Yesterday, we went over the Emmy nominees who have overstayed their welcome. Those perennial TV honorees that simply don't deserve the recognition they once did or, in some cases, never did at all.

A bevy of beautiful black stars showed up at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday. Click through our photo slideshow, and tell us which ones looked the hottest!

Singer/actress Jill Scott is to become a regular on TV after show producers decided to turn her small screen movie The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency into a series. The soul diva was asked to take on the role after starring as lead heroine Precious Ramotswe in the Anthony Minghella-directed TV film last year, which aired on the cable channel HBO.

Terrence Howard is to head up an all-African-American production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway in March.

Check out Dreamgirls, now on DVD. The time is the 1960s, and singers Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), and Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) are about to find out just what it's like to have their wildest dreams come true. Also in stores: The Hitcher, Happily N'Ever After, Alpha Dog & Little Children.

Hip-hop star LL Cool J is in talks to play the lead role in a stage revival of Tennessee Williams 1950s classic movie Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. The rapper hopes to land the role as Brick, an alcoholic ex-American football player whose father is dying of cancer, played by Paul Newman in the original film.

Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose has been chosen to make Disney history as the voice of the movie studio's first black princess. The actress/singer beat the likes of Oscar-winning Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Tyra Banks, who all reportedly auditioned for the role.

Dreamgirls star Eddie Murphy was so devastated after losing the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award to Alan Arkin he stormed out of the ceremony, according to press reports. Murphy was the favorite to win the Oscar, which instead was awarded to Little Miss Sunshine star Arkin.

Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose will wear designer Stuart Weitzman's Diamond Dream Shoe to the 79th Academy Awards on Sunday. The actress, who will perform Best Song nominee "Patience" at the Oscars, was selected as Weitzman's personal model at this year's award show for her "grace and charm."