Angela Bassett will become a regular cast member on NBC’s “ER” next year during its 15th and final season. The role will be her first full-time gig on a television series.

The actress will play a tough physician with a troubled past who returns to Chicago from Indonesia, where she was involved in tsunami relief. Her arrival in the second episode next season promises to shake up the staff at County General.

“Angela is a wonderfully talented actress whom I’ve long hoped to work with,” said “ER” exec producer John Wells.

She recently wrapped the B.I.G. biopic “Notorious.”

Cant wait to see that!

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Here Halle’s ex Eric Benet at the We Are Family Foundation Celebration in honor of our girl Patti LaBelle.

Eric’s shiny suit is hot! Doesn’t the material looks noisy!

Did we speak too soon? We raved Whitney for looking amazing at the Jazz Festival in Tobago. Unfortunately, the performance was reviewed as a disaster. Whitney your about to be demoted to C-List status.

The following are excerpts from the review at EbonyJet.com:

Houston, 44, banned photographers and the media from getting within 200 yards of her. Nervous about the quality of her voice, the ex-Mrs. Brown kept telling the Tobago audience how happy she was to be in Trinidad. Wow Whitney!

Houston failed to get much of a rise out of the audience, many of whom had come extra early to make sure they got a good spot on the lawn.

After her second song, Houston paid tribute to Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and En Vogue who had performed on Friday and Saturday nights. On “Saving All My Love For You,”  Houston’s voice cracked.

“I don’t think the voice is still there,” said one patron on his way out. He probably felt the same way about her delivery on “I’ll Always Love You” since she missed all the notes that once made that ballad one of her signature tunes. The folks who had paid $120 (general admission) were already a little unhappy but after that song they stopped applauding.

We want our money back and we we rent even at the concert!

Continue reading the review here.

Come on Whitney, you better leave that young boy Ray-J.

Nice to see that Terrence is a family man. Taking his kids to the movies. A movie screening that is!

Must be nice.

Hey theres Bobby Valentino! S-curled out and looking sly as a fox.

Check out the pics below of Michael Bivens, Cuttino Mobley and Young Jeezy

I hate to see you leave but love to see you walk away!

Hint: She just released a new video, inspired by an 80s movie. (more…)

Doesn’t she look angelic? Where is the halo?

Once again here is Leona Lewis. She is still abroad in Australia, shot here doing a media call.

We wonder if shes doing any performing for her Aussie fans or is she just showing that pretty face, promoting the album?

Estelle!

She celebrated her new album Shine in a private dinner with friends.

Her London Brit style is all that! Check out that leather gray trench coat! Hauteness!

Whitney Houstonlooks rested, healthy and youthful at the Plymouth Jazz Festival.

This is a good look. She is starting out with small gigs. Before you know it, she will be headlining her own show in Vegas.

Whitney really seems on the road to sobriety. She didn’t even lash out when Bobby Brown talked about intimate details of there relationship and said he planed on releasing a tell all book.

Go Whitney!

How old is Denzel Washington again? 53! And he is still ripping, and running around.

In his new film Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, a thriller where Denzel plays the head of security for MTA and terrorist take a train hostage.

Sounds like a must see! This is an awesome follow-up to The Great Debaters.

We are excited to see it but dont get your hopes up! The flick doesn’t come out until the summer of 2009!!!