The Terrorization has Begun she’s not your MA! But Octavia Spencer is 'MA'! Watch the horrifying Trailer HERE!😲😱
It takes a lot to render me speechless, but the official trailer for Ma, a psychological horror thriller starring Octavia Spencer, managed to fucking do it.
In Ma, Spencer plays Sue Ann, a lonely woman who befriends a group of teenagers after they ask her to buy alcohol for them. Sue Ann wants to keep racking up cool points with the teens, so she decides to lets them use her basement as a party spot.
But there’s one big rule that the teens must follow: Don’t go up the basement stairs. Oh, and call her Ma!
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Naturally, ish gets weird. I implore you to watch this trailer:
WATCH HERE
As soon as the kids start to pull back, Ma does whatever it takes to pull them back in. Ma’s basement goes from a party paradise to a nightmarish dungeon. Oh, Ma!
Tate Taylor, the director whose film The Help made Spencer a household name, also directed Ma. Do whatever you’d like with that morsel of information; my primary reaction is whew! Either way, I might have to watch this mess. Seeing Spencer in a villainous role in a potentially campy horror flick is too good to pass up.
Cardi B is at the top of her game after having an eventful year in 2018. Not only is she continuing to learn about motherhood with her 6-month-old daughter, Kulture, but she's also anticipating an exciting award season. The 26-year-old star is currently up for five Grammy nominations: album of the year, best rap album, record of the year, best pop duo/pop performance, and best rap performance.
In Harper's Bazaar's March issue, Cardi opens up about her whirlwind career and how it's affected her love life and personal relationships. In December, she announced her split from husband Offset but has since said that they're "working things out." The rapper also talks about her "very sexual" nature and what it means to her. See Cardi's noteworthy quotes from the interview ahead.
#RHOA-VS-#RHOBH Lisa Vanderpump Finally Responds to NeNe Leakes Claims that She Stole
Lisa Vanderpump is finally addressing NeNe Leakes‘ claims about her allegedly stealing the restaurant space now known as PUMP from her years ago.
While attending The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season nine premiere party at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood on Tuesday, February 12, Lisa said she was “surprised” to hear NeNe’s claims.
“It’s the first thing I’ve heard about it in six years, so it’s been a surprise,” Lisa told Us Weekly. “It’s my 35th restaurant. It’s from the same landlord as the landlord at SUR. It’s 200 yards down the road.”
During an appearance on Jenny McCarthy‘s Sirius XM radio show weeks ago, NeNe claimed she and her husband, Gregg Leakes, were considering opening a restaurant in the space but were ultimately talked out of doing so by Lisa, who later bought the property for herself.
“She did some real foul sh*t to me,” NeNe alleged. “At the time, Gregg and I were living in L.A. and I was working on Glee and New Normal. We ride down that West Hollywood area where all the gay bars are — and I have a large gay fanbase — and I kept thinking, ‘It would be so cool if I had a bar right in here somewhere.’ And that space was empty and kind of raggedy-looking and torn down.”
Once she contacted Lisa for advice, NeNe reportedly received a stern warning from her fellow reality star.
“She said, Oh, darling, darling, it’s a piece of crap and they’re charging so much for it, darling,’” NeNe recalled. “She talked me off of it and then went and got it. … That’s so f**ked up.”
Who Do You Believe? After hearing about the dispute, Lisa’s castmate Erika Jayne sided with NeNe during her own interview with Us Weekly.
“NeNe don’t lie,” Erika said last week. “NeNe can take damn good care of herself.”
#Empire: Jussie Smollett moved to tears as he addresses Chicago attack on Good Morning America!
Jussie Smollett spoke to Robin Roberts on an interview set to air Thursday on "Good Morning America." (ABC News)
Jussie Smollett was moved to tears as he spoke out about being attacked in Chicago during a new interview.
The “Empire” actor sat down with host Robin Roberts for a conversation set to air Thursday on “Good Morning America.”
A 15-second preview clip released by ABC shows a visibly emotional Smollett during what’s billed as his first interview since the incident.
He does not speak in the short promo, but Roberts asks him, “At any point during the attack, did you fear for your life?”
Chicago police said last month that Smollett was allegedly attacked by two people who placed a rope around his neck, poured an unidentified substance on him and berated him with racial and homophobic slurs.
Police are investigating the case as a possible hate crime.
#MusicNews: YESSSSSSS! Marvin Gaye’s Shelved 1972 album You’re The Man will finally get released!
To commemorate what would have been his 80th birthday. Marvin Gaye’s 1972 album You’re The Man is being released for the first time, on 2xLP this March via Motown.
You’re The Man was originally intended to be the follow-up to Gaye’s iconic album What’s Going On.
Of its 17 tracks, 15 are being released on vinyl for the first time. Although various songs have also appeared on compilations, this is the first time they have been collected in their original form.
Alongside the album cuts, the 2xLP also includes a long version of Marvin Gaye’s cancelled Christmas single from 1972, a vault mix of its instrumental B-side, and liner notes by Gaye’s biographer David Ritz.
Pre-order a copy of the album here ahead of its 29th March release, listen to ‘My Last Chance’ and check out the track list below.
LISTEN HERE
Tracklist
Side 1
Produced by Marvin Gaye (1), Hal Davis (2), Gloria Jones and Pamela Sawyer (3), Freddie Perren and Fonce Mizell (4)
1. You’re The Man
2. The World Is Rated X
3. Piece of Clay
4. Where Are We Going?
Side 2
Produced by Willie Hutch
1. I’m Gonna Give You Respect
2. Try It, You’ll Like It
3. You Are That Special One
4. We Can Make It Baby
Side 3
Produced by Marvin Gaye except *Freddie Perren and Fonce Mizell
Mixes for tracks 1-3, by SaLaAM ReMi, and track 5, by Art Stewart, are previously unreleased.
