And The Category is??? Emmy Gold! ‘Pose’s Billy Porter is the First Openly Gay Black Man Nominated For Lead Actor Drama on TV!
“Really?” was Pose actor and red carpet sartorial king Billy Porter’s initial reaction to his Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as the no-nonsense ballroom emcee Pray Tell on the FX series about the New York City ball scene in the ’80s.
Porter, who was on vacation when he learned of the news, talked to Deadline about his limited oxygen intake since he realized Tuesday was Emmy nomination day. “I just haven’t been breathing for the past day,” he said in anticipation for today’s announcements of nominees. “So today, I was able to breathe — that was my first reaction!”
When Pose premiered, it made TV history with the largest transgender cast and broke ground with LGBTQ storytelling. As Porter points out, his nomination marks one of the first — if not the first — time an openly gay Black actor has been nominated in the Lead Actor category. In addition, the show’s nom for Outstanding Drama Series continues to blaze that trail for the queer community and other marginalized groups.
“It really opens up and creates a different kind of conversation in a different space,” said Porter. “It’s about representation. It’s about all people’s stories being told. It’s about the art. We creative people have the power to transform hearts and minds doing the work that we do and I am just thrilled to be able to do that. It feels like a calling. I’ve lived in that ministry, came up in the ’80s and lived through the plague — and I’m here for a reason. I’m here so I can be on this other side to tell this story about this world. We’re here. We’ve always been here and we’re not going anywhere — get used to it.”
Porter said that he never imagined that a show about LGBTQ counterculture like Pose would be recognized by the mainstream let alone the Television Academy. “There was no context for this,” he comments. “I said the same thing about marriage equality. When we were growing up, there was no context because you could never see it. I’ve always had huge dreams but I realized now that my dreams have been springboarded off of things I have already seen. They weren’t about dreaming the impossible. They weren’t about dreaming things that didn’t exist. Ryan Murphy, Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, FX — everybody involved in the show taught me how to dream the impossible. The sky is the limit now, honey!”
Pose is currently in its second season and Porter’s character continues to develop and he gave a little bit of a tease in regards to what we can expect in Pray Tell’s future.
“There’s a lot of gag-worthy things,” he teases. “One of which is Pray Tell gets a little bit of a love interest so that’s nice. They’re not cutting our dicks off anymore — they keep gay people neutered very often so Pray Tell is no longer neutered! Which is good for me.”
He adds, “I have been in this industry for 30 years and have never been the object of anyone’s affection or love interest. I have always been the gay best friend, the clown so it’s really interesting to move this space. It’s very humbling.”
Porter said that his 50th birthday is the day before the Emmy ceremony — and a win would be a good gift for him. Congrats! As for the rest of the Emmy Noms see them all HERE
And the Category is? RENEWAL! After a Ratings Juggernaut Season Premiere FX Renews “Pose” Season 3!🏆🏆🏆
And the Category is? RENEWAL!
Coming off of a critically-acclaimed, award-winning first season and a ratings-crushing second-season premiere, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals‘ ground-breaking series has received a season 3 pick-up from FX. The second season is set in 1990 – and the House of Evangelista finds itself at a crossroads: as ball culture begins to move from the underground to the mainstream, the growing AIDS crisis forces some to make changes – and others, to take a stand.
How impressive were Pose‘s second-season premiere? The June 11th episode drew 1.2M Total Viewers and 572,000 Adults 18-49, making it the most watched episode of the series’ run (1.8M Total Viewers across all platforms over th first five days) – with series high ratings also in Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54 and all key women demos. The season 2 opener actually bested the series premiere by +10% in Adults 18-49 and +7% in Total Viewers ratings. Only fellow FX series American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy, Nip/Tuck, and The Shield have out-performed their respective series premieres.
“Pose has elevated our culture and the TV landscape like few shows before it, and we are honored to partner with co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals on a third season. Our thanks to the entire creative team, including Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Sherry Marsh, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Erica Kay, the amazing cast and crew and everyone at Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions for this incredibly entertaining, enlightening and groundbreaking series.”
– John Landgraf, Chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions.
The Stars of FX’s ‘POSE’ Strikes A ‘Pose’ For Ebony Magazine!
The category is…FACE!
