Dua Lipa for Vogue Australia - April 2020!
She's had a stellar rise to the top, since her debut single New Love back in 2015.
And as cover star for Vogue Australia's April issue, Dua Lipa spoke about the need for women, regardless of industry, to support one another.
'It's important to me to show unity between women. We should be seeing more girls, more diversity, more togetherness,' the 24-year-old English pop sensation said.
'We've been pitted against each other': Dua Lipa (pictured), 24, told Vogue Australia for their April issue, that she wants to see more 'unity' between women
'For so long, people have pitted women being against each other. That's not how it should be,' Dua added.
The Don't Start Now artist, who is dating male model Anwar Hadid, went on to reveal the downside of fame - particularly negative comments on social media.
Dua explained how while she always considered social media to be fun, it became 'difficult' towards the end of her campaign, for her debut, self-titled album.
'The more fun things I had to do, or the bigger things got, there would be opinions and negativity and more voices... I didn't feel supported,' she said.
Female empowerment: 'It's important to me to show unity between women. We should be seeing more girls, more diversity, more togetherness,' the English pop sensation explained Criticism: The Don't Start Now artist went on to reveal the downside of fame - particularly negative comments on social media
Dua burst onto the scene with her 2017 self-titled debut album, and is set to release her highly anticipated second album, Future Nostalgia on April 3.
Her 2017 single New Rules has racked up over one billion streams on Spotify, while the video for 2017's IDGAF has amassed half a billion views on YouTube.
Vogue Australia's April 2020 issue goes on sale Monday March 30.
#RHOA: Cynthia Bailey's Daughter Noelle Robinson Goes Public with Girlfriend Alexis Powell!
Cynthia Bailey‘s 20-year-old daughter is dating YouTuber Alexis Powell. The two went official with their relationship on social media this month.
“Wow okay I’m in love,” Robinson wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, captioning photos of a bouquet of flowers she received from Powell.
“Anything for you 😘,” Powell wrote in the comments.
The duo have even debuted their own couple name on social media together: “Nolex.”
Robinson’s happy news comes just months after she publicly came out as sexually fluid, in an emotional episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta that aired in November.
At the time, Robinson said she began exploring her sexuality during her freshman year at Howard University.
“It really just came out of nowhere,” she said. “I wasn’t really expecting that to happen.”
“People try to box everyone in and put labels on everything, but I don’t really do that,” Robinson added. “I just like who I like, and that’s just what it is. There’s a lot of attractive guys, and there’s a lot of attractive girls.”
Powell is an alumna of Howard University and revealed in an Instagram Stories Q&A recently that she met Robinson at Howard, when Robinson “let me interview her for YouTube.”
“Are we dating?” Powell asked Robinson, according to a BravoTV.com’s Daily Dish — a question to which Robinson responded “Yes!”
While hunkering down in Atlanta amid the coronavirus crisis, Robinson and Powell have been appearing together in a handful of TikTok videos for Robinson’s account.
One, which Robinson posted to her Instagram, was a hilarious lip-dub between a mother and a daughter. Another lip dub, also shared to Robinson’s Instagram, showed Robinson pretending to be a girl talking about all her drama while her friend is not listening at all.
Meanwhile, over on Powell’s YouTube and Instagram account, she’s uploaded several videos with Robinson dating back for weeks, including a few prank videos and diaries taken from a recent trip to Las Vegas.
Meghan McCain says she's pregnant!
Meghan McCain is pregnant, the View panelist announced on social media on Sunday. The news comes several months after the 35-year-old had a miscarriage last summer.
McCain, who is married to conservative writer and publisher Ben Domenech of The Federalist, told fans that her pregnancy would force her to take special precautions during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Though the TV personality has been filming audience-free tapings of The View, doctors have advised her to be “extra-vigilant” by self-isolating, appearing on the show via satellite. (Co-star Joy Behar, 77, shared her own plans to stay home earlier in the month, citing her age as putting her at a higher risk for COVID-19, while Whoopi Goldberg has joined in by satellite.)
