She made a name for herself after starring alongside Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible IV,” and now Paula Patton has brought her beauty to the April 2012 issue of Maxim Australia . The 36-year-old actress looked hot to trot in the Land Down Under magazine’s sexy spread while offering up a short interview in which she dished about her “Top Gun” actor co-star, along with husband Robin Thicke

Taking a respite from honoring the past year’s top African-American entertainers, the 43rd NAACP Image Awards followed suit with previous awards shows in holding a tribute for recently departed icon Whitney Houston during Friday night’s (February 17) ceremony. With the annual event taking place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Gospel great Yolanda Adams took the stage alongside a gospel choir while celebrating the life of the “I Will Always Love You” singer. Previously speaking with press about learning of Miss Houston’s tragic death, Miss Adams recalled, “My initial reaction when I heard she passed was, ‘Can’t be’.” Receiving the saddening news from Whitney’s long-time music director, Yolanda then told, “He said, ’she’s gone,’ and although I had heard it on the news, there was finality to hear it from someone who loved her like I do.” “She was someone I could say was a friend, was really genuinely a child of God, really genuinely a good person who loved life

Paying tribute to the best in African-American entertainment over the past twelve months, the 43rd NAACP Image Awards took place in Los Angeles, CA on Friday night (February 17). Held at the Shrine Auditorium, the annual ceremony was hosted by Sanaa Lathan and Anthony Mackie while the big winner over the course of the show ended up being “The Help”.

Giving movie-goers a sneak peek of what’s to come, a poster for Johnny Depp’s project “Dark Shadows” has been released.

Enjoying the warmth of the west coast sunshine, Ellen Pompeo was spotted out in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday morning (January 3). The 42-year-old small screen star showed off her slim figure in skinny grey pants and a t-shirt as she sauntered passed the lurking paparazzi. As for Miss Pompeo’s hit medical drama, the season premiere of “Grey’s Anatomy” is slated to air this Thursday (January 5) at 9/8c on ABC.

Everything was bikini as usual when Rihanna hit the beach in her native Barbados yesterday … until she took a dip in the ocean. Rihanna’s orange bikini top turned transparent in water ..

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Gearing up for the November 9th release, “J. Edgar” premiered in Los Angeles earlier tonight (November 3) and there were plenty of stars in attendance. The film’s leading man Leonardo DiCaprio showed up looking dapper as he posed for the paparazzi outside the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre along with director Clint Eastwood.

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