The classic naturally bellissima, Sanaa Lathan, is our latest Brew Beauty.

With her film debut  in Blade in 1989,  the 40 year old actress has built a resume that includes the classiques of fine Negro Cinematude.  Who does not know the uber cheezy, but still gets me every time:  “I’ll play you for your heart” from “Love & Basketball” or remember Taye Diggs’ character proposing, right before the Electric Slide, in “The Best Man”.  Or Taye Diggs’s other character, telling her: “You are the perfect verse over a tight beat.”   in “Brown Sugar”? …sigh.

OK fine, fine, they were characters in movies, but Sanaa is such a winning easy going actress that her classic characters  feel like your closest homegirl.  Comfortable, familiar and completely root-for-able. Even when she’s kind of a beeyotch (“The Family That Preys”) or a kidney stealing who-are (“Nip/Tuck”) you still kinda love her.

Lately Sanaa has been doing the the-a-ter (as your cousins like to say) thing in  London (starring in the all black version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof) and New York (Vera Stark).  She currently co-stars in “Contagion”, in the-a-ters and voices  Donna Tubbs on the “Cleveland Show”.

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Victor Ortiz wasn’t the only one getting popped in the face in Las Vegas over the weekend. Or was he? Ray J claims he and Fabolous got into a fight during the Floyd Mayweather Jr/Ortiz fight festivities.

The “fight” stemmed from jokes Fab was making about Ray J on Twitter. Fab joked about Ray J’s appearance on the HBO special “24/7” which showed him singing in Floyd Mayweather’s living room. Apparently, Ray had enough of Fab’s comedy, so he confronted him at a Diddy party in Vegas and the situation escalated from there. Here’s Brandy’s brother’s side of the story, as told to the Power 105.1 Breakfast Club.
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“Rick Ross stole a n***s name. I call him ‘Identity Crisis…”

“He thinks he’s [Freeway] Rick Ross, he thinks he’s Larry Hoover, he thinks he’s Big Meech, he thinks he’s MC Hammer, he thinks he’s Tupac. Like, who the f*ck are you really, dude?”

Not to be forgotten, the “real” Rick Ross (ya know, the kingpin) -who once sued the rapping Rick over use of his name- chimed in on Twitter in support of Ice.

When I was in jail @FINALLEVEL was the one of the few that took my calls. #SALUTE #RESPECT

Ice went on to say that he’s not a fan of the “pop” direction Hip Hop has taken. Me neither, Tracy. Me neither.

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New York Fashion Week (I refuse to type its proper name until I get a Maybach!) ends today and our fab Brewchie Kristy Jones has one last look at what’s hot on the runways for the everyday girl.

Kristy writes:

It’s called “smart makeup.” A new cosmetics line with health benefits was all the chatter during NYC Fashion Week.

Dalia Monasebian, the founder of DALiia, asked if I realized my makeup goes directly into my bloodstream. I hadn’t. Using botanical oils and pure herbal ingredients, her cosmetic line is based on eastern medicine. Ornately packaged, the eyeliners are available in Cleopatra Black, Starlight Silver, Persian Gold, Bronze age beauty (green cardamom) and Chocolate Almond.

Oh and there’s a lipstain with henna, hydrolized wheat protein, flax, lavender, peppermint, clover and all sorts of good stuff.

Find DALiia products in Whole Foods and at www.daliia.com.

In the words of Rachel Zoe, ‘I die’! Thanks Kristy for having our backs this week at #NYFW! Check Kristy’s other reports here and here.

Here’s some Thursday afternoon shoe p0rn for you. Vera Wang’s new Spring 2012 shoe collection seems to be a big upgrade from her previous offerings. These just scream I’m gonna tie you up and do thangs, but real ladylike though. No word yet on just how much this collection will run you. But, would you rock ‘em?

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Unlike the models there, our fearless fashionista Kristy Jones took a bite of the Big Apple at Fashion Week. She found something free and fab for our Brewchies in the New York City area.

Kristy writes:
If you’re in NYC this week, hit up the Allure Lounge. It’s sponsored by, who else-Allure magazine, Maybelline-the official makeup sponsors of #NYFW and a host of cool companies. Open daily from 9am until 7pm through September 15th, the star treatment is given to the public for free.

There are makeup makeovers, hairstyling by the Ricardo Rojas salon, lingerie demos & much more.

The best part is after you’re all glammed up ‘n stuff, the Allure staff will send you a pic!

Allure Lounge is located at the Empire Hotel (Broadway & Columbus), just a block away from the Lincoln Center-home of fashion week events.

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I am of the belief that the age of no one speaking face to face has given the average dipshit the misguided feeling of being invincible.

