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A Great Afternoon With Mikki Taylor

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:12:47 +0000

Interior Designer Mattie McFadden-Lawson hosted an elegant affair at her historic Hancock Park estate in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, November 15th in honor of beauty and style authority Mikki Taylor to celebrate the forth coming release of Mikki’s new book, “Commander in Chic: Every Woman’s Guide to Managing Her Style Like a First Lady.”

With her “classic with a twist” sensibility, Michelle Obama oozes chic! Mikki Taylor has taken Mrs. Obama as her muse, to write the book women who admire them both have been waiting for, “Commander in Chic,” available in stores nationwide on November 29th.

(L-R): Event hostess Mattie McFadden-Lawson, Samantha Garth (Mikki's daughter), Mikki Taylor, and Modina Tucker (Mikki's granddaughter)

Kimberly Elise, Mikki Taylor, and Gelila Assefa-Puck

Guests that were spotted at Mikki’s private book signing in Los Angeles included actresses Kimberly Elise, Garcelle Beauvais, Loretta Devine, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Pace Flood, Julia Pace Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Nadine Ellis, Faune Chambers, and Nzinga Blake; fashion designers Angela Dean, Gelila Puck, and Lloyd Klein; fashion stylists and insiders Tim Snell, Tod Hallman, Eula Smith, Stacey Walker King, Jayneoni Moore, and Tomiko Fraser Hines; artists Phoebe Beasley and Artis Lane; church first ladies Mae Lawrence Blake, Togetta Ulmer, and Solombra Ingram; singers LeToya Luckett and Mary Mary; entertainment industry executives Tracey Edmonds, Salaam Coleman Smith, Debra Langford, Talitha Watkins, Cassandra Butcher, and Everly Lee; fitness guru Jeanette Jenkins; celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson and “Eyebrow King” Damone Roberts; on-air personalities Tanika Ray, Fonzworth Bentley, Keli Goff, Leslie Sykes, and Dionne Anglin; and a host of others! Check out the pics!

Loretta Devine and Kimberly Elise

LeToya Luckett, Garcelle Beauvais, and Tracey Edmonds

Shaun Robinson and Tomiko Fraser Hines

Mikki & Grammy-winning gospel duo Mary Mary

Solombra Ingram, Tracey Edmonds, and Kenya Moore

Mikki Taylor and Garcelle Beauvais

Photography by Valerie Goodloe

42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Arrivals

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:19:23 +0000

Cicely Tyson needs to give me some of what she is drinking, beautiful!

The Naacp Image Awards was over the weekend. While I was in Orlando, Florida this amazing award show was going on. I’m so sorry I missed it but Rolling Out Magazine was in the building to hold it down while I was away.

Comedian Niecy Nash

From looking at the red carpet arrivals, I was in awh at some of the ladies dresses. Noone looked bad and noone really stood out either(to me). I didnt really care for Halle Berry’s dress and she is usually a show stopper! It just wasn’t a good look to me with what she was wearing. Ok here is some celebs that I picked that just looked nice, that is all. I have no favs this time around. Enjoy!

Actress Wendy Davis

Tatyana Ali

Actress Kimberly Elise

Kerry Washington

Tia Mowry

Actress Tamera Mowry

Anika Noni Rose

Halle Berry

Amber Riley

Regina King

Holly Robinson Peete

Angela Bassett

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Pool party w/Robb

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:27:18 +0000

The Birthday Boy Robb

I had no idea I was going to a fab party at Tyler Perry’s mansion yesterday to celebrate a kids birthday. My friend Jonell said very casually,” hey bring the kids to a pool party”. So I did mapquest and when I saw how far it was from me, I had second thoughts lol. I was like,” wow this is far” because I already live out in the sticks myself lol. But I had already ran my mouth to my kids that we were going, so I couldnt back out. They were too excited to go.

Well as we turned the corner and pulled up to this address my mouth dropped open. It was a quiet street with nice scenery so I had no clue where I was going! Jonell tricked me! Jonell hosted the event for Lil Robb. It was Tyler Perry’s mansion that everyone has seen in his movie,Diary of a Mad Black Women! The gate was huge and you had to talk into the intercom to gain access. I was smiling ear to ear but shaking my head at the same time,because I had no clue this was where the party was at lol.

The house was gigantic and the biggest Ive ever seen so far! The house looked like the size of a hotel lol. When we parked and came up the steps I remembered that scene from the 2005 movie,” Diary of a Mad Black Woman” when Charles (played by Steve Harris) put Helen(played by Kimberly Elise) out on those same steps. Wow life is crazee!

Those famous steps from movie Diary of A Mad Black Woman

We were there to celebrate Mira Morrow’s son Robbs 9th b-day. She is an actress and has been seen in commercials,movies and tv shows. She told me she will be in a new movie called,” Pastor Brown”writtened by Rhonda Baraka. Wow, I know Rhonda too, she is very cool! There were lots of kids that came to swim, party and enjoy the sunshine. The pool was so pretty! Nicole Ari Parker was there as well with her two adorable kids Nicholas and Sophie, I love that name. Nicole mentioned that she is in a play with Jasmine Guy. She also has a role in Pastor Brown, which is due out this year.

The house was wonderful! Thanks so much for inviting us out Jonell, thanks for the pleasant surprise! The kids had a great time!