Jill Scott Covers Ebony Mag's June 2011 Issue...

What a pretty picture on the cover. And below, Jill Scott performed some of her poetry at the White House on May 11, 2011.

VOGUE Italia's Tribute to Black Beauties...

Vogue Italia has continued to celebrate black models with a vibrant editorial in the glossy's May issue.

A tribute is due to the woman whose skin tone ranges from alabaster to mahogany to smooth onyx, who can flawlessly carry any makeup look -- from gold dusted lids to fuchsia blush to ripe purple and pink glosses. These pages pay homage to the versatile woman whose hair can oscillate from a tightly coiled and coifed Afro, to sleek layers, to a slicked back pixie cut in a matter of minutes. To the divine woman whose enviably full lips, strong, white teeth, and delightful smile have been known to electrify the hearts of many. To the siren whose smooth, velvety skin blocks the sun yet remains supple and unblemished with the passage of time.

Click HERE to see more pics.

Nicole Richie Covers Russia's Harper's Bazaar...

So ok, I'm a little late because this is from last month, March 2011, but how great does she look? Ok Nicole, I see you.

Jennifer Lopez Named People Mag's Most Beautiful...

Other notables on People Magazine's 2011 Most Beautiful list include Jennifer Hudson, Sandra Bullock, Eva Longoria and more. Check it out HERE.

Heidi Klum Hearts Her Husband Seal & He Hearts Her ♥

Swoon! OMG, I heart these two together. Heidi has always been one of my favorites so the two of them together is ice cream and cake for me. A few things Heidi said about her husband below in the May 2011 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine:

"He's the most charming, loving, fun, gentlemanly, inspirational man I could have wished for," Klum, 37, says, "He always makes me feel I'm the only woman in the world."

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Mariah Carey and Her Baby Bump Cover April's Life & Style..

Mariah Carey has posed for her fair share of portraits, but none has been as personal or emotional as these exclusive belly-baring snaps. Mere days away from welcoming her first and second child, Mariah proudly showed off her pregnant body to Life & Style.

GQ's 2010 Babe of the Year & People's Sexiest Man Alive are Married To Each Other.

Is it a coincidence that Scarlett Johansson (GQ Magazine's 2010 "Babe of the Year") and Ryan Reynolds (People Magazine's 2010 "Sexiest Man Alive") who are married to each other, both snagged 'hotness' Magazine honors as 2010 comes to a close? Planned or organic? Things that make you say hmmm...

Janet Jackson Looking HOT on the Cover of Health Mag...

44 year old Janet Jackson covers the December 2010 issue of Health Magazine and photoshop or not, she is looking gorgeous. In the issue, she talks about the body issues that she's had since she played "Penny" on "Good Times" Pick up the December issue of Health Magazine to read more on newsstands soon.

Brandy Looking Awesome on the Cover of Upscale Mag...

Brandy covers the November issue of Upscale Magazine and she is looking quite fierce. No shade. Chick is doing her thing. In the November 2010 issue she talks about the upcoming season of "A Family Business - Brandy and Ray J" why her daughter won't be making an appearance on the show her new upcoming album and Dancing with the Stars. On newsstands soon!

pics via BrandyPromo

Cast of "For Colored Girls" Covers Essence December Issue...

The cast of Tyler Perry's new movie For Colored Girls graces the cover in a rainbow of beautiful gowns. Thandie Newton (orange), Kimberly Elise (silver), Phylicia Rashad (peach), Anika Noni Rose (yellow), Kerry Washington (blue), Loretta Devine (green), Janet Jackson (red), Tessa Thompson (purple) and Whoopi Goldberg (white) sat for the exclusive portrait for the magazine's 2010 Hot List issue. The issue will be on newsstands November 12.

Mary J. Recreates Iconic Diana Ross Ebony Mag Cover...

Mary J. Blige recreated Diana Ross' iconic magazine cover (from 1970) for Ebony Magazine's 65th Anniversary. And all I have to say about this is WOW. Fabulous job Ebony Art Department. Fabulous job. 

Nicole Richie Covers InStyle U.K.'s October Issue.

It's a bit of a departure from her usual boho-chic, but I think she looks fabulous on this cover. Click HERE to read more on how she's not blaming anyone but herself for her past bad behavior and how she wants to set a good example for her children.

Did Black Models Get Much Shine in the September Issues?

September is January or the beginning of the year in the fashion world. Which is why fashion magazine's September issues are so freakin' oversized epic. Model Chanel Iman (below) has 8 pages all to herself in the September issue of ALLURE which is currently sitting on my desk and she looks amazing. And with the exception of ELLE Magazine (we got 10 pages over there! Woo-hoo!) other magazines didn't use as many of us black girls :( Click over to Jezebel for a partial breakdown.

Elin Nordegren Breaks Her Silence to People Magazine...

Her divorce is final and she's ready to talk. Elin Nordegren breaks her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine. "I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children," she says in the magazine's latest issue, out just days after her split from Tiger Woods was made official. Continue reading this article HERE.

