Home • Celebrity Star Gazing: 6.6.12 Star Gazing: 6.6.12 By Essence · Updated October 28, 2020 01 Pretty In Pink Jada Pinkett Smith heads into The Today Show in New York City. Splash News 02 Dr. Franklin ESSENCE Music Festival headliner Aretha Franklin receives a honorary Doctorate of Music during Princeton University’s commencement. AP Photo/Mel Evan 03 FLOTUS First Lady Michelle Obama arrives for an interview with The Associated Press to talk about her book on the South Lawn of the White House. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak 04 Blonde Beauty Ciara attends Los Angeles premiere of That’s My Boy. Paul Redmond/WireImage 05 Gassing Up Angela Simmons at a gas station in Los Angeles. Owen Beiny/WENN.com 06 Taking Off Halle Berry arriving to catch a flight at JFK airport in New York City. Splash News 07 Party Girls Fergie and ESSENCE Music Festival performer Estelle attend SELF Magazine’s July Issue Event at The Hotel on Rivington Penthouse in New York City. Larry Busacca/WireImage 08 Red Carpet Cutie Melanie Brown, aka Mel B., arrives at Event City for the second day of auditions for The X-Factor at the Manchester stage in England. Splash News 09 On The Scene Wendy Williams attends the 11th annual Samsung Hope For Children Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Jerritt Clark/FilmMagic