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11/4/18

The Daily Buzz For 5 Nov ☕📰☕


Naomi Campbell for Vogue Arabia - November 2018
Naomi Campbell makes her debut on Vogue Arabia signature twin covers for November 2018. Photographed in Chris Colls’ studio, the ultimate 90s super wears bold Balenciaga and Tom Ford looks styled by Jenke Ahmed Tailly.
FAB!


#RHoA: Kenya Moore gives birth to baby girl named Brooklyn Doris Daly!
#TEAMTWIRL Kenya Moore is a mother. The former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Brooklyn Doris Daly, on Sunday at 9:39 a.m., People reported. The baby weighs 5 pounds, 12 ounces.

She is the first child Moore, 47, and her husband, Marc Daly, have together.
The baby’s name has special meaning for the couple.

“Brooklyn because that’s where we met and fell in love, and Doris after my grandmother who passed away last year and who raised me,” Moore told People.
The new mother is doing well, despite having had a high-risk pregnancy.

People reported that Brooklyn was born via emergency cesarean section. Moore said last month that she tested positive for preeclampsia, a dangerous condition that is characterized by high blood pressure.

“I gained 17 lbs in ONE week due to severe swelling and water retention, high blood pressure, and excess protein in urine,” Moore posted on Instagram Oct. 27. “This is NOT normal!”
Essence reported that Moore previously said she was due around Thanksgiving.
On Saturday, Moore indicated on Instagram she would be giving birth soon.

“If you want to make God laugh have a plan... won't be long now,” she captioned a photo of herself in a hospital bed.


#Empire: Tiana's Career And A Cold-Blooded Manager

In the last season of ‘Empire’ Tiana meets with Becky (Gabourey Sidibe) and Jeff Kingsley (??) about her new sound. She plays the music she recorded with Blake (Chet Hanks) based off of lyrics that Hakeem wrote. Kingsley is being an ass. He doesn't like the music and tells her to start over. Later in the episode, Tiana releases the song to the public but Kingsley is pissed about it and tells her the cost of booking a session with an artist on someone else's label will come out of her advance. He then shows her how he gave one of her songs to his new artist, who is the same one he stole from the Lyons who found her in a prison parking lot while Cookie was visiting Andre.

Tiana also makes a nasty little speech to Becky, about how she has to make money and provide for her children and Becky would never understand that because she doesn't have kids. Ouch. (This is one of those conversations a number of people I know have also had. Unpleasant, and, largely, untrue. People with and without kids have issues with finances. No sense in comparing tragedies.) Tiana was speaking from a place of silent pain. Few people knew she lost her baby girl. But Becky, wisely, kept her mouth shut even though Tiana was wrong for what she said.


#MusicNews: In Memoriam, Roy Hargrove, Grammy-Winning Jazz Trumpeter, Dies At 49
Roy Hargrove, an incisive trumpeter who embodied the brightest promise of his jazz generation, both as a young steward of the bebop tradition and a savvy bridge to hip-hop and R&B, died on Friday night in New York City. He was 49.
The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his longtime manager, Larry Clothier. Hargrove had been admitted to the hospital for reasons related to kidney function.
A briskly assertive soloist with a tone that could evoke either burnished steel or a soft, golden glow, Hargrove was a galvanizing presence in jazz over the last 30 years. Dapper and slight of build, he exuded a sly, sparkling charisma onstage, whether he was holding court at a late-night jam session or performing in the grandest concert hall. His capacity for combustion and bravura was equaled by his commitment to lyricism, especially when finessing a ballad on flugelhorn.

Hargrove is also known for his vital presence in the turn-of-the-century movement known as neo-soul. He made crucial contributions to Voodoo, the epochal album by D'Angelo, released in 2000. He appeared the same year on Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun and Common's Like Water for Chocolate, and later formed his own hybrid project, The RH Factor, with the aim of furthering the dialogue between modern jazz, hip-hop and R&B. But Hargrove always maintained his foothold in the mainstream jazz tradition; he saw his forays into other forms of black music as an extension of, rather than any departure from, that tradition.

He first emerged in the late 1980s, at a cultural moment when his precocity and poise amounted to a form of currency in jazz. His first album, Diamond in the Rough, was released on the Novus imprint of RCA in 1990. Soon afterward, he went on tour with a package called Jazz Futures, featuring a peer group of other young torchbearers, including alto saxophonist Antonio Hart and bassist Christian McBride.
Hargrove was also quick to earn the coveted approval of his elders — not only alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, who provided some of his first experience in a recording studio, but also tenor saxophone titan Sonny Rollins, who featured him on a tune called "Young Roy" in 1991 (and also at his 80th birthday concert in 2010).

As he achieved his own wealth of experience, Hargrove was generous as a mentor himself. Among the younger musicians who responded to his death on social media was fellow trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who wrote on Twitter: "I don't think I would be alive if I hadn't met him when I did. I am extremely grateful I got to tell him as a grown man to his face."

Roy Anthony Hargrove was born on Oct. 16, 1969, in Waco, Texas, to Roy Allan and Jacklyn Hargrove. He grew up in Dallas, where he attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, an arts magnet that also produced Erykah Badu and Norah Jones.
The first jazz musician who made a substantial impression on him was David "Fathead" Newman, a tenor saxophonist best known for his long tenure with Ray Charles; he was a Dallas-area native, and Hargrove heard him at a junior high assembly. Then in 1987, Wynton Marsalis heard a teenaged Hargrove in a clinic at Booker T. Washington and was so impressed that he invited the young trumpeter to sit in on his gig that week in Fort Worth.
Hargrove attended the Berklee College of Music on scholarship for 18 months, before transferring to the New School in New York. In jazz's close-knit musician community, the meteoric force of his arrival was comparable only to that of Marsalis' about a decade earlier.