Older (More Fabulous) Broads Cover Mags September Issues.

via NYMag:
Some reporters have noticed that a few ladies over the age of 40 grace the year's biggest covers of some of the world's biggest fashion magazines. Julia Roberts is on September's Elle at age 42, Jennifer Lopez is on Glamour at age 41, Jennifer Aniston is on Harper's Bazaar at age 41, and Halle Berry is on Vogue at age 44. It's sad that four women over 40 landing fashion-magazine covers is a shocking thing that results in numerous articles pointing to the motif. Of course the women make sense for the fall season, which felt much more about womanliness than girlishness for the first time in a very long time. But the Daily News' peachiness over these women on these covers feels misplaced.

Continue reading this article HERE.

LeBron James Covers GQ Mag's September Issue...

In an interview with GQ, LeBron James opened up and discussed Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, the possibility of playing for the Cavaliers again and growing up in Akron, Ohio.

James said he doesn't think Gilbert, who bashed James in a letter immediately after he announced his decision to sign with the Miami Heat, ever cared about him.

"My mother always told me: 'You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You'll get a good sense of their character.' Me and my family have seen the character of that man," James said. Continue reading this article HERE.

Halle Berry Covers VOGUE'S September (2010) Issue.

Love her on this cover! But I'm a Halle fangirl so... there you go. A few excerpts from her magazine interview when you READ MORE below:  On her first interview in three years: "I was burned-out with having other people tell the story about me that they wanted to tell. I told my publicist, 'I'm not going to talk anymore. I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.'"

On being asked to be on the cover of the September issue of Vogue: "What that means for a woman of color and what that means in the fashion world, what that means to pop culture, there was no way I could say, 'No I'm not going to be on the biggest issue of the year.'"

On the "Oscar curse": "Everybody talks about the Oscar curse," she says. "People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day. I thought, If I'm going down, I'm going down taking chances and daring to risk. Hence...Catwoman."

On her appreciation of the female body: "I love the naked female form.... I just feel like that's the most empowered position you can be in. That comes with age," she says. "I've been slowly getting there. If the world wouldn't persecute me, I'd take nude pictures every day of the week."

On her relationship and breakup with Gabriel Aubry:
"It's just that you realize you are not meant to go the distance with everybody," she says. "We were meant to bring this amazing little person into the world. And I think that's why we came together. And because of that, we are going to be together forever, all three of us. We are a family until we are not here anymore."

"We have always been friends, we're still friends, we love each other very much, and we both share the love of our lives. And we are both 100 percent committed to being the best parents we can be. And while it was not a love connection for us, he was absolutely the right person to have this child with because she is going to have an amazing father. And that was really important to me. We'll make sure we always do what is right for her and put her first. And she will see as she grows that we have a lot of love for each other."
See more pics and read the whole VOGUE article HERE.

Friday Links!

Liya Kebede, Iman and Naomi Campbell cover Essence Magazine's 40th Anniversary Issue. [GO]

Models resemble dead birds in Italian Vogue's September Issue Oil Spill Spread. [GO]

KMart is stepping up their fashion game. [GO]

Victoria Beckham will design a handbag line. [GO]

Rosie O'Donnell is teaming up with Oprah. [GO]

Harper's Bazaar Sept. Issue: Jen Aniston as Barbra Streisand.

via People:
Jennifer Aniston is one funny lady – but in a new photo shoot she's channeling Funny Girl star Barbra Streisand. Aniston, who is a Streisand superfan, didn't need much convincing to dress up like one of her idols for the September issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Another pic from Jennifer Aniston's 2010 Harper's Bazaar September Issue Magazine HERE.
In fact, San Fernando Valley-born Aniston, 41, who stars in the Aug. 20 movie release The Switch, was already intimately acquainted with the Brooklyn-born Oscar-, Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-winning superstar, 68.

"[Barbra] was wonderful, and you could talk to her about anything," Aniston tells the magazine about meeting Streisand at a Hollywood party on New Year's Eve a few years ago. "So, I happened to be talking to her and Jim [Streisand's husband, actor James Brolin] when it struck midnight. They said, 'Excuse us,' kissed each other, and then, very politely, kissed me.'"

Continue reading this article HERE.

Will Halle Berry Appear on VOGUE'S September Issue Cover?

That's the rumor...
via Jezebel:
Vogue has faced a lot of criticism in recent years for its whitewashed covers and editorial pages. While Anna Wintour's magazine — perhaps in response — started occasionally booking models like Chanel Iman and Jourdan Dunn, covers are another story: When Jennifer Hudson made the cover in 2007, she was the first black woman to do so since Berry, in 2002 Liya Kebede, in 2005. Michelle Obama and Beyoncé followed one another on the March and April, 2009, issues, respectively, but in 2008, there was merely also that unfortunate LeBron James cover. Vogue's first -ever black cover model was Beverly Johnson, who did the honors in September, 1974.

Like Candy Pratts-Price says in The September Issue, "September is the January of fashion." The September issue of any fashion magazine is typically a best-seller, crammed as it is with the new fall clothes (and so many $3,000 new fall handbags). If this rumor proves correct — and it might not be, given that there were reports that Gwyneth Paltrow would get the September cover after she shot with Mario Testino last week — it would be the first time a black woman was chosen to front a September issue of Vogue since Johnson's own cover Naomi Campbell's September, 1989, cover, at least as far as I was able to determine. That would be a significant vote of confidence in Halle Berry's newsstand appeal from an unlikely source.

Or perhaps Anna Wintour just wants to prove that she can make a beautiful black actress look just as second-rate as she can any Jessica Biel or Blake Lively out there.