Kerry Washington Covers GLAMOUR UK's July 2015 Issue
Kerry Washington lands another major cover as she poses elegant on the July 2015 edition of Glamour UK magazine.
The award winning actress was too sexy for words in a vibrant mustard dress with her tousled brunette mane set in ombre highlights, flawless makeup look with lush plum lips.
The excited actress shared the cover on her Instagram page with the caption, "Fun! Soooooo excited and honored to be one of@glamouruk WOMEN OF THE YEAR! Epic night!#GlamourAcrossThePond #UKGladiators"
Take a first look at the cover above.
Through all the Terror Afghanistan has The Mr Afghanistan Contest!
The Mr Afghanistan competition is one of the main attraction in Afghanistan, although it is a strict Muslim country.
The 10th Mr Afghanistan Championship, held from May 31 to June 3, attracted men from around the country eager to win the coveted title.
Bodybuilding is one of the country's most popular sports - even permitted during the Taliban regime.
During the contest, scantily-clad Bodybuilders fight it out to lift the title of Mr Afghanistan.
The competition is run by the Afghanistan Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (AFBBF), which was founded in the 1950s.
Although we aren't sure why the body builders were made to look black, they still look buff all the same.
Justin Bieber Caught Flirting with Drake?
The other night Drake was thirst trapping on Instagram and you'll never guess who he caught...
LOOK BELOW!
LOL! I blame Caitlyn for this.
5 Family members arrested for beating 14-year-old to force miscarriage; burning fetus on grill
The fifth member of a Texas family is in custody charged with beating a 14-year-old family member to force an abortion, then burning the fetus on an outdoor grill.
Robert Joseph Cayald, 22, (pictured center) was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault and sexual assault of a child. Cayald is reportedly the father of the fetus.
Police said Cayald and his four cousins took part in a six-hour beating of the 14-year-old that resulted in her aborting a stillborn fetus in her Dallas home, WFAA TV reports.
The incident took place in March 2013 when the girl was 8-months pregnant. She told authorities that her cousins pinned her to the floor and took turns stomping, punching and “bouncing up and down” on her abdomen, according to WFAA.
The psychos then tossed the dead fetus on an outdoor grill, doused it with lighter fluid and watched it cook. The charred remains were disposed of in a green garbage bag.
Also in custody are Lonnell McDonald, 27, top left; Cecilia McDonald, 25, top right; Sharon Jones, 45, bottom left; and Cedric Jones, 27, bottom right.
Cayald is being held on $25,000 bond. The others are being held on $150,000 bonds.
The victim, who is now 16, told police she kept the attack a secret because she was too “embarrassed” to say anything, according to an affidavit obtained by WFAA.
Married WNBA Stars Brittney Griner & Glory Johnson Are EXPECTING Their First Child!
First comes marriage (a few weeks ago at the Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Arizona) then comes a baby carriage!
We are happy to announce that married WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson are expecting their first child together and we learned the news via an Instagram post earlier today. Glory posted a bun in the oven:
“#SUCCESS #BLESSED#WelcomeToTheJohnsonGrinerFamily.”
Brittney & Glory married last month (following a 9-month engagement) and used a sperm donor to conceive (according to TMZ sports).
While the WNBA season is set to begin Friday, Brittney (who plays for the Phoenix Mercury) and Glory (who plays for the Tulsa Shock) were both suspended for 7-games as a result of their fight. Since TMZ reports that Glory will NOT play this season (she's got the bun in the oven) we'll just expect to see Brittney hit the court for game #8.
Congrats to the couple
Willow Smith Is The Newest Face Of Marc Jacobs
Willow Smith has been named the newest face of Marc Jacobs. The 14-year-old singer will star in the label’s Fall campaign, alongside Cher.
The designer shared a photo from the campaign via Instagram, which shows Willow seated on a wooden step ladder; rockin’ a pleated skirt and shimmery overcoat from his Autumn/Winter collection.
“Here today I would like to share (not CHER) with you first, the talented, stylish and charming Willow Smith,” he wrote. And also noted that there’s more to come over in the next few weeks.
Congrats Willow!
Ludacris & Eudoxie Welcome Baby Girl Cadence
Ludacris and Eudoxie welcomed their first child together on Thursday (June 4). Eudoxie posted a photo of a “baby girl” balloon on Instagram to share the news, writing: “She is here.”
