Lil Kim just dropped her new promo pic.  And in a skin baring catsuit, she's sharpening her cat like skills and ASSets.  Hope this works for her this time.  Check the pic, plus Jay-Z & Blue Ivy's bed getting a special delivery, inside...

After dropping her new singles "Keys To The City" and "If You Love me" recently, Lil Kim is tapping into her sex kitten skills and crawling on the floor in a mesh detailed catsuit and boots.

You feelin' it?

In other rapper news:

New dad Jay-Z was spotted making his way to his Manhattan office...with his iPad in tow.  Wonder which apps he has.

Dude loves his Timbs and denim doesn't he? 

And speaking of Jay, his baby girl Blue Ivy had a special delivery to MaMa Beyonce's office yesterday:

Looks like she'll be spending naptime and playtime right next to mommy's desk in her own bed.  Gotta love it.

And what did Auntie Rih Rih have to say about the perfect princess?  While talking to Capital FM in London during her Battleship promos this week, Rihanna gushed about Blue Ivy when she was asked if she'd met her yet:

"Yes I have!  She's, it's unreal. It's unreal!

"You couldn't get more perfect than that child, she's beautiful.  And she really is Jay-Z's twin. It's hilarious. She's beautiful!"

Sweet!

Pics via SPLASH

MLB star Matt Kemp isn't just known for nabbing Rihanna at one point.  He also nabbed an eight year $160 mill deal from his bankrupt team, the L.A. Dodgers.  And FORBES is talking about just how he did it while Mr. Kemp covers the April 9, 2012 edition.  Check it, plus LaLa Anthony's lovable bestie Po Johnson rocking the pages of PYNK magazine...

Now this is some serious cash.  Guaranteed cash.  27-year-old Matt Kemp has a guaranteed 8-year contract with the Dodgers for $160 milli.  And despite his team (now owned partly by Magic Johnson) being bankrupt, professional baseball is now leveraging television rights all the way to the bank.

The cutie baller is covering the new issue of FORBES magazine.  And here's an excerpt from his story:

The cable companies, the TV networks and incoming team owners alike are taking some risk with the new TV economics of baseball. That’s why most of the regional sports networks have been structured with an equity component—they’re sharing the risk.

There is one group, however, that gets a sure thing from the local broadcasting windfall: star players.
Mega-television deals, after all, are based on the underlying assumption that the team will be competitive—or that, at a minimum, it has some drawing power. So marquee players, the kind that a team can use to *market itself, suddenly find themselves in a better position than ever.

That’s how the Los Angeles Dodgers–a bankrupt baseball team–gives a young star player, Matt Kemp, an eight-year, $160 million contract, even when he isn’t a free agent.

Kemp is a terrific player—the 27-year-old outfielder led the National League in numerous offensive categories last season and finished second in Most Valuable Player balloting.

For the bankrupt Dodgers, headed for sale at auction, a long-term contract with Kemp represented an asset rather than a liability. The team’s enormous valuation is predicated on the ability of the new owner to quickly negotiate a deal worth more than $3.5 billion over 20 years with a regional sports network. Locking up Kemp was an implicit guarantee that Dodgers broadcasts in the foreseeable future would be marketable and, one hopes, worth watching.
A similar rationale drove Arturo Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, to pay the biggest free agent on the market—Albert Pujols—$240 million over ten years, despite a recent drop-off statistically as *questions swirl about his actual age (remember: baseball contracts are guaranteed). No matter: Moreno now has a face for his franchise—and for Fox Sports West, which recently agreed to give the Angels $2.5 billion over 17 years.

And the players themselves? “It’s great to know I’m going to be here for the next eight years,” says Kemp. A $160 million guaranteed payday has a way of making a man feel like that.

Nice!

And if you love Po Johnson from "LaLa's Full Court Life," check out her brand new PYNK magazine spread.  She cleans up well:

Here's the highlights:

On her love life:
"I'm not dating anybody, I'm not seeing anybody, I'm not fucking anybody, I'm not sexting anyone. I am on pause in regards to a relationship zone. I’m very much married to music. I don’t even have the time to be emotionally responsible, and I feel bad, but it is what it is."

On living on camera:
"Once you expose yourself for everyone to see, it's like walking around naked in front of your lover for the first time. Why do you need to be nervous the second and third time?"

