New "MILLIONAIRE" Host Terry Crews Admits To Porn Addiction & Reveals He's Partially DEAF
Now here's a hustle we're loving. Actor Terry Crews stopped by "WENDY" to promote his new memoir, MANHOOD, and he make a shocking revelation about his battle with addiction.
Terry Crews has been everywhere lately promoting a gaggle of upcoming projects including a new book, MANHOOD, a new television gig as the host of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and his role in the new movie with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler called Blended.
The star of Fox's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" also revealed a lifelong addiction to pornography. While discussing his father's battle with alcohol and his mother's addiction with religion (his words), he admitted that his addiction to porn stared around age 12. He says it nearly destroyed his family and he didn't truly overcome it until five years ago. His wife Rebecca BARELY took him back after she put him out of the house because of his constant struggle. But now, they're going on 25 years strong as a married couple!
The former NFL player also revealed that he's partially deaf in one ear, and that's why he talks so loudly!
Quvenzhane Wallis Named New Face Of Armani Junior
With a sure-to-be-hit movie “Annie” out soon and plenty of industry cred to her name, Quvenzhane Wallis shouldn’t be surprised by high-profile offers, regardless of the realm.
The 10-year-old “Beasts of the Southern Wild” starlet was chosen to front the new Armani Junior ad campaign and she couldn’t be happier.
Quvenzhane shared, "I'm so happy to be chosen by Mr. Armani to be his ambassador for Armani Junior. I felt the same excitement when I got cast for a major film. Me? Wow! I was honored to wear his custom gown to the Oscars. It made me feel like a princess. When I saw Mr. Armani's Prive' show in New York, the dresses were so pretty . . . I had too many favorites. Afterwards when I met him, I realized Mr. Armani is such a nice man. I liked that that he was so thoughtful. It's fun to wear Armani Junior since I really like the clothes. It's young. It's cool. My friends are going to want to borrow all my clothes."
And Giorgio Armani is confident Miss Wallis is the perfect fit. "Quvenzhane is so talented, despite her young age. Her kindness, curiosity and openness towards others really struck me, as they are all traits I admire. It is for this very reason that I wanted her to be the face of Armani Junior. With her insatiable energy, Quvenzhane made the clothing come alive, interpreting it in her own singular way."
Psst: ‘Secret’ App is Now Available on Android and iOS
Secret is bringing its infamous confession app to Android and iOS users.
The company also announced both apps are now available globally.
Secret, a smartphone app that allows users to post messages anonymously to friends on their social networks, and to their friends’ friends, is available everywhere except the few countries where it’s banned. It had previously been only in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The Android version will offer users two streams of anonymous messages: one that comes only from friends and friends of friends, which is the crux of the iOS app; and a second stream only to show messages from users who are nearby, in the same neighborhood or city, but aren’t in your network. Secret’s founders say the new “explore” stream, not yet available for iOS, will give users insights into news, gossip or social quirks that are trending around them.
Well with Secret now open for much of the world to divulge its deepest and darkest thoughts, experts say the startup faces a greater risk that it will become the go-to platform to expose trade secrets or delicate business information — think the recipe for Coke or the specs of Apple’s next invention.
“Someone may share on Secret anonymously a company’s secret sauce,” said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist for the Center for Democracy and Technology. “That would be misappropriation of a trade secret and (Secret) could be subpoenaed.”
I can tell you now this is going to be real MESSY!!
MAKE IT STOP! Kola Boof Joining Real Housewives of Atlanta ?
Kola Boof who was the mistress of Osama Bin Laden and also the alleged mistress of Kimora Lee’s ex Dimon Honsu.. Well it appears that she maybe appearing on the next season of Real Housewives of Atlanta. According to her Twitter.
What if and can you imagine the drama?
Rapper Fabolous SLAMS Head-On Into An 18-Wheeler,
Fabolous T-Boned an 18-wheeler! And thankfully, the rapper walking away with only a few bumps and bruises.
Fab, who recently recorded the "Who Do You Love?" remix with Trey Songz, had a bit an epiphany about his life a few moments after the accident. He shared his thoughts with fans on Instagram:
Good Morning IG...I just survived a car accident on the Van Wyck in Queens, NY. I wanna Thank God for not only letting me walk away with a few bumps & bruises but also for letting my driver Ruben & the two truck drivers involved walk away alive also. This was my 1st time being in a car accident. It's a very shocking experience & may change my outlook on how fast things can happen & you're put into a life threatening situation. Live, Love, & Celebrate Life. #Blessed
We wish everyone involved a speedy recovery!
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Shuttle Family Around Paris
The streets of Paris, France are likely more congested than ever now that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have flown their families into town for their wedding.
On Thursday, the “Disaster Movie” actress hit up the Eiffel Tower with her BFF Jonathan Cheban before joining up with her mother Kris Jenner at L’Avenue restaurant for some delicious eats.
