Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx & Leonardo DiCaprio Get UNCHAINED For VIBE's December/January Issue
The stars are gearing up for their big Quentin Tarintino film Django Unchained, filmed in New Orleans and hitting theaters soon, so they're covering the pages of the upcoming December/January issue of VIBE mag.
In the cover story, Kerry, Jamie & Leo dish on the film's numerous criticism, their challenges, their camaraderie and mastering the art of telling this historically hot-button story.
Vibe Magazine Editor-In-Chief Jermaine Hall interviewed the big three while on set for their cover shoot at Bathhouse Studios in New York. And they the cast gives up the goods on Leo's reservation with playing such a dark, despicable character and the power of Jamie's presence on set, transforming it from all business to a get together amongst old friends with lots of laughter and dancing in between shots.
Check out some hot black-and-white shots from the set:
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FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND THE AMAZING GINGERBREAD WHITE HOUSE!
Among the White House Christmas decorations, revealed today, were 'Bo-flakes' and a scavenger hunt for 'Bo-ornaments'
A 300lb gingerbread replica of the White House was the centrepiece of the White House Christmas decorations, unveiled today by Michelle Obama.
The impressive structure, which features a marzipan version of the kitchen garden and an oversized model of First Dog Bo, was pride of place in the the State Dining Room.
The First Lady presented this year's decorations before an appreciative crowd of military families Wednesday, then spent some time doing holiday crafts with military kids.
Looking good enough to eat: A 300lb gingerbread replica of the White House is the centrepiece of the White House Christmas decorations, unveiled today by Michelle Obama
The structure even features a marzipan version of Michelle's kitchen garden
The theme for this year's decorations is 'Joy to All,' but first dog Bo seems to steals the show.
There are 40 'Bo-flake' ornaments throughout the White House that feature cutout images of the dog.
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There's a life-size replica of the dog, with a string of lights in his mouth, in the East Garden Room.
And there's an outsized statue of the Portuguese water dog next to the 300-pound gingerbread house in the State Dining Room.
Mrs Obama said that reflects Bo's high standing at the White House.
'He's almost as big as the house,' she declared. 'He is such a huge personality.'
Visitors also will get a Bo bookmark that sends them on a scavenger hunt for 'Bo-ornaments' stashed in eight rooms.
Bo himself made an appearance during Wednesday's festivities, sporting a jingle bell collar, and was quickly swarmed by young guests.
This year's decorations include lots of handmade items that could easily be done at home, including patriotic wreaths and ornaments wrapped in red, white and blue yarn to fit with Mrs. Obama's emphasis on supporting military families.
The gargantuan gingerbread house, however, is not a feat for amateurs to attempt: It contains more than 175 pounds of gingerbread and modified gingerbread and more than 50 pounds of chocolate.
Pastry chef Bill Yosses mixed up a combination of wheat, rye and white-flour gingerbread that mimics the color of the sandstone house prior to 1798, when the house was first painted white.
More than 90,000 visitors are expected to pass through the White House this holiday season.
Executive chef Cristeta Comerford said she's drawing on the recipes in Mrs. Obama's gardening book, American Grown, as she prepares food for all the guests.
The treats will include sweet potato quick bread, green beans with almonds and a winter salad featuring fennel.
The massive decorating job - there are 54 live Christmas trees in the White House - comes together in just five days, with the help of 85 volunteers from around the country.
This year's volunteers included Nellie Funk, a military wife from Carlisle, Pa., who was working beside retired homicide detective Tracy Jacobson from Southern California.
Asked which job was more fun - detective or decorator - Jacobson deadpanned: 'This has been much more fun…I bet!
Eve Dishes On Current Relationship, “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta”/Stevie J & More
Eve has been at work on her fourth studio album, Lip Lock, which will see its release next year. She recently made a stop by Philly’s Hot 107.9 for an interview with Q Deezy. They chatted about Eve’s current relationship with her boyfriend Maximillion Cooper; she says that she doesn’t watch Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta when asked how she feels about seeing Stevie J on the show, and she talks the relationship between Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, and Mashonda.
On what’s so different about her current relationship:
“It’s a grown up relationship. This is probably my first grown up relationship. Like where we can discuss how mad we are at each other, when we actually hate each other in the moment but we still love each other. That’s grown up. Where I don’t throw stuff no more…that’s grown up.”
On how she feels about seeing Stevie J on LHHA:
“I don’t watch it…swear on my life, I never watched it. I don’t allow my eyes and my brain to see it. I hear about it, trust me. I hear about it…I’m not surprised. I do hear about it. I can’t watch it it’s crazy.”
“I’m so happy with the dude I’m with, like why go backwards? It’s nothing in me that makes me feel I need to watch somebody being a fool..from what I hear, anyway.
She goes on to say that although she doesn’t watch the show, she hears about it once people she knows give her the scoop on what went down, after finding out she doesn’t watch it.
