TESSA THOMPSON in The Cut Magazine, September 2018
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#RHoA: Phaedra Parks Shuts Down Rumors She’s Returning to ‘RHOA’: ‘I Have Closed That Chapter’
Phaedra Parks is shutting down rumors that she is getting her peach back. Contrary to reports, the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star told the folks over at Us Weekly that she is not returning to the Bravo series for the upcoming eleventh season.
“You know, I have closed that chapter, and I’ve moved on to new things,” the 44-year-old told Us at WE tv’s Celebration of the new season of Braxton Family Values on Tuesday, August 21. “I’m now with WE tv and I’m very happy and very excited about the opportunities that they’ve presented to me. So, you know, that’s a done deal at the moment. I never say never, but you know, I’ve moved on to greener pastures.”
Parks left RHOA following six seasons in 2017 after she admitted at the season 9 reunion that she lied about Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s alleged plan to date rape Porsha Williams. The former Bravo star opened up to Us on Tuesday about the biggest misconceptions about her.
“I don’t know if there, you know, obviously everyone’s going to always have their own perception of who you are. And you won’t be able to change it,” she explained. “People will love you, people will hate you, but at the end of the day, like I say at every funeral, what’s important is what you accomplish in the dash. And I know within my dash I can say I’ve given to the community, I’ve established scholarships, I’ve nurtured children. I’ve seen no less than 20 children come through my law office, graduate successfully and become lawyers. And so, when I die, I’m very confident that there will be numerous people that can stand up and say, this was a stand-up woman.”
While her time on RHOA may be over, Parks, a friend of Traci Braxton, is set to appear on season 6 of Braxton Family Values, which is currently airing on WE tv.
“I’ll be on numerous episodes with Traci, and I think they’re gonna be fabulous,” Parks teased. “You need to tune in, because it’s something different .You know, anytime I come on the scene, it’s gonna be fabulous. So you know, tune in.”
Braxton Family Values Opens a New Window. airs on WEtv Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
#Empire: ‘Empire’: Skylan Brooks & Meta Golding To Recur On Season 5
Skylan Brooks (The Get Down) and Meta Golding (Behind the Movement) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming fifth season of Fox’s hit musical family drama Empire.
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Brooks will play Quincy, a young man wrongly incarcerated who develops a relationship with Andre (Trai Byers). Golding will portray Teri, the mother of wrongfully incarcerated Quincy (Brooks). She is a heartfelt beauty who works with Andre (Byers) while they fight to free her son.
Empire, created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong and starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, hails from Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV. Daniels, Strong, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Sanaa Hamri, Dennis Hammer, Matt Pyken and Diane Ademu-John executive produce. Brett Mahoney is executive producer and showrunner.
Brooks, one of the breakout stars of Netflix’s The Get Down, plays Chubs in The Darkest Minds opposite Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore. His other credits include Southpaw and The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete. He’ll next star opposite Rita Wilson and Miles Brown in the coming-of-age comedy Emmett. Brooks is repped by UTA.
Golding portrayed Rosa Parks in the TV One feature Behind the Movement and recurred as Noa on season 2 of USA’s Colony. She also reprised her role of Enobaria in the final installment of the Hunger Games saga, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. She is repped by Charlton Blackburne Management, Paradigm Talent Agency and attorney Gregg Gellman at Morris, Yorn, Barnes and Levine.
#NewMusic from Tamia Feat. Wale – Leave It Smokin’ (Remix)
Tamia calls on Wale for her latest hit single “Leave It Smokin.”
Wale spits a slick 16 about a ‘horizontal rain dance’ over the breezy Salaam Remi-production.
“We can head to Napa Valley and sip on whatever shortly,” he raps. “I know we both on a diet but we gon’ sweat off the calories after all these grapes gone.”
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“Leave It Smokin” is the first release off Tamia’s anticipated forthcoming album, Passion Like Fire, due out September 7. “I’m beyond excited to continue my love of music and share the first single from my new project,” she previously said.
