Now I know some folks in the black community have “issues” with Whoopi Goldberg for whatever reason. But oh well. This needs to be said. Last night’s Oscars program conveniently left out Whoopi Goldberg during their ALL ACADEMY AWARDS HOSTS MONTAGE clip. Yes, they also conveniently forgot Steve Martin as well, but I believe this exclusion of Whoopi stung because of the history she made while hosting the Oscars. She was the first woman ever to host the Academy Awards alone, as well as the first Black person ever to host the Awards show at all. Not only has she hosted once, but four times. She also made history by being the first black person to ever win all four of the major show business awards: The Academy Award, The Tony Award, The Emmy, and The Grammy. Not to mention being only the second black woman in history (after Hattie McDaniel) to even win an Oscar. For a program as esteemed as the Academy wants us to believe their awards are, this oversight of not even acknowledging Whoopi as a host of the program is unacceptable to say the least. Not only is this Black History month, but it was the 80th anniversary of the Awards show and in many ways last night, the writers made a point to showcase the history of its organization. But conveniently left out Whoopi.

I happen to actually like Whoopi (who surprisingly is one of the best co-hosts The View has ever seen), despite whatever personal choices she has made that many people in the black community feel the unnecessary need to hold against her. However, this is 2008, and given that this country still acts like it’s the early 1900’s in many ways, we should protect and embrace our history so that we can pass it down through generations. Many people (especially younger generations) have no clue about the history Whoopi has made as a black woman in entertainment, and the fact no one has really even brought up the multitude of this snub speaks volumes. And if you watch The View or have followed Whoopi’s career, you know that she rarely ever (if at all) lets situations emotionally affect her, especially not on national tv. But as you can see in the video above, when Whoopi’s co-hosts brought up the snub and expressed their concern and confusion on how this could even happen to a woman who has made so much history in that very organization, she was moved to tears. The simple fact that she’s the first black woman to step into the lead co-hosting role on one of the top rated daytime television shows (The View) right now is history in the making. Like it or not. I can only hope people can respect her accomplishments and give credit where its due. So I felt compelled to bring this whole situation to the attention of others and you do what you will with it. Just my $19.13.

Brandy’s birthday party went down recently and it looks like Tiearra Marie came out to party with her…

T. Marie is third from the left.

B-Rocka is getting back to her fabulous self and I love it.

Kimora was spotted having lunch at Beverly Hills’ Musso and Frank restaurant.

Sanaa, Diddy, and Christina hit up Prince’s Oscar afterparty at a Beverly Hills private residence in the wee hours of this morning:

It makes not a lick of sense to look this fabulous Sanaa.  Damn you.

Photog: Mazur

And Christina pulled a change up at this party.

WTF J. Holiday?  Who gets arrested for weed stashes these days?  Seriously.

Janet and JD were spotted out shopping:

These two are damn near inseparable.  But good news for Janet this week: She’s the Queen of MTV all week and she’ll be all over that piece for 5 days straight.  She went from being blacklisted from their roster to running that ish for a week.  Gotta lve it.  And you can check out her new promo clips (spoofs of MTB, My Super Sweet 16, Real World, Tila Tequila, etc.) that will be running on MTV:

Cute.

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It’s a wrap on the 2008 Oscars coverage.  And I picked out my top 4 for Best Dressed YBF chicks at last night’s festivities and now it’s on you.  So, Jennifer Hudson in Roberto Cavalli, Mary J. Blige in a chiffon multi brown Loris Azzaro gown, Deborah Cox in a white diamond banded one shoulder gown, and Keisha Whitaker in a strapless beaded chiffon gown.  The YBF Best Dressed Award goes to…

YOU DECIDE.

YBF celebs hit up The 16th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party last night.  And is a certain somebody trying to get at your man Mary…you lookin’ kinda salty?  Let me stop…

She was there to perform with Elton himself.

She kicked it with hubby Kendu on the red carpet.

And changed dresses for her performance.

Look who came out of hiding: 

A fabulous Deborah Cox.

In an even more fabulous gown very reminicent of Halle Berry’s gold Valentino gown from the Oscars a few years back.

Oh Lionel…

Model Jessica White was there:

Wearing a dress that looks straight off the Fredricks of Hollywood rack.  Not saying that’s a bad thing but I’m just sayin’…

Russey’s chick Porschla rocked a hot Sequined Bandage Herve Leger dress.  I’m so over those damn HL dresses but this one indeed ignited a spark back in the look.

Zoe Saldana was there:

And I’m not feeling this look at all.

Diddy made an appearance.

And so did Jurnee:

She could have put some thought into her hair situation though. 

Photogs: DeGuire, J. McCarthy, Kambouris, Caulfield, Mazur, John Shearer

Fun times.

And over at the Billboard party:

Christina Milian looked simply gorgeous as usual.

Miss USA Rachel Smith was there.

Photog: Phillips

And the T family for once looked like they somewhat belonged…kinda.

And over at the Mercedes Benz viewing party:

Mario was there trying to hit on his DWTS partner Karina. Too bad her old partner Mario Lopez already has that on lock.

WTF Dennis Rodman? Nobody told you where you were going tonight?

And Tracey Edmunds is still making her rounds as a single cick:

Photog: Sapp

Not feeling that dress at all.

Photog: Granitz

His now 20 year old girlfriend Heba Elawadi he started dating when she was 19.  Can’t hate our favorite septuagenarian for trying to stay young.  However at first glance these pics got a “Oh hells no” from me since I thought ol girl was a Danity Kane chick.  It’s not my fault she looks like the 6th member.  Gotta love that Q.