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The Daily Buzz For Jan 23



SADNESS! Adult Film Star Wesley Pipes Has Inoperable Cancer
Director Alexander DeVoe announced that he is spearheading a medical fundraising campaign on GoFundMe.com to help adult performer Wesley Pipes who has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and is going to be undergoing treatment.
Reports Slumz.Boxden: Pipes and his family will have to pay for the long and expensive treatment.

“I was both shocked and saddened to learn about Wesley’s cancer. We have been friends and a$sociates for quite some time now,” Devoe said.

He added, “Cancer is a real beast, but Wesley is a strong person, and I know he will put up one helluva f!ght. Wesley has always been selfless and giving, and has helped countless others. So, in his time of need it’s only fitting that we as an industry come together to help one of our own. Please donate whatever you can to the fund that has been set up in his name.”



NeNe Leakes Accused of Stealing T-Shirt Designs
NeNe Leakes has been accused of stealing t-shirt designs by a company, Tees in the Trap.
According to the company, NeNe purchased one of their shirts from stylist Olori Swank’s pop up shop in Atlanta. She liked the shirt so much that she took a picture of herself in it and posted it to Instagram.
NeNe wearing Tees in the Trap’s “Girl Bye” shirt.
Instead of telling fans where they could purchase the shirt, NeNe decided to drop her own ‘Girl, Bye’ shirts featuring a nearly identical design.

A representative from Tees in the Trap released the following statement:
“While we can’t stop her from selling a Girl Bye tee, we did legally stop her from selling a design that looked exactly like ours. She has now changed the font completely and is selling her own version of the shirt, which was completely fine with us until she had her lawyers send us a cease and desist letter saying that we had no right to have her shirt taken down and since she’s more popular and made the saying “Girl Bye” famous that she has the exclusive right to use it on shirts and we don’t, so we need to take ours down. NO ACTUAL legal defense other than, she’s more famous.”
To make matters worse, NeNe has also moved to trademark the phrase “Girl Bye” to stop the company from profiting off of the t-shirts THEY created.

That’s just so nasty, and so rude. You would think that NeNe would be too busy focusing on her HSN line instead of trying to bully a much smaller t-shirt company.

Shady b*tch!



26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees Announced
Every year the folks over at GLAAD seek to honor media figures for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards just unveiled the nominees.

GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told E! News, "For nearly 30 years, the GLAAD Media Awards have raised the bar for inclusion in news and entertainment, transforming LGBT representation in media and moving the dial for acceptance across the globe. It's been a remarkable year for equality, and nowhere is that more evident than in the visibility LGBT people have gained across media.”
“This year's nominees, including expanded categories in Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series, reflect the widening diversity of LGBT images and storylines that are closing the gap to full acceptance." The 26th Annual GLAAD Awards will go live on March 21st. And the nominees are:

OUTSTANDING FILM - WIDE RELEASE
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
Love Is Strange (Sony Pictures Classics)
Pride (CBS Films)
The Skeleton Twins (Roadside Attractions)
Tammy (Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING FILM - LIMITED RELEASE
Dear White People (Lionsgate)
Life Partners (Magnolia Pictures)
Lilting (Strand Releasing)
The Way He Looks (Strand Releasing)
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Film Movement)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Degrassi (TeenNick)
The Fosters (ABC Family)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Last Tango in Halifax (PBS)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
Shameless (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
Faking It (MTV)
Glee (FOX)
Looking (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Please Like Me (Pivot)
Sirens (USA Network)
Transparent (Amazon Instant Video)
Vicious (PBS)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (IN A SERIES WITHOUT A REGULAR LGBT CHARACTER)
"Deep Breath" Doctor Who (BBC America)
"Down a Tree" Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
"Identity Crisis" Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
"Let's Have a Baby" Playing House (USA Network)
"No Lack of Void" Elementary (CBS)
OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
The Normal Heart (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
The Case Against 8 (HBO)
L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin (Showtime)
Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (Logo / MTV)
To Russia with Love (Epix)
True Trans With Laura Jane Grace (AOL Originals)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Fuse)
B.O.R.N. to Style (FYI)
Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project (VH1)
R&B Divas: Atlanta (TV One)
Survivor: San Juan del Sur (CBS)

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC ARTIST
Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Xtra Mile Recordings)
Angel Haze, Dirty Gold (Island Records/Republic Records)
Mary Gauthier, Trouble & Love (In the Black Records)
Mary Lambert, Heart on My Sleeve (Capitol Records)
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (Capitol Records)

OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
Hawkeye, written by Matt Fraction (Marvel Comics)
Lumberjanes, written by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis (BOOM! Studios)
Memetic, written by James Tynion IV (BOOM! Studios)
Rat Queens, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Image Comics)
Saga, written by Brian K. Vaughan (Image Comics)

