BREAKING: Stuart Scott ESPN Broadcaster dies at age of 49

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BREAKING: Stuart Scott dies at age of 49

One of the Good Guys have left us. Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49.

Among the features of the new ESPN studio in Bristol is a wall of catchphrases made famous by on-air talent over the years. An amazing nine of them belong to one man -- from his signature "Boo-Yah!" to "As cool as the other side of the pillow" to "He must be the bus driver cuz he was takin' him to school."

That man is Stuart Scott, and his contributions to the sports lexicon are writ large. But they are only one aspect of his legacy. When he passed away, he left behind so much more. He inspired his colleagues with his sheer talent, his work ethic and his devotion to his daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15. He defied convention and criticism to help bring this network into a new century. He spoke to the very athletes he was talking about with a flair and a style that ESPN president John Skipper says, "changed everything."

Stuart Scott made famous the catchphrases "Boo-Yah!" and "As cool as the other side of the pillow."

"He didn't just push the envelope," says sports radio host and former ESPN anchor Dan Patrick. "He bulldozed it."

And he saved his best for his last year on the air. At the ESPYS on July 16, shortly before his 49th birthday and following another round of cancer surgery, Stuart accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance with strength, humor, grace and these eloquent words: "When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live."

So while the grief is deep at ESPN over the death of Stuart Scott, so is our gratitude. He was as popular on campus as he was in the airports he passed through and on the sidelines he worked over the last 22 years. He brought so much to the party, and he will continue to do so, through the people he inspired, and the language that he liberated, and the audience that will remember him.

Steve Levy, who came to ESPN shortly before Stuart in August 1993 and served as his co-host for the first "SportsCenter" from the new studio last June, put it this way: "I think the audience recognized that when Stuart was on, there was going to be something special. And to his credit, he brought something special every night he was on."

"SportsCenter" anchor Jay Harris, who grew up watching -- and hoping to be -- Stuart, says, "Think about that phrase, 'As cool as the other side of the pillow.' It's a hot, stifling night. You're having trouble sleeping. But then you think to turn the pillow over, and, wow, it's cool, and it feels so good.

Stuart Scott was diagnosed with cancer in November 2007 and dealt with recurring bouts of the disease.

"Well, that's who Stuart is. He is 'the other side of pillow,' the man who made sportscasting cool. God bless whoever it was who thought to rearrange the bedding at ESPN."

Stuart was born in Chicago, but he, along with two sisters and a brother, spent his formative years in North Carolina, where their father was a postal inspector who always had time to play after work. Stuart went to R.J. Reynolds High in Winston-Salem and then the University of North Carolina, where he played wide receiver and defensive back on the club football team, joined Alpha Phi Alpha and worked at the student radio station, WXYC. After graduating in 1987 with a degree in speech communication, Stuart was hired by WPDE-TV in Florence, S.C. He says that's where he first came up with the pillow metaphor. "People say I stole it from a movie," he told an interviewer in 1998, "but I first thought of that and said it on my first job ... I just liked it."

His career path took him from Florence to Raleigh, North Carolina, to Orlando, Florida, and in his pre-ESPN clips, you can feel his energy, hear his music and sense his on-camera charisma. At WESH, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, he first met ESPN producer Gus Ramsey, who was beginning his own career. Says Ramsey, "You knew the second he walked in the door that it was a pit stop, and that he was gonna be this big star somewhere some day. He went out and did a piece on the rodeo, and he nailed it just like he would nail the NBA Finals for ESPN."

He first met ESPN anchor Chris Berman in Tampa, Florida. "He stuck out his hand and said, 'One day I look forward to working with you,'" Berman said. "And I said, 'Well, I tell you what, we'll save you a seat.' And I'm really thrilled that he was right on. [Later] I said, 'Stu, maybe you were the Swami.'"

The person most responsible for bringing Stuart to Bristol was Al Jaffe, ESPN's vice president for talent, who was looking for sportscasters who might appeal to a younger audience for ESPN2. "One of the producers on a story we were doing on the Orlando Magic told me about this young guy he really liked. I followed up and found out that Stuart's contract was up soon. He sent me a tape, and even then, he had an amazing presence -- I felt the viewer would sit up and take notice when he was on the air."

