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Saturday, July 16, 2011
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Singer Monica Marries L.A. Laker Shannon Brown - Again!
{blackbabes} Singer Monica Marries L.A. Laker Shannon Brown - Again!Singer Monica and Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown married Saturday for the second time, in a larger ceremony for hundreds of friends and family, PEOPLE confirms.
The couple, who quietly tied the knot last November, exchanged Christian vows at Vibiana, a renovated 19th century cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.
The bride, 30, wore a gown by Stephan Roland for the 30-minute ceremony, which was attended by guests including Lala Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony and teammates Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher.
The newlyweds then planned to join their guests, who had been asked to wear shades of blue to the event, for cocktails and a lavish reception planned by event planner Mindy Weiss.
The purple and blue-themed reception featured a three-course sit-down dinner at tables decorated with centerpieces of hydrangea and roses by Mark's Garden.
Afterwards, hamburgers from Fatburger were grilled for guests under a tent.
The couple met last summer when Brown appeared in Monica's video "Love All Over Me." They were engaged in October and married in a secret ceremony at their Los Angeles home a month later.
Monica has two sons, Rodney Jr., 6, and Romelo, 3, with ex-fiancé Rodney "Rocko" Hill. Brown, 25, also has a son from a previous relationship. The children arrived at the ceremony by horse and carriage.
The bride, 30, wore a gown by Stephan Roland for the 30-minute ceremony, which was attended by guests including Lala Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony and teammates Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher.
The newlyweds then planned to join their guests, who had been asked to wear shades of blue to the event, for cocktails and a lavish reception planned by event planner Mindy Weiss.
The purple and blue-themed reception featured a three-course sit-down dinner at tables decorated with centerpieces of hydrangea and roses by Mark's Garden.
Afterwards, hamburgers from Fatburger were grilled for guests under a tent.
The couple met last summer when Brown appeared in Monica's video "Love All Over Me." They were engaged in October and married in a secret ceremony at their Los Angeles home a month later.
Monica has two sons, Rodney Jr., 6, and Romelo, 3, with ex-fiancé Rodney "Rocko" Hill. Brown, 25, also has a son from a previous relationship. The children arrived at the ceremony by horse and carriage.
'Switched at Birth' star Constance Marie on sign language boot camp, Marlee Matlin, and more
{latinbabes} 'Switched at Birth' star Constance Marie on sign language boot camp, Marlee Matlin, and more
Constance Marie is best known for her hilarious role as Angie Lopez on the long running "George Lopez" show, but these days, she's doing the drama thing as Regina Vasquez on ABC Family's "Switched at Birth." The show, which follows the families of two teenage girls who discover that they were switched at the hospital, certainly isn't short on emotionally trying moments. When Zap2it asks Marie whether she misses the sitcom life, she doesn't hesitate.
"Heck yeah!" she exclaims. "Who wants to cry for five and a half hours for pretend reasons? You know what, it's kind of cathartic, but after a while, you're like, 'Enough already.' I suppose it's not that much easier, because the pressure to be funny can be stressful too, because you have to nail every joke."
She's working an entirely different set of acting muscles these days -- literally. As the mother of a deaf daughter, Regina is the bridge between the deaf world and the hearing world, meaning Marie frequently finds her character signing through an entire scene to translate what's being said.
"I ended up kind of injuring my arm a little bit because I was trying to push it to far," says Marie, who didn't know any sign language before she was cast in the pilot, though her character is fluent and has been signing for over a decade. "It's a workman's comp thing! Sign language is 90 percent one arm, so I just practiced and practiced like a dancer would. Of course, I was a dancer 20 years ago. My arms and tendons and muscles are a little bit older now. I lost feeling in my last two fingers. I was sitting there with heat packs on my arm and ice packs on my arm."
She laughs, adding, "My arm is its own character, and it's very high-maintenance."
