Zoe Saldana on the Cover of SHAPE Magazine for June!
"I've Never Wanted Different Hair or My Body Any Other Shape"
Zoe Saldana is glowing as Shape's latest cover star. In the June issue, the actress shares her refreshing take on living a healthy life. We're inspired by her honest and realistic approach and how she balances it out against a busy shooting schedule and a full house of three adorable boys and a supportive husband.
On her fitness routine: "I can't work out regularly, so I compensate by eating a lot healthier than I might otherwise. Once you have relatively healthy eating habits, your workout can become playing with your kids, strolling around the neighbourhood, playing airplane, or just changing diapers."
On what she eats: "When I eat in a balanced way, I think less about food and more about everything else. It's not that I like to eat super light, just super clean. I like food that is fresh. I don't go for things that come in cans — and I'm losing trust in things that come in plastic."
On inspiring others to eat healthy: "I know what it's like to live on a tight budget, but my mum was one of those parents who gave us great food despite our budget. That's where I get who I am from, and I'd like to be a voice of inspiration for my Latino community, as underage diabetes and high blood pressure are on the rise."
On her fitness routine: "I can't work out regularly, so I compensate by eating a lot healthier than I might otherwise. Once you have relatively healthy eating habits, your workout can become playing with your kids, strolling around the neighbourhood, playing airplane, or just changing diapers."
On what she eats: "When I eat in a balanced way, I think less about food and more about everything else. It's not that I like to eat super light, just super clean. I like food that is fresh. I don't go for things that come in cans — and I'm losing trust in things that come in plastic."
On inspiring others to eat healthy: "I know what it's like to live on a tight budget, but my mum was one of those parents who gave us great food despite our budget. That's where I get who I am from, and I'd like to be a voice of inspiration for my Latino community, as underage diabetes and high blood pressure are on the rise."
Her thoughts on "perfection":" If we could design ourselves, we'd all be perfect. But we can't, so why be unhappy about it? I've never wanted different hair or my body any other shape. And I've never thought of a person as ugly unless they opened their mouth and their heart was full of venom."
On her support system: "When I feel overstimulated by the world, I lean on my family. I have a great partner in life, great sisters, a mom who is a friend, and some male friends I love to pieces too. If I'm suffering and in pain, it hurts more if I don't share how I feel and ask for help. It's so healing when you ask for love and are loved back."
Her thoughts on "perfection":" If we could design ourselves, we'd all be perfect. But we can't, so why be unhappy about it? I've never wanted different hair or my body any other shape. And I've never thought of a person as ugly unless they opened their mouth and their heart was full of venom."
On her support system: "When I feel overstimulated by the world, I lean on my family. I have a great partner in life, great sisters, a mom who is a friend, and some male friends I love to pieces too. If I'm suffering and in pain, it hurts more if I don't share how I feel and ask for help. It's so healing when you ask for love and are loved back."
#RHoA: Co-Stars Refused To Film With Phaedra For Season 10
Phaedra Parks’ time on The Real Housewives of Atlanta is officially over following her controversial Season 9 reunion. Parks’ lies about Kandi Burruss and Porsha Williams were obviously behind the firing, but was there another reason why producers gave her the boot?
Us Magazine reports that Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen opened up about Parks’ dismissal and why producers decided to go a different direction. For starters, Cohen believes producers didn’t think it was feasible to include Parks next season if her co-stars refused to talk to her.
“The question that we look at now with Phaedra is, when the reunion ended, none of the other women wanted to have anything to do with her. So that’s what you have to look at,” Cohen explained. “How do you shoot a show about a group of friends when no one is speaking to one of the friends?”
Sheree Whitfield added that most of the RHOA ladies are not willing to forgive Parks for spreading lies last season. During the reunion, Parks admitted that she started the rumors about Burruss trying to drug and rape Williams. Drama is nothing new to Bravo’s hit reality franchise, but openly lying about your co-stars is a definite deal-breaker.
“I don’t know, it’s so hard right now. It’s hard to establish trust with someone like that because, for me, it seemed that she showed no remorse for what she did and for her actions,” Whitfield shared. “I think it will be hard for any of the women to forgive.”
Phaedra Parks may have been able to recover after her shocking admission, but she made it worse by blaming producers for her actions. According to TMZ, Parks slammed RHOA producers for giving her bad information about Burruss and Williams. She even claims that producers told her to spread the rumors in the first place just to create drama on the show.
According to E! News, Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel recently fired back and revealed that producers don’t influence the show during filming. Instead, they take a more hands-off approach and do not pressure the ladies into stirring up drama.
