Ariana Grande Has a Fabulous Campaign for Givenchy!
Ariana Grande looks great for Givenchy’s Fall-Winter 2019 ad campaign.
She’s a modern muse and the voice of a generation, Ariana has emerged as one of the most influential forces in pop culture today. A Grammy award-winning performer, songwriter and singer, she naturally embodies the spirit of the Givenchy woman with impertinence, generosity and a lightning wit — all cloaked in a touch of mystery.”
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“I am so proud to be the new face of Givenchy. It is a House I have forever admired and to now be part of that family is such an honor. I love this clothing and the confidence and joy it brings to the people wearing it. Not only is the clothing timeless and beautiful but I’m proud to work with a brand that makes people feel celebrated for who they are, and unapologetic about whatever they want to be.” – Ariana Grande
#RHOA: Porsha Williams & Cynthia Bailey Are rocking their Blonde Ambition!
Porsha Williams and Cynthia Bailey are both trying out new looks for the summer.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members posed for a snapshot on Saturday, July 20, that Williams posted on her Instagram page. In the photo, the two women are both rocking blond hairstyles. Williams’ opted to style her honey blond tendrils in long, beach waves. Bailey decided to rock a blond, curly afro as the two gazed into the camera in the photo slideshow. The two women are both rocking full-on, glamorous makeup looks as they stand together for the photo op. The two are also showing major cleavage in the photo.
Bailey and Williams have become closer with each other through the years of filming RHOA together. While they both have had their share of drama on the show, the two have seemingly come together and have supported each other on and off camera. Bailey was one of the first housewives to publicly lend support to Williams after it was announced in June that she and ex-fiance Dennis McKinley broke up after being engaged for eight months.
The post also comes while the ladies are taping Season 12 of RHOA. Earlier this month, Williams posted another photo on Instagram of her and former “frenemy” Kenya Moore. The two were beaming as they had their baby girls, Pilar Jhena McKinley and Brooklyn Daly, on their laps. The mothers are reportedly “inseparable” and are joining forces to take down the show’s OG cast member NeNe Leakes, Hollywood Life reports.
#Empire: Jussie Smollett’s Lawyers DO NOT WANT a special prosecutor to re-investigate his case
Jussie Smollett’s lawyers slammed a judge’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to re-investigate the dropped, high-profile criminal case against the actor, new court filings released Friday reveal.
Late last month, Cook County Judge Michael Toomin appointed a special prosecutor who could bring new criminal charges against the “Empire” star — after a series of questionable moves from Chicago State’s attorney Kim Foxx.
Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Mark J. Geragos on Friday blasted the judge’s actions.
“This case has been a travesty of justice and an unprecedented deprivation of Mr. Smollett’s constitutional rights, including the presumption of innocence and right to a fair trial,” the motion states. “Not only have the media and the public failed to critically look at the evidence (and lack thereof) against Mr. Smollett, but now, the court has accepted false media reports to presume Mr. Smollett guilty of charges which he pled not guilty to and which were dismissed against him.”
Toomin had scolded Foxx’s decision to “colloquially recuse” herself from Smollett’s case and appoint her top deputy, Joseph Magats, in her stead after it was revealed she’d texted with members of Smollett’s family about the investigation and promised to help them.
But in an “instanter” document attached to Friday’s motion, the lawyers argued that the court “misapprehended the law when it ruled that Ms. Foxx’s informal ‘recusal’ rendered the entirety of the proceedings — from Mr. Smollett’s arrest to the dismissal of the charges against him — null and void.”
“If the court’s conclusions were to be accepted, the City of Chicago has committed an egregious violation of Mr. Smollett’s civil rights by depriving him of his liberty and property without due process of law in violation of the Fourth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” the document said.
The motion also includes evidence backing Smollett’s account that he was attacked by two masked men, brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who called him racist and homophobic slurs and lopped a noose around his neck back in January. The Osundairos had claimed that Smollett recruited and paid them off to carry out the attack.
The brothers’ attorney, Gloria Schmidt, told the Chicago Tribune Friday she hadn’t yet read the new filings but expressed confidence that “the evidence will come out.”
“My clients have fully cooperated, and will continue to fully cooperate with [prosecutors] and the police,” she told the paper.
Smollett, 37, has repeatedly insisted that he’s innocent. He was arrested and charged with filing a false police report “to advance his career.” However, his case was later dropped.
#NewGospelMusic from JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – ‘Miracle Worker’
Seven-time Stellar Award-winner, Grammy-nominated, and Billboard Award winner JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise are set to release their 10th album, “Miracle Worker,” accompanied with the release of relationship book with wife Trina Hairston titled, “A Miracle Marriage.”
