Jane Fonda Looks Radiant for Elle US - April 2020!
At 82-years-old, Jane Fonda is simply coming into her energy as an activist. The Oscar-winning actress posed on the duvet of Elle‘s April 2020 problem, the place she seemed fierce and trendy in a black turtleneck bodysuit by Falke and black and silver go well with coat that flared at her waist with complimenting silver trousers by Alexander McQueen. Fonda’s silver hair was styled with breathtaking quantity, because the actress confirmed off her rings by Tiffany & Co. and completed off the ensemble with a pair of pumps by Christina Louboutin. Your complete look was styled by Arianne Phillips.
However it’s not her impeccable vogue or ageless appears which have landed Fonda on the duvet of the journal. The actress has been a pioneering determine in Hollywood for balancing her profitable performing profession together with her political activism. “If you’re well-known, you might have this unimaginable potential platform, however how do you employ it?” she shared with the outlet. The actress in the end got here to the conclusion, “I’ve to place myself on the road.” And shortly, the Klute Oscar winner was making political activism a pillar of her platform.
Via the Vietnam conflict to at present, Fonda’s political work has been a driving power exterior of the roles she performs on display. Beginning in October 2019, Fonda has been main a coalition to the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C., pressuring the senate and congress alike to take motion on local weather change. Dubbed “Fireplace Drill Fridays,” Fonda has been joined by well-known faces like Lily Tomlin and Ted Danson. She was even arrested and spent an evening in jail for her protest.
“I’m white and I’m well-known and I feel orders got here down from the lawyer basic to deal with me with child gloves,” she shared. However that didn’t make her evening in jail simpler. The 82-year-old used her coat to make the mattress she slept on softer and will hear different inmates sobbing and screaming by way of the evening. Fonda, nevertheless, remained resolute in her trigger. “It’s very onerous in life to discover a technique to align your physique together with your deepest values, and that’s what civil disobedience can do. Although you’re being handcuffed and put in a scenario the place you might have completely no management, it’s like getting into your self. I’ve chosen to place myself on this place the place I lose all energy due to one thing I imagine in. And it’s unimaginable.”
Now underneath strict tips amid the COVID-19 outbreak to remain at dwelling, Fonda is taking her campaign to the digital world. Beginning April 3, Fonda will transfer her “Fireplace Drill Fridays” to a digital house, the place followers and volunteers can textual content a quantity to remain updated with what they will do. At her age, Fonda is in no way giving up. “I’m 82, which may be very helpful as a result of folks say, ‘Effectively, gosh, if she will do it, I can do it, too.’”
#RHOA: Kenya Moore Says I Was In The Dark About A Lot Of Things and that She wasn’t Allowed To Talk To Husband Marc Daly’s Parents!
While Kenya Moore and Marc Daly announced their separation last year, fans are finding out more about their split as new episodes of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” airs.
In the preview for episode 20 of the 12th season, the ladies are back from their trip to Greece, and Kenya Moore has to deal with the fallout of her marriage.
She said during a conversation with a friend,
“I want to be happy too. I could’ve been happy in my marriage if I felt like Marc was in it to be happy as well. One of my issues with him is not being able to just have a conversation without yelling or anger crossing lines. I know it’s not me and I know how hard I’ve fought for this marriage. I stopped caring about my feelings and all I was doing was just trying to be everything he wanted me to be and work through everything as best I could to keep my family together.”
She continued and said she believes Marc Daly has consistently kept walls up, despite them being married.
“It’s always been this block up with him not letting me completely into his life. It’s just, a lot of things I felt like I was in the dark about.”
She later said during a confessional,
“It kind of feels as though there’s a large part of him, or the relationship, that I was just never privy to. For example, I’m not allowed to speak to his mother or father. And if you don’t know everything about that person’s life, you’re not being let in.”
She said that she just wants to do what’s best for their daughter, Brooklyn.
