Rihanna Debuts New Song ‘Sledgehammer’ From ‘Star Trek Beyond’
Rihanna is lending her voice to Star Trek Beyond as she takes care of its theme song – “Sledgehammer.”
According to Billboard, the “Work” star seemingly has been working on the track since 2014, when she tweeted: “You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer.”
“I hit a wall, I thought that I would hurt myself. Oh I was sure your words would leave me unconscious,” she sings on the hook of the tune, co-written by Sia.
On Instagram, RiRi expressed her excitement over being a part of the film, saying that as a fan she’s honored to be featured.
Beyond – the third episode in the reboot of the space epic franchise – is due in theaters on July 22th.
Check out a snippet in the trailer for the movie HERE
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RHoA: NeNe Leakes’ Response to Body-Shaming Haters, AGAIN!
TV personality NeNe Leakes recently dropped by our H&M studios in Times Square and took on those body-shamers!
Leakes recently posted some sexy bikini photos of herself on Instagram, but received some backlash from online bullies. She shared, “I’m a curvy girl. Let’s just be clear about that, I’m always gonna have a body… I’m always gonna have all good stuff going.”
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NeNe is promoting her new role on a revamped version of classic '70s game show, “To Tell the Truth,” which airs on Tuesday nights on ABC.
#EMPIRE: Want to be on 'Empire?' Casting for Season 3 underway
A Chicago casting company is looking for teenage boys who can beatbox and teens who resemble Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in their youth for the upcoming season of the Fox drama "Empire."
Simon Casting announced various "Empire" casting calls on its Facebook page Tuesday. Filming for some of these roles is expected to start as early as July 7. Pre-production for Season 3 began this week at the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios on the West Side.
The series, about a hip-hop mogul and his family, frequently features guest stars including Alicia Keys, Chris Rock, Ludacris and Rosie O'Donnell.
"Empire" filmed its second season in Chicago from June 2015 through March. Season 3 is scheduled to premiere 8 p.m. Sept. 21.
New Music: Maxwell – Fingers Crossed
Guess what? Maxwell is giving us more new music, in advance of the release of his much-anticipated new album, blackSUMMERS’night.
Last Friday, he released the scorching ballad “Gods,” and returned yesterday with the modern disco jam “All The Ways Love Can Feel.” Today, the crooner brings us another soothing soul-jam with “Fingers Crossed.”
“They can tell you anything to change your mind / There’s no mystery, and you’re not blind / Fingers crossed, you’ll make the choice, to make you mine,” he sings out to his love interest.
Maxwell is currently traveling across North America on his “SUMMERS’ Tour,” with supporting act Ro James. You can currently pre-order the album on iTunes, and receive all 5 tracks he’s released as instant downloads.
Check out “Fingers Crossed” HERE
Also check out Maxwell doing dates in concert across the country!
New Hip Hop: DMX Drops ‘Blood Red’
X is back and he’s out for blood on his new single, “Blood Red.” Released today, the cut finds the Grand Champ aggressive and with no regrets.
“F**k apologizing,” he raps on the menacing track. “If I said it, I meant it / If I don’t like you, f**k you, never pretended.”
Listen to DMX’s ferocious return HERE
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Pat Summitt, Legendary Women's Basketball Coach, Dies at 64
Legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has died. She was 64.
Summitt's son Tyler said his mother died "peacefully" Tuesday morning, surrounded by "those who loved her most," in Knoxville, Tennessee.
He said she had been battling her "toughest opponent" — early onset dementia.
"She did so with bravely fierce determination just as she did with every opponent she ever faced," Tyler Summitt said in a statement. "Even though it's incredibly difficult to come to terms that she is no longer with us, we can all find peace in knowing she no longer carries the heavy burden of this disease."
Summitt served as head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for 38 seasons. She was recognized as the "winningest basketball coach in NCAA history" for both men's and women's Division I teams.
The University of Tennessee paid tribute to Summitt's "relentless pursuit of excellence" and lasting legacy: eight national championships, a 100 percent graduation rate and 1,098 total wins.
"Pat's legend transcends numbers," the university said. "It transcends sport, gender and all things quantitative."
Following Summitt's announcement in August 2011 that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, the coaching icon set up a foundation aimed at advancing a cure for the disease.
"I thought I would be remembered for winning basketball games, but I hope I'm remembered for making a difference in this disease," she once said, according to The Pat Summitt Foundation.
The foundation expressed "deep sorrow" over Summitt's passing and pledged to continue her mission in hopes of finding a cure.
