The Young, Black, and Fabulous

JUST MARRIED: Tamera Mowry & Adam Housley!
BREAKING: Cali Swag District Member M-Bone Shot & Killed
CANDIDS: Ciara & Amar'e + Halle & Olivier + Rihanna
First Lady Michelle Obama Addresses Spelman's Graduating Class, Debbie Allen & Phylicia Rashad Also Honored
CNN Anchor Don Lemon Reveals He's Gay In His New Book
FRENCH KISS: Kanye Goes Full On Make-Out With Random Blonde Chick In Cannes

JUST MARRIED: Tamera Mowry & Adam Housley!

Posted: 16 May 2011 07:05 AM PDT

It finally happened! 32-year old actress Tamera Mowry finally got hitched to her man, 39-year-old Adam Housley, over the weekend in Napa Valley. Deets of the couples' amazing wedding when you read on....

Tamera wore a gorgeous Carolina Herrera gown for her Mindy Weiss (who also planned LaLa Vazquez Anthony's wedding) planned wedding this past Sunday. The romantic occasion took place at Adam's family's inn and vineyard in Napa. His groomsmen wore tuxes and Converses on their feet.

Tamera gushed to PEOPLE mag: "I've always wanted an outdoor wedding with lots of flowers. I feel so lucky to have this beautiful day marrying my best friend."

"I feel so blessed to be marrying such an amazing man," says Mowry. Adds Housley: "Tamera is beautiful inside out."

The couple presented their parents with long stemmed roses at the ceremony--to thank them for their love and support. And at the reception, Tamera changed into a Dolce & Gabbana two piece ensemble. Deets on the reception:

For the reception, Mowry changed into a two-piece ensemble by Dolce & Gabbana before joining the guests for a sit-down dinner that includes a four-tiered wedding cake by Sweetie Pies.

For a sophisticated yet rustic wine-country look, event designer Eden Rodriguez decorated wooden farm tables with pale pink and white hydrangeas and roses, olive branches with olives and hundreds of white candles.

For the first dance, the newlyweds will dance to Journey's "Faithfully" before surprising their guests with a performance to LL Cool J's "Going Back to Cali."

And for the AFTER-party, the new bride changed into an Herve Leger dress for a party in the barrel room, complete with a DJ, a taco truck, and cupcakes. Gotta love it.

Eight bridesmaids (including her preggers twin sister Tia Mowry) and 300 guests later, Tamera and Adam are now happily married.

Can't wait to see the pics. CONGRATS to the couple!

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BREAKING: Cali Swag District Member M-Bone Shot & Killed

Posted: 16 May 2011 06:52 AM PDT

The makers of the popular "Teach Me How To Dougie" song and dance suffered a loss last night. TMZ reports Cali Swag District member M-Bone was fatally shot in his hometown of Inglewood, California last night.

Details developing when you read on...

Reports are saying M-Bone was a victim of a random act of drive-by shooting violence. The group's leader Smoove posted this tweet this morning saying: "Ma life changed drastically in the. Blink of an eye rip mbone."

Sad. The group started a "Dougie" dance craze last year and the song climbed and stayed on the chart since its debut. Their second single is "Where You Are", which samples Michael Jackson's 1972 hit "I Wanna Be Where You Are"

According to their label at Capitol Records, their debut album, The Kickback, was scheduled to be released this year.

CANDIDS: Ciara & Amar'e + Halle & Olivier + Rihanna

Posted: 16 May 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Celebs were out and about over the weekend hanging with their boo's and shopping it up. Pics of Ciara and her boo Amar'e Stoudemire still kickin' it in Miami, Halle & Olivier heading to a Prince concert, and Rihanna having a shopping day in L.A., when you read on...

Ciara and her boo Amar'e hit the beaches of Miami first, and then hit the streets on matching mopeds. Awww how cute.

Meanwhile, Rihanna is back home in L.A. after jetsetting to lots of countries performing. She was spotted leaving the backdoor of the boutique store Kiki De Montparnasse in West Hollywood on Sunday. And she rocked a grey tied up shirt, a gray and white high slit long skirt, and Louboutin heels for the occassion:

You feelin' the look?

And also over the weekend, Halle Berry and her boo Olivier Martinez had a date night at the Prince concert in L.A.:

Halle rocked her leather pants and heels looking fabulous as usual.

