Mary J. Blige Talks Marriage, Divorce & More In Variety Magazine’s Latest Issue!
As part of the promotion of “Mudbound”, Mary J. Blige as well as other stars of the movie are on the cover of Variety Magazine’s latest issue.
The singer also opens up about her marriage and ongoing divorce.
Here’s what she had to say:
On her failed marriage to Kendu Isaacs and their divorce:
“I used a
lot of my own heaviness from my own misery that I was living in that horrible marriage. I was just dying in it. I knew something was wrong. I just couldn’t prove it. I just had all the heaviness of not feeling right, not feeling good. I gave it to Florence.”
On the aftermath of her divorce:
“I’m doing OK. I’m living. I’m not happy about a lot of things. I thought someone loved me, right? Turns out, he was a con artist and he didn’t, and now he’s coming after me for all my money. When you come out of something like that, you realize you were never the one.
There was someone else that was his queen. I got played. I got suckered. I have to keep smiling and keep my spirits up because this is designed to kill me.”
#RHoA: Kenya wants y’all to know she’s THE QUEEN!
Kenya Moore took a cute pic and uploaded to her Instagram account.
YES Kenya is telling y’all BACK UP Because I am THE QUEEN! Of course this was the Miss USA Pageant!
#EMPIRE: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TARAJI!😍😍
Happy 'BELATED' birthday to Taraji P. Henson! The actress, who turned 47 yesterday, first emerged on the Hollywood scene in the early 2000s. Since her very first breakout role alongside Tyrese Gibson in Baby Boy (2001), Henson has appeared in a slew of standout films including Hustle & Flow and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which earned her an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actress. And now is QUEEN COOKIE LYON on the hit show EMPIRE!
Unsurprisingly, the always-fabulous Henson isn't just a beauty on camera. In her personal life, she knows a thing or two about taking a slammin' selfie on Instagram. No, seriously. Besides being completely gorgeous, this girl has some major skills in the selfie department.
So, here's to Taraji on her belated birthday!
#NEWMUSIC from Tank – ‘F’ It Up
“Let that thing take me on a trip / To every private place inside of it / Every private place I want to fit / Inside the kind of places I won’t forget,” he sings.
“F It Up” is the third release off Savage, which is due out September 29. The album is available for pre-order on iTunes now, with all 3 tracks as instant downloads. Earlier this week, Tank kicked off his “Savage Tour” in Nashville. The 15-date trek is traveling across the country and wrapping Sept. 27 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Take a listen HERE
#NEWHIPHOP from Meek Mill – ‘Team Rich’
Over a thumping instrumental, Meek raps about wanting everybody on his team to ball, while boasting about his money-making ways.
“I make a mill quick, then I double up,” he brags. “I came from the bottom like an upper cut / When the feds came, I got the bubble guts / Shit, I prayed to God, it ain’t one of us / I pray to God, I don’t fuck this up.”
LISTEN HERE
Thoughts?
#REDCARPET: Jennifer Lawrence Sparkles at the TIFF Premiere of 'mother!'
The 27-year-old actress was joined on the red carpet by co-star Javier Bardem along with boyfriend and director Darren Aronofsky.
mother! hits theaters on September 15.
FYI: Jen is wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress.
Social Media Goes In On Houston’s 97.9 The Box Over SHADING Rapper Trae Tha Truth Despite Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
The station, which is the biggest for hip hop and R&B, put a ban on the rapper’s music back in 2010 after a shooting occurred at his annual #TraeDay event. It was proven that he wasn’t connected to the shooting in any way, however, the station allegedly decided to boycott Trae and anyone who associated with him. Since then, they haven’t played any of his music and don’t celebrate any of the good things that he does for Houston. Trae later filed a lawsuit in retaliation.
As for the Hurricane Harvey relief he’s done for the last two weeks, Trae has performed rescue missions, fed people and donated money, toiletries, clothes and other essentials. Despite what many onlookers believe, celebrities like #TI, #CharlamagneThaGod, #BunB’s wife Angela Walls as well as Houston locals are not upset that Beyoncé has received. tons of recognition for her efforts yesterday, rather they are disappointed that the radio station is choosing not to let go of a simple misunderstanding.
The ban has stifled Trae’s career and Houstonians don’t believe that it’s fair to him. “Trae does so much for our community and its just not fair that his career can’t reach the level of success we all want it to,” one of our Roommates tells us.
There is a Tamir Rice Story’ Film in The Works
On November 22, 2014, Tamir was fatally shot by Cleveland police in a park while holding a toy gun.
Shadow & Act exclusively reports:
Blue Angel Entertainment’s Korstiaan Vandiver and entrepreneur Lionel Ntasano, their team and Ms. Rice have exclusive rights to produce the film, which will be penned by Vandiver, Rice and Danielle Marshay Lee. Vandiver and Lee are set to co-direct.
Samaria Rice says, “I’m honored and very grateful to (Korstiaan and Danielle) for believing in me and this legacy for Tamir.”
“We are just as honored to have the opportunity to bring this story to life and we are all very excited to start this journey together. Tamir’s narrative is so timely and yet so long overdue,” said Vandiver.
I will keep you posted as more information about this project becomes available.
