FameCrawler : Russell Simmons

Kimora Lee's Baby Gets A Name

Josh loposer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Kimora Lee and boyfriend Djimon Hounsou's son, born early Saturday, now has a name, according to Kimora's Twitter page. It's Kenzo Lee Hounsou.

Kenzo is Kimora's third child -- the other two were with ex Russell Simmons -- and Djimon's first child. Congratulations guys.

The Phat Fashions CEO promises to send baby pics just as soon as she can. Coming up with a name for you newborn should probably take priority over sending baby pics out to the media and your followers on Twitter.

Now that the name's out of the way though, maybe it's time for some family photos? She did send out a pic of herself in the hospital bed.

Kimora's other two daughters, Ming Lee, 9, and Aoki, 6, must be excited about having a new brother. Congrats, guys.

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Russell Simmons Gives Praise To Ex Kimora Lee

Sassy Smith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:32:00 GMT

Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons are no longer a couple, but the two have remained friendly because they have two daughters together - Ming Lee, 9, and Aoki, 6. And Russell always has kind words for the mother of his girls.

From OK!:

What are his tips for an amicable split?

"You smile no matter what happens, and you keep smiling. During a marriage, they say you make a tremendous compromise. Men say all the time they just be quiet. You've gotta be quiet 24 hours. It's OK if you're separate and can be quiet, but it's a mess if you talk. You just learn to be a little bit accepting and promote tolerance and act and be tolerant yourself. Allow each other a little freedom, and faith."

Russell is proud of how Kimora is raising the girls:

"The thing that makes me most inspired is when there was some celebrity who was in the Hamptons and I just missed her. And they asked me, 'did I want to see her?' and I said 'I'll catch her later.' They said 'well, your daughter would like to see her.' And she's just one of those celebrities who runs around. They said, 'well your daughter would love to see her.' I said, 'would you like to see -- the name of this celebrity?'"What celebrity?'"Doesn't matter. And she said, 'no, no, I think she makes bad choices.' That's what Ming Lee told me. That to me reminded me that their mother has been doing such a good job with them because she knows what's a good choice already."

What does Russell love most about being a dad?

"The innocence is inspiring. The way young people think, you want to think like them so they teach you a lot. Having a child teaches you so much. That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life."

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Kimora Lee Simmons Gives Birth!

Sassy Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:47:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons has given birth! She and husband Djimon Hounsou have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy!

From E! Online:

At least that seems to be the case with new mom and member of the E! fam, Kimora Lee Simmons. The Phat Fashions CEO took to her Twitter page late last night to let the world know that her baby was on the way.

Tweeted Simmons, "It's time!! No turning back! At hospital in labor right now!!," followed shortly after by, "Having contractions now! Ooo- wee! It's like WHOA! Love & Light, KLS."

She was even nice enough to send along a TwitPic from her hospital bed—looking nothing short of glamorous, of course.

Sixteen hours later, E! News can confirm that Simmons and her partner, actor Djimon Hounsou, are now proud parents. Says her rep, "Kimora and Djimon's son was born Saturday morning, May 30th."

The lovely face of Baby Phat and the Oscar-nominated actor have been together since March 2007, following her split from husband, entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The two Simmons' share custody of their daughters, Ming Lee, 9, and Aoki Lee, 6. This is Hounsou's first child.

Simmons and her gorgeous girls currently star on her hit reality show, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane on E! sister station, The Style Network.

While she has yet to tweet her new son's name, we're sure that as soon as Simmons is well-rested and back to her fabulous self, we'll receive the update—via TwitterBerry, of course.

Congratulations!!

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Russell Simmons Writes Ex Kimora Lee A Mother's Day Letter

Kimora Lee Simmons is in Labor - and Twittering About It (PHOTO)

sweatpantsmom — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:17:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons is in labor, and we know it's true because it came straight from Kimora herself - via her Twitter page.

At around 9pm Friday night Kimora Twittered the following:

"It's time !! No turning back! At hospital in labor right now!!"

Around the same time she posted the photo above to her TwitPic page. Shortly after that she added:

"Having contractions now! Ooo- wee! It's like WHOA!"

This will be the first child for Kimora and boyfriend Djimon Hounsou; Kimora also has two daughters with ex-husband Russell Simmons.

We'll keep you posted on the baby's arrival - let's hope Kimora keeps her Blackberry on hand so she can update her Twitter page while giving birth.

Kimora Lee: It's A Boy!? (PHOTOS)

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Russell Simmons Writes Ex Kimora Lee A Mother's Day Letter

Sassy Smith — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons are no longer a couple, but the two are parents together. Russell wants Kimora to know how much he appreciates her, as the mother of his girls - Ming, 9, and Aoki, 6 - so he's written an open letter to her.