His first real ESPN assignments were for "SportsSmash," a short sportscast twice an hour on ESPN2's "SportsNight" program. When Keith Olbermann graduated from "SportsNight" to ESPN's "SportsCenter," Stuart took his place in the anchor chair. "He was like a ball of fire walking in the door," says ESPN senior vice president Mark Gross, a coordinating producer at the time. "I had never met anybody like Stuart Scott."

"I've called him Boo-Yah forever," says Norby Williamson, the ESPN senior vice president who helped guide Stuart during those early years. "Ever since he used that catchphrase on the air for the first time, and we looked at each other and said, 'What the hell is that?'"

That was the future, and it looked and sounded different from the present. "There were successful African-American sportscasters at the time," says ESPN director of news Vince Doria, who oversaw the studio programming for ESPN2 back then. "But Stuart spoke a much different language ... that appealed to a young demographic, particularly a young African-American demographic."be this big star somewhere some day. He went out and did a piece on the rodeo, and he nailed it just like he would nail the NBA Finals for ESPN."

He first met ESPN anchor Chris Berman in Tampa, Florida. "He stuck out his hand and said, 'One day I look forward to working with you,'" Berman said. "And I said, 'Well, I tell you what, we'll save you a seat.' And I'm really thrilled that he was right on. [Later] I said, 'Stu, maybe you were the Swami.'"

The person most responsible for bringing Stuart to Bristol was Al Jaffe, ESPN's vice president for talent, who was looking for sportscasters who might appeal to a younger audience for ESPN2. "One of the producers on a story we were doing on the Orlando Magic told me about this young guy he really liked. I followed up and found out that Stuart's contract was up soon. He sent me a tape, and even then, he had an amazing presence -- I felt the viewer would sit up and take notice when he was on the air."

His first real ESPN assignments were for "SportsSmash," a short sportscast twice an hour on ESPN2's "SportsNight" program. When Keith Olbermann graduated from "SportsNight" to ESPN's "SportsCenter," Stuart took his place in the anchor chair. "He was like a ball of fire walking in the door," says ESPN senior vice president Mark Gross, a coordinating producer at the time. "I had never met anybody like Stuart Scott."

"I've called him Boo-Yah forever," says Norby Williamson, the ESPN senior vice president who helped guide Stuart during those early years. "Ever since he used that catchphrase on the air for the first time, and we looked at each other and said, 'What the hell is that?'"

That was the future, and it looked and sounded different from the present. "There were successful African-American sportscasters at the time," says ESPN director of news Vince Doria, who oversaw the studio programming for ESPN2 back then. "But Stuart spoke a much different language ... that appealed to a young demographic, particularly a young African-American demographic."

Stuart went on to be one of the most charismatic Broadcasters on the network and in sports broadcasting. Scott is survived by daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15 a host BELOVED of family friends and Fans! (ESPN)

Sleep in Peace Stuart you fought a GOOD FIGHT Now take your rightful rest!

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“Fifty Shades Of Grey” Drops Promo Poster

It’s going to be a long, cold winter as we eagerly await the arrival of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” and thankfully there’s a new promotional poster to build the buzz.

In the new artwork, Dakota Johnson's Anastasia Steele seems a bit frisky as she bites her lip and waits for the action to get started!

Dakota stars opposite Jamie Dornan, who play Christian Grey- a billionaire businessman who exercises control in everything, including his bedroom antics.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” is slated to hit theaters on February 13th, 2015 and there will be a new full trailer during Thursday’s episode of “Scandal.”

Niecy Nash Gives Advice On Oral Sex & Keeping A Man In PLAYBOY Magazine

She's the author of the relationship book It's Hard To Fight Naked, the star of TVLand's "Soul Man", and also the star of HBO's "Getting On".  But the 44-year-old married star isn't just talented on screen.

In her new interview with Playboy magazine, Niecy's dishing up what it takes to keep a man happy -- a drained penis and a stomach full of food. 