"There are not many icons that you come in contact with in your lifetime and we all were fortunate to know one, Pat Summitt," it said in a statement. "Her work ethic, her dedication to the young women she coached, and her integrity in everything she did will never be equalled.
"She set the standard for excellence in academics, athletics and life. She was a role model and an inspiration and we are all enriched for having known her."
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker said Summitt's impact on her players, the university and game of basketball will be felt for years to come. "Basketball has lost a legend, and Tennessee has lost one of its most beloved daughters," Corker said in a statement.
Holly Warlick, who stepped in as head coach of the Lady Vols following Summitt's retirement, said: "My heart is broken."
Patricia Sue Head Summitt was born on June 14, 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee — the fourth of five children on her family's farm. After high school, she attended the University of Tennessee—Martin, where she led the women's basketball team to two national championship tournaments before graduating in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
She accepted a position as head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville shortly after graduating, at the age of 22.
Beyond her tenure at UT-Knoxville, Summitt was co-captain of the U.S. women's team and earned a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. As head coach she later led the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Team to a gold medal in Los Angeles.
In addition to her son Tyler, Summitt is survived by her mother, sister, three brothers and three sisters-in-law
Daniel Craig In Talks To Star In L.A. Riots Pic ‘Kings’ Opposite Halle Berry
Via Deadline: Daniel Craig is in talks to star opposite Halle Berry in Mustang director Deniz Gamze Erguven’s anticipated English-language debut pic Kings. The project is set against a backdrop of rising tensions in Los Angeles during the Rodney King trial in 1992. Craig will play Ollie, a loner who lives in South Central — one of its only white residents — who befriends and falls in love with Berry’s character, a tough, protective mother who looks after a group of kids. When the riots explode in the city, Craig’s character helps Berry try and track down the kids from the worst of the violence. Kings will have the same mix of lightness and tough emotion that made Mustang such a standout.
The riots spread across L.A. and lasted six days, leading to 55 deaths in the wake of the acquittal of the policemen who beat King. The footage of that beating was infamously captured on home video and would become a symbol of police brutality.
The shame of #OscarsSoWhite obviously made no impression on this lot. What an embarrassing day to work...
This has been Erguven’s dream project ever since graduating from the prestigious French Fémis film school. She first presented it to the Cannes L’Atélier co-production market in 2011 before deciding to make Mustang her directorial debut. That pic, set in a remote Turkish village and depicting the life of five young orphaned sisters and their challenges growing up as girls in a conservative society, has wowed critics and viewers. It was Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language film and was a box office smash in France, earning almost half a million admissions in the country alone.
While Craig’s association with James Bond appears to be coming to an end, the actor is gearing up his non-007 projects. Deadline broke the news that he was in talks to join Steven Soderbergh’s heist film Logan Lucky opposite Channing Tatum, Riley Keogh and Adam Driver. The actor has also signed to star in the 20-episode Showtime series Purity for producer Scott Rudin and writer-director Todd Field. The series based on the novel by Jonathan Franzen is about young female activist named Purity (or Pip) who begins a worldwide search for her Dad.
J.R. Smith Selling My Body on a T-Shirt
Tons of people want a body like J.R. Smith -- and now they can have it ... 'cause the NBA star is selling t-shirts of his tatted physique ... and making a TON of cash in the process.
Smith's inked up physique dominated the Internet when he refused to put a shirt on following the NBA Finals -- and a Cleveland-based clothing company saw a huge chance to cash in on the topless attention.
We spoke with Tony Madalone of Fresh Brewed Tees who immediately commissioned replicas of Smith's upper body for shirts ... and he says they've already sold 1,000 units ($35 a pop) in less than 24 hours.
What's interesting ... the company realized some of J.R.'s tats could be problematic because they're based off trademarked images ... such as Michael Jordan's "Jumpman" logo.
So, in an effort to skirt the issue ... FBT altered some of the tats. Some of the changes -- they removed the name "Jordan" from a #23 jersey and modified the "Jumpman" logo.
Fat Joe’s 1 Of A Kind Air Jordans Stolen At Airport
Charge it to the game. Fat Joe, the man who had Herbs licking sneaker soles, had a pair of his one a kind Air Jordans stolen from his baggage in the Las Vegas airport.
Joe Crack was on the west coast this weekend, performing in Sin City and in LA at the BET Awards. He did so in a couple of pair of his own Air Jordan 8 Retro Championship Trophy and Air Jordan 8 Retro Confetti kicks. The Bronx rapper’s differed from the sneakers that made it to stores this past Saturday, and quickly sold out, in that his have a Terror Squad logo on the tongue instead of the Jumpman and a Fat Joe deubré.
