Jennifer Lopez for Harper's Bazaar US - February 2019
On getting herself ready for her current relationship: “For me, the relationship journey has been very up and down. But it didn’t have to do with anybody else but me—it was about me figuring out me. Until you learn to love yourself, you can’t completely love [someone else] in a way that is pure and true. Once you do that, you can have relationships that are based on love and respect, that are supportive and nourishing. There’s an evolution there that had to happen for me. I feel like I’m in a better place now.”
On struggling with the constant pressure and unwanted scrutiny of living life in the public eye: “You’re trying to do your best and people are putting you down, or trying to make believe you’re not a nice person, or you’re a diva. I’m always like, ‘Who are you talking about?’”
On the power of believing in yourself and pushing past bias: “From early on in my career, I felt like people wanted to put me in a box. You will play these sorts of roles, do this type of thing. Or you will only act. You cannot sing and act at the same time. I felt very confined by that because I knew I was going to do different things. I was at least going to try!”
On her successful career in Hollywood: “I feel very proud that I’ve survived as long as I have in this business. At this point in my life, I’m trying to give myself more credit. It’s hard when people are always telling you that you’re not good at things or saying, ‘Why is she successful?’ You get a lot of that when you’re a successful woman. You don’t get that as much when you’re a man. The thing about people, women especially, is that you can have 12 people telling you you’re amazing, but that one person kind of putting you down, that’s the voice that sticks in your head… Then finally you go, ‘Wait, I’m not lying. I’ve been doing this a long time. This is not a mistake. I worked hard to be here.’ And you know what? Congratulations to myself. Not in an arrogant way, by any means. It’s like, ‘You’re doing good, baby. Give yourself a break.’”
On her 10-year-old daughter, Emme: “I don’t know if she’ll follow in my footsteps, but she definitely has the genes. She’s a natural. Some people, you put them out there and you can just tell. She’s a little me.”
On taking needed breaks: “Sometimes I get tired. I get tired a lot. But I never think, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ I just think I need a break. I really feel like I have a lot left that I want to do. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to a point where I’ll be satisfied and go, ‘I did it. All of it. I’m done. I got nothing else to say.’ I hope that day never comes.”
Style Credits:
Cover: Shirt and Belt by Gucci | Earrings and Rings by Le Vian
Image 1: Bodysuit by Saint Laurent | Swim Cap by Vex Clothing | Bracelet by Tiffany & Co.
Image 2: Bodysuit and Shoes by Saint Laurent | Necklace by De Beers
#RHoA: Meet Kenya Moore The Lion Queen!
Big hair and Kenya Moore does not care. The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star has a new hilarious photo on social media that has fans laughing crazily.
Moore appears in the picture with her natural hair wild and free. Marc Daly’s wife explained that after having baby Brooklyn, it has been hard to find time to care for her long hair.
She wrote: “When you’re a new mom and don’t have time to do your hair! 😝 I need some @kenyamoorehaircare ASAP! Now available at @sallybeauty. #motherhood #allmine #noweave #growrealhair #kenyamoorehaircare #longhair #newmom #reallife.”
Kenya’s hair has a lot of character just like herself.
#Empire: What will the second half of the season of ‘Empire’ be focused on?
In an effort to find an answer to that very important question, the folks at TV Guide hit up showrunner Brett Mahoney for more clues.
In an effort to find an answer to that very important question, the folks at TV Guide hit up showrunner Brett Mahoney for more clues.
What can you tell me about the remaining episodes? What will the second half of the season be focused on?
Mahoney: The second half will be focused on... it's sort of like moving forward. All the Lyons have to ask themselves is it more important to be themselves or is it more important to be a Lyon family unit? And also, what does it mean if they were to have Empire back in family hands? Do they have to give up their souls to keep Empire? What will they have to sacrifice if they have Empire?
Empire returns to Fox in 2019.
#NewMusic: Former R.Kelly protégé and abuse victim Sparkle has a New Single, ‘We Are Ready’
R&B singer Stephanie ‘Sparkle’ Edwards is taking full advantage of her platform following the airing of the three-part Lifetime documentary, ‘Surviving R. Kelly.’
The one-time R. Kelly protégé releases the new single, “We Are Ready,” a female empowerment anthem that not only tackles the current R. Kelly drama, she also touches on cultural movements like Time’s Up.
LISTEN HERE
“We have a voice, and it’s loud,” Sparkle emotionally declares on the song. Her powerhouse vocals take center stage as she warns abusers that about their heinous behaviors.
#HipHopNews: Future Unveils "The Wizard" Album Cover & Documentary Trailer
Future’s next album has a title and release date. Just a few hours after announcing The Wizard documentary, Future revealed his next LP will share the same name.