In another clip, she also said she didn’t want Marc Daly in her home when he came to visit their child.
What are your thoughts on Kenya Moore not being allowed to speak to her husband’s parents?
Taraji P. Henson Is Postponing Wedding To Kelvin Hayden Due To Coronavirus!
Taraji P. Henson and fiancé Kelvin Hayden will have to wait a little longer before saying, “I do.”
Speaking recently to Extra, the “Empire” actress, 49, revealed the couple will be pushing back their June nuptials due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s probably going to be more like July. We have to see what this will be like at the other end,” Henson said
In March, Henson told People she and former NFL player Hayden, 36, were delaying their initial April date because of personal and professional commitments. Given the current circumstances, the welfare of the couple’s families is of utmost priority.
“Our grandparents, my grandmother is about to turn 96, his is 86, how do we get them to the wedding now? Now, we are concerned, just trying to figure out the safest and best way,” she said.
Henson and Hayden announced their engagement in May 2018
#MusicNews: Jeff Bradshaw Enlists Raheem DeVaughn & Robert Glasper for Cover of Andre 3000’s “Prototype”!
In our time producing live shows over the years we’ve heard many different covers of “Protoype” by Outkast’s Andre 3000 over the years. We think we just might have heard one of the best yet.
Jazz artist and trombone playing sensation Jeff Bradshaw links up with Raheem DeVaughn & Robert Glasper for his new single “Prototype”. The live horns bring this funk classic to a whole new level, while Raheem DeVaughn’s heavenly vocals take us someplace else.
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The song is set to be the first single on Bradshaw’s upcoming album “Stronger” which will be available everywhere June 2020. The song is already having a big impact at radio.
#HipHopNews: Megan Thee Stallion Is Quickly Shutting Down Those Rumored Cardi B Disses!
Megan Thee Stallion is not here for the drama. The Hot Girl is shutting down rumors that she dissed Cardi B. It all started after a fan left a comment on the YouTube visualizer for Megan’s Tupac-sampled single “B.I.T.C.H.”
“She won my respect…paying homage to the GOAT means a lot. Pac would be proud. She exceeded Cardi, HANDS DOOOOWN,” wrote the commenter.
A screenshot appears to show that Megan liked the shady comment. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Meg denied that it was her doing and that she doesn’t even control her YouTube page. “I did not like no damn stupid ass comment like this. I don’t even upload my own shit to my YouTube my label does,” said Meg.
She also made it clear that she’s sick of people trying to pit her against her fellow females. “I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYBODY. I don’t like drama I do not bring other females down stop trying to start fake beef,” she added.
Meanwhile, Meg continues to make big moves. Her new project Suga debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the viral sensation “Savage,” with everyone from Janet Jackson to Justin Bieber taking part in the #SavageChallenge. The song has sold over 200,000 units in the U.S. and is currently No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
#RIP: Ellis Marsalis Jr., legendary New Orleans musician and patriarch of First Family of Jazz, dies At 85!
Legendary New Orleans musician Ellis Marsalis Jr. has died.
One of his sons, Ellis Marsalis III, confirmed to The Associated Press that Ellis Marsalis Jr., the patriarch of a New Orleans clan that included his famed musician sons, died after battling pneumonia brought on by COVID-19.
Ellis Marsalis III said he drove from Baltimore on Sunday to be with his father as he was hospitalized. He said others in the family also were able to spend time with their father, The Associated Press reported.
The noted jazz pianist and educator is the father of internationally known musicians Branford and Wynton Marsalis. Ellis Marsalis Jr. was 85.
When one thinks about jazz in New Orleans, it doesn't take long for Ellis Marsalis' name to come to mind.
The Louisiana Music Hall-of-Famer was born in the Crescent City in 1934 and was a bit different for his era -- Dixieland and Rhythm & Blues were the norm for musicians. But Marsalis was all about jazz -- playing it and teaching it.
