NEW MUSIC: OMG GIRLZ – “WHERE THE BOYS AT?”


♫ OMG Girlz – Where The Boys At?
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Tameka “Tiny” Harris’ girl group, OMG Girlz hit the web with their new single, “Where The Boys At?” Beauty, Baby Doll, and Star are currently on tour and preparing for their Interscope/Streamline Records album debut. “Where The Boys At?” will be available online and exclusively at Walmart on Tuesday, June 12th.


EXCLUSIVE: ‘BATTLESHIP’ HAWAII PRESS JUNKET RECAP + MOVIE REVIEW

CONCRETELOOP.COM was invited out to the beautiful island of Oahu (Hawaii) earlier this month to participate in the press junket for Universal Pictures’ latest action flick ‘BATTLESHIP’.

Pictured above is Director Peter Berg, actress Brooklyn Decker, Military Veteran Gregory D. Gadson, actor Taylor Kitsch, actress/singer Rihanna and actor Alexander Skarsgard doing promos in Hawaii for the film. Click the link below to check out some of our exclusive photos/video from the trip and also for Angel’s honest review of the movie.

‘ROUND THE WAY: WILL SMITH SLAPS UKRANIAN REPORTER FOR TRYING TO KISS HIM + VIDEO

While walking the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III on Friday, Will Smith slapped a Ukrainian reporter who attempted to kiss him. In video obtained by TMZ, Will says, “He tried to kiss me in my mouth. He’s lucky I didn’t sucker punch him.”

According to TMZ, the television reporter often kisses celebrities as part of his schtick. Obviously, Will missed that memo. Check out the video footage below.

Will Smith Slaps Ukrainian Reporter for Kissing Him


AWARENESS/VIDEO: MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN TALKS VEGETARIANISM w/ PETA

Who says you can’t be an athletic vegetarian? Oscar-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan sat down with the animal rights organization, PETA and revealed that he has been a vegetarian for 3 years. The ‘Green Mile’ actor talked about how he read books about the lifestyle (i.e. Skinny B*tch) and saw films like Meet Your Meat about the slaughtering of animals, which made him switch over to the vegetarian lifestyle.

I’m a lot healthier than I was when I was eating meat. The best thing about being a vegetarian for me, number one is I know I’m not harming any animals. I have cats and dogs at home and I know I’m not doing that [anymore]. The number two thing is increased strength. I’m a lot stronger than I was when I was eating meat. I found out that most of your most powerful animals in the wild are vegetarian. So I’m trying to get my strength to that level. I don’t know if I’ll make it or not, but elephants are vegetarians – they’re pretty big. [SOURCE]

The 6-foot, 5-inch titan also pointed out how big guys like him and men in general don’t need 12 oz. of meet to be strong and masculine. He shared that he gets his daily dose from various whole foods like vegetables, legumes and fruit juice. Duncan joins the likes of Russell Simmons and Forest Whitaker when it comes to male vegetarian celebrities. Check out what he had to say in the interview below. Could you give up meat for the rest of your life?

( PHOTO: PETA.ORG )


MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD: ALYCIA BELLA – “GIRL, INTERRUPTED”

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♫ Alycia Bella – Is It A Crime

Seems as though Indie-Pop signee and former Daddy’s Girl Alycia Bella has fallen victim to engineers or fans leaking her music. An unauthorized mixtape, entitled Girl, Interrupted, with five brand new tracks.

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♫ Alycia Bella – Burn Our Love

Some are old, some are unmastered, but it’s a nod to the direction that she’s going with her new material. Check out the tracks below.

MAG COVER: LISARAYE TALKS ‘SINGLE LADIES’ DRAMA & MORE IN ‘JET’

LisaRaye McCoy opens up about the drama that went down before Stacey Dash decided to leave VH1′s Single Ladies in the newest issue of JET magazine. In the May 28th issue, the actress addressed the rumors of her and Stacey Dash getting into arguments on set as well as which celebrity she had to let go as a friend:

ON THE DRAMA THAT WENT DOWN ON SET w/ STACEY DASH:
“Yes, there was a disagreement over a scene. And it really wasn’t with me. It was with the director. I think it was about 2 or 3AM and we’d been shooting all damn day. Stacey tried to argue with the director about a line. And I’m like: “Girl, if you don’t say what the director wants you to say.” It wasn’t that serious at first, but it went there.”

“It’s a bunch of women on the set. We might all be on our damn period at any given point. I just wanted us to move forward. Then the argument took on a life of its own. The show decided to use it for publicity. They just ran with it.”

ON THE CELEBRITY FRIEND SHE HAD TO LET GO:
“Duane Martin. I introduced him to my ex-husband [former Turks & Caicos Premier Michael Misick], he got buddy-buddy with him and then turned against me. Just recently, this fool Duane up and sold a building he and I bought awhile ago in Los Angeles, without asking…I don’t care if we’re not friends, just don’t try to f**k me in the interim.”

When I heard about him in the middle of Will & Jada’s divorce rumors, I tweeted: sounds familiar. He really aint got enough business. [SOURCE]

In the interview, LisaRaye also talks about her beef with Vivica Fox as well as moving on without Stacey Dash on the Single Ladies cast. You can find her full interview in the newest issue which is on newsstands now.

( PHOTO: EBONY JET )

‘CL GRADS’ RETURNS & WE NEED YOUR 2012 GRADUATION PHOTOS!

Pictured above: Ashley Matthew, a chemistry/premed major from Quincy MA, Jasmine Holmes, a chemistry/premed major from New Orleans; and Asia Matthew, also a chemistry/premed major from Quincy MA – who graduated summa cum laude with perfect 4.0 grade point averages from Xavier University of Louisiana earlier this week. Congrats to the new grads!!

