Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Common Is a Classic Man When It Comes to Serena and Drake

Plus, words from Mariah Carey and Monica.

Common isn't against the possibility of Drake dating his ex Serena Williams: - "Serena is a friend of mine. As long as she's happy, I'm good... We dated. Now that's been done a long time ago, so now it's like we friends. She's doing super good on the tennis and she's incredible."(Photos from left: PacificCoastNews, Brad Barket/Getty Images, i-Images,Michael Wright/WENN.com)

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Common isn't against the possibility of Drake dating his ex Serena Williams: - "Serena is a friend of mine. As long as she's happy, I'm good... We dated. Now that's been done a long time ago, so now it's like we friends. She's doing super good on the tennis and she's incredible."(Photos from left: PacificCoastNews, Brad Barket/Getty Images, i-Images,Michael Wright/WENN.com)

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Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is heading to bookshelves, everywhere: - "I was my dream for it to become a classic Christmas song. I am so proud of the song's impact as it continues to create memories for fans each year... I am thrilled to be able to bring the story of the song to new generations of families with the picture book.”(Photo: PacificCoastNews)

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Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is heading to bookshelves, everywhere: - "I was my dream for it to become a classic Christmas song. I am so proud of the song's impact as it continues to create memories for fans each year... I am thrilled to be able to bring the story of the song to new generations of families with the picture book.”(Photo: PacificCoastNews)

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Zoe Kravitz says her mom, Lisa Bonet, would not hold her tongue if she knew something about Bill Cosby's past: - "She was on the show for a long time. She's also a beautiful woman. It makes people wonder. She's a very straightforward person. If there was something she felt the world needed to know that would help this case or help any women who had been abused, she would say something.” (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Zoe Kravitz says her mom, Lisa Bonet, would not hold her tongue if she knew something about Bill Cosby's past: - "She was on the show for a long time. She's also a beautiful woman. It makes people wonder. She's a very straightforward person. If there was something she felt the world needed to know that would help this case or help any women who had been abused, she would say something.” (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Tracy Morgan is super excited to be a newlywed: - "I don't want to walk my wife down the aisle with a cane or in a wheelchair. So I had to go hard with the therapy … I had to get better. There was no ifs, ands or buts about it.” (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spike TV)

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Tracy Morgan is super excited to be a newlywed: - "I don't want to walk my wife down the aisle with a cane or in a wheelchair. So I had to go hard with the therapy … I had to get better. There was no ifs, ands or buts about it.” (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spike TV)

Listen up, kids. Zendaya has some back-to-school fashion tips for you: - “Don’t wear all your dope clothes in the first week. Don’t do it. Spread out your new pieces because if you wear that new shirt with the same jeans you had last year, no one is going to notice. But if you wear the whole new 'fit, and you wear it in the first week, then you have nothing else to wear.”(Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)

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Listen up, kids. Zendaya has some back-to-school fashion tips for you: - “Don’t wear all your dope clothes in the first week. Don’t do it. Spread out your new pieces because if you wear that new shirt with the same jeans you had last year, no one is going to notice. But if you wear the whole new 'fit, and you wear it in the first week, then you have nothing else to wear.”(Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)

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Master P. says he's the OG when it comes to bridging music and business: - “If you look at the history books, I came up after them and I taught everyone how to make money. N.W.A. was probably some of the best artists in the game at the time... I told them, ‘I opened the door so artists could make money and could be business men after this.’ I felt like I taught the game how to be business men in this business.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Master P. says he's the OG when it comes to bridging music and business: - “If you look at the history books, I came up after them and I taught everyone how to make money. N.W.A. was probably some of the best artists in the game at the time... I told them, ‘I opened the door so artists could make money and could be business men after this.’ I felt like I taught the game how to be business men in this business.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Dee Barnes applauds Dr. Dre for apologizing for his abusive past: - "Is this a PR move by Universal, which released Straight Outta Compton?… Is it damage control by Apple?… Is Dre himself really remorseful or just saving face? To me, the answers to these questions matter less than the fact that Dre stepped up and performed his social responsibility by finally taking accountability for his actions. Who cares why he apologized? The point is that he did.”(Photos from left: Rachel Worth / WENN, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Dee Barnes applauds Dr. Dre for apologizing for his abusive past: - "Is this a PR move by Universal, which released Straight Outta Compton?… Is it damage control by Apple?… Is Dre himself really remorseful or just saving face? To me, the answers to these questions matter less than the fact that Dre stepped up and performed his social responsibility by finally taking accountability for his actions. Who cares why he apologized? The point is that he did.”(Photos from left: Rachel Worth / WENN, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Lil' Wayne thanks his fans for riding with him through the Young Money drama: - "Before I get started, I just wanna say, I appreciate every one of you out here. I would like to thank you for standing by me for all the b******t I've been going through.” (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Billboard)

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Lil' Wayne thanks his fans for riding with him through the Young Money drama: - "Before I get started, I just wanna say, I appreciate every one of you out here. I would like to thank you for standing by me for all the b******t I've been going through.” (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Billboard)

Loretta Devine isn't worried about being typecast in maternal roles at all: - "I have worked for so many years, and I’ve done so much, such a variety of parts. And if you’ve mixed up my television career with my film career… like For Colored Girls, that was a very romantic role. This coming season on Being Mary Jane, I play my first lesbian role… I’ve had such a blessed career. As they say I feel way, way up.”(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Loretta Devine isn't worried about being typecast in maternal roles at all: - "I have worked for so many years, and I’ve done so much, such a variety of parts. And if you’ve mixed up my television career with my film career… like For Colored Girls, that was a very romantic role. This coming season on Being Mary Jane, I play my first lesbian role… I’ve had such a blessed career. As they say I feel way, way up.”(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Ice-T isn't planning on giving Coco a push gift anytime soon: - ‘I ain’t with it. You want a gift, I get it, but shouldn’t the baby be the gift?… Are you sitting there holding the baby like, 'Oh that’s beautiful, but where’s my gift? Come on, where’s my ring though?'"(Photo: Fortunata/Splash News)

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Ice-T isn't planning on giving Coco a push gift anytime soon: - ‘I ain’t with it. You want a gift, I get it, but shouldn’t the baby be the gift?… Are you sitting there holding the baby like, 'Oh that’s beautiful, but where’s my gift? Come on, where’s my ring though?'"(Photo: Fortunata/Splash News)

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Michel'le isn't buying Dr. Dre's apology: - “I don’t really think it’s a sincere apology. I didn’t ask for a public apology and I think if he is going to apologize he should do it individually… To just group us like we are nothing and nobody – I just don’t think it’s sincere, treat us like we have names. He’s selling a movie. I just think it’s good PR at the moment.”(Photos from left: Charley Gallay/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Michel'le isn't buying Dr. Dre's apology: - “I don’t really think it’s a sincere apology. I didn’t ask for a public apology and I think if he is going to apologize he should do it individually… To just group us like we are nothing and nobody – I just don’t think it’s sincere, treat us like we have names. He’s selling a movie. I just think it’s good PR at the moment.”(Photos from left: Charley Gallay/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Monica reveals the real reason behind her failed friendship with Ciara: - “I read something that I didn’t tell her about somebody cheating, none of that stuff is true. They say I was friends with somebody he was cheating with, none of that stuff is true. I am friends with one of the mothers of one of Future’s children, but it’s the mom that you never see, you never hear, that Ciara also has a good relationship with."(Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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Monica reveals the real reason behind her failed friendship with Ciara: - “I read something that I didn’t tell her about somebody cheating, none of that stuff is true. They say I was friends with somebody he was cheating with, none of that stuff is true. I am friends with one of the mothers of one of Future’s children, but it’s the mom that you never see, you never hear, that Ciara also has a good relationship with."(Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)