Songwriter JJ Hairston has been making headlines with the 2017 hit “You Deserve It,” sang throughout churches everywhere. Now, single “Miracle Worker” has already reached the top 15 on the Billboard Gospel Charts.
The album was recorded in two live sessions, the first half in Abuja, Nigeria at the COZA Church and the second half at Hairston’s home church City of Praise in Landover, Maryland. Recording the album in Abuja was a life-changing experience that inspired the song and album title “Miracle Worker.”
He says: “Their faith is what is making all of these miracles happen…what we are trying to do is build our faith here in U.S., which is why we recorded a song called “Miracle Worker.” It really simply states that he is the God of miracle, signs and wonders and we are hoping that this project will help people increase their faith in God and his miracle working power.”
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Following the release of the album, Hairston plans on doing a “Love & Miracles” headlining tour. At every stop the couple will share passages from their books and give advice about love and marriage, to open for the concert. The tour will kick off at Radio One D.C.’s “Praise In The Park” at the Gateway Pavilion. Both the album “Miracle Worker,” and book “Miracle Marriage” will be out July 26th and are available for pre-order June 22nd at JJHairston.com.
#NewHipHop from Lil Durk Feat. Meek Mill – ‘Bougie’
As he gears up for Love Songs 4 the Streets II, Lil Durk teams up with Meek Mill on his new single “Bougie.”
The Dreamchasers MC kicks off the Beat Bully and Jahlil Beats-produced track with a heavy-hitting verse. Durk follows with his own braggadocious rhymes about his lifestyle, designer clothes, and DM’ing J.Lo. “I think I’m bougie / Mike Amiri jeans cost me 2 Gs / I can’t take her to the crib, go get some room keys,” he boasts.
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“Bougie” arrives ahead of Durk’s upcoming album Love Songs 4 The Streets II, the sequel to his 2017 album, which drops July 26. “I made LS4TS2 for women, my Day 1’s, the trenches, and all those that doubted me,” said Durk.
Taylor Swift fans are upset with Taylor Swift fans are upset with presidential candidate Kamala Harris for attending a fundraising event at Scooter Braun's mansion
Music manager Scooter Braun hosted a fundraising event at his Los Angeles home for presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Saturday, and some big stars were in attendance, including Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, and Ariana Grande.
Notably, Taylor Swift was not at the event after she publically called Scooter "incessant, manipulative" and a "bully" in June. Now, Swift's fans are speaking out against Harris for collaborating with Swift's nemesis, despite the fact that the singer has voiced her support for the candidate in the past.
Fans are coming to Swift's defense after Braun bought Big Machine Records, which included all of the singer's catalog.
"I learned about Scooter Braun's purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world," Swift wrote in a Tumblr post at the time. "All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I've received at his hands for years."
But that didn't stop her fellow artists from attending the event at Braun's mansion, which was billed as a "Fireside Chat with Kamala." In fact, 100 people showed up to the event, according to the Daily Mail, which included Eva Longoria and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg.
#BOOM! Mahershala Ali to star in Blade
It's been awhile since Blade has had any screen time. The last time we saw him he was being played by Wesley Snipes. Blade's return is a timely one.
No release date was announced. But others like Black Widow (May 1, 2020), the Eternals (Nov. 6 2020), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Feb. 12, 2021), Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse of Madness (May 7, 2021) and Thor: Love and Thunder (Nov. 5, 2021) all now have concrete dates.
It's going to be a big couple of years for Marvel and Disney.
The Chi’ Actress Sonja Sohn Arrested For Cocaine Possession
“The Wire” and “The Chi’ actress Sonja Sohn was reportedly arrested for cocaine possession, early Sunday. The 55-year-old actress was arrested in North Caroline at 2 a.m. for marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia.
The paraphernalia charges are misdemeanor charges. The cocaine charge is a felony. Sohn reportedly bailed out of jail after she was arrested. She will be arraigned Tuesday.
Sohn played Detective Shakima Greggs on all five seasons of “The Wire.”
She plays the character Laverne, Brandon’s (who is played by Jason Mitchell) mother on ‘The Chi.”
Tessa Thompson Will be Marvel’s First LGBTQ Superhero as Valkyrie in Thor: Love And Thunder’
It looks like Tessa Thompson might be making history as the first LGBTQ superhero of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Tessa is reprising her role as Valkyrie the new ruler of the New Asgard in Thor: Love and Thunder.
During a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, she told fans Valkyrie’s first order of business as King will be finding her Queen.