McCain did not reveal when she is due to give birth, or any further details of the pregnancy. Her announcement quickly prompted well wishes from co-panelist Sunny Hostin, Fox News’s Janice Dean and Piers Morgan.
Sen. Rand Paul, Who Opposed Coronavirus Relief Bill, Tests Positive for THE VIRUS!
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who was the only senator to oppose a coronavirus relief package last month, announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the virus.
“He is feeling fine and is in quarantine,” an announcement on his Twitter said. “He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events.”
It added, “He expects to be back in the Senate after his quarantine period ends and will continue to work for the people of Kentucky at this difficult time.”
Paul, a physician who has a Kentucky-issued medical license, was the only senator to vote against an $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus package. He also was one of the eight senators who voted against paid sick leave in a stimulus bill that passed with an overwhelming 90-8 vote last week.
“I think that the paid sick leave is an incentive for businesses to actually let go employees and will make unemployment worse,” Paul explained to Newsweek.
Paul is the first senator to test positive for the novel coronavirus. Two other members of congress, Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Ben McAdams (D-UT), have also gone public with positive test results.
According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is particularly dangerous for people with lung problems. In August of 2019, Paul had part of his lung removed because it was injured when he was attacked by his neighbor Rene Boucher in a dispute over lawn care.
On March 2, Paul appeared on Fox News and downplayed the global threat of the coronavirus.
“While it is worldwide, I think there is room for optimism that this thing may plateau out in a few weeks and not be as bad it as it may have been portrayed,” he said to host Neil Cavuto. “We’ve seen pockets of this around the world and even in Italy and Iran where we have it, but none of it is approaching what started in China.”
When asked about institutions taking larger measures to limit the spread of the virus, Paul was resistant to the idea. “I think closing down the Smithsonians would be way too premature and I wouldn’t advise something like that.”
And when Cavuto asked Paul about making personal adjustments to avoid infection, the Senator was particularly defiant. “I mean, I fly all the time and I’m not cutting back on my flying... I was on a plane today,” he said. “I could be wrong and this could be really bad in two or three weeks or a month, but I’m hoping it’s not going to be. I’m not ready to buy all the toilet paper at Target.”
The senator’s father, Dr. Ron Paul, is a physician and a former Republican congressman for Texas. Last week, he wrote an essay titled The Coronavirus Hoax for the New River Valley News, a local outlet based in Virginia.
“People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus ‘pandemic’ could be a big hoax, with the actual danger of the disease massively exaggerated by those who seek to profit—financially or politically—from the ensuing panic,” the senator’s father wrote.
As of Sunday afternoon, there are 30,000 COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and nearly 400 people have died.
#MusicNews: John Legend ‘Actions’!
Singer John Legend is gearing up for the next release of his next album and he’s just given us another taste with the new single “Actions”. The song features a pretty recognizable sample in the production which was originally featured on David McCallum’s “The Edge” and most famously on Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s “The Next Episode”.
“Actions” was written by Legend with Warren “Oak” Felder, Alex Niceforo and Keith Sorrells, and was produced by Oak for GO! Music/The Orphanage.
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This follows in the footsteps of his latest #1 single “Conversations in the Dark” which will also be included on his upcoming album. The currently untitled sixth studio album from John Legend is set to release later this year.
#HipHopNews: Travis Scott Hits The Studio During Quarantine!
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Travis Scott is teasing fans with new music. On Friday, Travis shared footage of himself tinkering around in the studio while practicing social distancing. In one clip, he plays a beat off his laptop, while another shows him playing a keyboard while wearing his Cactus Jack x Nike Air Max 270 Reacts.
Fans have been waiting for the follow-up to 2018’s ASTROWORLD. Travis was set to headline Coachella next month, but the festival has now been pushed to October. “I’m in no rush frankly, but I’m taking my time to come up with the next album,” he told Apple Music last year. “I’m always down to drop music and serve some packs to the fans.”