The Wizard, stylized as The WIZRD, is scheduled to drop on January 18. The project will feature the recently released single “Crushed Up.”
Future fans are eagerly anticipating his next album following the release of his “Crushed Up” single, but he’s got something else in store for them this week. The Freebandz boss and Mass Appeal have dropped a trailer for a new documentary titled The Wizard.
Woodstock’s official 50th anniversary festival will be this Summer!
You might have heard that a 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic Woodstock festival is coming to its original site at Bethel, NY—this is not that. No, this is a wholly separate 50th anniversary Woodstock celebration.
"Why does the world need two," you ask? "Why not!" we say, swinging a Led Zep ‘77 Tour tee wildly in the air.
While the former is being thrown by the original site's groundskeepers Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, this three-day fest is coming straight from original Woodstock co-creator Michael Lang—making it the bonafide "official" celebration.
Coming to Watkins Glen this August 16–18, this fest won't be announcing any names on the lineup until tickets go up for sale in February. Considering previous anniversary celebrations, such as the 94 Saugerties, NY–event, have included the likes of Sheryl Crow, Aphex Twin, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and Bob Dylan, you can be sure to expect a mix of big-name headliners across the event's three stages. Lang has stated that at least 40 acts have already been booked—a massive bill bound only to grow. And just like Max Yasgur's field, which hosted the original event's 400,000-participant throng, new site Watkins Glen boasts a capacity well into the six-digits.
Though the ‘94 event transpired without misfortune, the 30th anniversary celebration Woodstock ‘99 is infamously remembered as a veritable disaster, plagued by sanitation problems, over-priced $4 bottles of water, drug overdoses, lawsuits and even fires and riots. However, the organizers promise they've found the solutions in better oversight and more hygienic port-a-potties.
So in other words: tie-dye those bandanas, buy a roll of toilet paper and break out your glamping gear. It's 1969 all over again!
Phylicia Rashad To Play Beth’s Mother On an Upcoming Episode of ‘This Is Us’
The Cosby Show alum Phylicia Rashad will guest star in an upcoming episode of NBC’s This is Us — and it fits her perfectly.
Rashad, who played loving mother and attorney Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, will play Carol, mother of Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) in episode No. 13, which focuses on Beth’s backstory, Deadline has confirmed.
Rashad joins a roster of previous guest stars on This is Us, including Katey Sagal, Sylvester Stallone, Jane Kaczmarek, Denis O’Hare, Sam Trammell, Seth Meyers, and Katie Couric.
Series creator Dan Fogelman executive produces along with, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Ken Olin, Charlie Gogolak and Jess Rosenthal. This Is Us is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
Two-time Emmy winner Rashad currently recurs as Diana Dubois on Fox’s Empire. She’ll also be seen in a starring role in OWN’s upcoming coming-of-age drama David Makes Man. She appeared on the big screen last year in Creed II, reprising her role as Mary Anne Creed. Her other recent TV credits include Psych and Do No Harm. Rashad is repped by Innovative Artists and Parseghian Planco.
This Is Us returns January 15 at 9 PM on NBC.
EW was first to report Rashad’s casting.
Samuel J Jackson, Sarah Paulson, James McAvoy, & 'Glass' Co-Stars Premiere Movie in London!
The Stars stepped out for the premiere of Glass held at the Curzon Mayfair on Wednesday (January 9) in London, England.
Also seen at the premiere were her co-stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, along with director M. Night Shyamalan.
Glass is set to hit theaters on January 18 in the United States and you can watch the trailer for the movie right here.
The movie is the sequel to 2016′s Split and 2000’s Unbreakable.
Rihanna Strips Down For Sexy Savage X Fenty Lingerie Photo Shoot
Rihanna recently stripped down to model the Valentine's Day collection of her Savage x Fenty Lingerie line (which dropped January 9), and let's just say, the made-up holiday just got a lot hotter. The business mogul showed off her enviable curves in a hot pink bra and undies set that was equipped with sexy cut-outs and heart-shaped pasties. (Talk about making lingerie extra AF!)
The self-admitted bad gyal modeled the sexy look for her revolutionary lingerie company, which broke the mold last year with its super-inclusive and body positive designs that cater to women of all shapes and sizes. Following the brand's New York Fashion Week launch in September, Rihanna told Vogue, "Lingerie is not just about exploiting the female body, it’s about celebrating it and that’s what Savage x is all about." She added, "Savage to me is such a powerful word. Especially for women, you know. Women are usually looked at as weak and needy and Savage is just that different woman. It is the opposite of that, she powerful, she’s in charge, and she’s taking ownership of all the choices she makes."
