Cover Story: Kourtney Kardashian: I'm Pregnant!

Get ready for one more member of the extended Kardashian family to keep up with! Kourtney Kardashian and beau Scott Disick are expecting their second child together, they tell the new Us Weekly in an exclusive cover story.
PHOTOS: Adorable snapshots of Mason Dash Disick
The E! reality star, 32, took a pregnancy test about five weeks ago -- and woke up Disick, 28 (not a morning person!), around 7.a.m. to tell him the positive results.
"Now I'm nine weeks along," Kardashian tells Us. "You're supposed to wait 12 weeks to tell people, but I feel confident."
PHOTOS: Look back on Kourt's first pregnancy
The son or daughter-to-be will be the second child for the couple of five years, whose son Mason, nearly 2, was a bit of a surprise.
Not so much for baby number two, the happy couple tells Us.
"It wasn't like we weren't trying," Disick, 28, says. "We kind of just said, 'If it's meant to be, it'll be.'"
PHOTOS: Babies of 2011
For much more of our exclusive sit-down with Kourtney and Scott -- how they told Khloe, Kim and the rest of the clan, whether she wants a boy or girl, potential wedding plans and much more -- pick up the new Us Weekly, on stands Friday.

Raymond vs. Raymond: Usher’s Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond Files “PAPERS” Seeking Full Custody + More Child Support…

Usher Raymond just can not get Tameka Foster Glover Raymond off of his back and he’s headed back to court tomorrow (November 30, 2011) to battle his ex-wife yet again.
It feels like deja vu all over again, except this time it was Tameka who filed dem “Papers” against Usher!
Tameka is reportedly so pissed off about Ursh closing her Saks 5th Avenue account, that she’s seeking to gain full custody of the couple’s two son’s, Usher V (3) and Navyid (2).
Usher was spotted spending time with his sons just last week in NYC, but Meka says that her ex has repeatedly failed to follow her instructions regarding his handling of the boys, and because of that (and her canceled Saks card), she feels he doesn’t deserve to maintain joint custody.
Tameka also maintains in the legal docs that Usher’s income has increased significantly since their divorce, and she’s asking the court to grant her more child support “because of his success.”
Cue Diddy…. “it’s all about the benjamins, babeeee!”
Details…According to TMZ:

Usher’s ex-wife wants to take away his kids … claiming the singer has repeatedly blown off his legal obligations as a co-parent … and even worse — he CLOSED her Saks 5th Avenue credit card … this according to court docs obtained by TMZ.
Tameka Raymond — who had 2 kids with Usher during their brief 2 year marriage — filed court papers in Georgia … asking a judge to strip Usher of joint physical custody of their children ASAP.
According to the docs, Tameka claims Usher has repeatedly FAILED to obtain her permission to travel outside the state with the kids … which he’s legally obligated to do.
But there’s more … a lot more.
Tameka also claims Usher is required and has failed to:
– get her approval before hiring nannies
– give her first shot to watch the kids when he’s away for more than 8 hours
– allow her to take the kids for 2-weeks in the summer of 2011
– let her have custody of the kids during Christmas break 2010
Tameka also claims Usher closed her Saks 5th Avenue credit card — which he specifically said he wouldn’t do — and now she can no longer take advantage of the “special benefits” the card offers.
According to the docs, Usher also promised to pay $5k per month so Tameka could hire her own nanny for the kids — but he hasn’t paid in months, and now owes $34,000 worth of payments.
Tameka also claims there has been a “substantial change in [Usher's] income” since they got divorced — and because of his success, she should get even more money for child support.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Wednesday. Stay tuned …

Welp…. I was just saying that Tameka’s been quiet lately. I guess I spoke too soon.

What are your thoughts on Meka’s recent court filings?

Does Tameka have a valid argument or are you Team Usher?

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/29/ushers-ex-wife-tameka-raymond-seeks-more-child-support-full-custody/#ixzz1fCXwhqSy

Kandi Burruss Launches Yet Another Business Venture: “Kandi Koated Spades”…. [PHOTOS]

Nov, 29 2011 | Written by ATLien

If you ever had any doubts about Kandi Burruss‘ business acumen… I suggest you think again! You can call her whatcha want… but you’ll never call her “broke”!
The Grammy award winning Real “Housewife” of Atlanta has her hand in several pots…. from her “Bedroom Kandi” line of sex toys to her “star search” like new show that’s been given the green light on Bravo, Kandi stays winning! And by “winning” I mean she’s totally in the black!
♠♠♠All SPADES errr-thang! ♠♠♠♠♠
Earlier this month, Kandi hosted “Game Night” at her TAGS boutique as a precursor to her new venture… (click HERE if you missed that) and now, just in time for the holidays, the music and reality show celeb has developed a new twist to a classic card game, and is introducing Kandi Koated Spades, the first “urban” Spades app for iPhone/iPad users – available now via the iTunes App Store!

“Me and my family are avid Spades players,” says Burruss.
“So when the opportunity to create Kandi Koated Spades presented itself, I jumped at the chance to share this unique app with my fans. I’m a Spades pro and I can promise you that this is the best Spades game on the market!”

More details about Kandi’s newest business venture below…
Developed by urban video gaming company Konsole Kingz, Kandi Koated Spades allows multiple players to play online while using features such as “Reneg,” “Deuces Wild,” and “Jokers.” The app is designed to reflect the fast-paced, “trash-talking” style of Spades that’s most popular in the African-American community.
“The iPhone has over 500,000 apps. We noticed no one was creating high-quality games for African-Americans,” says Marcus Matthews, producer of the game. “Like Spike Lee and Tyler Perry did for film, we created something our community could enjoy.”

“Spades is the one game that almost every African-American has played or witnessed,” adds Cj Peters, CEO of Konsole Kingz. “So it certainly made sense to develop Kandi Koated Spades and bring it to the iPhone and iPad.”

Kandi Koated Spades Key Features:

- Online Multiplayer (play against 3 real people)
- Custom avatars (use the camera to put yourself in the game)
- In-game profiles (let everyone know where you’re from, post your Twitter, and earn awards (crowns) for playing)
- Chat (chat from the main menu and during the game)
- Single Player Mode (for those of you that need to step your game up)
- Reneg (Call reneg on someone playing out of suit and get those 3 books!)
- Tweet your scores and wins to all your Twitter followers

Click HERE for complete list of rules and features on Kandi’s new game. Kandi plans to celebrate the launch of the Spades app at a private game party in Atlanta next week.

Do you play spades? If you haven’t checked out Kandi’s new Spades App yet…

CLICK HERE to get it via the iTunes App store.

What do you think about Kandi’s newest venture??

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/29/kandi-burruss-launches-iphone-ipad-spades-app-photos/#ixzz1fCXj9GKe

Queen B Baby Bump Watch: Proof Beyonce Is Laughing at Us Laughing At Her… [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Nov, 30 2011 | Written by ATLien

Beyonce (and her trusty bodyguard Julius) was spotted out and about in New York yesterday (November 29, 2011).

As the world continues to watch her controversial baby bump grow, Queen B giggled and closed her jacket as the paparazzi snapped away.

Yup… she’s loving it!

Beyonce recently addressed all the fake baby bump rumors in a recently released video. With the constant rumors that she has a tummy full of padding, Bey has decided to put the rumors to bed once and for all.

More photos below PLUS check out PROOF that Queen B is laughing at us as we laugh at her baby bump….

VIDEO: Oooh Baby! Beyonce Adresses Baby Bump Speculations

I told you she’s loving it all! Now we know why Bey’s baby bump is here today and gone tomorrow.

What do you think of Beyonce creating her own conspiracy?

Love it or Hate it?

