Gal Gadot is Rocking for WW-84 for Entertainment Weekly - March 2020!
The sequel to the hit 2017 live-action Wonder Woman adaption is finally set to arrive this summer.
Though most of the plot of Wonder Woman 1984 still under wraps, there’s certainly a lot to look forward to with director Patty Jenkins at the helm again, Gal Gadot in the leading role, and a killer supporting cast, to boot.
What we do know is that, time-wise, this film will be a far leap from the World War I setting of the previous one — instead taking place in the 80s. And the supposedly dead Steve Trevor will be making an appearance somehow, with Chris Pine reprising his role, though the nature of his return is yet unknown.
Our villains this time around will be businessman Max Lord (portrayed by a mustache-less Pedro Pascal) and Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), who will eventually become the Cheetah.
In anticipation of the upcoming sequel, Entertainment Weekly has shared an exclusive collection of photos from the film. Make sure to pick up Entertainment Weekly’s March issue, which features Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman on the cover and an interview with “an inside look at Wonder Woman’s journey from WWI to the neon-soaked 80s.”
Wonder Woman 1984 will arrive in theaters on June 5.
#RHOA: Kandi Burress responds after triple shooting at her East Point restaurant!
Police are investigating a triple shooting inside a popular East Point restaurant that is owned by a cast member of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
The incident took place on Valentine’s Day inside Old Lady Gang off Camp Creek Parkway, East Point police Capt. Allyn Glover said. The three shooting victims, whose names have not been released, all suffered non-life-threatening injuries.The suspect entered the restaurant and targeted another man during the shooting, Glover said. In the process of shooting that man, the suspect also shot two bystanders.“We are actively looking for a suspect but do not have any further information at this time,” Glover said.No description of the suspect was provided.
Ricka Franklin’s brother works at the restaurant, described a chaotic scene inside the building when gunshots rang out.
“While they were back there cooking and stuff, they just heard gunshots,” she said. “All of a sudden, the customers ran to the back where they were.”The restaurant is owned by “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss-Tucker and her husband Todd Tucker. On Saturday night, Burruss-Tucker released a statement about the incident on her Instagram account, which has 7.3 million followers.“My family and I are truly saddened by the unfortunate events that occurred at Old Lady Gang (OLG) Camp Creek, on the evening of February 14th, an evening that was meant to celebrate love, unfortunately turned into something quite different,” she said in the post that accompanied a photo illustration with the words “God’s got you.” Her message continued: “Our prayers and thoughts go out to the individuals that were harmed or in any way negatively impacted. We are aware that this matter is being actively investigated by law enforcement and we are cooperating with law enforcement to bring to justice those involved. “As African-American business owners, it has been our goal to invest in our community by bringing jobs, quality dining, and a positive experience to the greater Atlanta area; we hope that you know and understand that the acts of violence that occurred yesterday evening do not, in any way, serve as a reflection of OLG or its values. “We appreciate all of the love and prayers that have come our way and we encourage anyone with any information regarding any aspects of the events that occurred to please reach out to law enforcement as soon as possible.”
The East Point location opened in 2018, following the success of the original Castleberry Hill location.
Taraji P. Henson to headline the 2020 Indiana Conference for Women!
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Conference for Women announced Tuesday that Taraji P. Henson will headline the 2020 conference as the keynote speaker. The Golden Globe award-winning actress will serve as the opening keynote speaker during the 10th Annual Indiana Conference for Woman on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
During her presentation, Henson will talk about the characters she has played, her autobiography 'Around The Way Girl,' her life, and the choices that have brought her to where she is today.
"Taraji P. Henson exemplifies everything that the Indiana Conference for Women represents and will inspire attendees to focus on the joy of living their own truth," Billie Dragoo Garcia, co-founder of ICFW, said. "She has great insight to candidly share with our audience what it means to succeed using your own strength, build your career, and follow your dreams."
Henson, a Howard University graduate, also plans on talking about how she chipped away 'one small role at a time' to get to her most significant roles, such as 'Hidden Figures.'
Outside of Hollywood, the actress also launched the 'Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation' in 2018 as a tribute to her late father. The organization provides African American students majoring in mental health scholarship and also offers mental health services to youth in urban schools.
Henson has also recently launched her own hair care line, 'TPH by Taraji.'
Henson currently stars as Cookie Lyon in Fox's hit musical drama Empire, which has earned her three Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe Award, a Critic's Choice Award, and three BET Awards.
In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, ICFW is offering a two-day sale offer of up to $100 off per ticket on their new ICFW app. Attendees can find the promotional code under the promotions tab on Sunday, Mar. 8, and Monday, Mar. 9.
#NewMusicVideo from Sy Smith ‘Camelot’!
Indy R&B/Soul singer Sy Smith drops the music video for her sensual and hypnotizing new single, “Camelot.”