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
"Issues Facing the Transgender Community" Katie (syndicated)
"Laverne Cox Discusses 'The T Word'" The View (ABC)
"Michael Sam" Oprah Prime (OWN)
"Pepe Julian Onziema" Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
"Robin Roberts" The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWSMAGAZINE
"Coming Out" Nick News With Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
"Gay and Muslim in America" America Tonight (Al Jazeera America)
"Gay Rodeo" This is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN)
"Infield & Out: Baseball for All" Morning Joe (MSNBC)
"Transgender Society" [series] Ronan Farrow Daily (MSNBC)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT
"Change is Coming to the South" Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
"Fired for Being Gay?" MSNBC Live (MSNBC)
"License to Discriminate?" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
"A Model With a Mission" Alicia Menendez Tonight (Fusion)
"Transgender Tipping Point?" This Week (ABC)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
"A Christian Family, a Gay Son and a Wichita Father's Change of Heart" by Roy Wenzl (The Wichita Eagle)
"For Transgender Service Members, Honesty Can End Career" by Ernesto Londoño (The Washington Post)
"An Identity to Call Their Own" [series] by Michael A. Fuoco & Mackenzie Carpenter (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
"Longtime Utah LGBT Advocates Recount Brutal History" by Erin Alberty (Salt Lake City Tribune)
"When They Stopped Waiting" by Shaun McKinnon (The Arizona Republic)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
"Do Ask, Do Tell" by S.L. Price (Sports Illustrated)
"The Forsaken" by Alex Morris (Rolling Stone)
"Inside the Iron Closet: What It's Like to Be Gay in Putin's Russia" by Jeff Sharlet (GQ)
"Sex Without Fear" by Tim Murphy (New York)
"The Transgender Tipping Point" by Katy Steinmetz (Time)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE
Essence
Glamour
Out
Sports Illustrated
Time

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE
"31 Days of PrEP" [series] (Advocate.com)
"Black Parents, Gay Sons and Redefining Masculinity" by Edward Wyckoff Williams (TheRoot.com)
"Conner Mertens Came Out to His College Football Team. Now He Comes Out Publicly." by Cyd Zeigler (Outsports.com)
"A Nun's Secret Ministry Brings Hope to the Transgender Community" by Nathan Schneider (America.Aljazeera.com)
"A Year Later, 'Nothing' Has Changed Since Transgender Woman Islan Nettles was Killed" by Tony Merevick (Buzzfeed.com)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MUL TIMEDIA
"Left Behind: LGBT Homeless Youth Struggle to Survive on the Streets" by Miranda Leitsinger (NBCNews.com)
"Why Did the U.S. Lock Up These Women With Men?" by Cristina Costantini, Jorge Rivas, Kristofer Ríos (Fusion.net)
"With Technology I Didn't Have to Sell My Body" by Kerri Pang (MSNBC.com)
"Young and Gay: Jamaica's Gully Queens" by Adri Murguia, Christo Geoghegan (News.Vice.com)
"Young and Gay in Putin's Russia" by Milene Larsson (News.Vice.com)

OUTSTANDING BLOG
The Art of Transliness (theartoftransliness.com)
Autostraddle (autostraddle.com)
Box Turtle Bulletin (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters (holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com)
My Fabulous Disease (marksking.com)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts)


A SCANDAL Spinoff???
A recent comment by Shonda Rhimes leaves us wondering if there’s a chance that Scandal may have a spin-off. Recently, Rhimes told The Hollywood Reporter that she’s leaving her options open for a potential B613 spinoff.
For those familiar with the ABC show — starring Kerry Washington — Emmy award winning actor Joe Morton has a recurring role as Rowan Pope, and heads B613,a black-ops organization. And after 4 seasons of the show, Olivia Pope’s (played by Washington) Gladiators have yet to successfully shut down the show.

The showrunner tells the outlet: "I have my own obsessions with B613 that are probably unhealthy. I have like three versions of a B613 spinoff in my head that I obsess about constantly."
If there any chances of an immediate spin-off, they may have to wait for now as Rhimes oversees Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away With Murder:

"I have some jobs, as you may notice, and not a lot of time to do some new jobs. The last time I had three shows [Grey’s, Scandal and Private Practice] I created on the air at the same time, I promised myself I’d never do that again — so right now, I’m good."
However, there is an end date for Scandal, as Rhimes previously stated that the show wasn’t a “10-season or eight-season show”.

"We’re telling a story and it’s a very particular story and I don’t think you could go, ‘Now this other person is Olivia Pope.’ It’s not that kind of story; I think there’s an end to it that is important for us to get to."



Porsha Williams Shows Off Her ‘All Natural’ Hair
Every time we see Ms. Porsha Williams she has a head full of luxurious tresses.
So much so, that she’s created a name for herself outside of The Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise with her Go Naked hair line.
In a not-so-shameless plug, Porsha took to Instagram to show off her natural hair before her own ‘Go Naked’ bundles were added.
“All Natural for 2.5 seconds @gonakedhair installed in 3…2…1… #Standby Stylist @kellonderyck,” she captioned the above pic.

She later shared the beginning of the final style. We like!