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/30/queen-b-baby-bump-watch-proof-beyonce-is-laughing-at-us-laughing-at-her-photos-video/#ixzz1fCXN4YNN

Express Launches Beauty Line

Back in the day, Express was our go-to store! Express has been around for a very long time, mainly selling apparel and now they have started to sell a few beauty products. Good idea! The line includes body shimmer ($30.00), lip gloss ($17.00) and its Love Express scent ($16.00-$60.00). The line will continue to grow each season.

“DarkGirls” Premiere Sparks Shade Debate ~ Is Life Different For Darker Women? [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Nov, 21 2011 | Written by ATLien

This past weekend I had a chance to premiere “DARK GIRLS : The Story of Color , Gender and Race ” at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre (November 19, 2011).
Georgia actor/director/producer Bill Duke and writer/producer/director D. Channsin Berry premiered the highly anticipated documentary to an auditorium filled with thousands of guests, which included Jasmine Guy, Jaquitta Williams (CBS-Atlanta), Kalenna (Diddy/Dirty Money), famed poet Hank Stewart, as well as other notables from the film community.
The dark skin/light skin debate continues in the Black community.
We, as Black Americans continue to “SHADE” each other on the daily on the issue of color…. from Tameka Foster Glover Raymond’s “She’s Pretty For A Dark Skin Girl” essay to Beyonce’s “Blackface” controversy to Fantasia catching way more flack than a much lighter skinned singer (*cough* Alicia Keys) for the same offense of dating a married man.
[READ: Alicia Keys vs. Fantasia Barrino: The Light Skin/Dark Skin Homewrecker Debate]
These types of discussions bring us closer to understanding the blatant discrepancies that exist in our community between how we treat each other based on intra-racial prejudices. Once we can fully understand WHY it exists, perhaps it will be easier to collectively change our ways of thinking.
Preview a few minutes of “Dark Girls” below + share your thoughts on the light skin/dark skin debate…

VIDEO: “Darkgirls” [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Dark Girls was an emotional journey offering a candid glimpse into the stigmas and hurt that women with darker skintones often encounter, regardless of age, background or culture. The film covered the many facets of intra-racial prejudice, including emotional and physical abuse from loved ones and peers.
The piece also touched on the perceptions that have been placed on darker women by men from their own race juxtaposed against perceptions from men outside of their race. The film showed a consistent thread from adolescence to adulthood, with darker skinned women being made to feel they were less than, weren’t beautiful or intelligent because of the melanin in their skin.
The brief Q&A after the premiere turned emotional as numerous participants thanked both Duke and Berry for producing the film. When asked why they produced Dark Girls, Duke and Berry both quoted their own family experiences and commitment to community as motivation for the film. Duke and Berry mentioned their follow up project; “The Yellow Brick Road” that will address issues of color in fairer skinned women, which is currently in production.

This is an old clip of The Ricky Lake Show (yeah I took it way back!) that features a young lady who says statements her Mom made, made her feel like being dark was ugly….

VIDEO: Ricki Lake – Too Dark To Be Pretty?

Do you think Darker Women still face challenges in today’s society?

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/21/darkgirls-premiere-sparks-shade-debate-is-life-different-for-women-who-are-darker-official-trailer/#ixzz1eYILdCe6

Twitter Beef! RHOA Kim Zolciak Guns For NeNe Leakes AND Cynthia Bailey…

Nov, 22 2011 | Written by ATLien

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is way more real than you could ever imagine. So much so, that newlywed Kim Zolciak feels the need respond to the resident bully NeNe Leakes online.
NeNe tweeted last week that Kim and Kroy were renting their fabulous new estate (which you can see HERE) and while “Everybody knows it’s true that Kim is renting” (stated in my Phaedra Parks voice), Kim wasn’t too pleased about NeNe saying it and decided to spill NeNe’s tea online (she even dragged ex housewife Lisa Wu into it)…