“The producers don’t know exactly what’s going on, so they might say, ‘Are you going to talk to Kandi about this?’ They don’t know. They would never do that,” Frankel explained. “It would be a massive problem. This isn’t The Hills, it’s real. It really is. So yeah, no, that would never happen.”
Given how Parks will not return for Season 10, it’s clear that producers didn’t appreciate her throwing them under the bus. Even worse, People reports that Parks’ friendship with Williams will likely never be the same. It’s already been a few weeks since filming for the reunion wrapped up and Parks and Williams still haven’t talked to each other.
'Real Housewives Of Atlanta' Season 9 Reunion: Kandi Burruss Slams Porsha Williams Over Rape Allegations [Featured Image by Bravo]
Kandi exploded at Phaedra and Porsha when the truth was revealed at the ‘RHOA’ Season 9 reunion finale.
In fact, Williams recently opened up about the betrayal and admitted that it won’t be easy forgiving Parks and moving on. Parks and Williams have been friends for a long time and hardly went a day without speaking to each other on the phone. Sadly, it sounds like Parks’ lies damaged more than just her career in reality TV.
Fortunately, it looks like the drama between Parks, Williams, and Burruss might finally be at an end. Even more, fans can only hope that Parks’ firing will cut down on the number of rumors spread on the show, though that remains to be seen.
Producers have not announced an official cast list for Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which is expected to start filming in a few months.
#EMPIRE: ‘Empire’ Bryshere Y. Gray Explains He Chose A Taylor Swift Song On ‘Lip Sync Battle’.
On, Thursday, Bryshere left viewers speechless after his amazing Taylor Swift performance. If you missed the episode click Here to watch,
In an interview with Hollywood Life, Gray said he chose Swift’s song because it was “so impactful to the world and the song is so big for the culture.”
“It went so viral with her doing it that I felt that it would reach the fans that I want to reach!” he added.
And now that it’s over, he only has one wish: “I hope she retweets it! If she could retweet it, then it would go everywhere!”
#NEWMUSIC: Listen: Goapele Releases New Ep, ‘Dreamseeker’
After teasing out critically acclaimed singles such as “Stay” featuring BJ The Chicago Kid, “Power” and “$ecret,” Goapele unveils her heavenly new EP, Dreamseeker.
The perfect mix of her signature soulful style that millions know and love as well a touch of modern panache and poise, the project represents a rebirth for the songstress. At the same time, she poetically ponders activism, motherhood, sensuality, and life throughout the 10 tracks.
Next up, she rounds out her successful Dreamseeker Tour with a victory lap of shows in her hometown of Oakland, CA.
Outside of music, Goapele is committed to activism and raising awareness. She is an active participant in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and recently starred in a short film entitled Where Is Beauty, which addresses the pressures young women face with social media and beauty standards.
Stream the Dreamseeker EP HERE.
#HIPHOPNEWS: Watch The Trailer For Diddy’s ‘Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop’ Documentary
On what would have been The Notorious B.I.G.’s 45th birthday, Sean “Diddy” Combs debuted the trailer for his upcoming documentary, Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story.
Opening with black-and-white scenes of a child on a bicycle, the clip features several people, including Mary J. Blige and Clive Davis, talking about the hip-hop mogul as a visionary.
“He was making music that was making the ground shake,” says Jimmy Iovine, while Nas adds, “Puff changed the whole thing.”
But the trailer for the Daniel Kaufman-directed movie also features a vivid recollection of Biggie’s death. “A car just rolled up,” says Lil’ Cease. “They start firing shots.”
A somber Diddy adds: “As soon as them shots went off, everything came crashing down. I died that night, in that car.”
After debuting the trailer, Puff spoke about the film on the Billboard Music Awards carpet, while standing beside Biggie’s son, Christopher Jordan “C.J.” Wallace.
“It inspired me and reset me, so I want the world to see it. It’s not what you expect,” said Diddy. “It’s gonna inspire anybody, whether you listen to hip-hop…or understand who I am or what the culture is, it’s a movie that’s still one of those inspiring, beautiful messages.”
WATCH HERE
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story will be released exclusively on Apple Music on June 25
Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka Back Together
Back in April Mariah Carey dumped her rebound boy toy Bryan Tanaka after hooking up with him following the end of her engagement to billionaire businessman James.
It appears Mariah and Bryan have gotten back together....
Over the weekend Mariah Carey posted a Flash Back Friday pic of Bryan on Instagram and was later seen kissing and cuddling with him during a dinner date.
