Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together. Kimora has two children with Russell Simmons, Ming Lee (8) and Aoki Lee (6). Kimora and Russell divorced in 2008 after 10 years of marriage. Kimora and Djimon have been dating for 2 years. This will be Djimon’s first child.
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Vanessa and Angela Simmons have a new line of clothing coming out called Pastry, and their designs are anything but original. Sources are saying that apparently Johnny Cupcakes, a designer who has all his own original ideas is speaking out against them to make people aware. Check out stolen ideas below! Johnny Cupcakes designs are on the left, and Pastry is on the right. What do you think?
Note From Johnny;
Randomly putting baked items on t-shirts and having an entire brand revolve around it is free for anyone to do. I don’t own food. However, I did indeed start this brand of mine 8 years ago, having it’s main focus be revolved around cupcakes and anything associated with it. In the independent t-shirt industry, I believe I was the first person to go all out with this cupcake / baking motif. I’ve made a tremendous amount of sacrifices and risks to make it the homegrown, family run, fun, limited business that it is, since I dropped out of high school and sold my t-shirts out of my rusty car. With my brands main focus on my customers and their experience, I think I’ve been doing a pretty swell job at it.
Last Spring I was alerted by a customer who happened to work at a popular mall sportswear store. This customer of mine caught a glimpse of his manager’s catalog which had various items that were being released in the near future at all of their mall locations. One of the items in this companies catalog was a “Make Pastry Not War” t-shirt. Not only was it a very similar slogan, but it had the same EXACT placement, font, EVEN A CUPCAKE in the center of the t-shirt. This was no coincidence. Weeks later my inbox was flooded with furious Johnny Cupcakes customers who saw this same catalog with the ‘Pastry’ design in it. I could of made a big deal about it online, making everyone else aware of it. Instead, I decided not to be a cry baby and post it all over the internet, so I sought out a different route. I decided to contact my trademark attorney, who then contacted the owners of Pastry / Pastry Kicks. We got in touch with the President of a certain mall chain-store who ended up declining the order of all ‘Make Pastry Not War’ t-shirts.
The thing that baffles me, is why would two girls who’re famous via MTV, have to stoop so low to create such similar items, never mind brand? Maybe they’re both really great girls who happened to hire some not-so-great designers? I’m not sure what the case is, but I do know that this should be brought to everyones attention.
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CBS says pop star Taylor Swift will appear on an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
Swift will play a teenage girl whose family manages a seedy Las Vegas motel and who undergoes personal changes that have tragic consequences. CBS didn’t announce the air date for the “CSI” episode.
The 19-year-old country crossover singer was 2008’s best-selling artist, with more than 4 million albums sold. Her sophomore effort, “Fearless,” debuted at No. 1 and includes the hit single “Love Story.”
“CSI,” which airs 9 p.m. EST Thursday, says goodbye this week to star William Petersen. Laurence Fishburne has joined the series as a new forensics investigator.
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You might remember Letoya Luckett as an original member of the Grammy award winning super-group Destiny’s Child. Or you might remember her for topping the Billboard 200 with her debut solo album LeToya and dominating the airwaves with her single Torn in 2006. Well, Toya is back and ready to spank every R&B chick in the game with the release of her new single, Not Anymore. The single will appear on her sophomore album Lady Love due in stores April 7th on Capitol Records.
Listen to her new song below: “Not Anymore”
It has officially confirmed that, Jennifer Hudson is getting back to work nearly three months after the tragic shooting deaths of her mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew.
The Oscar winning, Grammy nominated, singer-actress will be singing The National Anthem at the Super Bowl in Tampa on February 1 reports E! News.
Jennifer proved she could pull off the task back in August when she wowed the crowd with the Star Spangled Banner at the Democratic National Convention by special request of Barack Obama. Watch the performance below.
This will be Jennifer’s first public appearance since the October tragedy.
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