1. My Last Chance
2. Symphony
3. I’d Give My Life For You
4. Woman of the World*
5. Christmas In the City (instrumental)
Side 4
1. You’re The Man Version 2
2. I Want to Come Home For Christmas
3. I’m Going Home (Move)
4. Checking Out (Double Clutch)
#HipHopNews: Rich The Kid Robbed And Attacked At Studio in L.A
Rich the Kid and his entourage were attacked at an L.A. studio on Tuesday (Feb. 12).
Eyewitnesses tell TMZ that as many as 10 shots were fired during the incident at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, Calif. The shooter was running away from the studio as he fired shots behind him.
Usher was also at the studio during the time of the shooting, but he was not hurt.
Rich was outside when it went down, and it appears he was the target of the robbery. Multiple entourage members were also reportedly attacked, and at least one bodyguard was badly pistol whipped.
L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies are currently on the scene, searching for suspects and collecting evidence. It’s unclear if anyone was hit when the shots were fired, but the suspect(s) “made off with a ton of cash and jewelry.”
Just hours before the robbery, Rich posted an Instagram photo of himself holding stacks of cash while standing in front of a Lamborghini. “For motivational purposes only,” he captioned it.
This is not the first time Rich has been the target of a robbery. In June of last year, he was hospitalized after a home invasion where two masked men entered demanding cash and jewelry.
#RHOBH: Lisa Vanderpump Leaves From ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Season 9 Premiere Before Cast Arrives
BLOOP! Lisa Vanderpump and her husband, Ken Todd, snuck out of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 9 premiere party before her castmates arrived.
The restauranteurs and their dog Harrison arrived at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood at approximately 5:45 p.m. Vanderpump, 58, did a series of interviews “very quickly and then tried to exit the press area,” an eyewitness says.
After making the rounds, the Vanderpump Rules star and Todd, 73, left the party. Her costars Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne and Teddi Mellencamp did not start filtering in until about 20 minutes later. “By that time, Lisa and Ken were totally gone,” the onlooker notes. (A source close to Vanderpump said that she “had a family and friends dinner at Tom Tom at 6:30 p.m.”)
Later on, Richards, 50, said that she “didn’t get a chance” to greet the couple. “I was hoping to be able to say hello and say congratulations on season 9, but she left already,” the former child star said.
For her part, Mellencamp, 37, acknowledged that “It’s been a while” since she last spoke to Vanderpump, but she is not purposely keeping her distance. “I’m an adult and I can be cordial,” the accountability coach said. “But I can’t speculate on how I’d feel or act if the person isn’t here.”
Jayne, 47, was a bit more blunt. “I mean, she came in early,” the singer pointed out, adding that she also has not spoken to the Vanderpump Rules star. “It is an all-cast event and, you know, she’s a professional, so …”
Though Vanderpump and Todd managed to prematurely escape, the eyewitness claims that the rest of the cast “seemed closer than ever” at the premiere. Later in the evening, they all headed to Craig’s restaurant to have dinner together.
The season 9 premiere of RHOBH kicked off with Vanderpump and Todd arguing with Richards. The cold open ended with the SUR owner screaming at her onetime pal to “get the f–k out” of her house.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
WATCH: Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’ Teaser Trailer
Disney has dropped the first teaser trailer for Frozen 2 and Lordt…it was intense!
About The Film: From the Academy Award-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and the music of Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
Watch The Trailer HERE
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Get ready to get Frozen!
Kanye Wants Wants Wife Kim Kardashian’s MUA To Relocate To LA for “Emergencies”
Rapper Kanye West has never been shy about declaring himself a creative genius, and his wife – reality TV star/beauty mogul, Kim Kardashian – recently shared that he takes that role into their marriage. Kim’s beauty has served as his YEEZY fashion muse for their nearly five-year-long marriage.
She said this about how Kanye’s fashion advice “makes her life easier:”
“I’ll send him a picture and be like, ‘Do you like this dress?’ and he’ll say, ‘I love it but why don’t you try something like this instead?’ And he’ll send me references of people wearing a totally different style.
“I really do get all of my inspiration from my husband…I literally just wear all of the Yeezy samples. They have a team of stylists and they put it all together. I’m totally inspired by Kanye and the Yeezy team — and listen to the advice of everyone over there who is making all the clothes.”
Kim Kardashian says that Kanye West even gives her advice on something boyfriends and husbands usually hate – make-up! Kim said:
“[Kanye] is actually really opinionated sometimes. He will come in and be like, ‘You know your blush is a little heavy.’ Or say, ‘What are you doing? That’s not the shape of your lip.’”
Wow! Kanye is so invested in Kim’s look that he even wants her longtime make-up artist/KKW Beauty collaborator – Mario Dedivanovic – to move to Los Angeles in case she needs him for an “emergency!” Mario said:
“[Kanye] actually called me and said, ‘Alright how much will it cost for you to move back to L.A.? I want you here for her.'”
Kim added: “He will call Mario without telling me! And Mario shows up without me knowing and he is like, ‘Oh Kanye called me and said it was a makeup emergency.’”
Would you trust your significant other’s beauty/fashion advice?
