CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Fresh from clubbing together in DC over the weekend, LOVEBIRDS Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted yesterday afternoon checking out of their midtown hotel in New York City. Rihanna, who looked super trendy in a yellow leather jacket was the first one to depart the hotel, whilst her boyfriend followed afterwards doing everything they could not to be pictured together (a bit too late to start playing coy now). Check out the young lovers departing their hotel yesterday:



Chris, looked dangerously sexy, as he ditched his clean cut 'young boy' look for the more rugged look. New growth of stubble is clearly seen and the cute 19-year-old is certainly transitioning himself from boy to man very nicely. As well as that, he was also rocking a tiny fro, allowing his usual low-cut hair to grow out. Yes, Toya sure is loving this look. And Riri's black and purple Guiseppe Zanotti lace-up boots are super hot!

Kelly Rowland looked stunning in a shiny blue Donna Karan dress when she attended the London premiere of "Sex & The City: The Movie" yesterday:



Kelly is adamant that despite the latest Internet criticisms of her blatant wig and it's faux-scalp parting, she is not about to ditch the look any time soon. I miss the days when black folk actually made the effort to have a stunning weave sewn in. I could never rock something knowing full well that someone can pull it off at any moment. I REFUSE to set myself up for that type of embarrassment. It's just plain ole laziness on her behalf. She may not have Beyonce's bank balance but I'm pretty certain she has more money than ordinary folk and she can't even make the effort with the hair *smh* You know how devious some people can be. After all, in all honesty, if someone dared me to pull off somebody's wig, I actually would. And I'd run for my life straight after. Ugh. They're just so fake it's unbelievable.

Yesterday, Leona Lewis was spotted arriving back in Los Angeles. Leona is back to shoot her brand new video for Forgive Me, which should be good, because she's FINALLY releasing an upbeat track. I guess this means we should see more personality. Check her out:



The singer looked casual and chilled as she treated herself to retail therapy along the way, which is deserving since she's been working her butt off like mad lately. The pretty 23-year-old also survived a terrifying earthquake in Japan where she was promoting her album Spirit last week. Leona was sleeping in her penthouse suite at the 5-star Grand Hyatt Hotel when the tremors began. As well as that, in a recent blog entry, Leona says the tremors began when she was performing on stage. Luckily for the singer, she came out of it unscathed. It's really sad, because thousands of people have died and a lot of the victims were children.

Last night, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and their spouses Marc Anthony and Jordan Bratman attended the Christian Dior Cruise 2009 Collection, which went down in New York:



Christina was looking like the old Christina. She really needs to tone down the bad make-up, and what's up with Jenny's nose? It looks like somebody punched it. I wouldn't be at all surprised at those rumours that Marc likes to bust a cap in that ass from time to time. He's so controlling and insecure. Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Jen is still a bad bitch though. And what is it with pop beauties and their distinctly unattractive husbands? Don't they not realise that they take away from the glam? Stay their asses home because if it weren't for their high-profile wives, they wouldn't be getting any invites plain and simple.

Last week, Whitney Houston visited disabled kids at the Caudwell Children's Charity:

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The singer had a meeting with the Charities beneficiaries at the Spencer Suite in London. As reported, Whitney performed for the event last week Thursday where the charity raised 1.5m.

Mariah Carey and new hubby Nick Cannon attended Ellen DeGeneres's 50th birthday bash in Southern California over the weekend:



The party was held on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and had a carnival-like theme which was apparently completed with 10-ft. elephant topiaries, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, carousel, dunk tank and stilt-walkers. Sounds like fun because, well, they're ETERNALLY 12, right? Right. By the way I didn't catch eppy 17 of Gossip Girl last night. So feel free to fill me in. I don't mind spoilers. I'll definetely catch it tonight though.

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