From watching the show, you'd never guess that Marie isn't a long-time sign language aficionado, as some of the other hard-of-hearing actors on the show are. In one memorable scene, Regina was fighting with her friend Melody -- played by Marlee Matlin, who Marie calls "the most famous deaf actress ever in the world!" Neither woman spoke a word during the exchange; they only signed. Still, as we watched, we could feel the tension building and detect changes in emotions simply through their movement.
"She's wonderfully supportive," Marie says of Matlin. "I couldn't ask for a better 'best friend.' She was really helpful and never made me feel uncomfortable. I think the deaf actors on the show really appreciated how hard I was trying. That scene with Marlee, I was thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm actually understanding what she's signing!' An actor is her own worst critic, but I watched that scene and thought it looked good. It was really cool. Marlee looks beautiful when she signs. She does like a full body sign. I don't know what she's saying half the time, but it's very sexy."
The producers of the show have rightfully insisted on an incredible attention to detail when it comes to the respect and care paid to represent the deaf world accurately. "Any time there's signing, we have a master certified sign language coach there, even for Katie Leclerc and Sean Berdy," Marie says, referring to the hard-of-hearing actors who play her daughter, Daphne, and Daphne's best friend. "Because it's like a dialect. Katie signs different from Sean Berdy, and he signs different from Marlee Matlin. The coach has to make sure that all our dialects match, the same way if we were all doing a show set in Texas, we'd all have the same dialects. I love our coach. His name is Anthony Natale, and he listens to me complain. 'Anthony, my arm hurts,' 'Anthony, I'm exhausted.'"
The switcheroo premise of the show initially may seem soapy or melodramatic, but it's Marie's character who grounds the situation. After discovering that her daughter isn't her biological baby -- and that she's missed out on 15 years of her bio-daughter's life -- Regina remains impressively calm, maintaining her own dignity and values steadfastly throughout the ordeal.
"It's interesting, because my daughter was an IVF baby, so I literally thought to myself, 'What if I got the wrong baby?'" Marie says. "What if it was the wrong tube?It really calls into question that nature vs. nurture thing. What would you do if you found out that a child that you have raised for so long is not yours? I mean, isn't that child yours? When do the do-overs and the take-backs stop? I wouldn't rush to switch my child back, that's for sure."
Marie has always been candid about her fertility issues, and now she documents the ups and downs of motherhood on her official blog. She admits that her "Switched at Birth" schedule was more demanding than her previous sitcom work, but she says that she avoided bringing her daughter, Luna Marie, to set -- for good reason. "As far as she's concerned, mama works in the makeup and hair room. She's still so young, she wouldn't understand why I'm pretending to cry. It might freak her out, so I just let her think that I work in the makeup and hair trailer. She helps hand them rollers. She did my hair the other day! She was so proud of her work."
"Heck yeah!" she exclaims. "Who wants to cry for five and a half hours for pretend reasons? You know what, it's kind of cathartic, but after a while, you're like, 'Enough already.' I suppose it's not that much easier, because the pressure to be funny can be stressful too, because you have to nail every joke."
She's working an entirely different set of acting muscles these days -- literally. As the mother of a deaf daughter, Regina is the bridge between the deaf world and the hearing world, meaning Marie frequently finds her character signing through an entire scene to translate what's being said.
"I ended up kind of injuring my arm a little bit because I was trying to push it to far," says Marie, who didn't know any sign language before she was cast in the pilot, though her character is fluent and has been signing for over a decade. "It's a workman's comp thing! Sign language is 90 percent one arm, so I just practiced and practiced like a dancer would. Of course, I was a dancer 20 years ago. My arms and tendons and muscles are a little bit older now. I lost feeling in my last two fingers. I was sitting there with heat packs on my arm and ice packs on my arm."
She laughs, adding, "My arm is its own character, and it's very high-maintenance."
From watching the show, you'd never guess that Marie isn't a long-time sign language aficionado, as some of the other hard-of-hearing actors on the show are. In one memorable scene, Regina was fighting with her friend Melody -- played by Marlee Matlin, who Marie calls "the most famous deaf actress ever in the world!" Neither woman spoke a word during the exchange; they only signed. Still, as we watched, we could feel the tension building and detect changes in emotions simply through their movement.