His pupils included the likes of Terence Blanchard and Harry Connick, Jr.
Marsalis had six sons, including Wynton and Branford.
Wynton has won nine Grammy awards. Branford was the musical director of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the mid-1990s. Delfeayo and Jason are also jazz musicians. Ellis III is a poet and photographer.
But before his sons became famous in their own right, Ellis Marsalis paved the way. He started young, studying at the Xavier Junior School of Music and took up the clarinet at 11 years old.
In 1949, at age 13, he played the tenor saxophone in his first professional gig with the Groovy Boys.
He majored in music at Dillard University and began studying piano after graduation. In 1956, after joining the U.S. Marines, Marsalis played piano in the Marine group "Corps Four," which performed weekly on TV in Los Angeles.
He returned to New Orleans in 1958 and got married. Then in 1962, he got his first six-night-a-week job at the New Orleans Playboy Club. It only lasted three months, but it was a steady job.
Five years later, Marsalis joined the Al Hirt band, then, in 1971, became the pianist for Southern Repertory Theater. Following graduate school at Loyola University, he worked at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
Years later -- in 2001 -- he performed at a concert at the University of New Orleans with his sons celebrating his well-deserved retirement.
Tulane University awarded Marsalis an honorary doctorate in 2007 for his contributions to jazz and musical education.
At Musician's Village in the 9th Ward, which was built after Hurricane Katrina, the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music was established in 2011. The performance, education and recording venue is a 17,000 square foot facility that includes a 170-seat performance space along with state of the art light and sound -- a tangible reminder of what Marsalis meant to the city.
One of the musical families that New Orleans is built around has lost its patriarch. But the name he spent years building is synonymous with jazz in New Orleans. And that will never change.
The Masked Singer Unmasks the White Tiger And It Is????????
Another singer has been unmasked. The Masked Singer just said goodbye to the White Tiger and hello to Rob Gronkowski, the former Patriots tight end who just wanted to show off his unique dance moves on stage.
"I've always loved dancing, and my dance moves were always one of a kind, and I always felt like I was never on rhythm, so when I got asked to do The Masked Singer, I knew I was in," he said. "I wanted to do it. I wanted to learn how to sing and also I really wanted to learn how to dance."
Apparently his former teammates knew it immediately. "One or two of my teammates did contact me like, 'dude, that is definitely you. I know your moves.' Like, 'Dawg, I've seen those moves in the locker room plenty of times,'" he said.
I'm like, what do you mean? They're new and improved."
He also explained that one of his clues was a cow skiing, which referred to his last name: Gron-cow-ski.
White Tiger was the first singer to leave the Super Nine, and next week, the top eight will participate in the smackdown round.
THE WHITE TIGER: ROB GRONKOWSKI
It's official: The White Tiger cannot sing, and he can only sort of rap. He's clearly huge and likely an athlete, and is a "clam shucking" champion, which makes you think of New England. He loves a celebration dance.
Jamie Foxx guessed Rob Gronkowski and the panelists continued that guess in week two. Gronk is from upstate NY, he's a football champ, and "Ice Ice Baby" and "I'm Too Sexy" seems exactly like songs he'd sing.
Ari Lennox Claps Back At Snoop Dogg After His Comment About Her Wig!
The Internet is in a furor after Snoop Dogg stepped into The Shade Room’s comment section on none other than Shea Butter Baby royalty, Ari Lennox.
Since her emergence, Dreamville’s resident R&B songstress has become known for her comedic Instagram videos. Recently, the “BMO” songbird documented herself trying out a lacefront wig. In the video, Ari hilariously narrated along as she struggled to lay the wig down properly before realizing it was all for naught because she didn’t have a wig cap. Snoop happened to stumble across Ari’s hair struggles via The Shade Room. “Grow your own hair,” he wrote on the post. “What happened to those days?”