Check out these super lit photos of the Pose cast for EBONY Magazine. The stars of the groundbreaking FX series are celebrating 2019 with a bang in these hot photos shot by noted photographer Dennis Leupold.
Set in the 1980s, Pose looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world. The series features the largest gay and transgender cast in television history and was created by Ryan Murphy.
The photos include Billy Porter, MJ Rodriguez, Dyllon Burnside, Dominique Jackson, Ryan Jaamal Swain and Indya Moore.
#POSE Season 2, And the category Is……. 1990’s Ballroom that will Bring a crescendo up to The Madonna 'Vogue' Era!
And The Category is……….Queen Madge and VOGUE!
Season 2 of FX’s acclaimed drama Pose will kick off a full year after the events of Season 1, co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed during the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday. “We’re gonna do a one-year time leap,” Murphy said, adding that the sophomore season will begin in 1989 and “end in March of ’90, when Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ was released.”
That song becoming a worldwide hit was a pivotal moment for the LGBT and ball community, Murphy says: It “took something that was unknown in the culture and made it mainstream. And [Season 2] will be about the reaction of our characters to that moment, where their community… is suddenly put on display.” Murphy doesn’t plan on asking the real Madonna to make a cameo as herself, though: “We haven’t tried to do too much of my typical stunt casting, and I don’t think we will… that’s not what the show is about.”
While the Pose writers’ room hasn’t convened for Season 2 yet, co-creator Steven Canals says the time jump is already giving him ideas: “Around that period is when we saw [playwright and activist] Larry Kramer emerge, and ACT UP. Personally, I would love for us to delve deeper into AIDS activism.” Season 2 will also “very much involve Blanca and Pray Tell’s HIV experience,” Murphy adds. “We want to be truthful about it, because it was a very dark, troubling time.”
Pose — which chronicles the ball culture world of 1980s New York City, with gay and transgender “houses” facing off in underground competitions — debuted in June with an eight-episode freshman season. FX handed it a Season 2 renewal last month. Please make sure you DON'T stray away from The Ballroom.
American Horror Story Season 8 Has a New Title and Horrifying Poster! 🙈😈😨
We're getting ever closer to the release of American Horror Story Season 8, and the show's new subtitle has finally been revealed, along with a set of terrifying new posters.
Last season, AHS: Cult managed to be both incredibly dark and extremely political. With the newly announced subtitle Apocalypse, AHS Season 8 promises to take the show in an even scarier direction. And as if the title wasn't creepy enough, new posters promoting the season have also been released, and they're not for the faint of heart.
In the first, a hand, which appears to belong to the Devil himself, reaches across to tickle a baby. Or, like, rip out its organs... it's unclear which. Luckily, the baby isn't real, and is just a doll, but still:
And in the second image, the same terrifying hand, with its long, spiky fingernails, covers the baby's mouth. The image is perhaps even more disturbing than the first:
Star, Sarah Paulson, also shared one of the photos on Instagram, along with the message, "No caption needed."
Back in June 2018, the show's co-creator Ryan Murphy confirmed via Twitter that Season 8 of AHS will be the long-awaited Murder House/Coven crossover.
Murphy also made it clear that several beloved characters from previous seasons of the show would be back, saying, "The Coven/Murder House AHS crossover season won't be happening next year... because it's happening THIS YEAR. AHS #8 WITCHES RULE THIS SEPTEMBER."
The co-creator also told Entertainment Weekly, "You will see so many fan favorites return that you’ll feel like it’s The Love Boat. It’s a very high concept."
10’s Across The Board You better Strike A ‘Pose’ as FX has awarded the 80’s Ballroom Drama with a Season #2!
Just days before the penultimate episode of Pose is set to air on FX, the John Landgraf run cabler has rewarded the Ryan Murphy produced series with a Season 2.
“Ryan Murphy has once again revolutionized television with Pose, an incredibly engaging story of creativity, courage, compassion, love and family at a pivotal time in our culture,” said Landgraf today of the June 3 debuting show about the NYC trans community in the ’80s.
Now heading to Netflix in a $300 million deal announced in February, TV vet Murphy himself has called Pose “the highlight of my career.”
“As television critics have universally acknowledged, there is simply nothing like Pose on TV, so effortlessly excelling on every creative level and earning a place in television history for its infectiously inclusive spirit,” the FX boss added. “We are honored to partner with our producers Ryan, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall and Sherry Marsh, and the incredible cast and crew to continue this groundbreaking journey that is Pose.”
