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3/28/19

The Daily Buzz For March 29 ☕📰☕


Colton Haynes for Attitude Magazine - May 2019 Revealed he is six months sober
Colton Haynes Reveals in Attitude Mag that he Is 6 Months Sober After Drug and Alcohol Addiction: 'I Was Drowning'
The actor, 30, revealed he is six months sober after completing a four-month treatment program.
“In 10 years, there were maybe 25 days I didn’t drink,” Haynes told Attitude Magazine. “I remember when I started, it was a couple glasses of wine, and it regressed into really dark times.”

Though he says drinking and drug use has been a part of his life for the past decade, Haynes said his “downward spiral” truly started after he came out as gay in 2016.
“I came out and, in a way, my downward spiral started,” he said. “I felt extremely free but at the same time the amount of attention I was getting was making me spin out of control.”
And as Haynes struggled to adjust to the newfound attention, his personal life also began to crumble. The actor’s mother died in May 2018 after a battle with advanced cirrhosis of the liver.

And just a few months later, Haynes announced his divorce from husband Jeff Leatham after less than a year of marriage.
 “I got married and that didn’t work out. That was extremely public and heart-breaking, and right when that was going on, my mom died,” he said. “At that point, I fell apart. My brain broke. I was doing a massive comedy for a studio, showed up to work and got fired on the first day. They said I looked as if I had ‘dead in my eyes’, and I did. “

Haynes said he started leaning on drugs and alcohol more than ever.
“I got so heavily involved with drugs and alcohol to mask the amount of pain I was feeling that I couldn’t even make some decisions for myself. I was drowning in my own s—,” he said.
The actor said he finally hit rock bottom when he woke up in a Los Angeles hotel after a seven-day bender.
“I locked myself in a hotel room at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills for seven days and was found in my room with these insane bruises all over my body,” he recalled. “It looked as if somebody had beaten the shit out of me. I couldn’t walk, so I was falling everywhere.”
“I almost ruptured my kidney, ended up in the hospital, ended up in 5150 psyche hold,” he said. “I was on such a destructive path that I could not function.”
He continued: “I lost partial sight in my left eye for a while. I ended up having two seizures. I didn’t know any of this was happening until I was sober enough to remember it.”

The incident, which Haynes called a “rude awakening,” pushed him to seek help.
“If anyone else had told me to get help I would be like ‘F— you!’. I had to make that decision on my own. I was ready to stop running from my own problems,” he said. “Once I went to treatment, I found this amazing amount of true love for myself, and started figuring out who I am without those vices, and recognizing the people in my life who lifted me up instead of tearing me down.”

Now six months sober, Haynes said he wants to help end the stigma around addiction and inspire others who are struggling to speak out.
“I’m always going to be in recovery. There are so many people struggling out there, but not a lot of them talk about it. Life is much more beautiful than I could have imagined,” he said.

“It’s just a different life now. It’s the best gift I’ve ever been given.”


#RHOA: NeNe Leakes' BEEF With her Co-Stars and Andy Cohen Captured In Season 11 Reunion Trailer
The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" Season 11 reunion trailer answers a plethora of our questions about why NeNe Leakes and her co-stars no longer get along.

But it's also left us with several more. The newly released minute-and-a-half teaser opens with the 'Wives gearing up to take their seats on the dreaded couches. "I thought we were real friends," NeNe says to someone on the phone. "Why would you plot to bring your friend back?"

In the other room, Andy Cohen consoles a tearful Cynthia Bailey, who's adamant that she's "tried to be a good friend" to NeNe.

WATCH HERE
But it would appear that befriending NeNe's enemy makes you an enemy, too.
Last week, Kandi Burruss let TooFab in on a little secret: During the season finale, which will air this Sunday, Cynthia hosted a party that former 'Wife/NeNe's enemy Kenya Moore ended up attending. Cynthia failed to give NeNe a heads up, which NeNe took as a personal attack.

"I didn't know that Kenya was coming!" a still-tearful Cynthia shouts at NeNe during the reunion, but her sadness soon turns to anger.
"NeNe, is this something that is worth ending your friendship over?" Andy asks.
"Do not keep pushing me over, okay?" NeNe barks back. "Don't!"
Cynthia's later heard shouting, "If NeNe wants to fall out over this petty-ass shit then let us fall out over it!"
That's only one battle in the war against NeNe, though; the whole "Bye, Wig" fiasco becomes another point of contention among the group.
"I said we were not filming in my closet," NeNe tells Andy sternly. He replies, "Well, what about putting your hands on people?"
"What do you want me to say?!" she shouts back.
Porsha Williams, who was on the receiving end of NeNe's wrath that day, adds, "If somebody tells you they were not terrified, they are f--king lying."

Then Tanya Sam, who was brought into the group by NeNe, backs Porsha's claim. "Me and Marlo jumped up, saying, 'Get off of her!'" she says, but NeNe hurls back, "That's a f--king lie!"
"The fact that you was giving a big f--k you to all of us -- we are not friends!" Porsha adds.
"Y'all wanna fire at me in this corner. I know I'm the one!" NeNe yells back.
NeNe's erratic behavior this season has been coupled with her husband's cancer diagnosis, which Andy brings up.

"People wondered why you've traveled when Gregg is sick," he says.
"If I didn't travel, Gregg wouldn't be eating," she snaps. Then it's Eva Marcille's turn to air her grievances with the co-star she once considered a friend. Last episode, Eva asked NeNe to make sure she wasn't mic'd when she agreed to drive back to the restaurant everyone was at to address the rumors Marlo Hampton had been spreading about her finances. NeNe knowingly kept her mic on.
"You, in fact, had a microphone on!" Eva shouts across the room, which NeNe hits back with, "Girl, you need to be arguing with these folks that's talking about your house, your car, your credit."