I generally pride myself on being a refined, classy like, dame, skirt, chick, broad – but you people are pushing me to the limit. Someone is giving out the general  indication that is it OK to say anything to anyone, regardless of how  little you know them and there won’t be ramifications and repercussions.

And by ramifications and repercussions, I am referring to a “Hoodrat Blackout” (alternatively called  Trailer Park Palsy, as ignorance knows know race) The “Hoodrat Blackout”, is the moment that even the Ivy Leaugey-est of  Prada clutching sister-women have had. Trust me. You may have not even noticed when you said some off-putting, ill-advised bulljive to someone, that they have taken a deep breath, stared off to the distance and had an existential debate on whether kicking your ass would be worth the years of class cultivation they have done.   They may be considering if they have time in between yoga, and picking up their gluten free staples at Whole Foods to pencil in opening a can of whoop ass on you.   You may have actually still been in the midst of saying some ill-shiznit as they were deciding whether or not they were going to reach into their purse and pull out some Vaseline, take off their dainty earrings and commence to kicking your out of pocket ass.

Of course a woman of class, never actually resorts to violence. Nor does a woman of class boast about potentially kicking your ass.  A woman of class also never reveals about how many asses she may have actually kicked. But you would be hard pressed to find a woman of class who did not think about going all INSANE in the membrane on someone at least once a week. **Basically a woman of class has never appeared on a show with the word Basketball on the title on VH1. 

Now by nature, I am a live and let live kind of person.   If someone has a freak flag I celebrate and help them hoist that sucker in the air.  If someone has a peculiar issue, I am the first to love them through it. I say all of that, not to toot my own hippie free loving horn, but to say… what the hell guys?  How hard is it for people to perform this 3 step life method?:

1.  If it does not concern you, hurt you ( or any minors or mentally unincapacitated) mind your business.
2. If it does not concern You, ya momma, ya daddy or your churrins or your monies..MIND YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS.
3. If the only answer to a particular issue,  is letting go and letting God…why don’t you MIND YOUR BUSINESS, SON!?

The on again, off again relationship between the NBA’s Gilbert Arenas and Basketball Wives LA boxer “star” Laura Govan appears to be on again.

She tells Essence.com:

ESSENCE.com: You refer to Gilbert as your fiancé. You two are back together?
LAURA GOVAN: Yes, we are, and we plan to get married soon. When and where, I don’t know yet. I feel like we’re already married though, ten years, four kids later. People say he’s a mess, and I’m a mess. You know what, we’re each other’s messes. Everybody has breakup and make-up moments. It just so happens that ours is out in the public. You learn to grow. At this point in our lives Gilbert and I have been there, done that; the drama, the chaos. We’re older now, and we’re more mature. Now we’re better parents, and we’re taking the steps to make things better. Regardless of our past, we want our kids to see a good future.

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Mr. West will debut his first womenswear collection during Paris Fashion Week. The Spring/Summer 2012 collection will be designed by Louise Goldin. Australian Harper’s Bazaar confirms the show will be October 1st (their fashion editor, Christine Centenera, has been consulting Kanye since March). No one knows what the collection will look like at this point, but his show is already shaping up to be one of the most talked about of the season.

Let’s hope the collection is actually wearable and not jeggings and feathers.

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It’s the time of year fashionistas live for and the reason models eat air sammiches; New York Fashion Week! The loyal and very fashionable Brewchie Kristy Jones was front row to catch the glitz and glamour for The Brew.

Kristy writes:

Mataano & Korto Momolu “Remember” event at the Samsung Experience on Sunday, September 11th at the Time Warner Center. It was an amazing eye feast of the who’s who in urban high fashion from Essence magazine editors to America’s Next Top Model judges. Two fashion shows back to back with all of the excitement of a doubleheader.

First up- bold and bright! If you haven’t heard of Mataano- it’s time to look up these bad ass Somali twins (Ayaan & Idyl Mohallim). Matanno’s spring/summer collection consists of contemporary silhouettes, tropical prints and vibrant colors. Inspired by the 60′s & 70′s, the twins said,” We loved our visit to the island of St. Lucia. Everything was colorful and lush, this collection reflects that essence.”

The second show was Korto Momolu (@kortomomolu) of Project Runway fame. Remember her? She almost won it all. By the looks of her fab collection she’s not crying over spilled milk. Her roots are in Liberia, Africa but this collection explores the artistry of Japan and the Samurai culture. Korto said, “My woman this season is sophisticated, chic and a woman of heightened everyday elegance.”

Thanks Kristy! (on the right, isn’t she fab?)

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