Pose‘s second set of moves, so to speak, will hit the small screen in 2019, the cabler stated.
Co-created by Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals, the house ball set series is EP’d by Murphy, Falchuk, Jacobson, Simpson, Woodall and Marsh. Canals and Silas Howard serve as co-executive producers, and Janet Mock, Our Lady J and Erica Kay also serve as producers too. Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions produce the first eight-episode season and will clearly being doing the same for Season 2. CONGRATS!!!!!
FX's 'The Strain' Will End After Season Four in 2017
“We sincerely thank Carlton Cuse, Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and their creative team as well as the fantastic cast for three exciting seasons of The Strain,” an FX exec said in a statement. “Though we’re sad to see it go, we fully support the way in which they are crafting the fourth season’s dramatic conclusion.”
The Strain was always envisioned as a limited series and it was said that the show would get between 39 and 65 episodes when it was in the pilot stage, according to Deadline.
“Our original plan was for the series to last three years,” Carlton said in a statement. “Once we began telling that story it expanded to be more. After finishing the writing on Season 3, Guillermo, Chuck and I looked at our remaining story and felt the best version could be told in one more season. We have a fantastic plan for an exciting and climatic Season 4. We are deeply grateful to FX for supporting our vision and for allowing us to end the show on our own timetable.”
#RHoA: What She Rock’d: Kandi Burruss’ Tags Boutique Life In Bondage Dress
When Kandi Burruss attended the Triumph Awards earlier this month, she rock’d a Tags Boutigue Life In Bondage Dress ($250) that hugged her curves. The rose bandage midi dress features front eyelet gold stud detail and zipper back closure. The singer and Real Housewives of Atlanta star teamed the dress with a pair of gold sandals. Get another look inside.
Would you rock it?
‘Empire’ Season 3 Spoilers: Rhonda ‘Does Not Go Away Immediately’ Despite Death
Empire returned to Fox for Season 3 on September 21 with a shocking twist that saw Rhonda (Kaitlyn Doubleday) fall to her death, but it turns out that we haven’t actually seen the last of Andre’s (Trai Byers) wife.
According to spoilers for the upcoming season, while Rhonda may no longer be alive following her rooftop brawl with Anika (Grace Byers), it sounds like the character will still be popping up throughout Season 3.
Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken dished on Rhonda’s future with the drama in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, where she confirmed that Kaitlyn, who’s appeared as Andre’s wife since the series first began, is still very much a part of the show for now.
When asked about making the heart-breaking decision to kill Rhonda or Anika, Chaiken told the site that those behind the scenes of Empire found it “inconceivable that either one of them wouldn’t be in the show,” before confirming that Rhonda will still have a presence in Season 3.
“Rhonda dies but she’s not out of the show,” the Empire showrunner confirmed, seemingly confirming that Rhonda will live on, at least for a few episodes, in Andre’s mind.
“I’m not going to say how long that convention persists, but it’s an important part of Andre’s story and his psyche and it really tells the story of his state of mind,” continued the Empire showrunner, adding that those behind the scenes are “excited” by the prospect of keeping Rhonda alive in another state.
“Not just because we didn’t want to let go of Kaitlin, but because it felt very, very real and right to us,” she added.
While Chaiken didn’t confirm the exact details surrounding Rhonda’s continuation with the series when asked directly if Rhonda would appear in the mind of Andre, who’s battling bipolar disorder, she coyly replied, “Rhonda does not go away immediately, that’s true.”
Jussie Smollett, who plays Jamal, also confirmed that Rhonda will be sticking around on Empire for a while following her death in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“I was sad because I love Kaitlin personally, outside of the show,” the Empire actor revealed of the shocking Season 3 premiere death. “It’s always tough when you lose a character.”
When asked how much more of Rhonda fans of the Fox drama will be seeing in the coming season, Smollett teased “you never know,” but noted that Empire “is known for flashbacks and good stuff like that.”
Those behind the scenes of Empire are so far staying tight-lipped on the character’s posthumous storyline, though EmpireBooBooKitty.com previously confirmed that Kaitlyn was spotted filming scenes for Season 3 of Empire on the streets of New York back in July.