A source tells Us Weekly that the couple named their daughter Cadence Gaƫlle Bridges. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
This is Eudoxie’s first child, and third for Ludacris – who has two other daughters Karma, 14, and Cai Bella, 14 months.
Congrats to the couple!
DJ Khaled Reaches Settlement in $1 Million Dollar Legal Battle w/Ex-Record Label
DJ Khaled (real name Khaled Khaled) has reached a confidential settlement in his $1 million dollar legal battle with his former record label over unpaid royalties and the lawsuit has been dismissed with the terms of the deal being kept under seal according to thejasminebrand.com
Khaled filed a lawsuit against his ex-record label, Entertainment One aka eOne last year in NY Court. He accused the label of owing him over $1 million dollars from royalties on 4 records they released from 2006-2010
Khaled sued for breach of contract, failing to report the accounting for his sales and screwing him out of over a million he was owed on the 4 albums which all sold very well thanks to features with Rick Ross, Kanye West and Lil Wayne.
The record label fired back claiming that Khaled waited too long to bring his legal battle and his contract stated he could not audit them years later for royalty amounts. Further, they said Khaled had his royalties assigned to a third party back in 2007 and that company had been paid. They demanded the entire lawsuit be thrown out and Khaled awarded nothing.
Then on May 22nd, docs were filed in the legal battle stating the two parties had reached an agreement in the million dollar legal battle. They both agreed to confidential terms by which the entire case would be dismissed.
Erica Campbell Talks Sexuality in Christianity: I wish I could say that I was a virgin when I got married but I was not.
If there’s one gospel artist who knows how to bring the gospel to mainstream, it’s artist Erica Campbell. The Cali-bred singer, who is 1/2 of Mary Mary and stars on WeTV’s reality show ‘Mary Mary‘, recently chatted with CNikky.com, spilling all types of sanctified and controversial tea about her controversial new single, ‘I Luh God'; the shocking news about her and hubby Warryn starting their own church; sexuality in Christianity and more.
While discussing the I Am More Than Pretty movement (that she started with Hollywood couple Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin), Erica had a lot to say about women tearing themselves down, searching for validation, having sex with multiple partners, not owning their sensuality and people being addicted to ‘likes’ on social media.
Peep a few excerpts.
On sexuality and why we constantly tear ourselves down:
I’ve had a lot of heartbreak, I’ve made some wrong decisions. I wish I could say that I was a virgin when I got married but I was not. And through a sincere desire to know God, and to know why our super sexualized culture is now the authority and not people of God. When God created sex! And he created sexuality and sensuality! I mean we demonize girls with curves, we demonize people who are aware of themselves. This is a God thing! It gives you a different kind of authority and power to walk in a room and be fully aware of who you are and not need someone to go, ‘Ooh you look cute today,’ you should already know that! That’s not arrogance!
You should feel comfortable when you walk out of the house. You shouldn’t look at yourself in the mirror and only point out your flaws. You shouldn’t get dressed and the moment someone gives you a compliment you say, ‘Well you know I had to wear spanx! Or, well, this was only $5. We minimize everything about ourselves. And even women who get married, your husband who married you and wants to be with you, all you do is ask him, ‘Am I too fat?’ ‘Oooh don’t look!,’ ‘Turn the lights out,’, ‘This is too much.’ My husband literally told me the other day, he said “You’re the most beautiful woman on the planet, I don’t want you changing what I think! Stop pointing out stuff to me! That’s not what I see when I see you. I see you as a beautiful curvaceous woman and I want you just the way you are.’ And a lot of times in relationships, whether we’re married or not, that’s what we do. They see, ‘Oh my God she’s beautiful,’ and we point out all the negatives.”
On Social Media Addiction:
Everything is based on likes. And depending on how many ‘likes’ I get will determine how much I like myself. We’re obsessed with going [through the phone] ‘Oh how many?’ ‘Oh I only got this many [likes] on this picture.’ ‘Oh she got a lot when she posted her behind, maybe I’ll post mine.’ ‘Oh she gets a lot when she post her titties, maybe I’ll post mine?’ We’re so torn and caught up in this circle and we’re not getting anywhere! So, I wanna talk about it. I want to be real honest and candid and talk about it.