Hargrove was a two-time Grammy winner, in two illustrative categories: best jazz instrumental album in 2003 for Directions in Music, featuring a post-bop supergroup with pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Michael Brecker; and best Latin jazz performance in 1998 for Habana, a groundbreaking Afro-Cuban project recorded in Havana.

Early in his New York experience, in 1992, Hargrove and a business partner, Dale Fitzgerald, signed a lease on a loft in Lower Manhattan with the intention of finding a place for practicing and rehearsals. Three years later, Hargrove and Fitzgerald partnered with Lezlie Harrison to convert it into a nonprofit performance space, The Jazz Gallery. Though it moved to a new location in 2013, The Jazz Gallery continues to be an integral hub for the music. Hargrove continued to play there, just as he never stopped being a late-night fixture at Smalls.

He is survived by his wife, singer and producer Aida Brandes; a daughter from a previous relationship, Kamala Hargrove; his mother, Jacklyn Hargrove; and his younger brother, Brian Hargrove.

Along with his quintet — a sterling hard-bop unit that released an album called Earfood in 2008, and was recorded at The Village Vanguard in 2011 by WBGO and NPR Music — Hargrove intermittently led a big band. He often stood in for one of his many trumpet totems in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. And he continued to sit in and pop up as a special guest; he's prominently featured on an album released last year by singer and pianist Johnny O'Neal.

For a number of years, Hargrove struggled with substance abuse and its attendant problems. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in Manhattan criminal court and was sentenced to two days of community service.

But those close to Hargrove say he had recently made great strides with any issues of dependency. "Whatever it was for a lot of years, it was radically, drastically curtailed over the last year or two," attests Clothier. "He was playing great; he really had himself back together. This last run we did in Europe, it was as good as I heard him play in the last 10 years."

Hargrove had been scheduled to perform on Saturday, Nov. 3, in a jazz vespers service at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., as part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

R.I.P!


#HipHopNews: Meek Mill And Tory Lanez Have A Joint Project On The Way
Meek Mill and Tory Lanez have had some memorable collabs in the past. Now, it looks like they will be joining forces for a full-length project.
Tory was a guest on The Breakfast Club on Friday (Nov. 2), where he revealed plans to combine powers with the subject of XXL's fall 2018 cover story. "I've been doing a lot of work with a lot of different people just because I love to get in the studio," he said. "Me and Meek got a whole project going on too.

And me and Chris [Brown] got one. And I've been working on a bunch of stuff with A Boogie. I'm just expanding my sound to all a lot of other places too and doing all these joint things 'cause I like to see what comes out of it. With me it's easy to work with people who are on it and are back to back with it. Those people that I just mentioned, usually when we get in the studio it's usually like a back to back factor."

Tory and Meek have a handful of song collabs including the most recent joint outing "Drip Drip Drip."  Tory has a lot on his plate at this point. He is also working on his Spanish album El Agua. He also revealed he is putting together the Chixtape 5 mixtape. Chixtape 4 came out back in January 2017. While in the building, Tory also talked about his reemerging hairline, new album Love Me Now and more.


Demi Lovato Is Out of Rehab
Demi Lovato has left rehab after nearly three months in treatment.
The pop star was seen on Saturday night having dinner with a friend in Beverly Hills. There are also reports on Twitter that she was seen on Friday night at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.

Lovato entered rehab in August after being hospitalized following an overdose at her home in July.
Demi Lovato‘s mom, Dianna De La Garza, was on Maria Menounos’ Sirius XM show on October 26 and said Lovato was 90 days so sober. She added that she “couldn’t be more thankful or more proud” of her daughter.
Lovato’s mom admitted she knew at the time her daughter wasn’t sober but “didn’t know what she was doing.”
It’s been three months since Demi was rushed to the hospital after overdosing in her home.

The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer has since put her home on the market and it’s sparked the interest of some A-list buyers, including Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin.


Angela Simmons Speaks Out After Her Ex-Fiancé Sutton Tennyson Is Shot & Killed: ‘I’m Hurting. I’m Numb’
Angela Simmons says she’s is “hurting” and “numb” after her ex-fiancé, Sutton Tennyson, was shot and killed on Saturday at a home in Atlanta.
According to 11 Alive, Sutton was found shot to death in the garage of a home on Jewel Drive in southwest Atlanta around 4:30 p.m.
Police believe Sutton was shot after a dispute with three people. No suspects are at large as all three people have been identified.

No charges have been filed at this time.
Major Michael O’Connor with Atlanta Police said the house where Sutton was killed was under renovation and it is unclear if he lived there or if he was working there.
Angela Simmons is understandably devastated.
She and Sutton were engaged to be married, but they broke it off in 2017.
They share a 2-year-old son, Sutton Joseph.

She took to social media and wrote:
Thank you for leaving behind my greatest gift. I’m hurting. I’m numb.
Thank you for the outpouring of love everyone.
I can’t believe I’m even saying Rest In Peace Sutton.
I promise to hold SJ down in every way I promise ❣

My condolences.


