The Third Annual BET Honors

Gabrielle Union hosted the third annual BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC.  The awards show honored the achievements of Queen Latifah, Diddy, Dr. Keith L. Black, and Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, the President of Brown University. Jennifer Hudson and Kim Burrell serenaded Whitney Houston before Ne-Yo did the honors of presenting her with a double platinum plaque for her latest album I Look To You.  Performances and appearances included  Stevie Wonder with Take 6, Maxwell, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Patti LaBelle, India.Arie, Chris Tucker, Taraji P. Henson, Victoria Rowell, Beverly Bond, Trey Songz and Ryan Leslie.  Also in attendance were Terry Crews, Omarosa, Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Tichina Arnold, Steve Johnson, CeCe Penniston, Andre Harrell, Joe, Janice Combs (Diddy's mom), Mya, and Washington Redskins receiver Devin Thomas.

Queen Latifah on Ellen last week....

Ellen gives Latifah a gift for her 9th appearance...sometimes the jokes write themselves...

Our Favorite Cover Girl at a FEMALE Skripper Party

(if it was photoshop they could have shopped in a hotter skripper....why she wearin the motel drapes?!)

Queen is celebrating the release of her seventh CD, Persona, which took no. 25 on the charts this week. Anchored by Cool & Dre’s production, the album sold 18,400 units.

Queen Latifah Launches New Fragrance ‘Queen’

You have to really admire a woman who totally transformed herself from a young lady in hip hop music, award winning actress, Covergirl model, singer to film producer. Now add the name behind a fragrance to the list of her accomplishments.

“Queen doesn’t smell like anything else. That’s what you’re setting out to do — to create something unique.I try to be a pioneer, a trendsetter,” Latifah says. “Initially a lot of the ingredients smelled nice, but they weren’t how I wanted to be represented for my first fragrance — they were a little too mature or a little too sweet,” said Latifah, who smelled about 50 different scents before coming up with the final formulation, which she described as “warm and sexy.”

The parfum will be out in August and available at Macy’s and Dillards and seems reasonably priced. The eau de parfum spray in two sizes, 3.4 oz. for $59 and 1.7 oz. for $49. A body lotion will be available for $35 as well as a body butter for $40.

Her new album "Persona" hits the streets on August 25th.

I can get some eqyptian musk at the swap meet for $2. (Hit me up)

Latifah likes to watch them shake what they mama gave 'em

“The rapper-turned-actress recently sashayed with five stunning women into Country Club’s weekly Wednesday night lesbian party, ‘Eden,’ on West 14th Street. ‘She chilled for several hours, ordering bottle service for her friends and chatting up promoter Maggie Collier,’ our spy said. She also showed up again this week. Latifah has always declined to discuss her sexuality and told the Times last year, ‘I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not.’---page six

I personally wouldn't like Queen any less if she came out as a lesbian. She's fabulous regardless. Now that noassatall strippa behind her? That's another story.

Queen Latifah and Jamie Foxx in New Movie

Queen Latifah, is teaming up with Jamie Foxx for a new movie. The duo will appear in New Line Cinema's “Valentine's Day,” a story that follows five different intertwining Valentine's Day stories. Jamie plays a TV Sports reporter that gets sent out on a Valentine's Day assignment and the Queen will play an agent for a football player played by actor, Eric Dane (I'm not making this up). The two will be part of an all-star cast that includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher and Emma Roberts. The film is in production in Los Angeles.

Latifah is currently filming her new film "Just Wright" in NYC and is also set to star in several projects still in development including “Truck Turner”, “Welfare Queen” and “All of Me.” Her new CD Persona is due in August. The lead single for the album will be “Cue The Rain.” It features production from Dr. Dre and reportedly features Missy Elliot.

of course it features missy and and prolly mc lite too

Common and Queen Latifah

From the NYC set of Just Wright, a modern-day Cinderella tale where Latifah plays a female physical therapist who falls in love with a basketball player (Common) while helping him recover from a career-threatening injury.

Aside from headlining the project, the Grammy-winning rapper will also produce the movie under her Flavor Unit banner alongside Shakim Compere and Debra Martin Chase. The movie will be directed by Sanaa Hamri. The Fox Searchlight flim will be released next year.

Queen with the Thickes

Queen Latifah, her personal trainer Jeanette Jenkins, Paula Patton, her husband Robin Thicke, and his father, actor Alan Thicke recently dined at the exclusive Yellowtail restaurant in Las Vegas' famous Bellagio recently. Queen's friend-girl is working overtime!

Queen Latifah was molested as a child

Queen Latifah revealed to Essence magazine she was molested as a child by a trusted family babysitter. "He violated me. I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm's length." Latifah is perpetually single for the spotlight and long-rumored to be a lesbian. She sheds some light on those rumors, admitting she remained aloof from those around her, even turning down a serious marriage proposal because of her fears of intimacy. She adds, "I never really let a person get too close to me. I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue."