NEW YORK CITY // THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH 2008 » R&B singer Mario attended the New York Inaugural Gala, an event hosted by the Mentor Foundation at the Waldorf Astoria. The Mentor Foundation is a non-profit organization whose goal is to prevent teen drug and alcohol usage. Russell Simmons, Terrence Howard, and Sean Kingston were also at the event, and Mario and Terrence Howard both took the stage and performed. Continue reading for more photos!

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R&B singer Mario and rapper LL Cool J both hit up a charity event hosted by the Diamond Empower Fund last night in New York. Continue reading to see who all attended the event, and to read up on what “The Diamond Empowerment Fund” is!
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MIAMI // SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15H 2008 »
AIRDATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 2008 ON CBS @ 10 PM EST. The 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show went down Saturday night in Miami Beach, and it appears as though Usher had himself a grand old time performing on the runway with all of those beautiful models! More celebrities attended the show and posed for pics on the red carpet: Mario, Gabrielle Union, Terrence Howard, and more. Continue reading for the rest of the pics.

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There are less than 24 hours before Nov. 4th and black celebs like Jay-Z, Diddy, Russell Simmons, Mary J. Blige, Jessie Jakson Jr., and Beyonce are doing everything they can to make sure America gets the change it needs! The stars held a Last Chance For Change Rally at Florida Memorial University to campaign for Barack Obama and hopefully get those undecided voters on the Obama Bus, literally. Did you vote already or plan to vote tomorrow? Feel free to send the pics of you with your “I voted” stickers on, a pic of the line you stood in, or any celebs you saw at the polls to ivoted2008@gossiponthis.com and we will post them with a shout out on the site in our Gossip On This Readers Vote Post!

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COMMON & T-PAIN GIVE EACH OTHER DAP ON THE RED CARPET AT THE 2008 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS

ATLANTA // SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH 2008 »
AIRDATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD 2008 ON BET @ 8 PM EST. The 2008 BET HIp-Hop Awards went down in Atlanta over the weekend, and here you can check out the photos from the red carpet. If you haven’t heard yet, Katt Williams was nixed from his hosting duties, and T-Pain filled in for the comedian at the last minute. BET made up some bogus story talking about how Katt bet T-Pain he couldn’t beat him in a break dance battle, and how Katt’s hosting duties were up for grabs to whoever won. It later came to light that Williams had been arrested on the morning of the show. Sound familiar, anyone? *Cough* T.I. *cough* got arrested *cough* last year *cough* and he was *cough* supposed to perform. I’m just saying…

Anyway, follow the break to check out photos of Ciara, T.I., Flo Rida, Rick Ross, and more all on the red carpet at the ‘08 BET HIp-Hop awards.

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MIAMI BEACH // SUNDAY & MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH & 6TH 2008 » Phat Farm CEO Russell Simmons and his daughters, Ming Lee & Aoki Lee, enjoyed a day of fun (and yoga) this weekend in Miami Beach. He was actually spotted solo on Sunday when he was doing the yoga thing, but I just decided to lump both days into one post (I get lazy like that sometimes). Continue reading for more pics of Uncle Russ and the kids!

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NEW YORK CITY // TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH 2008 » I feel like I missed some major update or something. With me focusing on my marriage to Vanessa Simmons, I don’t have much time to even think about worrying about what’s going on with Bow Wow and my sister-in-law, Angela Simmons. But are these two dating now? Last I heard, Rev. Run wasn’t playing that relationship crap unless Bow Wow was seriously thinking about tying the knot in the future. And now he’s all good with the uncle and hugging all up on Angela. Does the Rev. know about this? lol. Anyhow, Uncle Russell threw a party to celebrate the latest season of his Argyleculture clothing line. Continue reading for more pics from the shindig.

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Aye girl, there’s something on yo head!! Solange (formerly known as Beyonce’s little sister) is currently hanging out in London, and was spotted in the city sometime today. It has just been confirmed that the singer will be the new face of Armani Jeans. Here’s a quote from Giorgio Armani himself:

“Armani Jeans expresses my vision of a young, independent, casual lifestyle with a strong and cool, fashion sensibility. Solange epitomises this style perfectly and brings to it that swing so evident in her new single, I Decided.”

Solange is making paper! It’s so crazy how quickly she’s come into her own here recently. I’m happy for her. More candids of your favorite celebs when you continue reading!

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