In December, he released Cactus Jack’s JACKBOYS compilation featuring contributions from Sheck Wes, Don Toliver, and Chase B. He can also be heard on Don Toliver’s debut album Heaven Or Hell as well as Jay Electronica’s A Written Testimony.
Other artists have been passing their time during quarantine by streaming live for their fans. John Legend and Charlie Puth have hosted concerts from their homes, while Diplo is entertaining fans by streaming DJ sets from his house five nights per week.
#RIP: Music legend Kenny Rogers dies at age 81! ☹
SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on records and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81.
He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told The Associated Press. He was under hospice care and died of natural causes, Hagan said
The Texas-born performer with the husky voice and silver beard sold tens of millions of records, won three Grammys and was the star of TV movies based on “The Gambler” and other songs, making him a superstar in the ‘70s and ’80s. Rogers before retired from touring in 2017 at age 79. Despite his crossover success, he always preferred to be thought of as a country singer.
“You either do what everyone else is doing and you do it better, or you do what no one else is doing and you don’t invite comparison,” Rogers told The Associated Press in 2015. “And I chose that way because I could never be better than Johnny Cash or Willie or Waylon at what they did. So I found something that I could do that didn’t invite comparison to them. And I think people thought it was my desire to change country music. But that was never my issue.”
His “Islands in the Stream” duet partner Dolly Parton posted a on Twitter on Saturday morning, choking up as she held a picture of the two of them together. “I loved Kenny with all my heart and my heart is broken and a big ole chunk of it is gone with him today,” Parton said in the video.
“Kenny was one of those artists who transcended beyond one format and geographic borders,” says Sarah Trahern, chief executive officer of the Country Music Association. “He was a global superstar who helped introduce country music to audiences all around the world.”
Rogers was a five-time CMA Award winner, as well as the recipient of the CMA’s Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, the same year he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He received 10 awards from the Academy of Country Music. He sold more than 47 million records in the United States alone, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Rogers is survived by his wife, Wanda, and his sons Justin, Jordan, Chris and Kenny Jr., as well as two brothers, a sister and grandchildren, nieces and nephews, his representative said. The family is planning a private service “out of concern for the national COVID-19 emergency,” a statement posted early Saturday read. A public memorial will be held at a later date.
Here's The Leaked Video From That Infamous Kanye West–Taylor Swift FEUD!
Some feuds were built to stand the test of time. David and Goliath. Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine. And, obviously, Kanye West and Taylor Swift. In news that feels like it belongs in 2015, more footage of the infamous phone call between West and Swift has apparently leaked on YouTube. According to The Independent, the allegedly unedited video shows West on the phone with Swift discussing the lyrics to his song “Famous,” which was featured on his album The Life of Pablo. “It has a very controversial line at the beginning of the song about you,” West explains to Swift around the 12-minute mark, adding: “I don’t think it’s mean.” He goes on recite the notorious line (you know, the one about him and Taylor maybe having sex one day) before asking her to sign off on it:
Okay, well this is the thing why I’m calling you, because you got an army, you own a country of motherfucking 2 billion people, basically. If you felt that it’s funny and cool and hip-hop, and felt like it’s the College Dropout and Ye that you love, people would be way into it, and that’s why I think it’s super genius to have you be the one that says, ‘Oh I like this song a lot … this is cool.’
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In response, the Miss Americana star chuckled and said “that’s not mean,” but did say that she needed “to think about it” before giving her stamp of approval. This version of events is at odds with what West and his wife, Kim Kardashian, purported to have happened. In 2016, Kardashian posted a video on her Snapchat of Swift allegedly signing off on the lyric. Swift subsequently accused Kardashian of being a “snake” for claiming she was unaware that West was going to call her a “bitch” in the song. The whole incident was yet another chapter in an incredibly long and drawn-out feud that may or may not have contributed to Swift’s temporary hiatus from the music industry.