What I say in the book is, "A BJ a day keeps the divorce attorney away" and I say that because I feel like men are profoundly simplistic, which is the reason I wanted to call my book what I used as the title of chapter three, which is, "Stomach Full, Penis Empty: A Woman's Guide to a Happy Marriage." Keeping him fed and drained, you have no problem. We are really more complicated than they are and I think that women are more generous with oral sex because we nurture by nature. We want to be pleasing by nature, that's in our DNA, so I think that a lot of the behavior we're looking for sexually, you might have to educate your partner. Sometimes, men just assume they're going to get it and you need to be like, "Give me mine. Ladies first."

She continued about the importance of communicating sexual needs, likes and wants  to keep a relationship in order.  And she also revealed how her hysterectomy changed her sex life for the better:

What's so interesting is that [women are] more willing to have conversations about "Do you want to get married? Where do you see this relationship going? Do you want to have children?" than we are to ask, "What kind of sex do you like? What are you into there?" You know what I mean? And that's a conversation that a lot of people dive into but if you're going to be with someone for the rest of your life and they're failing to meet your sexual needs is like doing a slow dance with death. We need to make sure we can meet right there in the middle. The best thing that could have ever happened to me, and I was so fearful when I did it, was I got my tubes tied and had a hysterectomy. It gives me and my husband a different liberty — we can do what we do anytime, anywhere, at a moment's notice. So that's a sidebar into my situation, but I can get the party started.

Well...

Check out the rest of her interview HERE. 

Sugar Hill Gang Rapper Big Bank Hank Has Died

He was one of the early hip hop pioneers and sadly Big Bank Hank lost his battle with cancer at 57 years of age.

The Sugar Hill Gang star, whose real name was Henry Jackson, paved the way for guys like Kanye West, Jay Z, Eminem and the Beastie Boys, along with his band maates Wonder Mike and Master Gee.

In a press release, Master and Wonder declared, “So sad to hear of our brother’s passing. Rest in peace, Big Bank.”

Big Bank Hank was famous for lyrics like- “I’m Imp the Dimp, the ladies’ pimp, The women fight for my delight. But I’m the grandmaster with the three MCs, That shock the house for the young ladies, And when you come inside, into the front, You do the freak, spank, and do the bump, And when the sucker MC try to prove a point, We’re a treacherous trio, we’re the serious joint!”

New Music: Omarion “Post To Be” (Ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko)

Omarion recently welcomed his son Megaa Omari, he’s starring in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, and he’s gearing up for the release of his MMG debut. He enlists Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko for his new single “Post to Be.”

Maybach O takes the lead, before passing it over to Breezy and Jhene for their verses. “But, he gotta get rid of these h*es for me. I might have that n*gga sailing his soul for me. Ooo that’s how it post to be,” sings Jhene.

The track was produced by DJ Mustard, and borrows from Chaka Demus & Pliers’ “Murder She Wrote.”

Check ‘em out HERE! 

Rihanna Stalker Compared to John Lennon’s Murderer

Rihanna has taken care of her problems with a crazy stalker. A New York judge recently granted pop music’s bad girl a restraining order against 54-year-old Kevin McGlynn. McGlynn, the stalker, was described as “a ticking time bomb who is wholly fixated on [Rihanna]“. See what else the judge had to say!

McGlynn was first picked up in September, and sent to psychiatric hospital because it was declared that he was unfit to stand trial on previous stalking charges. Crazy!

Lupita Nyong'o Gets WHITE HOT In Chanel Couture At GLAMOUR Women Of The Year 

The Glamour 2014 Women Of The Year Awards went down at Carnegie Hall Monday night.  And Lupita outshined everyone, as expected.  She wore a gorgeously ornate white long-sleeved dress with gold embellished trim and matching shorts underneath, a look from the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2015 Collection:

The Lancome beauty looked simply flawless with Lancome gold shadows and a deep berry lip to top off her look.

GLAMOUR's December 2014 cover girl (and March 2014 cover girl) posed it up with some major folks throughout the night - from Anna Wintour to GLAMOUR EIC Cindi Leive to Chelsea Clinton:

And she accepted her Women of the Year Award graciously.  By the way, when this look by Chanel came down the Haute Couture runway earlier this year, it also had a matching hat!

