This week in entertainment: Will is back in black, Mariah bares baby bump

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Will Smith gets suited up again in black on the New York City set of Men in Black III. (Daily Mail)

Tameka Raymond tells Sister 2 Sister Magazine that she went to get plastic surgery because she was mad at Usher. (Urban Daily)

Lamar Odom and his wife Khloe Kardashian launch their new fragrance “Unbreakable.”
(YBF)

Mary J. Blige releases the video for the first single “Someone to Love Me” off of her new album My Life 2, The Story Continues. (YouTube)

Move over Oprah! Maya Angelou announces that she will be launching her television cooking and talk show on the Hallmark Channel. (Madame Noire)

Tracy Morgan makes a hilarious appearance on TBS’s Conan show. (Bossip)

Kobe Bryant stars in Chinese Hip-Hop music video about basketball. (Hip-Hop Wired)

Mariah Carey bares her baby bump for Life and Style Magazine and reveals details of her pregnancy. (Life&Style)

Father and son team Will and Jaden Smith have teamed up to star in a new M.Night Shyamalan sci-fi film. (Huffington Post)

Evelyn Lozada from VH1’s Basketball Wives allegedly gets a major bump in her salary to return for season 3. (TMZ)

Lil Wayne forced to cancel his European tour dates because he was a denied a visa due to his previous weapons convictions. (The Urban Daily)

Flava Flav denies that employees of his restaurant ”Flavor Flav’s Chicken” have been being paid with bad checks. (Chicago Tribune)

Rosie O’Donnell comes to the defense of Chris Brown in light of his recent controversy and says “he is a victim too.” (Bossip)

Charlie Sheen debuts his song “Winning” featuring Snoop Dogg on his highly publicized tour. (Hip-Hop Wired)

Hot 97’s DJ Mister Cee gets arrested for lewd conduct with a male prostitute. (Smoking Gun)

Tyler Perry will be adding his box office star power to a romantic leading role in his next film “Good Deeds.” (Hollywood Reporter)

Rihanna goes country performing her new single “California King Bed” on the Academy of Country Music Awards. (USA Today)

Nicki Minaj steams up Elle Magazine in her sexy cover photo shoot. (Bossip)

**In an appearance on NBC’s Today Show, Bill Cosby tells Donald Trump to “Run or Shut-Up.” (Today Show)

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