Swift fans are using the footage as evidence that she was always in the right, sparking the hashtags #TaylorToldTheTruth and #KanyeWestIsOverParty over social media.
Andy Cohen Revealed He Tested Positive for Coronavirus!
Andy Cohen just revealed to the world that he tested positive for coronavirus, but just days earlier, he was opening up about the precautions he was taking to prevent getting the virus.
The 51-year-old Watch What Happens Live host opened up about the virus on his SiriusXM radio show this past Monday.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Andy said in an episode from home. “I’m just here with the nanny and Ben and we are hunkered down. We have enough food for two weeks.”
Andy said he wasn’t letting anyone else into his home and that no friends were visiting his apartment. One of his neighbors tested positive though and he was providing supplies for the neighbor.
“I took Ben for a walk yesterday when he woke up from his nap at five. I have a neighbor who has coronavirus and I went out to get them food at the supermarket and some supplies and I left them in front of their door,” Andy said. “The person that I know who has it has had terrible, terrible aches and pains and chills for, this has been going on for almost a week. They just cannot shake it.”
Andy started to get a fever on Tuesday night and decided to get tested as several people he knew had tested positive.
Rihanna's Foundation Gives $5 Million to Fight Coronavirus!
Rihanna‘s Clara Lionel Foundation is joining the global fight against coronavirus by giving $5 million to the response efforts.
The funding will be channeled through CLF’s partners at Direct Relief, Partners In Health, Feeding America, the International Rescue Committee, World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and others.
“Never has it been more important or urgent to protect and prepare marginalized and underserved communities–those who will be hit hardest by this pandemic,” CLF’s executive director Justine Lucas said in a statement.
The funds will be used to support: “Local food banks serving at-risk communities and the elderly in the United States; Acceleration of testing and care in countries like Haiti and Malawi, as well as the mobilization of resources and additional capacity and support for Native communities; Protective equipment for frontline health workers and diagnostic labs, the establishment and maintenance of intensive care units, and acceleration of the development of vaccines and other therapies across the globe; Healthcare worker training, virus prevention and containment in countries that will be on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response; Distribution of critical respiratory supplies.”
Thank you, Rihanna!
Kevin Hart Says: Announces New Special ‘Confessions From The Hart’!
Kevin Hart’s baring all in 2020 and it’s only March. The comedian already confessed plenty in his Netflix docuseries Don’t F*** This Up.
Now, he’s dropping even more graphic bombs as he rolled out his next special “Confessions From The Hart” to get people through quarantine in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus. He vowed to deliver two to three stories a week before revealing his first confession.
“It’s a story from when I was in Scandanavia, and I got food poisoning. I ended up s***ting on myself on stage. I don’t know what it was man, I think we ate some raw chicken. We were somewhere and the chicken had like a little pink color to it. And my friends, the Plastic Cup Boys, was like ‘Naw, I ain’t f***ing with that chicken. That chicken don’t look like its cooked all the way.’ And I took a couple bites of it and I was like ‘Yeah, don’t… Leave the chicken alone.’ But I did take some bites of it.”
Kevin Hart said “all hell broke loose” that night. “I’m throwing up, I can’t keep nothing down.”
He said since he was out of the country, he didn’t want to go to the hospital and decided to “rough it out.” He refused to cancel his show the next morning and said he could “soldier through it” while on stage. Still, once they pulled up at the venue, he still couldn’t keep anything down and decided to sit on the toilet until showtime.
“I drank a quick thing of water and Ginger Ale to settle my stomach before I go on stage. I go on stage, I start performing, I’m midway through, I don’t feel bad. I’m gonna make it. I get to the last seven minutes of my set. Bloop, bloop. I feel my stomach. Oh no. Don’t do this to me… Come on, Kevin, finish. I go to tell my joke…I can’t end the show because I’m in the middle of the joke, I start trying to speed through the joke. I can’t do it.”
