Alicia Keys is teaming up with jewelry designer Gisèle Theriault to debut her own line of jewelry called The Barber’s Daughter. The line's name, The Barber's Daughter, was explained by Theriault to be from growing up in the small coastal town of Cape Breton in Canada, where “a name meant nothing. Whose child you were was everything.”




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On November 23 and 24, Alicia and Gisele Theriault will debut the current line with a special TWO-DAY only retail gallery event. The items will be available for purchase or custom order on site at the Jewelry Experience.

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The store is open to the public and anyone who visits the store on November 23rd can collect a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a meet and greet with Alicia on November 24th! The raffle will be held in the store at 8pm and winners do not have to be present at that time in order to receive their prize.

Full Store Details:
Location: Collette Blanchard Gallery, 26 Clinton Street, NYC
Store Hours: Monday, November 23rd: 11am to 10pm
Tuesday, November 24th: 12pm to 6pm

Visit TheBarbersDaughters.com to see the entire collection

Check out Sessilee Lopez struttiing her sti=uff at the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York at the Lexington Avenue Armory. It will air on CBS December 1st 2009.






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Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley present “Distant Relatives,” brought to you by VTech at National Geographic's Grosvenor Auditorium on December 12.

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Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley explore the origins of the deeply-rooted, reggae and hip hop genre, tracing both sounds back to African Music. They will debate and celebrate the implications of this culture’s impact on the global community with a panel of pioneers — from DJ Kool Herc and DJ Red Alert to Jamaican dancehall legend, Daddy U-Roy, King Jammy, and moderator Sway Calloway of MTV. This event will also be streamed live and broadcast online at Natgeomusic.net.

This event will be followed by an after-party and open-mic show at Zanzibar, a Washington, D.C. nightclub, and will feature all event participants. Ticket price includes entry to the after-party.
Event is general admission. Tickets are limited, and all tickets must be picked up at the door. The event at National Geographic is being filmed for an upcoming documentary.
More information on the after-party.



The album Distant Relatives is set to drop sometime in 2010. Serving as a social commentary with content heavily revolving around Africa, features so far are rumored to include Young Jeezy, Joss Stone, Stevie Wonder, Stephen Marley, Snoop Dogg and K'naan.

Another day, another leaked-sex-tape-scandal. Whew.... so who is the celeb????? Surprisingly to some (why I have no clue, she is not a nun and did not take a vow of celibacy) it's Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe Anya Ayoung Chee.

Ok pretend the girl on the left is not there. Here is your cast.

She and Miss Japan 2008, Hiroko Mima are involved in a steamy threesome with a photographer. She of course is embarassed by the whole incident (who wouldn't be right???)

Curious minds who want to see the vid click HERE

Anya has so far had a very positive image in media. She recently launched her fashion line Pilar to rave reviews, she has of course represented Trinidad at Miss Universe and been a member of Tall Man Foundation established by her family to help underprivilaged youth. she also did some charitable work with the UN.

I think I need to write a treatise on how to deal with this I-Want-To-Make-A-Sex-Tape obsession that is currenlty perpetuating our society. Trust me, it's not a celebrity thing. It's just easier to rag on them than the average chick or more rarely dude. So look out for that yes.

Rastafarian firebrand Anthony B will rub shoulders with international superstars Jay Z and Rihanna when he attends the 37th annual American Music Awards show on sunday November 22nd.

Anthony B and Jesse Jackson at the latter's recent birthday party, all part of his marketing and PR campaign

The 2009 American Music Awards will be held at the Nokia Theatre and broadcast live on ABC.
He opted to attend this event and promote his Rise Up album on the west coast instead of performing on the US leg of the One LoveTour.


.“I am looking forward to walking the red carpet and doing interviews about the Rise Up album. We ah go campaign it hard and meet and greet as many people as possible because the buzz on Rise Up is great so far, and when the nomination time comes for the album, I want them to be acquainted with what Anthony B represents,” he said.A

Anthony B will be working with well-known publicist Angel who hailsfrom California, and once worked with Michael Jackson in his heyday.Rise Up, which appears on theGreensleeves/VP Records imprint, isalready shortlisted for a Reggae Grammy nomination this year.“If this happens, it will be my very first Grammy nomination, and Ifeel the album deserves consideration because it has an authenticreggae feel, and the reggae world will respond to it,” he said.


Anthony B will be hosting his annual charity-based event in Trelawny on January 1. Further, he has five shows lined up for Central andSouth America in January.“

Check out his lates single "You Hold Me" on rotation on Jamaican TV...