As new king, she needs to find her queen. That will be the first order of business
Natalie Portman will also lend some girl power to Thor 4 by reprising her role as Jane Foster, who will take on the role of the female Thor.
Thor: Love and Thunder is slated to hit theaters on November 5, 2021.
#RIP Legendary Former Manhattan DA Robert M. Morgenthau dies at 99
Robert Morgenthau, a World War II Navy hero best known as Manhattan’s legendary district attorney, and who worked as a practicing lawyer and philanthropist through his final days, died Sunday.
He was 99.Morgenthau died at Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness, sources told The Post.
For four decades, Morgenthau’s patrician baritone — honed in his youth among his family friends, the Roosevelts and the Kennedys — rumbled through the halls of lower Manhattan courthouses.
In the 1960s as Manhattan US attorney, and then for 34 years until his retirement as DA at age 90, he was “The Boss” to loyal underlings and “Morgy” to tabloid headline writers.
And there were many headlines for the man who became the model for “Law and Order’s” original stern prosecutor, Adam Schiff.
By his own count, Morgenthau oversaw some 3.5 million cases as DA, guided by his often-repeated motto that justice be pursued “without fear or favor.”
His more kleig-lit prosecutions included those of mobster John Gotti (assault and conspiracy), rapper Tupac Shakur (sex assault), hip hop mogul Puffy Combs (gun possession), and actor Russell Crowe and supermodel Naomi Campbell, both of whom took no-jail deals in separate phone-flinging incidents.
His prosecution of Mark David Chapman, who pleaded guilty to killing John Lennon, was international news; that of subway vigilante Bernard Goetz sparked a national conversation on gun rights and self-defense.
Often his reach extended well beyond Manhattan.Morgenthau’s sprawling investigation into the corrupt Bank of Credit and Commerce International, or BCCI, in 1991 exposed a criminal enterprise spanning 76 countries that laundered loot for Saddam Hussein, the Medellin drug cartel, and a global roster of terrorists and warlords.
Robert Morgenthau was born in New York City in 1919.
His grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., rose from poverty to become US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
His father, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., became Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Treasury secretary and a major architect of the New Deal.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., and governors Andrew Cuomo and Eliot Spitzer are among the more notable of the thousands of prosecutors he personally interviewed and hired.
He is survived by his wife, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lucinda Franks and his five children, along with his grand- and great-grandchildren.
Uh Oh so is it Homage or Copying? Beyonce accused of stealing ideas for Spirit video
Beyonce has been accused of stealing the visuals from her Spirit and Bigger video from a film created by an African musician and his wife.
A post on the Diet Prada Instagram account compares screenshots from an extended cut of the double track video, directed by Jake Nava, to La Maison Noir: The Gift and the Curse, to a 17 minute film the artist Rharha Nembhard directed for her husband, South African musician Petite Noir.
“Here’s a side by side comparison of @Beyonce ‘s “Spirit” + “Bigger” extended cut directed by Jake Nava vs. South African musician @petitenoirkvlt ‘s “La Maison Noir: The Gift and The Curse”, directed by artist @rharha_nembhard and released in May 2018,” the caption reads.
The Diet Prada clip comparing the two works shows that both feature dancers in similar, bright blue or orange clothing striking similar poses, Beyonce in a cowrie beaded face veil that resembles an outfit used in La Maison Noir: The Gift and the Curse, as well as scenes featuring her daughter Blue Ivy, seven, which resemble those featuring a child in the African visual artwork.
Beyonce’s new album accompanying her role as Nala in The Lion King also has a similar name, as it is called The Lion King: The Gift.
Petite Noir’s video, which has almost two million views on YouTube, revolves around a cosmogram of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the singer’s father was a politician before being forced into exile. It also references the four elements of fire, earth, water, and air and symbolises rebirth, while depicting the formative stages of the musician’s life, which were spent moving around before settling in South Africa.
“It was important that we weren’t just inspired by Africa but that we actually included and learned from the Mother Land. The concept of the video is to show how God is the painter and natural beauty and nature needs no art direction. It’s the beauty of color, the beauty of melanin, the beauty of tradition. “
So do you think it’s copying or paying homage?
FIRST LOOK! : Tom Hanks in ‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood’ Trailer!
Tom Hanks is moving in as your favorite cardigan-clad neighbor in the first trailer for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”
The actor has some big loafers to fill starring as beloved children’s television icon Fred Rogers in the upcoming film, but from this first look it’s clear that Hanks has done his homework.
