Congratulations to Mo'Nique!!!!!   Mo'Nique is taking home a well deserved Golden Globe for her role in Precious. The Lee Daniels directed film "Precious: Based On The Novel By Sapphire" was nominated for three Golden Globe awards including Best Picture.   Mo'Nique was nominated and won for best supporting actress.  Her competition included the stunning Penelope Cruz for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona . Incredibly, when the movie was in production it didn't even have distribution.  That was quickly remedied when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry jumped in to the rescue. The all-star cast also includes Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz and Sherri Shepherd.  Big Ups to  Mo'Nique!!!

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Posted by: Red Carpet Shelley on Jan 17, 2010

The 37th Annual American Music Awards went down last night. There was good bad and ugly (as usual). The good Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performing Empire State of Mind!   Also, my girls Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson (Hammer pants notwithstanding!)  Whitney's performance was simply soul stirring -- it moved country singer Reba McEntire to tears.  Other notable performances:  Lady Gaga!   Whether you like her or not her performances are always memorable.   Now that we're done with the good, how about the bad!   What was up with J Lo?  Someone tweeted that her outfit was She by Sheree!   And, then during her boxing match set she got knocked down (ok, she fell down)!!!!  She got up fast though - if you blinked you missed it.   Ok, now the ugly - Adam Lambert - there's so much bad and ugly here that I'm going to leave it alone but my guess is that he won't be back for an encore next year -- nasty, nasty, nasty!

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Posted by: Red Carpet Shelley on Nov 23, 2009

Most women will agree Trey Songz is tre tre sexy!!   So sexy  that even with Toni Braxton 's husband seated in the audience at the Soul Train awards earlier this week, she gave Mr. Songz a wet, delicious, juicy kiss in front of everyone.

Toni's classes at Cougar University are filling up fast so get in there young ladies!!!

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Posted by: Red Carpet Shelley on Nov 06, 2009

Last night Atlanta played host to the 2009 Soul Train Awards which returned after a two year break. The who's who of the black music industry attended the event including, of course, co-hosts Taraji P. Hensen and Terrence Howard, Charlie Wilson, Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, Keri Hilson, Monica, Chrisette Michelle, Keith Sweat, MC Hammer, Fantasia (who has lost much weight and looks great!), Chico DeBarge and the list goes on.  However, there were quite a few big no shows as well.  Among the no shows: Beyonce, Kanye West, Maxwell, Mary Mary, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and Drake. The absentees were glaring because many of them won awards but were not present to accept.  Beyonce won several awards including Best Album.  Mary, Mary and Maxwell also won awards.   Some of the moments of note, Charlie Wilson receiving the Soul Train Legend Award and a special tribute performance.  The tribute included performances by Keith Sweat, Genuwine, Raheem DeVaughn, Brian Mcknight, K-Ci and JoJo and Kandi.  Angie Stone did a tribute to Chaka Khan by performing "Ain't Nobody".  The act was highlighted by Chaka jumping in at the end to duet with Angie spontaneously (hope this isn't edited out!).

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Posted by: Red Carpet Shelley on Nov 04, 2009