Akon

For a long time now, we've been hearing rumors about Whitney Houston's new album in the works. We've waited and waited and wondered if she still had it in her. The wait is over.

I Look to You, which is her sixth studio album, and the first in seven years, arrives today.

Akon fought back tears as he listened to a song that he had recorded with Michael Jackson before the music legend’s sudden death.

The R&B star shared the track, Hold My Hand, with viewers of The Today Show, this morning.

Struggling to speak, a visibly upset Akon said, "He [Michael] always wanted just to bring people together. That's how the concept [for the song] came about, about holding hands, [making] that connection as one.”

Russell Brand was snapped leaving Akon's after party at Number 5 Cavendish Club in London last night with two major butterfaces who forgot their pants.

Is it just us, or do these two look like the kind of "girls" who know their way around a strategic tuck?

Maybe that’s how Russell rolls.

We don’t judge.

—Sasha Perl-Raver