"She's wonderfully supportive," Marie says of Matlin. "I couldn't ask for a better 'best friend.' She was really helpful and never made me feel uncomfortable. I think the deaf actors on the show really appreciated how hard I was trying. That scene with Marlee, I was thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm actually understanding what she's signing!' An actor is her own worst critic, but I watched that scene and thought it looked good. It was really cool. Marlee looks beautiful when she signs. She does like a full body sign. I don't know what she's saying half the time, but it's very sexy."
The producers of the show have rightfully insisted on an incredible attention to detail when it comes to the respect and care paid to represent the deaf world accurately. "Any time there's signing, we have a master certified sign language coach there, even for Katie Leclerc and Sean Berdy," Marie says, referring to the hard-of-hearing actors who play her daughter, Daphne, and Daphne's best friend. "Because it's like a dialect. Katie signs different from Sean Berdy, and he signs different from Marlee Matlin. The coach has to make sure that all our dialects match, the same way if we were all doing a show set in Texas, we'd all have the same dialects. I love our coach. His name is Anthony Natale, and he listens to me complain. 'Anthony, my arm hurts,' 'Anthony, I'm exhausted.'"
The switcheroo premise of the show initially may seem soapy or melodramatic, but it's Marie's character who grounds the situation. After discovering that her daughter isn't her biological baby -- and that she's missed out on 15 years of her bio-daughter's life -- Regina remains impressively calm, maintaining her own dignity and values steadfastly throughout the ordeal.
"It's interesting, because my daughter was an IVF baby, so I literally thought to myself, 'What if I got the wrong baby?'" Marie says. "What if it was the wrong tube?It really calls into question that nature vs. nurture thing. What would you do if you found out that a child that you have raised for so long is not yours? I mean, isn't that child yours? When do the do-overs and the take-backs stop? I wouldn't rush to switch my child back, that's for sure."
Marie has always been candid about her fertility issues, and now she documents the ups and downs of motherhood on her official blog. She admits that her "Switched at Birth" schedule was more demanding than her previous sitcom work, but she says that she avoided bringing her daughter, Luna Marie, to set -- for good reason. "As far as she's concerned, mama works in the makeup and hair room. She's still so young, she wouldn't understand why I'm pretending to cry. It might freak her out, so I just let her think that I work in the makeup and hair trailer. She helps hand them rollers. She did my hair the other day! She was so proud of her work."
Jessica Alba: I'll Never Get My Pre-Baby Body Back
{latinbabes} Jessica Alba: I'll Never Get My Pre-Baby Body BackJessica Alba, who is now expecting her second child, says she never quite lost all the baby weight from her first.
"I can't ever get down to the weight I was before I had Honor," the actress, 30, tells the August issue of Allure.
"My body's just different. The jeans just sort of zip up differently, and things hang differently. It's a miracle what happens, but you definitely are different afterward. Unless you're Gisele."
But having a baby had another unexpected effect on Alba: It helped her get more in touch with her own sexuality.
"I was quite shy with it," she says. "It wasn't something I embraced until I had my daughter. I saw how incredible and amazing it is to be a woman and to be able to create a life. There's a reason why certain areas of the body are desirable – because it all leads to reproduction."
She adds: "There's a science behind it all. It's not just to sell whatever you're selling on a billboard or a magazine or a movie."
The one part of being pregnant that Alba could do without? The scrutiny from the press about her changing body.
"My publicist said the other day, 'You can't just be going to the grocery store – you have to be 'flaunting your baby bump,' " she says. "You're pregnant. Your stomach is not going to be flat. You're not 'flaunting' it; you're just walking to the store or across a parking lot."
"I can't ever get down to the weight I was before I had Honor," the actress, 30, tells the August issue of Allure.
"My body's just different. The jeans just sort of zip up differently, and things hang differently. It's a miracle what happens, but you definitely are different afterward. Unless you're Gisele."
But having a baby had another unexpected effect on Alba: It helped her get more in touch with her own sexuality.
