The Weeknd Teams Up With Marvel to Release ‘Starboy’ Comic Book
The Weeknd and Marvel have unveiled the new collab the singer has been teasing.
After previewing the release last week, yesterday (Oct. 7), the XO crooner was at New York Comic-Con for the big reveal of his new Starboy comic book (above). While at the Manhattan event, the singer signed autographs and posed for pictures.
The idea behind the character has been in Weeknd’s head for a while. Last November, he spoke about possibly doing a comic on his alter ego while talking about his album of the same name during an interview with Zane Lowe. “Starboy is the next chapter in this chronicle, this saga,” Abel said. “I guess this is the fourth chapter. He’s a character that we created. It’s so funny, we want to create a comic out of him as well […] He’s a cool, dope character that makes appearances a lot on the album. He’s definitely made his appearance in different records in the past as well. He’s a more braggadocious character that we all have inside of us.”
Marvel has linked up with a number of urban artists recently via their variant covers. In the past, they’ve collabed with everyone from Nas, Dr. Dre and Missy Elliott, to Kevin Gates and Chance The Rapper.
The Starboy series will be dropping in 2018.
#RHoA: Here's How Cynthia Met Her New Bae
The ninth season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta ended with Cynthia Bailey and her then estranged husband Peter Thomas going their separate ways. Now, after spending some time as a single lady, the model is officially off the market and is dating a new man.
So, how did they meet? According to theJasmineBRAND.com, Cynthia reportedly adapted to today's most common way of meeting new love interests: technology. The site reports that Cynthia met her new bae, Will Jones, on a "super exclusive" upscale dating app called Raya.
Raya is reportedly a well known dating app for celebrities and public figures. The site claims that if you have a 5,000-plus Instagram follower count and work amongst the media and entertainment elite, you are most likely to get accepted to join the highly selective app.
Other well known celebs who have been known to use Raya include Russell Simmons, Ryan Lochte, Cara Delevigne and Diplo.
While Cynthia's confirmed that she and Jones, a motivational speaker, are, indeed, dating, she did clarify in a Snapchat post that that's where it ends — they're not exclusive just yet. He will, however, reportedly be featured on the upcoming tenth season of RHOA.
#EMPIRE: Have you realized that Lucious Lyon has been touched with Infirmity Ever?
Since Empire started in 2015, it's has been saddling poor Lucious with one tragic affliction after another one -- beginning with an incurable disease that went away then became something else when he was retroactively misdiagnosed. Producers have said the switcheroo was intentional, but it felt like a sloppy afterthought that weakened Empire's spine. Apparently, they've learned their lesson. Empire executive producer Ilene Chaiken has said that this season, Lucious' current health issues will last and color the narrative. Does that mean Lucious won't go back to being the devil incarnate when he wakes up out of his spell? Will he remember his mom killed his brother? Will Lucious' lost leg end be completely forgotten by Episode 5? Oh please. It's a fair question. And it'll be awhile till fans get any answers, but in the meantime, here's an abridged rundown of all the maladies Lucious has suffered so far. If we could all have his health plan!
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)
In Season 1 Lucious, his business, his legacy and his fractured family were in jeopardy owing to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which slowly disintegrates nerves in the brain and spinal cord and makes walking, talking, eating and breathing increasingly difficult. This was a strong, shocking way to open the series, with Lucious facing imminent death and his family scrambling to get their act together/compete for the throne. People diagnosed with ALS are given a brutal expectancy of only 2-5 years; Empire had a sense of urgency, tension and sadness built in. But as the season progressed, ALS -- which in real life gets progressively worse -- was forgotten in favor of other crises, and by the end of the season we learn that Whoops! Lucious didn't have ALS at all. What was initially a bold choice with a ticking clock and consequences turned into a confusing bait-and-switch that, in a way, colored how Empire would operate in the future: i.e. frequently flailing around to see what sticks.