#BoxOffice News: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Rock Out the Box Office with $50 Million Debut while Tyler Perry’s ‘Nobody’s Fool’ Opened at only 14$ Million!
For the first time since early February the top three films at the weekend box office were all new releases and leading the way was Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody with a $50 million, chart-topping performance, well above expectations. Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms finished at the lower end of industry estimates in second place, followed Paramount's release of Nobody's Fool. That said, the weekend isn't all about new releases as the holdovers had a solid weekend of their own, with A Star is Born, Venom and Smallfoot all dipping less than 27% in what amounts to their fifth and sixth weekends respectively, helping aid a continually healthy 2018 box office performance overall.

At the top of the charts, Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody endured word of a troubled production as the film that was eight years in the making topped the domestic box office with a $50 million debut from 4,000 locations. On top of that, the film's "A" CinemaScore is a great sign looking ahead as there is little in the way of direct competition over the next month or so. The film played to an audience that was 51% female with 78% of the crowd coming in aged 25 years or older.

Internationally, after getting off to an early start in the UK last weekend, Bohemian Rhapsody expanded to 64 total overseas markets this weekend and delivered an estimated $72.5 million for a global cume totaling $122.5 million. The UK leads the way with a gross that now totals over $26.5 million while other highlights include a $7.7 million debut in France followed by Mexico ($5.8m), Germany ($5.7m), South Korea ($5.7m). Australia ($5.4m), Spain ($4.8m) and the Netherlands ($1.6m). The film will add another 14 markets next weekend, including Japan.

Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms was looking for an opening in the low-to-mid twenty millions this weekend and it landed in the lower end of that range with an estimated $20 million finish. Not helping matters are critical reviews, which resulted in a score of 38 on Metacritic, and a "B+" CinemaScore, which is merely satisfactory for a film of this sort not to mention a dismal 41% audience score on RottenTomatoes.

The Nutcracker also debuted in 45 international markets this weekend, bringing in an estimated $38.5 million for a $58.5 million global debut. Leading the way was a $12 million opening in China followed by Italy ($5.5m), Germany ($2.7m), Mexico ($2.3m), Spain ($2.2m), UK ($2.1m) and Brazil ($1.7m). The film will add releases in Australia, France and Japan at the end of the month, with openings in Korea and Russia set for early December.

Finishing in third is Paramount's Nobody's Fool with an estimated $14 million. The R-rated Tyler Perry comedy stars Tiffany Haddish and was well-received by opening day audiences, receiving an "A-" CinemaScore. The film played to an audience that was 61% female with 77% of the audience aged 18-44. Looking ahead, it's reasonable to expect a domestic run around $35 million or so, if not a bit higher.


#ICON Janet Jackson , Slays The 2018 EMAs Stage With A Sexy Performance Of Her Biggest Hits
Just before taking the stage at the 2018 European Music Awards to accept MTV’s Global Icon Award, Janet Jackson, 52, slayed with a performance of her biggest hits. Running through her iconic tracks, including “All For You,” the living legend wowed the crowd, live from Spain, with an unforgettable performance. Plus, she performed her brand NEW hit “Made For Now.” Janet brought her classic big-time energy, and reminded the crowd why she still wears the crown after all these years. The singer wore an all black ensemble for her performance, and danced with the same vigor that she did when she released her earliest tracks!

The 2018 EMAs are shaping up to be the best yet, and not only because of Janet’s epic performance. There are TONS of A-lister celebrities in attendance, and the show was hosted by none other than Hailee Steinfeld. In addition to a performance from the host, stars such as Nicki Minaj, Halsey, Rosalía, Panic! at the Disco, Alessia Cara, Marshmello, Bastille, Anne-Marie, and Jack & Jack were included in the 2018 lineup!

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Janet it on fire, and this past summer, she released a new single and video titled “Made For Now,” featuring Daddy Yankee — marking the first music released by the R&B veteran since 2016. Earlier that summer, she proved she still has it with a performance at the 2018 Panorama music festival. “It was only a matter of time before she received the award,” MTV said. “Her music has been loved around the world since the 1980s, when she first began releasing groundbreaking albums like Controland Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814. She’s now one of the best-selling artists of all time.”

Were loving all of tonight’s performers, but Janet is definitely at the top of our list! This lady still slays the stage like no one else can!


Black GOP Nemesis Candace Owens Sued Over Blexit
This week Kanye West distanced himself from Candace Owens after she claimed he designed the logo for her Blexit movement to encourage Black Americans to abandon the Democratic Party right before the mid-term elections.

Now Candace is being sued over use of the Blexit name…
This week the original Blexit, a non-profit organization founded in 2016 to promote Black liberation through economic resistance, Tweeted they were pursuing legal action against Candace’s movement for infringement on their copyright

Click HERE to read more.


Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx Are Not Engaged, Despite The Ring She Wore On That Finger
Cameras spotted Katie Holmes in New Orleans this week out on a coffee run, and she was smiling big while wearing a diamond ring on her left hand. Could this mean that the Dawson’s Creek alum is engaged to her boyfriend, Jamie Foxx?

Holmes is in the Big Easy to film her movie The Secret, based on the book of the same name by Rhonda Byrne, but her rep says that the 39-year-old actress is not getting married anytime soon.
 “Katie’s not engaged to anyone besides her fictional movie fiancé, played by Jerry O’Connell,” the rep told Page Six.
Holmes and Foxx started dating about five years ago. They were first seen dancing together at Ronald Perelman’s Apollo in the Hamptons gala in 2013, just one year after she split from Tom Cruise. But the couple has kept their relationship so private, that we don’t know exactly when they started seeing each other.

The couple has stepped out in public a few times together. Earlier this year, they attended Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy party. They have also shown more PDA in recent months. In September, Holmes made multiple trips to George to visit Foxx while he filmed the movie Just Mercy, and they were spotted enjoying workouts and bike rides. However, an insider says that the two are still very “careful about being photographed together.”
“Everyone knows they are dating, but they still want to keep it private,” an insider told People Magazine. “After the beach pictures, they only spent time together at home and got extra careful. But this year, they have been more social together. They often go to restaurants for dinner dates, or to hang out with friends.”
Holmes wore a similar diamond ring on her left hand back in March 2016, causing the engagement rumors to fly. But, her rep at the time insisted that the actress wasn’t married or engaged.

Currently, Foxx is also in New Orleans to shoot the Netflix movie Power, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And, the couple went out for dinner after Holmes’ ring sparked the engagement rumors. They kept things low-key while visiting the French Quarter on Halloween.
Holmes wore a tan jumpsuit with Adidas sneakers, and Foxx wore a black hoodie and sweatpants.

Neither Katie Holmes nor Jamie Foxx has spoken publicly about the relationship.


LaVar Ball Offers To Coach Lakers, Says He Can Do It “With My Eyes Closed”
LaVar Ball has offered to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, according to an interview, a job he claims he can do with his eyes closed.
The voluble and controversial Ball, who stars in his own Facebook series, Ball in the Family, and runs the Big Baller League and shoe brand, is again taking shots at current Lakers coach Luke Walton, who reportedly was recently called on the carpet by Lakers executive Magic Johnson for the team’s slow start after adding LeBron James and a strong supporting cast.

While the Lakers and LeBron have downplayed the Walton/Johnson chat, LaVar Ball isn’t giving Walton a pass. As he did last year when he claimed Walton had lost the team, he’s predictably touting the answer to the Lakers woes as more playing time for his son, Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball.

“They’re starting off a little ragged because, if you have a guy that’s your second pick and you have the best player in the world, don’t take them out of the game, leave them in the game and rotate three other guys around them,” LaVar Ball told Sky Sports.  “That’s how you get victories if you want to win.
“But if you want to try to figure out things, different combinations, taking guys in and out, no. I’m going to go with Lonzo and LeBron. You guys are going to stay in the game until we finish winning. If we [are] winning by a lot, then everyone else can play.”

Lonzo Ball is averaging 27 minutes per game, 9.3 points and 4.3 assists, down from his rookie season last year.  “You [would have] a rotation of eight, instead of a rotation of 12,” Ball said. “Can’t make everybody happy.”

He added: “Lonzo is a very special player. He makes everybody around him better. So guess what, when you play in the game, don’t put him in the corner, he can’t make no one better. … But here’s the thing: If you have Lonzo, which is a special player that makes everybody better, and you have the best player in the world in LeBron James, how do you not win a championship?”

“If they need help, shoot, I’ll coach them,” Ball said. “I can coach them with my eyes closed.”


Ariana Grande Drops New Song, ‘Thank U, Next,’ Addressing Mac Miller and Pete Davidson
Ariana Grande’s personal life has been in the headlines for most of 2018: her breakup with longtime boyfriend Mac Miller and whirlwind engagement to “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson just weeks later, and Miller’s death from an apparent drug overdose and her subsequent split with Davidson a couple of months after that.

All of the above, along with previous boyfriends Big Sean and Ricky Alvarez, are addressed in a song she’s been teasing all week, “Thank U, Next,” which she dropped abruptly on Saturday night, half an hour before the first new episode of “SNL” since she and Davidson split. Despite the potentially combative timing, the upshot of the song is basically that she’s good with all of her exes.

“Thought I’d end up with Sean
But he wasn’t a match
Wrote some songs about Ricky
Now I listen and laugh
Even almost got married
And for Pete I’m so thankful
Wish I could say thank you to Malcolm [Miller]
Cause he was an angel,

“One taught me love
One taught me patience
And one taught me pain
Now I’m so amazing
Say I’ve loved and I’ve lost
But that’s not what I see
So look what I got
Look what you taught me
And for that I say
 “Thank u, next
Thank u, next
Thank u, next
I’m so f—ing grateful for my ex.”

LISTEN HERE

Ninety minutes later on “Saturday Night Live,” Davidson made his own statement during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, concluding his raucous guest spot by saying, “I know some of you are curious about the breakup, but the truth is, it’s nobody’s business. Sometimes things just don’t work out and that’s okay. She’s a wonderful, strong person and I genuinely wish her all the happiness in the world. Now please go vote on Tuesday, alright?”

Judging by social media posts earlier this week Grande did not respond well to Davidson’s reference to their breakup during “SNL” promos (in one, he jokingly asked this week’s musical guest, Maggie Rogers, to marry him), yet the song seems intended to clear the air.

It was less clear how serious her comment about a new album might be. “Sweetener,” her fourth and latest album, was released just two months ago and is currently at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. Last week she announced the “Sweetener” world tour, with initial dates running from March to June of 2019.


Pittsburgh Steelers Player Honors Synagogue Attack Victims With ‘Stronger Than Hate’ Cleats
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday donned custom-made cleats honoring those killed in last Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.

The shoes were emblazoned with the words “stronger than hate” and included a reimagined version of the NFL team’s logo, featuring the Star of David.
Roethlisberger and his wife Ashley Harlan are reportedly close friends with former Steelers’ community relations manager Michele Rosenthal, the sister of two men killed in the attack.
Cecil and David Rosenthal ― 59 and 54, respectively ― were among the 11 killed when a gunman opened fire at the Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27.
“To say that everyone in the Pittsburgh Jewish community knows them is not even a remote exaggeration,” Jeffrey Solomon, a fellow Tree of Life congregant, told The New York Times. “They were both active participants in so much of life.”

Roethlisberger, along with several other Steelers players, attended funeral services for the brothers last week.

The Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.


Leslie Odom Jr. To Star In New Abc Pilot Produced By Kerry Washington
Congrats to Broadway star and jazz vocalist Leslie Odom Jr. The “Nationwide is on your side” singer is coming to primetime in a new pilot for ABC that is produced by Kerry Washington.

According to BlackFilm, the comedy series is based on the life and ministry of Pastor Touré Roberts and Pastor Sarah Jakes-Roberts.

“Leslie, played by Odom, and Hope are joint pastors at a young, hip, diverse church in Los Angeles. Through their services, online streams and books, they are experts at uniting people across different races, genders, orientations and opinions. But when it comes to uniting the people in their blended family, they are way out of their comfort zone — and as a result, the teachers often find themselves the pupils.”
The untitled project is executive produced by Washington along with Pilar Savone as well as the Roberts. Saladin K. Patterson will serve as the project’s writer.

“Kerry Washington is one of the most formidable artists of my generation,” said Odom. “We’ve been searching for the better part of two years to find an idea about which we both felt passionate enough to dedicate ourselves. I’ve gone to Touré’s church for over 15 years. He is a unique, contemporary and very necessary voice. We are thrilled that ABC is allowing us the opportunity to bring Touré and Sarah’s modern views to an even wider audience in what will be a joyful and hopeful 30 minutes every week.”

Stay tuned…


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10/28/18

The Daily Buzz For Oct 29 ☕📰☕


“Homecoming” Star Julia Roberts for Entertainment Weekly!
Julia Roberts covers the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine photographed by Carter Smith.
On the the current social climate weighing on her: “For people to have a voice in any capacity is paramount,” says the actress. “But it is so, so challenging to find any kind of clarity in these times. There’s so much mire and bulls—. And you feel like it’s five steps forward with #MeToo, Time’s Up. 
Then [there’s] this whole Kavanaugh mess, and people are being so disrespectful and unkind. Why on earth would a person put their life through what she is putting her life through and not be telling the truth? I just go, ‘F—, I [don’t] even know which way is up anymore.’ ”


#RHoA: Kenya Moore ‘not invited’ by producers to event filmed for ‘RHoA’, But she was in the Building!
Kenya Moore isn’t done with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” after all. The pregnant reality star attended Cynthia Bailey’s party for Seagrams Escapes on Thursday night and was wearing a mic for the soirée, an insider told Page Six on Friday.
“She was not invited by producers,” the insider said. “She attended as a guest and may or may not appear in the final edit as her appearance did not impact the story.”

We’re told Bailey’s costars Nene Leakes, Kandi Burruss, Porsha Williams, Shamea Morton, Eva Marcille, Shamari De Voe, Tanya Sam and Yovanna Logan were also in attendance.
Earlier this month Moore was spotted showing off her baby bump alongside Porsha Williams, who is also expecting her first child.

Moore, 47, exited the Bravo show in July over contract negotiations


#Empire: Who's in the Casket in Season 5?
Someone DIED on Empire and the mystery surrounding that significant death will be an overarching theme in Season 5.

In a flash-forward six months ahead, Lucious (Terrence Howard) is seen tearfully standing over a closed coffin mourning the loss of someone whose identity has yet to be revealed. Is it--gasp--Cookie (Taraji P. Henson)? Or perhaps a fakeout and the coffin is actually empty? As the season unfolds, showrunner Brett Mahoney says we'll see even more intermittent vignettes that will offer up additional clues as to whose life was ended. However, their death will somehow make sense. "Hopefully it will feel satisfying and significant. And it will have deep ramifications," he previously told TV Guide.

While we wait for the deceased identity to be revealed, here's who we think ended up in that mysterious grey coffin and why.

Cookie Lyon
Lucious' pained expression suggests that whoever is in that coffin meant a lot to him and as his ride-or-die wife, Cookie certainly fits the bill. The loss of the Lyon family matriarch would be devastating but it's not like Empire hasn't toyed with the idea of her death before. Last season, Cookie suffered a mild heart attack that scared her family into getting their act together and she ultimately recovered. And while it seems unfathomable that the show would ever part ways with its animal print-wearing verbal assassin, showrunner Brett Mahoney previously told TV Guide that he's not afraid to kill off a member of the Lyon family, meaning that no one--not even Cookie--is safe in the world of Empire.

Hakeem Lyon
Hakeem (Bryshere "Yazz" Gray) survived a traumatic shooting in the Season 4 finale that resulted in him losing a part of his lung. While the injury has significantly hindered his breathing, thus altering the youngest Lyon's ability to rap, he seems otherwise stable. However, Becky (Gabourey Sidibe) telling Lucious "No one could have known" in the flash-forward hints at an unexpected death. Given that Hakeem is still suffering the side effects of the shooting and he's not exactly taking care of himself, it's possible that his condition could worsen ultimately lead to his death. Stranger things have happened on the show.

No One
What if Lucious isn't mourning the loss of a person, but rather his old life? In one of those ominous flash-forwards, the FBI shows up at the end of the deceased's funeral demanding to speak with him. Given Lucious' extensive list of enemies and his willingness to do whatever it takes to rebuild his fallen empire, it's not surprising that he would ruffle the wrong feathers and cost his family everything, including their old identities. Lucious might be too proud to snitch but that doesn't mean he wouldn't fake the death of a loved one in order to protect them.

Who do you think is in the casket? Let us know!

Empire airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Fox.


#NewMusic Leona Lewis Featuring Hellberg on New Song, ‘Headlights’
British vocal powerhouse Leona Lewis teams with Swedish artist and producer, Hellberg, for the genre-bending new single, “Headlights.” Released under Sony Music, the song marks a new direction in Hellberg’s career, as his music shifts towards a modern and redefined pop sound.

The energetic, and euphoric “Headlights” is cleverly-written and boats a pop, EDM, island vibe with flawless vocals from three-time GRAMMY-nominated songstress Leona. A beautiful piano melody sets up the record before Leona’s delicate voice glides in. Innovative rhythms and heavy drops contrast beautifully with deep verses and scorched soul vocals. With diverse backgrounds, Hellberg and Leona’s collaboration manifests an incredible cross-over of pop and dance music.

LISTEN and WATCH HERE

“Working with Hellberg on creating something so different has been a lot of fun!” said Leona. “‘Headlights’ is about finding your own light and trusting in your own strength to get through tough times. I love being able to use my voice in different types of music to touch people across the world. I hope this song connects as deeply with everyone as it does with me.”

Leona is currently back in the studio recording.


#NewHipHop from Lil’ Kim – “Nasty One” Remix Ft. Stefflon Don, Kranium, & HoodCelebrity
Lil Kim takes the dancehall route for the remix to her “Nasty One” single.

The veteran rapper taps Stefflon Don, Kranium, and HoodCelebrityy for a stepping and intoxicating collaboration with production from iLLWayno.

LISTEN HERE

“I always have to keep people guessing. When we decided to do this remix, I wanted it to feel like I was in the club,” states Lil’ Kim. “That’s why having Steff, Kranium, and HoodCelebrittyy on it was major. Each artist brings their own essence to the track, and it’s fire!”

Thoughts?


#DOMESTICTERRORISM: Here's what we know about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Police have identified the man who opened fire during Saturday services at a Pittsburgh synagogue. as Robert Bowers, 46. Bowers is a Pittsburgh resident, according to our sister station WPXI. 

Eleven people were killed at Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Bowers was shot during a firefight with police, which left four officers shot. 
Bowers was shot multiple times by police and is in fair condition at Allegheny General Hospital, Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said. 

Law enforcement negotiated with Bowers while he was inside the building, sources said, and during those negotiations he was talking about his hatred for Jewish people. Bowers eventually surrendered.

Federal prosecutors have charged Bowers with 29 counts in deaths of 11 people including:
Eleven counts of Obstruction of Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Death 
Eleven counts of Use of a Firearm to Commit Murder During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence
Four counts of Obstruction of Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Public Safety Officer
Three counts of Use and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence
A social media profile for a man named Robert Bowers shows a feed full of anti-Semitic posts, including one from just hours before the shooting started.

“I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered,” Bowers wrote before he began shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, as he singled out the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a group which helps Jewish refugees enter the United States.
“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” Bowers wrote on Saturday morning. “Screw your optics, I’m going in

HIAS is a nonprofit group that helps refugees around the world find safety and freedom. The organization says it is guided by Jewish values and history.
Back on October 10, Bowers also posted about HIAS, including a screen shot from the group’s website: “You like to bring in hostile invaders to dwell among us?” he wrote.

The social media site Gab.com says Bowers had a profile on their website, the Associated Press reported. The company says the account was verified after Saturday's shooting and matched the name of the gunman mentioned on police radio communications.
The profile was later removed.

Bowers also re-posted comments from others on Gab that expressed hatred towards Jews – one of those postings from the last week claimed that “Jews are waging a propaganda war against Western civilization,” concluding that ‘we are headed towards certain extinction in the next 200 years and we’re not even aware of it.’

Bowers joined others in focusing their ire recently on the refugee ‘caravan’ in southern Mexico, which is making its way slowly towards the United States border, alleging that Jewish groups like HIAS were using it to spearhead an ‘invasion.’
Gab said in a statement that it suspended the alleged gunman's account, backed up the content and notified the FBI, the Associated Press reported.

Gab says its mission is to defend free expression and individual liberty online for all people. The social media site is popular with far-right extremists.


Tiffany Haddish Announces ‘She Ready’ Stand-Up Tour
The Emmy Award-winning comedian and actress’ She Ready Tour will kick off on New Year’s Eve in Miami.
The 12-date mini-tour will wrap up on March 21 in Seattle, Washington.

At this time, there are no dates scheduled in major markets like New York City, Chicago and Atlanta.
See the She Ready Tour dates below:

December 31 – Miami, FL @ James L Knight Center
January 25 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mirage Hotel and Casino
January 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mirage Hotel and Casino
February 7 – Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
February 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
February 14 – San Jose, CA @ Center for the Performing Arts
February 16 – Bakersfield, CA @ Fox Theatre
February 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Microsoft Theater
February 28 – Sacramento, CA @ Community Theatre
March 2 – Fresno, CA @ Warnors Center for the Performing Arts
March 16 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
March 21 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre

You going?


Travis Scott And Kylie Jenner Splurge On $13.45M Beverly Hills Mansion
Kylie Jenner and her baby daddy Travis Scott share an eight-month-old daughter named Stormi and just went half on a $13.45 million mansion in the area known as the Beverly Hills Post Office.

