Jessica Alba’s Night Out with Nas And Friends

Jessica Alba was spotted out with a bunch of famous friends during a night out on the town sans babies. Alba tweeted a picture of herself, rapper Nas, socialite Nicole Richie and model Kelly Sawyer with the caption “Just a regular #mondaynight @nasnyc @kellysawyer @nicolerichie.”

Richie also tweeted a picture of the gathering and she seemed to be very excited to be hanging out with Nas. “Ain’t nothin humble about this brag! #HolyS**tItsNAS.”

Although Alba seems to be having a relaxing time in these shots, she’s been a busy woman. The “Honey” star is Self Magazine’s latest cover girl and in her interview, she talked about a variety of subjects. Alba has been taking a break from Hollywood to dedicate time to saving babies via her line of non-toxic baby products. Her venture, called The Honest z Company, raised $27 million in venture capital funding in March, so this is no celeb vanity project.

“It’s awesome—it really does feel like this is my third baby. It’s a deep passion of mine and I spend all my time at the office,” she told Self about the venture. “I think it’s a nice balance to Hollywood because it’s so free and it’s so creative and so much of what you do is in someone else’s hands, essentially and this is something that I could actually control and I could see something from the beginning to the end and there’s something really wonderful and fulfilling about that.”

According to Alba, a scare with eldest daughter Honor inspired her to start the company. “I found my daughter Honor sitting in her crib, eating these tiny beads from the inside of her diaper,” she shared. “They were all over her face. It was a moment of terror.”

On September 6, Alba is also hosting an event for the Democratic National Convention to fundraiser for the Democratic Party. Alba is co-hosting the party with husband Cash Warren and it will feature performances by rapper Pitbull and the Scissor Sisters.

Democracy needs journalism it can trust.

This election season, the stakes are higher than usual — and so is the pressure on newsrooms to soften their coverage, stay quiet, or just disappear. Independent reporting, the kind that answers to readers instead of advertisers or political pressure, matters more in a moment like this, not less.

For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed independent and reader-funded. We have no corporate owner and no shareholders telling us what to cover or how to cover it. That independence is also our biggest vulnerability: nothing protects it except readers choosing to fund it directly.

Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under in a moment like this, it's rarely the independent, reader-funded ones that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Back to top