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#RHOA: Porsha Williams Shares an Update on Her Wedding to Simon Guobadia
Porsha Williams Shares an Update on Her Wedding to Simon Guobadia
The RHOA alum enlisted the help of her mom and daughter for a sweet wedding planning outing.
What's Next for Porsha Williams and Simon? The Bride-to-Be Spills on Her Lavish Wedding Plans
Bride-to-be Porsha Williams is turning wedding planning into a family affair. As The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum’s special day(s) with her fiancé, Simon Guobadia, draws nearer, she enlisted the help of her daughter, Pilar Jhena “PJ” McKinley, and her mother, Diane Williams, on October 3 to tie up one major “I do” detail.
“Wedding venue hunting day!!! Whoop whoop!” Porsha captioned a series of Instagram photos with PJ and Ms. Diane, adding a church emoji. “Whose idea was it to have two [weddings?] Lawd have mercy lol.” She capped off the post with a “Guobadias Loading 2022” hashtag, seemingly indicating that the nuptials will take place before the end of the year.
Ms. Diane, for her part, shared two of the same family photos on her Instagram the same day, writing, “Blessing everyone! Live life to the fullest!!” along with three green heart emojis.
The two weddings Porsha mentioned seem to be a small step back from her initial plan. Shortly after she and Simon confirmed their engagement in May 2021, the RHOA alum revealed on a DISH Nation episode that they were actually planning three different celebrations across the globe.
“He’s African, so we’re going to have a native law and custom ceremony and a regular wedding, and then we’re going to have another wedding at one of the houses that is out of the country,” Porsha explained at the time.
#MusicNews: Janet Jackson to Release ‘The Velvet Rope: Deluxe Edition’ to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Music icon Janet Jackson will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her sixth album, The Velvet Rope, with a special deluxe edition. It will release this Friday, Oct. 7, the anniversary date.
The Velvet Rope: Deluxe will feature ten bonus tracks, including Teddy Riley‘s TNT Remix of “I Get Lonely” featuring Blackstreet, the J. Dilla (Ummah Jay Dee) remix of “Got ‘Til It’s Gone” and Timbaland and Missy Elliott‘s remix of “Go Deep.”
Additionally, it will include club mixes of tracks by David Morales & Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work, Tony Moran, Jason Nevins and Tony Humphries.
That’s not all. Official videos from that era will be available in HD for the first time on YouTube, including “Go Deep,” “I Get Lonely,” “You,” “Got ‘Til It’s Gone” and “Together Again [Deeper Remix].”
Jackson released The Velvet Rope on Oct. 7, 1997. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album spawned hit singles such as the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Together Again” and “I Get Lonely,” which peaked at No. 3 on the same chart.
“Got ‘Til It’s Gone” wasn’t a commercially released single but it still generated much success. It won Best Short Form Music Video at the 40th Grammy Awards.
Janet Jackson The Velvet Rope: Deluxe Edition Tracklist
Component 1:
1. Interlude -Twisted Elegance
2. Velvet Rope [feat. Vanessa-Mae]
3. You
4. Got ‘Til It’s Gone [feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell]
5. Interlude – Speaker Phone
6. My Need
7. Interlude – Fasten Your Seatbelts
8. Go Deep
9. Free Xone
10. Interlude – Memory
11. Together Again
12. Interlude – Online
13. Empty
14. Interlude – Full
15. What About
16. Every Time
17. Tonight’s The Night
18. I Get Lonely
19. Rope Burn
20. Anything
21. Interlude – Sad
22. Special
23. Can’t Be Stopped
24. Accept Me [Bonus Track] *
25. God’s Stepchild [Bonus Track] *
#HipHopNews: Quavo And Takeoff Address Migos Breakup Rumors
Migos has been fueling breakup rumors for months.However, the group has remained quiet on the topic…until now. During an interview with the “Big Facts” podcast, Quavo and Takeoff were asked about the trio’s future.
They acknowledged a fallout with Offset, but remain coy on what exactly drove them apart.
“I just feel like we want to see our career as a duo because we just came from a loyal family,” said Quavo. “We’re supposed to stick together, and sometimes shit don’t work out. It ain’t meant to be.”