Notice that Kimmy didn’t deny that she’s renting, only that NeNe is renting too!
These chicks slay me…. we all know NeNe doesn’t own anything, especially after she and Gregg were busted by that investigative reporter participating in mortgage scams.
[READ: Fox 5 i-Team Investigates Atlanta "Housewife" NeNe Leakes (VIDEO)]
But I digress…
NeNe’s sidekick Cynthia Bailey also got dragged into the online drama, after Kim felt some kinda way about what Cynthia said on the after show.
More of the recent online Atlanta housewives battle below…

When asked by Bravo Andy why she and her husband Peter Thomas were tardy for Kim’s Baby Shower AND had the nerve to come empty handed, Cynthia responded:

Considering the way Kim behaved at my wedding…. she brought her own wine… didn’t bring me a present… and basically put it out there that she felt that Peter and I would last a year, I felt like it was really good that I came at all.

Kim’s response…

Cynthia is full of sh*t Kroy & I gave her card w/ cash 4 her wedding! We knew she was having financial problems so we figured she could use the $ instead of purchasing something she didn’t need!

Geeeez! Will the fighting EVER end? At this point I don’t think ANYONE gets along on that show… “in real life”.

Share your thoughts about all this “housewives” in-fighting.

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/22/twitter-beef-kim-zolciak-twitter-beef-nene-leakes-cynthia-bailey/#ixzz1eYI1fJqW

Victoria Beckham’s Leather Leg Warmers

Fashion Diva, Victoria Beckham, is looking absolutely ravishing after having daughter Harper a some months ago. She was spotted in NYC wearing a dress from her Spring 2012 collection paired with leather leg warmers. The leather leg warmers instantly transforms this Spring dress into a Winter chic piece!

Something For The Men: Bow Ties by Canary 48

With the Holiday Season quickly approaching, you may be looking for what to buy your significant other. A bow tie is just what he needs to set him apart. In 2009 Carnie Bernard Horton created Canary 48, named after his mother, the late Canary Horton. Make no mistake, Canary 48 is not just for men, he also has a good female clientele as well. Bow ties are timeless pieces made to fit everyone! Please check out the video and pictures of the collection. Also, visit www.canary48webs.com to see the entire collection and purchase.









To read more about the CEO, Carnie Bernard Horton and Canary 48 click here for the entire interview http://warmnotes.com/blog/

Kim Zolciak Wedding Drama! Mom Kicked Out + First Look At THE DRESS! [PHOTOS]

Nov, 14 2011 | Written by ATLien

Not only is Kim Zolciak a wife… she’s officially a FOOTBALL WIFE! Woot Woot!
The Real “Housewife” of Atlanta married her much younger baller boo, Atlanta Falcons player Kroy Biermann, in a private ceremony held the lavish estate she’s renting on the lucky date of Friday, November 11, 2011 (11-11-11).
Zolciak, who gave birth to Biermann’s son just 5 months ago, walked down the aisle in an over the top pre-owned wedding gown covered in Swarovski crystals, pearls, beads and embroidered lace.
The fabric was 100 percent Duchess Satin (whatever the hell that is) and the dress weighed a whopping 32 lbs.

Blah blah blah….

More photos below from Kimmie’s wedding below but can you believe that heffa threw her own MOM outta her wedding?!?
Here’s the TEA…


Kim appeared the perfect southern bride to her footballer hubby in the exclusive photos that were sold to Life&Style magazine, but there’s always some family drama behind the smiles.

Bravo Andy Perez Hilton (center) with Kim’s daughters Ariana and Brielle

While there was plenty of security on the grounds, there’s no word yet on why Kim felt the need to call the cops on her own mother!
Guests of the newlywed were in shock & awe as Kim’s Mom, Karen, was escorted out of her own daughter’s reception!
The event went on as planned, and you’ll get to see all the drama-free wedding procedures when it airs, but guests are still whispering about the disrespectful nature of Kim’s actions. *sigh*
That’s your MOM Kim…. how dare you?!?

What on earth could Kim’s Mom have done to warrant her daughter calling the cops?

Read more: http://straightfromthea.com/2011/11/14/kim-zolciak-kroy-biermann-get-married-photos/#ixzz1dmrt6mlH