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Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 - Dec. 9

See Diddy, Mary J Blige, Gabrielle Union, Yara Shahidi, Yvonne Orji, Queen Latifah, Jordin Sparks and more celebrity pics of the week.
By Cristina Coppin · Updated October 24, 2020
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Niecy Nash
Niecy Nash blows some kisses at the cameras
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
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Issa Rae
Issa Rae stuns in yellow as she hosts the 8th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale in Miami, FL.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Samantha Deitch/BFA
03
Saruna Jackson, Issa Rae and Broderick Hunter
Insecure Costars Saruna Jackson & Broderick Hunter take a cute pic with Host Issa Rae at the 8th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Samantha Deitch/BFA
04
Lala Anthony
Lala Anthony shows off her curves at the BACARDI, Swizz Beatz and The Dean Collection NO COMMISSION event in Miami, Florida.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images
05
Carbi B
Carbi B waves to the paparazzi as she rocks her long blonde hair at the TIDAL X: Moschino – Jeremy Scott’s annual Miami party in Miami, FL.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
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Justine Skye
Justine Skye shows some leg at the TIDAL X: Moschino – Jeremy Scott’s annual Miami party in Miami, FL.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Griffin Lipson/BFA.com
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Angela Simmons
Angela Simmons is red hot at a PAMM event in Miami, FL.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
Chrissy Teigen shows off her baby bump as she pose for a cute photo with her hubby John Legend at the GQ and Dior Homme private dinner in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Charley Gallay/Getty Images
09
Laz Alonso and Serayah
Laz Alonso and Serayah McNeill pose for the cameras at the 2017 GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
10
Christian Combs, Snoop Dogg, Quincy Brown
Christian Combs, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Brown are camera ready at the 2017 GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
11
Terry Crews
Terry Crews and his wife get all lovey dovey at the 2017 GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
12
Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish is looking super cute in her blue fur as she stops by ‘The View’ in NYC.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Startraksphoto
13
Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams is sitting pretty at The Late Night Show with Seth Meyers in NYC.

Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
NBC/Getty Images
14
Karrueche Tran
Karrueche Tran visits the hot chocolate bar as she hosts the Curve Fragrances Holiday Party in New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
15
Will Smith and Jaden Smith
Will Smith shows Jaden some love as he hosts Moises Aria`s Ink On Wood Exhibit Preview in Miami.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
startraksphoto
16
Swizz Beatz
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
John Parra/Getty Images
17
Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi is all smiles as she attends Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
18
Chloe x Halle
Chloe Bailey and Halle Bailey strike a pose at the Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
19
Lori Harvey and Gabrielle Union
Lori Harvey and Gabrielle Union look super stylish at the Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party at ROW DTLA in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Michael Kovac/Getty Images
20
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe attends Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
21
Garcelle Beauvais
Garcelle Beauvais has some funthe Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party at ROW DTLA in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
22
Janelle Monae
9Rooms Collaborator Janelle Monae is camera ready as she attends Refinery29 29Rooms Los Angeles: Turn It Into Art Opening Night Party in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
23
Hoda Kotb and Gayle King
Hoda Kotb and Gayle King pose together at the L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Celebration 2017 in New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
24
Niecy Nash and Sterling K. Brown
Niecy Nash and Sterling K. Brown take a sweet photo together at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Rich Fury/Getty Images
25
Shonda Rhimes and Yara Shahidi
Shonda Rhimes and Yara Shahidi are all smiles at The Hollywood Reporter’s 26th Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast p in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images
26
Dia Nash and Niecy Nash
Niecy Nash and her daughter Dia are practically twins as they smile for the cameras at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jesse Grant/Getty Images
27
Susan Kelechi Watson
Susan Kelechi Watson stuns in white peplum attends The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jesse Grant/Getty Images
28
Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick eschewed conventions in the conservative space of professional football and continued to protest America’s treatment of Black people in 2017. In the first interview conducted after reporters noticed Kaepernick sitting on the bench during the National Anthem in 2016, the quarterback stated “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Despite widespread public scrutiny and risking job security in a sport he loved for the majority of his life, Kaepernick continued his protest this year and expanded his work by supporting grassroots organizations focused on Black communities.

Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images

29
Beyonce and Colin Kaepernick
Beyonce awards Colin Kaepernick with the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show in New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images
30
Jordin Sparks and Dana Isaiah
Jordin Sparks and husband Dana Isaiah take a sweet photo together as they attend the 2017 One Night With The Stars Benefit ain New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Rob Kim/Getty Images
31
Kandi Burruss
Kandi Burruss performs on stage during The Great Xscape tour in Miami, Florida.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Johnny Louis/Getty Images
32
SZA
SZA poses backstage at Pandora Sounds Like You: 2017 in New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Theo Wargo/Getty Images
33
Kenya Moore
Kenya Moore looks fierce as she stops by WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE with Andy Cohen.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Bravo/Getty Images
34
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart is all smiles as he attends the “Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle in Paris, France.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images
35
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington strikes a pose at the 2018 Breakthrough Prize at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jesse Grant/Getty Images
36
Zendaya
Zendaya looks fierce as she shows off her blonde pixi hair at the 2017 London Fashion Awards.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Mike Marsland/BFC/Getty Images
37
Winnie Harlow and Jourdan Dunn
Winnie Harlow and Jourdan Dunn are camera ready as they attend The Fashion Awards 2017 after party in London, England.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
David M. Benett/Getty Images
38
Naomi Campbell
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jeff Spicer/BFC/Getty Images
39
Nicki Minaj
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
40
Jamie Foxx
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
41
Holly Robinson Peete
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
David Livingston/Getty Images
42
Vanessa Williams
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
43
Zendaya and Amber Riley
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
David M. Benett/Getty Images
44
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard toasted their engagement with limited-edition bottles of Moët & Chandon’s Nectar Imperial Rose x Public School.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Moët & Chandon
45
Laverne Cox and Tituss Burgess
Laverne Cox and Tituss Burgess attend the “Once On This Island” Broadway Opening Night at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
46
Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo attends The Trevor Project’s 2017 TrevorLIVE LA Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
47
Mary J Blige and Tiffany Haddish
Mary J. Blige and Tiffany Haddish are camera ready as they attend DJ Khaled’s Birthday Presented by CÎROC and Fox in Beverly Hills, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
48
Mary J Blige, Diddy, and Cassie
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
49
Dj Khaled and Kelly Rowland
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
50
Usher and Dj Khlaed
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
51
Teyana Taylor and Irv Gotti
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
52
Ne-yo and Krystal
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images
53
Chanel Iman
Sterling Shephard pops the question to Chanel iman and she said YES!
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
@chaneliman
54
Diddy, Chris Rock and Nas
Diddy, Chris Rock and Nas pose together backstage after watching Chris Rock’s stand up in L.A.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
@chrisrock
55
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart loves spending quality time with his new baby boy Kenzo.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
@kevihart
56
Chrissy Teigen
Chrissy Teigen is looking very chic as she cradles her cute baby bump.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
@chrissyteigen
57
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith strikes a pose in the press room during 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2017 in Inglewood, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
58
Chloe x Halle and Ava DuVernay
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
59
Hilary Clinton and Yara Shahidi
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
60
Yvonne Orji
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
61
Vivica A Fox
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Maury Phillips/Getty Images
62
Samira Wiley and Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett and Samira Wiley share some laughs at Christian Siriano’s celebration of the launch of his new book “Dresses To Dream About” in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Donato Sardella/Getty Images
63
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union poses for the cameras as she attends the Live Unforgettable Dinner Series at Waldorf Astoria Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
Robin Marchant/Getty Images
64
Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah is sitting pretty as she guest stars on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9

NBC/Getty Images

65
Jordin Sparks and Dana Isaiah

Jordin Sparks and her husband Dana Isaiah celebrate inspiring the youth with U.S. Cellular`s The Future of Good program at Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx.

 

Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
66
Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen gets warm and cozy as she visits Hallmark’s “Home & Family” in Universal City, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
David Livingston/Getty Images
67
Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Robinson Peete gets into the holiday spirit while visiting Hallmark’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California.
Celebrity Photos of The Week: Dec. 3 – Dec. 9
David Livingston/Getty Images
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