He continued, And I’m cramped up to the point where I can’t even walk. So I’m holding this tight pose while I got the microphone and I said f*** it. I s***ted on myself. Right on stage. I got off stage and was like oh well. Went to the bathroom, threw them draws in the trash, left the venue… one of the most depressing rides to the hotel I ever had in my life.”
What are your thoughts on Kevin Hart’s confession?
Reese Witherspoon And Kerry Washington Both Auditioned For “Clueless” But Didn’t Make The Cut!
Who would’ve known that Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington could have starred in the 1995 movie Clueless, until now.
When the A-List actresses spoke to Buzzfeed about their new TV show, Little Fires Everywhere, they revealed that they auditioned for Clueless and ultimately weren’t selected.
“One thing that is public and it came out last year, I auditioned so hard for Clueless, and I didn’t get it,” Reese Witherspoon said.
“I did too!” Washington said, shocking Witherspoon.
Although both actresses weren’t picked to be in the film, they thought it would be a great idea for them to remake together for fun.
“That would’ve been different…we should do like a remake,” Washington said.
According to PEOPLE, the Clueless remake was already in the developmental stages as they reported back in 2018.
Clueless is about a high school teen who played matchmaker and decided to give one of her friend’s a makeover. The movie starred Alicia Silverstone as Cher, Stacey Dash played her best friend Dionne, and the late Brittany Murphy was the new girl in school that Cher revamped.
The first three episodes of Little Fires Everywhere starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington is now available on Hulu. Little Fires Everywhere was released a few weeks early to give people something new to watch that are now self-isolating in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Angela Bassett Reveals Which Actress She Thinks Should Play Her In A Biopic!
Angela Bassett is a phenomenal actress who has portrayed many important (real-life) women, including Tina Turner, Betty Shabazz, and Rosa Parks.
But the celebrated actress has some ideas on whom she would like to see play her if a film was made about her life.
According to Daily News, Bassett had to think deeply about her answer as she stopped to consider all the talented young actresses she admires today.
“I don’t know, there’s so many phenomenal young actresses out here today,” Bassett said during an interview with ABC Radio Networks’ Candice Williams.
Bassett decided on two, saying, “There’s, you know, the incredible Anika Noni Rose and Naturi Naughton and on and on and on,” she answered. “Just beautiful. And that’s just two of a list of many, just beautiful, sisters.”
The Golden Globe-winning actress has worked with both women on different projects in the past. She co-starred with Naughton in 2009’s Notorious. And she reportedly became good friends with Noni Rose, after the two were due to co-star with her in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
“I appreciate their work [and] love them,” Bassett said of both actresses. “They can play me, if they so choose to….bring more talent to the table.”
Vanessa Bryant says Coronavirus Crisis Is Making It Difficult To Include Their Youngest Daughter in his Estate!
Vanessa Bryant is requesting a judge to step in to make an adjustment to Kobe Bryant’s trust to include their youngest child, Capri, however the Coronavirus is causing problems for her. She also shared a fire tribute tattoo of her late husband and daughter Gianna Bryant. See it inside…
Almost two months after the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, his wife Vanessa Bryant is requesting changes to the NBA icon’s trust that will provide for all of their children.
Kobe’s wife has reportedly put in a request to ask a judge to amend Kobe’s trust to include their youngest daughter, Capri Bryant, who was born after Kobe’s most recent trust was drafted and signed.
TMZ reports: According to the trust agreement, Vanessa, Natalia and Bianka can draw from the principal and income in the trust during Vanessa's lifetime, and then her kids get the remainder upon her death. Vanessa wants to include Capri in that distribution.
The trust was created in 2003 and had been amended several times throughout the years as they’re family continued to grow. The last time it was amended was in 2017, a year after his daughter Bianka Bryant was born, to include her. Their youngest baby, Capri, was born 9-months ago and the trust hadn’t been amended before the time of Kobe’s death (January 26th).
