Black Celebrity Men

The world premiere of Death at a Funeral took place last night in Los Angeles. Celebrities in attendance included: Martin Lawrence (with his longtime girlfriend), Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock (and his wife), Columbus Short (and his date), Danny Glover, Christian Keyes, Tyler James Williams, Bob'be Thompson, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Murphy, John Salley, Barry Bonds, Common, Cedric the Entertainer, Chi McBride, Ne-Yo, Tamala Jones, Zoe Saldana, Ciara, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine and more.

Several Black Celebrity Men attended NIKE Presents Hollywood's Exclusive Entertainment League at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood earlier this month.

From left to right: Morris Chestnut, James Lesure ('For Your Love'), Alphonso Ribeiro and Roger R. Cross (Queen Latifah's character's love interest in 'Mad Money')--and what is that on his upper lip?!

From left to right: Robert Ri'chard ('One on One'), Marcus Paulk ('Moesha'), Aldis Hodge ('The Game's' original 'Derwin Davis') and singer Tank.

See more pics of Black Celebrity Men attending this event after the jump!

Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon's comedy show Kenan & Kel has been keeping himself extra busy since last appearing on the small screen on UPN's 'Half & Half.' He's starring in a new movie called 'Chicago Polanski Jones' (with Cedric the Entertainer, Tommy Davidson, Affion Crockett and Tia Mowry's husband, Cory Hardrict); a new solo album to be released later this year AND he's also developing a new show for Nickelodeon called, 'Orange Soda Boy' (remember his 'Orange Soda' song: 'who loves orange soda/Kel loves orange soda/is it true/mmmhmm/I do I do I do ho'). In an interview with HM magazine, the married father of two discussed his new projects. Read the excerpts below.

KEL ON HIS NEW MOVIE: I love kung fu movies, and I also love dance movies. People who know me know I love to dance. I decided that I wanted to create a film where I could use both elements, so I decided to make a film about a guy who could only fight when music is playing, and that's how I came up with 'Chicago Pulanski Jones.' I'm the writer, producer, I play the lead role, and I even play the villain in the film. I took it over to Bird and a Bear Productions, and when Ced said he wanted to direct it, I got so excited. I look up to Ced--we worked on Steve Harvey's show together--so it's like a dream come true. I also have another movie with Cedric called 'The Jump Off', which is another dance movie. It's crazy. I guess we just love dancing. Ced's got skills too!

PICS COURTESY OF F. HOLDER, HM MAGAZINE

AND SPEAKING OF KENAN & KEL, KENAN WAS SPOTTED ATTENDING THE 2009 COMIC CON IN JULY.


DETAILS ON KEL'S 'ORANGE SODA BOY' AS WELL AS HIS NEW ALBUM WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK BELOW!