Jenny McCarthy and Cheryl Burke were among the celebrities on hand for the Belvedere Vodka Launch Party for RED Special Edition Bottle at Avalon in Hollywood, California on Thursday February 10th.

The company is donating 50% of the profits to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

The pre-Grammy bash was hosted by Usher and brought out Nicky and Paris Hilton, Mya, Morena Baccarin, Beth Ditto, Katerina Graham and Chelsea Handler to the party.

Lots of photos below. (Read the article)

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Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, Usher and lots of other celebrities are not posting to their Twitter or Facebook accounts in support of Alicia Keys‘ Keep A Child Alive drive to raise $1,000,000 in recognition of World AIDS Day on December 1st.

“It’s really important and super-cool to use mediums that we naturally are on,” Keys said. “It’s so important to shock you to the point of waking up. [...] It’s not that people don’t care or it’s not that people don’t want to do something, it’s that they never thought of it quite like that.”

The stars are staying digitally silent until the goal is reached but 3 days later and the total is nowhere near the million dollar mark. So what gives? Or more accurately what is preventing everyone from ponying up the cash?

I wonder if it’s simply that we are so over saturated by many celebs who use those pages as another kind of commercial to push yet another product, that as a group we are tuning them out (even if we are following them online.) Let’s be honest, twitter and Facebook can be like background noise – it’s there and you know it, you just don’t fully focus your attention on it.

Of course there is also the point that by making the stars give up their primary means of communication, you don’t have the 100 tweets and retweets a day reminding you to give up the cash.

I guess the thought was the silence would be deafening…? This could take a while.

[image: The Frisky]

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Sean Combs aka Diddy and Usher were on the set for a new music video out in Los Angeles.  I am guessing this is for Diddy’s single, Lookin For Love….

You know it’s going to be huge!  Can’t wait to see the finished product!

[images by  Michael Wright/WENN.com]

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Justin Bieber gets bigger everyday.  And no.  I am not talking about his physical stature.  I am talking fame and fortune.  This young man has turned into a bigger sensation than he could have ever dreamed of, practically overnight.

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The latest feat by Mr. Bieber is this music video remix for Somebody to Love featuring Usher.  You know you’ve made it when you’re working with Usher.

Enjoy the video below: (Read the article)

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It’s officially over for Usher and Tameka Foster. Five months after filing, their divorce was granted on November 4, 2009.  Usher filed for divorce citing that their marriage was  “irretrievably broken” with “no reasonable hope of reconciliation”.

Usher and Tameka were married for two years, and have two children together; Usher Raymond V, 23 months and eleven-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond.

[Images by JDH/WENN.com]

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From 70 to 31 years young, here are today’s Backseat Birthdays!

1939 – Ralph Lauren (um, CLOTHES!) – 70
1961 – Isaac Mizrahi (clothing designer) – 48
1978 – Javon Walker (Oakland Raiders) – 31
1978 - Usher (singer) – 31

Happy Birthday guys!  Javon, when you blow out your candles tonight, perhaps you should wish to be on a different team…..

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You’ve probably seen the commercials featuring celebrities whose brands are sold at Macy’s.  They’re cute, and pretty funny – which is high praise coming from me, because I hate commercials!  However, the latest ad in the series will be hard to hate, because it’s for a good cause.  Martha Stewart, Mariah Carey, Usher, Jessica Simpson, Donald Trump, Queen Latifah, Emeril Lagasse and Tommy Hilfiger appear in a pitch to support the nation’s largest huger relief charity, Feeding America.

The commercial shows the stars at a dinner party, and asks the public to hold dinner parties at which they ask their guests to contribute to Feeding America.  Macy’s has agreed to match every dollar donated by the public one to one.

Of his participation in this latest ad, Usher said:

“To get together and do something philanthropic is just incredible.”

Check out the video to hear more from the participants and see behind the scenes footage!

Video Source:  etonline.com

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R&B artist Usher, who just recently filed for divorce and is going to fight for custody of his kids, is the latest celeb to get a milk mustache. Yep, we have to thank lowfat milk for Usher’s sexy rocking hot body, which is certainly one of the best in the business.

Body by Milk Ads: Let it flow.

I pour my heart into my music. How do I stay in tune? With milk. The protein and nutrients in lowfat milk help me build muscle and stay fit. So eat right, exercise and grab a glass of ice-cold milk.

Now that’s chill.

Do you really want to be as hot as Usher?? Then you need to drink a lot of milk, workout regularly and it always helps to have some good genes.

I do agree with Usher about the ice-cold milk, I can’t even really stand the smell of warm milk… unless it’s mixed with chocolate or honey but that’s not really healthy…

[images: Body By Milk]

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R&B superstar Usher and his wife Tameka Foster-Raymond welcomed their second son yesterday at 2:33a.m.- Naviyd Ely Raymond. Weighing only 5 lbs 13 oz. (my ass weighed 10 lbs comin’ outta Momma Sidekick!),� he joins the clan alongside big brother Usher Raymond V who turned 1 November 26th.

Congrats to the forced happy couple!

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Whether a fan or not, there was little escape from Alicia Keys‘ “No One” this year.� Appropriately so, the singer/songwriter/actress leads the list of nominees for the 2008 American Music Awards with 5 nominations alongside Coldplay, who snagged 4.

Keys strikes nods for artist of the year, favorite female artist– pop or rock music, favorite female artist– soul/rhythm & blues, and favorite album for each for her multi-platinum-selling As I Am.

Coldplay ranks among those up for artist of the year, favorite band, duo, or group– pop or rock music, favorite artist– alternative rock music, and favorite album (for Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends).

Other artists who were nominated today were The Eagles (who also scored 4 nods for artist of the year, favorite band, duo, or group– pop or rock music, favorite artist– adult contemporary music, and favorite album– pop or rock), Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Daughtry, Flo Rida (really?), Rihanna, Carrie Underwood, Usher, and Kanye West.

Airing on ABC, check for the 2008 AMA’s November 28th live from LA’s the Nokia Theatre, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

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