The sudden death of R&B singer Teena Marie this weekend has rocked the music world.  Singers and other celebrities voiced their sorrow on Twitter in tribute to the “Ivory Queen of Soul.” Here’s a sampling of their Tweets.

Mary J. Blige:

‘Rest in peace Teena Marie. My Love for u is forever.’

Alicia Keys:

‘Teena Marie??????Why???? how??? ;-(

‘God bless Teena Marie and her Family! Sending Blessings and prayers. I was just saying that Fire And Desire is one of the most beautifully performed songs.’

Sean Combs (Diddy):

‘R.I.P Teena Marie. God Bless. Damn I just saw her the other day.’

Marie, whose real name was Mary Christine Brockert, is survived by her daughter, Alia Rose. She made her debut in 1979 on Motown Records. She is particularly noted for having written, produced and arranged nearly every one of her songs since 1980.   Reports indicate that she died in her sleep, of natural causes.

Enjoy the following tribute to Teena Marie:  my favorite song of hers, ‘Square Biz.’

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Sean “Diddy” Combs has made an exclusive deal with Macy’s to sell his Sean John clothing line.   He announced the deal on Wednesday at the Standard Hotel in New York City.  Diddy said:

“I am overwhelmed and humbled by the recognition from such an iconic American retailer as Macy’s and we’re astounded by the opportunity that this exclusive deal gives the Sean John brand and all of our licensing partners.  When I launched the Sean John brand over 11 years ago, we created the tag line, ‘The Future of Fashion,’ and today as we are announcing this partnership, I truly believe the future has arrived.”

By “opportunity,” of course, Diddy means “another way for him to line his pockets with your money.”

SEAN JOHN’S SPRING 2010 LOOK BOOK: RELEASED!

His deal with Macy’s includes woven sportshirts, knits, sweaters, tees, denim, vests, shorts and collection pants, outerwear, jackets and sportcoats.

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Spring is just around the corner and the latest trends in women’s duds are everywhere.  (Are you jumping on the Little White Dress bandwagon?)  But what about the men?  Sean John has you covered, guys:  its Spring 2010 lookbook has just been released.  Of course we already knew what to expect to some degree, as Diddy previewed some pieces from this collection six months ago.  And it’s pretty much as promised:  urban, preppy, and more than a little metrosexual.  What do you think of Sean John’s new collection?  Drop us a comment and tell us!

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P. Diddy (Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, Diddy, whatever his name is these days) celebrated New York’s Fashion’s Night Out with a par-tay at the Sean John store on 5th Avenue.  Decked out in a rather shockingly purple ensemble, he Tweeted:

“The sean john store is off the chain!!!! Fashions night out!!! Thank you for your support”

Part of the celebration was the official launch of the new Sean John logo, as well as a preview of the Spring 2010 collection.  However, this is sort of anticlimactic considering Diddy himself leaked them both on his blog last month.

There is only one word for the new logo, by the way, and that is BORING.  You can see it on the poster below.  It’s clean, but it has no personality.  The previous signature logo was unique and quickly identifiable.  This one could be a logo for anything from a fashion line to a bank to an appliance.   I could have done better than that!

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Even rich-ass Puff Daddy can’t deal with the price of gas these days. He uses the latest episode of his video blog to whine about how he can’t afford the $500,000 a month that it costs to fly his private jet back and forth between New York and Los Angeles. It’s forcing him to… horrors!… use regular old commercial airlines.

“Gas prices are too m[fin]‘ high…Can you believe this, I’m actually flying commercial, that’s how high gas prices are! So I feel you! Look, I’m at the gate right now. This is really happening…”

Not only that, but he also claims to be flying coach. Oh, the humanity! How low can one man be forced to go?? One can always try begging:

“I want to give a shout-out to all my Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters and all my brothers and sisters from all the countries that have oil. If y’all could please send me some oil for my jet, I would truly appreciate it.”

Can you say “douche”? Diddy has enough money, why doesn’t he just buy a couple of oil rigs in Saudi Arabia for himself? He could add “oil mogul” to his resume. It’s probably one of the only things he hasn’t tried yet.

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P. Diddy slash Puff Daddy slash Diddy slash Puffy slash Sean Combs has a new notch on his reality show belt � and I now have definitive proof that TV executives either nap or play Tetris on their Blackberries during pitch meetings. Seems Sean needed a new personal assistant, so instead of working through a recruiter or a headhunter like any normal person would do, he decided to make a competition out of it.

The entertainment and fashion mogul �put out the word through the media that he was welcoming applicants,� then narrowed the pool down to 13 finalists, who appear on �I Want To Work For Diddy.�

“But the show isn’t about just seeing if I could find someone to work for me. It’s about people chasing their dreams,” he said� The candidates “had to fight to get to me,” he explained. “To get to me is like getting to the Wizard of Oz. They had to prove themselves. They had to walk down the yellow brick road.”

Oh please. Honestly, whose dream is it to fetch Puffy�s Starbucks, buy his condoms and return his phone calls?

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