On accepting herself:
"You have to be like, “Fuck it, this is me. I like crawfish and crabs. I’m 5'4''. I’m from the south. I had a stuttering problem. And I want be a fucking artist. My name is po. Fuck you if you don't like it.” Once you let those inhibitions go, everything else is irrelevant. I owe it to the audience that's watching; I owe it to all those little girls; I owe it to all those people who feel like geeks and weirdos, I owe it to them to let them know that this is cool. You don't have to be a part of the masses. What everyone sees on TV is me celebrating the fact that I've owned that. I'm not going to apologize for who I am, and I'm not going to apologize for who I want to be."

On her music:
"It’s always been funky, but poppy and fun — very much teen angst. Everything I've always wanted to say, I'm going to say it through my music. If you take punk, pop and the streets, and put it together, that's what my stuff sounds like. Think of Cee Lo as a female artist or No Doubt, but a lot more urban.

I am not signed to anybody right now, so I feel like this is a good time for me to be uninhibited. In regards to artistic limitations, I have none. I want to be very honest about who I am. As eccentric, crazy, and out of the box as I am, I'm still very relatable. What's the point of doing it if you're not relating to anybody?"

Who knew Christina Milian had all these huge side-belly and back tatts?  The cutesy singer was spotted looking casual sexy while rocking her bubblegum pink skinny jeans and crop top to lunch yesterday in Beverly Hills.  Check out the pics, plus NeNe Leakes & Angela Simmons out and about in the Hills as well.....

After hopping out her Mercedes G Wagon in a colorful bubblegum pink jeans and YSL sandals, Christina Milian flaunted her cute bod while at lunch at Le Petit Four restaurant at Sunset Plaza.  And it looked like it was mommy's free time as her 2-year-old daughter Violet was nowhere in sight.

Hate huge tatts on women.  But it seems nothing makes "The Voice"'s new social media correspondent look anything less than a cutie.

And speaking of "The Voice," Chris kicked it with the other Christina, judge Ms. Aguilera, courtside at The Lakers game last night at the Staples Center:

Cute.

Meanwhile, NeNe Leakes was spotted grabbing dinner at her fave spot Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills last night:

She rocked her headscarf over what seems like a longer blonde 'do.  And, of course, chick goes nowhere without her Birkin.

And earlier yesterday, a gold sneakered Angela Simmons and her pup Juicy hit the nail salon in Beverly Hills:

She passed up a man asking for change to make her way into the nail shop:

Cute.

The Randomness:

1. Terrell Owens isn't catching a break anytime soon. The Cincinnati Bengals baller has been issued a warrant for his arrest after failing to appear at a court date regarding child support payments. STORY

Tracy Morgan stopped by "The Late Show" recently and was spotted getting kissy with his fiance. See their pics inside as well as pics of Rihanna at a Battleship screening and dishing on her movie plus Kerry Washington's "Scandal" preview.

Actor Tracy Morgan and fiance Megan Wollover were spotted outside the Ed Sullivan Theater yesterday.

The pair were there for Tracy to tape an appearance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman.'

And over in London......

Rihanna was seen arriving, in a Stella McCartney London Evening collection dress, at the BBC for a 'Battleship' screening last night.  And surprised fans who won the chance to attend:
 

She greeted fans with co-stars Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and director Peter Berg at Cineworld in Haymarket, London.

And during a sit-down interview about the flick at this week's photocall:

Rihanna sat down with Kate Garraway to dish on her big screen debut, her music and growing up in Barbados.  Here are the highlights:

On her acting debut in Battleship
It was nerve-wracking really, scary, to go into something so new not really knowing what to expect or what to do. It was a learning experience. Peter Berg was really, really good at helping with that, he didn't even give me a chance to think about it before I was saying lines on the first day...and that helped to cut to the chase.

On whether she gets scared/nervous
I get nervous, I get that anxiety just before I'm about to do something big or when everyone's going to be looking at me.

On her success
I'm very competitive with myself, I don't like staying in the same place- I like growth. I want to get better, the next step always has to be upward, or forward. I'm relentless in that way when it comes to my work, I feel guilty stopping for a little bit, but sometimes it's good to stop. I noticed that this year when I actually had time to stop in January because that was the first time I really took time off for myself.

On body-confidence
I don't think anyone really is 100%, I mean you get comfortable with the fact that, that's your body and it is what it is. That I had to learn, doing enough topless shoots with GQ and Esquire. You just have to accept your body, you may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it. You just want something else, that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful. No one is every 100% "I'm the bomb.com" from head to toe.

