girl – wants to be a slut.” READ MORE

I think it’s brilliant she’s choosing to hang onto her virginity. I don’t get the big deal though. I think it came out all wrong and I don’t think she meant any harm by her comment even if it does come off as generalizing.

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT…..

Yesterday, Rihanna and Chris Brown continued on with their lovers parade as they were spotted holding hands whilst filming a music video in Hollywood:

I’m kind of confused. A music video? For what? Unless she was shooting her part for T.I‘s new single or her part for the latest charity single ‘Just Stand Up’ with Chris there for support (he was also on the set of her vid ‘If I Never See Your Face Again’). UPDATE: A TW READER INFORMS ME THAT CHRIS IS SHOOTING A NEW MUSICVIDEO OFF HIS RE-RELEASE ‘FOREVER’ AND RIHANNA PLAYS HIS LEADING LADY. Anyway, as for the black and white striped bubble dress, she could easily hide a hundred and one dalmations in there. Not really flattering. I cant say I was feeling the get-up. And her hair was looking rather lapse than usual. At this year’s VMAs, Rihanna is rumoured to join T.I. for the first-ever performance of their collaboration ‘Live Your Life,’ the new single off T.I.’s new album ‘Paper Trail’. As well as the collaboration, the 20-year-old is set to perform her latest smash ‘Disturbia’ for the very first time as well.

Over the weekend, Mya held her foundations fun day finale at the Howard Academy and Public Charter school in North East DC for the Mya Arts Foundation:

Mya was showing her love to the kiddies. The children demonstrated their dance and technical skills they learned in their 6 weeks at summer camp. Mya’s music career may have fallen on deaf ears but she’s been shooting some scenes for a brand new movie called ‘Bottleworld’.

Ashanti hosted the 97.5 KVEG Purse Party at Poetry Nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas over the weekend:

Cute! I’m loving this whole entire look. Tomorrow night, Ashanti will headline Lifetime’s “Every Woman Counts” event where she’ll take to the stage once again.

Danity Kane‘s D. Woods and Aubrey attended the Best of Both Worlds birthday celebration in NYC alongside Teyana Taylor and John Legend:

I have no words.

R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT…..

The wackness which is BET’s ‘106 & Park’ celebrated their 2000th episode on Tuesday in NYC. Keyshia Cole was spotted at the special taping which saw an array of artists show up for the celebration. Jennifer Hudson also performed latest single ‘Spotlight’:

It’s puzzling why Jen stays promoting a song that’s not currently recieving any momentum. I smell a November pushback. They should try and put out another single whilst they have the time. Spotlight is a nice song but I instantly knew it didn’t have the right essence for radio to be all over it.

Danity Kane were spotted at the MTV studio’s after a taping at TRL:

Dawn was spotted rocking the same Herve Leger dress Rihanna rocked a couple of weeks ago. Her and D. Woods were spotted leaving the studio in different outfits. D. Woods was dressed up like a Granny with the crinkled black dress and weird yellow trainers combo. No maam. Not feeling that get-up at all.

Dawn also attended the ‘Making the Band 4’ premiere party at Guest House on Tuesday in New York City. The new season started this week. Others that attended included a couple of members of Day 26 and Teyana ‘a sight for sore eyes’ Taylor:

What is going on with Teyana’s album? Not that I care much, but it’s been eons since she put out ‘Google Me’, and a second single isn’t out. She is starting to become a drifter. So much for being the new Kelis.

Tyrese was spotted leaving MTV studios in Times Square, New York City Tuesday after an appearance on TRL:

….whilst Jordin Sparks was spotted leaving ABC studios in New York City after an appearance on ‘Good Morning America’. Ne-yo was also spotted hanging out in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

The Cheetah Girls were spotted signing copies of their new CD ‘One World’ for their newest Disney channel movie ‘Cheetah Girls: One World’:

Not mad at them at all for milking that Disney hustle.