Check out what these Air Jordan 8’s look like below
Well Joe still has the white and gold version, but the black pair is long gone.
“These were mine for a couple hours. damn baggage claim stole them in Vegas,” wrote Joe on Instagram. “I don’t blame you they are 1of1.”
Solange Celebrates 30th Birthday In New Mexico With Beyoncé & Friends
Solange turned 30 on Friday, and she headed to San Patricio, New Mexico with a group of friends and family, including her sister Beyoncé, to celebrate. Bey and Jay Z flew in for the night, ahead of Sunday’s BET Awards.
Photos Solo shared from the trip show her rockin’ an impromptu photoshoot at the White Sands National Monument.
She and her friends also hit the pool and grooved to Stevie Wonder‘s “If it’s Magic,” – and including drinks to sip on, they had popsicles on hand. “I’m never coming home if you keep making honey peach and hibiscus lime popsicles,” the “Locked in Closets” singer wrote along with a photo of the ice pops.
On Friday, as she wrote a message to fans on Instagram in celebration of the milestone, Solange shared that she has finished up her 4th studio album.
See more photos and a couple of clips from their fabulous celebration
Happy Birthday!
Former Colts RB Zurlon Tipton Dies After Gun Accidentally Discharges and Shoots Himself
Former NFL running back Zurlon Tipton, who was only 26 years old, has passed away after a bizarre yet fatal accident occurred on Tuesday.
Tipton, who previously played for the Indianapolis Colts in 2014 and 2015, was at a car dealership in Roseville, Michigan earlier today and went to grab his duffel bag out of the trunk. Inside of his bag, there were two guns, and as he was trying to move things around, one of the guns accidentally went off and the bullet hit Tipton in the stomach.
At first, it appeared that he was going to be okay, as he was talking to people and seemed to be stable on the way to the hospital. However, his condition worsened as the day went on and he sadly did not make it.
Tipton leaves behind a young daughter. Condolences to his family and friends.
Turkish Terror airport attack: 36 killed in explosions at Istanbul Atatürk
Police opened fire on two suspects who then blew themselves up outside security checkpoint at international terminal, Turkish officials say
A series of deadly explosions tore through crowds at Istanbul’s Atatürk international airport on Tuesday evening, leaving at least 36 dead and scores more injured in an attack officials blamed on the Islamic State terror group.
Shortly before the blasts, assailants armed with AK-47 rifles were involved in an exchange of gunfire with security guards outside the airport’s international terminal, according to officials.
The gunmen then detonated what are believed to have been suicide bombs. Three attackers died on the scene, said the Turkish prime minister, Binali Yıldırım.
Five of the dead were police officers, according to the Turkish national broadcaster TRT, which reported that at least 147 people were injured in the attack.
In a press conference in Istanbul on Tuesday night, Yıldırım said: “No matter where the terror comes from, our country is strong enough to fight against this terror. I call on every citizen to act in unity and stand by each other.”
Some foreigners were among the victims, he said.
A witness told Reuters that before the explosions one of the gunmen opened fire at random as he walked through the terminal.
“He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him,” said Paul Roos, 77, a South African tourist on his way back to Cape Town with his wife.
“We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting.”
The scene left by two explosions and gunfire at Turkey’s biggest airport. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
“He turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator ... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.”
Security camera footage circulating on social media was said to show the moment one of the attackers was shot by a security guard. The footage, which could not be verified, showed the assailant dropping what appeared to be an assault rifle before collapsing to the floor. Seconds later he appeared to activate a suicide bomb.
“There were the sounds of gunfire, it was like thunder, then there was a fireball everywhere,” a taxi driver, named as Fatih, told CNNTurk. “My front window blew out, the car in front of me was turned into scrap.”
Fatih said that at the most two minutes passed between the gunfire and the explosion.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on all governments, especially in the west, to join forces in taking a “firm stand against terror”.
“The bombs that exploded in Istanbul today could have gone off at any airport in any city around the world. Make no mistake: for terrorist organisations there is no difference between Istanbul and London, Ankara and Berlin, Izmir and Chicago or Antalya and Rome.
“Unless all government and the entire mankind join forces in the fight against terrorism, much worse things than what we fear to imagine today will come true.”
Turkey’s justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, told parliament in Ankara of the attack.
“I harshly condemn those who executed this terrorist attack, and those who gave the orders for it,” Bozdağ told parliament.
Bozdağ said the attackers initially used AK-47 assault rifles. Police barred access to the airport, and some flights have been diverted away from Istanbul. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.
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