Letter after the jump!

Russell writes:

To all the fathers out there, it’s almost Mother’s Day, so you better start thinking about doing the right thing…Flowers, dinner, breakfast in bed, tuition, something special…

Everyone knows Kimora Lee Simmons as a fashion model, author, the genius behind Baby Phat, President and creative director for Phat Fashions, philanthropist, reality television star, talk show host, top model judge…the list goes on and on. To me, she has been my partner, best friend, consultant, confidant and basically the greatest mother I could ever hope for, for my daughters. I feel so blessed to continue to have such a great personal and professional relationship with her. Every time I spend time with our girls, I credit her for giving them their manners, thoughtfulness, intelligence, beauty and kindness.

A lot of you fathers, if you look deeply inside of yourself, you will find the support system in your baby’s mama, that allows you the freedom to sleep at night. Even though you are partly disconnected from the daily process of raising your children, you can trust that she’s getting the job done. So celebrate your baby’s mama, as I do! I know damn well, I’m grateful for my babies’ mama.

Happy Mother’s Day Kimora! You are loved, appreciated and celebrated!

All my love,
Russell

Wow - how lucky for Ming and Aoki, to have such a great dad, who appreciates their mom, despite the couple no longer being together.

Kimora, who is now engaged to Djimon Hounsou, is pregnant and due soon.

Happy Mother's Day!

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Kimora Lee: It's A Boy!? (PHOTOS)

Sassy Smith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons, pregnant with her first child with fiance Djimon Hounsou, was shopping at Bristol Farms in Hollywood on Monday and the CEO for Baby Phat designs had some balloons - and one that had "It's A Boy" stamped on it. Does this mean she's having a son?

More pics after the jump!

I suppose she could be shopping for a pregnant friend or relative who may be having a boy - but wouldn't it be nice if she was having a boy? She's mom to two daughters, so maybe she'd love to have a son as well!

I'm sure her first priority is a healthy baby though!

Kimora Lee's girls are Aoki Lee and Ming Lee - with her ex-husband Russell Simmons.

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Russell Simmons and His Daughters at the Kids Choice Awards

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:05:00 GMT

Russell Simmons and his daughters Aoki Lee ,6, Ming Lee ,9, enjoy some father-daughter bonding at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on Saturday. Mom Kimora couldn't attend, but she was spotted out this past weekend looking phat.

Aoki and Ming are adorable. I've always admired how, with two such jet-setting, high-fashion, bigwig parents, these girls always look down to earth and normal. Let's hope they stay that way through their teen years. Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be Miley Cyrus.

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Kimora Lee Simmons: Phat and Phabulous

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:05:00 GMT

In case there's any doubt - Kimora Lee Simmons is pregnant. The Baby Phat CEO showed off her baby bump and a t-shirt with a strategically placed arrow to let you know that isn't fat down there - it's phat. Work with me, I'm trying to get hip with all the lingo the young kids are using these days.

Simmons and boyfriend Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together sometime in May or June; she also has two daughters, Ming Lee, 9, and Aoki Lee, 6 ½, with ex-husband Russell Simmons.

Those are the phacts.

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Spying on the Neighbors:10-07-08

Whit Honea — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo

Angie Harmon's baby bump (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Russell Simmons and girls (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Beckham benched (Beckham Groupie)

The Cruises (TomKat Crazy)

Angelina is too much (binkywood)

Angelina is still too much (Jezebel)

Jude Law's hair movement (Perez Hilton)

What Celeb Won't Let Her Girls Wear Hoochie Mama Clothes?

Sassy Smith — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:03:00 GMT

If you're a mom to a daughter, you've seen some of the clothes out there - clothes that maybe a street walker would wear but that no sane mother would let her child put on. What celebrity mom is careful when it comes to her daughters' wardrobes?

Ex-model and Baby Phat designer, Kimora Lee Simmons is very protective of her girls, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5, and refuses to let them wear provocative clothing.

"I would not let my daughters show their midriff," she said this week at the New York City launch of her new juniors line at JCPenney. It was even tough for her to see Ming in her halter dress. "That's a lot for me," she admitted.

"I feel like I've exposed my kids to a lot. We do lead a very high-voltage life so we have to taper back in other ways."

Her boyfriend, actor and model Djimon Honsou feels the same way. "He's very protective of them."

Kimora might be a bit of a diva at airports, but I like her philosophy when it comes to dressing her girls!

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Kimora Lee Simmons Gets Full Custody of Daughters, Demands $480,000 in Child Support

Karen — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons won full custody of daughters Ming Lee, 8 and Aoki, 5, and is now asking for $480,000 a year in child support.

