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Tracee Ellis Ross for W Magazine; Says That Diana Ross Is the Greatest Mom of All Time

Tracee Ellis Ross was born into American royalty, as the daughter of Diana Ross. But the Golden Globes-winning star of the ABC sitcom Black-ish has impressed upon everyone who has come across her a personality so strong it could only be all her own: expressive, infectious, scary bold in her fashion choices—all in all, she's completely irrepressible. In fact, even her legendary mother knew it right off the bat, when she decided to make her daughter's middle name Joy: "My mom said I came out," Ross, 44, recalls, "and it was like, 'Joy.'" 

Here, in an interview with W Mag’s Lynn Hirschberg for W's annual New Royals issue, the actress, who is up for an Emmy next Sunday, September 17, reflects on the source of her unique spirit, and confirms what we all suspected—that Diana Ross is probably the greatest mom of all time.

What was the first thing you auditioned for?

The first thing I auditioned for was an Infinity commercial. And I got it! [Laughs.] Is that true, or was it Spike Lee’s Malcolm X? It’s a tossup. I’m not sure which one. I did not get Malcom X.

And were you living in New York then?

I was living in New York when I started my acting career. I had just come out of college and I was actually working in the fashion industry. I was a fashion editor—I guess a contributing editor, you would say, an intern at first at Mirabella magazine.

Oh, wow, I loved Mirabella. Were you split in your interests between doing fashion becoming an actress?

I wasn’t actually split in my interest. I have always been a lover of clothing and beauty and aesthetics and all of that. I had wanted to model when I was younger and then that kind of translated into me realizing that I was in love with images and the fashion industry. But in college I discovered acting even though I was quite shy, which I know is really hard to imagine. [Laughs.] I realized that it was a very honest form of expression for me, so I was working in the fashion industry and taking more acting classes, even though that was what I had studied at Brown. And then I just kind of jumped off the cliff into the acting world.

And so after you did the ad were you hooked? Did you get an agent and move to L.A.?

No. It was not quite that easy. I did a show that was like a MTV House of Style, but about TV. It was called The Dish, on Lifetime. Then I did my first film, Far Harbor, and it was Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly and they were looking for a black Jewish girl. That was me. [Laughs.]

And then from that moment I started meeting people. I used to write thank you notes to everybody and if someone would say, “You should meet so-and-so.” I would say, “Would you mind calling them for me?” and they would set up a meeting and then I eventually moved to Los Angeles and I did an NBC movie of the week and I felt like I had, like, won the jackpot. [Laughs.]

What did you play in the movie of the week?

Uh, a rape victim.

Oh, dear.

Yes. I was a track-star rape victim. And then I got Lyricist Lounge, which was the MTV sketch comedy show and it kind of took off from there. From the moment I got the NBC movie of the week I have not stopped working.

With Black-ish, was the character written with you in mind?

Kenya Barris wrote the character of Rainbow Johnson with me in mind. But I know how this industry works and I do not take that as a yes. So I auditioned.

Did you always know from the beginning that it would be the big moment that it is? I was on the airplane the other day and I was walking up the aisle and literally every other seat was watching Black-ish.

Oh, really? Um, I don’t know. You know, I think the hope when you start every project is that it’s going to go well. [Laughs.] But you just don’t know. And the truth is if you look at the landscape of television, I mean, some of my favorite shows did not turn into, like, big hits. I don’t know—there’s a magic element. That’s one of the reasons doing television is so fun is there’s so many pieces that make it work. Whether it’s ABC really supporting our show and making sure that people knew where and when it was, or the actual incredible writing that we have. Or the chemistry with the cast... you never know if that’s going to work or not. And, by the way, there are times when you really get along with your cast and think it’s the best chemistry, but it doesn’t play onscreen.

So you never know sort of what the mix is that’s going to make something happen. But I think we had a really good feeling on this one. I think it’s telling a story that needs to be told.

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#RHoA: Apollo Nida Reunites With Fiancée, But is there trouble in paradise?

Apollo Nida’s fiancée is celebrating her birthday behind bars. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star’s future wife visited her man while he continues to serve an eight-year prison sentence at Fort Dix Correctional Facility.

She posted a new pic of the couple

 “Bae all day, everyday,” she tweeted. “#Freeap #loveyoutothemoonandback.”

Although they were all smiles in the photo, is there trouble in paradise?

Almufti captioned a birthday meme, “God has blessed me with another year. I am so thankful for every single thing in my life. Although it hasn’t always been peachy, I wouldn’t trade it for the world! Thank you God for every mistake I have made and for every lesson I have learned. I am stronger today than I was yesterday!”

Nida proposed to the New Jersey real estate agent while serving an eight-year prison sentence for racketeering.

“You have been misunderstood, judged and ridiculed but you never allowed it to bring you down,” Almufti captioned a photo of Nida. “The strength you have gives me life. You’re such an amazing person inside and out. One day the world will see that! In the meantime, stay prayed up, stay strong and keep pushing.”

She added, “Love you so much, can’t wait for the day we reunite, it’s going to be magical!”

How do you think their relationship is going, Is it really ‘Magical’?

#EMPIRE: Will Lucious and Cookie’s relationship will still be ‘TOXIC’ in Season 4?

TV's most toxic romance isn't over -- not by a long shot. These two have spent untold hours trying to move on from each other, be with other people and plain old tried to destroy each other, but as we saw in the Season 3 finale, Lucious just can't quit Cookie. 

(And vice versa.) "A lot of women can understand," Henson said. She was speaking about Henson's demand that Cookie not have sex with Lucious following Season 3's epic Lemonade-inspired baseball batting of Lucious' office, but her addiction to him looks forward, too. "We have many years to deal with this couple and it's a complex relationship."

#NEWMUSICVIDEO: Kenny Lattimore – Push

Kenny Lattimore is back to restore love in the official music video for his brand new single “Push.”

On the retro-styled power ballad, produced by Dra-kkar Wesley aka Madison, the R&B crooner battles with past decisions that led to pushing the love of his life away. Shot on a California shoreline, the Dale “Rage” Resteghini-directed visual showcases Kenny and his leading lady pondering those mistakes in different locations. Actress and TV/radio personality Claudia Jordan (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) stars as the one that got away.

WATCH HERE

“Push” is the first single off Lattimore’s forthcoming 9th studio album, Vulnerable, which is due out October 13.

#HIPHOPNEWS: Timbaland Teases Unreleased Jay-Z & Meek Mill Cut

For his last album 4:44, Jay-Z banked on a single producer in No I.D. to help him craft his latest critically-acclaimed masterpiece. But as we all know there was a time when Hova heavily relied on Timbaland to help him dominate the pop charts.

Things seem to be coming full circle as the Virginia producer took to Twitter to tease a new cut featuring the Hip-Hop mogul formerly known as Iceberg Slim and MMG artist Meek Mill.

Tagging Swizz Beatz on the post, Timbaland proudly proclaims that he’s “still working on my craft” before tagging Meek to “finish up” the cut. Not for nothing but that was a rather quick few bars from Jay-Z. We hope this isn’t another case of the “Pop Style.”

No word yet on when the song will be out or if it even has a title, but now that the cut has been leaked you know fans are going to be demanding it be released. Let’s just hope Timbaland doesn’t pull a Trump and plays the cut close to his chest like some tax returns.

Check out the clip HERE

@THEREALSWIZZZ So we're working on an album now, right?? What do you think, fans? I'm still working on my craft. @MeekMill let's finish up. pic.twitter.com/30HTwbOAFc

— Timbaland (@Timbaland) September 5, 2017

#SOTW Janet Jackson Will Not Be Canceling Texas Tour Stop, Plans Shelter Visits For Victims

Janet Jackson‘s State Of The World Tour kicks off in two days, but there were doubts the legendary entertainer would make her Texas stops due to the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. Jackson confirmed via a Twitter video that she is indeed visiting the state and has a surprise in store for victims of the storm too.

PageSix reports:“We’re going to roll in early because we wanted to visit some of the shelters,” Jackson shared Wednesday on Twitter. “And not just visit some of the shelters, we also want to do something special for the victims. So, we’ll see you Friday!”

Jackson’s State of the World Tour kicks off Thursday night in Louisiana and heads to Houston on Sept. 9 and then to Austin on Sept. 10.

WATCH HERE

It’s unclear which shelters Jackson, 51, plans to visit.

Well, how dope is that? Janet Jackson’s State Of The World Tour is slated to go all the way until December 17 across the United States. Global dates have not yet been announced.

Uh Oh? Get in FORMATION! #BEYHIVE Taylor Swift's Music Video Director Says Beyonce Copied 'Bad Blood'

Well, there definitely might be some “Bad Blood” between Taylor Swift‘s music video director Joseph Kahn and Beyonce after he made these comments!

Joseph was responding to criticism that Taylor copied Beyonce in her new music video for “Look What You Made Me Do.”

“It’s not ‘Formation’ at all,” Joseph said about the Beyhive thinking Taylor copied the “Formation” video. “They try to say she’s wearing a black crop top and Beyoncé wore a black crop top. But they don’t realize in 2015 in ‘Bad Blood,’ Taylor Swift was wearing a black crop top. I really do think, by the way, that Beyoncé copied ‘Bad Blood.’”

Okay Beyhive get em’ LOL!

CONGRATS TO THE COUPLE! Reggie And Lilit Bush Welcome Baby Boy!

Back in March, Reggie Bush’s wife, Lilit Avagyan, is pregnant with the couple’s third child, Us Weekly can confirm.

“Lilit is in her second trimester and the two are looking forward to having another baby together,” a source tells Us, But….  just a  few day  after Reggie’s mistress shares a recent photo of Reggie Bush’s on Preston on the gram. Click Here and Here if you missed that.

According to reports Reggie and Lilit welcomed their second son, Agyemang Bush, on September 2, 2017.

Baby Agyemang joins big sister Briseis, 4, and brother Uriah, 2,.

WOW! Foxy Brown Reveals her Daughter

Foxy Brown is officially confirming that she’s in fact a mother! On the rapper’s 38th birthday, she shared a photo of her daughter writing:

Foxy has yet to confirm who the child’s father is, although it’s rumored that the mystery man is a reggae artist.

Congrats to Foxy!

ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE ARE 3 HURRICANES IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN?

OH BABY! All eyes are on Hurricane Irma as it rampages through the Caribbean, but it’s not alone.

Jose and Katia strengthened Wednesday afternoon, bringing the number of hurricanes churning in the Atlantic basin to three.

It’s the first time since 2010 that three active hurricanes have been in the Atlantic.

Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Expecting Baby No. 3 In January

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly expecting their third child, a baby girl, via surrogate at the top of 2018.

Sources familiar with the pregnancy tell us the couple’s surrogate is carrying a female bundle of joy.

We broke the stories … the baby’s due in late January by a surrogate Kim and Kanye hired for medical reasons. Kim’s placenta accreta condition could kill her if she carries another baby to term.

This will be girl #9 in the Kardashian clan — not including Kris herself — and we’ve learned it bodes well for one of those ladies in particular.

We spoke with a notable child psychologist, who tells us North West and baby #3 will probably form a closer bond than Saint might with his new sis. And the reason’s simple: sisters gravitate to their sisters. You don’t gotta tell us … or the Kardashians, either.

Kind of a bummer for Saint, though — especially since Kim recently said North “does not like” him … and doesn’t seem to be getting past the meanie phase.

Congratulations!

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IRENE HITS THE EASTERN SEABOARD WITH A BANG AND A BUST!

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OH IRENE, IRENE…MASSIVE STORM HITS EASTERN SEABOARD!

The destructive power of Hurricane Irene was revealed this morning with at least 12 people, including two children, reported dead as the storm lashed North Carolina and Virginia and barrelled its way toward New York, where it was downgraded to a tropical storm.
More than four million people from South Carolina to Connecticut were without power as the giant 580-mile-wide storm brought widespread flooding and high winds that knocked down power lines.

Irene was downgraded as it made landfall on Coney Island with wind gusts clocking in at 65mph while streets in lower Manhattan briefly flooded. But while fearful New Yorkers avoided the worst, forecasters warn rivers could see record flood stages as Irene heads into New England.

Deaths were reported in Connecticut, Maryland and Florida, five in North Carolina and three in Virginia, according to emergency officials.
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy said state police were reporting one fatality that appeared to be related to the storm.
He told reporters: 'It does appear, through the initial report, that it is related to downed wires.'
In Florida, two men died in the rough surf as thrill-seekers braved hurricane force winds to take advantage of 10ft waves.
In Flagler County, 55-year-old tourist James Palmer of New Jersey died yesterday after family lost sight of him as he waded into the surf in North Florida. Mr Palmer was pulled to shore and his wife attempted CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Victim: Frederick Fernandez, 55, died yesterday off New Smyrna Beach, Florida after he was tossed off his board by massive waves caused by Irene

In Volusia County, 55-year-old Frederick Fernandez died yesterday off New Smyrna Beach after he was tossed off his board by massive waves caused by Irene. The Orlando Sentinel reports the high school teacher had a large cut on his head, apparently from hitting the sea floor. He was pronounced dead shortly after being pulled from the water.
'It appears he went over a wave and might have gone head first into the ground,' Tammy Marris, a spokesman for the Volusia County Beach Patrol, told the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Ms Marris said the man was non-responsive and had a large cut on his head when emergency personnel examined him. He was transferred to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
A woman in Queenstown, Maryland died last night after a large tree knocked a chimney through the roof of her home, crushing her, according to Kevin Aftung, the chief of emergency Services for Queen Anne's County.

In North Carolina, one person was killed when a tree fell on a car driving down a highway in Sampson County.
A child died in a car crash at an intersection in Goldsboro, where the hurricane had knocked out power to the traffic light, Goldsboro Police Captain Anthony Carmon said. The crash occurred when a car carrying a family drove through the intersection and struck another vehicle, Carmon said. Several people inside the car sustained injuries.
A motorist died after he lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree in Pitt County.
A man in Nash County was killed outside his house after he was struck by a tree limb picked up by the strong winds.

And a man in Onslow County suffered a heart attack and died while boarding up his windows, according to the Charlotte Observer.

A man in Chesterfield County, Virginia died after a tree fell on his home, emergency officials said.
In Brunswick County, a tree fell across a car yesterday afternoon, killing 67-year-old James Blackwell of Brodnax. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
And in Newport News, 11-year-old Zahir Robinson died after a tree crashed on an apartment complex. The boy and his mother were lying in bed just after noon when the tree pinned him, WVEC reported. Rescuers brought in a crane to remove the tree, WVEC said, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Governor Bob McDonnell called the boy's death 'tragic. Tornadoes were reported touching down in Delaware and Maryland. In Lewes, Delaware, governor Jack Markell said at least 17 homes had been damaged by a twister. In total, up to 40 houses were damaged in the town because of the storm.

The National Weather Service reported a tornado touching down in Nassau Station, Delaware, and Maryland State Police said there was an apparent tornado on the lower Eastern Shore of the state.
More than four million homes and businesses were without power on Sunday morning as Hurricane Irene continued to roar up the East Coast and took aim at the New York City area and New England.
Winds of up to 115 miles per hour whipped across the Eastern Seaboard, ripping power lines from poles and snapping trees in half. Hospitals, emergency call centres and other crucial facilities were holding up, but officials said it could get much worse as Irene churns north.

More than 1.3million of the homes and businesses without power were in Virginia and North Carolina, which bore the brunt of Irene's initial march. Maryland, Delaware and Washington, DC had about three-quarters of a million outages combined.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania each had about three-quarters of a million without power, and hundreds of thousands of other customers were in the dark in New York and Connecticut.
Officials in southern and mid-Atlantic states had warned of mass power outages, with some recalling the destructive Hurricane Isabel in 2003, and their predictions were confirmed after Irene moved over North Carolina as a Category 1 storm early Saturday.
New York's biggest utility, Consolidated Edison, said it could cut power to the city's most vulnerable areas if the storm causes serious flooding. Salt water and rain can damage electrical equipment.
ConEd operations chief John Miksad said the utility did not expect to cut power before the storm hits, but flooding on Sunday could bring a shutdown to areas including the southern tip of Manhattan. That would cut off power to major Wall Street institutions through parts of next week.The New York Stock Exchange has backup generators and can run on its own, a spokesman said. The exchange expects to open as usual on Monday morning, though it may change plans depending on the severity of the storm.
New York is regularly blasted by winter storms, but Miksad said this hurricane will be different. Irene's wind will pack a stronger punch than a nor'easter last March that knocked out power to 175,000 customers, he said.

ConEd has called in crews from as far as Colorado to help repair damage from the storm.
Spokesmen for the utilities yesterday Saturday that hundreds more crews from as far away as Alabama, Michigan and Quebec are ready to help out in Connecticut.
Officials noted that crews would not begin restoring power until conditions are safe. Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit the state later on Sunday morning.
Winds have already caused flooding and damage to many areas. North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island have declared emergencies. For the first time, New York City ordered people in low-lying areas to evacuate.

Power companies have called in several hundred workers from surrounding states to help. Crews were rushing out between bands in the hurricane, when the wind and rain ease. They're looking for damage first at towering transmission lines, where an outage could put an entire county in the dark.
Gasoline supplies fell as drivers filled up before leaving town or just topped off their tanks as a precaution before the storm hit. Pump prices rose about 3 cents per gallon overnight in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Refuelling barges waited out the storm off the coast, also causing gasoline supplies to fall. Widespread power outages could lead to fuel shortages as gas stations are no longer able to pump gas or have trouble replenishing their own gas supplies.
Ben Brockwell of the Oil Price Information Service, which tracks gasoline shipments around the country, said: 'Power is the lifeblood of oil supply on the East Coast.'
Some gas stations in New Jersey reported that they would run out of fuel. Those shortages could become more widespread.

Retail gas prices were mostly unchanged in many cities that are expected to be hit this weekend. Rules against price gouging at gas stations took effect throughout Middle Atlantic states. Authorities will be looking for stations that try to take advantage of panicked drivers.
Pump prices were up slightly overnight, as much as 3 cents per gallon, to $3.44 in Philadelphia and $3.49 in New Jersey's Atlantic-Cape May metro area. They seemed to hold in other areas, rising a penny or so on average in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas.

The Colonial Pipeline, which transports gasoline and other fuels from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast, stopped fuel deliveries to Selma, North Carolina, and to Virginia's Tidewater area as the storm knocked out power. Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker said the pipeline may cut off deliveries further in Virginia and Maryland as the storm moves north.

Refineries, which make fuel from oil, have started to slow operations as Irene approaches.
OPIS says East Coast refineries will cut operating rates 10 to 25 percent in the next few days. Refineries in the Gulf Coast and the West should be able to keep supplies flowing to the rest of the country.
Refineries along the Louisiana Coast produce more than three times the gasoline and fuel of their East Coast counterparts, according to the Energy Information Administration. East Coast demand is going to fall as businesses close and people hunker down at home.
Irene came ashore near North Carolina's Cape Lookout around 7:30am EDT, and then chugged up the coast on a north-northeast track.

The hurricane stirred up seven-foot waves, and forecasters warned of storm-surge danger on the coasts of Virginia and Delaware, along the Jersey Shore and in New York Harbor and Long Island Sound.
Across the Northeast, drenched by rain this summer, the ground is already saturated, raising the risk of flooding as well as the danger of trees falling onto homes and power lines.
Eastern North Carolina got 10 to 14 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Virginia's Hampton Roads area was drenched with at least nine inches, with 16 reported in some spots.

By late Saturday night, the storm had sustained winds of 80 mph, down from 100 mph on Friday.
That made it a category 1, the least threatening on a 1-to-5 scale, and barely stronger than a tropical storm.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo doubled the number of National Guard soldiers deployed to New York City to 1,900 on Saturday night before Irene made landfall on Coney Island before it was downgraded to a tropical storm mid-morning on Sunday.

surge, high tides and 6 to 12 inches of rain.
Troops, who have been mobilised from across the state, will assist with traffic control on bridges and tunnels, sandbagging operations at the World Trade Center site, evacuation shelter operations in New York, the construction of barriers for railway yards and train tunnels, and other hurricane emergency efforts. The city's public transportation system - the nation's larges - was shut down for the first time in history at noon on Saturday, leaving many of 370,000 New Yorkers ordered to evacuate their low-lying homes questioning how to get out of the commuter city.

Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett warned that the state would not necessarily be out of danger once the storm has passed: 'The rivers may not crest until Tuesday or Wednesday. This isn't just a 24-hour event.'
Irene was the first hurricane to make landfall in the continental United States since 2008, and came almost six years to the day after Katrina ravaged New Orleans on August 29 2005.
Experts guessed that no other hurricane in American history had threatened as many people.
North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue said Irene inflicted significant damage along her state's coast, but that some areas were unreachable because of high water or downed power lines.
'Folks are cut off in parts of North Carolina, and obviously we're not going to get anybody to do an assessment until it's safe,' she said.
At least 2.3million people were under orders to move to somewhere safer, though it was unclear how many obeyed or, in some cases, how they could.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told 6,500 troops from all branches of the military to get ready to pitch in on relief work, and President Barack Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command centre in Washington and offered moral support.
'It's going to be a long 72 hours,' he said, 'and obviously a lot of families are going to be affected.'
In Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter declared a state of emergency, the first for the city since 1986, when racial tensions were running high.

'We are trying to save lives and don't have time for silliness,' he said.
The storm arrived in Washington just days after an earthquake damaged some of the capital's most famous structures, including the Washington Monument.
Irene could test Washington's ability to protect its national treasures and its poor.
In New Jersey, the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, just a few miles from the coast, shut down as a precaution as Irene closed in. And Boston's transit authority said all bus, subway and commuter rail service would be suspended all day Sunday.