The news that Rhonda is not completely absent from the series following her death will likely come as good news to Empire fans who flocked to social media to grieve for the character after it was revealed in the show-stopping premiere that she has fallen to her death.
“[To be honest] just thinking about Empire gets me mad. Rhonda didn’t deserve to die. Boooboo kitty’s plotting ass should’ve fell of the roof,” Twitter user @NamelessJay wrote on the social media site of the heart-stopping Empire moment.
“Rhonda. Y’all I’m in tears,” Empire fan @im_royaalty tweeted out alongside two crying face emojis following the character’s shocking death. “[Shaking my head] man should’ve been Anika idgaf #Empire.”
“Shame we had to lose Rhonda. I like that we have a ‘ghost’ story, just hope it last right amount of time. #Empire,” Empire fan @tvgenius05 added.
Empire Season 3 continues with Episode 2, “Sin That Amends,” on Fox on September 28.
Music News: R. Kelly Readies ’12 Nights Of Christmas’ Album!
After announcing the project back in 2013, R. Kelly is finally coming home for Christmas. The R&B King is gearing up to release his first holiday album, 12 Nights of Christmas, next month.
Dressed in a dapper suit, holding a cigar in one hand and a drink in the other, Kellz is all smiles on the festive cover art. Featuring a beautifully-lit tree and a warm fireplace to get fans in the holiday spirit.
And it looks like a visual has already been shot. Decked out in a red and white cardigan, Kellz sings on a stoop as snow falls down in the still. “The world could use some cheer,” he captioned the pic. “#12NightsOfChristmas #NewTracks #2016.”
At the end of 2015, Kellz released the steppin’ song “Christmas Party,” which is expected to be included on 12 Nights of Christmas, set to arrive Oct. 21. Fans can currently catch Kellz on “The Buffet Tour,” which kicked off earlier this month and runs through Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C.
Hip Hop Video: The Game – ‘Pest Control (Meek Mill Diss)’
The Game’s Meek Mill disses continue to pour in, but this time in visual form. After “92 Bars” and “Pest Control,” the Compton spitter unleashes a music video for the latter, a scathing barrage of bars over Young M.A.’s “Ooouuu” instrumental.
The visual for “Pest Control” was filmed in Baltimore and kicks off with an exterminator in search of a rat. Of course, this follows Game’s narrative that Meek ratted him out in a Sean Kingston robbery investigation earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Game fires off a round of disses while running through B-More. “You jumped Quentin Miller and now you don’t scrap,” he rhymes. “It was time to go at Drizzy and now you don’t rap / Ask your bitch, she know I ‘Beez in the Trap’ / You gotta move out of L.A., I’ll put them Bs on your back.”
The video also seems to show footage of Beanie Sigel being punched at the “Bad Boy Family Reunion” concert. The brief clip comes with a caption: “Beanie Sigel admitted to ghostwriting for the Dickchasers so y’all snuffed the old head.”
So far, Meek’s only diss towards Game on wax came with his own “Ooouuu” remix. Beanie Sigel, who appeared on that song, has since said he’s got no beef with Chuck Taylor, but that he helped Mill write the diss. Beans was reportedly beaten for making this revelation by Teefy Bey, a member of Mill’s Dreamchasers crew.
Watch Game exterminate “Meeky Mouse” in the “Pest Control” video HERE
LeBron James & Steph Curry Support Colin Kaepernick’s Protest, But Confirm They Will Not Join In
Two of the NBA’s biggest stars are weighing in on the Colin Kaepernick’s silent protest and revealing whether or not they’ll be joining in.
NBA champ and Cleveland Cavaliers baller LeBron James say he supports Colin’s movement, but he won’t be joining in. NBA MVP Steph Curry said the exact same thing. There were no hard feelings. They both expressed they admire Colin taking a stand and that they support him. But, they both have decided to continue to stand during the national anthem.
"Me standing for the national anthem is something I will do," James said at the Cavs' annual media day yesterday. "That's who I am. That's what I believe in. But that doesn't mean I don't respect and don't believe in what Colin Kaepernick is doing. You have the right to voice your opinion, stand for your opinion, and he's doing it in the most peaceful way I've ever seen someone do something."
