Pulse has announced that American soul superstar Brian McKnight will be the featured artiste for Caribbean Fashionweek on Sunday, June 10.

McKnight will do a full set comprising all his hit songs and joins a star-studded musical line-up which includes Grammy-winning Brit Estelle.

CFW will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre, St Andrew, on June 7-11 and will feature the Caribbean's best designers as well as acclaimed international stylists and emerging talent from inside and outside the region.

The signing of major acts continues a CFW trend which started a few years ago with the performances of Kelly Rowland and Eve, followed in later years by such stars as Johnny Gill and Joe. However, while the earlier performances were cameos, current CFW appearances are full-length concerts.

Supermodels, including Pulse stars, will show collections from these designers, styled by the event's New York style team, headed by Brandon Attherley.

Brian McKnight is perhaps most recognised for his strong falsetto range, and is widely regarded as one of the best talents in the adult urban contemporary R&B genre. McKnight's work has earned him a staggering 16 Grammy nominations.

McKnight was born in Buffalo, New York. By the age of 19, he had signed his first recording deal with Mercury Records.

Angela Simmons flaunts off her banging body on Miami yesterday. The 24-year-old celebrity socialite has been burning up the gym to get toned for the summer.

“The beach run gets me every time,” she tweeted.

One friend later tweeted: “They won’t [let] Angela live got me and Kanayo in this weird mix:”

Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer, who steamed up the charts in the 1970s and 80s with raunchy hits like "Love to Love You Baby" and "Hot Stuff," died Thursday aged 63, her family said.

Known as the Queen of Disco, the singer whose hits also included "I Feel Love" and "She Works Hard for the Money," died in Florida from lung cancer, the TMZ celebrity news website said.

"Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith," said a family statement.

"While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time."

Tributes started pouring in within hours of death on Twitter, where it became one of the top trending topics, along with "I Feel Love."

"She was truly the #Disco Queen!" said La Toya Jackson, adding "She will be terribly missed," while singer Mary J Blige tweeted: "RIP Donna Summers!!!!!!!!!??. You were truly a game changer!!!"

Harry Casey, lead singer and "KC" of fellow disco greats KC and the Sunshine Band, said he was stunned.

"I saw her several months ago at a performance, she looked great, she sang great, her performance was amazing. We got together backstage and had some good laughs and walked down memory lane.

"I'm just in shock. I had no idea anything was wrong."

In Hollywood, flowers were placed on her sidewalk star on the storied Hollywood Walk of Fame, across the street from the world-famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Summer, who also became something of an icon in the gay community, shot to fame during the disco era of the 1970s with hits like "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls."

The orgasmic-sounding "Love to Love You Baby," released in 1975, was one of the first disco songs to be released in extended form, giving full vent to Summer's erotic moans and groans.

In the 1980s her hits included "She Works Hard for the Money" and "State of Independence."

The disco diva was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines into a large devoutly Christian family in Boston and started singing in the local church, before performing in a number of Motown-influenced groups in her teens.

Summer took her stage name after marrying Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer in 1972, anglicizing her name after divorcing him. She spoke fluent German and the couple had a daughter, Mimi Sommer.

The singer won five Grammy awards during her spectacular career, including in 1980 for best rock female vocalist for the 1979 "Hot Stuff," but also as recently as 1997 for best dance recording for "Carry On."

She holds the record for most consecutive double albums to top the Billboard charts -- three -- and first female with four #1 singles in a 12-month period, three solo and one with Barbra Streisand, according to the IMDb website.

"Hot Stuff" also got a boost from being used in the 1997 hit movie "The Full Monty," as the track to which a group of unemployed British steel workers performed a striptease act.

TMZ reported that she had kept her illness quiet, and didn't appear too sick only a couple of weeks ago, citing sources as saying she was focused on trying to finish a new album she had been working on.

It cited sources as saying Summer believed she developed lung cancer after inhaling toxic particles following the September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda attacks in New York.

She married singer Bruce Sudano in 1980, and they had two daughters together, according to TMZ.

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Mavado’s recent legal troubles maybe taking a toll on his booming career. Rumors surfaced online yesterday claiming that the dancehall star was denied a Canadian work permit, and was subsequently axed from a an upcoming show in that country.

The “So Special” deejay was scheduled to perform at Guvernment Entertainment Complex (Kool Haus) in Toronto, Canada on May 26. But promoters of the event were forced to take Mavado off the roster due to his work permit issues.

Reports alleges that the Canadian High Commission in Kingston rejected the Gullyside honcho’s application for a work visa.

Yesterday, sources inside the Gully camp told Urban Islandz that the deejay is expected to release a statement addressing rumors that he was dropped by Cash Money Records.

A statement is still forthcoming from Mavado’s management.

Actress Raven Symone is again at the center of lesbian rumors. According the the National Enquirer, The Sister Act actress has always been very reserved about her dating life, but is now ready to come out the closest about her sexuality.

The Enquirer alleges that Symone is dating model, AzMarie Livingston, who appeared on “America’s Next Top Model.”

This is what the magazine is saying:

“Raven has lost almost 30 Pounds, has done a whole image makeover, and now she is the star of ‘Sister Act’ on Broadway,” said a close source.

“She’s at a point now where she doesn’t care what her family thinks, and she’s in love with AzMarie. She’s a lesbian and wants to live that way.

“She feels her parents are still trying to treat her like she’s a kid, and she’s told them she’s going to do what she wants.”

“Raven has hidden being gay for a long time now,” said the source. “But about a year ago, she was introduced by a friend to AzMarie, who is absolutely gorgeous.

“The two began see­ing each other, and a few months ago, Raven finally got the nerve to ask her to move into her lavish Manhattan condo.

“When her family found out, they blew their stack and it’s created a gay scandal for Raven.

“She told her parents she loves them, but her home – especially her bedroom – is nobody’s business, and she was not going to back down, so they needed to accept it, period.”