Posted on Feb 21, 2008 by Natasha
Celebs Hit The Black Enterprise Oscar Week Event…And Is Malinda Williams Preggers?
Black Enterprise celebrated Oscar Week last night with an All-Star gathering to honor the fabulous Ruby Dee. And YBF snitches at the event noticed that Malinda Williams and her fiance D-Nice strategically hit the red carpet when many folks weren’t watching. And then suspiciously kicked this prom style pose which looks very much like they’re covering up a possible baby bump. Time will tell…
Ruby Dee was recognized as an icon who has paved the way for women of color in the performing arts. Nice.
And damn if that Star Jones isn’t looking less bobbleheadish every day.
President and CEO of PrimeTime Omnimedia Marilyn Crawford ricked an interesting choice of dress.
Joe Torry made an appearance.
Actress/Model Nahtasha Budhi clearly didn’t know this was an upscale after 5 event.
Lisa Raye was there in her signature white dress:
I know this chick’s closet would blind me.
Taraji was there in a bright blue coat.
YBF chicks Jennifer Freeman and Kyla Pratt kicked it at the event:
Fab looks for both ladies.
Shaun Robinson made an appearance.
Married couple D’ondre Whitfield and Salli Richardson were there.
Willie Mac was there.
Della Reese, Ja’net DuBois, and Beverly Todd came out to support.
What is your secret Kiki Shepard? No…really. She actually lookes younger than she did when I was 5 watching Apollo.
Photog: Turner
And Dawn Lewis made an interesting appearance.
| | Categories: Event Fab, Preggers Watch
64 Comment(s)
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Firsssssssssssssssssssssst.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda is sooo preggo but she looks Fab!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
1st! Ruby is BEAUTIFUL!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda is so beautiful…
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
love Jennifer Freeman’s look
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I disagree, Star is looking even more bobble headish….she looks like she is struggling to hold up her heavy a** head.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda still looks like she she could play a 16 year old (especially how developed 16 year olds are these days) in a movie….she looks FABULOUS though!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
WTF Willie Mac!??!?!! Jennifer Freeman is really pretty & Salli Richardson looks gorgeous. If Malinda is indeed preggers- congrats to the couple- she deserves it!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
They should’ve given Ms. Natasha some pants or something at the door. Never call yourself paying respects to a Ruby Dee caliber actress in something like that….i mean, if the teens know to wear appropriate clothing, then what are YOU doing Natahsa….
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
WTF does Marilyn Crawford have on?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I think we just found FOOLYWANG of the WEEK: President and CEO of PrimeTime Omnimedia Marilyn Crawford!!!!!!!! lol
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Is Willie Mac that dude from College Hill?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
-D’ONDRE = YUMMY!
-I SEE YOU WILONA!!!
-KI KI SHEPARD IS ALWAYS FLAWLESS!
-MARILYN CRAWFORD….YIKES!
-TARAJI NEEDS A NAP!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
OH STAR….WHY IS YOUR HEAD GI-NORMOUS?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
WHERE YOU BEEN DAWN LEWIS?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Shopping_Savage wrote:
I agree LOL
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
ooh dawn and della, two of my faves…star looks better w/added weight-that’s a good size for her.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
wow .. some of these people really need better stylists … and kyla needs to learn how to work the carpet! i’m so happy that malinda is happy i don’t give a damn if she’s pregnant …. imma need star to SUCK IT IN or stick to the profile … that dress is not fitting right … marily needs 2 f’in quit … keke looks fab and dammmmm deondre is FWINE!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda and D-Nice look alike to me….still a cute couple in an incest kind of way…
Good black don’t crack….kiki shepard…but good black always needs a pair of fab shoes kiki maybe you’re feet got tired of heels from being on apollo….IDK
Damn, damn damn Taraji! Please get some damn visine.
Nahtasha Budhi…I don’t even know who this chick is….apparently e’erbody a model these days…but what I do know she got her sched mixed up b/c she thought she was going to a video ho casting call
I appreciate the legacy that is Ruby Dee…but she scares me…I ain’t saying nothing else about her cause she look like she might put a voodoo on me.
Shaun Robinson looks good…work it out!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I’m so angry at Dawn Lewis and that damn little Claire’s pillbox purse she’s carrying….