Back in May, Migos sparked breakup rumors after they unfollowed each other on Instagram. They also canceled their performance at the Governors Ball in June, citing “circumstances out of our control.”
Quavo said the issue is between the three Migos members. “We just stand on loyalty, we stand on real deal loyalty… This ain’t got nothing to do with no label, no paperwork, no QC, no nothing,” he added. “This got something to do with the three brothers and it is what it is. Right now we gon’ be the duo till time tell.”
Takeoff insisted that “family is always going to be family,” and seemed hopeful for a reunion. “We pray so only time will tell. We always family. Ain’t nothing gone change,” he said.
For now, Quavo and Takeoff are moving forward with their careers as a duo. On Friday, they will release their album Only Built for Infinity Links featuring Summer Walker, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Gunna, NBA YoungBoy, and more.
Amid a legal battle with Quality Control, Offset is pursuing his solo career. His sophomore solo album drops Nov. 11 featuring the single “Code” with Moneybagg Yo.
HERE'S COMES THE JUDGE! It's Official Aaron Judge breaks single-season American League home run record with No. 62
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge broke Roger Maris’ single-season American League home run record, hitting his 62nd blast of the year in a game Tuesday against the Texas Rangers.
Judge connected for the record home run off Rangers starting pitcher Jesus Tinoco in the first inning of the second game of a double header in Arlington, Texas.
The Yankees leadoff hitter launched the third pitch of his first at-bat against Tinoco into the seats in left field. A fan was seen either jumping or falling over the left-field wall nearby, disappearing behind the fence.
A fan who caught the historic ball was escorted from the section of seats by security, according to reporters at the game.
Yankees players streamed out of the dugout to greet their teammate when he touched home plate.
Judge had tied Maris last Wednesday with a line-drive homer in the top of the seventh inning off Toronto Blue Jays’ pitcher Tim Mayza.
Maris hit 61 home runs 61 years ago in 1961, breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 60 set in 1927.
#RIP: The Queen of Country Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter turned forthright country queen, dies at 90
Loretta Lynn, the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, has died. She was 90.
Lynn’s family said in a statement to CNN that she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee.
“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the statement read.
They asked for privacy as they grieve and said a memorial will be announced later.
Lynn, who had no formal music training but spent hours every day singing her babies to sleep, was known to churn out fully textured songs in a matter of minutes. She just wrote what she knew.
She lived in poverty for much of her early life, began having kids by age 17 and spent years married to a man prone to drinking and philandering – all of which became material for her plainspoken songs. Lynn’s life was rich with experiences most country stars of the time hadn’t had for themselves – but her female fans knew them intimately.
“So when I sing those country songs about women struggling to keep things going, you could say I’ve been there,” she wrote in her first memoir, “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” “Like I say, I know what it’s like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.”
Lynn scored hits with fiery songs like “Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” and “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man),” which topped the country charts in 1966 and made her the first female country singer to write a No. 1 hit.
Her songs recounted family history, skewered lousy husbands and commiserated with women, wives and mothers everywhere. Her tell-it-like-it-is style saw tracks such as “Rated X” and “The Pill” banned from radio, even as they became beloved classics.
“I wasn’t the first woman in country music,” Lynn told Esquire in 2007. “I was just the first one to stand up there and say what I thought, what life was about.”
She grew up dirt-poor in the Kentucky hills
She was born Loretta Webb in 1932, one of eight Webb children raised in Butcher Hollow in the Appalachian mining town of Van Lear, Kentucky. Growing up, Lynn sang in church and at home, even as her father protested that everyone in Butcher Hollow could hear.
Her family had little money. But those early years were some of her fondest memories, as she recounts in her 1971 hit, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”: “We were poor but we had love; That’s the one thing that daddy made sure of.”
As a young teenager, Loretta met the love of her life in Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn, whom she affectionately called “Doo.” The pair married when Lynn was 15 – a fact cleared up in 2012, after the Associated Press discovered Lynn was a few years older than she had said she was in her memoir – and Lynn gave birth to their first of six children the same year.
“When I got married, I didn’t even know what pregnant meant,” said Lynn, who bore four children in the first four years of marriage and a set of twins years later.