#HipHopNews: Ticket Sales For Nicki Minaj & Future's NICKIHNDRXX Tour Reportedly "In The Toilet"
Ticket Sales For Nicki Minaj & Future's NICKIHNDRXX Tour Reportedly "In The Toilet"
After fans were blitzed with the revelation that the NICKIHNDRXX Tour North American leg was canceled, a reason has surfaced and it appears general engagement is to blame. According to PageSix, ticket sales are “in the toilet” and the tour is being canceled by its promoter Live Nation.
“Nicki’s tour could be the most disappointing ticket sales of the year for any artist,” a Live Nation source said. “These are big arenas with up to 20,000 capacities. Sales for opening night in Baltimore is 2,000 tickets. L.A. is 3,400, New Orleans 1,000, Denver 1,300, Chicago 3,900. Even her hometown Brooklyn is only 5,050.”
An industry insider reportedly said, “Nicki has gone off the rails. She can’t take it that she sold less records than Cardi B (who’s stealing her thunder big time) in her first week; she can’t take it that Travis beat her to No. 1. Her ticket sales for her tour are in the toilet, and it’s making her even more crazy.”
Several top-music industry insiders claim Barbie is “spiraling out of control” after noticing the abysmal tour ticket sales.
Ben Affleck Divorce Snag With Jennifer Garner Doesn’t Mean Jack
Ben Affleck may still be married on paper, but his stomach definitely screams bachelor.
The Caped Crusader hit up an L.A. Jack In The Box Saturday morning for a quick bite. In an interesting fast food move, Affleck went for the full lean out the window when scoping the menu, but to be fair, Jack is pretty extensive.
It’s unclear what he ended up with, or how many tacos he added on.
As reported, Ben and Jennifer Garner have been legally dragging their feet in the divorce, and the court is warning them to hurry up or risk having the whole case dismissed.
Sources close to the couple says everything is moving along with the settlement negotiations and they expect a resolution soon, but did not know what had caused the proceedings to linger for so long.
A few nights before the fast food trip, Affleck was seen having dinner at Nobu in Malibu with Playboy model Shauna Sexton. However, his girlfriend Lindsay Shookus did not appear to be with them.
Beyonce Wins In Lawsuit Against Man Who Attempted To Trademark “Poison Ivy Park”
Ten months ago it was reported,The singer has shut down a man who was attempting to trademark the name, “Poison Ivy Park” which was far too similar to Bey’s activewear brand “Ivy Park.”
According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, on the exact same day that Ivy Park hit the market — April 14, 2016 — a company by the name of 47/72 Inc. filed to trademark the name Poison Ivy Park.
Here’s an update on the situation. Bey’s legal team filed an opposition to the application, claiming the name was too similar to her Topshop brand and would damage her brand and confuse customers. She explained due to her celebrity, the Ivy Park brand has become internationally famous and a substantial commercial asset.
47/72 Inc. responded, saying the name Poison Ivy Park was distinctive because it had the word “poison” in it and no one would confuse it with Beyoncé’s company.
But according to court documents filed last week the Trademark Board came back with their decision and sided with Bey, entering judgment in her favor and refusing to allow 42/72’s attempt to trademark Poison Ivy Park.
Sisqo Of Dru Hill Marries Longtime Girlfriend Elizabeth Pham
Sisqo is officially off the market for good. The 39-year-old singer recently married his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Pham, on Friday, August 17. Sisqo and Elizabeth dated on and off within their 15 years of knowing each other. Sisqo proposed to Elizabeth in 2014, shortly after the birth of the couple’s daughter, KoKo. He explains,
“I proposed and I got, like, a big, fat rock. I did it kinda cool, because I felt like our son [Ryu] was the one that kinda saved [us] … I sent him in with a ring box, and she looked into the box and didn’t see anything … She then went to look for me to figure out what’s going on. She came around the corner, and I was one knee and I asked her and she said ‘Yes!’”
The wedding was just what you would expect from Sisqo. Not only did Dru Hill sing Stevie Wonder’s classic, “Ribbon In The Sky,” as the newlyweds lit their unity candle but Sisqo also performed “Thong Song” at the wedding reception.