In documents filed on Wednesday June 25, at Los Angeles Superior Court, the fashion model-turned-designer is asking for $20,000 per month for each of the couple's two daughters, but wants no spousal support from ex-husband and Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons.

The couple married in 1998, and filed for divorce in 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.

Wait a minute, wasn't she pregnant with then boyfriend Djimon Hounsou's baby? Sources in June reported she was engaged to him (well she clearly loves him), but I'm guessing the baby bump thing was just a rumor. We'll be watching!

Kimora Lee Simmons - Stripping Down

Sassy Smith — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons, CEO for Baby Phat (love Baby Phat!) has a few things to say. She's an ocassional actress, a business woman, outspoken, a mom of two daughters with ex-husband Russell Simmons, and now in a solid relationship with a man she adores - Calvin Klein underwear model, Djimon Hounsou. She shares her life lessons in Giant Magazine. She's stripping down if you will...

Kimora on being labeled a b*tch: “As a woman, if you’re outspoken and you know what you want, you’re a b*tch. And if you don’t know what you want, then you’re a ditz. It’s very hard to gain men’s respect, and men in the industry disrespected me all the time. Many [women] don’t know if they should speak up and run the risk of looking stupid or bitchy. I always say, ‘Go for bitchy’ ’cause they’re gonna say you’re a bitch no matter what.’ If you’re smart and you speak up, you’re a bitch. But at least you get what you want.”

Kimora on her relationship with Oscar-nominated actor and Calvin Klein underwear-model boyfriend Djimon Hounsou: “I’m just happy and grateful to go home to my kids and a man that loves and accepts me for me—glamorous or not.”

Kimora on marriage: “When you get married, you’re forced to drink the milk long after it’s spoiled.”

Kimora on her extreme diva status: “I hear the craziest things, like, ‘She has to have a champagne glass filled within a quarter inch of the lip. The reality, is I’m a dedicated mother [to daughters Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki Lee, 5] and a very kind, funny and hardworking person. My reality-TV show helps to shed a bit of light, but even that’s glamorized.”

Kimora on her core values: “Honour, respect, tenacity, intelligence and humour. Do your best, and live with the repercussions of your choices – good or bad.”

Okay, I bought the cutest Baby Phat handbag....no seriously, she sounds like a great lady and knows what she wants out of life. And her girls are adorable - look at the youngest one, that little "diva" face. Love it!

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Kimora Lee Simmons Pregnancy Confirmed

Karen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:03:00 GMT

There were rumors last week, but that bump you saw in those pictures was indeed of the baby variety, according to Page Six. Demanding Diva Kimora Lee Simmons is pregnant with boyfriend Djimon Hounsou's baby.

Simmons has 2 children from her previous marriage to Russell Simmons.

Kimora Lee Simmons: Fabulous! There's a Bun in That Oven

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:05:00 GMT

That ain't no baby phat. Kimora Lee Simmons and boyfriend Djimon Hounsou are seen here at a movie premiere and it sure looks like she's pregnant . Either that or she's trying to sneak in her own popcorn underneath that dress. I stopped doing that when I got butter stains all over my Prada mini.

I used to like Kimora, until I caught a few minutes of her awful show, Life in the Fab Lane and saw her tossing her hair, cackling and yelling at her employees. She really does say 'fabulous' every five seconds, and by the end of the show I wanted to muzzle her with her own extensions.

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Scientologists Want Kimora Lee Simmons. Kimora Lee Simmons Says, TALK TO THE HAND

HerBadMother — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons might not be anyone's first pick for Mother Of The Year - you know, what with all of that marching her children down runways in Baby Phat bling and all - but at least she has the sense to not let herself be used as a propaganda tool in the Church of Scientology's campaign to brainwash kids.

Fox News reports that a Scientology video has been leaked in which Scientology leader David Miscavige announces that Kimora Lee Simmons has been distributing the group’s "Way to Happiness" propaganda pamphlet in New Jersey and Los Angeles.

The news that Simmons is somehow involved in Scientology comes around the six-minute mark in the eight-minute video (in which, in true, noble Scientology fashion, Miscavige advocates violence against practitioners of psychiatry) posted at YouTube:

Miscavige, dressed in a tuxedo, seems to be addressing a large crowd in the gauche, ornate Celebrity Center in Hollywood from the same podium on which he gave Tom Cruise an Olympic-looking medal in 2004.

He tells the gathering that to reach new recruits 12 to 18 years old, they can do better than Simmons, who "funnels booklets" in the aforementioned locales. On the screen behind him, Simmons’ face is shown.

