Weekend eyecandy

Boris Kodjo, Blair Underwood and Lance Gross are on the cover of October's Essence magazine.

Nicki Minaj covers OUT magazine

This weekend: London African Music Festival

 

The Southbank Centre celebrates African music this weekend with FREE concerts of DJ Edu (10 Sep, 5pm), Amira Khier of Sudan (10 Sep, 6pm), Sarah Ndagire of Uganda (10 Sep, 10.30pm), Bulawayo from Zimbabwe (11 Sep, 1.30pm), 4Seasons Band and Temitope Ajayi (11 Sep, 2pm) and Laye Sow (12 Sep, 6pm). French rapper MC Solaar is also on the programme but you'll have to book tickets.

More information here.

Tribal girl

Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) demonstrates how to wear an afro inspired dress at a high profile fashion event. She chose a tribal dress by Marchesa Resort 2011 for Vogue's Fashion's Night Out Runway Show on 8 September. The new series of Gossip Girl starts on Monday 13 September on the CW.

Do's and don'ts

Do - wear mini skirts with heels but stay cool like Thandie Newton

Do - hang out with your wife like Terry Crews

Do - strike a fierce pose like Letoya

Don't - take yourself too seriously like Ledisi

Don't - wear a shiny weave like Kelly Rowland

Do - have a pair of cute kids like Will and Jada

The $1 million curly hair

Procter and Gamble announced last week that they insured Troy Polamalu's hair for $1 million. The 29 year-old professional American football player of Samoan descent is the official face of Head and Shoulders. He is famous for his gigantic hair and hasn't cut it in 10 years.

New Tyler Perry movie: For Colored Girls

After Why Did I Get Married Too, Tyler Perry is back with For Colored Girls, a movie inspired by the 1975 play by Ntozake Shange. The movie follows the stories of women dealing with difficult issues and features Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, Phylicia Rashad, Macy Gray, Tessa Thompson, Michael Ealy, Hill Harper, Khalil Kain, Omari Hardwick and Richard Lawson.

For Colored Girls, out 5th November in US theaters.