Congrats to Sisqo and his beautiful wife
Ed Sheeran Responds to $100 Million Lawsuit Over Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” Says He Did Not Copy The Song
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Back in June, Ed Sheeran was hit with a $100 million lawsuit for allegedly using Marvin Gaye’s 1973 smash hit “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The suit came two years after the English singer was sued by a co-writer of the same song, who claimed Sheeran jacked the melody, harmony, and other rhythmic components of the classic Gaye track.
However, in the new suit, filed by Structured Asset Sales, which owns a third of the copyright to the song, Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” has the “same melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, baseline, backing, chorus, tempo, syncopation, and looping as ‘Let’s Get It On’,” TMZ reported.
But now, in Sheeran’s response to the accusations, the singer maintains there is no similarity between the two songs.
In docs obtained by The Blast, Sheeran says, simply, his song “is not actually similar to LGO.” But, if there were any possible similarities between the two, he says they are based on “common themes in music,” which are not “distinctive to Gaye’s music.”
As a result, Sheeran is planning to file a motion to dismiss the case, altogether.
Aretha Franklin Leaves No Will or Trust For $80M Estate
Aretha Franklin, who passed away last Thursday in her hometown of #Detroit, left behind an 80 million dollar estate with no one appointed over it after her death.
In the state of #Michigan, the assets of an unmarried, deceased person are divided equally among their children. However, others such as creditors or extended family members, could contest the estate to receive a share. According to the Detroit Free Press, Franklin’s four sons filed a document on Tuesday listing themselves as interested parties in her estate. Sabrina Owens, Franklin’s niece, has requested to be the personal representative of the estate.
The absence of a will means that Franklin’s finances will become public. Her entertainment lawyer, Don Wilson, said that he repeatedly asked her to put together a trust.
“I was after her for a number of years to do a trust,” he said. “It would have expedited things and kept them out of probate, and kept things private.” Franklin was known to be an extremely private person.
In regards to Aretha’s music, Wilson said he would have helped Franklin manage her holdings in music publishing and copyright issues for estate planning. He also stated that, “at this point, it’s impossible to place a dollar value on her song catalog,” but noted that Franklin kept ownership of her original compositions. Thank goodness!
Nobody likes to think about #Wills and #EstatePlanning because who wants to think about themselves dying and what happens afterward, but it is important. These situations can get pretty messy when money is involved so let’s hope the Franklin family and everyone involved comes together and does what’s right in honor of Aretha!
KKK Leader Sentenced To 4 Years For Firing Gun At Charlottesville Rally
A Maryland Ku Klux Klan leader who fired a gun at a black counterprotester during last year’s deadly white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been ordered to spend the next four years behind bars.
Richard W. Preston, 53, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in May to a charge of firing a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school property. During the Aug. 12, 2017, “Unite the Right” rally, hundreds of white supremacists took to the streets with chants of “Jews will not replace us” and “blood and soil.”
The event turned violent as anti-racism protesters met racists in the streets. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when she was struck by a car driven by a white supremacist. That same day, Preston was captured on video firing at the feet of black counterprotester Corey Long. Long was wielding an aerosol can that he sprayed onto a lighter. Preston’s attorney, Elmer Woodward, tried to argue that his client was protecting himself.
“Somebody had to put a stop to that flamethrower,” Woodard said. “The rules go out the window when flamethrowers are involved.”
Long is facing his own charges of misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct.
Many of the racists identified at the rallies have lost their jobs, while other bigots were given prison time. Earlier this year, 23-year-old Jacob Scott Goodwin was found guilty in the beating of a black man at the same rally. Video captured Goodwin and others beating 20-year-old DeAndre Harris in a parking garage. A jury recommended that Goodwin be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Meanwhile, white nationalist leader Richard Spencer is facing a federal lawsuit over his role in the rally and has been having trouble finding a lawyer to represent him.
More recently, neo-Nazi Jason Kessler ― who helped organize the rally ― was seen on video getting yelled at by his dad, with whom he was living as of June 28.