Fun times I'm sure.

First Lady Michelle Obama Addresses Spelman's Graduating Class, Debbie Allen & Phylicia Rashad Also Honored

Posted: 16 May 2011 05:32 AM PDT

First Lady Michelle Obama was the regal commencement speaker at Spelman College this weekend. We've got pics of her, Debbie Allen, and Phylicia Rashad being honored at the ceremony, plus video of Mrs. O's address.

Read on for more...

FLOTUS, along with sisters actress Phylicia Rashad and choreographer/actress Debbie Allen, were honored by Spelman College at their graduation festivites this weekend. Such a fabulous occassion for all the YBF women involved.

We here people waited in line for 4 hours to hear FLOTUS speak to the young ladies who are entering the real world.

Here's video:

BONUS: Here's a list of YBF commencement speakers all over the country this graduation season.

CNN Anchor Don Lemon Reveals He's Gay In His New Book

Posted: 16 May 2011 05:15 AM PDT

CNN anchor Don Lemon has come out and revealed he is gay. And he's using his brand new memoir, Transparent, to do so an to tell his story. Don tweeted a NY Times story last night that discussed this very subject, and he said he wanted to be the first to tell his fans.

Details when you read on....

Don made headlines when several months ago, while having Bishop Eddie Long's alleged sexual molestation accusers on his show, when he revealed on live tv that he was sexually molested as a young boy as well.

Now, weekend anchor Mr. Lemon, who is 45 years old but barely looks a day over 25, has written his own personal story in a book called Transparent. While he's extremely nervous and scared of what he is revealing to the public, he has been in this business since college and he says it's time to do so.

“People are going to say: ‘Oh, he was molested as a kid and now he is coming out.’ I get it,” he said. "I’m scared. I’m talking about something that people might shun me for, ostracize me for.”

He also aware of how him coming out as a gay male in this very public media will affect him as an African American male. The NY Times reports:

“It’s quite different for an African-American male,” he said. “It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine. In the black community they think you can pray the gay away.” He said he believed the negative reaction to male homosexuality had to do with the history of discrimination that still affects many black Americans, as well as the attitudes of some black women.

“You’re afraid that black women will say the same things they do about how black men should be dating black women.” He added, “I guess this makes me a double minority now.”

And he's looking at the upside of things as well: CNN has assured their support of him, and he wants to be that role model he didn't have himself growing up, which caused him to hide who he was for 45 years of his life.

When he informed the publisher of his new tack, the initial reaction was caution. But when the editors saw the material, they embraced it. It was left to Mr. Lemon to experience a bout of nerves and suggest at one point that the most personal material be taken out.

“But as I started to read it back, I said, no, leave it,” Mr. Lemon said. “I abhor hypocrisy. I think if you’re going to be in the business of news, and telling people the truth, of trying to shed light in dark places, then you’ve got to be honest. You’ve got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.”

He has been assured of support by CNN, which has booked him as a guest Monday on its daytime show “CNN Newsroom.” He will also be on Joy Behar’s show on the network’s sister channel, HLN. A few other possibilities remain “up in the air,” he said.

Mr. Lemon said he knew that coming out this way would stir up a degree of comment about other television news personalities, and whether any would acknowledge being gay.

“I think it would be great if everybody could be out,” he said. “But it’s such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that. I do have to say that the more people who come out, the better it is for everyone, certainly for the Tyler Clementis of the world.”

“I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn’t have taken me 45 years to say it,” Mr. Lemon said, “to walk in the truth.”

Wow. Well hats off to Don for taking this extrememly bold and respectable step of showing the world his true self when he has so much to lose. Congrats to him on his memoir.

FRENCH KISS: Kanye Goes Full On Make-Out With Random Blonde Chick In Cannes

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Mr. West hit his Carlton Hotel balcony in Cannes, France to have an all-out Shakespeare moment. Pics of Kanye having a full out make-out session with a random blonde chick when you read on....

After performing "Golddigger" with Jamie Foxx the night before (how appropriate), 33-year-old Kanye West was spotted having a good 'ol time putting on a show for the cameras outside his hotel balcony today. He and a blonde chick kissed and made out much to the cameras' liking: