{blackbabes} Photos: Rihanna attends her naming as the Queen of the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval by the City of West Hollywood in celebration of Halloween 2012 at Greystone Manor Supperclub on October 31, 2012 in West Hollywood, California

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{blackbabes} Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon and Dem Babies Dress Up as Goldilocks and the 3 Bears for Halloween!

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Holy Halloween cuteness alert: It's Dem Babies all dressed up!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's sweet 18-month-old twins—Moroccan and Monroe—got into the spooktacular spirit today and the proud parents documented all the adorableness on Dembabies.

The entire family decided to don fright-fest fashion for the holiday as they dressed up as Goldilocks and the three bears (that's daddy Nick in the bear suit!).

The new American Idol judge rocked pigtails and a yellow frilly dress in honor of the storybook look, as the twins sported super cute brown cub costumes.

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The celebrity parents also posted a second pic to the site where 'Roc and 'Roe look a little restless in their wear and Nick can be seen popping his head out of the giant yellow bear costume.

Mariah took to Twitter to share the precious pics, writing "Happy Halloween everybody! We have festive new pics with #DemBabies."

Happy Halloween, indeed! The Carey-Cannon fam always put a smile on our face.  

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{blackbabes} Williams sisters urge African women to play tennis

LAGOS (Reuters) - For many African-American celebrities, visiting Africa satisfies a yearning to return to their distant ancestral homeland. Not so for tennis player Serena Williams.

"I'd love to say I'm from Africa, but we're from the United States and we're proud to be from there as well," she told reporters in Nigeria's business hub of Lagos on Wednesday, after a Nigerian reporter asked if perhaps she was originally from Nigeria.

"But my Mom named my sister (Venus) after an African name," she hastily added.

The Williams sisters and their mother are in Nigeria this week to promote women's tennis and empowerment of women on the continent. For Venus, it is her first time in Africa.

Taking their own successes in women's tennis, a sport which before them was dominated by white players, the sisters want to inspire women in the African continent to take up the sport and, more generally, to pursue their dreams despite whatever odds they face in male dominated societies.

"We were able to break the mould and win a lot of grand slams and change the face of tennis ... when tennis was very dominated by white people," 31-year-old Serena said three days after beating rival Maria Sharapova in the final of the WTA Championships in Istanbul.

"It doesn't matter what your background is and where you come from, if you have dreams and goals, that's all that matters," she added.

The sisters later conducted tennis classes with some children at a Lagos sports club. On Thursday, they will visit a school to discuss empowerment of girls then on Friday they will play an exhibition match against each other.

"We're very excited to be playing tennis here," Venus said. "Of all the finals everywhere ... this will be our final here in Nigeria.

"I don't know who's going to win but Serena just won the championship so I know she's ready. I'll have to play my best tennis."

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{blackbabes} Williams sisters inspire local kids in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high.

''We were really able to break the mold and win a lot of Grand Slams and a lot of tournaments and not only that, but kind of change the face of tennis,'' Serena said Wednesday before an exhibition match against her sister in Lagos on Friday.

''We were able to break the mold in a sport that was really dominated by white people ... it doesn't matter what your background is and where you come from. If you have dreams, if you have goals, that's all that really matters.''

The sisters, accompanied by their mother Oracene Price, are in Nigeria's largest city for the week.

The sisters swatted tennis balls with local children at a private club on Ikoyi Island, home to diplomats and many of the nation's wealthy. If they have their way, the sisters will be hitting tennis balls for at least another four years, all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

''It's our main goal,'' said the 31-year-old Serena, a three-time Olympic doubles gold medalist with Venus. ''We were talking ... about how we can't wait to get to Rio. And obviously, bearing that we're both healthy, that's our goal to be there.''

Venus, who is 32, agreed: ''That's what we've begun preparing for.''

Venus and Serena have teamed to win 13 Grand Slam doubles titles and won Olympic gold in doubles in 2000, 2008 and 2012. Serena also won the singles gold this year, while Venus won it in 2000.

Serena, who beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 to win the WTA Championships final in Istanbul last week, is ranked No. 3 in the world. Venus, diagnosed last year with an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue, has struggled with illnesses and injuries in recent months and is ranked No. 24.

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{blackbabes} Jada Pinkett Smith Wants Her Kids to Be Individuals

When it comes to raising her kids, Jada Pinkett Smith isn't authoritarian in her rule-making.

"I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work," she told PEOPLE at a Yes to Prop 35 event hosted by The Moms on Monday afternoon. "What I establish with my children is a partnership."

Adds the actress: "I'm not necessarily dictating what is happening in their lives."

While Jada, 41, and husband Will Smith, 44, are no strangers to the spotlight, her younger children Willow, who turns 12 on Wednesday, and Jaden, 14, are just learning to handle living in the public eye. So how does the mom of three prepare her youngest for criticism from complete strangers?

By "instilling in [Willow] the power for individuality," says Smith. "We … communicate with our kids in a way that our message overpowers any other message that they get out there."

On top of that, she doesn't shield her kids from rumors and gossip about the family.

"We can't control what our kids learn anymore," she says. "We have to inform them and have real conversations … and [create] that foundation of them feeling assured in themselves."

So far, she and Will, who are celebrating their 15th anniversary in December, (a feat Jada calls "a great accomplishment") have been successful.

"I think for our children … they feel like we really care and they come to us and go, 'Mommy, I'm having this problem,' " says Smith. "And it's like, 'Okay, let's figure this out together.' And it empowers them."

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