‘America’s Got Talent’: Gabrielle Union & Julianne Hough Replace Heidi Klum & Mel B As Judges; Terry Crews Takes Over From Tyra Banks As Host For 2019 Season
NBC’s summer juggernaut America’s Got Talent is getting two new judges and a new host for the 2019 edition. NBC said today that Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough will join the judges table and Terry Crews will emcee the competition series’ upcoming 14th season.
Union and Hough are replacing Heidi Klum and Mel B and will join executive producer Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel in judging the acts. Crews, who hosts the midseason spinoff America’s Got Talent: The Champions, takes over the AGT duties from Tyra Banks.
“One of the many secrets to the success and longevity of America’s Got Talent is its fearless drive to reinvent itself,” said Meredith Ahr, President of Alternative and Reality Group at NBC Entertainment. “The next evolution of the format brings in fresh expert eyes to join Simon and Howie on the panel.”
Being Mary Jane alum Union stars in and exec produces the Bad Boys spinoff series L.A.’s Finest, which MAy 13 premieres on Spectrum Originals network. Her film credtis include Breaking In, Bring It On, Bad Boys II and Think Like a Man.
Hough is a two-time professional dance champion on Dancing with the Stars and has been a judge for that series. She appeared in last year’s Grease: Live and is set for the upcoming Netflix anthology series Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings.
Crews co-stars on NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine and has hosted Who Wantsd to Be a Millionaire from 2014-15. His other TV-regular credits include Everybody Hates Chris and Are We There Yet? and arcs on Arrested Development and The Newsroom.
“Gabrielle and Julianne are two of the most aspirational women in the business, on top of being electric entertainers with talent across disciplines,” Ahr added. “As their partner in crime, host Terry Crews will continue to light up the stage with his quick wit and unending charm.”
Lady Gaga Defends ‘Brave’ Cardi B After Grammy Backlash!
Count Lady Gaga in the Cardi B camp after the rapper drew backlash over her Grammy win.
Both of them walked away with trophies at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night; Cardi B even made history, becoming the first solo woman to win Best Rap Album ― but only the hip-hop superstar had to defend her win for some reason after some online critics labeled her undeserving.
Gaga apparently caught wind of the controversy and showed her support for the rapper on Tuesday with a heartfelt post, praising her “brave” fellow Grammy winner.
“It is so hard to be a woman in this industry. What it takes, how hard we work through the disrespectful challenges, just to make art,” the “A Star Is Born” actress wrote. “I love you Cardi. You deserve your awards. Let’s celebrate her fight. Lift her up & honor her. She is brave.”
After years of their fans clamoring for the two music icons to join forces, they met at the awards show and shared a sweet moment together.
Gaga posted a silly video of herself celebrating her Grammy and BAFTA wins by dancing backstage to Cardi B’s Grammy-nominated hit “I l Like It” off her album “Invasion of Privacy,” which refers to the pop star by name.
Cardi B’s night, unfortunately, didn’t end as smoothly, with the rapper deactivating her Instagram page after posting an impassioned video of herself defending her Grammy win.
“You know what? It’s not my style for people to put other people down to uplift somebody else. That’s not my style, and that’s not what I’m with, and I don’t support that. However, I’ve been taking a lot of shit today,” she says in the video. “I’m seeing a lot of bullshit today, and I saw a lot of shit last night, and I’m sick of this shit. I work hard for my motherfucking album.”
She beat out fellow nominees Nipsey Hussle, Pusha T, Travis Scott and the late Mac Miller for the prestigious award.
Fortunately, Gaga wasn’t the only one to show Cardi some love over the weekend, with Chance the Rapper, who is featured on “Invasion of Privacy,” calling her win “overly deserved.”
“It would be inconceivable not to honor u last night,” he wrote in the comments of a now-deleted post. “Straight up bask in it YOU deserve it. Its a feeling very few will ever know, but YOU do.”
#SPORTSNEWS: Denver Broncos agree to trade for Joe Flacco in deal with Ravens
The Denver Broncos have agreed to trade for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, a person with knowledge of the deal confirmed Wednesday to USA TODAY Sports' Mike Jones. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal cannot be processed until the new league year begins on March 14.
ESPN's Adam Schefter was the first to report the trade. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport wrote on Twitter that the Ravens will receive "a mid-round pick" in return.
Flacco, 34, spent a decade as the Ravens' starting quarterback and led them to a victory in Super Bowl XLVII, earning MVP honors in the process. The Delaware product has thrown for more than 38,000 yards and 212 touchdowns in his NFL career, and he is due to make $18.5 million in 2019.
The move reinforces that Baltimore is ready to move forward with second-year quarterback Lamar Jackson as the full-time starter after he replaced Flacco midway through last season. Jackson started seven games as a rookie in 2018, throwing for 1,201 yards and six touchdowns while helping lead the Ravens to the playoffs.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh had indicated as much last month when speaking about Flacco's future.
"Joe Flacco is going to play really well in this league," Harbaugh told reporters. "Joe can still play; I think we saw that in the first half of this season. Joe’s going to have a market. A lot of teams are going to want Joe, because they understand that. I’ll be in Joe’s corner, wherever he’s at, unless we play him."
For Denver, Flacco represents another attempt to find stability at quarterback under general manager John Elway, who has struggled to find a long-term solution at the position. The Broncos have shuffled through a number of options under center since Peyton Manning retired, including Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch and, most recently, Case Keenum.
New Broncos coach Vic Fangio was a defensive assistant on the Ravens' staff during Flacco's first two years (2008-09) with the team.
