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It was a big premiere n ight for the cast of BET's "The Game."  Pics of Tia Mowry, Brandy, and the rest of the cast, plus Tia's sis Tamera rocking her own new photoshoot, inside....

How excited are we for the big return?!  Brandy, Pooch Hall, Tia Mowry, Hosea Chanchez, and Gabrielle Dennis were all on hand at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in L.A. to usher in Season 5 of BET's hit show "The Game."  And it looks like the premiere episode (debuting Jan. 10th) got the thumbs up from star Tia.  She tweeted:

Omg! Just saw the premier of The Game and BOMB! So freaking good! So proud of the cast! XoxoT

The silver dress wearing new mom kicked it with her trainer (who whipped her into post-baby shape in no time) Jeanette Jenkins:

And with fab creator/directors Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. 

Newcomer Brandy made nice with her cast members--Bibs and Pooch Hall.

And Gabrielle Dennis (Janay) looked nice as well.  Alright Pooch with your plaid suit....

He kicked it with the show's costume designer, Pinkney Turner, too.

Cutie Larenz Tate showed up to support:

Is he joining the cast too?  Or a guest role?  Hmmm...

Hey Hosea!

Loves this copper look fro B-Rocka.  By the way, she already made her way to Miami early this morning after the premiere to hit the studio and work on her album.

Pooch looked like his fun self.

Tia looked fab in this silvery frock.

Coby Bell looked nice.

And Wendy Raquel Robinson looks like she's either dieting hard or stressed these days.

Speaking of the Mowry sisters, Tamera showed off a sneak peek of her new photoshoot for Glam Couture Magazine:

She looks great these days!  Marriage has been doing her well.  And she also showed off her new feature in OK! magazine with her cute Shih-Tzu/Lhasa Apso mix pup Milano:

Cute!

Former Detroit Cocaine Lord "Big Meech" (who will be incarcerated until December 16, 2031) is speaking out about the upcoming "Black Mafia Family Wives" reality show and he is not happy! Find out what message he sent the ladies.....from behind bars.

We all know that sometimes when a brother is on lockdown, he sends a message through his momma. And Big Meech is no different. When the former drug boss got word that there was going to be a reality show based on the women of men who ran his Black Mafia Family drug organization....he had a few choice words.

Lady Flen aka RealBigMeechMom (Lucille Flenory) relayed the message from her son that none of the women on that show are the first ladies of anything!  She says they are fame hungry and trying to use the crime family to get their 15 minutes of fame.

Here are the tweets:

That last line "If you have a problem with that see Meech" sounds like a threat.  They may want to think about missing the next taping...

This is one YBF chick who is never at a loss for tv/movie roles.  And we see why.  Our fave youngin' in the game is looking gorge on December/January 2012 issue of VIBE VIXEN. And KeKe Palmer's not scared to open up why she's crazy about her boyfriend, what she feels about dating outside her culture, and if she would do intimate love scenes...

How pretty!  18-year-old KeKe is rocking black sequined short shorts and a purple and blue blouse full of ruffles for the VIXEN cover.  The star of the upcoming movie Joyful Noise (she sings too) gave a cute interview about her Guatemalan/Black boyfriend and just how she'll go about shedding her "True Jackson" good girl image (just a little):

On meeting her boyfriend…
One day Patrick [Johnson, Jr.] came to the set of True Jackson VP, and he brought Rodney, my boyfriend, with him. My mouth dropped when I saw him, and I’m just like, Keke, control yourself! [Laughs] I was 15 years old at the time, and he was 19, so we didn’t talk or anything like that. I just always had a huge crush on him. Then when I was like 17, I talked to my parents ’cause my mom was like, ‘If you want to date somebody, I guess the oldest age would be 21.’ I just couldn’t believe that she said that to me. It really almost made my heart skip a beat because I always liked him.

On dating outside of her culture…

I’ve thought about it. It always seemed so difficult to me because I want to be understood culturally. When I’ve had crushes on other cultures, sometimes they don’t understand. They don’t get my jokes, they don’t get who I am or my family or anything like that. It’s not like I don’t find white guys or [other cultures] attractive, it’s just I want to be understood.

My boyfriend now is Guatemalan and Black, and he was raised by his mother who is Guatemalan, so he’s the only Black person. It’s culturally different, but I realized I can still find a way to understand [them]. Even though everyone is speaking Spanish around me and I don’t understand it, his mother is so kind and open that there’s not a problem. I don’t feel like I’m an outsider.

On her upcoming role in A Virgin Mary…
We haven’t started to film it yet, but I’m very excited because this is something new for me. People have always known me, as I said, as Keke Palmer the “good girl.” In this movie, I’m not necessarily being a huge slut, but my character is just that. She’s like, ‘I’m a sex enthusiast. That’s who I am,’ but the reason why I chose this film was because it’s different from what everybody knows me as. And this character spoke to me because she was funny, she was likeable… Even if I didn’t play the character, you would immediately love her because she’s just lovable. It’s almost like [Draya] on Basketball Wives LA. People can say whatever they want about her, but you like Draya because that’s who she is. You either like her or you don’t. No fronting, no nothing.

On being typecast…
My family has always taught me to have morals, be a good person, you know, that whole thing. But at the same time, when I’m acting, it’s not like I’m going to turn down every role. Like, I said I would do an intimate scene if it didn’t show my whole body. It’s not like I just won’t do this or I just won’t do that, but if they can change it in a way where it could be fitting for me, then that’s okay. I’m not going to break down and do a topless scene or anything like that, but I’d probably do an intimate scene if it was like Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps in Love and Basketball. That was classic. That wasn’t like overt or anything like that. No, I don’t want to be typecast, but I don’t want to do things that I look back on and say, ‘Well, why did I do that?’

Check out the full interview at VIBE VIXEN, which goes live Monday, January 9th.