The collection, which features a number of naughty looks, is available in sizes 32A to 44DD in bras and XS to 3X in undies and priced at between $20 and $68.
Click HERE to check out the full Valentine's Day collection.
#LGBTQ: 2 Women charged in transgender restroom assault
RALEIGH, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say two women sexually assaulted a transgender woman at a Raleigh bar.
News outlets report 38-year-old Amber Harrell and 31-year-old Jessica Fowler are charged with second-degree kidnapping and sexual battery.
The woman told Raleigh police she was inside the bar’s bathroom in December when Harrell and Fowler started verbally abusing her, exposed themselves and started touching her.
The woman says Harrell and Fowler continued to assault her outside the bathroom and ignored her and the bartender’s orders to stop.
The two women were released on bond; it’s unclear if they have lawyers.
Public bathrooms have been a flashpoint in North Carolina since Republican lawmakers in 2016 required transgender people to use rooms matching their birth certificates. The requirement was rescinded last year
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Divorce From Wife After 25 Yrs Of Marriage
Jeff Bezos of Amazon, the world’s richest man, has announced on Twitter that he and his wife MacKenzie have decided to end their 25 year marriage. The couple had already had a “trial separation.”
The couple met in New York, when Bezos hired her to work for him when he was a VP at a Hedge Fund, 6 months later they were married. They then quit their financial careers and moved to Seattle to jumpstart Jeff’s online bookstore-which would later be known as the origins of what would become Amazon. He started the fledgling company out of his garage. Today the company is worth nearly $810 Billion.
Both Jeff and his wife MacKenzie are successful in their own rights, they both attended Princeton and MacKenzie is a novelist, who studied under Toni Morrison and won an American Book Award In 2006. She is also the Executive Director of an anti-bullying organization called ‘Bystander Revolution’.
The couple owns a total of 400,000 acres of property (making them 2 of the biggest landholders in the country) but they live in Washington, which is a community property state, meaning the assets accrued during their marriage are entitled to be split 50/50.
Bezos assured that the split is amicable saying, “We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other.”
The couple share 4 children, who range in age from 13 to 18.
Did you know that The Original ‘Dreamgirl’ Sheryl Lee Ralph Was Kept Away From Beyoncé
Sheryl Lee Ralph was the first actress to portray Deena Jones in the Dreamgirls. She was nominated for a Tony for her performance in the 1981 Broadway hit. In 2005, Beyoncé Knowles reprised the role for the big screen, going on the garner a Golden Globe nomination.
Surely, advice from the original Deena could’ve come in handy, but according to the veteran actress, she wasn’t allowed to interact with the “Listen” singer while she filmed the critically acclaimed picture.
“I didn’t get a chance to because they kept us apart,’ Ralph told AM to DM. “They said — what was said to me — and, you know, I’ve been around long enough to actually remember what was said to me, they said that it would be a distraction to have the two of us together.”
She went on,“What does that mean? So it just never happened, we never came together.”
though Ralph was kept away from Knowles, fellow original “Dreamgirl” Loretta Divine landed a cameo in the film, playing a lounge singer.
The original Broadway cast was featured on the cover of the May 1982 issue of EBONY.
Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department
WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who had been overseeing the special counsel investigation, plans to step down after Robert Mueller finishes his work, according to administration officials familiar with his thinking.
A source close to Rosenstein said he intends to stay on until Mueller's investigative and prosecutorial work is done. The source said that would mean Rosenstein would remain until early March. Several legal sources have said they expect the Mueller team to conclude its work by mid-to-late February, although they said that timeline could change based on unforeseen investigative developments.
The source said once Mueller's work is done, the special counsel's report to the Justice Department would follow a few weeks later, and Rosenstein would likely be gone by then.
Rosenstein had long intended to serve about two years as the Justice Department's No. 2 official, the administration officials say. They add that this is his own plan and that he is not being forced out by the White House. That's despite the fact that he's been a frequent target of criticism from President Donald Trump on Twitter.
The administration officials had said that Rosenstein planned to remain on the job until a new attorney general is confirmed. After pushing out Jeff Sessions in November, Trump nominated William Barr, who planned to be at the Capitol on Wednesday to begin a round of courtesy calls with senators ahead of his confirmation hearing, which begins Jan. 15.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday on Fox News: "I know the deputy attorney general has always planned to roughly stay around two years. My guess is that he is making room for the new attorney general to build a team that he wants around him."
If Barr is confirmed, as seems likely, he will fully take over the investigation. Several legal sources have said it appears that the Mueller investigation is entering its final stages. But Barr would play a key role in deciding whether and how to share Mueller's expected report with Congress and whether to make all or part of it public.