“I was five months pregnant when I went to the doctor, and he said, ‘You’re gonna have a baby.’ I said, ‘No way. I can’t have no baby.’ He said, ‘Ain’t you married?’ Yep. He said, ‘You sleep with your husband?’ Yep. ‘You’re gonna have a baby, Loretta. Believe me.’ And I did.”
The couple soon headed to Washington state in search of jobs. Music wasn’t a priority for the young mother at first. She’d spend her days working, mostly, picking strawberries in Washington state while her babies sat on a blanket nearby.
But when her husband heard her humming tunes and soothing their babies to sleep, he said she sounded better than the girl singers on the radio. He bought her a $17 Harmony guitar and got her a gig at a local tavern.
It wasn’t until 1960 that she’d record what would become her debut single, “Honky Tonk Girl.” She then took the song on the road, playing country music stations across the United States.
After years of hard work and raising kids, telling stories with her guitar seemed like a break.
“Singing was easy,” Lynn told NPR’s Terry Gross in 2010. “I thought ‘Gee whiz, this is an easy job.’ ”
The success of her first single landed Lynn on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and, soon, a contract with Decca Records. She quickly befriended country star Patsy Cline, who guided her through the fame and fashion of country stardom until her shocking death in a plane crash in 1963.
Cline “was my only girlfriend at the time. She took me under her wing, and when I lost her, it was something else. I still miss her to this day,” Lynn told The Denver Post in 2009. “I wrote ‘You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man,’ and she said, ‘Loretta, that’s a damn hit.’ It shocked me, because you don’t expect somebody like Patsy Cline to tell you that you have a hit. Right after she passed, I put the record out, and it was a hit.”
Her best-known songs drew from her life and marriage
Lynn’s struggle and success became the stuff of legend, an oft-repeated story of youth, naivete and poverty.
From “Fist City” to “You’re Lookin’ at Country,” Lynn always sang from the heart, whether she was telling off a woman interested in Doo or honoring her Appalachian roots. But her music was far from conventional.
She rankled the conservative country establishment with songs like “Rated X,” about the stigma fun-loving women face after divorce, and “The Pill,” in which a woman toasts her newfound freedom thanks to birth control – “They didn’t have none of them pills when I was younger, or I’d have been swallowing them like popcorn,” Lynn wrote in her memoir.
She documented her upbringing in the bestselling 1976 memoir “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” co-written with George Vecsey. A 1980 biographical film by the same name won an Academy Award for actress Sissy Spacek and brought Lynn wider fame. Lynn’s success also helped launch the music careers of her sisters, Peggy Sue Wright and Crystal Gayle.
Lynn’s legend faced questions in 2012 when The Associated Press reported that in census records, a birth certificate and marriage license, Lynn was three years older than what most biographies stated. It didn’t mar Lynn’s success, but did make the oft-repeated tales of her teen marriage and motherhood less extreme.
“I never, never thought about being a role model,” Lynn told the San Antonio Express-News in 2010. “I wrote from life, how things were in my life. I never could understand why others didn’t write down what they knew.”
Lynn always credited her husband with giving her the confidence to first step on stage as a young performer. She also spoke in interviews, and in her music, about the pain he caused over their nearly 50 years of marriage. Doolittle Lynn died in 1996 after years of complications from heart problems and diabetes.
In her 2002 memoir, “Still Woman Enough,” Lynn wrote that he was an alcoholic who cheated on her and beat her, even as she hit him back. But she stayed with him until his death and told NPR in 2010 that “he’s in there somewhere” in every song she wrote.
“We fought one day and we’d love the next, so I mean … to me, that’s a good relationship,” she told NPR. “If you can’t fight, if you can’t tell each other what you think – why, your relationship ain’t much anyway.”
Lynn won numerous awards throughout her career, including three Grammys and many honors from the Academy of Country Music. She earned Grammys for her 1971 duet with Conway Twitty, “After the Fire is Gone,” and for the 2004 album “Van Lear Rose,” a collaboration with Jack White of the White Stripes that introduced her to a new generation of fans.
She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, and her song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. She received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and in 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
President Barack Obama said Lynn “gave voice to a generation, singing what no one wanted to talk about and saying what no one wanted to think about.”
