This summer saw Kelly Rowland motivate music listeners with sizzling chart-topper ‘Motivation’. However, the singer is hoping to motivate folk’s fitness with her new workout DVD – ‘Sexy Abs’.

The project sees Rowland team up with trainer Jeanette Jenkins, and serves as yet another means of her building her brand outside of music.

Peep a preview of the DVD, which arrives on December 15th, below…

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The capture of Osama Bin Laden.

The union of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

JoJo Simmons‘  alleged relationship with a certain ‘Julisa’.

Yes, to anybody who frequents the social networking medium Twitter, all of the above stories will be all to familiar as being some of 2011’s most discussed topics.

However, the mother of all 2011 Twitter topics was confirmed today.

The unveiling of Beyonce‘s pregnancy at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

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Pint sized pop starlet Willow Smith has already brought the heat to the X Factor stage with a live rendition of her Nicki Minaj-assisted single ‘Fireball‘.  Now, the youngest of the Smith clan is set blaze your screen in her latest accompanying visual for the song.  Directed by Roman Lee, Miss Smith took to 106 & Park to unveil the visual of the song, the third to be lifted from her forthcoming debut album ‘Knees and Elbows’ (April 3).

Without further adieu, get into the scorching clip below:

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Despite regular grilling from respectable vocal critics and music enthusiasts, pop poser Rihanna takes the idea of ‘getting grilled’ to a new level in this recent ‘Talk That Talk‘ webisode.  As fans await the visual for ‘Talk’s’ latest single ‘You Da One’, the Barbadian beauty takes fans in for more behind-the-scenes action as she preps for the sexy shoot.

Celebrating her 6th week atop Billboard charts with her latest single ‘We Found Love‘, see Riri finding herself in an interesting predicament after the jump:

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Since her weight loss journey began “And I’m Telling You’ singer Jennifer Hudson has been telling fans and weight-loss hopefuls of her plans to release a memoir documenting the process.  Enter – ‘I Got This:  How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down and Found Myself’ – Hudson’s weight loss diary that details how she lost 80 pounds over the course of two years.  The book, set for a January 10 release, is already seeing the Chicagoan songbird traverse the promo trail.

Peep the soon-to-be Mrs. Otunga dish on how she’s ‘got this’ and more below:

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‘Sandcastle Disco’ diva Solange has gained quite the reputation for being one of Urban music’s leading fashionistas and every bit of testament to that would certainly be her recent spread in Lucky Magazine.  There the youngest of the Knowles clan talked about her love for fashion, her eccentric style, and her latest happenings.

See more of Solo below:

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When not working fierce fashion spreads, the songstress is said to be working on the followup to her 2008 sophomore effort ‘Solangel & The Hadley Street Dreams’. Read the interview in its entirety here.

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It’s been a while since G Unit front man 50 Cent made headlines for his once celebrated music, yet that hasn’t stopped him from trying to use his star power to endorse a number of philanthropic projects he is involved in.

Now watch him discuss these projects with the Wall Street Journal‘s Lee Hawkins in an in depth interview recently below…

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Weeks ago, Urban Pop Princess Keri Hilson confirmed that she has began work on the follow up to her critically acclaimed LP ‘No Boys Allowed‘.

Set to hit stores in 2012, the songbird built anticipation for the project by revealing that its sound may ‘shock’ some members of her core audience.

Now’s the chance to have your say.

Confused?

All will be explained below…

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It may have debuted with so so sales two weeks ago, but it seems Mary J. Blige‘s  latest LP ‘My Life II: The Journey Continues‘ is unprepared to give up the ghost just yet.

For, in what will come as a pleasant surprise to many in her fan base, as of this chart week the album has sold more copies than  Rihanna‘s latest project, Talk That Talk‘.

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Controversial. Given the array of responses to this year’s Grammy Award nominations, that is perhaps the best way of characterising the list on everyone’s lips.

For despite featuring the expected suspects (see: Adele and Bruno Mars), the anticipated tally saw many a notable omission – none more apparent than Beyonce and her ‘4’ project.

A usual Grammy favourite, many were surprised to see the singer shut-out from all but one main category.

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Lady GaGa may be in the thick of one album campaign, yet that hasn’t stopped the megastar from drumming up a buzz about its follow-up.

The Pop eccentric dropped insightful soundbites about the project, which she’ll no doubt be hoping replicates the multi-Platinum success of ‘Born This Way’.

Her comments after the jump…

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