Spike Lee Does the Right Thing For the Gulf
Director Spike Lee screened parts of his new HBO documentary showing the effects of the BP oil spill on the people of the gulf to the National Association of Black journalists in San Diego over the weekend. The doc is a follow up to When the Levees Broke, Lee’s earlier film about about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
If God Is Willing And the Creek Don’t Rise picks up with the New Orleans Saints Superbowl victory and goes through the oil disaster.
Lee says that BP has refused to speak to him for the film and he has also called on President Barack Obama to “bring the hammer” down on BP.
Here Come The Brides!!
All over the world this was apparently the weekend for high profile peeps to tie the knot. Sure one nup may have eclipsed all others (Congrats Chelsea and Marc!) but plenty of other high profile love birds said their I Dos in the past couple of days.
Alicia Keys wed her longtime beau Swizz Beatz in a private ceremony in Corsica over the weekend. Spiritual guru Deepak Chopra officiated the ceremony, and if you were wondering where all the celebrities were who weren’t milling around Rhinebeck, N.Y. for Chelsea’s celebration, they were in the Mediterranean. Bono and Queen Latifah reportedly cheered Alicia down the aisle.
The couple is expecting their first child together later in the fall.
Dawson’s Creek alum James Van Der Beek tweeted that he married his girlfriend Kimberly Brook over the weekend. The pair are expecting a daughter together.
Annnnd hip hopper TI and fiancee Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, tied the knot at a private mansion in Miami. After the couple exchanged vows in front of family and friends, including Nelly, Rihanna, Jermaine Dupri, Jamie Foxx, Usher, Monica and Bow Wow.
Kardashian Klan Shops For a Kause
We can never resist doing that in a Kardashian headline! The whole krew of Kardashians turned out on Saturday for the 13th annual Super Saturday sale in the Hamptons, a massive designer garage sale featuring half price items from top designers.
Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kris and even Kourtney’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, Scott Disick, came out to Water Mill, N.Y. early on Saturday morning to help raise more than $3.4 million for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
As if all that discounted shopping weren’t enough of a treat, some celebs like Michelle Trachtenberg, Adrienne Bailon and Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta stopped for a Wii break at the Nintendo Lounge.
Other bold-facers who shopped for a the cause included Beth Stern, Christie Brinkley, Christy Turlington, Edie Falco, Gayle King, Kelly Klein, Mark Feuerstein, Mariska Hargitay, Matthew Settle, Rachel Zoe, Thalia, Star Jones, Tinsley Mortimer, Alexandra Wentworth, Jessica Hart, Adrienne Bailon, Rudy and Judith Giuliani.
Whewwww. That’s a lot of star power battled it out for discounted frocks, socks and Marc Jacobs bags.
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Photos 1&2 by PR Photos, Photo 3 by Demetrious Kambouris via Wireimage.