The beautiful scenic visuals of the music video were directed by Shawn Carter Peterson and shot on an iPhone 10 device. The video was shot in Tanzania, East Africa. It opens on the island of Zanzibar featuring its expansive beaches and inland in the Jozani Forest. Later we join Sy on safari in different parts of the vast East African nation’s landscape – the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park.
“Camelot – as we know from fairytales – is a fictitious place, meant to represent a sort of castle estate for fairytale love stories. This song is about a girl dreaming of a love that she can see so clearly that it seems real to her, but she knows it’s all in her mind. It’s her own personal Camelot – a fantasy and figment of her imagination,” mentions Sy.
“The inspiration of this video was two-fold – 1) To have my love interest actually be a place instead of a person. In this case, the love interest is this beautiful region of the earth called Tanzania. 2) To relocate the idea of Camelot from what is normally considered (a medieval castle-like fortress associated with a legendary King Arthur somewhere in old Great Britain) to a REAL place, in this case – these majestic regions of Tanzania,” she adds.
WATCH HERE
“Camelot” appears on Sy’s recently released album, ‘Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete,’ available on all platforms now.
#HipHopNews: Future And Drake Drop ‘Life Is Good’ Remix With Dababy & Lil Baby!
Future and Drake call on DaBaby and Lil Baby for the official remix to “Life Is Good.”
The newly-released version, which dropped Friday night, finds the rap all-stars in full flex mode.
This time around, Hndrxx kicks off the track with a completely new verse. “After I pay my taxes, I go Richard Mille / In another tax bracket, you ni**as beneath me,” he boasts before the beat switches up and DaBaby pops off with a verse about his flashy lifestyle (“I got hoes in L.A. / Got a new boo from Georgia”).
Not to be outdone, Lil Baby—whose new album My Turn drops Feb. 28—brings it home. “Ballin’ like we won a championship / Everybody get a ring,” he proclaims.
LISTEN HERE
The original “Life Is Good” is currently No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified platinum. Last month, Drake and Future also leaked their song “Desires,” which could appear on the long-rumored sequel to 2015’s joint album What a Time to Be Alive.
Rihanna Was Seen In in the Studio With Pharrell!
It looks as if Rihanna is indeed planning on dropping her ridiculously anticipated ninth album (dubbed R9 by here fans). While the Bajan pop-senstation and mogul has been steadily clapping back at fans who are demanding the album, we’ve learned that RiRi actually spent Valentine’s Day in the studio making our wishes come true.
On the day of love, Ms. Fenty shared a cryptic post to her Instagram Stories. A photo of a soundboard with “The Neptunes” blazoned on a screen, captioned “back in the STU.” This teaser of a studio session with super producers, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, is the latest development in the long saga behind R9.
Rih already teased the collab earlier this week at the Fenty collection launch at Bergdorf Goodman. In an interview with The Cut when asked about her Valentine’s Day plans, the Bad Gal confessed, “I’m going to be in the studio. I’m so excited actually. I can’t say who I’m working with, but it’s somebody I’ve been wanting to work with him for a long time. Okay, I’ll tell you: Pharrell.”
Four years on from her last studio album ANTI, we’re still waiting for Rihanna’s next album, but now we’ve got a glimmer of hope. Click here for everything we know about R9 so far.
14-Year-Old Boy Who Allegedly Stabbed Tessa Majors Charged With Murder!
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office...Read more
At first, video shows the three following a male pedestrian through the park, but a subsequent video shows that the male is no longer being followed, the complaint says. Around 6:47 p.m., surveillance video shows Weaver and the two others “surrounding a female who was walking up the stairs,” but later shows them turn and walk back down the stairs after a different male pedestrian walks down the stairs, according to the complaint.
Less than two minutes later, a witness told police he heard a "male voice" near the stairs, the complaint says.
“Informant…. heard a male voice from the area just to the east of the landing, say in substance — run your s--t. Gimme your phone. You got some weed, gimme that too,” the complaint reads. “According to informant… after a few moments, he then heard a female voice scream, among other things, help me! I’m being robbed.”
A minute later, surveillance video shows the three struggling with Majors on the landing before Majors “break[s] free and slowly stagger[s] up the stairs,” the complaint says.
Majors’ blood was recovered from the landing and stairs, and DNA recovered from one of her fingernail clippings matched Weaver’s DNA profile, according to the complaint. An autopsy found that Majors was stabbed in the torso several times; one of the stab wounds "pierced her heart," the complaint says. The NYPD also obtained an audio recording in which Weaver admitted that he "hit [Majors] with a knife" inside the park after she refused to give up her phone, according to the complaint.
Weaver was arraigned on Saturday afternoon. He was remanded without bail and is expected to appear in court again on Feb. 19, Vance said. His attorney information wasn't immediately available.