On how growing up in Barbados gave her thick skin
A lot of the reason why I am the way that I am and my character has a lot to do with my culture. It really helped to have a thick skin coming from Barbados. My upbringing, I definitely had to learn fast how to ignore things or not let it bother me. From the time I was very young I was teased about being bi-racial, that was one of the first things I dealt with, then it went on throughout high school, if it wasn't one thing it was the other thing. In my home, a lot of the things I saw, that definitely helped prepare me for this world.

And on television....

Watch a sneak preview of Kerry Washington's eagerly anticipated ABC show "Scandal" above.

Photos via HRC/WENN/SplashNews/Jeff Moore

In a hot pink sweater and colorful multi-print maxi skirt by Etro, Beyonce Knowles popped up in Manhattan today looking bright and fresh faced.  Pics of the R&B diva inside...

There's no dodging the paparazzi lenses in this eye-opener.  Bey topped off her spring look with a black fedora and black circular sunglasses as she made her way around Manhattan today to run some errands solo....well, with Julius in tow of course:

I'm positive there was a better shoe choice available (right?), but chick looks cute nonetheless. 

Just 2 more months till her big Atlantic City comeback.  You ready?

BONUS: For all you "American Idol" fans, Top 9 contestant Jessica Sanchez performed her idol Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams" track last night. Check it below:

Pics via PCN/SPLASH

Solange Knowles & Beyonce Knowles were both out on the town last night in NYC.  But for very different reasons.  Pics inside of Solo headed to rock her Stuart Weitzman boutique gig, while Mama Bey & Baby Blue made their way to the doctor's office.....

Beyonce was spotted leaving a medical office yesterday evening on the Upper East Side in NYC....with Baby Blue held extra close as usual.  Bey kept it stylish in a grey cardigan and leather pants with her grey scarf covering up most of Blue...except a small patch of her hair. 

Loving her Azzedine Alaïa lace-up calf hair platform boots.

Grandma Tina was there as well carrying Blue's other blankie.  How cute.

And also uptown in NYC last night:

Solange and her fab self made her way to the Stuart Weitzman store for their Spring 2012 Collection party.  She DJ'd the event, and turned it out in this cute summery colorblocked mini dress paired with her mint/silver toed 'Capsize' Stuart Weitzman pumps.  Loves the look:

Solo posed it up with Mr. Weitzman himself and the host of the party (rocking the Capsize pumps in nude and silver).

Great colors to compliment her skin.

Pics via FAME/REX Images

Treating herself to a fabulous night out, Kim Kardashian was spotted at the Valentino Rodeo Drive Flagship store opening in Beverly Hills last night (March 27).

Pop star Rihanna is over in London where she kicked off promotion for her upcoming sci-fi action thriller movie Battleship.  And topped off her night yesterday taking in Drake's Club Paradise Tour (and afterparty). See their candids inside and see video of Wale shutting it down in London at his own sold out show!

Over in London yesterday, Rihanna posed it up in a slinky olive green Alexander Wang halter dress and black Louboutin pumps for the first photocall for her upcoming flick Battleship (May 18) at London's Corinthia Hotel:

Chick made sure to accentuate the curves she says she's lost since losing weight recently.

Rih laughed it up with co-star Brooklyn Decker, who wore a Stella McCartney dress.

Later, she and Brooklyn posed with their co-stars Peter Berg and Taylor Kitsch.  Hot cast.

*UPDATE* Rihanna answered the lingering "Is she dating Ashton Kutcher?" question at the press conference, and gave a snappy response about how disappointing the question was:

Ha!

And last night on the tube......

Rocking a Maison Martin Margiela Resort 2012 flame-print T-shirt and Christian Louboutin Sea.nn Girl thigh high boots, Rihanna was spotted at the Waterloo station heading to her homie lover friend Drake's concert at the O2 arena.

She and her girls Jen & Melissa cause some rukus inside the station:

After the concert.......

Rapper/Singer Drake and RiRi were both seen leaving--tons of security in tow--his official after party at Low Night Club in Mayfair. 

Watch video of Drake performing his Club Paradise Live Tour in London here:

BONUS: Wale performed to a sold out crowd at London's XOYO last night.  Watch a performance clip here:

The Randomness:

1.  Wiz Khalifa buys $900K pad in his hometown in PA.  Story. 

Photos via PacificCoastNews.com/WeirPhotos / Splash News