Myasthenia Gravis
With all due respect to people with myasthenia gravis, hardly anyone knows what this is. So yeah, Empire earns points for raising awareness about this motor neuron disorder -- which hinders muscle and motor functions like ALS does but is much more easily treatable -- but loses points for how it was rolled out. The misdiagnosis revelation at the end of the Season 1 felt like a cop out, a way for the surprise smash hit show to chart a new course forward sans the box it put itself in. How can Lucious shoot people or play piano with rapidly failing muscle coordination? One might imagine a writer asking. "He can't," another imaginary writer might've replied. "So let's just write it out!" Also, WHY? The entire point of this change was lost on us, since myasthenia gravis hardly ever becomes an issue again. Creators have said they intended this storyline all along, which kind of makes it worse.
Hallucinations
Granted, Lucious was high on drugs for his Myasthenia gravis (and yes, that happens - we checked) when he started hallucinating that Bunkie -- the minion Lucious killed in the first episode -- was sitting on his bed. Getting visited by the ghost of someone you killed is a standard narrative not exclusive to the hip-hop mogul, but it's one more symptom that makes Lucious so...fragile. Can you even imagine his monthly insurance premium?
Directionless hair
Not debilitating you say? Ha. Since we've known him, Lucious has rocked a struggle ponytail with zero hangtime, a Little Richard-style conk so stunning Jimmy Fallon made it part of his parody and went through a laughable do-rag phase. It's totally reasonable to theorize that Lucious' insecurity about his hair is what makes him so mean. Bigger men have gone to war over less.
Post traumatic stress disorder
Technically, PTSD is Jamal's (Jussie Smollett) thing; the aftermath of him being shot was a consistent storyline through last season. But mental health issues run in the Lyon family -- Andre (Trai Byers) is bipolar, as is his murderin' granny Leah (Leslie Uggams). Lucious is no exception. Season 4 is just starting, but Lucious is already having flashbacks that make him break out in a cold sweat, making it clear his mind is swimming with images and sounds that trigger traumatic episodes. Now, Empire hasn't definitively named Lucious' condition PTSD -- probably because fans would rightfully scream en masse SERIOUSLY GUYS HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THIS SHOW CAN YOU GIVE PTSD?! -- but according to the National Institute of Mental Health, Lucious' flashbacks, cognition and mood symptoms are textbook PTSD.
Traumatic brain injury
Empire EP Ilene Chaiken has not called Lucious' current memory issue "amnesia" in interviews but "traumatic brain injury." That's less out of sensitivity for the condition or people with it, but more an effort to avoid copying + pasting the old soap opera cliche that's as predictable as the evil twin or "accident that awakens split personalities." Lucious can't remember who he is or who any of his family members are and by golly, that is and will always be TV amnesia. Or not: Lucious will obviously revert to his old ways sooner or later, making his memory failure something to be one day forgotten like the rest of these conditions.
Amputation
Empire's most daring physical problem yet, this revelation was great for a). shock value and b). giving last season's explosion a real consequence that will stretch out for the remainder of the series. Empire now has a -- sorry for this -- firm leg to stand on, no longer toeing a line (sorry again) of narrative safety but committing to integrity that assures viewers the show is back (oh man, this is terrible) on solid footing. Fans have seen close ups of Lucious's stump, his artificial limb inside his loafer and the cane he relies on now to get around. Though Lucious hasn't yet experienced the 'phantom limb' syndrome amputees can feel after losing a limb, this is still a permanent development Empire can't retreat from. No matter what happens from here on out, Empire has shown it's willing and able to raise the stakes and stand by the wild turns it throws at us. That's a sign of good health.
Empire airs Wednesdays at 8/7 on Fox.
#NewMusicVideo from Toni Braxton – Deadwood
The primarily black-and-white visual finds the iconic songstress performing seductively behind a vintage microphone with a cellist by her side and various scenes projected in the background.
Check out her video for “Deadwood” here.
Toni Braxton’s new solo album Sex & Cigarettes, the follow-up to 2010’s Pulse, is due out early next year. Announcing the album during an interview with The Insider, Braxton explained: “I’m excited to be doing what I love doing,” she said. “The new album comes out at the top of the year and it’s called Sex & Cigarettes. I feel like I’m older, I want to say what I feel, I don’t want to be censored.”
#HIPHOPNEWS: Kendrick Lamar Wins Album of the Year for ‘DAMN.’ and More at 2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards
Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. wins Album of the Year at the 2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards Tuesday night (Oct. 10). He beats DJ Khaled’s Grateful, Future’s self-titled album, J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only, Jay-Z’s 4:44 and Migos’ Culture.