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Shaun Robinson’s dress is FIERCE (snap up, snap down)!!!! That’s for all the Project Runway fans, lol. And dare I say it….Star Jones looks good! Ms. Crawford, you are too important to be walking around in your daughter’s prom dress from 1997!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
ok i kno this is kinda OD but i jus need to say that i’m sooooo happy that you covered this event. My dad works for BE and a been all up in everything they do since I was a little girl am I’m so excited to see the growth and fab that BE is gettin into.
and also, its about my twin (lol) kyla pratt got back into the game!!! Ruby Dee is THE OG, period.
ps-if I ever see Marilyn Crawford while i’m with my dad, I will surely let her know that her dress was NOT the business lolol
love ya tasha!!!! keep doin ya thing!!!
-Lucky
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Shopping_Savage wrote:
I was thinking the same thing! That looks like…..i don’t know how to desricbe that contraption dress!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Marilyn Crawford is 10 kinds of wrong for that dress….
Taraji Henson’s eyes…she is either high or suffering from liver failure…they always look crazy!
**Why has it taken so long for Ruby Dee to be recognized?**
Miss Ruby Dee, Della Reese and Ja’Net DuBois are all lovely older ladies. Black don’t crack!
WTF @ Willie being there lol he was funny on College Hill though! Willie is wrong for that hair! UGH
Jennifer Freeman looks cute in that dress.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda and D-Nice look alike to me….still a cute couple in an incest kind of way…
Good black don’t crack….kiki shepard…but good black always needs a pair of fab shoes kiki maybe you’re feet got tired of heels from being on apollo….IDK
Damn, damn damn Taraji! Please get some damn visine.
Nahtasha Budhi…I don’t even know who this chick is….apparently e’erbody a model these days…but what I do know she got her sched mixed up b/c she thought she was going to a video ho casting call
I appreciate the legacy that is Ruby Dee…but she scares me…I ain’t saying nothing else about her cause she look like she might put a voodoo on me.
Shaun Robinson looks good…work it out!
Marilyn Crawford…no boo boo. You are a multi-millionaire …take a page from Lady O cause that mess ain’t right
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I second the motion to elect Marilyn Crawford as Foolywang of the Week. WTF, she has to have enough money to buy couture and stop having her dresses made by the Mexican dress shops in Downtown LA!!!!!!!
Secondly, doesnt Star Jones look like she is choking and straining her neck to try and get the thing she is choking on back up? Ewwwwwwww
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I dunno if I’d assume Malinda Williams is preggers, but she’s fab anyway!
Marilyn Crawford looks STRANGE in that dress!
Kyla Pratt looks cute
KiKi Shepherd never ages!!
And Ruby Dee is AWESOME.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
that dress on Ms, Crawford would have been better if it was longer and maybe a darker color. it looks like a cheap prom dress on her
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I love Malinda. She’s my hair muse.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I NEED TO GIVE STAR JONES MY MARY KAY WEBSITE BECAUSE I HATE HER DANG MAKEUP. SHE ALWAYS LOOKS DRY IN THE FACE AND SHE ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS AN INCH THICK OF MAKEUP ON WHERE YOU CAN JUST SCRATCH HER FACE AND IT CLUNKS UP IN YOUR FINGER NAILS. WHY HASN’T ANYONE TOLD HER? SHE NEEDS ANOTHER SHADE. SHE THINKS BECAUSE SHE LOST ALL THAT WEIGHT SHE CAN LOOK ANY KIND OF WAY. SORRY STAR…….
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I’m just shaking my head while scrolling down. What in the sam hell were some of these folks thinking? I mean really…what were they thinking? Especially Marilyn Crawford. She’s got too much money to come out of the house with a dress that my 15 year-old niece would wear to a school dance. Not a cute look!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Ruby IS BEAUTIFUL!
So Old Black and Fabulous
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Being Oscar Week, I guess all the stylists were booked.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
1. Ms. Crawford looks like Mr. Crawford. And it looks like she made that dress out of curtains.
2. Star needs to wear turtlenecks forever…until then she’s going to look a little off.
3. Willie Mac….hmmmmm *smh*
4. I still don’t know how Diamond off The Players Club became the 1st lady of anything….not hatin’ just confused.
5.Why didn’t one person out of that whole crowd fix Ruby Dees shades?
Everyone else looks wonderful.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Ms. Crawford’s skin tone does not work with the dress, first off. If you are that color, you need to stick with colors in the magenta, jade, blue, purple, coral family. And her mammaries are just too large — they are straining.
Now as for Starlet Marie, she’s getting there but the dress needs to be a size bigger. I can see the strain in the hips.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
supachoklit wrote:
I just went back & looked. They are a little crooked. Shame on them (hee hee hee).
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Ummmm is Taraji Henson wearing velvet pants????
Marilyn has too much money to look that bad…..
And please be pregnant Malinda!!!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Kyla Pratt…please steam that dress out a little more before you wear.
Jennifer Freeman…please tone down the eye makeup. It’s too harsh for your age and skin tone!