Responding to news of Rosenstein's impending departure, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told CNN's "New Day" that he has "deep concern" about how Barr will handle the Mueller probe. He referred to a memo Barr wrote in which he was critical of the investigation.
"William Barr was sending freelance memos to the Trump administration making a case to undercut the Mueller investigation," Kaine said. "So the deep concern will be if he comes in and Rosenstein is gone, is this just a preface to either undercutting the investigation or trying to keep the results of it hidden from the American public."
Rosenstein has been a consistent defender of Mueller and the Justice Department, responding to attacks from Republicans in Congress. He told a Law Day conference last May that the department "is not going to be extorted," after some House Republicans raised the prospect of seeking Rosenstein's impeachment.
The attacks from Congress and the White House were a jolt for Rosenstein, who enjoyed bipartisan support for most of his three decades as a federal prosecutor. But his congressional support faltered when he wrote a memo providing a rationale for Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
By appointing Mueller to take over the Russia investigation as a special counsel, Rosenstein won back Democrats but angered the president, who tweeted, "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt."
Prisoners Are Calling Kim Kardashian “The Princess of Prison Reform” After Cyntoia Brown’s Clemency
Kim Kardashian is being hailed “The Princess of Prison Reform” after she used her celebrity to help get three prisoners released from prison, including 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown, who was recently granted clemency in Tennessee after 15 years in prison.
According to TMZ, the reality star receives thousands of letters from inmates every day, asking for help to be released. In fact, sources say both staffers and inmates are referring to the socialite as the “Princess of Prison Reform” after Brown’s recent release. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
But, the name also stems from Kardashian’s meeting with Trump on behalf of the 63-year-old grandmother, Alice Marie Johnson, and the 52-year-old grandfather, Matthew Charles, both of whom have since been released from prison.
Is Kim K the princess of prison reform?
Cardi B, Drake Dominate 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominations
Cardi B and Drake lead the way with 13 and eight nominations, respectively.
Now in its sixth year and partnered with FOX, the iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrate the most popular songs and artists from 2018 played on the iHeartRadio stations and app.
Cardi B received the most nominations thanks to her breakout year, debut album “Invasion of Privacy” and multiple collaborations. 2018’s most streamed song, “God’s Plan” by Drake, picked up five nominations and competes in the Hip-Hop Song of the Year race with Drake’s other singles “In My Feelings” and “Nice For What.”
Other artists who received multiple nominations include Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes and Maroon 5.
Check out the full list of nominees HERE.
Rosario Dawson Dating Cory Booker
Actress Rosario Dawson and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker are an item...
From Page Six
Spies at Saturday’s performance of Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hanson” say they were left in no doubt that Booker and Dawson — who brought Dawson’s daughter and Booker’s niece to see the show — are a couple.
And after meeting the cast post-show, Dawson — who was walking across the empty stage on her way to the exit — began fooling around and singing a made-up song to Booker that went, “I love you; te amo [as in, the Spanish for ‘I love you’].”
Is R. Kelly Planning To Flee The Country Amid Criminal Investigation?
R. Kelly's accusers are reportedly worried the disgraced singer may be planning to flee the country amid his ongoing criminal investigation.
According to The Blast, "there is a rumor circulating that the singer is preparing to leave the United States." A source told the gossip site that Africa has been mentioned as one of the places he may seek solace. The families of the women in his alleged sex cult are reportedly worried if the girls travel out of the country with Kelly they may never see them again. So, they're hoping the 50-year-old singer is charged with a crime so his passport is taken away and he isn't allowed to leave with the girls.
As previously reported, Kelly is being criminally investigated in Georgia because of the recently released documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which sent shockwaves throughout audiences with its gripping and harrowing recounts of Kelly's alleged sexual abuse — told by seven alleged survivors — over the last 20-plus years.
Fulton County District Attorney's Office reportedly opened an investigation into the allegations made against the singer in the three-part docu-series shortly after the first episode aired on Lifetime Thursday (January 3). The office was also reportedly flooded with calls from people with their own stories, which is said to have encouraged them to begin their investigation.
A second criminal investigation in connection to Kelly's alleged sexual abuse could also be opening in Kelly's hometown of Chicago. On Tuesday (January 8), the Cook County State Attorney held a press conference asking anyone who was a victim or has information about a victim to come forward.
Kelly has denied all sexual abuse allegations against him.
AND FINALLY FROM THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART FILES
‘THE MANNE’
Is the Jabbawockeez dance group still around or is this just what they’re doing now?
#EGGPLANTNATION: Meet Sexy Sonny
Meet Sonny! So you know what to do to see them goods. GO HERE TO SEE THE PICS and remember they’re NSFW!
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