"Orange Is The New Black" star Laverne Cox rocked a sexy royal blue dress with a mesh bust:

The cast has already started shooting season 3 of the show.

Writer and Executive Producer extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes was also on hand to present a Women of the Year award to Robin Roberts.

NBC personalities Hoda Kotb and Debroah Roberts (and her and Al Roker's daughter Laila) hit the carpet.

"GMA" anchor Robin Roberts donned a wine-colored cocktail dress with a leather top by Gucci, a Jimmy Choo clutch and Alaia shoes. She brought her partner with her!

Cute look for her.

And former "Young & The Restless" star, who is gearing up for the movie Soul Ties, also hit the carpet to celebrate:

Nice.

And here's what a few of our faves--Lupita, Shonda, Mindy & Robin--had to say backstage when asked to share some inspirational words they live by:

Beautiful!

John Legend Snaps Back At Piers Morgan Over Use Of The N-Word

John Legend and Former CNN host Piers Morgan penned an essay for The Daily Mail, where he debated against the use of the n-word. In his opinion, based on the essay below,

N****r.

A 6-letter noun in the English language which the dictionary defines as ‘a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person’.

It’s such an inflammatory and offensive word that for any high profile white person to publicly use it, without abbreviating to ‘N-word’, is rightly tantamount to professional suicide and personal opprobrium.

I don’t use it; would never use it. But it has become astonishingly ubiquitous in modern American society.

By comparison, the words ‘bro’ and ‘dude’ are only used 300,000 and 200,000 times per day.

These shocking statistics form part of a powerful study in today’s Washington Post.

Headlined ‘THE N-WORD’ – even the Post shies away from actually saying it – it concludes: ‘The slur has become more prevalent in American life, but remains as divisive and complicated as ever.’

The reason it is so ingrained in pop culture is that many blacks, especially young blacks reared to the soundtrack of N-word splattered rap music, use it in an ironic way.

They’re aware of its history; they know from their parents and grandparents that arrogant, dumb, racist whites used it as a wicked, derogatory insult against their black slave forebears. And they enjoy the freedom of being able to say it now in the knowledge that it’s become taboo for whites to do so.

I understand this, and empathise.

It’s the same ironic reason many gays call each other ‘f****ts’, why supporters of an English football team called Tottenham Hotspur, which has a large Jewish following, call each other ‘Y*ds’, and why some ardent feminists like to use the word ‘C**t’ with impunity.

I get it.

But I don’t like it.

And this is why: it doesn’t work. It has the complete opposite effect to the one that I imagine everyone who does this imagines it will have.

Far from ‘owning’ these words, seizing back control with the use of them, I believe it merely serves to empower those who wish to deploy them abusively - and encourage them to continue doing so.

Your average dim-witted, foul-mouthed bigot – and there are plenty of them as Twitter can attest – thinks: ‘If they use it, why can’t I?’

They hear African-Americans say the N-word to each other and claim victory: ‘See, that’s what they even call themselves!’

It’s the twisted, horrible mind-set of the wretchedly ignorant.

I debated this issue many times during my tenure at CNN.

Mike Tyson spoke to Piers about his prolific use of the word in his autobiographical stage show and said he plans to keep using it

Mike Tyson spoke to Piers about his prolific use of the word in his autobiographical stage show and said he plans to keep using it

Mike Tyson, who uses the N-word a lot in his excellent autobiographical stage show – insisted: ‘We have to think about how this word originated, where it came from. Just because we stop saying it won’t stop them (white racists) from saying it. They’re mad because they say it’s a double standard if they can’t say what we say amongst each other? I don’t plan on stopping saying it anytime soon.’

I don’t think it’s a double standard at all.

The N-word is a grotesque, odious, evil stain on the English language. It symbolises everything multi-cultural America has fought so hard to move on from - white-run, imperialist, violent, sexually malevolent barbarism.

Yet far from receding in society, it’s spreading; out of the once clearly defined confines of private usage in the black community, into the public hallways of every school in America.

This has to be wrong, doesn't it?