DAMN. is one of the biggest albums of the year. The TDE rapper’s hit singles off the LP, “Humble,” “DNA,” “Love” featuring Zacari, “Loyalty” featuring Rihanna and “Element” are among the most streamed songs in 2017. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 603,000 album-equivalent units in its first week of release.
K. Dot also has the most streamed album of the year. With three months left in 2017, DAMN. has 2 million SPS., just beating out Drake’s More Life, which has 1.8 million.
The MC also took home awards for Lyricist of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video for “HUMBLE.” and Hot Ticket Performer.
The BET Hip Hop Awards were filmed in Miami on Oct. 6, and aired on the network on Oct. 10.
Rocky Himself, Sylvester Stallone, Is Going to Direct ‘Creed II’
No word yet on if all of the ATVs will be making a return appearance
It took Creed director Ryan Coogler two years to convince Sylvester Stallone to return to the Rocky franchise, but it didn’t take that long to get him into the director’s chair for Round 2. On Monday night, Stallone announced on Instagram that he’ll be directing Creed II, the sequel to Coogler’s acclaimed spinoff starring Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, Apollo Creed’s son.
Though Coogler did a great job directing Creed—between that training montage and the amazingly constructed boxing match—it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he isn’t returning for the sequel. After Creed, the director landed Marvel’s Black Panther, which is due out in February 2018. He’s also planning another project with Jordan, an adaptation of a 2014 New Yorker feature on a systemic cheating scandal at an Atlanta middle school that involved both teachers and students. He’s got his hands full. Stallone, on the other hand, hasn’t taken on directorial duties since 2010’s The Expendables. And while it would’ve been interesting to see another up-and-comer take the reins for Creed II, from the day Stallone penned the script for the first movie, this franchise has been his baby. Half of the films Stallone has directed are from the Rocky universe: Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky Balboa. He’s going to be Rocky forever.
As for what might go down in Creed II, details are still sparse, but it’s been all but confirmed that Dolph Lundgren will return as Ivan Drago.
Son of Drago versus son of Creed? We didn’t expect the Creed franchise to turn into The Expendables until, like, the fifth sequel, but yeah, sure, OK. Let’s do this.
Black man charged with felony after White racists beat him in Charlottesville
A Black man is facing jail time after being attacked by White supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. According to the Washington Post, DeAndre Harris is facing the same charges as the racist White men who attacked him.
The attack accord on the same day that a White supremacist committed an act of terror by driving a car into a crowd of people. One person was killed and several were injured following the attack that took place during a rally that featured Nazis and White supremacists. On the same day, several White racists also attacked counter-protestors. Harris was one of the people attacked that day.
In video captured by a cell phone, Harris was brutally beaten by a mob of seven White men who punched, kicked, and hit him in the head with sticks. The attack began after White supremacist Harold Crews swung a Confederate flag at Harris. Attempting to defend himself, Harris swung back at Crews and missed before he was attacked by the seven White men.
Following the attack, Harris’ face was bloodied, he suffered a concussion, and needed 10 staples for a laceration on his head. Two of the White men who attacked Harris were charged with malicious wounding, but they weren’t charged with hate crimes.
But Crews and several other White men attempted to claim that they were the victims. Crews and his attorney went to the magistrate who filed charges against Harris. It’s unusual for the magistrate to file a charge against an individual when the police does not.
It’s unjust and a failure of the Charlottesville government to allow a Black man to be charged for a crime after he was attacked by racists. But it’s another factor of White privilege and life in the era of Trump. The racist attitudes that have emerged since Trump became president is scary. He has embraced White supremacy and attacked Blacks and minorities on every level from tweets to proposed bills and legislation.
In 2017, we’re living in a nation that has racial strife comparable to the turbulent 1960s.
Looky, Looky; Mariah Carey and Boyfriend Bryan Tanaka out on the Town!
Songbird Mariah Carey and her current boyfriend Bryan Tanaka were spotted arriving at Nobu restaurant in a silver Ferrari.
Mariah was giddy with excitement as her dancer boyfriend pulled the 47-year-old close to him so he could pull down her skirt to avoid an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction.
