Real Talk with Boris & Nicole

Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker have their very own daytime talk show this summer. The husband and wife team will be the hosts and executive producers of The Boris & Nicole Show on Fox. The hour long show will test in select markets such as Los Angeles and New York beginning July 6th. You can look forward to seeing lots of real talk and celebrity guests.

 

 

 

The couple met and fell in love starring opposite each other for five seasons on the hit Showtime series Soul Food. They recently celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary and have two adorable kids.

I hope the show is very successful and gets to air nationally soon. So if Boris & Nicole airs in your city make sure that you support them.

The Boris & Nicole Show

Soul Food

Red Carpet Fashion at The Billboard Music Awards

Last night the Billboard Music Awards aired live on ABC. The show was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The annual event rewards chart topping artists based upon Nielsen data of sales, downloads, and airplay.

Here is my top picks on the red carpet before the show. Empire's Taraji P Henson was one of the presenters of the evening. She looked great in her Alexandre Vauthier black side cut-out dress.



 

Jenifer Lopez always looks fabulous on the red carpet. Once again she was stunning in her Charbel Zoe Couture gown with strategically placed motif to cover her lady parts.



Everyone was excited to see how well host Chrissy Teigen and Ludacris would do. She arrived on the red carpet looking fierce in her belted black, silver, and gold striped jumpsuit with her husband John Legend.

Actress Danica McKeller was a presenter. She looked very pretty in her one shoulder sequined gown with a high split up the front.

My mouth dropped when I saw violinist Lindsey Sterling in her black beaded cut-out gown. Yousef Aljasmi was the designer of this sexy number that made her best dressed in my book.

I hope you enjoyed the show.

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Fashion at the Cannes Film Festival

Every year the Cannes International Film Festival is held in Cannes, France. It is an invitation only festival that previews new films from all around the world. Photographers line the red carpet to get the first looks of the celebrity guests during the week long events. Here are my picks for the best dressed so far.

Naomi Watts looked amazing at the opening ceremony. She wore a gray sequin and feather gown by designer Ellie Saab.



 

I loved the belt, feathers, and beads on Julianne Moore. Armani Prive was her designer for the opening ceremony.

Not everyone can pull off pink, but Miranda Kerr did. She looks pretty in the V neck Emanuel Ungaro dress on day two.

If I had on this sleek metallic piece, you wouldn't be able to tell me a thing! I'm sure that is how Eva Longoria felt in her George Shobeika dress.

Charlize Theron wore a drop dead gorgeous yellow body hugging gown by Dior on the second day of the festival.

Stay tuned for more updates.

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My Interview With Diann Valentine for Sheen Magazine

I've been a huge fan of wedding, event, and interior designer Diann Valentine for many years. She was someone that I looked up to when I was in the wedding industry. I have had the opportunity to see her several times in person as a speaker and at her launch party for her I Do Over TV show.

 

Now that I am pursuing my writing career, I was delighted to interview her for the May/June Season of Love issue of Sheen Magazine. Diann spoke to me about how she started in the industry, who her favorite celebrities were to work with, what she is working on now, and much more. Make sure you pick up a copy of Sheen Magazine to see what she had to say.

Stay tuned for more updates on my writing.

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20 Years of Blues for an Alabama Sky



 

If you live in Atlanta, you only have a few days left to go see the play Blues for an Alabama Sky. Sunday May 10th is the last performance. I love playwright/author Pearl Cleage. So I couldn't miss seeing her production as it celebrates the twentieth anniversary since the premier at the Alliance Theatre in 1995.

 





The play takes place in 1930 during two very pivotal periods in U.S. history, the Harlem Renaissance and The Great Depression. Everyone is trying to pay their bills to survive yet they still have the need to live their dreams.

Actress Crystal Fox, best known for In the Heat of the Night and The Haves and the Have Nots, plays a blues singer called Angel. Her meal ticket has just married someone else leaving her jobless and homeless. Her friend Guy, played by Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, is always there to look out for her. Guy is a hilarious gay costume designer who dreams of working for Josephine Baker.

The cast also includes a naive twenty five year old virgin longing to open a controversial family planning clinic, a over-worked negro doctor, and a country boy from Alabama trying to understand Harlem living. All of the characters were diverse and important to the play. I also loved the design of the apartment building set.

Make sure that you also visit the Pearl Cleage A Time for Reflection exhibit on the balcony level of the theatre. It's a great chance to learn more about her life's work. The exhibit opens at 12:30 daily.
Visit the Alliance Theatre website for more information and tickets.

Enjoy!

Met Gala Through the Looking Glass

Last night was the annual Met Gala fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in New York. This year's theme was China Through the Looking Glass. The new exhibit features fashion and art from China from the 1700's to the present. It will open to the general public this Thursday. The VIP guests of the gala got to have the first look of the exhibit.

Here are my picks for the best dressed of the event. George Clooney's better half, Amal, looked radiant in her red John Galliano tiered ruffled gown with a sequin bodice.

Empire star Taraji P Henson looked classy in her strapless Alexander Wang black and white beaded floral dress. The designer was also her escort for the evening.

Leave it to Sarah Jessica Parker to go all out with her Chinese inspired fire head piece designed by Philip Treacy. Her black one shoulder dress was designed by H&M.

I absolutely loved Jennifer Lopez's sheer gown by Versace. Did you notice the beaded fire breathing Chinese dragon that starts at the bodice, drapes down, and around the back of the dress?

But everybody knows that Rihanna has a way of grabbing all the attention when she shows up and shows out. Last night, she wore a bright yellow Guo Pei fur trimmed embroidered cape with a train long enough that she needed three people to assist her.

See who made my list of best dress at last year's gala here.

Taraji & Jennifer
Amal, Sarah & Rihanna