Marlo also gets into it with newcomer Shamari DeVoe. "I know she'd be at Betty Ford," Marlo tells Andy. (She's been vocal about Shamari "needing AA" all season long.)

"Tell me something about gold digging or shopping, then I'll listen!" Shamari fires back.

"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" three-part reunion begins Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. on Bravo.


#Empire’ Recap: Andre Gets A Diagnosis That Doesn't Look Too Good For His Life
Empire was last night and the Feds are breathing down Thirsty’s neck. One agent, in particular, makes it clear to Thirsty that she’s clout chasing. Basically, if she can take down a big fish–Lucious Lyon or Damon Cross (or Lucious and Damon) then she gets the career boost to the governor’s office that she has been looking for. Thirsty tries to keep it cute, but his back is against the wall. The FBI agent wants Thirsty to tell her the connection between Lucious and Damon. Thirsty goes into the story. We cut 18 months back to Empire’s Platinum Party. Damon is actually at that party and Thirsty tries to play it like nothing of note happened at the party. The Fed tells Thirsty that the feds have been watching his moves for a minute so he better ante up with the info. So then Thirsty tells the agent the “story of a guy and a girl.” It’s him and his boo, Vera. He met Vera at the DA’s office where she’s an administrative assistant. The agent gets aggy and wants to know what the heck this has to do with Cookie and Lucious, but Hold that thought.

Back in the present, Andre is at the hospital getting a full body ct scan for whatever may be wrong with him. Hold that thought.

Back to Thirsty. We learn that he ended up meeting Damon at the Platinum Party. Thirsty wasn’t working for Lucious at this time because Lucious let him go due to his financial trouble. Damon said he heard about all the good work that Thirsty did for Lucious so he wants to work with him. Vera caught the tail end of this conversation and tells Thirsty to be careful about Damon because his name has been tossed around the DA’s office and because she doesn’t want to lose him. Thirsty says if he can handle Lucious the can handle Damon. We’ll see about that. Thirsty eventually tells the agent that he never spoke to Damon again after the party and that’s when the agent swoops down like a dang vulture. She asks Thirsty about a man named Victor Horst. Then we flashback to a meeting between Victor, Thirsty, Damon and a couple of other goons on an airport hanger. Basically, Victor was supposed to have embezzled some money for them to split but he was dishonest about how much. Thirsty called him out for trying to pocket some extra change. Then he tries to play Thirsty by saying he doesn’t work for Lucious anymore and Damon snaps and beats Victor to death. Damon then tells Thirsty what to do with the extra money now that Victor is dead, and he makes it clear that he ain’t no Lucious, in fact, he’s a lot more dangerous. He is though. Actually, you can tell that Thirsty is kind of shook, which says a lot because Thirsty doesn’t scare easily.


#MusicNews: Usher Says That He’s Working on “Confessions 2”!
It’s been well over a decade since Usher released his most successful album “Confessions” and it seems fans are still begging for a sequal. The project recently celebrated it’s 15th anniversary and that only brought out more anticipation of a follow up.
For his part, Usher has gone his own direction on recent projects and deviated from the sound that made him successful originally. That most was evident on his to most recent releases “Hard II Love” and “A”.

The singer has just taken to his Instagram account to share some news that will surely get people talking. He’s pictured in the studio next to a So So Def sign with a white board titled “Confessions 2”. Below that are presumably song titles that are blurred out, but we get the point. Usher simply shared the message “Dis what y’all want?”.
Prior to this, his frequent collaborators Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox had been sharing video from the studio sessions with Usher. We had no clue what they were working on but this picture surely gives us a hint.

We’ll have to wait and see if “Confessions 2” does eventually materialize. If it does, it would surely be an epic moment for R&B music since we know Usher is more than capable of delivering another classic album.


#NewHipHop from G-Eazy & Blueface Feat. Yg & Allblack – ‘West Coast’
California love. G-Eazy and Blueface rep the “West Coast” in the video for their new collaboration.

The gritty black-and-white clip, directed by Daniel CZ, pays homage to the land of palm trees and sunshine and also stars YG and Bay Area up-and-comer ALLBLACK, with cameos from E-40, Ty Dolla $ign, P-Lo, Yung Pinch, Kossisko, Haiti Babii, GUAPDAD 4000, Danny Seth, and Richie Rich.

WATCH HERE

The clip also features neon accents from animator Ofir Shoham, a 22-year-old college student who has gone viral with his animated dance videos.


Lady Gaga Reportedly Broke Up With Christian Carino Because He Was Incredibly Jealous and Texted Her Too Much
A month ago, Lady Gaga called off her engagement to agent Christian Carino after they showed some really awkward body language at the Golden Globes.
Now, sources say the reason they broke up is actually because Christian was super overbearing and jealous.
Now that Lady Gaga is back in the dating game and reportedly has a situationship with Avengers actor Jeremy Renner, it's time to revisit her old flame, Christian Carino, and finally find out exactly why she broke up with him.
Gaga secretly got engaged to Christian back in 2017, but things reportedly went downhill toward the end of their relationship, according to an Us Weekly source. BTW, that's also apparently when she "really leaned on" Jeremy for support.

Right before they officially called it quits, Gaga and Christian had the most uncomfy body language that suggested their relationship was on the rocks. Like, what was with that ear kiss? Weird. Anyway, it looks like everyone's guesses were right because sources claim he "didn’t treat Gaga very well toward the end of their [two-year] relationship."

Plus, the source added, "He was jealous. He was trying to find her all the time and texted her a lot. Her friends didn’t like him either." Big yikes.
Now, it's no secret that A Star Is Born fans really wanted Gaga and Bradley Cooper to get together when they were promoting the Oscar-winning film, but that was just a little thing called acting. So don't go getting your hopes up for something to happen there.

In other Gaga news, today is the singer/actor/icon's birthday, which is cause for celebration, of course. And what better way to celebrate than by playing "Hair Body Face" on repeat in her honor while imagining her doing the same? Exactly. HBD, girl. Hope you're clearing out all those texts from Christian while you're at it.


Queen Latifah, Nicci Gilbert & BET Sued Over Reality TV Show “From The Bottom Up.”
Queen Latifah, Nicci Gilbert and BET Network is being sued by a woman who claims they stole her idea for their reality TV series, “From The Bottom Up.”
In the lawsuit, filed by Latosha Lee, she claims in 2013, she conceived the idea for a reality TV series titled, “Real Life Cinderellas of Atlanta.”

The series would “focus on the daily lives of women who had gone through publicized scandals and were seeking redemption.”

Lee’s series was to feature five “African-American quasi-celebrity women living in Atlanta, Georgia who have all experienced media scandals and working toward their lives around.”
Here’s where the plot allegedly thickens…She says she filmed with a cast and shot a sizzle reel and sent it around town to networks, producers, and reps. Lee claims that BET producers made it seem like they were interested but then went silent.
Lee said she later found out that BET had a show entitled “From the Bottom Up” and claims it was a rip-off of her show idea. She claims the show even featured similar cast members and storylines.
Latosha Lee is demanding an injunction to stop BET and Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit from airing the show and all profits made from the series.


DeJaVu: Wendy Williams' Statements About Her Husband's Past Infidelity Resurface
Wendy Williams‘ past quotes about her husband Kevin Hunter‘s past infidelity have just resurfaced and fans are taking note of some of the things she said.
If you don’t know, there are rumors that Kevin has an alleged mistress who just gave birth this week to their child. Nothing has been confirmed.

In her 2001 memoir, “Wendy‘s Got the Heat,” Wendy wrote about catching her husband in an affair years ago when he was on the phone with his lover.

“In those forty-five seconds my woman’s intuition kicked in and I knew he was on the phone with a lover. No woman deserves this. I wanted to kill him. I mean really kill him. For real. I wanted to kill him more because I was in the process of breaking my Number One Rule: No Cheating,” Wendy wrote in the memoir.
“I needed to know if she was in love? Was he in love?” she continued. “Were condoms used? Is she pregnant? Was she laying up in the Marriott with him?”
She also added that she would only walk out for good if he “lied about anything.”

“If he was in love, if she was just as successful at what she does as I am in my career, if she had his baby,” she added.

Girl just leave that Man and move forward!


Tristan Thompson 'Exposed' After Allegedly Sliding Into 17 Year Old Influencer's DM's
Tristan Thompson gets exposed by a 17 year-old influencer after she posts screenshots of him jumping in her DM's. She also has an opinion on the Cavs player...
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Tristan Thompson has stayed busy amid the Jordyn Woods cheating scandal. From going on dates, and sending cryptic messages in his posts, he just seems unbothered about the whole situation.

Just days before the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" season 16 premiere, where Thompson will be a main topic of conversation, he has allegedly slid into a 17 year-old influencers DM's.
Instagram star Yasmin Adelina posted a screenshot of her DM, where Tristan Thompson sent her a purple heart. According to BSO, Adelina is only 17 years-old.
Tristan Thompson jumps in Yasmin's DM's with a purple love heart
Singer Adelina took to Instagram to share her thoughts on Khloe Kardashian's baby father, Tristan. Adelina is siding with Khloe and attempted to expose Tristan Thompson's level of disrespect. 

When a fan asked if she replied to the purple love heart DM, Adelina explained: "No I didn't. Otherwise I wouldn't have posted it. Could post other ppl if I wanted, but I don't usually do that lol. That one just shows how trash men are."
Yasmin continued to answer fans questions on Instagram. One Instagram user suggested that she should send the screenshot of the DM to an American blog. However, she stated that she doesn't want to as she's not a "clout chaser"


South Carolina Fifth Grader Dies From Injuries After A Classroom Fight
A fifth grader from Walterboro, South Carolina has passed away after a classroom fight. 

On Monday, Raniya Wright, 10, got into an altercation with another fifth-grader at Forest Hills Elementary School. According to 13 News Now, teachers responded as quickly as possible to end the fight and then called the EMT.
According to the incident report, Wright collapsed after the altercation and was rushed to the nurse’s station at the school where she was breathing but unconscious. 
Shortly after, the fifth-grader was sent to a local hospital for treatment but then airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina hours later.

Early Wednesday morning, Raniya passed away at the hospital in Charleston. The cause of death cannot be determined until an autopsy, which is expected to occur on Friday. 
According to the school district, the student was suspended as police investigate the incident. 

The investigation will continue once Colleton County’s Sheriff’s Office receives results of the autopsy.


Ariana Grande Wishes Her 'Queen' Mariah Carey A Happy Birthday and She Responds
Ariana Grande had the sweetest things to say about Mariah Carey on her birthday.
The legendary musician turned 49 on Wednesday (March 27), and among her biggest supporters to wish her a happy "anniversary" — as Carey has been famously known to call her birthdays — was the "7 Rings" singer.

Grande praised the Elusive Chanteuse with a memorable black-and-white photograph on her Instagram Stories showing a young Mariah. “Happiest anniversary queen of everything. Loved u then, love u now, love u tomorrow," the 25-year-old captioned the throwback image, tagging Carey in the post.
In response, the "We Belong Together" artist re-posted Grande's shout-out on her own Stories, writing back, “Thank you dahhhhling!!”
As expected, Twitter was LIVING for this legendary moment between the pop princess and her majesty — who were rumored to have tension once upon a time. "@ArianaGrande wishing @MariahCarey a Happy Anniversary and Mariah Carey finally acknowledging her. Ugh," tweeted one user, with another adding, "Omg, Mariah acknowledging Ariana.. My life almost complete.. #MariahCarey."

Carey prefers to celebrate her birthdays as anniversaries as a way of marking the number of years of past instead of her actual birth. As told in her own words: “I don’t count years but I definitely rebuke them… I have anniversaries, not birthdays, because I celebrate life, darling.”
See the exchange below.

Sweet!


A Salt–N-Pepa Miniseries and The Clark Sisters Biopic In Works
A Salt-N-Pepa miniseries and a biopic on the Clark Sisters are slated for Lifetime programming.

Lifetime has given the greenlight to two music-related projects, a miniseries on rap group Salt-N-Pepa and a biopic on gospel group the Clark Sisters. Queen Latifah is an executive producer for both projects via her Flavor Unit production company, with Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott among the executive producers for the Clark Sisters film. Both projects are slated for programming in 2020.

The Salt-N-Pepa miniseries traverses the lives of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, as they go from nursing school students to entering the world of hip-hop and rap and their rise and successes, which includes becoming the first female rap act to go platinum. The miniseries will feature a slew of their hits, including “Let’s Talk About Sex,” “What a Man,” “Shoop” and “Push It,” among others. James and Denton will serve as executive producers alongside Jesse Collins, and Flavor Unit’s Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere.

The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel is an authorized biopic that traces the group’s story, from their humble beginnings in Detroit and tackling and overcoming ensuing family issues and other challenges to becoming the highest selling female gospel group in history. The cast includes Christina Bell (Twinkie), Kierra Sheard (Karen), Sheléa Frazier (Dorinda), Raven Goodwin (Denise) and Angela Birchett (Jacky) portraying the sisters. Aunjanue Ellis portrays the mother of the siblings, Mattie Moss Clark. Christine Swanson serves as director and Sylvia L. Jones wrote the script.

“Bringing untold stories of phenomenal women to life has been a core tenant of Lifetime,” the EVP of Movies, Limited Series & Original Movie Acquisitions, Lifetime and LMN’s Tanya Lopez said in a statement. “We are thrilled to partner with Cheryl, Sandra, Queen Latifah, Mary, Missy and the Clark Sisters for the new projects that will showcase these iconic women in music to new audiences.”


Wow Air's Collapse Leaves Passengers Stuck — At Airports, And Without Travel Plans
Well they say: "We aim to WOW!" and they did JUST THAT!

Wow Air's sudden halt of all flights Thursday has caught travelers by surprise, sinking the airline's customers into frustration about their plans and sowing doubts about their ability to recoup travel expenses.
The most intense turmoil hit Wow customers who are currently on trips, as well as those who were slated to fly late Wednesday and early Thursday.

The airline's sudden shutdown created tense and odd scenes at airports. In one case, airline staff at the gate at Boston Logan International Airport informed customers of prolonged delays Wednesday night — only to eventually board the waiting aircraft themselves and shut the door.

That description comes from Lindsay Branscombe, who relayed to NPR the curious scene in which Wow customers watched as the jetliner they thought would take them to Reykjavik, Iceland, instead pulled away from the gate without them.
Lindsay and her husband, Matthew, own and operate BSC Photo Studio in New Haven, Conn. On Thursday night, Matthew was booked to fly from Boston to Belgium, with a stopover in Iceland, after their photography studio landed a commercial job in Europe.
After Matthew arrived at the airport, "he was continually told the plane was delayed," Lindsay says. "Sometimes he was told it was due to bad weather, while the [airline's] delay emails said 'operational concerns.' "

As they waited at the terminal, passengers grew uneasy, she says, after seeing a nearby Icelandair jet back away from its gate and head toward the taxiway.

"Wow Air continued to tell them it was simply a 'delayed flight' until around midnight," Lindsay says, "when the gate agents and flight crew actually got on the plane that was at the gate and the PLANE LEFT THE GATE with the passengers still unsure if the flight was canceled!"
It's not clear whether the plane took off for Reykjavik or simply taxied to another part of Logan, she added. But for would-be passengers, the damage was done. Instead of being told about possible replacement flights, the ticket holders were told they could pick up their luggage in the baggage claim area.

"All our travel plans are now canceled, and we had to scramble to find a local photographer to do the job my husband was hired to do, because there was no way for him to get there in time," Lindsay says.
She adds, "The most shocking aspect of this is that they were definitely selling those tickets right up until the end, because we bought our tickets only days before the flight."

The couple had booked their tickets through Hopper — which announced on Thursday that it will reimburse "in full" all its users who bought Wow Air tickets. For those who are already in transit, the travel service says it will cover the full cost of rebooking airfare on other carriers.
"Our team is currently getting in touch with our customers in transit via SMS and in-app push notification for more information," Hopper CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said. "If you are one of the affected passengers, please look out for communication from our team so we can assist you."

The Branscombes' photography company still faces losses from the hotel rooms they paid for. They were also forced to hire someone else to do the job for which Matthew had been hired.

Wow's passengers say they're still vulnerable to losses from hotel bookings and other costs, even in cases where airlines are offering discount replacement flights. Banks and credit card companies can also help cancel payments, but that money can take a long time to reach customers.
Similar sentiments are being voiced in Europe and North America — the two markets that Wow Air sought to join with its low-cost flights. Many Wow customers are now sharing stories and resources on a new Facebook page, titled Wow Air Customers.
One of those Wow customers is Amber Joy Pingree-Felts, who said in the Facebook forum that she paid $1,400 to book tickets for two adults and one child on a Wow flight from Boston to Reykjavik for a trip scheduled for just after Memorial Day.
Pingree-Felts says she has now filed a complaint with her bank, only to be told that her money likely can't be refunded until after the date of the now-canceled flight.

"We will be able to file a theft-of-service charge once our takeoff flight date passes," she tells NPR.

And while Icelandair is offering steeply reduced airfare to Wow customers who are stranded far from home, its offer requires proof of a current e-ticket on Wow — something some customers say they can't get, because the company has effectively shut down.

"Icelandair would totally be a lifesaver," says Alison Fath, an American who was supposed to fly home from Paris this weekend. "However, since WOW collapsed, they aren't sending out any e-ticket info for our Sunday flight, which we can't send to Icelandair."
Wow Air is also now dormant on Facebook, but that hasn't stopped customers from using its most recent posts to vent their frustrations.

On the corporate page where Wow touts its tag line — "We aim to WOW!" — that phrase is being hijacked by people who comment on recent posts to say they "got WOW'ed" — meaning in this case that they feel abandoned, not amazed.



Two Women File Lawsuit Against City Of Chicago And Chicago Police Department After Police Raid Wrong Home During Child’s Birthday Party
Two women have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago and the Chicago police department after their home was mistakenly raided during a child’s birthday party.
On Feb. 10, the home of Kiqiana Jackson and Stephanie Bures was raided while their family was celebrating the birthday of a four-year-old boy. The home is located on the 7700 block of Paulina Street in Auburn Gresham, where at least a dozen police showed up with their guns drawn that Sunday night. Bures, who is the mother of the birthday boy, Tj, said they were horrified. “Can you imagine sitting, playing games with other kids and guns pointed at them?” Bures said about her son’s birthday party.

What makes matters worse is the person police were looking for moved out of that home several years ago. Police wanted the man because he had been holding and selling ecstasy, according to the search warrant. Showing their rights as a citizen, both Bures and Jackson asked the police to see a search warrant, but they were denied. The police said they were from Skokie, and refused to give them their names or badge numbers. “I reached for my phone and then I was tackled…I was handcuffed,” Jackson said.

“Our children in Auburn Gresham face enough trauma every day just trying to grow up in Chicago,” the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. Bures explained that since the incident her children have experienced sleep issues, nightmares, and are afraid to leave the house. The children also feared they would be shot the night of the birthday party.

It’s been a month since the women’s attorney made FOIA requests for any dash cam video, body camera footage or any other information connected to the raid. The attorney has yet to hear back; he believes the police were not wearing body cams, which is required by law. Chicago police have not responded to comment requests.


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‘BLACK & YELLOW’
Where are you hiding with that camo? A Steelers game maybe?


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3/6/19

The Daily Buzz For March 7 ☕📰☕


Lady Gaga Looks FAB in her new 'V' Magazine Feature!
Lady Gaga is on the cover of V magazine, decked out as a showgirl in Armani Privé. This issue marks 10 years since her first cover with the mag.

"She's an Enigma! Celebrating 10 years of @LadyGaga and #VMagazine, our March/April cover story sees @jeanpaulgoudeofficial transform #LadyGaga into a couture doll," V Magazine shared on Instagram. "Seen here as a showgirl in @Armani Prive, she returns as the ultimate shape-shifter in this long-awaited #JeanPaulGoude collaboration."
Along with an unforgettable photo shoot comes an accompanying article that details the publication's long-time relationship with Gaga.  And based on the career this artist is having, perhaps it's only the beginning.

Gaga will be heading back to Las Vegas to perform her residency at Park MGM. And with 2019 just getting started, we can only hope for a few surprises in the coming months.
V118 will hit newsstands everywhere on March 7th.


#RHoA: Oh Really? Shamari DeVoe Has a Few Words for those Who Miss Kenya Moore And Phaedra Parks!
There are a lot of people who are missing Phaedra Parks and especially Kenya Moore on the RHOA show. The TV series’ fans always tell Kenya for instance that she should be back on the show because they are not even watching it anymore since she left.

Speaking of Kenya, the woman has recently confessed via social media that she was recently kicked out of a restaurant with her baby girl, Brooklyn Daly because she attempted to change a diaper.
Some of Kenya’s followers told her once again that they want her back on RHOA because they have stopped watching the series since she left.

Other fans, on the other hand, believe that she should never return and instead wait for a project more suitable for her talent.
Now, just take a look at what Shamari DeVoe has to tell people who miss Kenya and Phaedra:
What do you think?


#Empire: Lets Catch up before the season begins!
Folks in one week we’ll back in Lyon Land. Through the up and downs of the recent Jussie allegations. Lets sit back and catch up to whjat we’ll be soon awaiting in the next season on Empire

WATCH HERE



#MusicNews: Legendary Singer Dionne Warwick Announces New Album ‘She’s Back’
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick has new music on the way. The Grammy-winning songstress has announced her 36th studio album, She’s Back, will arrive on May 10 via Kind Music Group/Entertainment One.
Warwick enlisted her son Damon Eliot to handle production on the album. The lead single is an updated version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic, “What The World Needs Now Is Love,” which Warwick originally recorded in the 1960s.

She’s Back will include ten new songs and duets with Kenny Lattimore (“What Color Is Love”), Musiq Soulchild (“Am I Dreaming?) and Krayzie Bone of Bone, Thugs & Harmony (“Déjà Vu”).
If that’s not enough, the album will be packaged with a bonus disc of remastered songs from Warwick’s 1998 album, Dionne Sings Dionne, which features some of her greatest hits including “Walk On By” and “I Say A Little Prayer For You.”

Listen To “What The World Needs Now Is Love” HERE
She’s Back is Warwick’s first dedicated R&B/soul album in fifty years, since her 1969 Scepter Records effort Soulful. 

On April 4, Warwick will kick off her Las Vegas residency at the Jubilee Theater at Bally’s. The string of shows will conclude on April 27.


#HipHopNews: DMX & Swizz Beatz Back In The Studio
NEW YORK, NY – DMX and Swizz Beatz have crafted countless creations over the years. Their collaborative relationship stretches back to the early Ruff Ryders days. With X out of prison, it looks like the dynamic duo is working on their next venture.

On Tuesday evening (March 5), X shared a photo of Swizz and himself on Instagram, showing both of them posted up at the studio rocking a similar pose.
Swizz was one of the first to provide an update on the historically troubled MC’s mental state post-prison.

“I just got off the phone with my brother DMX!” he wrote on Instagram late last month. “He told me this time he didn’t work out his body in jail he said he worked out his mind! He also said he’s about to make music for the people that need his truth and pain!”
X was released from prison in January after serving roughly one year for tax evasion.


Disney adds Maleficent sequel, Mistress of Evil, to packed 2019
As Netflix locks horns with Steven Spielberg, a proxy for the traditional movie studio paradigm, over the streaming service’s complete disruption of the moviegoing landscape, Walt Disney Studios is quietly preparing for one of the biggest box-office years in Hollywood history.

Kicking off with the release of Captain Marvel, Disney will premiere the live-action remake of Dumbo, Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin, Toy Story 4, The Lion King, Artemis Fowl, and Frozen 2, then round out the year with Star Wars: Episode IX. In 2018, Disney movies grossed over $7.3 billion (with Warner Bros. and Universal trailing behind with $5.5 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively). 2019 will be even bigger.

And now Disney’s bolstering the aggressive play for attention with one more blockbuster: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which finds Angelina Jolie resuming her role from the 2014 live-action Sleeping Beauty riff. The first Maleficent movie, which co-starred Elle Fanning as Aurora and Sharlto Copley as the greedy king Stefan, grossed over $758 million worldwide. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil will arrive to theaters on Oct. 18, 2019.

The move is a bit of a surprise: After a will she/won’t she over Jolie’s interest and schedule allowing for a sequel, Disney finally moved forward with production on the sequel in May 2018, with Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) at the helm. Without a new Marvel or Star Wars film on the horizon, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was considered one of Disney’s safe, gigantic plays for 2020. The 2019 release date makes it the studio’s fourth animated adaptation of the year, and fifth sequel.
Here’s how Disney described the film when production began last May:

A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent II continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy and the soon to be Queen, as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.

Joining Jolie and Fanning in the film are Michelle Pfeiffer as Queen Ingrith, Harris Dickinson as Prince Phillip, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, and Robert Lindsay in undisclosed roles.


“Leaving Neverland” was a FLOP for HBO, Beaten by The boring “Real Housewives of Atlanta
After all that, “Leaving Neverland” was not a smash hit on Sunday night. Modest hit maybe is the best way of describing it.

The controversial Michael Jackson doc attracted just 1.285 million viewers at 8pm on HBO. It was beaten by “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “Beachfront Bargain Hunt,” and the survivalists series “Naked and Afraid,” all on cable.
If it had competed with network shows, “Leaving Neverland” tied with a rerun of “Bob’s Burger’s” on Fox.

The top rated cable show of the evening was “The Walking Dead,” itself dying with just 4.7 million viewers at 9pm on AMC.
“Leaving Neverland” had more publicity than any show in 2019 on any channel. It’s possible that the ratings will rise via repeated viewings over several days including other HBO outlets. But the build up to the 8pm showing on Sunday was the target, and it wasn’t the hot button everyone anticipated.

A million more viewers– 2.3 million– tuned into a Hallmark Hall of Fame cable romcom show called “When Calls the Heart,” just to give you an idea. And that was like watching warm milk cool.

Did the Jackson supporters warn people away from “Leaving Neverland”? Possibly. Or just the shock value? But in the end it may not have been worth it for HBO ratings-wise. On Saturday night, HBO scored a better total number at 8pm with a showing of a bad movie called “Skyscraper.”


#PRAYERSUP: ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he’s been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek revealed in a YouTube video Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Trebek learned of his condition this week, he said in the video.
"Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working," he said. "And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease."
Taking a lighter note, Trebek then quipped that he'd have to recover in order to fulfill his hosting duties.

"Truth told, I have to! Because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy! for three more years!" he said. "So help me. Keep the faith and we’ll win. We’ll get it done. Thank you."

Trebek offered the update on his heath so as to be "open and transparent" with fans of the TV show.


Luke Perry's Son Makes First Statement After His Dad's Tragic Death
Luke Perry‘s son, Jack, 21, has made his first public statement since his father’s tragic death at the age of 52 following a massive stroke.
“He was a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, he was always Dad. He loved supported me in everything, and inspired me to be the best that I could possibly be. I’ve learned so much from you, and my heart is broken thinking about everything you won’t be here for,” Jack posted on Instagram. “I’ll miss you every day that I walk this earth. I’ll do whatever I can to carry on your legacy and make you proud. I love you Dad.”

Luke‘s daughter, Sophie, 18, also recently released a statement on her Instagram account.


Joycelyn Savage Contacts Family After Bizarre R. Kelly Interview and R. Kelly is BACK BEHIND BARS!
Joycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly’s girlfriends who has been estranged from her family for several years, contacted her parents Wednesday, soon after the singer’s bizarre interview with CBS This Morning.

Gerald Griggs, an attorney for the Savage family – whose attempts to reconnect with their daughter were featured  in the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly – tweeted that Joycelyn reached out to her parents by phone after Kelly’s interview and reiterated that she remains with Kelly by choice. According to Griggs, it was the first time they spoke to her since 2017. Savage’s parents have long claimed that Kelly has brainwashed their daughter into staying with him.
 “We are glad to finally hear from Joycelyn today,” Griggs tells Rolling Stone. “After speaking with her little sister, Joycelyn paused from the seemingly prepared script and was able to share her love for her family. We hope that today was the first step to re-establishing a loving relationship with her family.”

In video of the phone call, Savage appeared to recite a prepared message to her parents. “I have told you guys a million, million times that I am OK where I am and I’m happy, so I just want to let you know that,” Joycelyn said.

However, when her younger sister hopped on the phone call, Joycelyn became silent; Joycelyn then said she loved her sibling before asking that her parents come back on the phone. When her mother reentered the conversation, Joycelyn repeated the “million, million times” statement again.
 “She would have called home by now. She would have called my mom, my dad, my little sister,” Joycelyn’s 18-year-old sister Jailyn said at a press conference Wednesday. “I know for a fact that my sister is not OK. R. Kelly is mentally destroying her. I just want her home. He has put a lot of things in her head that makes her think the world is out to get her.”

A rep for Kelly declined to comment on the phone conversation or Griggs’ statement.
Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, another of Kelly’s girlfriends estranged from her family, will appear on Friday’s episode of CBS This Morning to discuss their seemingly consensual relationship with Kelly.

Joycelyn’s father Timothy Savage tweeted Wednesday prior to his daughter’s phone call, “Today on CBS This Morning Robert Kelly has had a emotional breakdown. We need to stay in prayer for R. Kelly and we need to stay in prayer for Joycelyn savage and Azriel [Clary].”

In Kelly’s erratic interview with Gayle King, the singer insinuated that the girls’ families “handed” the women over to him for financial gain. 

IN MORE BREAKING R. KELLY NEWS HE'S BACK IN JAIL!
R. Kelly was taken into custody on Wednesday in Cook County, Ill., after he was in court for a hearing over unpaid child support.

The 52-year-old R&B singer left the courtroom with his legal team through a different door than he entered, but his hands weren't cuffed. Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told The Associated Press that Kelly was detained and would be transferred to the county jail.

Kelly, according to the spokesperon, won't be released from jail until he pays $161,00 in back child support.
Kelly was detained just over a week after he pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. He posted bail on Feb. 25 and was released from jail.

The singer is charged with having sexually abused four women years ago, including three who were underage at the time.


Meet The SHEROES!  Yara Shahidi, Naomi Osaka, & More “Sheroes” Are Getting Their Own Barbies In Honor Of The Doll’s 60th Anniversary
Barbie is bringing her representation game up to 11, and I am living for it. Yara Shahidi, Naomi Osaka, and other “Sheroes” are getting their own Barbies in celebration of Barbie’s 60th anniversary and International Women’s Day on March 8. Mattel announced in a news release that it is honoring the largest lineup of global female role models. The company has also announced it is taking the next steps to close the “Dream Gap” by donating funds to organizations that aim to “level the playing field for girls.”

Barbie is honoring more than 20 “sheroes” in multiple countries and continents speaking 13 languages, according to the news release, and these role models range in age from 19 to 85. In addition to actor, model, and activist Yara Shahidi and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka, Barbie is releasing dolls of model and body activist Ashley Graham, film director Ava Duvernay, and supermodel and activist Adwoa Aboah, among many other super amazing people.

"For 60 years, Barbie has championed girls, inspired generations to believe through make-believe and showed them that they have choices,” Lisa McKnight, general manager and senior vice president of Barbie, said in a news release. “With more than 200 careers, six runs for president, and a trip to the moon before Neil Armstrong, Barbie continues to evolve to be a modern, relevant role model for all ages.”
Osaka said she feels honored be included in the “Sheroes” initiative, according to People. “I’ve played with Barbies when I was a kid, and I think it’s a bit of a surreal experience to have the opportunity to have a Barbie that looks like me,” Osaka told People. She said she hopes having a Barbie doll that represents high-achieving female athletes will inspire girls who loves sports to maintain their own sports goals and dreams, People reports.

Shahidi expressed similar sentiments about being included in the “Sheroes” initiative. “I’m honored to be repping all the young ones as a Barbie Role Model,” Shahidi said in an Instagram post. “Let’s continue to inspire the next generation and each other. We need your voices and are watching you all blossom and shine! #YouCanBeAnything #Barbie60.”
According to Barbie, starting as young as 5, many girls stop believing they can do or be anything just because they’re girls, and that’s what the Dream Gap is. And there’s plenty of research to back that claim up. A 2017 study published in the journal Science found girls start to believe boys are smarter than them as young as six years old. To help combat this, Barbie is donating $1 from every doll sold in the United States (except in select states) up to $250,000 through March 11 to organizations dedicated to closing the Dream Gap, the company said in a news release.

A representative from Mattel confirmed to Bustle via email that these are one-of-a-kind dolls that are not available for purchase at this time. Girls — and people of all ages — can play out different roles with more than 50 career dolls options to choose from, along with Barbie's Inspiring Women series that honors historical women, including Amelia Earhart, Katherine Johnson, and Frida Kahlo.

Although these dolls aren't currently available for purchase, it's super cool to see Mattel honor these women with their own one-of-a-kind dolls. The world needs to see more women uplifted for the vital contributions they're making every single day, and this is such a unique way to do that.


Tristan Thompson’s Mystery Woman Has been Revealed
Despite the drama in Calabasas between Khloe Kardashian and KarJenner family friend, Jordyn Woods, Tristan Thompson is living his best life as a single man in New York City. In fact, less than a week after Thompson was spotted with a mystery woman in the Big Apple, the baller is back in the city for seconds. 

Last month, almost two weeks after the cheating scandal erupted in L.A., Thompson took his talents to the city that never sleeps for a night out on the town with a mystery woman. At first, sources said Thompson met the woman at the restaurant and dipped from the kitchen. 

However, sources later told TMZ that the woman might have been Jordan Clarkson’s date, as he was later identified as Thompson’s wingman for the night. But now, less than a week later, Thompson has blown his cover – as he was once again spotted with the mystery woman. 

This time, Thompson was seen walking into the team hotel with two Starbucks cups on Tuesday afternoon, hours before the two sat down for dinner at Nobu. But, who is the mystery woman?

According to Baller Alert they have identified the woman as 28-year-old model, Karizma Ramirez, who’s made headlines for her past relations with basketball player, Shane Larkin and singer Chris Brown. In 2013, Brown was accused of “hanging out with a beautiful New York waitress,” who was later identified as Ramirez, behind Rihanna’s back. Two years later, the model was linked to Larkin, who is currently a professional baller for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Euro League. Now, it appears she’s kicking it with Thompson, in the same jacket she shared to her own Instagram. 

What are your thoughts?


Yessica Rosales’s Brownface Impersonation of Yalitza Aparicio Was Not Funny at All!
On February 24, Mexican TV personality Yessica Rosales posted a photo on Instagram featuring herself and actor Claudio Herrera posing as director Alfonso Cuarón and the star of his film Roma, Yalitza Aparicio. The pic, supposedly posted from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was promoting an upcoming episode of La Parodia, a Mexican sketch comedy series produced by Televisa. “We don’t mean to be spoilers but today we’ll win an Oscar!” Rosales wrote in Spanish to her 7,500-plus followers.

The problem? The photo in question features Rosales in brownface complete with a prosthetic nose, thick lips, and a pair of dark, full eyebrows – presumably to make herself, who is on the lighter side, look more like Yalitza.

Mocking people for being brown, poor, black, dark-skinned and using “endearing” names to describe others as inditos, negritos or chinitos is far too common – and rarely frowned upon – in Latin America. And this goes way beyond the world of show business.

Not long ago, a study commissioned by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) concluded that skin color “has an influence on the level of education that people reach as well as the employment opportunities available to them.” Furthermore, Mexico’s National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED), found that a whopping 20 percent of Mexicans “don’t feel comfortable with the color of their skin and many feel they had been discriminated against because of their physical appearance, mainly for being dark-skinned.”

Televisa’s Roma segment aired Monday night on La Parodia, featuring some of the film’s most iconic moments in parody form, starting with Rosales (as Aparicio) sweeping the floor and nagging Cuarón for walking on it while still wet. The 9-minute sketch, shot in black-and-white just like the actual film, goes on to mock other key sequences from the movie, including a scene where Cleo goes to a hotel with her boyfriend who, for some reason, confesses to being the infamous “Negro de WhatsApp.”

La parodia also pokes fun at Roma‘s beach scene where we see the family, and their beloved maid Cleo, hugging each other after a tragedy was averted in the treacherous sea of Veracruz, except this time the moving scene gets interrupted by a local vendor peddling pareos, oysters, shrimp, and parachute rides, all of this in the slapstick brand of humor that Televisa has come to be known for.

To Ms. Rosales: What’s most problematic about your characterization of Yalitza Aparicio, and the fact that neither you nor your fans want to see “what the big deal is” is that it will only make matters worse. Maybe if we had a more diverse pool of talent out there we wouldn’t have to resort to fake lips, brown makeup, or extra-large noses and eyebrows to characterize people who look different from us, because we’ll all be portrayed in the different sizes and colors that we actually come in.


#POLITICS: Former Rep. Schock to repay funds in exchange for dropped charges
CHICAGO — Former Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois agreed Wednesday to repay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes and to campaign committees in exchange for prosecutors dismissing his felony corruption case.

During an appearance in Chicago federal court, Schock agreed to repay his three campaign committees nearly $68,000. He must work with the Internal Revenue Service to determine how much he owes in taxes. If he holds up his part of the deal, prosecutors within six months will drop the original felony counts that were filed against him.

Schock resigned from Congress in 2015 amid scrutiny of his spending, including redecorating his office in the style of the “Downton Abbey” TV series. He was indicted in 2016 on 22 counts, including wire fraud and falsification of election commission filings. The case was originally filed in central Illinois. The Justice Department transferred it to prosecutors in Chicago last year.
Schock admitted in court to purchasing Super Bowl and World Series tickets at face value and selling them for a profit of more than $42,000. He also admitted submitting mileage reimbursements without documentation.

Schock said he made mistakes, such as poor record keeping, but said they weren’t crimes. He said “part of that was because I was working my tail off” representing a large congressional district that includes more than 200 communities.

Defense attorney George Terwilliger said the case had a just outcome.“It began as a bang,” Terwilliger told reporters. “That bang turned out to be a blank. Now it’s ending with a whimper.”
Prosecutor Erik Hogstrom called it “a fair and sensible resolution.” Asked about what his future holds and whether he will run for public office again, Schock didn’t say yes or no. He said he’s looking forward to having the weight of this case off his chest and having a private life.


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