Prosecutors say Weaver was also one of three people involved in a knifepoint iPhone robbery that took place inside Morningside Park four days before Majors' death, on Dec. 7.
Weaver was wearing the same jacket during that robbery, and Apple records reviewed by the NYPD showed that the stolen phone was logged into his iCloud account, according to the complaint. Vance on Saturday called the arrest "a major milestone on the path to justice for Tessa Majors."
"Our journey to reach that milestone today was not a sprint, but rather it was a painstaking, deliberate and meticulous search for the truth," he said.
In a hearing for the 13-year-old who was previously arrested, police described how the group of teenagers put Majors in a chokehold and removed items from her pockets. The college freshman was able to fight back, biting one of her attackers on the finger, police said.
The 13-year-old said he watched his friend slash Majors with a knife, according to a detective's testimony.
Detectives say the 13-year-old teen watched as Majors was stabbed at the base of the steps, feathers coming out of her jacket as she struggled to fight back. She was stabbed multiple times and managed to stagger out of the park to find a security guard for help. Majors died at a hospital.
In a statement after her death, Majors' family said they want to know "what exactly happened to Tessa and who committed her murder. We believe, for the immediate safety of the community and the surrounding schools, that should be everyone’s top priority and we are grateful to the men and women of the NYPD for all of their efforts."
Police immediately stepped up security in the park area after Majors died. Crime statistics show more robberies were reported in Morningside Park this year than in any other park in the city.
Jennifer Hudson Says It Was An “Honor” After Wrapping Production On Aretha Franklin Biopic ‘Respect’!
Saying she was “overwhelmed” with emotion from portraying the Queen of Soul, Jennifer Hudson announced Saturday that she just wrapped production on Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.
“It is officially a wrap on @respectmovie wrap it up, it’s done!” Hudson shared on Instagram. “Too overwhelmed to get into it right now but words can’t express how grateful I am to be chosen by the queen herself and to live out yet another dream! It was my honor, to honor the Queen’s request! The one and only Queen of Soul.”
Franklin died of pancreatic cancer at age 76 in August 2018. During her prolific career, she received 18 Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 44 times.
In April 2019, Franklin made history as the first individual woman to receive a special Pulitzer citation award. A press release stated that she was selected for the posthumous honor “for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” Past winners include Bob Dylan, Hank Williams and John Coltrane.
As Hudson noted in her post, she was handpicked by Franklin for the role. In 2018, she sang “Amazing Grace” at Franklin’s funeral.
Respect (not to be confused with Nat Geo’s upcoming Genius: Aretha series starring Cynthia Erivo) follows Franklin’s life from singing in her father’s church, to becoming one of the most iconic figures in the music industry.
Joining Hudson in the cast are Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, and Mary J. Blige.
The biopic is directed by Liesl Tommy from a script written by Tracey Scott Wilson. MGM is set to release Respect in theaters on October 9, 2020.
The NBA Names All-Star MVP Award After Kobe Bryant!
The NBA and players have been honoring the late Kobe Bryant in every way possible to show the impact he made on everyone’s life after his untimely death.
As many are in Chicago for All-Star weekend, it’s only right to continue to show love for Bryant this weekend and years to come.
According to NBC Sports, the All-Star MVP award will now be called the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award.
The 2020 All-Star game will feature several tributes to the Los Angeles Laker legend, including his No. 24.
LeBron James’ team will wear No.2 for Kobe Bryant’s daughter, Gianna Bryant. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team will all wear No. 24.
Great way to continue the legacy of Kobe Bryant! The renamed award will make its debut on Sunday following the exhibition between Team LeBron and Team Giannis.
Lizzo Talks About The Double Standard In Criticism of Men’s Bodies Vs. Women’s Bodies!
Lizzo has always been vocal of the body positivity, and she never shies away from giving her opinion on the criticism women face for their appearance.
Lizzo touched on the somewhat sensitive topic in an interview with Brazil’s TV Folha, following her first ever performance in Rio de Janeiro.
“I think that women are always going to be criticized for existing in their bodies,” Lizzo said. “And I don’t think I’m any different than any of the other great women who’ve come before me that had to literally be politicized just to be sexual, or sexualized just to exist. Things on them that were beautiful were called flaws, and they persisted against that and fought against that,” the Grammy award-winning artist said.
Lizzo talked about the struggle of female artists in the entertainment business who may all look different but are somehow subjected to the same marginalization and misogyny.
Calling out the obvious double standard on men and women’s appearance, she said: “So what does that tell you about the oppressor—what does that tell you about men? Get it together. We don’t talk about your dick sizes, do we? And say that’s not a conventional dick size—it’s too small. We still let y’all asses run all over the goddamn place.”
The “Truth Hurts” singer also kept it brutally honest when she opened up representation in the world, or lack thereof.