When asked about how the relationship works between, Alicia Keys, Mashonda, and Swizz Beatz, Eve says that they’re all grown ups and that’s how it works. She also says; “It is what it is; they went through what they went through and now it’s all good. They share families between them, so they gotta be cordial…it’s all good.”
Check out the full interview at 107.9 Philly:
Evander Holyfield’s Daughter, ‘Evette Holyfield’, Openly Discusses Her Virginity
As a heavyweight boxing champion, Evander Holyfield is no stranger to a good fight–and neither is his daughter, Evette Holyfield.
Yvette recently sat down for an interview with Essence.com. The interview touched on several subjects but none more interesting than her claim she’s still a virgin at 27 years old. “We grew up in a Christian home. When I was around six years old, my dad said to me, “You don’t need to have sex outside of marriage.” He went through the whole spiel with me. So as I grew up, I thought, okay dad, if you don’t want me to do it, I’m not gonna do it.
Now Holyfield speaks to young women about her decision to put herself (and her body!) first and to focus on her dreams rather than making a man happy.
ESSENCE.COM: When did you decide to be abstinent until marriage?
EVETTE HOLYFIELD: We grew up in a Christian home. When I was around six years old, my dad said to me, “You don’t need to have sex outside of marriage.” He went through the whole spiel with me. So as I grew up, I thought, okay dad, if you don’t want me to do it, I’m not gonna do it. Then I started to really understand church – the words in the Bible and what the pastor is really saying. At that point, I wasn’t just doing it because my dad said don’t, but rather, I now believe that by waiting, God will bless me and bring me a great husband. I want to meet somebody amazing, and I know that if I do this, I’m doing this for him and I. That’s what I want.
ESSENCE.COM: Has it been a difficult decision for you?
HOLYFIELD: Honestly, it’s easy for me. I was in a three-year relationship, and I never had those desires for him in that way. He never pressured me. In my mind, I already have it set that I’m not gonna do it, so if someone were to pressure me, it wouldn’t even phase me. I just don’t have those desires.
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Talk show host Wendy Williams, 48, is the latest star to strip naked for PETA
She is known for her brazen personality and sharp-tongued on-air comments.
And it seems that Wendy Williams isn't too shy about shedding her clothes either.
Joining the likes of Pamela Anderson and Khloe Kardashian, the 48-year-old has stripped naked to pose for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
The popular daytime talk show host unveiled her 'I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' Winter campaign in Times Square on Wednesday.
Wendy appears in the advertisement completely in the buff, her long hair and a strategically placed leg protecting her modesty.
She also shows off her large tattoo on her stomach, which features a floral and star design.
Ironically Wendy used to be a fan of fur, but has since forgone wearing the animal skin.
'We should all try to be comfortable in our own skin and let animals keep theirs,' she says.
For her campaign, Wendy and PETA are trying to get people who already own fur coats to donate them to the organization, who will then pass them on to homeless people at a drive.
Wendy excitedly posed with her new racy image and addressed the crowd.
Wendy joins a long line of celebrities who have stripped down for PETA in the past.
Throughout the past summer Wendy had been working hard at getting into shape.
And in her new advertisement, it clearly shows.
The doyenne of the talk show tweeted a picture from inside her gym back in August, where she appeared to be hard at work.
Wendy wrote alongside the picture: 'Been dieting and working out over the #summer break. Just 36 days until we're back together. #WendyWilliams.'
Recently Wendy also openly spoke about her breast implants and why others are so negative about her plastic surgery to website xoJane.
She said: 'They are very jealous and scared. Scared of what their other friends would say, or to break out of the box and be different. And being black? Ugh, please.
'My people will not go for any kind of surgery. We are supposed to be natural. Ugh, whatever.'
She also revealed why she chooses to be seen in such large wigs, admitting that big hair 'offsets my big body.'
Happily Divorced’ Star Tichina Arnold Covers BE Magazine’s Annual Holiday Issue
Tichina Arnold is returning to TV Land on the sitcom ‘Happily Divorced‘ as well as on the cover of BE Magazine‘s upcoming annual Holiday Issue. She opens up about her acting career, working with Fran Drescher on the new season, her life as a newlywed and her personal connection to Lupis. See details inside.
BE Magazine snippet from the upcoming issue:
Tichina Arnold on her career’s longevity:
“I’m definitely blessed to BE doing the same thing that I’ve loved & that I’ve BEen raised up with & that’s show business. To continue to BE in show business and to still have a body of work to display my talents & my gifts is just a blessing in & of itself. I’m just really happy that I’ve BEen doing it for over 30 years…I’ve BEat a lot of odds.”
Tichina Arnold looking back on the impact that ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ had:
“That truly was an experience for a little black 15 year old girl from Queens. We didn’t think back then that ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ would BE a big hit. We knew there was a lot of money BEhind it, but it was actually a slow burner when it first came out. Little Shop of Horrors didn’t catch on to years later & it’s shocking to know that to this day, people & kids still like it. It’s like it still almost has a cult following.”
Tichina Arnold on fighting Lupis:
“My sister, she actually has Lupis, she actually has 7 diseases, so she has committed herself to working for Lupis & with the Lupis Foundation of America. I see how it affects her life & I had to get involved. We were traveling and when she [Tichina's sister] was diagnosed with Autoimmune Disease, we had to catch a flight for an appearance & I’m walking thru the x-ray & I turn around & I’m talking to her & when I turn around and look at her, she’s just looking at me crazy. I’m like come on, let’s go & she says, ‘I can’t tie my shoe”. I had to walk back through the x-rays, so something as small as tying your own shoe can affect those with Lupis. That really had an affect on me…”
BE Magazine’s Holiday Issue, featuring our cover girl Tichina Arnold will hit stands in early December. The 2nd season premier of ‘Happily Divorced‘ airs tonight at 9:30/10:30 EST on TV Land
What She Rock’d: Beyonce In Alexander Wang Cat Eye Sunglasses
In Beyonce’s latest snapshot shared on Instagram, she poses in a pair of Alexander Wang Cat Eye Sunglasses, and also rocks a black and gold floral top with a pair of bunny ears.
Baddie Bey will be taking over the small screen in February; performing during Super Bowl XLVII’s halftime show days before her new documentary airs on HBO.
Would you rock ‘em?
Tyga's Baby Mama Blac Chyna Spotted With Seemingly UNREAL ASSets
Being one of the premiere strippers at King of Diamonds Miami led to her becoming the arm piece of YMCMB rapper Tyga...and then having his baby recently. And if there was ever any doubt that Blac Chyna's ass was a creation of implants and/or injections after seeing her on the pole in videos and such...her post baby bod seems to be telling all...
Her 30+ inch lacefront wig and Alexander Wang lime green Rocco Mini Duffle bag can't hide all that booty. But now that we see how it's shaped on her post baby body, ish looks real....fake. Blac Chyna was spotted doing some post-Thanksgiving shopping at The Grove in L.A. this week. And this is what onlookers saw:
Not everybody's ass is completely proportional...but damn. These loud heel-less sneakers are just as tragic. But hey, if these rappers like it, we love it. Not really. But you catch our drift...
Oprah Keeps a Big Secret From Gayle
A few weeks ago Gayle King made a Freudian slip on CBS this Morning leading many to believe that she and Oprah weren't as close as they once were
Oprah pretty much confirms it's true after stunning Gayle with shocking news in front of a crowded room...
From The NY Times
"Ms. Winfrey, 58, has shown some signs of strain. She arrived at the conference with faint shadows under her eyes and announced to her best friend, Gayle King, and the audience simultaneously that she had a breast cancer scare the week before. (It was ultimately a false alarm.) When Ms. King grew visibly upset, one woman chided Ms. Winfrey for not telling her friend ahead of time and ordered her to apologize to Ms. King — all before an audience."
Trina And French Montana Dating?!
Trina and French Montana are doing more than making music. It is rumored that the two have started dating even traveling together via private jet. More details inside.
Just check Trina‘s twitter retweet…
And taking private jets together….
Well congrats French cant stay with your wife but got Trina!
AN ALL OUT BRAWL AT HECTOR CAMACHO’S FUNERAL!
The funeral of boxing legend Hector 'Macho' Camacho erupted into chaos after a fight broke out between a woman claiming to be his girlfriend, a former lover and his sisters.
Family, fans and fellow boxers had gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday to say goodbye to the slain former world champion fighter, known for his flamboyance in and out of the ring.
The brawl broke out after 28-year-old Cynthia Castillo, dressed in a pink T-shirt emblazoned with Camacho's face, leaned down to kiss his body in the open casket.
She then walked into an area reserved for family - causing tensions to spill over with the boxer's sisters and former lover, 50-year-old Gloria Fernandez.
The scuffle migrated outside the memorial service, followed by a pack of journalists brandishing camera phones and police who separated the women.
Miss Castillo said she was the boxer's girlfriend before he died, calling him 'my partner, my friend, my brother', according to El Nuevo Dia.
Police urged the young woman to leave the scene while the sisters returned to the service.
There were emotional scenes throughout the day as members of Camacho's immediate family approached the coffin.
The boxer's mother Maria Matias wept and caressed her son's face in the coffin, which was draped in a Puerto Rican flag. 'They killed him,' she wailed at one point.
Hundreds of people filed past Camacho's open casket, displayed inside a gymnasium decked out for the occasion with black carpet and curtains.
The boxer wore white, along with a large gold crucifix and a necklace spelling out his nickname, 'Macho,' in capital letters.
Camacho was shot on November 20 while sitting in a parked car with a friend outside a bar in his hometown of Bayamon. The friend died at the scene and the boxer three days later after doctors removed him from life support.
Police have said they have suspects but have not yet arrested anyone for the shooting.
After the family, came a cross-section of Puerto Rican society that included parents with young children, the elderly, road crew workers in neon safety vests, U.S. soldiers in uniform and a who's who of Puerto Rican boxers.
'Everybody loved him here in Puerto Rico,' said Henry Neumann, the secretary of the U.S. island territory's sports and recreation department.
'He is one of those athletes who transcended the barriers of his country not only for his skill inside the ring but for his personality.'
Camacho, who was 50 when he died, left Puerto Rico as a child and moved to New York.
He went on to win super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s and fought high-profile bouts against Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. He had a career record of 79-6-3 and was a showman in the ring, chanting 'It's Macho time' before fights and wearing garish jewelry.
He battled drug and alcohol problems throughout his life and had frequent run-ins with police.
He was sentenced in 2007 to seven years in prison for the burglary of a computer store in Mississippi. While arresting him on the burglary charge in January 2005, police also found the drug ecstasy.
A judge eventually suspended all but one year of the sentence and gave Camacho probation. He wound up serving two weeks in jail, though, after violating that probation.
When he was shot, police found an open package of cocaine in the car and nine unopened packages on his friend.
A police officer in Bayamon, Raul Nazario, recalled at the wake how he saw Camacho one day and drove over in his squad car to greet him, but the boxer fled. Later, out of uniform, the officer said he ran into him again and they exchanged a laugh and Camacho posed with him for a photo.
'For Puerto Rican people he was something great,' Nazario said.
Many of those in attendance had similar personal encounters.
Doris Correa, a 71-year-old from the town of Vega Baja, showed a photo she took of Camacho in the 1980s, when her family and his happened to be camping in the same campground in the island's southwest. At one point, he grabbed a microphone, declared 'it's Macho time,' and began singing for everyone.
'Back then, we didn't know what karaoke was,' she said. 'He invented it.'
Boxer Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Lopez, one of several dozen fighters on hand to say goodbye, recalled Camacho's dazzling speed in the ring.
'He was definitely a showman,' he said. 'It was something grandiose.'
The memorial and wake was scheduled to last two days. Family members have not yet announced the location and date of the funeral. His lawyer, Linda George, told Radio Isla 1320 that it would be in New York.
Shot while sitting in a parked car outside a bar Tuesday with a friend in the city of Bayamon, he was declared dead at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan.
Originally from Bayamon, just outside San Juan, Camacho was long regarded as a flashy if volatile talent, a skilled boxer who was perhaps overshadowed by his longtime foil, Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez, who would beat him in a long-awaited showdown in Las Vegas in 1992.
'This is something I've done all my life, you know?' Camacho told The Associated Press after a workout in 2010. 'A couple years back, when I was doing it, I was still enjoying it. The competition, to see myself perform. I know I'm at the age that some people can't do this no more.'
Camacho's family moved to New York when he was young and he grew up in Spanish Harlem, which at the time was rife with crime. Camacho landed in jail as a teenager before turning to boxing, which for many kids in his neighborhood provided an outlet for their aggression.
Former featherweight champion Juan Laporte, a friend since childhood, described Camacho as 'like a little brother who was always getting into trouble,' but otherwise combined a friendly nature with a powerful jab.
'He's a good human being, a good-hearted person,' Laporte said as he waited with other friends and members of the boxer's family outside the hospital in San Juan after the shooting. 'A lot of people think of him as a cocky person but that was his motto ... inside he was just a kid looking for something.'
Laporte lamented that Camacho never found a mentor outside the boxing ring.
'The people around him didn't have the guts or strength to lead him in the right direction,' Laporte said. 'There was no one strong enough to put a hand on his shoulder and tell him how to do it.'
Camacho's former wife, Amy, obtained a restraining order against him in 1998, alleging he threatened her and one of their children. The couple, who had two children at the time, later divorced.
He divided his time between Puerto Rico and Florida in recent years, appearing on Spanish-language television as well as on a reality show called 'Es Macho Time!' on YouTube.
Nicki Minaj FLOPS!
Ouch. The Barbz really let Nicki Minaj down with her latest release 'Pink Friday: Roman Re-Loaded the Re-Up...'
Nicki Minaj proved to be no competition at all for Rihanna as Nicki's first week sales pale in comparison to Rihanna's number one seller.
Pink Friday: Roman Re-loaded landed at #28 on the Billboard chart after selling a measly 34, 500 copies first week.
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘Smoke & A Pancake’
Life lesson for you all out there: Never mess with a chick that looks like she curls Harleys for fun.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD EVERYBODY!!!
EFREM
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