Her career and legend only continued to grow in her later years as she recorded new songs, toured steadily and drew loyal audiences well into her 80s. A museum and dude ranch are dedicated to Lynn at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
“Working keeps you young,” she told Esquire in 2007. “I ain’t ever gonna stop. And when I do, it’s gonna be right on stage. That’ll be it.”
Lynn was hospitalized in 2017 after suffering a stroke at her home. The following year she broke a hip. Her health forced her to quit touring.
In early 2021, at the age of 89, she recorded her 50th album, “Still Woman Enough.”
The title song, which she sang alongside successors Carrie Underwood and Reba McEntire, sounded like a mission statement that captures the ethos of her career:
“I’m still woman enough, still got what it takes inside;
I know how to love, lose, and survive;
Ain’t much I ain’t seen, I ain’t tried;
I’ve been knocked down, but never out of the fight;
I’m strong, but I’m tender;
Wise, but I’m tough;
And let me tell you when it comes to love;
I’m still woman enough.”
Herschel Walker’s son lashes out at dad after news report the Senate GOP nominee paid for an abortion in 2009
Herschel Walker’s son Christian Walker blasted his dad’s bid for a Georgia Senate seat by calling him a bad father, a liar and a hypocrite just hours after a news report Monday said the GOP nominee got a woman pregnant and paid for her abortion more than a decade ago.
“I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability. But how DARE YOU LIE and act as though you’re some ‘moral, Christian, upright man.’ You’ve lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives. How dare you,” Christian Walker wrote in a series of tweets.
“Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office, because we all knew (some of) his past. Every single one. He decided to give us the middle finger and air out all of his dirty laundry in public, while simultaneously lying about it,” he added.
The outburst came shortly after The Daily Beast, citing a woman who asked not to be identified because of privacy concerns, published a story saying Walker had urged a woman to have an abortion in 2009 after he got her pregnant. The news outlet said it corroborated the details with a close friend whom “she told at the time and who, according to the woman and her friend, took care of her in the days after the procedure.” It also published what the woman said was a “get well” card signed by Walker and said she had provided both the receipt from the abortion clinic and a bank deposit showing an image of Walker’s check reimbursing her for the cost of the procedure.
NBC News has not yet verified the woman’s allegations or independently reviewed the documents. Reached for comment, Walker’s campaign pointed NBC News to his response on Twitter, where he denied the story and said he planned to sue the publication for defamation.
Walker later addressed the allegations on Fox News.
“I can tell you right now, I never asked anyone to get an abortion. I never paid for an abortion,” he told Sean Hannity.
Asked about the check, he said: “Well, I send money to a lot of people. I give money to people all the time, because I’m always helping people, because I believe in being generous.”
Walker, a political newcomer and former NFL running back who was recruited and endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is an outspoken opponent of abortion and a harsh critic of absentee fathers.
Earlier reporting by The Daily Beast revealed that Walker had three other children he had not publicly acknowledged as a candidate. He later confirmed he had four children.
Herschel Walker responded to one of Christian Walker’s tweets by saying, “I LOVE my son no matter what.”
The broadsides from Walker’s son and the drumbeat of negative ads and other unflattering stories about his personal life are making it more difficult for him to overtake Sen. Raphael Warnock, his Democratic opponent, in the polls.
Abortion has emerged as a key issue for voters after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Last month, Warnock launched a TV ad targeting Walker’s opposition to abortion rights.
Republicans were not sure what the aftershocks of the latest revelations would bring, because the electorate is so polarized in Georgia.
“If you asked me five years ago, I would’ve said someone like Donald Trump couldn’t get elected. Today, that calculus is different,” former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner said.
“This will make a difference with a certain segment of the electorate, but in the post-Trump era, dirty laundry doesn’t matter as much as the bigger picture,” he said. “Herschel is still beloved here. He’s a folk hero. A lot of people have shown they’re willing to look the other way if someone is supporting the right policies.”
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican, deadpanned that “I can’t think of a scenario where this helps him.”
But Republican consultant John Porter said it is too soon to assess the damage.