Awwwwww!
Rihanna is ‘Over’ Drake After He Calls Nicki Minaj The ‘Love Of His Life’ At The BBMAs
The BBMAs were huge for Drake! He flirted with countless stars and he declared his love for Nicki Minaj! Did that bother his ex, Rihanna? — Hell no! HollywoodLife.com has EXCLUSIVELY learned that Rih’s never been happier without Drake. BUT, she wants Nicki to know one thing …
The Billboard Music Awards were about more than just good music on May 21. The show was all about Drake, 30 — from his record 13 BBMAs, to his squad-deep crew. But, the biggest jaw-dropper of the night was when he made his reconciliation with Nicki Minaj, 34, official.
Although Drizzy gave a nationally televised shoutout to his old flame, his ex, Rihanna, 29, wasn’t phased by the grand gesture. In fact, “Rihanna‘s so tired of seeing, hearing and discussing Drake,” a source close to the singer has claimed. “She’s over him and has been for a very long time.” Wow!
Ri Ri’s been in the game with Drake since they were first spotted hooking up in 2008, after her split from Chris Brown, 29. She and Drake may have even been involved before that, since they actually met in 2005 in Toronto. Therefore, Rih knows how Drizzy is. “The same grand gestures he did for her, he‘s now doing for Nicki,” our source said. “And he‘ll do it for the next girl and the one after that. Rih just hopes that Nicki isn’t stupid and thinks that she’s Drake’s one and only girl, because she had to learn that the hard way.” Yikes.
Rihanna’s in a much better place after her on-again, off-again relationship with Drake. “She’s at a point in her life where all she wants is to be happy and free of the bullsh-t.” And, Ri feels as free as a bird when she’s not worrying about Drake 24/7. Her past with him is “old and tired.”
In case you missed the BBMAs, Drake and Nicki sat next to each other for most of the show. The only time they were apart were the 13 times Drizzy hit the stage to accept all of his awards. Lol. When he accepted the award for Top 200 Artist, the rapper said, “I want to say Nicki Minaj, I’m so glad we found our way back because I love you and I could never ever ever see it any other way!” Laying it on thick there, Drizzy?
Nicki and the rapper have been good friends and even a rumored hookup for years. However, their relationship hit a rough patch when she began dating Meek Mill, 30, in the beginning of 2015. Meek and Drizzy don’t get along whatsoever. The rap foes actually have diss tracks about one another. But, like Drizzy said, he and Nicki found their way back to each other. It was ironic timing since she just split with Meek in Jan. 2017.
At the end of the Billboard Awards, Drake gave Nicki another shoutout when he accepted the biggest award of the night — Top Artist. However, that time, he ended up bringing Nicki on stage with him. “I got the love of my life up here,” Drake said while he pointed at Nicki. And, you could have guessed that the female rapper felt like a princess on a pedestal all night long. Player or not, it’s got to feel damn good to be Drizzy’s girl.
Michael B. Jordan’s Home Burglarized
Michael B. Jordan has joined the laundry list of celebrities whose homes have been buglarized.
Thieves targeted the actor’s home a few weeks ago according to TMZ.
Law enforcement sources tell us someone broke into Michael’s San Fernando Valley pad a few weeks ago, and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry. We’re told the burglar got in after smashing a window.
We’re told no one was home at the time and it appears to be a random hit. Sources tell us cops are waiting for Michael to give them a full list of the items taken.
The “Creed” star joins the ever growing list of celebs to fall victim — Alanis Morissette, Emmy Rossum, Nikki Minaj and Jaime Pressly had their homes jacked in recent months … and, Scott Disick was just hit early Sunday morning.
Lest we forget the fool who broke into Amber Rose‘s home and chilled for four hours.
SMH…
Judge Says Prince’s Sister, Five Half-Siblings Are Heirs to Estate.
Back in May 2016, The judge overseeing the Prince estate case has authorized genetic testing on a sample of his blood in case it’s necessary to determine who’s entitled to shares of the estate.
Today, A Minnesota judge has determined that Prince’s sister and five half-siblings are the heirs to his estate.
According to reports, A Minnesota court has determined that Prince’s six siblings are the lawful heirs to his fortune and that the Minnesota music icon left no will before his death last year.
Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide said in January he wouldn’t declare the heirs of the late rock superstar until appeals run their course for others whose claims of heirship have been rejected.