Congratulations to Preston and the “master race.” You’ve lost again.
Steven Tyler Demands Trump Stop Playing Aerosmith At Rallies
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is demanding President Donald Trump stop playing the band’s songs at rallies and is accusing him of willful infringement of copyrighted songs, according to Variety.com.
The band’s 1993 hit “Livin’ on the Edge” was played before Trump’s Tuesday night rally in Charleston,
Tyler, who co-wrote the song with band guitarist Joe Perry and Hollywood producer Mark Hudson, had his attorney, Dina LaPolt, send the “cease and desist” letter to the White House demanding “Livin’ On The Edge” not be played at campaign rallies.
LaPolt’s letter detailed the problem Tyler has with the Trump campaign’s use of the song:
“By using “Livin’ On The Edge” without our client’s permission, Mr. Trump is falsely implying that our client, once again, endorses his campaign and/or his presidency, as evidenced by actual confusion seen from the reactions of our client’s fans all over social media.”
The letter said the song’s use “is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person.”
This isn’t an out-of-the-blue gripe for Tyler. In October 2015, the singer ― who The Hill reported is a registered Republican ― asked Trump’s campaign not to use his music at political rallies.
“My intent was not to make a political statement, but to make one about the rights of my fellow music creators. But I’ve been singing this song for a while now,” he wrote in a HuffPost blog that year.
Other musical acts who’ve said they don’t want their music connected to Trump include R.E.M., Neil Young, Elton John and Twisted Sister.
Here is the letter Tyler’s lawyer sent to the White House:
OOOPS!
#RHONY Star Carole Radziwill’s Ex-Boyfriend Adam Kenworthy Shares Racy Photos of Her In Honor of Her 55th Birthday!
Carole Radziwill and Adam Kenworthy are either back together or simply remaining on good terms post-split.
On Monday, August 20, the 55th birthday of the Real Housewives of New York City star, Adam took to his Instagram page and shared a couple of racy photos of his on-again, off-again girlfriend looking nothing like a typical 55-year-old!
“Happy birthday,” Adam wrote in the caption of the photos he shared of Carole in lingerie!
Adam Kenworthy shares raunchy photos of Carole Radziwill 1
He wasn’t done as he followed up his original post with a raunchier image of Carole in a thong! Oh yeah, he also included a red heart emoji!
Adam Kenworthy shares raunchy photos of Carole Radziwill
Back in June, while appearing on Watch What Happens Live, Carole addressed her relationship status with Adam, telling a curious caller that while they weren’t back together, they were keeping in touch after splitting months prior.
“I still speak to Adam. It was his birthday yesterday, so happy birthday!” Carole said at the time.
Carole also revealed that since splitting from Adam earlier this year, she has been dating casually but is not committed to anyone in particular.
“I’m not really focused on that part of my life,” Carole explained. “I’m focused on other things right now.”
In July, Carole announced that after starring on The Real Housewives of New York City for five seasons, she was opting out of the series’ upcoming 11th season and focusing her attention on other projects.
“After six seasons on Bravo’s RHONY, I have decided to return to what I do best — journalism and producing,” Carole told Bravo’s The Daily Dish. “I am sure this does not come as a surprise to any of the viewers, all of whom have been supportive, encouraging, and kind. My original curiosity about reality television has waned over the years and I am focusing on TV and writing projects that better suit my more steady temperament.”
Simon Cowell celebrates his star at The Hollywood Walk of Fame
Simon Cowell had tons of support at his Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony!
The 58-year-old producer and reality competition judge was joined by some famous friends while he received his star on Wednesday afternoon (August 22) in Hollywood, Calif.
American Idol alums Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert, Katharine McPhee and fiance David Foster, and Harry Connick Jr joined The X Factor UK stars Louis Tomlinson and Leona Lewis at the event.
Simon was also supported by his America’s Got Talent co-stars Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel along with past winner Grace Vanderwaal.
Congrats to Simon!
AND FINALLY FROM THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART FILES
‘HERE COMES THE BRIDE’
That’s a long ass wedding aisle to walk down. Just saying.
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