“Let’s see how it plays out in the next 48 hours,” he said. “Most persuadable voters aren’t on Twitter following Christian Walker and his penchant for drama. Let’s see if it gets greater legs.”
Buzz Brockway, a former Republican state legislator who has been critical of Trump in the past, said the crush of ads savaging Walker means such news is “already baked in the cake, so to speak,” adding: “His record of violent behavior has been known for months now. It’s also known his son doesn’t get along with him. I’m not sure this matters at all.”
But a top adviser to a statewide Republican campaign who was granted anonymity to speak freely was down on Walker’s chances.
“This just ended his campaign,” the Republican said, adding that “for every punch, there is a counterpunch.”
“They [Walker’s campaign] don’t even have that. … He’s not that type of candidate.”
Tia Mowry Files For Divorce After 14 Years Of Marriage
‘Sister, Sister’ star Tia Mowry has pulled the plug on her marriage with Cory Hardrict after 14 years of marriage.
According to legal documents, obtained by The Blast, Mowry filed the dissolution of marriage in Los Angeles County Courts and is citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause for the split. The television star is asking for joint custody of her two children and wants the court to terminate its ability to award spousal support to either party.
Mowry claims the couple entered into a prenuptial agreement, which appears to have outlined things like splitting up property, assets, and child support.
Interestingly, the document says “pursuant to the parties’Premarital Agreement, all assets and obligations of each party are her/his separate property.” In other words, she will keep all that TV money.
It should be noted, Tia seems to be taking no chances with this divorce, as she hired Kim Kardashian’s lawyer — Laura Wasser — to represent her in the case.
Mowry met actor Cory Hardict on the set of their film, ‘Hollywood Horror,’ and dated for six years before getting married in 2008. The former couple welcomed their first child a few years later and currently share two minor children. Cory is an actor in his own right, starring in several TV shows in the 1990s including “ER,” “Smart Guy,” and “Felicity.”
The divorce news will come as a shock to many fans, considering Tia is very vocal and open about her longstanding relationship in Hollywood. According to Essence, “After being together for 18 years, and married since 2008, Mowry-Hardrict said one of the things she loves most about their marriage is how Hardrict’s acts of faith and belief have elevated her own self-perception.”
The actress described her marriage as not including “traditional gender roles.” Mowry said she makes the marriage an equal partnership, which avoids the traditional gender roles altogether. “We don’t put gender roles on our marriage and our relationship. If I’m working a lot and Cory’s home, he will put Cree to bed, and if dishes need to be washed, he will wash them,” Mowry told HuffPost Live. Adding, “So it’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m going to wait until my wife gets home and she’s going to be doing all that.'”
Similarly, Mowry admits that while her husband was finishing up movies like ‘American Sniper’ she was doing a few fatherly responsibilities at home. “I had to take on those responsibilities that a father would do, I was out in the backyard teaching my son how to kick a ball. We don’t put labels on each other. … It’s a team effort, and at the end of the day it’s winning and however we get there, that’s what we do.”
Creative Director of Supreme Blasts Kanye West for 'Using' Virgil Abloh's Death: 'You Said [His] Designs Were a Disgrace to the Black Community'
Kanye West took to Instagram early Tuesday morning to address the well-deserved backlash he received for sending ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts down his YZY SZN 9 runway — and also accused LVMH’s Bernard Arnault of ‘killing’ his ‘best friend,’ the late Virgil Abloh.
That didn’t sit well with Tremaine Emory, the Creative Director of Supreme New York. Tremaine took to Instagram to call out Kanye for the post, saying it was the last straw.
According to Tremaine, Kanye trashed Virgil’s designs and went ‘at him’ in group chats, despite knowing he had terminal cancer.
“(This) time last year you said Virgil’s designs are a disgrace to the black community (in front) of all your employees at yeezy” Tremaine wrote on IG, claiming he has receipts to back up this claim. He went on to imply that Ye has also made some distasteful comments about Virgil since his tragic passing and that when he was going at him in group chats and interviews, he knew Virgil had terminal cancer the entire time.
