here's a pix of Alexis Collen, the woman in question.

http://celebritynation.blogspot.com/...-new-girl.html

i had hoped the rumor about him and Victoria Rowell was true, i think they would've made a cute couple. plus, she's a bit older and stable...but that's just me;)

^^^
I thought you were talking about Ye's fiancee. But I do see you're talking about Jamie's new squeeze. She is pretty. :D

Ms. Collen is pretty and of hue. I hope this works out for Eric Bishop.

Party pics from the NYSD:

Soror Lynn Whitfield and Joe Morton. I like LW better in classic stuff -- the top looks a bit trendy for a woman of a certain age.

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi...ton_082106.jpg

Actress Tonya Pinkins:

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi...ett_082106.jpg

Jenifer Lewis (left) and Alexandria Wailes:

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi...Wailes2_082106

Soror Jessye Norman:

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi...man_082106.jpg

Also, if you go to the NYSD site, there are pics of Usher Raymond IV's debut in Chicago. Besides Urrsh, there's pictures of Mrs. Patton (his Mom), Emil Wilbekin, Gina Ravera, Amerie, Marsha from Floetry, Keith David, someone who is identified as Mario (but he looks like Moises de la Renta to me).

I attended a performance of Lynn Whitfield in a play called White Chocolate in NYC with Bamboozled.

She looked great, but as far as the acting all I can say is oh dear.....

I had the chance to meet her at Convention.

LOL, I guess they saw Player's Club.

Elton wants to do a hip-hop album (AP)
 

I like Elton, but I find this very funny.

LOS ANGELES - Goodbye yellow brick road, hello hip hop.

Elton John tells Rolling Stone magazine that he wants to record a hip-hop album with Grammy-winning producer Dr. Dre.

"I want to work with Pharrell, Timbaland, Snoop, Kanye, Eminem and just see what happens," John says in the Sept. 7 issue. "It may be a disaster, it could be fantastic, but you don't know until you try."

The 59-year-old says he is a fan of Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and Tupac Shakur's "California Love."

"I want to bring my songs and melodies to hip-hop beats," John says. "I love these beats, but I have no idea how to get them."

John performed Eminem's song "Stan" with the rapper during the 2001 Grammy awards.

John's new album, "The Captain and the Kid," is due in September.

Does Elton realized that No Diggity and California Love are 10 years old? 'Pac's been dead 10 years!:p

I had forgotten about that. :eek: Oh, the horror!!!!

^^^I've always thought of Lynn Whitfield as a stellar actress. :(

I consider her a good actress too-she was outstanding in Eve's Bayou and the Josephine Baker Story too!

Isn't her degree in Theater or Performing Arts? :confused: I guess so much for that...

It wasn't all her fault- that play was AWFUL. The premise was bad, the execution was bad and the story was just idiotic.

The high point of the play was seeing a white lady dress up in blackface. As a maid.

More bad dramatic pick than anything.

Prosecutors drop case in Ramsey slaying
 

BOULDER, Colo. - Prosecutors abruptly dropped their case Monday against John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying DNA tests failed to put him at the crime scene despite his insistence he sexually assaulted and strangled the 6-year-old beauty queen.

Read the rest here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/...onbenet_ramsey


I pretty much expected this to happen...

i took one look at that guy and KNEW he didn't do it.

And the world says a collective "DUH". :p