Better, surely, to have it expunged completely. Eradicated, obliterated, tied to a literary post and whipped into such brutal submission that it never rears its vicious head again.

But this will only happen when America’s black community applies the same level of tolerance to its own use of the word as that now applied in the National Football League: zero.

Teach the youth of today the N-word is so heinous that even to repeat it ironically is to perpetuate its poison.

As a white man, I have no right to demand that any black person gives up using the N-word.

But as someone who believes passionately in civil rights, I just think it’s the right thing to do

Morgan’s comments hit a nerve with John Legend, who exchanged some nice nasty remarks with the British journalist that sparked a little twitter beef.  Read between the tweets below…

What do you think?

Stuart Scott Clarifies Hospice Rumors, Gets Showered With Adoration [Photos]

The Internets were overcome with sadness on yesterday, as it was rumored that ESPN sportscaster and anchor Stuart Scott–currently battling cancer for a third time–was in hospice. Fortunately, the renowned sports figure revealed that wasn’t the case.

Taking to Twitter, Scott said “Rumor bout me in hospice. Not True. Airball. Swing & a miss. I continue treatment for C & missed some work but Hospice?No. Fighting? YES!” Longtime fans rejoiced at the news.

Before and after Scott’s announcement, Twitter showered him with adoration. Hit the jump to see their endearing tweets.

Beautiful!

LHHH Star Morgan Hardman Refuses Treatment For Fear of Ebola Infection

Morgan Hardman hurts her hand during the taping of the #LHHHReunion and refused to get it treated in NY due to her fear of contracting Ebola!

Check out the details below!

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any weirder with the cast of “Love and Hip Hop Hollywood”…they did! Cast member Morgan Hardman, singer Ray J’s ex-assistant, injured her hand during the taping of the reunion show this week. It seems that the former assistant got into a scuffle with Ray J’s latest piece, Miss Princess Love, and decided to “treat” her own injury as opposed to visiting an NY hospital.

Morgan was spotted arriving at LAX, while showing off an awkward looking bandaged hand to paparazzi. The reality star said that she wanted to put off treatment until she arrived in LA, for fear of contracting Ebola while in NY. Morgan claims however, that her injury was a result of her punching a wall in a fit of rage after the fight, and not inflicted by Princess Love. Sadly, there have also been reports of Ray J putting his hands on his estranged assistant.

Looks like Morgan needs to stay far away from Ray J and his “Princess.” What are your thoughts?

BEEF? Charlamagne Responds To IG Threats From LeBron’s Mom’s Ex (Threat Tweets)

Charlamagne found himself on the receiving end of some Instagram threats after making LeBron’s mom’s ex, Lambo, “Donkey of the Day” for a second time. Lambo responded by calling out all of The Breakfast Club, while specifically targeting Tha God, saying that he should be worried when the Miami based personality gets to NYC.

Reports Vlad:The radio host responded directly to these posts by saying he has no idea what they have to talk about, but that he’s willing to sit down with him to hash it all out.

And now the Instagram posts!

LOL!

Fashionable Streetwear for Him! Bee Line for Billionaire Boys Club x Timberland 6-Inch Brogues

Bee Line for Billionaire Boys Club has once again teamed up with Timberland to produce an elegant twist on the iconic 6-inch silhouette. When designing the boot, Pharrell Williams drew inspiration from the fashion of the Harlem Renaissance, specifically jazz singer Cab Calloway and his two-tone wingtip shoes. 

The combination of a wingtip and construction boot, the 6-inch Brogues feature wingtip paneling, perforation details that give them a unique touch, and a special Bee Line embroidered hangtag as well as three lace options: solid black, black/white and traditional Timberland yellow/brown. The boots are offered in solid navy and solid black colorways for men and, for the first time, women are being treated with solid navy and black/white versions. The limited edition boots are available at the Billionaire Boys Club NYC Flagship and webstore, as well as select Timberland stores.

AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES

‘SIBLING RIVALRY’

Nothing like a little sibling scuffle in the middle of Walmart to remind you to go ahead and grab those condoms before you leave the store.

HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!!!

EFREM