King James made his own statement alongside Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony during the ESPY awards this year, raising awareness on police brutality. He talked about how the recent events with black men being killed at the hand of reckless police officers makes him feel uneasy for his own children. He added,
"For me, my personal feelings is that I got a 12-year-old son, a 9-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter, and I look at my son being four years removed from driving his own car and being able to leave the house on his own, and it's a scary thought right now to think if my son gets pulled over," James said. "You tell your kids if you just apply [the lessons you teach them] and if you just listen to the police that they will be respectful and it will work itself out. And you see these videos that continue to come out, and it's a scary-ass situation that if my son calls me and says that he's been pulled over that I'm not that confident that things are going to go well and my son is going to return home. And my son just started the sixth grade."
Sad, but all the way true.
“I plan on standing,” Steph Curry said about joining Colin's protest during the Warriors’ media day. “But like I’ve said, there are ways that everybody can affect the mindset of people around them and the awareness of what’s going on without, in that moment, with the national anthem playing, kneeling. I’ve always said I respect Colin because he took a bold step, in that regard, to continue the conversation and make it more pointed. But I do plan on standing.”
Warriors forward Draymond Green also revealed if he will join. He said, "Am I going to kneel down and put my fist up? No. I’m not. That’s no disrespect to Colin or anybody else that’s doing it. But the point is out. Like, they’ve gotten the point across. I don’t think I need to come out and do this national anthem protest because it’s already been started. It’s already a conversation."
According to ESPN, the NBA has a rule requiring all of its players to stand during the national anthem (along with the WNBA). As of now, the league hasn’t taken any action against players that have knelt during the anthem, including the entire Indiana Fever team before a playoff game last week. The NFL doesn't have this rule.
Interesting….Money talks. So we really do have 40,000,000.00 slaves…..Anywho carry on!
50 Cent Accused of Stealing Power Originally named ‘Dangerous’
Rapper 50 Cent is being sued by a pair of screen writers who claim he stole their script for his hit TV series Power...
According to NYDN writers R. Byron Hord and Curtis Scoon filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court this week claiming they wrote a pilot script back in 2009 for a show called 'Dangerous' about a Black former kingpin trying to go straight while maintaining his friendship with an Irish gangster.
In their lawsuit Hord and Scoon claim in 2011 they gave the script to LA based execs who pitched the series to 50 Cent but never heard back.
Now the two are suing for copyright infringement.
50 Cent, Starz and parent company CBS are all named in the suit.
DAYUM! Beanie Sigel got SLAYED by one of Meek Mills Boyz!
Just a week after Beanie Sigel appeared on Meek’s diss track aimed at The Game, a man in Meek’s crew knocked Beanie out backstage in Philly at the Bad Boy Reunion concert.
via TMZ: They got this video of Beanie laid out backstage … shortly before he was getting onstage Saturday night for Diddy’s Bad Boy Family concert in Philly. You can also see a guy getting dragged out of the area … his name is Teefy Bey, and he’s a member of Meek’s Dreamchasers.
Teefy’s copped to throwing the KO punch, and claims Beanie had to go down because he broke the “code of ethics on the street.” He doesn’t get more specific.
We’re not sure how things escalated to this point, but we’re willing to bet it had something to do with Beanie claiming he wrote Meek’s verses for him on that diss track.
WATCH HERE
Beanie also referred to himself as ‘the real king’ of Philly on stage prior to the incident…which is clearly a diss at Meek.
Danielle Brooks, Lucy Liu & Cynthia Erivo Help Honor Cicely Tyson At American Theatre Wing Gala!
Danielle Brooks is gorgeous in white while attending the 2016 American Theatre Wing Gala Honoring Cicely Tyson held at The Plaza Hotel on Monday (September 26) in New York City.
The 27-year-old Orange Is The New Black actress was joined at the event by Lucy Liu, Cynthia Erivo, Samuel L. Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson, Christian Siriano and his partner Brad Walsh, and the honoree herself, Cicely Tyson.
Eveybody looks STUNNING!
Solange Announces New Album ‘A Seat At The Table,’ Due Out This Friday
After revealing that she’d wrapped up her new album as she celebrated her 30th birthday in June, Solange has announced the LP’s title and release date.
Fans won’t have to wait much longer for Solo’s album, entitled A Seat at the Table, as its due for digital release this Friday (Sept. 30th).
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude and excitement to share this body of work I have written, with you,” she wrote as she shared the news on Instagram.