"I was quite shy with it," she says. "It wasn't something I embraced until I had my daughter. I saw how incredible and amazing it is to be a woman and to be able to create a life. There's a reason why certain areas of the body are desirable – because it all leads to reproduction."
She adds: "There's a science behind it all. It's not just to sell whatever you're selling on a billboard or a magazine or a movie."
The one part of being pregnant that Alba could do without? The scrutiny from the press about her changing body.
"My publicist said the other day, 'You can't just be going to the grocery store – you have to be 'flaunting your baby bump,' " she says. "You're pregnant. Your stomach is not going to be flat. You're not 'flaunting' it; you're just walking to the store or across a parking lot."
Penélope Cruz Heats Up the Set of Her Latest Movie
{latinbabes} Penélope Cruz Heats Up the Set of Her Latest Movie
Penélope Cruz has us seeing red—but in a very good great way!
Decked out in a tight, form-fitting Dolce & Gabbana dress, the sexy Spanish star looked smokin' hot while working on the new Woody Allen flick Bop Decameron in Rome on Monday.
Hard to believe the gal popped out a baby less than five months ago, right?
Um, maybe you can turn that fan our way, Pen. We probably now need it way more than you after eyeing you in this little number.
||||| This is Attitude |||||
||||| This is Attitude |||||
This is Attitude
1st is Mad and 2nd is Child.
Be Mad to achieve what you desire and be a Child to enjoy what you have achieved!
1) Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life.
Never ask for a lighter rain.
Just pray for a better umbrella.
Never ask for a lighter rain.
Just pray for a better umbrella.
2) When flood comes, fish eat ants & when flood recedes,
ants eat fish.Only time matters. Just hold on,
God gives opportunity to everyone!
ants eat fish.Only time matters. Just hold on,
God gives opportunity to everyone!
3) Life is not about finding the right person,
but creating the right relationship, it is not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till the ending.
but creating the right relationship, it is not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till the ending.
4) Some people always throw stones in your path.
It depends on you what you make with them, Wall or Bridge? Remember you are the architect of your life.
It depends on you what you make with them, Wall or Bridge? Remember you are the architect of your life.
5) Every problem has (n+1) solutions, where n is the number of solutions that you have tried and
1 is that you have not tried. That's life.
1 is that you have not tried. That's life.
6) It is not important to hold all the good cards in life.
But it is important how well you play with the cards which you hold.
But it is important how well you play with the cards which you hold.
7) Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end,
God smiles from above and says,'Relax dear, it is just a bend. Not the end. Have Faith and have a successful life.
God smiles from above and says,'Relax dear, it is just a bend. Not the end. Have Faith and have a successful life.
8) When you feel sad, to cheer up, just go to the mirror and say, 'Damn I am really so cute' and you will overcome your sadness.
But don't make this a habit because liars go to hell.
But don't make this a habit because liars go to hell.
9) One of the basic differences between God and human is, God gives, gives and forgives. But human gets,
gets, gets and forgets. Be thankful in life!
10) Only two types of persons are happy in this world.gets, gets and forgets. Be thankful in life!
1st is Mad and 2nd is Child.
Be Mad to achieve what you desire and be a Child to enjoy what you have achieved!
Did Nicki Minaj Really Get Smacked Down by a Man? Hell No! (Just Ask Her)
{blackbabes} Did Nicki Minaj Really Get Smacked Down by a Man? Hell No! (Just Ask Her)
Note to men everywhere: if you f--k with Nicki Minaj, you're leaving with your junk "hangin off."
The raunchy rapper took to Twitter to shoot down reports of a nasty fistfight she supposedly had with a man at a Dallas hotel yesterday.
Per one report, Minaj supposedly told cops that the heated verbal argument turned physical when the dude struck her in the lip.
But Minaj now says no way it ever happened.
"The fact that u believe a man either slapped or punched me in the face & didn't leave on stretcher w/his balls hangin off? #getaF%cknLife" she tweeted this morning.
Here's the backstory:
