Tyra Banks Rocks HARPER'S BAZAAR SINGAPORE January 2013 Issue
Tyra Banks is back in her element covering tons of high brow magazines...and looking gorgeous while doing so. The model turned business mogul is currently rocking the January 2013 cover of Harper's Bazaar Singapore. And we've got her edgy looks, and what she says about becoming a mom, inside...
Covering the upcoming issue of Harper Bazaar Singapore in the popular trend of futuristic makeup, Tyra was giving face and smizing it up for the pages of the issue, which is on stands now.
Inside the mag, she's rocking everyone's fave designers from Chanel to Armani to Donna Karan.
The "Top Model" mogul also told the mag that she craves becoming a mom:
“I want to have kids and I think it needs to happen very soon. I feel like I was born to be the experiment of the definition of beauty and to be a mother. It’s something I have do. I won’t be happy if I’m not a mother.”
We hear ya girl. Tyra has started casting for her new season of "America's Next Top Model," which will be the first season men will compete.
Denzel Takes Pauletta on fun filled Birthday Celebration in St Barts!
One of Tinseltown's biggest actors, Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta, 62, looked as in love as ever as they holidayed in St Barts.
The couple, who have been married for 29 years and together since 1977, were laughing and joking as they took a boat to restaurant in the Caribbean after disembarking their yacht.
After walking around the picturesque spot, they stopped by a restaurant for an alfresco dinner.
Following their meal, Denzel looked happy to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans.
Now their four children have grown up and with a gap in Denzel's busy acting career, the pair are revelling in their quality time together.
Their eldest son John, 28, is an American football player for the Sacramento Mountain Lions, while daughter Katia, 24, graduated from Yale in 2010.
Their twins Olivia and Malcolm, 21, are both thought to be at university as well.
Denzel and Pauletta met in 1977 while the actor was filming his first TV role in Wilma - which she was also starring in - and went on to marry in 1983.
In 1995, they renewed their wedding vows in South Africa with Archbishop Desmond Tutu officiating.
Talking about their long-lasting marriage with Oprah Winfrey in 2008, Denzel said: 'People who say they knew (if their spouse was the one) right away are lying! It's a marathon, not a sprint.'
He admits time apart with months spent away filming has probably helped their marriage rather than hinder it.
He explained: 'Hollywood gets a bad rap; it's just a place with some footprints in cement. I don't live there, I live in Los Angeles. But it's probably helped our marriage that we're apart a lot.'
The Real Reason Deion Sanders Divorced Pilar
The reason behind Deion Sanders’ decision to divorce his former wife of more than 12-years. The plot thickens, and the truth somehow makes its way to the media. Trying to diverse the world to thinking that Deion was a cheater and an abuser looks like the shoe is on the other foot.
According to our friends at HSK:
We now know the reason behind Deion Sanders’ decision to divorce his former wife of more than 12-years.
Sources tell us Pilar Biggers was far from being a model wife to the NFL great. Sure, previous reports point to a secret jump-off at the center of infidelities between the estranged couple – but those infidelities wouldn’t be actions Deion is guilty of. That’s because HSK has exclusively learned 39-year-old Pilar Biggers was cheating on Deion Sanders with a 22-year-old Dallas man!
You may remember back on September 23, 2011, Deion Sanders served Pilar with divorce documents. Sources tell us that’s after the football legend learned of Pilar’s ongoing extramarital affair with 22-year-old aspiring singer Derrick Smith aka ‘D-Jo’. Sources say Pilar – who we’re told is looking to break-out as the newest female rapper – attempted to dodge being caught cheating by claiming to manage the young music man while the pair were secretly smashing. But that’s not all!!! We’re told Pilar is also sexually connected to a well established New York City native and multi-platinum rapper! (WHOA I WONDER WHO THAT IS )
This news comes as the 19-year-old woman previously reported to have been involved in an extramarital with Deion Sanders, during his marriage to Pilar Biggers, admits those reports were lies! Aleea Stanton has since surfaced to retract the statements she says her mother – Angela Stanton – created to generate a buzz surrounding her upcoming book. In Stanton’s own words, “The most I ever did with that man is hug“.
Let’s not forget – after Deion Sanders demanded a divorce from Pilar, sources say she initially pleaded with the NFL legend to make the marriage work. We’re told the cheating and abuse allegations against Deion only began to surface after Pilar Biggers realized Deion was adamant about his decision. Sources say this was all a scheme created against Deion to secure Pilar big bucks after their divorce. That’s exactly why insiders say Pilar took to social media and press outlets to paint a picture of being betrayed by Deion, while covering up her own dirty doings.
Also Pilar Sanders talked to Cherry On Top recently about the hectic year she's had going through a very nasty divorce with Deion Sanders. We told you previously that she'd lost temporary custody of her sons and seems to be losing the battle of public opinion. She sat down to give her side of the story.....
ON CHILD SUPPORT:
"I was never, ever, ever once paid child support, at all. Never once. And I’ve seen his statement saying 'and I have the canceled checks to prove it,' but he never showed it, now did he? He never showed you one of his canceled checks of child support that he’s paid, did he? Absolutely not, and he won’t because he hasn’t."
ON ABUSE ALLEGATIONS:
"Most recently, every picture on the web would show that my arm was broken and he busted my thumb in attempts to knock me out, kill me, yeah. And maybe, perhaps, people will believe it more so now, that, unfortunately they were seeing this season. The very drastic increase of athletes, football players who snap, and unfortunately, take their lives and other people’s lives with them. It’s not that far off, it’s not uncommon among athletes. It’s very, very, very not uncommon when you speak with other NFL
wives, football wives, athletes’ wives."
ON THE FIGHT AND HER ARREST BEING "PLANNED":
"We’re still in the middle of it. Wrongfully labeled as attacking him mind you. Collin County, our county’s law states that if anyone is called to a home on domestic violence, that automatically, no matter who calls, the man is taken out of the house, period. No questions, no whatever, the man is just taken out of that house. Now if there’s a sign of blood or a sign of injury on anyone, including the woman, then the man is taken and removed from the home for 24 hours. This is a county and state law.
When the police arrived to my home, they saw blood all over me, all over our floor, they saw blood and matter, just meat hanging from my hand. They removed me, they forced myself and my friend out of the home. That was wrong right there. So on so many counts, the police didn’t follow what they were suppose to do, but it was all planned. They had been there earlier that day, talked about it. I mean there is a tape where you can hear Deion telling the police these things."
ON ACCUSATIONS THAT SHE AND A FRIEND "JUMPED DEION":
You know what, I’m 129 pounds, okay. He has been trained all his life to play baseball and to attack people. Football, you’re running, you’re grabbing; it’s a very violent sport. What kind of sense would it make for me at 5’9″, 129 pounds to attack someone his size? That just doesn’t make sense. And for what? No, not at all."
ON BUILDING THE DEION SANDERS BRAND:
"Exactly, and he became who he is not by his own merit, he became who he is by the grace of God and by the grace of God putting me with him because let me tell you sweetheart, out of the 14 years that mama’s been home, I haven’t been sitting around eating bon bons, I’ve been building our family brand. I’ve been building up Deion Sanders because why not? He’s my husband. You’re the brand we can market the most and market right now. So once you think you got your feet down and your ears dry, you want to go act a fool. Okay, go ahead, but you know, you’ve got to answer to somebody."
ON THE PRENUP NOT BEING VALID AND SOMEONE FORGING HER SIGNATURE ON IT:
"You hit the nail right on the head. You certainly do, and if you don’t initial it, usually it’s just not initialed. But in cases where you have people who operate with power and money, and who are used to getting what they want, however they want, and it will be done however they want it to be done, if you don’t take the steps to initial, I guess they’re just going to do it for you, and that’s what happened in my case, without my knowledge."
This just needs to be over with for the sake of the kids
Terry Glover, Ebony Managing Editor, Dies at 57
Terry Glover, the managing editor of Ebony magazine, has died of colon cancer at her Chicago home. Ebony announced on its website that Glover died on Monday. Her husband, Kendall Glover, tells the Chicago Tribune that his wife had been fighting cancer for about two years. Terry Glover joined Ebony in 2006 and was appointed managing editor in 2009 after serving as a senior editor for the website for three years. Editor-in-Chief Amy DuBois Barnett says Glover was “the heart and soul” of the magazine’s team and will be missed. Earlier this year and for the first time, Terry traveled to the DNC, calling herself a ‘Convention Virgin’. Writing about her experience first-hand, she explained:
Things seemed a little sleepy when I stepped off the plane in Charlotte. I’d watched the first night as I was packing —Duval Patrick, citing the Mitt mess he’d cleaned up in Massachusetts; Joaquin Castro on the similarities between his and the president’s “unconventional” upbringings; and, finally, Michelle, radiant and on point, on the qualities that make her man the man for the job.
A graduate of Northwestern, with a B.A. in radio, TV and film, Terry was an expert content producer. She’d served in staff and freelance roles for the likes of Playboy, Savoy and Uptown magazines, as well as the Chicago Tribune. She also served on local boards including Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, and The Awassa Children’s Project. She was 57
THE BODYGUARD Musical!
The Bodyguard, a new musical based on the 1992 Warner Bros. film of the same name that was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and starred the late Whitney Houston. Tony and Grammy-winning Broadway actress Heather Headley makes her West End debut in the role created on screen by Ms. Houston.
The production is directed by Thea Sharrock, and also features Lloyd Owen in the role of Frank Farmer, a former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard (Kevin Costner in the film), who is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron (Headley) from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love.
Check out the official trailer…
The film gross over $400 millions worldwide at the box office and featured such memorable musical numbers as “I Have Nothing,” “Queen of the Night,” “I’m Every Woman,” and of course “I Will Always Love You.”
Although this is a remake, it is not totally a repeat of the film. Reports say that producers have weaved other classic Houston songs like I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), So Emotional and One Moment in Time into the show.
Rising Hip-Hop Star Azealia Banks claims to be a Victim of Domestic Violence
I don’t know where this “Love Hurts” saying came from but it is truly the purest form of a lie. Someone should shake up hip hop star Azealia Banks and send her the memo!
According to sources, the 21-year-old Harlem-born rapper split with Lady Gaga ’s powerful manager, and is now represented by Dave Holmes, who’s playing dual roles as Banks’ boyfriend. And let her tell it… the relationship is a roller coaster ride consumed by physical abuse.
Azealia Banks tweeted: “ColdPlay’s manager Dave Holmes is a piece of s**t. Second time he has put his f***ing hands on me.”
She went on to say,
You know how someone lets you down once.. And you give them another chance, and they let you down again?
And you just feel stupid….. Because you knew better?
Ain’t nobody got time for that !
A Jealous Man is a Dangerous man
-_- ….If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−SAFE(7233) orTTY 1−800−787−3224.
Ambassador Rihanna Invites Tourists And Travelers To Beautiful Barbados
Rihanna posted a sneak peek at her new campaign to promote tourism and travel to Barbados. See a pic from her photoshoot inside and find out what's she's been up to for the holidays....
"Rude Boy" singer Rihanna, who signed on with the Barbados Tourism Authority to become the island's tourism ambassador, has released a sneak peek at her upcoming campaign.
With the tagline "Tourist Or Traveler?", the island native rocks her short cutoff shorts and leads a horse to water as she invites visitors to induldge in her homeland's beauty.
Though she was spotted at the Lakers game in LA on Christmas Day with Chris Brown, Rih Rih managed to spend a few days beforehand basking in the Barbados sun, smoking a few trees and drinking some beer. Also, she made a huge donation to a local hospital in the name of her grandmother.
Does Rihanna's sneak peek make you want to book a flight?
VH1 Releases Love & Hip Hop NY’s Promo Shots
Rashidah Ali
Season three of Love & Hip Hop (New York) is around the corner, literally. With only a week away, VH1 has released the latest promotional shots, featuring very glammed up versions of the female cast counter-parts. Check out their sexy photo shoot and tune in January 7th at 8 p.m.
Winter Ramos
Raqi Thunda
Jen the Pen
Tahiry Jones
Yandy Smith
Erica Mena
Olivia
Will you be watchng?
Alabama Can No Longer Segregate Inmates With HIV
A judge struck down Alabama’s decades-old policy of segregating prison inmates with HIV, ruling Friday that it violates federal disabilities law.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled in favor of inmates who sued to end the longstanding practice and said he would give the state and inmate attorneys time to propose a way to bring state prisons into compliance with his order.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of seven HIV-positive inmates, called the decision “historic.”
Prisons Commissioner Kim Thomas issued a statement saying corrections officials were still studying the ruling and had not decided “our next course of action.
But he said the department “is very disappointed with the conclusions and characterizations reached by the Court.”
“The men and women of the ADOC are not prejudiced against HIV-positive inmates, and have worked hard over the years to improve their health care, living conditions, and their activities,” Thomas said. “The ADOC remains committed to providing appropriate housing for all of its inmates, including the HIV-positive population, ensuring that these inmates receive a constitutional level of medical care and that the correctional system in Alabama does not further contribute to the current HIV epidemic in our State.”
Alabama and South Carolina are the only states that segregate HIV-positive prisoners. The class-action lawsuit accused the state of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“It spells an end to a segregation policy that has inflicted needless misery on Alabama prisoners with HIV and their families,” said ACLU attorney Margaret Winter, who was lead counsel for the plaintiffs during a month long trial.
Katt Williams Faces $4 Million Tax Lien
Comedian Katt Williams was just hit with a $4 million tax lien. This isn’t the first time that Williams has had to deal with the IRS. The agency filed a $284,000 tax lien against Williams in 2010.
According to TMZ reports:
Slap-happy Katt Williams better learn to take it like he gives it — because the IRS just walloped the comedian with an astronomical tax lien … totaling over $4 MILLION.
Uncle Sam filed the lien against Williams, claiming the comedian failed to pay $3.2 million in taxes in 2008 … and also bailed on another $829,352 in 2009.
It’s not the first time Williams has been accused of stiffing the Feds — back in 2010 the IRS filed another tax lien against the comedian totaling $284,000 … mere pennies compared to the new bill.
It’s the latest misfortune to befall Katt in the last few months — he’s been arrested several times, he’s facing a bunch of nasty lawsuits, and his whole life is kinda going haywire.
Damn, it’s hard out here for a pimp!!
Hey Bey Stans here's your chance to Perform with Beyonce at the Superbowl
Beyonce is trolling the BeyHive for stans to participate in her 2013 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime show...
Fans are being asked to submit photos for an intro spot and 50 lucky winners will be chosen to welcome Beyonce onto the field.
Interested stans can log onto pepsi.com/halftime beginning December 29th for rules and submission guidelines.
Brandy Norwood shows off her perfect bikini bod as she heads to Hawaii to celebrate her engagement
Brandy Norwood clearly wanted to celebrate her recent engagement in style, by headed off on a romantic beach Holiday to Hawaii with her new fiancé in tow.
The 33-year-old singer, whose engagement to music executive Ryan Press emerged earlier in the week, showed off her bikini body during the celebratory trip, but kept her ring under wraps.
Former Moesha actress Brandy, who has a 10-year-old daughter with Robert Smith, seemed on top of the world as she relaxed on the beach, watching a volleyball match.
The star proved just how toned she was as she wandered around the beach in a tiny, patterned, string bikini, showing not an inch of fat on her trim body.
The one piece of jewellery that the singer didn't seem to want to show off was her new engagement ring, keeping it well hidden under a towel as she wandered around the resort.
Instead of keeping a low profile, Brandy seemed more than happy to shat to fans who approached her and even posed for photographs in her skimpy bikini, clearly confident about her toned physique.
An insider informed Us Weekly of the new engagement, saying: 'They are thrilled and happy and Brandy feels this is so right.'
And the star has made no secret of the fact that she couldn't wait to marry her other half:
'I keep hearing about a ring. People keep calling me, hinting to me about it, but I don't know,' she told Sister2Sister magazine in August.
The star might be looking forward to a quieter year to get to grips with the wedding plans after a busy few months.
She released her new album, Two Eleven, in October and stars in the forthcoming Tyler Perry movie, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.
Britney Spears to be fired as judge on ‘The X Factor’ by Simon Cowell
The X Factor” co-creator Simon Cowell is on the verge of firing Britney Spears after just one season in the judge’s chair, US Weekly reported.
“Britney will get the boot,” an insider told the magazine. “Producers wanted her for the long haul, but it isn’t working.” Spears, who was signed along with Demi Lovato amid much fanfare for the Fox singing competition show’s second season, earned $15 million for her brief critically panned run. Hiring Spears was considered a particular coup because of the 31-year-old pop star’s troubled history of meltdowns and eccentricities.
Cowell had defended his judge early in the season on a conference call with reporters. She’s been “a lot better than everybody thought,” he said at the time. But the Dec. 20 second season finale was watched by only 9.6 million viewers, down 18 percent from the first season finale. Spears’ bland delivery – her repeated use of the word “amazing” became a running gag for online recappers – didn’t help the “Toxic” numbers. “He wanted crazy Britney, but he got boring Britney,” another source told US Weekly. She didn’t want to be on there anyway!
Newtown Cops, Traumatized Unable to Work & At Risk of Losing Pay
Some of the Newtown cops who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven’t been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday.
Currently, employees are only covered for mental impairment “as the result of using or being subjected to deadly force — but not for those who witness crime scenes with mass casualties.”
“The insurer for the town has taken a position that these officers are entitled to only what the statute allows. Unfortunately for these officers, the statute doesn’t allow any benefits,” said Eric Brown, an attorney for the union, which represents nearly 4,000 officers around Connecticut.
On December 14, Adam Lanza walked into two first grade classrooms and repeatedly shot and killed 20 children and six adults, before turning the gun on himself. The children were shot between two and eleven times each, and most died on scene. There is no known motivation for shooting.
I’m sure the issue will probably be debated and discussed in the next legislative session, when lawmakers will weigh the cost and potential for abuse against the need for such a measure in extreme cases. State Rep. Stephen Dargan, Democrat and co-chairman of the legislature’s public safety committee says, “We don’t want it to be used in an abusive way, but the circumstances are so horrific in Newtown. We need to protect those first-responders and give them all the help we can give them.”
Chroniclers, do you think the first-responder cops should be given time off for emotional trauma?
T.I. FIrst Week Album Sales
T.I.’s newest album, Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head, hit stores and sold a swift 179,000. He was second to Taylor Swift’s Red album.
Billboard reports, last week officially ended on December 23rd. This is the time of year for last minute shopping and lots of spending. Album sales were up! The entire record industry sold 12.79 million albums which was the most in a single week all year. when music fans spent some serious cake, doing last-minute holiday shopping.
Meek Mill DROPS Cassidy DISS Record "Repo"
Rappers Meek Mill and Cassidy are poised to take their beef into 2013 with Meek Mill unleashing a 5-minute diss record named "Repo" in response to Twitter taunts and other diss tracks aimed his way.
While Meek runs down his 2011-2012 resume of hit records and guest appearances, he taunts Cassidy for his legal troubles, failed records and getting his car repossessed.
Listen to "Repo" here:
In response to the record, Cassidy, tweeted, "Where's the funeral? He expected to kill me wit that bullshit! 5 min song! Not 1 quotable bar! They need to repo his rap book.. Lol"
We guess Cassidy wasn't impressed....
And in case you missed it, listen to Cassidy's diss Meek Mill and others on "Me, Myself, and iPhone":
These DUMBS BEEFS!…HELLO PHIILY!
GOODBYE BROOKLYN; Avery Johnson FIRED As Brooklyn Nets HEAD COACH!
Last week, the Brooklyn Nets (the NBA team part-owned by rapper Jay-Z) announced that Avery Johnson has been fired as head coach. General manger Billy King revealed that in the interim, P.J. Carlesimo will serve at the team's coach.
As Jay-Z kicked off the opening of the Barclays Center with a series of high-profile concerts, the Brooklyn Nets got off to a fantastic start before slowly fading. According to ESPN, Avery began the year with an 11-4 start and was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for October and November, but the Nets have only won three of their last 13 games and currently hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the East.
Mikhail Prokhorov, the Nets principal owner, said "The Nets ownership would like to express thanks to Avery for his efforts and to wish him every success in the future."
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘THE CAVE WOMAN’
Hey short shorts, I can’t tell which I hate more, your bottom biscuits or your random cave drawing tattoos. Not sure why I’d be telling you this, but I feel I had to make it known to somebody
HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!
EFREM
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