Kelly Rowland, Lil Wayne, Q-Tip, Tweet, The Dream and BJ The Chicago Kid are among the artists featured on the 21-track project. A few titles on the tracklist include: “Rise,” “Interlude: Tina Taught Me,” “Don’t Touch My Hair” and “Closing: The Chosen Ones.”
While anticipating its release, get a look at the full tracklist below. The singer also called it her “most proud body of work.”
11. “Where Do We Go” (“additional vocals blessed by” Sean Nicholas Savage)
12. “Interlude: For Us By Us”
13. “F.U.B.U.” feat. The Dream & BJ The Chicago Kid (“additional vocals blessed by” Tweet)
14. “Borderline (An Ode To Self Care)” feat. Q-Tip
15. “Interlude: I Got So Much Magic, You Can’t Have It” (Feat. Kelly Rowland, Nia Andrews)
16. “Junie”
17. “Interlude: No Limits”
18. “Don’t Wish Me Well”
19. “Interlude: Pedestals”
20. “Scales” feat. Kelela
21 .“Closing: The Chosen Ones”
Gladys Knight’s Son Says Mother ‘Lacks Mental Capacity’
The business drama between Gladys Knight and her son has gotten even uglier. As previously reported, the singer’s son Shanga Hankerson has been accused of tax evasion and owing over $1 million dollars to the state, all in relation to his ‘Gladys Knight Chicken & Waffles‘ restaurant. And now, Shanga reportedly will not remove his mother’s name from the restaurant, per her request. According to Bossip,
Gladys Knight’s son is refusing to remove her name from his Atlanta restaurant chain – because he claims in new court papers – she lacks the ‘mental capacity’ to rescind the licensing deal.
Soul singer Knight had ordered her son, Shanga Hankerson, to remove her name from his Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles outlets after he was accused of stealing from the business.
But the battle between The Midnight Train To Georgia singer and her son has turned even nastier, as Hankerson has now moved to block his mother removing her name from the business.
The court documents, filed Thursday and seen exclusively by DailyMail.com, say ‘Plaintiff’s claims are barred, in whole or in part, [sic] lack of mental capacity to rescind the license agreement granted to Defendants.’
Knight, known as ‘The Empress of Soul’ has no role in the business and only allowed her son to use her name under a licensing deal.
But the arrangement has soured since the Department of Revenue accused Hankerson of theft and tax evasion in June.
Federal agents raided three of the restaurants in Georgia and shut down operations.
Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber End 11-Year Relationship
The couple released a joint statement on Monday (September 26) confirming the sad news, which comes just days after another apparently solid Hollywood couple - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - split.
Naomi and Liev's statement reads: "Over the past few months we've come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple.
"It is with great love, respect and friendship in our hearts that we look forward to raising our children together and exploring this new phase of our relationship. While we appreciate your curiosity and support, we ask the press to be mindful of our children and respect their right to privacy."
Reports suggest the two stars have been living apart for some time, but they are still actively raising their sons, Alexander, nine, and seven-year-old Samuel. They were last spotted together with their kids in New York City on September 13th.
Liev and Naomi never wed, but they had been together since 2005.
Schreiber recently recalled his first date with the King Kong actress, after they were introduced in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, and Naomi suggested they hit a club together.
Liev told Esquire magazine he felt "very embarrassed" when he arrived at the nightspot to find his soon-to-be girlfriend alongside her Hollywood pals Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro.
"I went down to this club that she told me to meet her at, and of course she was there with Sean and Benicio, and I’m kind of standing around like a bump on a log, waiting for my turn," he said. "I think I was nervous, and I felt very embarrassed being there, and self-conscious, because all these movie stars were hovering, and I felt... awkward and out of my element. And I wasn’t going to make a good impression.
"I said, 'I’m sorry, but I gotta go home'. She chased me outside and said, 'Don’t you want my digits?'"
And Naomi recalled that moment in an Allure magazine interview, revealing, "Normally I want a guy to make the first move, and he wasn't (going to)... I was wildly attracted to him and his work, so I said something cheeky as he was about to walk out. I said, 'Don’t you want my digits?' Because I couldn't possibly say, 'Would you like my phone number?'
"It made him laugh. He texted me five minutes later saying, 'Would you like to go for a drink now?' And I said, 'No, I'll meet you for breakfast tomorrow'."
We wish them the best!
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