Whoopi Goldberg, Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry appear on Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Smartest People in TV, a list of small-screen titans who are driving today’s sharpest shows and deals. (more…)

Tyra Banks graces the cover of Ebony Magazine’s December 2008 Issue. Do you like the cover shot?

In related news, Beyonce aka Sasha Fierce will be on Tyra Banks Show which will air tomorrow, November 26th!

Tyra Banks surprises Isis King, the first transgender contestant on America’s Next Top Model, with sex reassignment surgery in an episode of her talk show to air Tuesday.

22-year-old Isis says : “[I feel] like I’m about to wake up. It’s hard. I try not to think about it because it is something I’m really passionate about. I feel like I really was born in the wrong body, and it’s just the one thing that makes me feel uncomfortable.” According to Us Weekly, Tyra Banks will be paying $20,000 to $35,000 for the sex reassignment surgery for Isis King.

Check out 50 Cent on The Tyra Banks show. He was there to promote his MTV Reality Show, THE MONEY AND THE POWER, which I think sucks! LOL!

Recently the most inspiring women in music, fashion and the arts were honoured with GLAMOUR Women of the Year Awards in association with Aussie Hair Care. Tyra Banks and Condoleeza Rice received an award at the ceremony that was held at Carnegie Hall.

Side Note: Loyal Reader, NeoLeo would appreciate the picture of Rice. He is in love with her!

The other winners were: (more…)

A couple of months ago, we told you about the incident involving former America’s Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden and her brawl with Hairspray actress Nikki Blonsky in Turks & Caicos. Well, Bianca reunited with Tyra Banks for her tak show to talk about what went down over the summer.

According to People.com, Golden reveals that she and her family were returning home from a reunion for her dying grandfather when they ended up in the same waiting area of the airport as the Blonskys. The fight all began because Blonsky was being “very rude to my aunt,” Golden told Banks. Then an argument started between Blonsky’s and Golden’s families, and Blonsky’s father Carl “punched my mom.” (more…)

Tyra Banks done got her audience PISSED OFF…A recent taping of the Tyra Banks Show got started two hours later than scheduled which had her audience furious because Tyra didn’t even have an excuse for the delay. The taping was for Tyra’s “Celebrating Black Models, Past Present and Future”. An audience member revealed to Page Six that the audience waited more than two hours as Tyra stood backstage giggling, snacking and chatting with the crew. “You could hear her going on and on because she was standing right behind the stage curtain,” said the audience member. “She’s talking and talking. Meanwhile, you have the entire audience waiting almost two hours for the taping to start.” (more…)

In celebration of the recent all-black issue of Italian Vogue, Tyra Banks held a fashion show in the streets of New York City (check out the pics). The event which was held of Tuesday was fabulous. Tyra was joined by past, present and future black models for a special taping of her daytime talk show which will air September 11th.

 “Young girls look at magazines and want to see a reflection of themselves and that will tell them that they exist, and that they are beautiful,” Banks said, according to the UK’s Channel 4. “So we need Asians, we need black, we need Latin, we need every culture represented in fashion to show that young girl that she matters, that she exists, and that she is beautiful.”  (more…)

WOW…how things have changed…The 11th Cycle of America’s Next Top Model will feature the first TRANSSEXUAL contestant. Isis, who is a 22 year old receptionist from Maryland says “My cards were dealt differently”.  Isis identifies herself as “a woman born physically male,” adding that she was “born in the wrong body” and always felt completely female.

The inclusion of Isis is being hailed by GLAAD president Neil Giuliano as “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television. (more…)

Tyra Banks and Ken Mok’s new series called “Stylista” has been approved by The CW. The new reality series follows fashion fans as they compete for a job at Elle magazine. Additionally, CW has renewed “The Game” for its third season. CW will most likely pair the sitcom with “Everybody Hates Chris” on its new Friday schedule. (more…)