Elsewhere, Bruce Jenner exited the George V Hotel with daughter Kendall Jenner, who flaunted her fashion sense in a gold studded black leather jacket with leather skinny trousers.
Additionally, Kim and her sister Kourtney Kardashian paid a visit to the Baby Dior boutique to pick out some new duds for baby North West while Kanye West and his father Ray browsed the racks at the Lanvin store.
And for any disgruntled Parisians that may be out there, Kim and Kanye are slated to tie the knot this weekend at which time they’ll be packing up and letting things get back to normal!
Major Harris 6th Birthday Party!
Major Harris celebrated his 6th birthday in Super Mario World style surrounded by his mommy Tiny, his daddy T.I. and the entire Harris clan. The youngest member of the Harris clan had so much fun turning all the way up with his video games, toys, and friends.
The youngest brat of the Harris clan celebrated his sixth birthday surrounded by his family as they enjoyed good food, games, and family. Major is a big fan of video games and Super Mario World was the perfect theme for his birthday party. Major enjoyed quality time with his mommy, daddy, and his siblings alongside a convention center full of extended family and friends.
The Harris clan is doing great as a family and a brand with their hit reality show on VH1 T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle. Despite the rumors that are circulating on the internet and on the streets of Atlanta all is well with the Harris Family. T.I. and Tiny are focusing on their happiness and love for their family and the HUSTLE! As you can see all is well in the Harris camp!
After all of the celebrating he spent his evening celebrating Ambassador Andrew Young’s birthday. Ambassador Young and T.I. are great friends.
Mavs Owner Mark Cuban on His Own ‘Prejudices and Bigotries’
*Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” shark Mark Cuban, attempting to make a nuanced point about society’s challenges dealing with racism, acknowledged having his own “prejudices and bigotries” during an interview with Inc. magazine that went viral today, according to ESPN.com.
“In this day and age, this country has really come a long way putting any type of bigotry behind us, regardless of who it’s toward,” Cuban said Wednesday. “We’ve come a long way, and with that progress comes a price. We’re a lot more vigilant and we’re a lot less tolerant of different views, and it’s not necessarily easy for everybody to adapt or evolve.
“I mean, we’re all prejudiced in one way or another. If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it’s late at night, I’m walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there’s a guy that has tattoos all over his face — white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere — I’m walking back to the other side of the street. And the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of. So in my businesses, I try not to be hypocritical. I know that I’m not perfect. I know that I live in a glass house, and it’s not appropriate for me to throw stones.”
Cuban’s comments come in the midst of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks and the NBA’s attempt to force him to sell his team. Sterling was banned for life and fined $2.5 million by NBA commissioner Adam Silver after the release of a TMZ recording in which he told a female friend, V. Stiviano, not to bring black people to Clippers games.
On Monday, Sterling was charged with damaging the league with his racist comments, and he has until Tuesday to respond to the charge. If Sterling does not respond by then, that would be grounds for termination. Silver’s decision of a lifetime ban for Sterling is subject to a vote by NBA owners in June, with the commissioner needing three-quarters of the vote to enforce his decision.
Speaking at the annual GrowCo convention, hosted by Inc. magazine, on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, Cuban said he knows how he’ll vote but isn’t ready to comment on it.
“There’s no law against stupid,” Cuban said when asked how to keep bigotry out of the NBA, according to the Tennessean. “I’m the one guy who says, ‘Don’t force stupid people to be quiet.’ I want to know who the morons are.”
On the night before Silver’s announcement of Sterling’s lifetime ban, Cuban called Sterling’s comments “abhorrent.” However, he also said that forcing Sterling to sell the Clippers would be a “very slippery slope.”
Cuban pledged his full support of Silver’s ruling after the fact, but he had been guarded on his comments on the subject since then until appearing at the GrowCo convention Wednesday, when he reportedly said he hates that he might have to be hypocritical with his vote on the matter of Sterling.
The point Cuban attempted to make during his videotaped interview with Inc. magazine was the importance of helping people evolve from their prejudices and bigotries.
“I’ll try to give them a chance to improve themselves, because I think that helping people improve their lives, helping people engage with people they may fear or may not understand, and helping people realize that while we all may have our prejudices and bigotries we have to learn that it’s an issue that we have to control, that it’s part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road,” Cuban said. “Because it does my company no good, it does my customers no good, it does society no good if my response to somebody and their racism and bigotry is to say, ‘It’s not right for you to be here. Go take your attitude somewhere else.’”
Meanwhile, TMZ reported that African American ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith applauded Cuban’s honesty.
“I took no issue whatsoever with what Mark Cuban said … not only because he was forthright, very candid and honest … but also he happens to be correct,” Smith said.
Cuban has taken some fire for the comments, but Smith says the people attacking him are missing the point.
“Yes he spoke about hoodies and how if he saw a black individual with a hoodie he’d walk across the street because he’s uncomfortable with that imagery … obviously, he also alluded to a white individual with tattoos all over his body, his face and his head, he’d walk back to the other side of the street.”