God made you perfect and beautiful and wonderful and if we embrace that then the enemy can’t fight you as hard as he does. He can’t trick you to make you think you need validation from someone else. It’s a beast that we feed and we’re feeding it bits and pieces of ourselves. And we’re dying sometimes at the same time.
You know I’m from Inglewood, so there’s a side to me that you all don’t see very often. But, i’s very much apart of who I am. And when I’m just hanging with my girls, I may talk like that! And people are not used to that. They’re used to very pulled up and polished and singing Yesterday and Help. But, I just wanted to have fun and declare my love for God. And at the same time reach an audience that I think the Gospel community sometimes ignores. There is Christian Hip-Hop but I feel that more Caucasian children gravitate to it. So, I figured, you my people so, let me get with my folks!
On how the song has been received:
There are some people who don’t like the song and that’s ok. You can listen to someone else or buy someone else, I won’t even be offended by it! But, I think before you criticize and especially before you criticize publicly…because what that does is make the Christian body look even more divided and more argumentative and at war with each other. If you know me, or you know someone that knows me, contact me as opposed to posting something ugly or nasty. Now, you’ve created this conversation and the people that like it are mad and the people that don’t like it are mad and really God gets no Glory out of that. If you take all of the music away, which is the main thing people are mad at, and you just look at the words, you change your total view.
I’m not new to this, I’m not new to criticism. I’m not new to stepping out on faith and doing things that are different that people don’t understand. What we have to understand is that this is the enemies #1 tool. He knows that we’re not going to stop going to church, but if he can get you to go to church and fuss and argue about things, then you can’t hear God’s directive. You can’t really receive his love because you’re in the wrong spirit. All he’s really trying to do is distract us from hearing God. So, if you’re distracted by someone who wears a dress and you don’t like the dress etc. you’ve got to really assess yourself and say ‘What is really going on?’ ‘What do I really have a problem with?’
On how she will manage a full time career as an entertainer and being the first lady of a new church:
The moment he [Warryn] said he was starting a church, I said ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa…are you sure? You know I just put out a record right? I have to tour. How am I going to be back on Sundays?’ So that was a bit of a juggling act and we’re still figuring it out.
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Thoughts?
New Petition Threatens To Revoke Caitlin Jenner’s Olympic Gold Medal
She’s been basking in the glow of the overwhelmingly positive reaction to her gender transition, but Caitlyn Jenner also has plenty of naysayers speaking out against her.
This week, the Change.org website added a new petition from Jennifer Bradford, asking the International Olympic Committee to revoke Jenner’s 1976 decathlon gold medal, earned back when she was Bruce Jenner at the Montreal Olympics.
The petition, which has already garnered over 9,000 signatures as of June 4th, states, "Dear International Olympic Committee. It has recently come to light that gold medalist Bruce Jenner is in fact transgender, and therefore, identifies as a woman. We congratulate Ms. Jenner on these new developments and wish her the best. However, this creates somewhat of a problem as Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is) claims that she has always believed herself to be truly female, and therefore, was in violation of committee rules regarding women competing in men's sports and vice versa. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we must ask whether or not it is proper that Ms. Jenner should retain her olympic records in light of this.
As we must now either claim that Bruce Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner are two entirely different people (which we know is not true), or that Bruce Jenner was, in fact, a woman participating in a men's event. It is only fair to all involved that women receive their credit as champions of the Decathalon and that the men racing Ms. Jenner are not expected to compete with a superior, streamlined being such as herself. We urge Ms. Jenner to support the transgender community by giving up the medals earned by competing against the wrong gender. Thank you, and congratulations to Ms. Jenner for her courage! #givebackthegold."
Tamar Braxton Comes Under Fire For “Blasphemous” Instagram Video
Tamar Braxton came under fire on Thursday morning after she posted a video which many social media users considered “blasphemous.”
In a clip shared on Braxton’s Instagram page, a man can be seen praise dancing in a white, two piece ensemble to Tamar’s “If I Don’t Have You.” In the video, the man dances in front of a cross and altar leading people to think the dance is disrespectful.
Tamar, however, defended the dancer and the video with a lengthy message that has since been deleted.
“How about EVERYONE (chair emoji)!!! Why is this man “praise dancing” in church blasphemy?? Don’t even try THAT,” she wrote. “This is HIS interpretation and I’m VERY saved and sensitive to my spirit!!! So vote on it and STOP being petty and silly and VOE or fill your heart with love and show respect for how someone wants [sic] to express themselves!!”