'King' The Wire Fox Terrier Wins Westminster Dog Show
A wire fox terrier named King has taken the crown at the 143rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He's the 15th wire fox terrier to win best in show."
"You know, I love you all," said best in show judge Peter Green as he stood in front of the finalists. "Every one of you." Then Green, who spent years honing his own craft as a professional dog handler to terriers, raised his arm and pointed at the dog he apparently loved the most. "He's best in show."
The 7-year-old King is "as good as it gets," Green said, according to USA Today. "The head, the expression. Everything is really, really as good as it gets. And then the handler has him in perfect condition."
"I look at King, he's like a beautiful painting, a piece of art," King's handler, Gabriel Rangel, said earlier in the day. "The way he stands and performs, he's the whole package."
Over the course of two days, the judges winnowed down the field from 2,800 dogs in 203 breeds, to just seven — the best specimen from each group, such as hound, herding or sporting. Then, late Tuesday, the field dropped to six when a Michigan schipperke named Colton was ruled ineligible because of a conflict of interest. (One of its owners has a "distant working relationship" with judge Green, the dog's handler wrote.)
Judges decide which dog is "best" by comparing the dog against its own breed and group's ideal standards. "Dogs were originally bred to do specific jobs whether hunting, guarding, tracking, or companionship," the Westminster Kennel Club explains on its website. "The standard describes how a dog should look in order to carry out its job."
A wire fox terrier, originally bred to help hunt foxes, should be "alert, quick of movement, keen of expression, on the tip-toe of expectation at the slightest provocation," reads the American Kennel Club's official standard. The standard goes on to describe, in detail, what the dog's body should look like and how stiff the coat should be.
Terriers' personality helps them do particularly well in the competitive tension of a national dog show, terrier breeder Diane Orange has explained. "They are so outgoing and so full of themselves that they don't get exhausted," she said. "And they don't stress out the way some of the more sensitive breeds do. Very few things bother a terrier."
Bono the Havanese won second place. Also in the finals was Burns the longhaired dachshund, a fan favorite. Burns has won 26 best in show titles at various dog shows, but never at Westminster, The New York Times reported. "I think one of the reasons some breeds don't make it to the end is that they just aren't the glamour breeds who are so flashy in the group," Walter Jones, a vice president of the Dachshund Club of America, told the Times.
Although Westminster is known for crowning best in show, junior dog handlers also compete for top honors. NPR's Allyson McCabe reports that judges focus on how well their handler can present their dogs, rather than the dogs' individual attributes.
"In Juniors, they look [to see] that your foot is with the dog's foot. You're following the same pattern as the dog, so you guys match up," explained 15-year-old Imre Mancini. She didn't make the final cut.
After two days of preliminary completion, eight finalists for Best Junior Handler took the floor clad in sequin dresses and dinner jackets, strategically outfitted with hidden treat pockets. Madeline Beuhler, 17, won best junior handler – her pug was a crowd favorite.
The U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion
The U.S. government's public debt is now more than $22 trillion — the highest it has ever been. The Treasury Department data comes as tax revenue has fallen and federal spending continues to rise. The new debt level reflects a rise of more than $2 trillion from the day President Trump took office in 2017.
Despite being in the second-longest economic expansion since the post–World War II boom, the U.S. is projected to rack up annual deficits and incur national debt at rates not seen since the 1940s, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Over the next 10 years, annual federal deficits — when Congress spends more than it takes in through tax revenues — are expected to average $1.2 trillion, which would be 4.4 percent of gross domestic product. That's far higher than the 2.9 percent of GDP that has been the average for the past 50 years.
"Other than the period immediately after World War II, the only other time the average deficit has been so large over so many years was after the 2007–2009 recession," the CBO said last month.
Annual deficits and the national debt rose to new heights under the Obama administration, and the trend has continued under President Trump.
As a share of the U.S. economy, the national debt stood at 78 percent of GDP in 2018. But the CBO says it will rise to 93 percent by the end of 2029. Again, those numbers put the ratio at levels not seen since just after World War II.
"By 2029, debt is estimated to reach $28.7 trillion," the CBO said in January, referring to federal debt held by the public — a figure that doesn't include the billions of dollars that the government owes to itself. In recent years, those intragovernmental holdings have hovered well above $5.5 trillion.
"This milestone is another sad reminder of the inexcusable tab our nation's leaders continue to run up and will leave for the next generation," reads a joint statement from former GOP Sen. Judd Gregg and former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, the co-chairmen of the nonpartisan group Campaign to Fix the Debt.
Calling on Congress to cut into the national debt, Gregg and Rendell said, "The fiscal recklessness over past years has been shocking, with few willing to step up with a real plan. We need responsible leadership to fix the debt, not a worsening of partisanship."
The U.S. hit the new height despite Trump's promises on the campaign trail that he would reduce America's debt load. Almost exactly four years ago, he said that if the national debt topped $21 trillion by the end of President Obama's term in office, "Obama will have effectively bankrupted our country."
The national debt nearly doubled under Obama: It was $10.6 trillion when he took office and was nearly $20 trillion when he left. The rise has been blamed on factors from the Great Recession to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and rising costs of Social Security and Medicare. Many of those pressures still exist.
Trump has long said that he knows how to solve America's debt problem. As he said in 2015, "When you have $18-$19 trillion in debt, they need someone like me to straighten it out."
On Jan. 20, 2017, the total amount of outstanding public debt was $19.9 trillion. On Monday, it surpassed $22 trillion. That's despite Trump saying in August that new tariffs on imported goods would let the U.S. "start paying down large amounts" of the national debt.
