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Anjelah Johnson

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Anjelah Johnson is making a hometown appearance in San Jose tomorrow evening, Saturday 11.28.09!! If you are in the BAY and don’t have plans, I’d would STRONGLY suggest you check out her show and make a night of it! She is incredibly talented and beautiful, not to mention funny! It’s an all ages show at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, and you can purchase tickets through Live Nation – http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/409489

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I won’t be able to make this show, since I had to take off from the BAY, but I did manage to catch up with her and hang out for a few at Santana Row, while our locations crossed! She is one of my favorite friends and it’s so exciting to see her WINNING with all her hard work, faith and dedication!

You may know her as the ever popular Bon Qui Qui…

…or for her “Nail Salon” skit! Be on the lookout for her as she is quickly rising to the top! Her 1 hour Comedy Central special debuts December 28 and this Christmas, you can catch her starring role in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2! She also has another movie in the pipeline with Forest Whitaker and George Lopez, so don’t sleep on her…go out and watch her live this weekend or when she visits a city near you!! I’ll also have interviews with her On The Flipside and for a new show I’m debuting on the Cheer Channel, so stay tuned!!

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LUCKY CHARM!

I’m just returning from a fun-filled week back home in the Bay Area! It was great to see my family and catch up with some friends, making the rounds…I never get to see EVERYONE! However, I did manage to check out my two favorite hometown teams …the Golden State Warriors and the Oakland Raiders!

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First up, the Golden State Warriors game, 11.20.09! My good friend CNET star, Brian Tong had an extra ticket and treated me to the Portland game. He took the above “twitpic” and the Warriors have a twitter account that “retweets” pics of fans from the game, so to my surprise this picture got “retweeted!” lol

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My hosts for the week, my baby sister Alison and her bf Jono donned their team gear to head to Oracle Arena as well!

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I believe the Warriors only had 8 guys suited up…but they won in very convincing fashion and it was GOOD TIMES!

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The one thing about Bay fans, is they are loyal…I know it’s tough to stick by and watch when losing is the trend and it gets painful, so I was happy to be in the building for this win!!

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Also in attendance, my Raiderette sisters Jeanette and Serrita (who had floor seats), but the lovely ladies came up at halftime to say hi!

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Come Sunday 11.22.09…I headed down to the Coliseum to see my Oakland Raiders in action, playing against the visiting Cincinnati Bengals!

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My good friend and Raiderette sister Tiaja came out to brave the COLD and enjoy the gametime festivities with me…

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And wouldn’t ya know it…RAIDERS took the W in the final seconds when we thought it’d go into overtime!! It was SUPER EXCITNG, everyone was jumping for joy! Tiaja said it felt like we won the Super Bowl! haha BUT basically what I’m trying to say is the BAY WINS and I’m 2 for 2 this season when attending Bay games! 🙂 BTW..LOVED that concessions came around and served Hot Cocoa with whip cream … it was ONLY $5! lol

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Melanie Fiona

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I had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful and talented, Universal Motown artist Melanie Fiona at a private dinner last Friday night. I was supposed to interview her earlier in the day, but it didn’t quite work out, so I guess dinner at Philippe’s was a nice consolation! 😀 Actually it was a very nice intimate dinner with just about 20 people or so…”industry” folks. She is gorgeous in person and incredibly sweet…plus I’m always extra impressed when people remember my name.

Her debut album The Bridge has already been released electronically…so go get it!

The lovely Miss Fiona also did an impromptu performance during dinner…so I caught a snippet on my camera, but since it was dark, I had to edit pictures over it…her voice though…WOW!!

Thanks to the NLPG.BIZ guys for my pix!!

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FitSource Grand Opening

I had the opportunity to host the Grand Opening of “FitSource: Fitness Club for Women” in North Miami this week!

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It’s the first of 3 planned locations and it’s a gym, just for…WOMEN! It’s co-owned by two lovely ladies, Yamin Meneses and Cynthia Alonso. It is SO WONDERFUL to meet and work with other females who are doing their thing!

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We had an “official” ribbon cutting with the North Miami Mayor and Council Members…

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And — I got to sport the celeb-fav jewelry line “Citrine by the Stone,” I’m pictured above with designer Michelle!

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Hoodie Pix

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One of my bestest childhood friend’s (Maureen) husband, Jaymer, snapped these shots for me a while back in San Francisco. He’s taken up photography and does a really good job…and gets better with every shoot! I think these are from back in February 2009.

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I hadn’t posted them and now, looking back at them, I really like my hoodie in the shot, courtesy of Roselle at Nalej in Santa Clara. I think the thing I need to work on is my “pop-out” eyes issue…they get so big when I take pix! lol

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Thanks to all who helped on this early morning shoot, my sister Adrienne, Helena, Jo Ill and of course http://www.jaymeriloveyourphotos.com/

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Vampire Trend

I definitely started to notice a new found popularity for all things “Vampire” when it comes to movies and TV shows… Last year my friend Margie hyped up Twilight so much, and took me to see it in the theater…I felt it left a lot to be desired and everyone said, you have to read the book! Anyway, the next film in the series “New Moon” is due to be out soon and HBO’s “True Blood” is a BIG hit (everyone around me keeps raving about it, I don’t have HBO! lol) and CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” seems to be doing well too…so I thought I’m going to find a local South Florida tie-in and do a Vampire Trend story..It took me a little longer than usual to find my interview “subjects”…from a Cabaret Vampyra to a Cosmetic Dentist who can give you “vampire canines” … check it out!

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NFL Cheerleaders Calendars

I just posted a brand new SPECIAL, EXCLUSIVE “NFL CHEERLEADERS CALENDARS” edition of On The Flipside! Of course I always have to pay homage to my “former” life, but really I just think pro team dancers and cheerleaders are amazing women who get to do some fun stuff. Back “in my day” we didn’t have so much travel and opportunity…it was still fun and worth it, but these days the ladies are treated to a bit more! Anyway, enjoy the episode featuring Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and my beloved Oakland Raiderettes!

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Here are me and Dara with Dolphins calendar “cover girl” Johanna…

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and here with Dolphins Cheerleader Tiffany!

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Picture Perfect

I recently did what turned out to be an amazing photo shoot with a “student” photographer India Jackson. She may still be learning, but I think she’s already very capable of hanging with the pro’s! We met through a mutual friend, she liked my look and asked if she could shoot some shots of me for her portfolio…I thought it’d be fun and I am very pleased with how fabulous the pictures look. Below are some shots form the shoot, I’ll add them to my gallery once I get the rest of the shots! Also, see a blog she wrote about me here: http://blog.indiajackson.com/2009/09/25/sexy-news-reporter-aubrey-aquino/

An “early morning” look…

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India’s SHAPE Magazine “concept”…I’m definitely cool with that! 🙂

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A few other thumbnails from the shoot…