Nobel Peace Prize Concert & Press Conference

Will and Jada

Wyclef

Mariam and Amadou perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at Oslo Spektrum

Jaden Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith and Willow Smith host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at Oslo Spektrum on December 11, 2009 in Oslo, Norway.

Clairol Professional Jazzing’s Fierce Fridays

You can make every Friday a Fierce Friday with Clairol Professional Jazzing! Clairol Professional Jazzing is a temporary hair color that contains no-ammonia and no-peroxide formulas. It's so gentle and easy to use, you can apply it immediately after relaxing treatments. And since you can use it as a temporary color, you can try on different hairstyles for "wild weekend" hair-- even do a simple touch up for special occasions!

Tippi Shorter believes in the value of creating products especially for women of various ethnic backgrounds because of their specific hair care needs. Clairol Professional Jazzing was made especially to be gentle even on chemically-treated hair, so you can enjoy vibrant color after relaxing!

Click here to enter Clairol Professional Jazzing Fierce Fridays

Monday Morning Melanie Fiona

The Winners| Princess and The Frog Giveaway

The Princess and The Frog movie will be coming to theaters on December 11, 2009.

The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated family feature film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, which is loosely based on E.D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess, which was in turn inspired by the Grimm brothers' fairy tale "The Frog Prince". It is the 49th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics line, and the first of these films to be traditionally (2d) animated since 2004's Home on the Range.

Giveaway: The contest will run from December 1st until December 10th. I will choose 5 winners from a random draw.

To enter, leave a comment and send me and email {ebony.luxe@gmail.com} answering the questions to a mini quiz correctly.

Questions:

1. The voice of Princess Tiana's mother Eudora is played by whom ? {Hint She recently announced the retirement of her show that has been on air for 24 years}.

2. The voice of Princess Tiana's father James is played by whom? {Hint He recently hosted the 2009 Soul Train Awards}

3. Prince Naveen is from the land of ______?

4. The city of New Orleans is named after whom_______________?

Contest open to US & Canadian Residents only.

Prizes:

1.The Princess And The Frog Junior Novelization

2. Tiana's Dream

3. The Evening Star ( This 96-page deluxe coloring book features scenes and activities from the soon-to-be-classic film, The Princess and the Frog-starring Disney's newest princess!)

4. Bayou Blues (Enjoy all of the magic of Disney's The Princess and the Frog with this hologramatic sticker book, which features 48 pages to color plus shiny stickers that will dazzle and delight!)

5. Grand Prize : The Princess and the Frog Tiana Wedding Gown Doll -- 11''

And the winners are

Grand Prize Winner Rosalind will be receiving the Tiana Wedding Gown Doll.

2. Chrisandra

3. Renisha

4. Talitha

5. Birdie

Thanks everyone for entering the contest.

Jourdan Dunn Gives Birth To A Baby Boy

BRITISH model Jourdan Dunn has given birth to a baby boy, VOGUE.COM can exclusively reveal. The baby was born at midday on Tuesday December 8 and weighed just over seven pounds. The model and her partner haven't yet decided on a name.
"Jourdan is really well and super happy," a spokesperson for her agency, Storm, revealed today. "She is due to get home from the hospital with her little boy today." source

2009 British Fashion Awards

Shingai Shoniwa and Tallulah Adeyemi

Beverly Knight

Click here to view 2009 winners

Whitney Houston Covers Instyle Magazine

Jada Pinkett Smith Presents Hawthorne

Jada Pinkett Smith poses to promote the new ProSieben series Hawthorne at Regent Hotel on December 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.source

Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital who spend long days and nights on the hospital’s front lines. Hawthorne is the kind of nurse you want on your side when you or someone you love is in the hospital. She is the kind of nurse who fights for her patients and doesn’t let them slip through the cracks. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart. Read more here

Zoe Saldana "Avatar" Berlin Photo Call

(L-R) Actor Steve Worthington, actress Sigourney Weaver, actress Zoe Saldana and actor Stephen Lang attend a photocall to promote the film 'Avatar' at Hotel de Rome on December 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. 


Avatar will be in theaters world wide on December 18th . Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, a princess of the Na'vi tribe central to the story, who is attracted to Jake because of his bravery. The character, like all the Na'vi, will be entirely computer generated. Saldaña has also signed on for potential sequels.


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Official Avatar Movie

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Forever 21 Magazine Launch

Forever 21 has launched their magazine click here to view.
Featured above is Georgie Badiel. My fashion blog (http://glamtasticdiva.blogspot.com) is going through some changes so I will be posting fashion related items here for a bit until things are cleared up.)

Angela & Vanessa Simmons for Honey Magazine

Click here to read article.

"Race" Broadway Opening Night

(L-R) Richard Thomas, David Alan Grier, James Spader, and Kerry Washington take a bow after the Broadway opening night of "Race" at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on December 6, 2009 in New York City.

Kerry Washington attends the Broadway opening of "Race" after party at the Redeye Grill .

Race is a play by David Mamet that will premiere on Broadway in December 2009.

The production, directed by the author, will feature Emmy Award winner James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, and Richard Thomas. It will feature scenic design by Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto, lighting design by Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and costume design by SNL alum and current 30 Rock designer Tom Broecker. source

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Mary J Blige Covers Billboard Magazine

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Wynton Marsalis in Vogue December Issue 09

Photographed by Anne Leibovitz

"If anyone can hear such nuance, surely Marsalis can. Born in sound-rich New Orleans, he came to New York as a seventeen-year-old prodigy to study at the Juilliard School and promptly started gigging with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. These days, as the most famous jazz trumpeter of his generation and the artistic director of the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis is America’s jazz maestro, effortlessly combining downtown cool with uptown finesse."

Read full article here.

Teaching Teens To Be Entrepreneurs.

"In a sleek, light-filled conference room at the world headquarters of Goldman Sachs, 20 young entrepreneurs prepare to make the most important presentations of their professional lives. The early morning meeting is the culmination of months of work. "

"These would-be entrepreneurs are not tech whiz kids or new M.B.A.s. They are high school girls, most of them Latina or African-American, from distressed communities that are far removed from the upper reaches of the corporate world. To make it to this room on Wall Street, the girls had to beat out teams from around the country by designing the best plans for starting a company. The four winning teams were awarded a free trip to New York City in July to participate in a one-week crash course in capitalism: Girls Inc. Corporate Camp for Entrepreneurs." click here to read full article.

Fashion Updates for December 4th 2009

Rose Codereo Profil de Grace for Vogue Paris

ANTM Contestant Fatima Siad covers Colures Magazine

Ajuma in Ground Control for Arise Magazine Issue 7

Remember to enter the Princess and the Frog Contest.

Don't forget to vote for the Clinique Fresh Face Contest

East African albinos flee murder, dismemberment

The belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make huge profits selling a complete dismembered set. continue reading here

2009 Alvin Ailey Opening Night Gala Party

Susan Fales Hill and Judith Byrd-Blaylock

Pauletta Washington

Clifton Brown and Judith jamison

Soledad O'Brien

Geoffrey Holder and Carmen De Lavallade

Andre Leon Talley (SMH at his outfit lol)

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Alvin Ailey Opening Night Gala Party at the Hilton Hotel on December 2, 2009 in New York City.