The house was built in 1971 and sold for $6.3 million to a development firm in 2012. The property was renovated before being placed back on the market in 2017.  It features a  2,300 square foot master bedroom which includes a his and hers bathroom and takes up much of the home’s second floor. The home also features an upgraded kitchen, a huge swimming pool, a lavish backyard full of greenery and a multi-car garage.
This wouldn’t be Kylie or Travis’ first home, but it is the first home they’ve purchased together.
This could possibly mean that things are getting a lot more serious between the two — which is pretty clear as they both currently refer to one another as hubby and wifey.


Is Angela Bassett is returning as “Marie Laveau” for the Season Finale of “AHS: Apocalypse”?
Angela Bassett is returning as “Marie Laveau” for the Season Finale of “AHS: Apocalypse”? According to the Twitter account of AHS Central they say so. 
However we know how Ryan Murphy has tricks up his sleeves. So we’ll wait to here from him! If this true, I'm ecstatic to see Angela Bassett returning this season...love her!!


Cleveland Cavaliers fire coach Ty Lue after 0-6 start
(UPI) Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue talks to the media during practice before Game 4 of the NBA Finals on June 7 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Photo by Larry W. Smith/EPA-EFE

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Ty Lue after an 0-6 start to the 2018 season.

Sources told ESPN and The Athletic that the Cavaliers are meeting with assistant Larry Drew, who is likely to serve as an interim coach.
Lue, 41, posted a 128-83 record in four seasons as the Cavaliers' coach. He also had a 41-20 mark in the postseason, including a championship during the 2015-2016 campaign.

Lue had three years remaining on his five-year, $35 million contract.
"You helped me see the big picture," Cavaliers star Kevin Love wrote on Instagram. "Life changing experiences and teaching points. Nothing but love and admiration. Know we will work towards something greater together again. Thank you."

The Cavaliers' roster has been informed of Lue's firing. The squad lost to the Indiana Pacers 119-107 on Saturday in Cleveland.
The Cavaliers host the Atlanta Hawks at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Cleveland.


Diddy Has A Message For Cassie: ‘If anyone sees @cassie this weekend please tell her to listen to this song 100 times!’
A few days after the singer/actress posted a video of herself hungover.
Diddy posted a pic of Michael Jackson’s song “The Lady In My Life” and captioned the post “If anyone see @Cassie this weekend tell her to listen to this song 100 times! ❤️LOVE.”

I’m surprise Diddy did not post his classic joint “Last Night” featuring Keyshia Cole ….


Aretha Franklin's estate sued over unpaid legal bills
Aretha Franklin‘s estate is being sued by her lawyer. Gregory Reed claims he had trouble collecting what was owed to him by the Queen of Soul — who died in August 2018 at age 76 — while she was still alive and has filed documents seeking almost $54K to cover legal bills dating back to 2012.

In documents obtained by TMZ, the lawyer’s firm claimed they provided a number of services to the ‘Natural Woman’ singer, including negotiations on her final contract with Atlantic Records, but the last payment they received from her was in August 2012 for around $10,000.

It was revealed last month that the “I Say a Little Prayer” hitmaker hadn’t left a will, so her four sons, Clarence, 63, Edward, 61, Ted, 54, and Kecalf, 48, may have to wait years to find out how much of their mother’s estate they’re entitled to.

Franklin owned her estate, several properties in Detroit and maintained ownership of the songs she wrote — except her most popular singles like “Respect.”


Chris Rock Set To Direct Kevin Hart Comedy About Divorce
Chris Rock is putting on his director’s hat for a new #KevinHart film.

Chris Rock will be teaming up with Will Packer to produce a comedy titled “Coparenting” for Universal Pictures. The comedy, which will star Hart, will be written by “Black-Ish” writer Yamara Taylor. The film will tell the story of a stay-at-home dad who takes care of his kids while his CEO wife works. Things fall apart once the wife files for divorce, which leaves the man in financial and emotional hardship. The two end up fighting over the custody of their children and other marital issues.

The project is based on a concept created by Rock and Hart. Working on the producing team with Packer is James Lopez through Will Packer Productions. Rock will also serve as a producer through his company Chris Rock Enterprises. Overseeing the film is Universal Executive Vice President of Production Kristin Lowe with John Cheng and Carli Haney,  serving those roles for Hartbeat.

Rock made his directorial debut with the 2014 comedy “Top Five,” which started Rosario Dawson and Gabrielle Union.


Jenna Dewan Officially Files for Divorce From Channing Tatum
Jenna Dewan has made the first move and pulled the trigger to end her marriage with Channing Tatum by filing for divorce.

According to documents obtained by website The Blast, Jenna filed for divorce on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences.
In the filing — which was filed by high-powered celebrity attorney Samantha Spector — Dewan is asking for joint legal and physical custody of the couple’s daughter, 5-year-old Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum. She is also seeking child support and spousal support.

According to the filing, Jenna also is asking to have her name restored to Jenna Dewan.

Along with Dewan’s filing, we have also obtained Channing Tatum’s response — filed shortly after Dewan’s — in which he is also asking for joint custody. The filings are a clear indication that the couple is working together on an amicable divorce.
Our sources say they are negotiating a settlement in private.
The stars were married in 2009 and announced their separation in April.

At the time of their split, the former couple said, “We have lovingly chosen to separate as a couple. We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together. Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one another, but love is a beautiful adventure that is taking us on different paths for now,” the couple said at the time of their split.
They continued, “There are no secrets nor salacious events at the root of our decision — just two best-friends realizing it’s time to take some space and help each other live the most joyous, fulfilled lives as possible. We are still a family and will always be loving dedicated parents to Everly.”

