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AIQ…Toni Braxton, Jay-Z, Nia Long & More

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UPTOWN_aiq_021513No tea, no shade! No shade, no tea! This week, a pint-sized Grammy winner reveals her dream role, the King of Hip Hop disses a sloppy collaborator, and a sexy Hollywood A-Lister still doesn’t want any “goddamned peas!”  Plus, guess which “RHOA” personality passed on a spinoff show, and Berry Gordy said what?! AND I QUOTE …

 

UPTOWN_toni_braxton“I would like to play a lesbian. I don’t know why. And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing; just something completely different than people would expect from me. Not a lipstick lesbian, either.”

Toni Braxton, who recently announced her retirement from the music industry, reveals her dream role, in an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post.

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JayZ2013“I’d like to thank the swap meet for his hat. Thank you guys.” 

Jay-Z disses songwriter-producer The Dream for his Boyz n the Hood skully hat, while accepting the award  for  Best Pop Song/Collaboration, at the 2013 Grammy Awards ceremony. 

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PhaedraParks2013I don’t want my mama suing me. I don’t want my parents disowning me because of a TV show.”

Phaedra Parks declines an offer for a “RHOA” spinoff and throws a little shade to former co-star Kim Zolciak, in a quirky interview with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

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BerryGordy2013“Diana left me for $20 million dollars! I was crying inside … I had to let her go; I promised her that during our love affair.”

Berry Gordy reflects on his love affair with Diana Ross, while discussing Motown: The Musical, via The Grio.

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NiaLong2013“Yeah, that’s probably one of my favorite lines ‘I don’t wanna hear about no goddamned peas!’ I really don’t wanna hear about no goddamned peas!”

Nia Long, who is currently starring with Don Cheadle in Showtime’s “House of Lies,” recounts one of her favorite lines from The Best Man, in a sit down with The Urban Daily.

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KamauBell2013“But now that we had a black president, we didn’t have to have a unified front, so I wanted to say something that had been burning in my mind. That sentiment? F*ck Tyler Perry!”

Kamau Bell, comedian and host of “Totally Biased,” explains his “f*ck Tyler Perry” joke from the comedy album Face Full of Flour, via HuffPost Live. 

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TJHolmes2013“POTUS signing autographs for members of congress. Tradition but still odd to me. #makeitouttoTJ #SOTU”

T.J. Holmes, who has been guest anchoring on  MSNBC instead of BET, assesses to Obama’s State of the Union Address, via Twitter.

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