Court documents posted Friday, though, show the court has concluded Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson and five half-siblings — Omarr Baker, Alfred Jackson, Sharon Nelson, Norrine Nelson and John R. Nelson — are the heirs
Universal Sets 2019 Release Date For Jordan Peele’s Untitled Social Thriller
Universal has RSVP’ed Friday March 15, 2019 for Jordan Peele’s next movie. This is the untitled social thriller that was referred to in the news about the filmmaker’s first look deal with the studio under his Monkeypaw Productions banner. Currently, there are no other studio releases slated for that date.
Peele will write, direct and produce his next movie from an original idea. In addition per his Universal deal, Peele will also produce a wide range of titles for the studio, including several micro-budgeted projects on which he will partner with Get Out producer Jason Blum.
Get Out is the box office anomaly of the year, made for $4.5M before P&A and grossing $230M worldwide. At a time when some argue that the film industry should relegate lower and mid-budget fare to streaming for better economics, Get Out is proof that when a distributor holds out for a theatrical release, they stand to make a windfall of cash. A socially-politically arresting horror film, Get Out, was the surprise screening at the Sundance Film Festival. It follows a young African American man who visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s family for the first time, and learns that they’re an offbeat bunch of people. He has but no choice but to escape from their countryside house.
HBCU student Richard Collins III killed by White racist days before graduation
via Richard Collins III Facebook page/via University of Maryland Police Department
Richard Collins III was set to become a graduate of Bowie State University on May 23. But Collins, 23, lost his life after an encounter with a racist.
On May 20, Collins visited two friends who attended the University of Maryland. According to the Baltimore Sun, Collins and his two friends were waiting for an Uber around 3 a.m. when they were approached by Sean Urbanski, 22. Before Urbanski walked by the group, he allegedly yelled, “Step left, step left if you know what’s best for you!” Collins told Urbanski, “no.” Apparently frustrated that a Black person would not comply with his order, Urbanski turned violent. Urbanski stabbed Collins in the chest.
Collins was rushed to a local hospital, but he was later pronounced dead.
Initially, Urbanski was charged with murder, but charges may be upgraded to a hate crime because of his affiliation with a racist organization. Urbanski is a member of the racist Facebook group ALT Reich Nation. The group promotes racism and hate through memes and other forms of online content.
Urbanski is also being investigated by the FBI.
Hate crimes across the nation continue to soar. Over the past few months following the election of President Donald Trump, America has witnessed a surge in hate crimes.
In Houston on May 2, James Scott Lee, 32, began yelling racial slurs at a Black man while holding a knife. Lee yelled, “I hate n—s, and I’m going to kill me one today!” Lee chased his Black victim with the knife and brass knuckles. The Black man eventually escaped by jumping into a car and locking the door.
On March 20, James Harris Jackson traveled to New York for the purpose of killing Black people. He approached Timothy Caughman, 66, around 11 p.m. and stabbed him several times. Caughman was able to walk to a police precinct, but he eventually died from the stab wounds. One day following the attack, Jackson walked into a police precinct near Times Square and told authorities that he committed the murder.
Collins was an upstanding student at Bowie State and a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Urbanski is currently being held in jail without bond.
Why NAACP dismissed president Cornell Brooks; he says he was caught by surprise
Roland Martin recently interviewed NAACP Board of Directors chair Leon Russell and former president of NAACP–Minneapolis Nekima Levy-Pounds about the organization’s decision to not renew the contract of current president Cornell W. Brooks. Brooks, who has been in office for three years, claims that he was surprised by the decision – though contacts in the organization say he has known about this for some time. The organization claims that this decision is part of a larger change in direction focused on finding more ways to stay engaged in fighting today’s political and civic issues.
Russell said, “There were places where Cornell brought great leadership. The question is, what do you do after you have raised the issue? How do you bring some solution to bear on the problems that are identified? If you [hold a] sit-in in the chairman of the judiciary committee’s office, then across the nation shouldn’t there have been other sit-ins in other members of the committee’s offices to emphasize that you needed them to look at the policy that was being debated? What we recognize is that we have leaders across the country that are going to propel the movement. We have our leadership – it’s in place and we think we can continue this fight. But we want to look forwards and not backwards.”
Levy-Pounds adds, “I always felt that working with him and seeing his leadership style, that he was caught in between two worlds – the old guard and the old way of doing things versus what we’re seeing from new-school leadership…and I don’t know if he was able to make the transition fast enough. I see the adversity that the organization is encountering as an opportunity. You want a leader that can move you towards action at the national level, down to the local chapters.”
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Freddy’s Fetish
I suppose I can understand the whole S&M fetish thing but there are safe words for a reason. You can still say no.
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