Obviously, Kobe would want his youngest child to be taken of, so that’s why Vanessa is taking the steps to make sure that happens. Given the circumstances, it’s likely the judge will grant her request.
However, the Coronavirus crisis is delaying the process.
Vanessa filed legal docs asking a judge to appoint a guardian ad litem for her 2 daughters -- Bianka and Natalia -- as well as another for Capri ... as it pertains to modifying Kobe's trust to include Capri. This is a standard way of doing things -- judges routinely appoint guardians to represent the independent interests of the children -- but now she says it's urgent.
Why? Vanessa says "due to court closures caused by the global pandemic" there is major uncertainty with how the court system will stay open ... so she needs to get her ducks in a row STAT.
The virus is literally affecting everything and everyone.
Meghan Markle Takes Huge Step In Removing 'Royal' From Her Existence!
Meghan Markle just took a giant step back from her previous royal life, after the charity in which she is patron of, removed all royal mentions around her name.
Just hours ago, Smart Works Charity removed all mentions of her as either 'Her Royal Highness' or 'royal' on their website. It is a major move, considering the princess is slowly removing herself from the 'royal' life and just made her last official appearance alongside the Prince in England.
The site used to refer to Meghan as 'Our Royal Patron' and now it simply reads, 'The Duchess of Sussex.' On other parts of the charity's website, it reads, "Our Patron, The Duchess of Sussex." Those areas used to say, “Our Royal Patron HRH The Duchess of Sussex.”
The change comes after the Prince and Princess announced they would be separating from the royal family, and live in Canada. The couple also said they would be financially independent from the Royal Family, including non-profit organizations.
“While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organization, given the specific U.K. government rules surrounding use of the word ‘Royal,’ it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organization when it is announced this Spring, will not be named Sussex Royal Foundation,” the couple announced last month.
The couple also said they “do not intend to use ‘Sussex Royal’ or any iteration of the word ‘Royal’ in any territory” as they move away from the family.
The statement added that even though they will get to keep the “HRH” prefix, they “will no longer actively use their HRH titles, as they will no longer be working members of the family as of Spring 2020.”
So, it seems the first move has been made to remove these titles publically from Meghan and Harry. But, the charity is a great organization, helping women find employment with professional attire for their job interviews, and coaching tips for them. So, hopefully, they continued their great work.
U.S. Intelligence Warned President Trump Of Possible Pandemic In January and February As He Dismissed Coronavirus Threat!
The public has speculated whether or not Donald Trump handled the coronavirus outbreak properly. On Friday, The Washington Post responded to these speculations. It was reported that Trump “ignored reports from U.S. intelligence agencies starting in January that warned of the scale and intensity of the coronavirus outbreak in China.”
Early on, U.S. officials familiar with the agencies’ reports and warnings told The Post that Intelligence agencies were “issuing ominous, classified warning about the global danger posed by the coronavirus. The constant flow of reports depicted the virus having characteristics of a “globe-encircling pandemic that could require governments to take swift actions to contain it.”
Yet, Trump publicly and privately, along with lawmakers continued to minimize the threat and failed to take action. This irresponsible behavior is likely responsible for the rapid spread of the pathogen.
Trump also publicly praised China’s handling of the coronavirus in late January despite Intelligence agencies reports telling him that China may be downplaying the outbreak.
“Donald Trump may not have been expecting this, but a lot of other people in the government were — they just couldn’t get him to do anything about it. The system was blinking red,” an official noted to The Post.
According to The Post, spokespeople for the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment. A White House spokesman, Hogan Gidley, rebutted criticism of Trump’s blaming the media and Democrats on choosing to “only focus on the stupid political of a sham illegitimate impeachment.”
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘TMI’
Holy shit bud, can we get any more specific with useless personal facts on that t-shirt? Was your mother’s maiden name too long to fit on there or something?
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD ALL!!!
EFREM
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