Jenna’s career has skyrocketed recently with her role in the hit TV show “The Resident,” while Tatum most recently starred in the animated flick, “Smallfoot.”



'Halloween' is still scaring the Box Office for a second week in a Row!
(BOM) The weekend played out mostly as expected with a repeat of last weekend's top four films, led by Universal's Halloween, which has now delivered over $126 million in just ten days in release. Lionsgate's release of Summit's Hunter Killer led the week's new wide releases with a top five finish while A24's expansion of Jonah Hill's Mid90s secured a top ten finish. The biggest news, however, might be the overall month of October, which is now the highest grossing October of all-time with grosses topping $785 million with three days in the month left to go.

Repeating atop the weekend box office is Universal's release of Blumhouse and Miramax's Halloween. The horror hit dipped 58% in its second weekend, delivering an estimated $32 million as its domestic cume now climbs over $126 million after just ten days in release, all on a reported $10 million production budget.

Halloween is also the #1 film internationally, delivering an estimated $25.6 million from 62 markets for an international total that now stands at $45.6 million and a global cume topping $172 million. The film added 39 markets this weekend including a #1 finish in Germany with an estimated $3.2 million along with openings in France ($2.3m), Australia ($2m), Spain ($1.36m), Brazil ($1.4m) and Italy ($1.27m). The film will open in Thailand and Korea next weekend while it won't be debuting in Japan until April 12, 2019.

Warner Bros.'s A Star is Born continues its strong run both at home and abroad, dropping just -26% domestically this weekend for a $14.1 million three-day and a domestic cume that has now climbed to nearly $149 million. Internationally, A Star is Born dipped just -23% this weekend, adding an additional $17.6 million from 75 markets in release for an international total that now stands at $104.6 million and a global tally topping $253 million.

The Top Ten at the Box office are as follows!
1. Halloween (2018) $32,045,000
2. A Star is Born $14,145,000 
3. Venom (2018)  $10,800,000
4. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween $7,500,000
5. Hunter Killer $6,650,000 
6. The Hate U Give $5,100,000 
7. First Man $4,935,000 
8. Smallfoot $4,750,000
9. Night School $3,255,000
10. 1Mid 90s $3,000,000


Camila Cabello Slams Pregnancy Rumors: 'Leave Me And My Belly Alone!'
Camila Cabello had to interrupt her Friday night festivities when she was made to address false pregnancy rumors after sharing a photo on Instagram. “You’re still the only thing I did right,” Cabello wrote with the image, which, to some fans, appeared to show a small bump protruding beneath the veil of her outfit. 

Furthermore, that the bump in question, was a sign that the former Fifth Harmony songbird and her boyfriend, Matthew Hussey, were planned to bring a child into the world together. 

Of course, this wasn’t at all the case, and she was more than willing to set the record straight on the gossip. “Guys don’t be crazy. I’VE BEEN TOURING AMERICA EATING DELICIOUS FOODS LEAVE ME AND MY BELLY ALONE!” she debunked with a comment beneath the post. 
The silly rumor comes six months after the “Consequences” songbird began dating the 31-year-old British dating coach, her love life with whom she’s kept *somewhat* under wraps ever since they were pictured coupled up in February. 

Aside from stepping down from her throne to address baby rumors, Cabello recently wrapped up her touring stint on Taylor Swift’s “Reputation Tour” earlier this month. She’s also slated to perform during this year’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, which kicks off in November.


The #MAGAbomber was a stripper with a ‘steroid problem’
The Florida man charged with sending at least 13 mail bombs was a fitness-obsessed male stripper who dreamt of becoming a professional wrestler, according to a new report Friday.
Cesar Sayoc Jr. traveled to jiggle joints across the country during the 1990s, Ohio event promoter Tony Valentine told the Washington Examiner.

Valentine said the 56-year-old was a “big muscle head” who “wanted to be a professional wrestler — that was his dream.”
 “He really couldn’t find his niche in life, and I guess he found it now,” Valentine told the Examiner. “Back in the nineties, he was running around from Minnesota to the Carolinas to Florida. He was like a gypsy.”

“He would show up and do an individual act and leave,” he added. “He was dancing for a guy out in Oklahoma, too.”
Valentine vouched for Sayoc in his grand theft auto case in 2014 — when Sayoc was employed as a strip club manager while also dancing at an all-male strip club.
Valentine said he wouldn’t hire the Aventura, Florida, resident again.
“He’s like 900 years old now,” he said. “I wouldn’t hire a 50- or 60-year-old stripper.”
Sayoc’s cousin told NBC News that he worked as an exotic dancer and a bouncer at many strip clubs.
He was a “loose cannon” and a “lost soul” who didn’t speak to his family and had a problem with steroids, the unidentified cousin, who lives in Florida, said.

“He’s been in the strip clubs since he was 22, that was his life,” the cousin said. “He was a male dancer and he wanted to be a wrestler. He was taking steroids. He was all buffed up…. He was built like a rock.”
Sayoc seemed proud of his body. In 2010, he posted a photo collage on Facebook showing himself shirtless and flexing his muscles.
“If birds didnt fly south for the winter and sun didnt rise in the east would tomorrow come.” he bizarrely commented on the photo.
Court records show that Sayoc filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2012. The filing said he “lives with his mother” in Aventura and had been working for a year as a “store manager” of an investment company in Hollywood, Florida.


AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
THE FROZEN DESSERT
Kinda got this odd craving for rainbow sherbet right now and I don’t know why…


EGGPLANT NATION: Meet The Black Bear
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