Happy Birthday Diva!

Happy Birthday To Diana Ross Who Turns 68 Today

The “Female Entertainer Of The Century” turns the big 6-8 today and we at Bossip would like to wish her a very happy birthday with many more to come.

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In her honor, we rounded up some of our favorite Diana tunes for you guys to check out after the flip. Some of these joints will bring back great memories!

Clive Davis’ party still went on last night despite the shocking news of Whitney Houston’s death last night:

Whitney Houston “would have wanted the music to go on,” said industry mogul Clive Davis, who opted to proceed with his annual Grammy-eve party at the Beverly Hilton, where hours earlier the pop icon he signed and mentored was pronounced dead at 48.

“She loved music and she loved this night that celebrates music,” said Davis, adding that Houston’s family requested that the party continue.

The mood, however, at least at the evening’s start, was far from celebratory. Attendees filing into Davis’ event hugged one another, wearing dour or dazed expressions, and many were seen shaking their heads, even as music at the hotel thumped loudly. Davis, who spotted a 19-year-old Houston at a showcase in Sweetwaters supper club in Manhattan, has been hosting a pre-Grammy event for more than three decades. Houston was to attend the gala.

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Check out images from the event….

Ahhh we sure love us some Mommy Bangers and their gorgeous grown up daughters! Eddie Murphy’s ex Nicole and their spectacular seed Bria are featured in a special edition of People Magazine about beauty through the ages…

It’s not the only feature for the video vixen this month. In the new issue of Maxim the model and aspiring actress (she’s looking for comedy and horror roles!) who is currently a spokesmodel for Dark & Lovely hair products credits her model Mommy Nicole Murphy for giving her on-camera swag:

My mom taught me to pretend I am the most beautiful woman on earth and just completely evoke that when I’m on camera,” she says in the November issue of Maxim. “I pretend the camera is the hottest guy.”

Check out their People Magazine interview and a few extra shots, then keep flipping for more of our favorite mother/daughter bangers.

The man pictured here with Malcolm Jamal Warner is the father of a bangin’ Black actress and the ex-husband of a Motown legend. Was that easy enough?

Yup, that’s Tracee Ellis Ross’s dad Robert Ellis Silberstein, pictured at Essence Magazine’s celebration of Tracee as their latest covergirl.

Here is again with Diana Ross’s eldest daughter Rhonda Ross Kendrick, who Robert adopted when he married Diana in 1971.

Check out who else celebrated with Essence and Tracee below.

If we saw this going on, we might have to ask our daughter what the hell she was thinking too.

Apparently, 38-year-old Tracee Ellis Ross has been getting her low-key cougar on with Akon‘s little brother Bu Thiam since the middle of the summer. The two have been spotted a couple of times at kinds of events where most of us would not expect to see Tracee.

And Miss Diana Ross isn’t with it at all!

Tracee, who starred in the hit series “Girlfriends,” is dating Def Jam Recordings executive Bu Thiam, 32. He’s the younger brother of R&B superstar Akon – a confessed polygamist with three wives.

“Diana is livid that Tracee is getting so serious with Bu,” a source close to the Motown legend told The ENQUIRER.

“Diana wants the best for all her children, and marrying into a family that practices polygamy was never in the cards for her kids.”

Music exec Bu’s roots are in Senegal, which reportedly has the highest polygamy rate in Africa.

His older brother Akon told a reporter: “I’m a polygamist. I will have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.”

Never-married Tracee – whose father is Diana’s first husband, music busi­ness manager Robert Ellis Silberstein – has been seen hand-in-hand with Bu at vari­ous functions, and friends say the romance is heating up.

“Tracee has reassured her mom and the rest of the family that she and Bu aren’t mak­ing any wedding plans,” the source divulged.

According to the same article, Tracee does believe, however, that if she did decide to marry Bu, he would forsake all others. In other words, that man is chopping it down so good she’s become delusional.

At least now we can understand the attraction…

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The entire Ross clan came out to support their sister Chudney for the grand opening for her new store Books & Cookies…

Flip through to peep some of Diana’s seeds….

This is going to be one helluva household.

If, like us, you were skeptical about news reports claiming that legendary Motown singer Diana Ross would get Michael Jackson’s children when their 80-year-old grandmother Katherine Jackson passes away, doubt no more!

Ross, 67, indeed would become guardian of the dead singer’s three children, according to new information exclusively uncovered by RadarOnline.

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A source close to the Jackson family tells us that the superstar diva was named in her longtime friend Michael Jackson’s will as guardian of Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket. And even though it was suggested that Ross declined the huge responsibility, that too is bunk, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

“Diana has made no moves whatsoever not fulfill her role that Michael intended for her,” the source says. “Michael didn’t trust anyone in his family besides, his mother, to raise the children. Michael loved Diana and chose her for a very specific reason,” our source adds.

Katherine Jackson turns 81 on May 4, and it was revealed in court documents recently that she has a live-in caregiver.

Its good that Diana is going to abide by Michael’s wishes, but she isn’t exactly a spring chicken her damn self. How many of you would take custody of 3 children at her age??

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According to Access Hollywood, Diana Ross is making her first television performance in four years on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The former lead singer of the soul group, The Supremes will perform her hit, “I’m Coming Out.”

The 66-year-old legendary songstress will appear as a guest with all of her children and her grandson as guests on Oprah’s last season. Ross is currently on her “Now” tour, the episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show will air February 25th.

What are Diana’s five kids up to? Head to HipHopWired.com to find out.

Oprah Winfrey and her on-again-off-again man-meat Stedman Graham attended the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors this weekend, and Harpo had those tig ole bitties on full blast!!

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