“( don’t let me get into the things you said about v after his death)
Ye tell the ppl why you didn’t get invited to Virgil’s actual funeral the one before the public one at the museum. You knew Virgil had terminal cancer and you rode on him in group chats, at yeezy, interviews…”
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have hired divorce attorneys, source says
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen, who have been living separately from each other in recent weeks, have each hired divorce attorneys and are “exploring their options” regarding their marriage, a source close to the estranged couple said on Tuesday.
It was reported last month that Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his wife, Bündchen, a fashion model, have been dealing with “marital issues,” according to a source close to the couple.
The two, who married in 2009, have been “living separately,” a source close to Bündchen told CNN in September.
Brady, 45, had retired from the NFL in February, only to later reverse that decision. He took an 11-day leave of absence from training camp in August to “deal with personal things,” according to his head coach Todd Bowles.
In an interview with Elle magazine published last month, Bündchen, 42, said she had “concerns” about her husband returning to the field after initially retiring last winter.
“This is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present,” Bündchen told the publication. “I have definitely had those conversations with him over and over again. But ultimately, I feel that everybody has to make a decision that works for [them]. He needs to follow his joy, too.”
In a recent conversation on his podcast, Brady talked about some of the personal costs of playing in the NFL for two decades.
“I haven’t had a Christmas in 23 years and I haven’t had a Thanksgiving in 23 years, I haven’t celebrated birthdays with people that I care about that are born from August to late January. And I’m not able to be at funerals and I’m not able to be at weddings,” Brady said. “I think there comes a point in your life where you say: ‘You know what? I’ve had my fill and it’s enough and time to go on, to move into other parts of life.’”
Coolio was set to headline Las Vegas residency prior to his death
Prior to his untimely death, Coolio was set to appear at his first-ever Las Vegas Residency.
According to reports from TMZ, the late rapper was in talks with the production company behind the hip hop residency series “Boombox!” to set up a line of shows that would’ve taken place at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Fan Rebellion CEO Jimmy Maynes revealed that the plan was to have Coolio headline 10 shows with the kickoff beginning in October and running through the second week of November.
Reportedly, Coolio would only have been required to perform three songs from his catalog, including “Gangsta’s Paradise,” “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New),” and “C U When U Get There.” As previously reported by REVOLT, the rap legend recently also reprised his role as Kwanzaabot for the upcoming “Futurama” reboot. Per Coolio’s manager, the rapper passed away while visiting a friend’s home in Los Angeles, California. He was 59 years old.
As a pioneer in the rap game, Coolio is responsible for bringing the culture hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which was used in the Dangerous Minds film. He also created the hit theme song for renowned kids television show “Kenan & Kel,” which starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. The pair took to social media following the news of Coolio’s death to pay homage to the rap icon.
“Rest in heaven Coolio,” Mitchell wrote in a caption accompanied by a throwback clip of the West Coast native making a guest appearance on “Kenan & Kel.” “We recently spoke a few months ago, laughing and having such a good time. So many great memories with you bro! That time first meeting you on ‘All That’ cracking up in a Good Burger sketch, then you bringing me on stage after your performance to freestyle. Then, later creating the legendary ‘Kenan & Kel’ theme song.”
Rihanna searches for her next Fenty Beauty star on TikTok
Rihanna is giving fans a chance to compete to become the face of her beauty brand. The “Fenty Face Contest” is happening now on the popular social networking app TikTok. The lucky winner will be in Fenty Beauty’s upcoming 2023 campaign.
In a press release, the Barbados native said, “I made Fenty Beauty for everyone. You don’t even understand how happy it makes me when I hear stories from the past five years about people finally finding their perfect shade match and seeing how much fun they are having expressing themselves with color.” Rihanna continued, “I’m so excited to give our Fenty Fam the chance to be in a campaign — I want to see those Fenty Faces.”
For those wanting to enter for a shot at modeling for Rihanna, the rules are simple. Participants must be following @fentybeauty on TikTok. Next, fans must share a video on their TikTok account showcasing their “bad bish energy” and create makeup looks that stand out. Finally, to complete your entry, include the hashtag #TheNextFentyFace and tag @fentybeauty in the caption.
If you’re interested in joining, you may want to hurry. Rihanna’s search for the next fierce face ends this Friday (Oct. 7). One lucky winner will be flown out to two major Fenty events next year. The winner and a friend will also receive a year’s worth of Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin and Fenty Fragrance products.
