After an incredible showcase of talent in The Help and two Oscar nominations, VIOLA DAVIS‘ mother still refuses to see the film.  According to an interview with CBS News, DAVIS’s mother has avoided seeing her daughter’s latest work because it’s simply too painful. [ET Online]

DIDDY‘s proteges never seem to stay. Former Danity Kane and Dirty Money member, DAWN RICHARD is no long on the Bad Boy team. There were no hard feelings upon Richard’s departure, and she will continue to work with DIDDY and on upcoming music projects. [TheUrbanDaily]

Add NASIR JONES to the tax lien list.  Rapper NAS, reportedly owes the IRS 339K from 2010 in back taxes. And now, the government has placed a lien on his home. Yikes! [TMZ]

SAMUEL L. JACKSON stated in an interview with EBONY mag that he only voted for President Obama because he was black.  [TheUrbanDaily]

KELLY ROWLAND and BRANDY both celebrated birthdays over the weekend. Happy Birthday, KELLZ and BRANDY! [TaleTela]

DIDDY has teamed up with THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY to executive produce their new documentary, UNDEFEATED, which has been nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD for Best Documentary Feature. Take that, take that! [HipHopWired]

Web Editor SHIREA L. CARROLL, and host JANELLE GRIMMOND are back with the latest episode of “Reality Decomposed.”

This week: We revisit the tumultuous fight aka boxing match between the talls vs. the smalls, which eventually comes to a head to head war between SHEREE WHITFIELD and MARLO HAMPTON!!!

Instead of going the pimp-my-baby’s-pics-out-for-cash route, JAY-Z and wife BEYONCE decided to release pics of their daughter themselves.

The CARTER’S shared photos of their newborn BLUE IVY via the proud papa JAY-Z’s Life and Times site, which was then posted on a new tumblr created for their daughter helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com.

BLUE looks just like BEY, and the couple sent out a message to their fans during this precious moment.

“We welcome you to share in our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives.”

Simply beautiful.

Video director Yoann Lemoine, sent out a twitpic of him, DRAKE and RIHANNA while on the set of the music video to DRAKE and RIHANNA’s song, “Take Care,” from DRAKE’s sophomore album with the same name.

Lemonie tweeted, “”I just shot Drake & Rihanna’s ‘Take Care’ video. Beautiful track, amazing artists. EDITING NOW!”

Lemonie is best known for his work on KATY PERRY’s “Teenage Dream” video and has also worked with TAYLOR SWIFT.

The director continued, “”Almost looks like @drake is photobombing my picture with @rihanna Love you guys.”

Watch out now Lamonie, DRAKE has been pretty open with his feelings about the Bajan born singer, admitting he’s never gotten over their relations, and he’s made this evident in many songs off his debut album, Thank Me Later.

After SIMON COWELL dispelled all the rumors of BEYONCE being offered $100 million to appear on X-Factor, singer BEYONCE has made plans to launch her own contest this week.

Details on her website confirm that the singer is looking for potential stars to cut their own remix to her single ‘End of Time,’ taken from Bey’s latest album, 4.

The competition will be judged by King BEY  herself and her  creative mogul Frank Gatson, along with  a panel of music industry vets, who score entrants’ creativity, musicality and originality.

The winner will not only be given the grand prize of $4,000 bucks, but also the opportunity to appear on BEYONCE’s next releases.

X-Factor who? X-Factor what?

FLO RIDA has called his ex-assistant a “thankless parasite,” after finding out she is filing a lawsuit against him for paying her below minimum wage. [TMZ]

KANYE WEST, The Louie Vuiton Don, is said to release a line of clothing a Top Shop. According to THE MIRROR, ‘YE met with Tp Shop’s owner Sir Phillip Green in London for a lunch-date to discuss specifics on the upcoming line. [EntertainmentWise]

Late LA rapper, NATE DOGG‘s  estate is being sued by his caretakers  because allegedly, they never got paid. According to TMZ, CareMeridian claimed that the rapper/crooner received nearly $300K in medical treatments from 2008 to 2010, and never cut a check. [TMZ]

Chill Kob! KOBE BRYANT allegedly flipped out at the St. Therese of Carmel in San Diego in August after a member of the church snapped a quick photo from their cell phone.  [LA Times]

KNICKS player, AMARE’ STOUDEMIRE‘s  will be absent from the next three games to spend time and grieve with this family over the loss of his older brother. [TMZ]

After OPRAH went off the air, apparently her O magazine sales declined. She’s also struggling to maintain the amount of viewers on her new network, OWN. Overall, sounds like O‘s having a rough first quarter. [Eurweb]

The battle of asymmetrical pixie cut…