Queen Latifah

By Karu F. Daniels Without Apache there would have been no Queen Latifah, no Naughty By Nature, no Chill Rob G., no anything," Flavor Unit CEO and Founder Shakim Compere told AllHipHop.com. "Apache was the string that tied all of Flavor Unit together. Without Apache none of this would be."

By Bridget Bland Next month, the third annual 'BET Honors' special returns to celebrate the accomplishments of Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Ruth Simmons and renowned neurosurgeon Keith Black. Actress Gabrielle Union returns to the host of the festivities. The show will be taped...

By Bridget Bland The acclaimed thespian is now will preparing for her return to Broadway opposite Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington in August Wilson's 'Fences.' Although Audra McDonald and Queen Latifah were rumored for the role, Leon said he couldn't be happier with casting Davis in the 1987 Pul...

By Lauren Williams It's not as high profile of an awards show as the Oscars or the Golden Globes. It's not as cool as the MTV Awards or the BET Awards. But that certainly did not stop the stars (most of them, anyway) from pulling out all the sartorial stops at last night's People's Choice Awards, hosted by Queen Lat...

Queen Latifah Opens 2010 Awards Ceremony With Musical Number

30 Days of Christmas: Week Five - Modern Classics blog) Oscar nominated Terrence Howard and Queen Latifah as Christmas elf-angels? What?? 2007's romantic holiday comedy, "The Perfect Holiday" features site gags ...

On the big screen, he made an appearance in the Queen Latifah/Jimmy Fallon movie Taxi, Lindsay Lohan's Herby Fully Loaded (along with several other high ...

His death shaped her 1993 CD, "Black Reign," which earned her a Grammy for best solo rap performance for the hit "UNITY" She then launched an acting career, ... and more »

In 2004, she released The Dana Owens Album, a smooth mix of cover songs. Her latest CD, Persona, takes her back to her hip-hop roots and combines both ...

By Bridget Bland Emmy Award-winning supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks' daily talk show is nominated for favorite TV talk show, but she will have to beat 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' as well as 'Chelsea Lately,' 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' and 'Live with Regis & Kelly.'

By Karu F. Daniels NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Pop singer Melanie Brown, Olympic-level swimmer and model Amanda Beard, singer Aubrey O'Day and TV personality and designer Khloe Kardashian pose backstage at the Mel B With Ultimo Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Metropolita...

By Karu F. Daniels According to Usmagazine.com, Grammy Award winning singer Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton, are expecting a baby. The parents-to-be began dating in high school and have been married for four years. Patton, 33, who's in New York City shooting the new Queen Latifah movie, 'Jus...

David Bowie, Halle Berry and Mary J. Blige were among the stars who turned out to join Alicia Keys in New York on Thursday (15Oct09) to raise money for an AIDS charity. The celebrities stepped out for the 6th Annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom, which was c...

The Common Ground Foundation held its second annual “Common & Friends” concert at the famed Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night. The show raised funds for the foundation, created by Grammy-Award winning hip-hop artist and actor, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, best known as Common.

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By CBS Actress Queen Latifah spoke during the Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center in L.A. and read "We Had Him," a poem by Maya Angelou. Actress Queen Latifah spoke during the Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center in L.A. and read "We Had Him," a poem by Maya Angelou.

By CBS News Rapper/singer/actress Queen Latifah got the "star" treatment on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was all smiles as she was honored with the 2,298th star. Rapper/singer/actress Queen Latifah got the "star" treatment on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was all smiles as she was honored with th...

LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2009 /prnewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hip-hop's first lady, Queen Latifah, is adding a touch of class to the post-festivities of the BET AWARDS '09 by hosting the My Black Is Beautiful Post Show at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, ...

By Best Week Ever If you missed the parade of awkwardness that was the writer-less, audience-less, not-completely-f;ing-crazy-less People;s Choice Awards, check out this clip of host Queen Latifah growing increasingly more insane over the course of the show and belting out "People;s Choice Awards...

 CA The movie was written by Jason Filardi, who also wrote Bringing Down the House (yes, the one with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah). I was disappointed in the director, Burr Steers, since his previous film was Igby Goes Down, a favorite of mine. ...

Queen Latifah applies a little "Hairspray" style to her heels for Stuart Weitzman's celebrity shoe auction, benefitting ovarian cancer awareness and research. The American Film Institute celebrates their 40th anniversary with the screening of ten ...

By Karu F. Daniels Queen Latifah is getting back into the book business. The Academy Award nominated actress and Grammy Award winning rapper/singer has signed a deal with Grand Central Publishing to release an inspirational tome next year. AP AP AP AP Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images

By Esther Dixon Jenny Craig does this woman good. Queen Latifah looked amazing in her purple dress with beaded halter. The color of the dress complimented her skin tone and the beading gave her a little extra shine. Not that she needed it! 2008 Deaths AP

By Rachel Paula Abrahamson Jennifer Hudson -- whose mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were brutally murdered in Chicago last October -- received some good news on Wednesday from the NAACP Image Awards. America Ferrera, Will Smith, Mariah Carey and Queen Latifah were also nominated.

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By Fara Kearnes Queen Latifah has become the victim of a robbery on vacation, and a resort staffer may be the culprit. The singer/actress was staying at the $1,000-per-night Stone Haven Villas in Black Rock, Tobago, with a female friend when someone robbed...

By hbarber Jenny Craig has a new face. Jenny Craig has a new face. Actress Phylicia Rashad, the former TV wife of comedian Bill Cosby, has been named the new spokeswoman for the well-known weight-loss group. “Jenny Craig confirms a new relationship with Phylicia Rashad,” a Jenny Craig representative...

