Lisa Raye McCoy, Toni Braxton, and the Braxton family attended the Lupus LA 10th Anniversary Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

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On his rapping and the critics following his Biggie freestyle:

Some grumpy rap media outlets have griped about Bieber freestyling over classic beats like Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya,” but he shrugs the critics off. “I just rap for fun,” he says. “It’s nothing to take seriously. On my new album, I’m going to do a little bit of rapping.” He proceeds to spit a set of bars from “Boyfriend,” a song recorded for Believe. “Tell me what you like, dear/Tell me what you don’t/I could be your Buzz Lightyear/Fly across the globe/You don’t even need to fight, dear/You already know/I can make you shine bright/Like you’re laying in the snow/Burr.” Yeah, JayBee’s up on Gucci Mane, too.

On his relationship with Selena Gomez:
“There’s no way to hide the relationship completely, because then it would be unfair to us. It’s like, ‘You take this car, and I’ll take this car, and then we’ll meet up at the spot. Then, you go in this door, I’ll go in this door. We’ll end up crossing ways. You get back in this car. We’ll cross over, do a James Bond. You go through the kitchen. I’ll go through the back area. Then we’ll meet in the dressing room and see each other.’ At that point, it’s not even a relationship. You’re just hiding from everyone. That’s unfair and unhealthy, man.”

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Janet Jackson covers Harper’s Bazaar Arabia November 2011 in “Rhythm Nation ” celebrating the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 10th Anniversary of the United Arab Emirates.

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St. Leo’s Campus for Homeless Veterans:
On September 11th, IAVA will join millions of Americans in a National Day of Service and Remembrance to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11. And as a veterans’ community, we’ll also come together to honor the over 6,000 service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan.

To carry forward their legacies, we’ll be joining forces this fall with local partners in Chicago and communities nationwide to give back through service.

Sign up to volunteer with IAVA on Saturday, September 10th at St. Leo’s Campus for Homeless Veterans and show our local vets you’ve got their backs.

What: St. Leo’s Campus for Homeless Veterans
Where: 7750 South Emerald Avenue, Chicago, IL 60620
When: Saturday, September 10th from 3:00-6:00pm

Shedd Aquarium:
Starting Sunday, September 11, through Friday, September 16, the Shedd Aquarium (1200 S. Lake Shore Drive ) is offering free admission to active-duty military personnel, as well as Chicago police officers and firefighters and their families. The Shedd is open from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily. After Labor Day, hours change to 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. during the week and 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays until Memorial Day.

Chicago Field Museum:
Hosting a special exhibit, Ground Zero 360, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Ground Zero 360 will run from Sept. 2 through the end of the year at the Field Museum (1400 S. Lake Shore Drive) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free with basic museum admission.

Chicago Half Marathon:
The 15th Chicago Half Marathon, which takes place on September 11.
Registration for the Chicago Half Marathon is $100. The race starts at 7 a.m. at Jackson Park (S. Lake Shore Drive & 63rd Street).

Centennial Forum Student Union:
United We Stand
September 6-September 9, All Day
Centennial Forum Student Union
Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus
1125 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL, 60660

From September 6 through September 9, the Loyola fraternity Alpha Sigma Nu will be staffing a table in the Centennial Forum Student Union (CFSU) lobby. Students are encouraged to stop by the table to write the name of a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on a piece of paper. On September 10, Alpha Sigma Nu will take those names to create a “United We Stand” memorial that will be hung in the CFSU lobby during the week of 9/11.

9/11 Tribute Dinner at Lawry’s Benefiting VOICES of September 11th:
Lawry’s The Prime Rib pays tribute to the families of the victims of 9/11, and to our city’s very own heroes- police officers and firefighters- with the September 11 Prix Fixe Tribute Dinner, priced at $43/person (plus tax and tip) benefiting VOICES of September 11th. Lawry’s will donate $9.11 for every Prix Fixe Tribute Dinner ordered September 1 through September 11, 2011.

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This Sunday, media and radio personality, Free, will be hosting the backstage festivities for the BET Awards live on BET.com and Ustream.com during the awards telecast beginning at 8 PM EST/PT.

The backstage stream will provide exclusive commentary and interviews with some of today’s biggest names in music and entertainment and viewers will be able to chat with Free via Skype.

In addition, Free and her Morning Show co-host and fellow BET alum, Big Tigger, will keep the fun going with “The After Party Live” post show at 11 PM EST/PT on BET, immediately following the BET Awards broadcast. Free will also be featured on the “106 & Park Pre Show” at 6 PM EST/PT.

Free will round out her BET Awards Weekend activities with a special broadcast of the “Big Tigger Morning Show” with Free from LA airing on WPGC-FM in the DC/MD/VA area and on the web at www.radio.com or via the Radio.com mobile app on Monday June 27th from 6 to 10 AM EST.

Free served as an original co-host of BET’s wildly popular entertainment and video countdown program, 106 & Park for five years, interviewing megastars including, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

After departing BET in 2005, Free took a break from show business to be with her family. She went on to co-host radio programs in Los Angeles and New York City and co-produced BET’s top rated 106 & Park 10th anniversary special, which aired in October, 2010.

Forever busy and always developing new projects, Free launched her own website, www.FreesWorld.com, which is growing everyday. She has also established a major presence on Twitter, being named one of the “100 Most Powerful Black Women on Twitter” for the second year in a row.

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