Excited fans are already gunning for a chance to work with the mogul. “So @fentybeauty is looking for their next face on #tiktok. If you are on TikTok, follow me and engage with my entry to be #thenextfentyface. Run this up on TikTok. Oct. 7 is when [the] contest ends,” one hopeful candidate wrote while urging others to “tag Fenty Beauty in comments.”
In addition to the major campaign for next year, it was recently announced that Rihanna will be headlining the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show. We’re excited to see what the new mom has in store.
Elon Musk Reaches Final Agreement In Twitter Acquisition Deal
Elon Musk appears to be giving Twitter everything they want. The 51-year-old billionaire reportedly agreed to move forward with his plans to purchase the social media platform for the previously agreed-upon price of $44 billion.
According to Variety, newly filed paperwork suggests that Elon will pay $54.20 per each stock of Twitter. His legal team wrote the platform to formalize the deal, too.
His legal team wrote that Elon “intends to proceed to closing of the transaction contemplated by the April 25, 2022 Merger Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and pending receipt of the proceeds of the debt financing contemplated thereby.”
Elon‘s moves to acquire the company have shifted repeatedly since Twitter first agreed to his offer in April 2022.
The following month, he put the offer on hold. In July, Elon said he planned to terminate the deal; Twitter responded in turn by suing him. The company also blamed Elon for a drop in their earnings.
Velma Is a Lesbian in New 'Scooby-Doo' Movie
Velma is proudly out! The beloved Scooby-Doo character is a lesbian in Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, a brand new movie available digitally on October 4 on Amazon Prime Video.
In newly surfaced clips from the film that are circulating on social media, Velma gets googly-eyed when meeting costume designer Coco Diablo.
The clips have gone instantly viral, some tweets garnering hundreds of thousands of likes, after fans have long held the suspicion that the character is gay.
James Gunn, who wrote the early live-action films, and Tony Cervone, supervising producer on the Mystery Incorporated series, have also confirmed the character’s sexuality, even though it never explicitly appeared onscreen, via Variety.
“In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel),” James revealed back in 2020.
“I’ve said this before, but Velma in ‘Mystery Incorporated’ is not bi. She’s gay. We always planned on Velma acting a little off and out of character when she was dating Shaggy because that relationship was wrong for her and she had unspoken difficulty with the why,” Tony also previously said.
Depeche Mode announces first album and tour since Andy Fletcher's death
Depeche Mode will return next year with a new album, "Memento Mori," and an accompanying tour of North America and Europe. The announcement comes only a few months after the group's co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher died at 60 in May.
The album will be Depeche Mode's 15th studio release (their first as a duo) and first since 2017′s “Spirit.”
The British New Wave band's surviving members, Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, proclaimed their revival at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, with Gore saying of the album, "We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time."
Gore touched on how Fletcher's passing influenced the decision to put out new music.
"After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning,” he said.
"I’m sure that his absence in the studio in some way changes what we did, and that will happen when we perform on stage as well," Gahan said to the Associated Press. "We have no intention of replacing Fletch on stage. He did his own thing there.”
When asked what Fletcher might think of the album, Gahan jokingly added, "I’m sure he would have had a lot to say. Probably the first thing he would have said was, 'Why are there so many songs about death?'"
Depeche Mode announced Fletch's death via a tweet, which read, in part, “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher. Fletch had a true heart of gold and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint.”
According to the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's June 27 Instagram post, Fletcher died of an aortic dissection, a tear in the wall of the body’s main artery that causes blood to rush through.
“We wanted to take a moment and acknowledge the outpouring of love for Andy that we’ve seen from all of you over the last few weeks,” the band wrote. “It’s incredible to see all of your photos, to read your words, and to see how much Andy meant to all of you. As you can imagine, it’s been a strange, sad, disorienting few weeks for us here, to say the least. But we’ve seen and felt all of your love and support, and we know that Andy’s family has too.”
