Nina Sky is back with a brand new single, “Day Dreaming,” from their upcoming third studio album, Nicole & Natalie.

The last time we heard from Nina Sky was with their 2010 EP, The Other Side, where they introduced their new sound. You can expect the new album out in July!

After surprising the world with her Best New Artist award win at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Esperanza Spalding is back with her new single, “Black Gold”. Just in time for Black History Month, the jazz songstress and upright bass virtusuo teams up with soul singer Algebra Blessett on the lead single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society. It hits stores on March 20, 2012 and will feature behind-the-scenes videos in the deluxe edition. Peep the official video up top.

Do you remember M$ney? Well, we featured her a while back for her appearance on Timbaland’s 2007 album, Shock Value, with the popular track, “Fantasy” (CLICK TO LISTEN), but she’s back with new material, featuring none other than Omarion.

The new track and video, “Restraint,” are lifted from her upcoming mixtape, AlterEgo, which is dropping March 21st.

“TLC has ordered a new program that follows strong-willed Atlanta women with leadership roles in the city’s religious community. The women on the show manage day-to-day politics at churches, help troubled or needy congregants, and hire and fire staff. Some even step up to the pulpit to sermonize.” [Source]

No word on when the show is expected to start taping or airing. The cast’s roster hasn’t been revealed either. Let’s see if Bishop Eddie Long’s wife will join the shenanigans.

Day26 is ready to release their anticipated sophomore album, A New Day. Their latest music video is for their single, “Made Love Lately,” directed by Sequoia. The new album is supposed to drop this spring via Atlantic Records.

Get ready y’all…."Love & Hip Hop" is headed to ATL for a spinoff!  Deets inside, plus a sneak peek of Chrissy reading Yandy her rights on the upcoming semi-reunion show….

"Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" is on the way…this according to VH1.  The network reportedly confirmed today that the beat-down having, ish talking, baby having, cat-fight loving show is headed down to the dirty south.

No cast has been set…but we can surely name SEVERAL people who will indeed jump at the chance to be featured on this ish.  Who do you think will be cast?

Meanwhile:

The "reunion" show is set to air February 6th.  But since the ladies, for whatever reason, couldn’t bear to film in the same room together, it’s done in separate clips. The drama was so extreme and the battles so intense that some cast members now refuse to be in the same room.

In the revealing one-hour special, the cast goes one-on-one with Executive Producer Mona Scott Young in which they speak candidly about this past season: Why did Somaya go missing on the show? Will Emily and Fab work it out? What did Yandy really write in her explosive e-mail? Will wedding bells really ever ring for Chrissy and Jim? And, most shocking of all, find out who quit the show and may be gone for good.

In the above sneak peek, you can see an outtake of Chrissy going in on Yandy and reminding her Yandy that she created a lane (this show) for her to get money….so she needs to check herself.  Womp.

The show airs Monday, February 6 at 8PM ET/PT.

The Randomness:

1.  Drake is getting sued by alleged ex-girlfriend Ericka Lee for using a recording of their phone call for his "Marvin’s Room" track.  She says her voice on the track warrants co-writing credits.   STORY

Fab chicks Tia Mowry and SAG award winner Octavia Spencer have both announced new roles in upcoming films.   Get the deets on their flicks inside and also find out what Viola Davis is up to next…..

"The Game" actress and "Tia & Tamera" reality show star, Tia Mowry, will soon star in the ABC Family movie, Mistle-Tones.  

The film centers around Tia’s character (Holly) who audtions for the Mistle-Tones, a singing group her mother founded, but loses out to group leader, Tori Spelling‘s, best friend.  Holly then creates a new group and takes the Mistle-Tones on in a singing competition.

Sounds like Bring It On meets "Glee".  Will Tia do her own singing?

New mom Tia begins shooting the movie in two weeks in Utah.  Also, her book, OH, BABY!: Pregnancy Tales and Advice from One Hot Mama to the Next will be released on May 14.

And in other movie news…..

The Help star Octavia Spencer has signed on to join Kang Ho Song, Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton in Snow Piercer. 

The Joon-Ho scripted flick is about a failed experiment to stop global warming which kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. The main conflict of the sci-fi flim is based on the class system that evolves on the train and the revolution it leads to.  

Oscar nominee Octavia will play a passenger who joins the revolt in order to save her son’s life.

Also on her plate, she begins shooting Diablo Cody’s (Juno) unnamed project in March, then moves to Snow Piercer at the end of April.

BONUS:

Octavia’s The Help co-star Viola Davis has also announced new movie plans.  She’s signed on for two new films, Ender’s Game and Beautiful Creatures.

In Ender’s Game (set for a March 2013 release) Viola will play a military psychologist in the sic sci-fi film which also stars Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin.

And in Beautiful Creatures (a teenage love story) she will play a librarian.

Congrats Viola!

After a big 2 days of launching her new Motives For LaLa makeup line, LaLa Anthony took little Kiyan on the beach in Miami for a little mommy-and-me time.   Cute pics of the twosome inside….

It was all sand castles and wave dodging for LaLa & Kiyan today in Miami–complete with both a horde of paparazzi (who took these pics) and video cameramen copping footage for her VH1 show "LaLa’s Full Court Life."

The uber cutie hit the beach in his Jordan brand gear.  And seeing that his daddy Carmelo has a line under the Jordan brand…it only made sense.

Just had Meagan Good flashbacks with these nameplate earrings.

Fun times indeed!

Pics via FAME/FLYNET/INF

NeNe Leakes (shown above on the set) wasn’t too happy when she found out that actor Brian White had called her a racial stereotype" during a recent rant.  The "RHOA" star took to Twitter to defend herself and said maybe he’s a little jealous that’s she booking acting gigs!  See her response inside….

During Brian White’s pissy rant about racial stereotypes on reality TV, he made a few negative comments about "RHOA" and "Glee" star NeNe Leakes…..and she’s snapping back.

She defended "RHOA" saying they’ve never had a fist fight on the show and then added that "actors" seem to get upset with reality stars when they start booking acting gigs.  She just tweeted:

NeNe (who first appeared on "Glee" on Jan 17th) will make her second appearance on the hit tv show on Feb. 7th.  She tweeted,

Next Tuesday nite Feb 7th I’m back on Glee! Now u don’t wanna miss Coach Roz go head 2 head wit Sue Sylvester! This gone b good! #hellokitty

And it doesn’t stop there…Ms. Leakes will be co-hosting "The Talk" next Wed and Thurs.

NeNe’s about cashing her checks I see…

Model Bria Murphy was spotted out tending to her beauty routine of a mani/pedi with her little sister Shayne.  And Eddie & Nicole‘s daughters found themselves having to defend their dad’s life today….

22-year-old Dark & Lovely spokeswoman Bria Murphy kept up her beauty routine in a nail salon in Beverly Hills yesterday.  But she hae had to spend her day today defending her fam.  Vicious twitter and internet rumors started up that her veteran actor father Eddie Murphy died.  Since there was no truth to the rumor, of course, Bria took to her twitter to clear it up:

My father is not dead! How did that rumor start up again?

And she RT’d a link to TMZ’s story pointing out that the culprit of the rumor is a non-credible site known for making up celebrity death stories.

17-year-old Bria tagged along with her big sis as well.

Rumor averted.

Pics via SPLASH/INF