Only one problem, though, Simmons’ publicist told Fox that Kimora is in no way involved with Scientology. "I’ve asked everyone," said the flack. "Kimora is not a Scientologist. We have nothing to do with this."

I should hope not. Not only is Scientology an evil cult that exploits the vulnerabilities and pocketbooks of the rich and the weak, it just has not shown Kimora any respect, at all. Do better than Kimora Lee Simmons at seducing bling-addicted young women with daddy-supported credit cards? Nuh-UH!

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Pimp C Dead

HerBadMother — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:02:00 GMT

The influential rap artist and member of rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz), Pimp C, was found dead in the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles this morning.

Pimp C, aka Chad Butler, had a long history of involvement in drugs and criminal activity, but was quoted last year as saying that he was working toward producing more responsible, "grown-man" work that reflected his responsibilities to his family and community. A press release issued on behalf of his family said read as follows:

"It is with great regret that I must confirm that Chad Butler, a.k.a. Pimp C, one half of the legendary UGK, was in fact discovered dead this morning.

"Manager Rick Martin is asking that everyone please respect his family and those close to him at this time and refrain from rumors and innuendo.

A formal statement will be released later this afternoon. Thank you all for understanding."

Barry Weiss, president and CEO of Jive Records, UGK's longtime label, said: "We mourn the unexpected loss of Chad. He was truly a thoughtful and kind-hearted person. He will be remembered for his talent and profound influence as a pioneer in bringing southern rap to the forefront. He will be missed and our prayers remain with his family and Bun B. I've known Chad since he was 18, and we loved him dearly and he was a cherished member of the Jive family."

The hotel released the following statement: "Mondrian received calls this morning from the family of Chad Butler inquiring about his whereabouts. Mr. Butler had checked into the hotel on 28 November and, according to the callers, was to have checked out yesterday. Security personnel went to Mr. Butler's room and found him in bed, apparently expired. A 911 call was placed at about 9:20 a.m. and paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department responded and pronounced Mr. Butler dead."

Early suspicion was that the death was drug-related, but recent reports from TMZ are stating that it's looking to have been due to natural causes.

Our best to his family, friends, and colleagues.

Sources: TMZ, LA Times, Rolling Stone; Photo Credit: David Phillip/AP

Kimora Lee Simmons Reads and Good Deeds

Whit Honea — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:25:00 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons, along with her very cute daughters Aoki (5) and Ming (7), paid a visit to the pediatric unit of St. Vincent’s in NYC to read to the kids there. Aoki and Ming seem pretty interested in the book as well.

I love seeing stuff like this. I think I'll take my boys and go do some charitable stuff this week.

Photo: Us Weekly

Spying on the Neighbors: 11-19-2007

Whit Honea — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:24:00 GMT

Hello, and welcome to Monday, November 19th, 2007. It's a holiday week and it looks like the neighbors are busy writing recipes instead of gossip, but here are a few appetizers:

Jessica Seinfeld bakes excuses on the View. (Jezebel)

I thought Planet Hollywood had gone the way of Pluto. (Gabsmash)

Russell Simmons and daughters lights snowflakes. (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Wyclef talks about 'Crazy Hill.' (TeenHollywood)

Guy Ritchie and kids take in "Fred Claus." (Just Jared)

Kimora Lee Simmons Wants More Baby Phat

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:05:00 GMT

From the "Don't Do It Djimon" Files: Kimora Lee Simmons wants to have another baby. In case you don't know who she is, she's the ex-wife of rap mogul Russell Simmons, current girlfriend of actor Djimon Hounsou and ~~boobs~~ brains behind clothing line Baby Phat. Oh, and she stars in the reality series "Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane" in which you can see her screaming "Fabulous!" every ten seconds. Go ahead and turn it on, I'll wait. Scary, isn't it? Yes, the antacids are over there.

Kimora, who has two daughters, Ming, 7, and Aoki, 5, with ex Simmons, is apparently trying to get current squeeze Hounsou to knock her up. And who wouldn't want to impregnate this ball of fun: Vacationing last week at Sandals resort in Antigua, she reportedly "instructed hotel staff not to talk to her directly and only to address her through her assistants." Not too fabby, I say.

Ming and Aoki Lee go to the Simmon's Family Phat Farm

Whit Honea — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:09:00 GMT

Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons came together to promote the latest addition to the Phat Farm clothing line, "Ming and Aoki." The line is named after their daughters.

The new line, which appears to be influenced heavily by the girls, I hope, is launching in NYC. What a great way to have the kids start paying their way. It's about time those freeloaders brought home a little bacon. Oh wait, that's my kids.

If I made a line of clothing centered on my boys it would consist of dirt and mud. I wonder if there's a market for that. Russell, give me a call.