Jada Pinkett, with hubby Will Smith, was one of the honorees at Essence’s first annual Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon in Beverly Hills yesterday. And were there’s Will and Jada, there’s…you guessed it, TomKat. Kerry Washington, a not-pregnant-looking Paula Patton, Gabby Union, Star Jones, and plenty of others were also in attendance. Check ‘em out after the jump.

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Queen Latifah, who rang the NASDAQ opening bell this morning with Mad Money costars Katie Holmes and Diane Keaton, is, like her fellow actress Gabrielle Union, pretty damned unhappy with the tabloid/blog culture. But Q.L. gets a little more aggressive with it.

“They are actually starting to piss me off. I haven’t been brutalized like some people… but you feel taken advantage of. This year, if somebody prints something about me, I’m ready to take it to their ass because it’s just not fair. I’m tired of hearing from my family members, `Did you say this?’ When somebody calls my family, that’s what concerns me. I have little brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews who are not so media savvy as me. They are not so thick skinned with this business, so these reports bother them. That’s when I really want to go for somebody’s throat, legally with lawyers and all. And I will.”

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Kerry Washington put on her best ladies-who-lunch dress for a celeb-studded Glamour party yesterday. In case you were looking for an update, Kerry recently did a political-themed fashion spread (or a fashion-themed political spread) for the New York Times Magazine. Also, Naomi Campbell had to pull out of Spike Lee’s historical drama, The Miracle at St. Anna, and guess which better-qualified actress has taken her place?

Back to the Glamour luncheon: more pics after the jump.

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It all seems more than a little excessive to me, but Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett all thought it was necessary to throw David and Victoria Beckham a lavish, star-studded “Welcome to America” party yesterday at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Geffen Contemporary gallery in LA. Take a look at the pictures after the jump — Will and Jada obviously invited a lot of their friends.

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