#HORRIFIC! Teen From Chicago Found Dead In Walk-In Freezer At Rosemont Hotel.
Please send your thoughts and prayers to Kenneka Jenkins’ family right now. Pray that they find the murder.
According to reports, Kenneka Jenkins was discovered after an hours-long search and was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Jenkins’ mother, Tereasa Martin, said police told her Jenkins apparently let herself into the freezer while inebriated and died inside. An autopsy was performed Sunday but it wasn’t immediately clear whether foul play was suspected, according to Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office.
The cause and manner of the teen’s death remained undetermined.
Speaking to reporters outside the hotel Sunday morning, Martin said she was having trouble understanding what happened.
“(I’m) horrified,” she said. “It’s something that no one could ever imagine. It’s unbelievable.”
KeKe Wyatt’s Husband Speaks Out
Keke Wyatt’s husband, Michael Jamar, is speaking out amidst reports that he’s requested a divorce from his wife.
He said:
For over seven years I have been Keke’s husband, backbone, friend, confidant, and support system. I have loved, raised, supported, and cared for every child in our family (biological or not), including our son who is currently battling leukemia. I will continue to be that person and do all of these things, but I will not be her husband.
Hinting to what may have ended their marriage, he says, I can no longer allow our children to live in a toxic environment and, because I love Keke, I can no longer accept toxic behavior. A home should be a refuge of peace from the inequity and harshness of the world. Keke is much stronger than she gives herself credit for and she is a great mother. There is a healing that needs to take place and I have faith that it will happen. There is never a good time for a family to deal with harsh realities, but as long as we keep God first we have to know that our battle has already been won. Now, as our family deals with these realities I humbly ask that you please keep us lifted in prayer, and when you comment please keep our children in mind.
As previously reported, earlier this week, Keke Wyatt posted an emotional video claiming that her husband requested a divorce while she was 8 months pregnant.
KeKe Wyatt and Michael Jamar married in 2010. KeKe revealed that she is currently pregnant with her ninth child.
Well I hope this all be worked out amicably!
Denzel Washington Comes To The Toronto Film Festival And Immediately Creates New Oscar Buzz For ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq’
Sony Pictures sprang the movie on the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday night, a last minute booking at the Ryerson in a move clearly designed to make a statement and stake a claim in this season’s nascent awards race. Judging by audience response and buzz afterwards, the film, written and directed by Dan Gilroy, was a hit — even if it feels a bit long at 133 minutes, and certainly will be a prestige entry when Sony releases it on a platform basis starting November 3rd.
As a defense attorney with strong 60’s activist-bred idealistic driven beliefs, Washington creates a more unique look than ever before for this character (he even took the caps off his teeth for the first time). It is the kind of part that is catnip for the Academy’s actors branch and Washington can be assured of a place in the race. In fact, even though the season is still young, he could end up posing the most serious threat to presumed front runner Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour which had its World Premiere last weekend in Telluride and turns up tomorrow night in Canada.
A Dallas Cowboys watch party turns deadly!
The shooter, who was later killed by police, had been arguing with a woman outside the Plano home where the gathering was taking place before he allegedly went inside and started blasting, according to witnesses.
“I seen a man argue with a woman. They were standing outside and they’re arguing,” local resident Crystal Sugg told FOX 4.
“The woman was trying to go back in and as she was going back in the house you seen the man pull out his gun and starting just releasing,” she said. “He just started letting them go. It was an automatic. You could hear it go off multiple times, you could hear it just ring off.”
Several men who were at the residence for the Cowboys vs Giants watch party — and had just left to go to a bar — told FOX that there were a number of people still inside the house when the man burst in and opened fire at around 8 p.m.
Authorities from Plano, which is a suburb north of Dallas, rushed to the scene after receiving reports of multiple gunshots and found seven partygoers dead and two others wounded.
An officer who entered the home “engaged the suspect” — shooting and killing him — after he reportedly took aim at the cop.
“I’ve been here all my life,” Plano police spokesman David Tilley told The Dallas Morning News. “I’ve never heard of anything like this.”
Witnesses reported hearing 30 to 40 shots coming from the house during the shooting. It is not clear, though, if this included the bullets being fired by police officers.
“My neighbor had already heard the first couple of shots, and we came outside and next thing you know, all you heard was like, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” Steven Featherland told FOX.
“It was like 30 to 40 rounds,” he said. “That’s when we both went inside.”
Police have not given a motive for the shooting or confirmed the details about the Dallas watch party. But several people have said they were either in attendance or knew someone who was.
“We’re trying to put all the puzzle pieces together,” Tilley said.
Sugg told FOX that she was one of several residents who saw the suspect arguing with the woman before the shooting unfolded.
“The argument is what brought me outside,” she said, adding that others came out to see what was happening.
“The argument was about a good ten minutes,” Sugg explained. “You could hear it getting really really loud. You could tell it was getting disturbing, like there was something about to happen. It caused people to come outside.”
Suggs recalled how partygoers appeared to be trapped inside the home, like fish in a barrel.
“I heard a lot of screaming,” she said. “A lot, a lot of screaming…Nobody was running…All you heard was just shooting. Just shooting. Just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.”
OMG!😢
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