"The president is very much aware of the realities presented by our national debt," White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said last October, when the government said the federal deficit had ballooned to $779 billion in the most recent fiscal year.
Mulvaney said the deficits would be offset by gains in economic growth; he also called on Congress to rein in what he called "irresponsible and unnecessary spending."\
The new data comes as Washington copes with the fallout of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history — and tries to avoid another shutdown by reaching a deal on Trump's demands for a wall along the U.S. Southern border.
The U.S. is entering new debt levels more than a year after Trump signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that decreased the top corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. The legislation also gave most U.S. taxpayers at least a small break, although the largest benefits went to the wealthiest Americans.
Republicans in Congress and the White House had predicted their late 2017 tax cut would boost economic growth and help create jobs. While the cut prompted the CBO to raise its GDP and job growth projections, as NPR's Susan Davis has reported, "GDP growth is forecast to slow down after 2020, in part because all of this economic stimulus is likely to drive up interest rates."
The CBO predicts federal spending will rise from 20.8 percent of GDP in 2019 to 23 percent in 2029, with programs such as Social Security and Medicare expected to spend more to cope with an aging population and rising health care costs.
Providing historical context for the current pattern "The deficit typically grows during recessions — when tax receipts shrink and demand for food stamps and other government assistance rises — then falls during good times. The current spike in the deficit at a time of strong economic growth and low unemployment represents a break with that historical pattern."
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Cardi B Looks FAB for Harper's Bazaar US Edition- March 2019
Bardi’s CELEBRATE Your QUEEN!
Cardi B is gearing up for another milestone moment this weekend, where she's notched five nominations at this year's Grammy Awards. But before making her way to the West Coast, Harper's BAZAAR caught up with Bardi at her favorite Bronx nail salon for a cover story interview, which released online Thursday (Feb. 7).
The in-depth profile sees the 26-year-old open up about her relationship with Offset, how she doesn't feel back to her pre-pregnancy self just yet, and much more.
The "Bodak Yellow" rapper danced around a definitive answer when it came to ever getting back with Offset permanently. "I don’t think so. Who knows? You never know, you can never tell," she said.
Cardi then admitted that Set wanted the pair to attend marriage counseling sessions together, something she clearly wasn't behind doing. "I didn’t want to go to marriage counseling. He suggested it, but it’s like, ‘I don’t want to go.’ There’s no counselor or nothing that could make me change my mind," Cardi said.
Bardi figured she'd be the type to avoid postpartum depression altogether. "When I gave birth, the doctor told me about postpartum, and I was like, ‘Well, I’m doing good right now, I don’t think that’s going to happen,’" Cardi detailed. "But out of nowhere, the world was heavy on my shoulders.”
Cardi B also said something still feels off about her body. “For some reason, I still don’t feel like my body’s the same. I feel like I don’t have my balance right yet. When it comes to heels, I’m not as good at walking anymore. I feel like I’m holding a weight on me," she explained. "But there’s an energy I haven’t gotten back yet that I had before I was pregnant. It’s just the weirdest thing."
#RHoA: Newbie Housewife Tanya Sam: I’m not hardly AFRAID of NeNe Leakes!
Tanya Sam said the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person on her first season on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," leaving her vulnerable to the wrath of an OG.
NeNe Leakes was the one who introduced Tanya to the group after the two met at Swagg Boutique (NeNe's clothing store), so fans were shocked when NeNe unexpectedly unloaded on Tanya during a recent episode. Tanya was shocked, too.
"I was just upset to have been yelled at like that," Tanya told the folks over at TooFab. "And I just don't know how it went to 100 so quickly when I was just trying to express my feelings about her comments."
The outburst came shortly after the ladies read their fortunes outside a temple during their trip to Tokyo for Eva Marcille's bachelorette party. Tanya's fortune said something about marriage being in her future. When Marlo Hampton saw it, she showed it to NeNe and said, "Look, bitch! Paul gonna marry her."
"You may marry somebody else," NeNe replied. At the time, Tanya ignored the comment, but when the topic of her relationship with Paul (who she calls her husband even though they're not legally married) came up again at lunch, NeNe erupted.
"I don't care if y'all married or not! I'm not into it," she said loudly. "So please don't think I'm questioning you about your marriage. I want you to be happy, but I do not care. I've been married over 20-something years. I am very serious about love, okay?"
When Tanya asked NeNe why she'd wish for her to marry someone else when she's clearly happy with her "life partner," NeNe shouted, "I'm not wishing a motherf--king thing! I don't give a f--k!"
It was intense, leaving Tanya in tears, and she told us watching it back was almost as difficult as having to go through it firsthand.
"Believe it or not -- because I know the show is about confrontation -- I'm pretty non-confrontational," she said. "But there is a huge piece of me that doesn't take crap. Some stuff I just let roll off my back, but then the stuff that is super important to me, I'm just not gonna let it be shoved under the rug. And this was one of those things."
"I wanted her to understand that if the shoe were on the other foot and her friend was saying, 'I don't give a shit about stuff in your life' -- that to me was pretty shocking because I care a lot about what's happening in my friends' lives," she added. "I care about anything that's important to my friends. So I was pretty shocked that that was the answer to my comment."
Tanya said she forgave NeNe and that the two were able to completely mend things before leaving Tokyo. Tanya's "husband," however, has had a harder time moving forward.
"Your man never wants to see you hurt, especially Paul," she explained. "We're protective of each other. So if I call him crying, being like, 'This is what happened,' he's short of firing up a private jet and being like, 'I'm coming to Tokyo right now.' He was mad. Even when he watched the show, he was still angry. He was like, 'You're crying after this huge argument!' He was a little fired up about that."