By Iula And this year, Queen Latifah joined their merry wagon of Jenny Craig endorsers. So why does one Jenny Craig review after another keep on saying that the program is not really all that it claims to be? Does that mean that the person who ...

Jennifer Hudson's friends and colleagues have showered her with condolences and messages of support in the wake of the tragic deaths of her mother, brother and nephew on Friday. In a testament to the wide net the singer/actress has cast across the entertainment world in the four years sin...

By Missy Lester Cohen/WireImage From the sound of things, Queen Latifah is inching closer and closer to making her dream of motherhood a reality. So close, in fact, she says she accepted the role of August Boatwright in The Secret Life of Bees -- at least in part -- because if she... Lester Cohen/WireIm...

Get it straight: Queen Latifah is not answering your questions about her sexuality. Here’s Queen Latifah with Will Smith, Tristan Wilds, and Jada Pinkett Smith at the premiere of ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ in Beverly Hills yesterday. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin and .

By sarah Finally, Queen Latifah was on “Oprah” yesterday promoting her new movie and talking weight loss. The spokeswoman for Jenny Craig says she’s lost 20 pounds on the program, her mother has also lost 20 pounds and an aunt has lost 36 pounds. Latifah says the whole family got involved for health r...

By Dodai As previously reported, Cover Girl recently made a deal with Ellen DeGeneres to be the "face" of its brand. But Ellen isn't CoverGirl's first interesting pick: They also have Queen Latifah. As a post on Jossip points out, Queen Latifah is black, not stick-thin, and often rumored to be gay. Th...

By Missy, CBB Writer Leaving little room for doubt, actress Queen Latifah replied "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" when recently asked by OK! if she intends to become a mom. In fact, according to Queen, the only thing about motherhood that remains a mystery is the timing; The 38-year-old actress said "I don't know... L...

By Celebitchy The two are said to be “planning an intimate ceremony with close family and friends,” according to The Enquirer. Latifah has said she would like to adopt a child, particular an American baby, and this may be the first step toward showing her commitment to Jeannette and to providing a stable...

By browne There’s the 1996 American documentary It’s Elementary — Talking About Gay Issues in School, and its 2007 follow-up, It’s STILL Elementary — The Movie and the Movement. And there’s the HBO film Life Support, starring Queen Latifah as an HIV-positive charity worker (although unfortunat...

By gdaysunshine Friday, January 18, 2008 Queen Latifah Worked at Burger King at Age 15 photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.com Queen Latifah recalls the work she did for so little pay: "I worked at Burger King when I was 15, I made burgers, I made drinks. And I had to clean the bathrooms. I must have been cra...

Does this then make Dana a diva? No, she contends with a laugh. “That makes me an American classic.” The Hollywood Foreign Press Association certainly thinks so, having just given Latifah a Golden Globe for her portrayal of an AIDS activist in the HBO movie Life Support; anyone who enjoyed H...

By scribegrrrl Best Actress, Drama: Julie Christie, Away From Her Best Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, Damages Best Actress, Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton, Longford Best Actress, Miniseries or TV movie: Queen Latifah, Life Support

MovieMantz Review: ‘Hairspray’  - Jan 10, 2008 Queen Latifah and James Marsden are also strong as the dance show hosts, while Amanda Bynes is charming as Blonsky’s uptight best friend. ...

By Seth Latifah let out a forced laugh as she swiftly surveyed the crowd, then turned deadly serious, gripping the Extra reporter's wrist and urgently whispering, "I mean all the time. Look carefully, you can see the shadow of his head poking out from the bottom of the living room window in a couple...

By Seth We can only hope this revelation (a Very Special Oprah that should surprise no one, save for some isolated clusters of small-town Latifah fans who felt her undeniable sexual chemistry with LL Cool J in Last Holiday really crackled) might mean a return to the butcher roles that defined the...

By Mark The Reporter's honorees will be feted at today's Power Breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where they'll be entertained by Hairspray stars John Travolta and Queen Latifah, who'll once again don their latex fat-suits and reprise the rollicking drag performances that won them so much...

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By Caryn Ganz posed six questions to rapper/actress/singer Queen Latifah, whose jazz and blues covers album Trav’lin Light came out this week. The woman born Dana Owens had a few words for rappers who don’t admit they’ve made big bucks, shouted out Lil’ Mama, and recalled the days when she toured with B...

By Chi The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards bought out actress Vanessa Williams, Oscar-nominee Queen Latifah, Omar Epps of "House", Eva Longoria of "Desperate Housewives", Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy", Kimora Lee Simmons, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, and America Ferrera of "Ugly Be...

Queen Latifah on stage  NJ - 25, the new vocal album is her follow-up to the Grammy-nominated "The Dana Owens Album" released in 2004. The sultry album explores the songbooks of Peggy ...

WASHINGTON -- Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds will perform at a concert to raise money for a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be built on the National Mall.

By Jennifer DeFilippo Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Scripts & Screenwriting, Newsstand, Remakes and SequelsDid you know that Queen Latifah, who is remaking All of Me, wants Steve Martin to reprise his role from the original 1984 comedy? It's news to me and possibly news to Martin who apparently hasn't b...

By Christopher Campbell The interesting thing is that Adam Shankman is producing (and maybe directing?). In case you aren't familiar with Shankman's work, well, incidentally he made two movies starring Martin, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and Bringing Down the House, the latter which also starred Latifah. Wait, I thi...

Queen Latifah wears them. So do Jessica Alba, Beyoncé, Eva Longoria and Gwyneth Paltrow. Oprah swears by them. "I don't wear panties, I wear Spanx," she declared on her show last month.