The Braxton Family Values star continued, “I’ve seen PLENTY of “praise dancing” AT church to R&B songs!!! U all have too!! So GET SOMEWHERE AND SAT DOWN!! I don’t cure nor am I talking about sex … (In my songs) I’m speaking about LOVE witch is what GOD is!!”
She concluded, “Most of you need JESUS! #imDONE.”
The pop star followed up with an apology which read.
“Like I said … This is first!! To the saved, not so saved, and people who judge everyone while they fall short … my bad, I wasn’t trying to offend you and your love for Christ!! I LOVE him too!! So pray for me. But this is this man interoperation and I FEEL he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful!! Sorry if I offended anyone PERSONALLY … BUT I’m not sorry for understanding his artistic interpretation. Get your life.”
You can see that HERE:
Thoughts?
CVS Allegedly Ordered Security To Racially Profile Customers Of Color
The CVS pharmacy chain is currently facing a lawsuit from four past employees in Manhattan, New York. In the suit filed on Wednesday (Jun. 3), the group alleges that managers in the chain ordered security teams to racially profile customers of color.
The International Business Times reported on the lawsuit, which was filed in the city’s Federal District Court. The market investigators, or “store detectives,” were told by management to racially profile and track Black and Hispanic shoppers inside the stores closer than they would others. The detectives, who were comprised of Black and Hispanic workers, were fired after they spoke up to management and decried the racial discrimination practice.
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Anthony Salvatore, one of the supervisors, often told employees that “black people always are the ones that are the thieves,” and that “lots of Hispanic people steal,” the New York Times reported, citing the suit. Another supervisor Abdul Selene had reportedly advised the four to “watch the black and Hispanic people to catch more cases.”
The lawsuit also said, according to Reuters, that the store’s supervisors “would give these directions even when there was no indication the black shopper was going to steal anything, and would never give such directions with regard to white shoppers.”
According to the suit, when Kerth Pollack, one of the plaintiffs, entered into an argument with a store supervisor, Salvatore called him and ordered him to “get his black ass back to the store and apologize,” the Times reported.
The other three plaintiffs, Sheree Steele, Delbert Sorhaindo and Lacole Simpson, were all let go from CVS at varying times. A lawyer in the case noted that while there have been other high-profile racial profile cases brought to courts by customers before, this is the first time a group of former employees have joined forces to collectively address the matter.
CVS, which is based in Maryland, promised to fight the claims within the lawsuit.
Monica Brown threw Rocko a great 10th Birthday Party At The Georgia Aquarium for a whopping 70,000$
Monica Brown threw her son Rodney “Rocko” Ramone Hill III (above), a fabulous 10th birthday party and it's the talk of Atlanta. Why? Well.....rumor has it that the party cost a whopping $70,000.
In the grand scheme of things, that's not a lot of money for the wealthy. For the record, the Browns (shown atop with daughter Laiyah) ain't broke. Of course, Monica and hubby Shannon Brown didn't foot the entire "alleged" $70K bill.....Lil's Rocko's dad Rocko also contributed to the party's cost. Also.....we have a little inside dish on why Monica & Rocko splurged on the bash.
The affair was held at Georgia Aquarium and carried a "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme because the show is a favorite of both Lil Rocko and Rocko (shown above with son Romelo).
Here's the backstory - we were told that Monica specifically requested the Ga Aquarium workers and staff "turn up"
for the kids, because Lil Rocko and his friends/classmates have had an emotionally stressful year.
Earlier this year, Lil Rocko and his classmates lost their teacher and then a fellow student died following a violent home invasion. Monica talked about both events on past Instagram postings. Very sad.
Rocko and the Code Red songstress wanted to make sure the kids had a good time.
Monica's mom, Marilyn Best, was a proud grandma!
Monica tweeted, "Thank you to our family and friends that made this birthday party both Magical and Memorable!! Rocko is STILL saying it was his best birthday ever LOL... Every detail brought joy and every guest showed enormous amounts of love #WeAreSoGrateful #Rockos10thBirthday"
So.......did the party really cost $70K? Monica isn't confirming (or denying).
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘SUGAR, WATER, PURPLE’
Got me thirsty this morning girl. I want that purple stuff.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
EFREM