When asked if Paul and NeNe had smoothed things over, Tanya said, "I feel like, yeah, they have. They've interacted and stuff, but you know, he probably has a longer memory than I do."
We also had to ask Tanya about what it was like being on that bus ride from hell, which took place immediately following NeNe's explosion. On the bus ride from the restaurant back to the ladies' hotel, Eva and Marlo had a full-blown screamfest and took turns taking hilarious and below-the-belt jabs at one another.
"First of all, it was such a long bus ride," Tanya said with a laugh. "I had just come off this super intense conversation with NeNe, so I was very emotional. Then we get on this bus, and the traffic in Tokyo -- it was rush hour, so it took a long time. So Marlo and Eva are going at it for what felt like forever. I was half-laughing, half-crying. I was just kind of like, 'What is going on in my world right now?!' It was actually really funny to watch that."
"And then at the same time, I remember calling the hotel intensely, being like, 'I need a massage in my room in exactly 35 minutes,'" she continued. "And so I had a massage therapist in my room like five minutes after we got there. I remember lying face down on the bed, having these delightful hands beating into my back, and I was like, 'Okay, I found my zen now. I'm all good.'"
Regarding her relationship with the other Housewives, Tanya said she's closest with Eva, Porsha Williams and newbie Shamari DeVoe.
"I love them," she gushed. "We all hung out on New Years together, and the nice thing about that -- especially with Porsha and Eva -- is that our men have a bromance. It's so great. It makes things so easy."
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Bravo.
#Empire: The FBI is now vetting all letters sent to the Empire set for hate mail while Investigation continues!
The FBI is working with folks on the "Empire" set to track down the person who sent Jussie Smollett a hateful, threatening letter just days before the attack, and they're also on high alert to prevent dangerous mail and other items from making their way to the cast.
Sources on set says private security company was hired by the show and met with FBI agents to establish a protocol for inspecting all incoming mail. The team wears gloves so the evidence in question is not contaminated.
The security team has 2 functions ... to flag threatening, incoming mail and alert the FBI, and to possibly link new items to the letter Jussie already received, containing homophobic and racists epithets along with an image of a noose.
Our sources say the security team has already flagged "hate mail," but we're told that it's nothing new. The show has been targeted by racists and homophobes in the past, but now everyone is on high alert and the FBI is screening all of it.
Also there are daily security sweeps on the "Empire" set. Guards are looking for anything or anyone who might be out of place.
Production hired two additional makeup artists over the weekend to assist Jussie and make sure his cuts and bruises from the Chicago attack are well-hidden.
#NewMusic from Kelly Rowland 'Crown'
Kelly Rowland is ready to empower girls with a new song called “Crown,” and you can watch the music video right here!
The track, released in collaboration with Dove on Wednesday (February 6), is an anthem for young women to feel more confident about their hair.
“Growing up I felt many of the pressures young girls face today when it comes to embracing their hair, but my mom would always tell me that your hair is your crowning glory and you should wear it proudly. This song is very personal to me and, having met many of the real girls who inspired it, I am incredibly proud to be partnering with Dove to spark this conversation and encourage girls everywhere to love their hair,” says Kelly.
WATCH HERE
#HipHopNews: "Beastie Boys Book" Nominated For 2019 Audie Awards' Audiobook Of The Year!
NEW YORK, NY – The Beastie Boys’ 2018 memoir Beastie Boys Book has been nominated for the 2019 Audie Awards’ Audiobook of the Year, the highest honor for the medium. The official Beastie Boys Book Twitter account celebrated the monumental news on Monday (February 4).
“Whoa…Beastie Boys audioBook just nominated for ‘Audiobook of theYear,”
The long awaited memoir begins with the Beasties’ punk rock origins and continually pays tribute to the late Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away from cancer in 2012.
The audiobook is narrated by the two surviving Beasties — Mike D and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz — and a full cast of notable entertainment figures, including Steve Buscemi, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Snoop Dogg, Will Ferrell, Tim Meadows, MC Serch, LL Cool J and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.
Last May, Mike D commented on the book in an Instagram post.
“I’m not sure if you remember or not, but a while ago we said that we were gonna write a book about our band,” he wrote. “Well, it’s almost done and it’s coming out soon, and this is what it’s gonna look like. Kinda nice, right? It’s got a little something for everyone.”
In addition to Beastie Boys Book, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, Calypso by David Sedaris, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara and The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King were also nominated in the category.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 4, 2019, at Guastavino’s in New York City.
Models for the show came in a diverse range of body shapes and sizes, with Cox closing out the affair in a frothy Zac Posen gown with a huge layered skirt crafted from pink and red tulle paired with $3,795 Ippolita ‘Classico Large Snowman’ gold earrings and a $1,995 ‘Classico’ gold ring.
The star twirled and spun to the tune of Robyn’s “Honey” all the way down the runway, striking a series of poses for the cameras at the end.
The actress then took one more final walk down the catwalk accompanied by the rest of the show’s models as they were showered with silver confetti.
“What an incredible honor to close @11honore’s first fashion show with these incredible women who represent the size diversity of the women of America,” Cox wrote on Instagram alongside a video of her strutting her stuff like a pro. “Thank you for existing @11honore and for giving me this incredible honor. …thank you @zacposen for the gown of LIFE!!! #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity #SizeDiversity.”