The mother of twins wore a tiny, curve-fitting black cutout mini dress and Bryan seemed concerned his old girl was in danger of showing too much skin.
Awww, Don’t they make a cute couple?
#OH? Lindsay Lohan defends Weinstein and criticizes his wife for leaving him
Lindsay Lohan defended Harvey Weinstein on Instagram and took shots at his wife after more explosive allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the Hollywood producer emerged on Tuesday.
The Mean Girls star filmed herself in a now-deleted Instagram story, saying, “Hi, I’m in Dubai….I feel very bad for Harvey Weinstein right now. I don’t think it’s right what’s going on.”
She followed up with a second story, which she decorated with an angel emoji under the name “Harvey”, and weighed in on the news that Weinstein’s fashion designer wife Georgina Chapman would be leaving him.
“Georgina needs to take a stand and be there for her husband,” Lohan said.
She also added, “He's never harmed me or did anything to me. We've done several movies together. I think everyone needs to stop; I think it's wrong. So stand up.”
Lohan joins the ranks of fashion designer Donna Karan in defending Weinstein after it was revealed he paid at least eight women settlements for sexual harassment, according to a New York Times report on Thursday.
Since then, additional allegations have piled up against Weinstein, including three women who accused him of rape, according to the New Yorker.
Karan, who praised Weinstein and questioned whether women were “asking for it”, apologized on Tuesday after facing a firestorm of outrage on social media.
"Sexual harassment is NOT acceptable and this is an issue that MUST be addressed once and for all regardless of the individual," Karan said in a statement to the Associated Press. "(I'm) truly sorry to anyone that I offended and everyone that has ever been a victim."
Weinstein, who was fired from his company Weinstein Co., is reportedly heading to a sex addiction rehab center in Europe, TMZ reported.
Wendy Williams Dragged to Hell for ‘Wonder Woman Costume’ at Comic Con
Wonder woman*Wendy Williams attended the New York Comic Con on October 6 and like many other fans and celebrities who suppport the event, she came dressed as a superhero.
Williams appeared as Wonder Woman and was photographed with superheroes such as Batman and The Green Hornet. But after photos and videos of her surfaced on social media, many people argued that the costume wasn’t befitting for the talk show host.
While some fans found Wendy’s costume to be cute and creative, others were quite critical of her figure.
This latest criticism follows Wendy’s response to the dragging she received when vacation photos surfaced showing Williams in a bikini.
And her response to the critics:
“Yes, I am 53. And yes, I still dip it and do it in a bikini with perky boobs and a flat belly, and if I got no behind, I can buy one like the rest of you all,” she said. “I don’t want front and back. Like, I’m done with that. So, you know, I have a flat behind. I talk about it all the time. I’m shaped like a capital P… I can joke about myself before you ever joke with me. We were having the time of our lives. We totally thought we were by ourselves,” Wendy told People about her vacation.
“I don’t care when people talk about the way I look, because as long I love what I see when I get out of the shower, as long as [my husband] loves what he sees when I slip into bed, and as long as my son is not embarrassed by overweight or underweight mommy, I’m good,” she added.
Blac Chyna Threatens to Spill Kardashian Secrets Unless They Pay $1M — Report
Blac Chyna is coming after that Kardashian money. Despite the constant drama going on between the mother of two and her ex-fiancé Rob Kardashian, the reality star reportedly wants to add even more fuel to the fire.
According to sources, the 29-year-old is going to spill all the scandalous deets about the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and wants to go after his money. Just last month the Kardashians filed a lawsuit against Tyga’s baby mama for vandalism, battery, and assault. Not to mention, Rob also alleges Chyna tried to choke him with an iPhone cord charger.
Now, as retaliation for the lawsuit, sources close to theJasmineBRAND claim the video vixen is about to spill some serious tea. “She is planning to reveal everything she knows about the Kardashians,” a source recently revealed. But, like most things, Dream Kardashian’s mama is supposedly willing to stay quiet if the Kardashians agree to pay up.
“She has told the Kardashian camp she wants at least seven figures to make all of this go away, which they could easily pay just to be rid of her.”
Do you think the Kardashians should pay Chyna to keep her quiet?
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