“There is a lack of representation in the world—full stop. Especially for women who look like me,” she said. “But my choice process was to make myself visible, not to shrink. To be heard and use my platforms to raise other women. That’s why I put black and big dancers and also an entire orchestra of black women on the Grammy stage—because I think that if I can help them, I must help them.”
Lynn Cohen Dies: Veteran Actor Who Played “Magda” On HBO’s ‘Sex And The City’ Was 86!
Veteran screen and stage actor Lynn Cohen, who was best known for her role as “Magda” on HBO’s Sex and the City and its two film versions, died today at age 86. No cause of death was given in the announcement by her management company.
Cohen’s television resume includes recurring roles on the shows Damages, Nurse Jackie, The Affair, and Law & Order. She also guest-starred on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, God Friended Me, Chicago Med and Master of None.
In film, Cohen co-starred as Golda Meir in the Academy Award-nominted Steven Spielberg film Munich. She also appeared in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Eagle Eye, Across The Universe, and Vanya on 42nd Street, among others.
Her stage roles on Broadway included Orpheus Descending and Ivanov. She was a staple in the New York Theater community, earning her Lucille Lortel and Drama League Award nominations, along with the New Dramatists’ Bowden Award, Fox Fellow, Lilly Award and the Richard Seff Award from Actor’s Equity Association,
Lynn is survived by her spouse, Ronald Cohen.. No memorial plans have been announced.
Adele Spotted On Heated Phone Call As She Displays Slim Figure!
After reportedly dropping 100 pounds, Adele hasn't been able to escape photogs cameras. On Thursday afternoon (February 13), the 31-year-old singer was once again spotted looking slim and trim while stepping out of a car at Heathrow airport in London. However, this time, the aerial shots showed Adele engaging in what appeared to an extremely tense conversation.
In the photos, shared by Daily Mail, the "Hello" singer, who wore a Nike tracksuit and a puffer coat, appeared to be shouting as she spoke on the phone after arriving back to the UK following her recent trip to Los Angeles.
As fans know, Adele put her slimmed-down figure on display in a body-hugging cheetah-print gown at Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Oscars after-party on Sunday night (February 9).The British entertainer looked absolutely breathtaking as she posed with a journalist for an Instagram photo, shared by the Daily Mail, during the star-studded affair in L.A.
In the Instagram post, the journalist described her encounter, which was translated from Polish, with the "Hello" singer, writing, "At yesterday's private party of Beyoncé and Jay Z I talked to Adele about ... shoes (Adele in the photo after dropping probably 30kg!)." She added, "It started with a conversation with Adele about my high heels (she urged me on the slippers she had on her feet). Honestly, I didn't recognize her because she is thin now as a comma! We talked laughing until she said her name [...] The conversation with Adele was the ticket to a nice conversation with Rihanna. And then there was total madness!"
The first time fans got a true look at Adele's slimmer figure was last month when photos surfaced from her holiday vacation in Anguilla with fellow Brits Harry Styles and James Corden.
Ne-Yo's Estranged Wife Crystal Smith Was seen with 'Black Ink Crew' Star Ryan Henry!
Ne-Yo’s estranged wife Crystal Smith is living her best life while on a vacation amid her split from the singer and getting close with “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star Ryan Henry.
Recently, , the singer was spotted hanging out with his male friends in Los Angeles. They were grabbing lunch in at the Venice Whaler. One hour later, Ne-Yo showed off his table which now had three lady friends. He seemed to be enjoying himself as he smiled hard for the camera.
Ne-Yo and Crystal are currently going through a nasty split. The two have reportedly been separated for months. The Jasmine Brand reported Crystal broke up with Ne-Yo and plans to file for divorce by the end of the month. A source told the outlet, “Crystal left him. She’s had enough.”
The two have been married since 2016 and share two kids, Shaffer Smith Jr (born 2016) and Roman Alexander-Raj Smith (2018). Crystal told Baller Alert after the news of the split broke,” the accuracy is that he’s an amazing father and our kids are blessed to have a father like him. I wouldn’t take that back for anything in this world. Everything else is God’s will.”
Everything seemed to be fine on New Year’s Eve when Ne-Yo posted on his Instagram “Headed into the new year wit a RIDER. 2019 had its bumps and bruises, yea sure. But it’s not about the difficulty, it’s about ones ability to realize when something is worth fighting for and ones willingness to push thru to the potential greatness of a situation. There no such thing as perfect, a lesson we both have had to learn and lock in. But perfect for each other is a real thing. And that’s you and me❤️ Big plans for 2020 baby! But regardless of what happens 2020 will be absolutely AMAZING so long as you’re by my side. I love you @itscrystalsmith”
Since the split, Ne-Yo and Crystal have trolled each other on social media.
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