MLB Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, baseball pioneer and first black manager, dies at 83
Frank Robinson was royalty, a legend in the world of baseball. Despite his tremendous accomplishments on and off the field, it was as if his monumental role in baseball history had been forgotten.
Maybe now, people will pay attention and realize that Frank Robinson was one of the most impactful figures in baseball history.
Robinson, a first-ballot Hall of Fame player who became the first African-American manager in baseball, died Thursday at the age of 83, according to Major League Baseball.
Robinson, who had been in hospice in Southern California for several months, was able to say farewell to many of his friends and family before his death.
Now, perhaps the public can pay proper respect to a man who had a dramatic influence on the game.
Few men have had a greater impact as a player, a manager and an executive than Robinson, who was so revered and respected that three different franchises retired his uniform number, No. 20, and erected statues in his honor.
"He was one of the greatest players in the history of our game, but that was just the beginning of a multifaceted baseball career. Known for his fierce competitive will, Frank made history as the first MVP of both the National and American Leagues, earned the 1966 AL Triple Crown and World Series MVP honors, and was a centerpiece of two World Championship Baltimore Orioles’ teams."
Robinson, a 14-time All-Star, had a legendary career. He was the Rookie of the Year in 1956 when he hit a rookie-record 38 homers for the Cincinnati Reds, won the Triple Crown in 1966 with the Baltimore Orioles, and remains the only player to win an MVP award in each league -- with the Reds in 1961 and the Orioles in 1966. He also led his teams to two World Series titles, winning with the Orioles in 1966, when he also was voted the World Series MVP, and 1970.
Robinson, who had his greatest years with the Reds and Orioles, played 21 years in the major leagues before retiring in 1976 with 586 home runs. It was the fourth-highest total in baseball at the time, trailing only Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays. The longest of those home runs came on May 8, 1966, when his 541-foot blast off Luis Tiant cleared Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
“We were facing Luis Tiant and he had thrown three straight shutouts,” Robinson said at a 2014 news conference. “I had never seen him before. The first pitch was a fastball down and in and I hit it. You know when you get one. You don’t know how far, but you know you got it.
“When I came into the dugout, the guys were saying that ball went completely out of the ballpark. I said, ‘Get out of my face. No way.’ They said, ‘Yes it did.’
“When I went out to right field, the fans gave me a standing ovation. I thought maybe it did go out.”
He continued to influence the game long after retirement, becoming the first African-American to manage in the major leagues, with the Cleveland Indians. He also managed the San Francisco Giants, becoming the National League’s first African-American manager, and later managed the Orioles, Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals. He compiled a 1,065-1,176 (.475) record over parts of 16 seasons, winning the 1989 AL Manager of the Year award with the Orioles.
In Washington, Robinson said, one of his players asked him in 2005 whether he had played in the major leagues. It was then, he said he realized just how little attention players today pay to baseball history.
Robinson, the youngest of 10 children raised in Oakland, Calif., was a former high school basketball teammate with NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell at McClymonds High School, and also a former baseball teammate with former major leaguers Vada Pinson and Curt Flood.
Robinson became active in the civil rights movement in Baltimore after witnessing the city’s segregated housing and discriminatory real estate practices, and in 2005 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. He was honored two years later with the first Jackie Robinson Society Community Recognition Award at George Washington University.
He spent the last 12 years working for the Commissioner’s office mostly as a vice president, and later as a senior advisor to Commissioner Rob Manfred.
R.I.P!
WATCH IT: ‘SHAFT’ Trailer Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall & Jessie T. Usher
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for their highly anticipated sequel, SHAFT, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall and Richard Roundtree.
Details About The Film:JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide.
Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family.
Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal
Watch The Trailer HERE
The Film is out June 14!
Ariana Grande Reacts to Pete Davidson & Kate Beckinsale's Romance
Ariana Grande was asked about Pete Davidson‘s rumored new romance with Kate Beckinsale – and she actually answered!
The 25-year-old entertainer was caught leaving Westwood One Radio Networks on Wednesday evening (February 6) in Culver City, Calif.
TMZ got Ariana entering the building and they asked, “Do you think Pete and Kate Beckinsale make a good couple Ariana?”
Ariana audibly screamed, “So cute!”
Offset Calls Chris Brown A “Coke Head” In Response To Fade Invitation
It didn’t take long for Offset to respond to Chris Brown’s Instagram tirade. Shortly after Breezy challenged the Migos rap star to a fight, Offset responded with a few words of his own, insinuating Brown was a drug addict.
“Coke head don’t want no [smoke],” he wrote in one of his Instagram Stories.
The two artists have run into issues before. In 2017, members of their respective crews got into a heated confrontation during BET Awards weekend in Los Angeles.
Migos were reportedly greeted by those in Brown’s entourage as they approached the venue. Witnesses said someone shoved Quavo and when another member of Migos’ crew attempted to intervene, the person was punched.
Chris Brown had some choice words for Offset after the Migos rapper hopped in his Instagram comments and called him a “lame.” On Wednesday (February 6), the R&B superstar replied to Offset’s comment with a string of profanity-laced insults.
“FUCK YOU LIL BOY,” he wrote in all caps. “BETTER WORRY ABOUT WHAT U GOT GOING AND FOCUS ON ‘YOU.’ All this cap on IG IS WHATS LAME. YO ENERGY WONT LIKE THAT WHEN I CAME TO THE DRAKE SHOW IN LA…IF U DONT GET YO A HIP A HOP A HIBBET A HIBBET TO THE HIP HIP HOP AND YA DONT STOP THE ROCKING FACEASS OUT MY COMMENTS. SENSITIVE ASS NIGGA.
