The Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

Thia had to be one of the biggest after-parties of the night....
Mary J Blige & Regina King
Nicole Kidman, Mary J. Blige and Oprah Winfrey
Jennifer Hudson & Oprah Winfrey
Rashida Jones & Jamie Foxx
John Travolta & Forest Whitaker
Orlando Bloom with Forest Whitaker
Joy Bryant
Madonna with Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx with Ellen DeGeneres Gwen Stefani with Regina King
Spike Lee and Orlando Bloom
Victoria Beckham, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez & will.i.am
Will Smith with son Jaden
Madonna

The Oscars: Jennifer Hudson & Forest Whitaker Are Winners!

Well folks Oscar night is over and as we predicted, Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were big winners in the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor categories respectively. Eddie Murphy lost out in the Best Supporting Actor category, possibly because of the controversy surrounding his new movie Norbit which is said to have affected the voting.





The Show
Jennifer being congratulated by Beyonce
Jennifer accepting her award
Forest accepts his award

The Performances



Beyonce and Jennifer performing Love You I Do Beyonce performs Listen
Anika Noni Rose performs Patience

The Oscars:....More Red Carpet Arrivals

[Will Smith, Jada & Jaden, Forest Whitaker & wife Keisha, Eddie Murphy & Tracy Edmonds, Queen Latifah, Djimon Honsou]









[Qunicy Jones with daughter Rashida]

The Oscars: Red Carpet Arrivals

Some of the latest arrivals....[Jennifer Lopez,John Singleton,Penelope Cruz & Jennifer Hudson]












**UPDATE**More Arrivals

[Jada Pinkett-Smith, Anika Noni Rose & Beyonce]

Oscar Predictions

These are my predictions for the Oscar ceremony tonight:


Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murhy-Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

History will surely be made tonight!

The Oscars Rewound: Past Winners

The Oscars are upon us. Before we begin our coverage of the Oscars let us take a moment to think back at all the previous winners.
Sidney Poitier:the first black Best Actor Oscar winner in 1963 for Lilies of the Field & an Honorary Oscar in 2002.
Whoopie Goldberg:Oscar winner for Best Suporting Actress in 1991 for GhostCuba Gooding Jr: Oscar winner for Best Supporing Actor for Jerry Maguire in 1996
Denzel Washington: Best Supporting Actor in 1989 for Glory and Best Actor Oscar in 2001 for Training Day.
Halle Berry: Best Actress Oscar winner for Monster's Ball in 2001
History makers Halle & Denzel
Morgan Freeman: After nomonations for Driving Miss Daisy and the Shawshank Redemption, won Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx:Best Actor Oscar winner in 2005 for Ray.

Aaliyah: Unseen Matrix Footage

This is quite sad. Jada Pinkett-Smith, Harold Perrineau and the directors of the Matrix:Reloaded and Revolutions discuss Aaliyah's role in the Matrix before her death. Footage includes unseen footage of her portrayal of Zee the wife of Link played by Harold Perrineau. Nona Gaye later took over the role after her death.

Aaliyah - Matrix Tribute
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Jennifer Hudson Honoured at MAC luncheon

Best Supporting Actress nominee, Jennifer Hudson was honoured yesterday by MAC cosmetics an a pre-Oscar luncheon. Is her star or the rise or what?

Spotted Recently: Naomi Campbell with Terence Howard

More Oscars buzz and it looks like fiesty Naomi Campbell and Pride actor Terrence Howard are an item. The two were spotted together again at a reception party hosted for the nominees of the Indipendent Spirit Award held on Thursday night. Apparently they had intended to keep their relationship under wraps until the Oscars ceremony but itlooks like that didnt work out. I'm stil wondering why Did-he? shouted and swore at them last week?




In other relationship news.....

Is Bobby Hittin' This?

Theres a strong rumour doing the rounds suggeting that Bobby Brown and Natalie Cole are now an item. They have been spotted together getting cozy at a few pre-Oscar bashes. Things that make you go hmmmm.....

LA Confidential Pre-Oscars Party

LA Cofidential Magazine hosted a pre-Oscars party in honour of Best Actor favourite Forest Whitaker.

Ebony Honour Halle & Janet

Ebony magazine last night hosted a pre-Oscars party in honour of the astronomical achievements of Halle Berry and Janet Jackson. It was bound to be glitzy and glamorous event and neither Halle nor Janet disappointed though Halle stole the night in her gold gown.

Premio Lo Nuestro Awards

Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony attended the Premio lo Nuestro Awards in Miami yesterday. The award ceremony recognises artistic acheievement in Latin music and Marc Anthony recieved the award for Male Artist of the Year in the Tropical Music category.

New Music: Joe-' If I Was Your Man'

Brilliant brand new single from R&B singer Joe from his new album Who Is Joe out in April. This is the 3rd single I have heard so far from the album after 'Where You At' and 'It Wont End' and I'm not sure why it is taking so long for the album to drop. Sometimes record label politics just gets in the way of good music. By he time the album comes out in April, if its not pushed back again,most people would have heard the songs and that could negatively impact reord sales. Most of the album production is by the Tim & Bob and this track is no exception.

The video is also brilliant and stars Blair Underwood, whose is increasingly carving out a new career appearing in music videos.

New Couple Alerts

COUPLE #1: USHER & TAMEKA FOSTER

They have been seen together a lot lately and the ink has barely dried on Tameka's divorce papers but Usher fansites claim Usher proposed to Tameka on Valentine's Day.Tameka was seen sporting a ring on her left hand at the NAACP Theatre Awards a couple of days ago.

COUPLE #2: NE-YO & RIHANNA

They were together at the Grammys and at the All-Star weekend and Rihanna is said to have spent her Valentine's watching Ne-Yo in performing in concert.

COUPLE #3: CHRIS TUCKER AND INDIA ARIE

The couple have been spotted together at star-studded events in Los Angeles and were seen at the opening of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy For Girls In South Africa last month.

PageSix.com reports: "They traveled together to South Africa over the holidays for Oprah Winfrey's party and school opening, and they were also together at Mary J. Blige's pre-Grammy party at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's house in L.A."

The Black Enterprise Top 50 Power Brokers Party

Black Enterprise magazine revelaed the Top 50 Hollywood Power Brokers in their new March issue. The usual suspects Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith and Denzel Washington are all in the top 10 of the list.




Here's the top 10:

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Richard D. Parsons, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc.
3. Will Smith, Actor-Producer
4. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman & CEO, Johnson Development Corp. and Magic Johnson Enterprises
5. Robert L. Johnson, Founder, Our Stories Films
6. Tyler Perry, President & CEO, The Tyler Perry Co.
7. Douglas V. Holloway, President, Cable Investments, NBC Universal Cable
8. Denzel Washington, Actor-Director-Producer
9. Eddie Murphy, Actor-Producer
10.Tyra Banks, Founder & CEO, Bankable Production

For the full Top 50 list, check out the March issue of BE out now.

Last night BE held a party for the Top 50 movers and shakers in Hollywood. Here are some of the photos...

Eddie Murphy & Tracy Edmonds


Tracy's ex, Babyface with a near look-a-like new squeeze
Magic Johnson, Rev. Jesse Jackson and John Singleton
Eddie, Jesse and Tracy
Flex Alexander and wife Shanice Wilson
Tatyana Ali
Vivica (plastic fantastic) Fox
Kimora Simmons
Ray- ('I-wanna-sex-u-up!') J

Anika Noni Rose
Lisa Raye