Sean Kingston is scheduled to perform in Kingston in Jan. 2010 and Coke Zero is giving away 10,000 tickets to the concert.

The show will also feature D’Angel,Serani, Chino (featured on the Coke Zero ad below) Elephant Man, Tifa, Tessanne Chin, QQ, G-Whizz, Alaine,Demarco, Voicemail and Ding Dong.

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To have a chance to win one of these tickets, here’s what you need to do:
1. Look under your Coke Zero bottle caps and collect one that says “Sweet”, one that says “Zero” and one that says “Sugar”

2. Then, complete the slogan “Sweet! __________ sugar!” on a blank paper with your name and address

3. Exchange the items at at Mother’s fast food restaurant or Burger King islandwide for your free ticket to the concert.

Guys look at Wendy Fitzwilliam on the gover on Caribbean Belle, looking good huh?



And Alicia Keys is definitely working the camera. She is on the latest cover of Uptown Magazine.

click HERE to check out other Caribbean artists on various magazine covers as well as Caribbean based magazines themselves!

So it was less than a month ago that I went to Vybz Thursdays at The Building (formerly Asylum) in New Kingston. and the DJ's and artists alike are encouranging the crowd, men and women alike to be as vocal as they possibly could about thier distaste for oral sex. I didn't see Lisa Hype at that exact time, but I am sure she was proclaiming that she nah bow, she nah suck bud ray ray ray....well damn...she got found out ya'll. NOT that I care, I already know half these artists who talk about not dong oral just full of shit and they getting down behind closed doors; which is why when I see the crowd repeating and emulating their words with such conviction like I saw in the club, it just makes this situation even more pitiful.

You're looking for the picture of her sucking dick right? Sorry not posting it. But you can click HERE if you must. Anyhow she issued a statement about the whole situation.

First, I would like to say that there is no excuse for a picture
of that nature to be a part of the public domain. I admit that the
picture is real, but it captures a personal act done in the privacy of my
bedroom. I don't know how that got leaked to the media and condemn anyone who
would stoop to such a low.
However, I understand that I am a public person,
and when I say or do something, either articulated and thought out, it carries
weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility
for my actions. I would like to apologise specifically to all my female fans who
might be disappointed to see me in this light. However, Idon't apologise for the
act itself because it was done with a man that I truly and deeply love and
respect, and it was done in the privacy of my bedroom. I did it, so what?

I would also like to apologise to my family who are truly and deeply
hurt by the dissemination of the photo all over the Internet and the media. This
is not cool. And this is not funny. This is my life that some unscrupulous
person is attempting to destroy, but I am astrong young woman and I will
survive. Many young women, like myself,have been exploited and hurt in this way
and there comes a point in everyone's life when they have to stop allowing
people to hurt them. Iam begging young girls across Jamaica to use my life as an
example: we live in a male-dominated society but don't allow men to use and
abuse you. I have learned my lesson the hard way. The world is a tough
classroom, sometimes.
In closing, I want to say thank you to all my young
fans who have supported me in this, my darkest hour.

Good luck girl. Doh feel too bad lots of girls do it too zeen. Just wish I could have seen the face that c%*k belonged too.....Some say Kartel...I say they packing...lol.

Check out Sean Paul on the set of Jay Sean's new video. Sean Paul and Lil Jon are featured on the song

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ig up to Wyclef...he never dissappoints





From the Hut, to the Projects to the Mansion (DJ Drama Presents Wyclef Jean a.k.a. Toussaint St. Jean) is the #1 downloaded Hip-Hop album on I-Tunes in the US and in Canada...


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Hey.... that's what Farmer Nappy said...ok so ease up off my back.. So for 2010 look out for many a performance from the HD Family sans Mr. HD himself. Who is the HD Family? Farmer Nappy, Patrice Roberts (apprently she is the boss now. Girl Power!!!), Zan and Ummmiiiii Marcano (well its really Umi but there is a song where he says Ummmiii Marcano and that's always how I say is name..totally unnecessary information...lol)...Machel Montana AKA Mr. HD will make appearance but for the most part they are on their own.

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Find out what the guys and gal have to say about this move by clicking HERE

HAITI NEEDS YOUR VOTE!

Join Black Dada, Wyclef, Garcelle Beauvais, Russell Simmons, and many more in support of LOVE N' HAITI, an innovative recycling project in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti that turns trash into energy.

TO VOTE CLICK HERE

LOVE 'N HAITI benefits Haiti by:*Decreasing deforestation*Creating a cleaner, safer and healthier environment*Reducing the incidence of floods (by unclogging canals)*Alleviating poverty*Creating jobs*Reducing violence
LOVE 'N HAITI is one of 12 finalists in the BBC World News' annual World Challenge contest, which awards grants to innovative global businesses or programs.