“CALL ME PERSONALLY. U WANT SOME CLOUT WHEN ALL U GOTTA DO IS PULL UP. No camera no flexing and all at!!!!!!!! IF YOU A REAL MAN FIGHT ME. Oh and another thing, SUCK MY DICK!!!”
The war of words kicked off earlier this week when Brown posted a video of 21 Savage rapping with a British accent. As the entire Hip Hop community knows, 21 was arrested by ICE on Sunday (February 3) and it was revealed the 26-year-old rapper is actually from the U.K.
Naturally, a flurry of memes and GIFs followed and Offset wasn’t having it. He commented on Brown’s post, “Memes ain’t funny lame.”
That was evidently enough to infuriate Breezy who promptly unleashed on Offset. So far, the ATLien has yet to reply.
#MusicNews: Chaka Khan Announces Summer Co-Headlining Tour With Michael McDonald
Legendary singer Chaka Khan has just announced that she will hit the road this Summer for a co-headlining tour with Michael McDonald.
This announcement comes the week prior to the release of Chaka Khan’s 14th album “Hello Happiness”, which comes out on February 15th, 2019. This is her first album in 12 years.
The tour will begin April 13th in Memphis and take the pair across the country until the beginning of August. See full list of dates below.
Khan’s latest releases included the chart-topping, infectious and jazzy single “Like Sugar”, followed by the release of her “Hello Happiness” album title track.
After forty years in music, ‘Hello Happiness’ celebrates a lifetime in music and proves that Chaka Khan is as inspiring as ever.
Chaka Khan Summer Tour Dates With Michael McDonald
4/13/2019 Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis, TN
5/5/2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
5/22/2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
6/20/2019 Rose Music Center Dayton, OH
6/22/2019 Constellation Brands Marvin Sands PAC Rochester, NY
6/23/2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino – Grand Theater Mashantucket, CT
6/25/2019 Sands Bethlehem Event Center Bethlehem, PA
6/28/2019 NYCB Theatre at Westbury Long Island, NY
6/29/2019 Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, NJ
7/3/2019 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
7/4/2019 City of Dublin Independence Day Celebration Dublin, OH
7/6/2019 RiverEdge Park – John C. Dunham Pavilion Chicago, IL
7/7/2019 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel – Mystic Showroom Minneapolis, MN
7/12/2019 The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Houston, TX
7/13/2019 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Dallas, TX
7/23/2019 Northern Quest Casino Amphitheater Spokane, WA
7/27/2019 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino – Grand Theatre Reno, NV
7/28/2019 Oregon Zoo Amphitheater Portland, OR
7/31/2019 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
8/2/2019 OC Fair – Pacific Amphitheatre Orange County, CA
8/4/2019 Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA (San Francisco, CA)
B. Smith’s Husband Says If Girlfriend Wasn’t White, Relationship Wouldn’t Be An Issue
In the week since it was revealed to the world, the controversial relationship between former model and restauranteur B. Smith’s husband Dan Gasby and his live-in girlfriend Alex Lerner, has sent shockwaves throughout social media and ignited a fierce backlash. Now, the couple is aiming once again to tell their side of the story, this time via a new interview on the TODAY show.
As B. Smith continues to suffer with the debilitating disease Alzheimer’s, her husband and primary caretaker, Dan Gasby and his girlfriend Alex Lerner, live in the house with Smith and reportedly take care of her daily needs together. When Gasby decided to reveal to the world the unconventional and controversial situation, the couple was met with backlash that put them on the defense.
To clear things up, Gasby and Lerner sat down with Al Roker in a new interview on the most recent episode of the TODAY show. Gasby firmly believes that all of the negative attention he and Lerner have received is simply because she is white, and critics don’t like interracial couples.
WATCH HERE
"It spun out of control to 'I'm having an affair. This woman, because of who she is, is taking B's money. We're abusing B. B wouldn't want this.' These people have never even talked to B."
Gasby stated: “The 800-pound gorilla in this situation is she’s white. I’m not supposed to be conscripted to somebody because of their race.”
When asked why he felt to need to go public with the relationship when he could’ve just kept things private, Gasby had this to say:
“Because that’s what Barbara [B. Smith] asked me to do, to talk about it. It spun out of control to ‘I’m having an affair. This woman, because of who she is, is taking B’s money. We’re abusing B. B wouldn’t want this.’ These people have never even talked to B.”
Gasby continued, describing how he and Lerner initially began dating:
“Taking care of someone like B, even having someone who is taking care of her periodically…the weight of every minute of the day is a blanket on you. And (Lerner) was funny. The most important thing, she was kind. And we became friends, and that friendship got closer and closer.”
Lerner also chimed in during the interview, describing what it’s like for Gasby to care for B. Smith as she suffers from Alzheimer’s:
“But after a while, I understood, or it seemed to me, as if I had met a man who has a child. In a sense that B. is now very child-like. And his responsibilities are almost those of a single father. Like, really being there 24/7. Taking care of every and all of her needs.”
Lerner described her current relationship with Smith, even though she is her husband’s girlfriend:
“We find ways to laugh together and find joy in taking walks or doing things together. I would almost say that it’s like sisters. It’s a very sweet feeling.”
As for what’s currently on the agenda for the couple, they revealed they want to continue their podcast “Thank You Dan and Alex,” which is geared towards educating others about Alzheimer’s and continue to care for Smith at their shared home in East Hampton, New York.
What do you think about Dan Gasby and Alex Lerner’s interview
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