Star Jones…please cover your arms at all times. The twaddle underneath is never cute, especially with the way you lost your weight.
Dondre and Sally…when are y’all gonna have some cute little Whitfields running around? Quit playing!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
shabon84 wrote:
IT WAS SCAPS LEFT OVER FROM ONE OF ARETHA FRANKILN’S DRESSES….
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I am going to need to give Miss Marilyn my mothers’s stylist’s name and contact. He is working on Miss Debra Lee…he could do something for her.
I would also like to shout to Malinda! She and I have the same engagement ring! I would know it anywhere! Rock Star!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Marilyn Crawford looks like a BUSTED CAN OF BISCUITS in that dress. I agree with what most readers are saying she deserves the “FOOLYWANG OF THE WEEK”!!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
1. Why does Ruby Dee always look like she’s about to cuss someone out?
2. That Budhi girl looks like she came from an escort service.
3. That CEO knew better than to wear that tacky ass dress!!!
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Kyla… I expected better…
Taraji… Needs to try some Oil Pulling because the stained whites of her eyes… so not the ish.
Salli LOOKED AMAZING!!I Loved her in I Am Legend
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Dang! Star Jones looks great! Holy cow. And LisaRaye looks super Classy. Go girls!
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I love me some Dawn Lewis but she looks like she’s wearing my grandmother’s couch. You know the one, in the front parlor, with the plastic on it. The one we can’t sit on. That couch.
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This Marilyn chick looks like she’s a contestant in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Seriously. That is the sort of get-up those scary little 8 year old girls with all the make-up and the big hair wear in those scary little pageants. Yikes
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Salli Richardson is a Goddess. Love. Her. I can’t wait for the next season of Eureka! on the Sci-Fi channel. She rocks my world on that show.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
star jones needs to tighten up a little and maybe she wont look so “loose”
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Natasha…you always talking about ’suspect’ baby bumps, how come you didn’t say anything about LeBron James and Savannah’s pic at the NBA All Star game. Savannah had on a cream very maternity-ish dress on with a very suspect bump and you didn’t make a peep out of it. According to MediaTakeout it is ‘rumored’ that she is expecting ‘again’. Dang she jus has that last baby…
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
are the make-up artists on strike?? Everyone’s make-up looks a little jacked.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Marilyn Crawford looks either like a fat version or as if she could be the mother of Lauren London, does anyone else agree?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
I’m glad someone asked that question. What is KeKe’s Secret? Shoot, screw Victoria. That lady never ages and she doesn’t look all botoxed up either.
Dawn Lewis… Tsk tsk tsk.
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
How did Willie Mac get an invite?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
DAWN LEWIS GOT THAT 1990′S WEAVE….WHY?
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
If I may quote the ever wise and wonderful Florida Evans…Marilyn, “Damn, Damn…DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
when the hell did d-nice resurface? and if sally and kiki don’t get any older lookin, i’m going to jump off the brooklyn bridge!!! (lol)
On Feb 21, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Mostly everyone looks nice. Within the last two weeks, Malinda has taken other red carpet pics & she was not hiding her bulge in those!
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Is that the D-Nice from Heavy D & the Boys?
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Ms. Ruby Dee? Goddess!
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Why does Della Reese insist upon dressing like draperies?
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I wonder if Dawn Lewis is still with her physically abusive husband?
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Salli Richardson looks happy.
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Recall Richardson once dated L.A. Reid and Matthew McConaughey?
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
becca wrote:
Totally agree.
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
@ sweet…. sally and deandre just had a baby not too long ago!
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Am I the only one that thinks Lisa Raye looks pregnant?
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Star looks like an old newscaster. All that time on TV has her using that studio make-up a little too much. I actually like her dress though. I just wish she’d invest in some Spanx… makes a world of difference.
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
supachoklit wrote:
Girl you know you WRONG for making me laugh so hard at work… I almost choked!!! Ms Crawford did look a tad masculine and “Diamond off The Players Club” … LOL.
Still loves Lisa Raye though
On Feb 22, 2008 | Reply | Quote
Malinda’s hair is ALWAYS on point. And Jalessa, girl, where have you been?
On Feb 23, 2008 | Reply | Quote
What the hell is Della Reese wearing? Why does it look like she’s ready for a wrestling match?
On Feb 24, 2008 | Reply | Quote
what? wrote:
That kinda sums it up for me… That CEO needs to sit down. Doesn’t she have friends, a sister, a bellhop even? Somebody coulda intercepted her on the way to the event. She look like a giant tub of butter. Better can be done Marilyn Crawford, better can be done…