LOVE 'N HAITI needs to get the most online votes in order to win the grant.
That means WE NEED YOUR VOTE!
CLICK HEREto make sure LOVE 'N HAITI wins a grant to extend the program. Voting ends November 13, 2009 Follow LOVE 'N HAITI: www.twitter.com/lovenhaitiwww.facebook.com/group.php www.myspace.com/lovenhaiti http://www.blackplanet.com/LoveNHaiti/

TO VOTE CLICK HERE

Earlier this week Wyclef Jean was in Times Square NY handing out $50.00 gift cards with his face on them. This is all promotion for the new Western Union gift cards in anticipation of the busy holiday season which is just around the corner. Wyclef's Yele Haiti foundation reportedly received a donation of $225,000.00 in exchage for his image and star power.



Wyclef Jean holds Western Union Exec. Stewart A. Stockdale at a promotion for the company's new gift card in Times Square. (Aloysio Santos/The Epoch Times)

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If you want to give the "Gift of Clef" this holiday season by go online at www.westernunion.com/wyclef and send a gift and greeting card to a family member, friend or loved one. The cost is only $5 and you can load the card with anywhere from $1-$100 and add a personal message on the greeting card. Western Union is also offering FREE shipping on regular mail! The gift cards can be used ANYWHERE VIsa is accepted.

A great feature of the card is that it is covered by Visa’s zero liability policy, which means cardholders are protected from unauthorized use. Once received, the recipient calls a toll-free number to activate the card— unlike other over the counter gift cards that are active when purchased. If lost or stolen the recipient can have the card replaced.

www.westernunion.com/wyclef

From the GLEANER:


Friday the 13th may be associated with menacing superstitions, but it will be quite the contrary today for the contestants on Pulse's Full Figure Reality Series. The historic and highly-anticipated television event is set to premiere tonight at 9 p.m. on CVM TV. It is an unconventional date for a debut, but such is the nature of the Caribbean's first TV event dedicated exclusively to the full-figured woman.
In a high-energy contest of nerves, commitment and intuition, plus-size women will battle for top honours in the reality series. Each week, the ladies will be pitted against each other in several challenges and activities aimed at exposing them to the world of modelling and, in the process, determine who possesses the necessary qualities to be taken seriously as model contenders.
The pressure mounts each week as the full-figured girls face a review from the CMS panel, comprising Pulse CEO Kingsley Cooper, Pulse GM Romae Gordon and social scribe Chester Francis Jackson, as well as the dreaded elimination rounds which have now become a staple of reality television.

Expected to be a big hit
Pulse chairman and CEO Kingsley Cooper, believes that the show he conceived will be a big hit with fashion and beauty fans. "It will showcase the beauty and confidence of full-figured women, while empowering them through promoting and advocating positive body imagery and self-confidence," he said.
Following the success of the inaugural Full Figure Parade during its CMS event in September where Pulse named 24-year-old Tka Briscoe as its first winner, the company announced the Full Figure series as part its latest new TV titles. Hundreds of plus-size potentials answered the open call for contestants over several weeks and the judges began the arduous task of screening and selecting top girls to star in the series.
There is a huge potential for this emerging market in modelling. And, with the advent of specific brands and clothing labels being built around the plus-size woman, the need for talent to present these collections and advertise the brands have become more imminent, notes Pulse GM Romae Gordon.
Big babe glamour, drama and excitement are certain ingredients for tonight's premiere as viewers will be introduced to the first set of contestants tonight at 9 p.m. on CVM TV. They are: Anita Blackwood, Simone Clayton, Nasandra Decordova, Lesline Cedron, Zodian Howell, Kayedine Kirlew, Kerry-Ann Major, Debra Mason, Barbara McDermott, Keisha Middleton, Kanassa Nugent, Andrene Powell, Marsha Robotham, Tenisha Samuels, Andrena Smith, Shanille Smith, Yolande Smith, Tadesha Snow, Andrene Taylor and Carlene Taylor.

Viewers can also follow the action, make comments and read profiles on the contestants from the series on Facebook at facebook.com/pulsecaribbean


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Check out the cover of Alicia's new album, The Element of Freedom, in stores December 15th (iTunes Pre-Order Starts 12/1)!

The new album features her two amazing new singles "Doesn't Mean Anything" and "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart," PLUS the exclusive "Empire State Of Mind Part 2"!

AliciaKeys.com for updates!