Lindsay Lohan Hospitalized Over Chikungunya Virus
Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized in London over the rare virus Chikungunya that she contracted during her vacation in Bora Bora over the holidays.
She was said to be in severe pain following her diagnosis with the rare virus. Chikungunya is said to be transmitted by mosquitoes and the virus causes joint pain, fever and fatigue. Before the New Year, Lindsay flew to Los Angeles to film her Esurance commercial that is reportedly being aired during the Super Bowl.

When she returned to London, she was in so much pain that she couldn’t walk and had to be taken to the hospital. We’ve heard reports that the joint pain could last for months and that the hospital kept Lindsay until her fever broke.
Reportedly, her joint pain is still intense and the doctors who have treated her have referred her to a specialist who treats this particular virus. Dina Lohan is on her way to London in order to be with her daughter.



Love & Instagram: DeSean Jackson, Andre Drummond, Dwyane Wade & Ocho Cinco
Can you find love via Instagram? Possibly, you also can find a good time. Check out some of this weeks hook ups, crushes and announcements.
Looks as if Washington Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson seems to have found a new boo. Instagram model Kayla Phillips. Kayla posted on Monday that DeSean was her #MCE – Man Crush EVERYDAY. Sounds like she wants the world to know that this isn’t just a crush.
We’ll see how long this one lasts.

DJacc isn’t the only athlete whose flossing an Instagram famous boo this week. Detroit Pistons big man Andre Drummond has linked up with Sadè  Bagnerise. 
I have no idea what she does but apparently she’s IG popular which is enough for some.



Nicki Minaj Named Headline Performer At X Games Austin 2015
Nicki Minaj is heading to Austin, Texas. The “Feelin’ Myself” rapper is set to headline the X Games taking place in the city this summer.
“I look forward to channeling the energy and spirit from the X Games into a performance Austin will not forget,” she told The Wrap.
Nicki will be rockin’ ESPN’s annual action sports event, which takes place June 4-7 at the 1,500-acre Circuit of the Americas, on the new Super Stage.

“Having Nicki Minaj headline one of the nights of X Games Austin is going to be really fun,” said Tim Reed vice president, X Games. “We still have other headliners to announce in the upcoming months but the mix of Nicki Minaj with world-class athletes will make for a must attend event in Austin.”
Talib Kweli, Pennywise and Deltron 3030 have also been tapped to perform at the event. Additional headliners and musical performers will be announced at a later date.



Is Rihanna Finally Releasing ‘R8′ During Grammy Week? also NBA All Star Weekend Concert Rumors
Rihanna’s 8th studio album may finally be upon us. While we’ve been patiently waiting any concrete news regarding the release of ‘R8′, The Grammys’ Twitter account may have just given us a major clue.
The show tweeted a series of anchor emojis, which have been known to coincide with Rihanna’s “Navy.” Along with the anchors, the account simply added: “#GRAMMYs 2.8.15.”

???????????????? #GRAMMYs 2.8.15
— The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs) January 21, 2015
Now, normally that would seem like a bit of a reach…but if you combine that tweet with the fact that one of Rihanna’s dancers, Crystal Schaefer retweeted it and asked fans if they’re ‘ready for R&?’ — we can’t help but get a little more excited than usual.
It’s possible that the Grammys’ could be teasing a single release or a surprise performance, but at this point we’ll take anything Rihanna wants to give us.

Adding even more fuel to the R8 fire, Page Six is reporting that Rihanna’s in talks for a massive concert during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Jay Z’s Roc Nation is in talks with Rihanna to have her perform at the splashy public concert in the Flatiron District during the NBA All-Star weekend on Feb. 12.
The Post revealed yesterday details of the concert and plans to shut down several busy streets around Fifth Avenue and Broadway from 23rd to 26th streets for the event, leaving some neighbors dreading traffic snarls.

We hear Roc Nation has been in discussions with RiRi for some time, but no deal has yet been reached.

Whatever’s happening, we have a feeling it’s going to be huge.



The Celebs came out For Cookie Johnson's Birthday Party At Spago
The celebs were spotted out and about at Spago to celebrate the birthday of Cookie Johnson, the wife of NBA legend Magic Johnson. 
Cookie and Magic welcomed several power couples to Spago for the celebration.  Tisha and Duane Martin posed with them, while "Whitney" director Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney Vance were there as well.
Oscar-winner Denzel Washington was there to toast Cookie.
Lela Rochon posed with the couple.
Clearly Cookie's party was the place to "see" and "be seen".

Comedian Chris Spencer ("Real Husbands of Hollywood") and Bill Bellamy shared a few inside photos on Instagram of all the legends in the building.  Cedric The Entertainer, Judge Greg Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Duane Martin were among the birthday guests.
"Real Husbands Of Hollywood" star Tisha Campbell Martin was captured by the paparazzi.
Cookie's son EJ Johnson was also spotted.  EJ, who stars on #Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills, is doing a great job keeping off the weight since his weight-loss surgery.
Funnyman Bill Bellamy, who recently wrapped up filming The Bounce Back with Shemar Moore posed for a few pics.
Holly Robinson also came out to toast Cookie.
Happy Birthday Cookie!



AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘The Franco’
Man, that James Franco is one hell of a talented actor….who knew he could play a dick so well?!?!



HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
EFREM

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