Depeche Mode, which was founded in 1980 by Fletcher, singer Gahan and keyboardists Gore and Vince Clarke in Basildon, England, ascended to become one of the most successful rock acts of its time. (Alan Wilder replaced Clarke in 1981.) Of his role in the group, Fletcher humbly said, “Martin’s the songwriter, Alan’s the good musician, Dave’s the vocalist, and I bum around.”
Times staff writers Randall Roberts and Kenan Draughorne contributed to this report.
Constance Wu tears up explaining why she came forward about sexual harassment: 'Bad feelings and abuse don't just go away'
On Monday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, Constance Wu revealed why she finally decided to open up about being sexually harassed on her hit series Fresh Off the Boat. Wu made the shocking revelation in her new book of essays, Making a Scene.
“To be honest, I didn't want to write about that,” said Wu. “That was the last essay I wrote for the book, and only after being, like, pushed by my editor, like, ‘You should write about this. This is what people want to hear.’ And I was like, ‘I'm done with that chapter in my life.’”
In 2019, Wu made headlines when she went on a profanity-laced rant on Twitter after her show was picked up. Her reaction led to backlash from fans and those in the entertainment community. At the time, Wu explained the incident was a reaction to not being about to work on a different project. It was only recently that she revealed the real reason was because a senior producer sexually harassed her during the first two seasons.
“You know, the thing I learned is that bad feelings and abuse don't just go away because you will it to,” Wu said. “It's going to come out somewhere. And so I think people didn't understand the context of those tweets.”
Wu decided to come forward with her story because it might help someone else dealing with trauma.
“I think it's important that we engage in curiosity and empathy before we go straight to judgment,” she said. “Because if somebody does something out of character for them, usually it means something's going on in their life.”
Late Night With Seth Meyers airs weeknights at 12:35 p.m. on NBC.
KFC Officially Begins Testing a New Fried Chicken Wraps
KFC is debuting a new handheld option specially crafted at the request of its loyal customers.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken Wraps have made their way to select KFC locations in Georgia, particularly in Atlanta and surrounding areas. The wraps are available in three unique options that merge the classic chicken with some of KFC’s most beloved sides. The Mac & Cheese Chicken Wrap bundles up a crispy chicken tender and a spoonful of the famous cheddar mac & cheese inside a warm tortilla. With the Spicy Slaw Chicken Wrap, customers will get their chicken tender saturated with KFC coleslaw, pickles, and spicy sauce. Lastly, for those who prefer a simpler wrap, the Classic is perfect, only including a chicken tender, mayo, and pickles.
Chris Scott, head chef for KFC U.S., is excited for customers in the ATL region to get their hands on this latest creation.
“With our new wraps, our fans in Atlanta are bound to experience a burst of finger-lickin’ good flavor with every bite,” Scott shared in a statement.
KFC tried wraps several years ago. However, by 2014 they’d disappeared from menus, much to fans’ dismay.
Despite past mishaps, Kentucky Fried Chicken Wraps are back and better than ever. Since they are still in their test phase, these wraps may not be around for long. Head over to KFC.com to see which restaurants have the wraps available for you to try.
Planned Parenthood to Open Mobile Abortion Clinic in Illinois to Offer Services to Neighboring States
On Monday, officials from Planned Parenthood unveiled plans for a mobile abortion clinic in Illinois that will travel to neighboring states that have banned the procedure since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision, unlike Illinois, other states such as Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, along with several other states in the South and Midwest, have removed constitutional protections for abortions.
St. Louis Planned Parenthood officials announced in June that their Fairview Heights clinic saw a 30% increase in abortion patients. The rate was even higher than expected, with a 340% increase in patients from Missouri and Illinois.
Planned Parenthood’s CEO Yamelsie Rodriguez said abortion appointment wait times have increased from four days to two-and-a-half weeks since the Supreme Court ruling.
“The mobile abortion clinic is a way to reduce travel times and distances in order to meet patients at the Illinois border,” said Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis office. “This will make a dramatic impact on their access.”
By the end of the year, the RV is expected to be operational in southeastern Missouri, western Kentucky, and northeastern Tennessee.
As a first step, Planned Parenthood will offer medication abortions up to 11 weeks of gestation at the clinic. After a few months, it hopes to provide surgical abortions as well.
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DECISIONS., DECISIONS’
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HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!!!
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