Directed by Marielle Heller (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), the film chronicles a critical chapter in Rogers’ story, instead of giving him the biopic treatment, as jaded journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) profiles the entertainer in the later years of his life.
Loosely based on the real 1998 Esquire profile of Rogers, the film follows the duo’s unexpected friendship as Rogers’ perspective on empathy and kindness changes Vogel, who’s starting a family of his own with “This Is Us” actress Susan Kelechi Watson.
The trailer begins with Hanks singing the opening theme song to the long-running “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” perfectly capturing the host’s gentle nature, while nailing his inflections and demeanor.
Filming for the project kicked off in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in mid-September 2018, but was briefly halted when a sound technician working on the film died from a fall on set.
The film also stars Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett and Tammy Blanchard.
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“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” hits theaters on Nov. 22.
Taron Egerton Will NOT Be The Next Wolverine!
A big rumor going into 2019 Comic-Con was that Taron Egerton was going to be announced as the next Wolverine.
Speaking with MTV, the 29-year-old Rocketman actor shut down the rumor that we would take over the role from Hugh Jackman.
“I think you need better beard game for Wolverine than I have,” he said. “Look, there’s no grounding for the rumor. I know that that’s probably in the pipeline at some point for Marvel but I would imagine it’s a little way off.”
“If I was asked it would be incredible. I have to confess, I think sometimes there are better candidates,” Taron added. “Or actually, you know, who knows, because in five years maybe I’d be grizzly enough.”
Hugh has played the role in the X-Men universe in many films over the last 19 years. Hugh and Taron have worked together previously on the film Eddie the Eagle.
An Arrest Has been Made In The Shooting Death Of 11-Year-Old Karon Brown
Washington D.C. police announced on Saturday (July 20) they have arrested the 29-year-old man they believe is responsible for the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy.
DC Police Chief Peter Newsham says 29-year-old Tony Antoine McClam has been taken into custody for the death of the Karon Brown. McClam was charged with second degree murder while armed after a dispute between adults and children erupted in violance at around 7 p.m.
It isn’t completely clear what exactly happened. WUSA 9 reports that Karon and his brother Quentin, 12, had walked to a McDonald’s on Thursday evening to get food for their older sister. Quentin subsequently became impatient and reportedly returned to his home. Karon stayed at the restaurant.
When he was sent back at around 7 p.m. to retrieve his brother, a fight broke out inside the McDonalds, which then spilled into the street. Quentin then allegedly heard gunfire and darted home.
Authorities believe a passerby saw Karon being assaulted and tried to help him by taking him to his car, however, when Brown ran for safety, someone in the crowd fired a shot that entered the vehicle and struck the boy.
Karon later died at a nearby hospital from the gunshot wound. It isn’t clear whether his murder was targeted or a random act of violence.
“I just lost it. I couldn’t believe it,” Kathren Brown, the boy’s mother, said Friday. “I still can’t believe it. I am waiting for someone to say all this did not just happen. This is not how we planned our summer. Now I have to sit here and plan a funeral for my baby.”
After the shooting took place, police published images of the suspected shooter, which showed him running shirtless and clutching a handgun.
Sadly, this isn’t the first DC area child who has been killed recently. Last year, Makiyah Wilson, 10, was an unintended victim who was shot and killed during a feud between neighborhood gangs. Makiyah, Karon and Quentin were all reportedly friends and attended school together, according to Karon’s mother.
Mary J. Blige SNAPS at an Aggressive Fan During Her Concert!
Mary J. Blige does NOT play when it comes to disrespecting her during a performance.
The Queen of hip-hop and soul, along with Nas, continued their "Royalty Tour" in Nashville on Thursday when all hell broke loose.
48-year-old Blige was in the middle of speaking to the crowd about haters and negativity when someone allegedly yelled out to her to "shut the f---k up."
Blige fired right back at the concert goers, saying in a very strong voice, "and for the person thats been in here all night saying Mary shut the f--k up, YOU shut the f--k up."
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The crowd erupted and showed their support letting Mary know that they had her back.
Toni Braxton and Sons Promote Uncle Bud’s Natural Hemp Product Line
Toni Braxton and her sons, Diezel and Denim, have teamed up with Uncle Bud’s Natural Hemp products to promote the brand that aims to bring relief to those who live in constant physical pain. The celebrity mom, who lives with Lupus, shared pictures and footage from the campaign’s shoot.
“Fun with my boys at our @unclebuds_hemp campaign photoshoot,” Toni shared with her Instagram fans. “Check out the entire HEMP skincare collection @unclebuds_hemp,” the celebrity mom advised.
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