With that said, it’s that time again as we celebrate the educational accomplishments of our readers with the annual Concrete Loop Graduates feature. Whether from pre-school or law school, graduating is a major milestone, and we want to share in your joy by featuring you!

SEND EMAILS TO: clgrads12@gmail.com

- Name
- School
- Degree and Type
- Caption Photo w/ Names of People (if applicable)

*NOTE: The photo should be large enough to view and have you wearing your cap and gown. Please make sure it’s attached to the email.
By submitting it, you consent to have it posted on the site.

VIDEO: LIL KIM STOPS BY ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB’

Hopefully after today Lil Kim will stop talking about this whole Nicki Minaj beef, but then again…nevermind. The Brooklyn-native rolled through Power 105.1′s The Breakfast Club and talked about her beef with the Young Money artist (of course), new music and surprisingly her new book, Price of a Loyalty:

It’s solely about my stay in prison. So you’re going to find out a lot of things that you probably didn’t know about that whole situation. But my life is a major movie. It’s a book. It’s everything. It’s a part one, two, three and four. [...] My situation was extrememly real [compared to the other female rappers]. It was a serious situation. I did fed time. I think the other girls are doing state time. I think any time anyone goes to jail it’s a serious situation.

Peep the full interview below where she also talks about her relationship with Scott Storch, how she didn’t like how she was portrayed in the Notorius movie as well as how Biggie’s mom doesn’t know her son like she thinks she does. Oop! Shaaaade. You can peep her talking about that and her plastic surgery at the 18:29 mark.

Watch: Lil Kim on Power 105.1 ‘The Breakfast Club’ (Part 1)

Watch: Lil Kim on Power 105.1 ‘The Breakfast Club’ (Part 2)

CL TWITTER GIVEAWAY: WIN ‘#BATTLESHIP’ SWAG FROM THE NEW MOVIE

Concrete Loop is bringing you another EXCLUSIVE TWITTER GIVEAWAY! This time we teamed up with Universal Pictures in promotion for their new action flick, ‘BATTLESHIP’ (which hits theaters tomorrow, MAY 18TH). Check out how easy it is to win some of the free swag we received. Also make sure to look out for our review of the movie, along with a recap of the Hawaii press junket tomorrow!

READ WHAT YOU NEED TO TWEET TO WIN OUR ‘BATTLESHIP’ PACKAGE(s)

- (4) Concrete Loop reader(s) will receive (1) Exclusive ‘Battleship’ t-shirt, (1) ‘Battleship’ bracelet OR necklace and (1) Concrete Loop sticker.

- (1) Concrete Loop reader will win (1) Exclusive ‘Battleship’ backpack, (1) Exclusive ‘Battleship’ t-shirt, (1) ‘Battleship’ bracelet OR necklace and (1) Concrete Loop sticker.

To be eligible you must be following @concreteloop on twitter and must tweet us the answer to the following question:

1. WHAT IS THE NAME OF RIHANNA’S CHARACTER IN THE FILM?

2. MAKE SURE TO USE ‘#BATTLESHIP’ when YOU TWEET YOUR ANSWER

PLEASE NOTE: Giveaway ends at 6:00pm EST on Friday – May 25th, 2012. WINNERS will be selected randomly and notified via email. We will also announce the winner’s on the @concreteloop twitter account..

COUPLED UP: LEWIS & NICOLE HIT UP ‘MIB 3′ PREMIERE IN LONDON

U.K. racer Lewis Hamilton and singer/TV personality Nicole Scherzinger attends the premiere for ‘Men In Black 3′ at Odeon Leicester Square on Wednesday (May 16) in London, England.

The duo has been on and off for the past few years but always seem to make their way back to each other. Nicole will be co-starring in the upcoming film which is slated for US release on May 25th..

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TV BIT: TIA MOWRY TALKS BABY CREE & LEAVING ‘THE GAME’ ON ‘BIG MORNING BUZZ LIVE’

Tia Mowry-Hardrict dropped by VH1′s Big Morning Buzz Live on Thursday morning. The actress/author dished on the joys of being a mother, how she gave her sister Tamera pregnancy advice and of course talked a little more about her decision to leave the BET television series, ‘The Game’:

A lot of people are asking what happened with the whole ‘Game’ situation. And you know it was definitely a mutual decision. It was time for me to go. I’m moving on to other things like writing this book. I just finished doing a movie on ABC Family. And then I’m working on the show with my sister, Tia & Tamera which is premiering on June 11th.

She also talked about how baby Cree has started giving high-fives, saying “Da Da,” and how he has a thing for the movie E.T. Check out the clip below. Nice lip color, Tia!

Rachel Zoe’s Baby Boy, Skylar, Is Already BFF With The Paparazzi

We already knew that Rachel Zoe and husband Rodger Berman‘s son Skylar Morrison Berman was way more stylish than any of us. But apart from having sartorially savvy genes (thanks, Mom), he also happens to be a truly delightful kid. We’ve always seen him grinning in every single photo we spot of him. And it ain’t easy when your mother keeps putting you in bonnets. OK, he looks glum in the bonnet photographs. But who wouldn’t? Plus, it looks like he’s ended up charming the most grizzly of the H’wood lot, the paparazzi. Skylar was being toted around by his momma after a spot of shopping at some shopping with his mom at Bel Bambini in West Hollywood, when the duo were spotted by the paps. And instead of throwing hissy fits (hi, Suri Cruise), this bambino couldn’t stop giggling and waving at them. The evidence is in the photographs. Seriously, how cute is that?

[Photos: Splash News Online]

Related: Unshockingly, Rachel Zoe’s Son Is More Stylish Than YouPresented Without Commentary: Suri Cruise Wants You To Get Out Of Her Face!