“So if you’re gonna have a problem with what he said about the black person with the hoodie on, then you gotta have a problem with the white person he alluded to with tattoos all over.
“I’m sorry, I don’t see a problem with that whatsoever. I don’t think there’s any ethnic group in America that should take issue with it as a personal affront to them as if he was isolating them or talking about them. He was simply being honest, forthcoming and very open about some of the fears and prejudices that he may have.”
Smith concluded, “I applaud his honesty and I took absolutely positively no offense to what he had to say.”
View the reactions of ESPN’s Michael Wilbon and Bomani Jones here.
Angela Bassett to Direct Lifetime Original Movie ‘Whitney Houston’
Angela Bassett will make her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie “Whitney Houston,” a film about her late “Waiting to Exhale” co-star’s tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown.
Due in 2015, the film will follow their headline-making relationship — from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity, to their courtship and rocky marriage.
Lifetime notes, “Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Whitney’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.”
“I have such regard for both Whitney’s and Bobby’s amazing talents and accomplishments; and I feel a responsibility in the telling of their story,” said Bassett. “Their humanity and bond fascinates us all. I’m beyond excited to have this opportunity to go behind the camera and into their world.”
Produced by The Sanitsky Company, “Whitney Houston” will be executive produced by Larry Sanitsky (Betty & Coretta). Shem Bitterman (Betty & Coretta) wrote the film’s script.
Last year, Bassett and Lifetime worked together on the Lifetime original movie “Betty & Coretta,” starring Bassett and Mary J. Blige.
EJ Johnson FILMING "#Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills"
EJ Johnson, Tyrese and Ludacris were on the set of their upcoming Hollywood projects. Find out what they were shooting inside...
EJ Johnson was spotted decked out in designer gear and his Birkin while shopping on Robertson Blvd with co-star and multi-million dollar heiress Dorothy Wang.
The pair were filming scenes for the second season of our guilty pleasure, E!'s "#Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills."
EJ, who'll play a larger role on the show this upcoming season even while attending NYU, also signed an overall deal with E! where he will make appearances on a variety of the network’s programs including Fashion Police and E! News.
Mos Def BARRED From Entering The United States, CANCELS Planned Tour?!
We've just learned from a credible report that Mos Def has been banned from the USA! Details are sketchy, but the ish hit the fan once concert promoters in Boston found out he wasn't allowed back in the country. Said promoters released a statement saying,
We regret to inform you that due to immigration / legal issues Yasiin Bey is unable to enter back into the United States and his upcoming U.S. tour has been canceled, including May 15th, Together Boston’s show at The Wilbur Theatre. Individual ticket refunds for this show are available at point of sale.
No one knows what the "issues" are, but Mos Def has gone on record trashing policies of the USA. Remember the video he shot where he called out the government for their horrible treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay? Also, in March, he told Rolling Stone that he feels more comfortable in South Africa than Brooklyn.
“Sure, [Cape Town is] a beautiful place, you got the ocean, the mountain, the botanical garden, the beautiful people, the history, the culture, the struggle and everything — maaan, let me tell you something, for a guy like me, who had five or six generations not just in America but in one town in America to leave America, things gotta be not so good with America.”
Well.....we guess someone in Homeland Security decided he could keep his ass over in South Africa. Note to celebs-don't (publicly) trash the USA while on vacation.
Taylor Swift, Katie Holmes & Alexander Skarsgard Get “The Giver” Promo Posters!
It’s going to be an intense journey filled with top-name stars and “The Giver” is already building the hype with a trio of new character posters.
Featuring Taylor Swift, Katie Holmes and Alexander Skarsgard, the new artwork sets the stage with a mysterious aesthetic and intriguingly vague taglines.
“The Giver” is slated to land in theaters on August 15th and also stars Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites and Odeya Rush.
Per the synopsis, "The haunting story of ‘The Giver’ centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. The film is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. THE GIVER will be in theaters everywhere Aug.15."
US Sends Military Personnel to Help Search for Kidnapped Nigeria Girls
*(Via Mail & Guardian) – The United States has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad in its effort to help find and return more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, US President Barack Obama told Congress on Wednesday.
“These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area,” Obama said in a letter to congressional leaders.
The forces are to remain in Chad until they are no longer needed, Obama added.
A senior Obama administration official said the military personnel were deployed to Chad with the consent of that government. Some will maintain the unmanned aircraft involved in the mission and the rest will provide security for the group.
The girls were taken in April from a boarding school close to Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, Niger and Chad in a sparsely populated region. Their whereabouts are unknown.
The kidnappings have generated an outpouring of concern from the United States, with Obama’s wife, Michelle, speaking out about the crisis. The president himself has resisted some calls from Republicans in Congress to send special forces into Nigeria to search for the girls.
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘JORTS WITH A BELT’
Well giddy-up cowboy! I’m sure all the boys at the rodeo love the way you work them jorts!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
EFREM