Condemnation swiftly rolled in once the Twitterverse caught wind of his comment. As many users pointed out, Ari has always proudly wore her hair in its natural state. Furthermore, Snoop’s comment came after she came to the West rap icon’s defense in the midst of all the backlash he was facing for disparaging Gayle King over her controversial interview with Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant.
Ari came back at Snoop with the perfect clapback with a photo of Snoop from his wiggier days. In the photo, he’s seen donning a blonde bob-style piece. “Uncle I just...I just thought we had an understanding,” she captioned the post.
The Twitterverse also has her back. “This is how you know Snoop don’t even KNOW who Ari Lennox is, cuz Ari has a WHOLE AFRO of natural hair. She’s prolly worn wigs 3x TOPS,” one user pointed out. “Defending a man who wouldn’t even keep scrolling for you.”
MSNBC Host Craig Melvin And Pastor T.D. Jakes Have A Moment of Prayer!
MSNBC host Craig Melvin surprised viewers on Monday (March 30) when he asked Pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes to lead them in a prayer.
Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter's House Church in Dallas, was a guest on the live broadcast to discuss the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the nation thus far.
During the conversation, Melvin stopped suddenly to invite Jakes to conduct a prayer for viewers in light of the troubling times.
“For folks who weren’t able to get to church yesterday,” Melvin said during the program. “I’ve never actually done this on the air, but can you lead us in prayer?”
And Jakes gladly accepted. He shared the following prayer:
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“Our Father and our God, we bow our heads to you in humility, understanding that we are not competent in and of ourselves to handle this kind of global calamity. We look to you, Lord, to be the source, the strength, the help, the light that we need, strengthen our first responders, strengthen even our broadcast people, strengthen all of us whose lives have been devastated and disrupted and give us the peace that passes all understanding. In Christ's name we pray, Amen.”
Kevin Hart Donates Meals To Philadelphia Families During Coronavirus Pandemic!
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia comedian and actor Kevin Hart is making a difference in his hometown during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hart is donating meals to the elderly and those affected by the crisis through Hungry@Home, a family-style food delivery service that provides food to residents without having them leave their homes.
"I love when my partners rise to the task and help facilitate getting food to our neighbors who aren't able to leave the house or their jobs. Hungry@Home and I are feeding the elderly and those in need in my hometown of Philly," Hart said on an Instagram post Friday.
The company says all meals are made by a food safety trained professional chef. The meals are sealed and delivered in a temperature-controlled bag.
For every two meals purchased through HUNGRY, the company will donate an additional meal to Feeding America.
"Instead of canned food, we delivered hot and ready to eat chef made meals. this week was just the start, we plan on continuing to feed the community and taking care of this city that I love so much," Hart said.
IT’S OFFICIAL! Sprint And T-Mobile Officially Merge Under $31-Billion Deal!
Two major U.S telecommunications networks, T-Mobile and Sprint, have finally merged, according to reports. The merger is worth more than $31 billion.
The telecommunications giants agreed to sell certain assets to Dish Network in a deal valued at $5 billion, which includes Sprint’s prepaid business and some assets of their wireless spectrum.
Hollywood will be watching closely at how consumers’ entertainment consumption continues to increase throughout the years. The faster 5G allows for greater connectivity and has shown how the market will receive media, entertainment products and services, and how companies will innovate with video content, gaming offers, and advertising.
The deal between the third and fourth-largest telecommunications network was designed to create a new network that can better compete with the top two U.S communications companies, AT&T and Verizon.
T-Mobile and Spirit have followed a similar approach as Verizon, which is focusing on providing a stronger mobile network over their rival, AT&T, which recently acquired Time Warner to become their distribution company.
Combining forces, the new and improve T-Mobile brags on having the best 5G wireless network. “The New T-Mobile’s commitment to delivering a transformative broad and deep nationwide 5G network is more important and more needed than ever, and what we are building is mission-critical for consumers,” Mike Sievert, President, and CEO of Mobile said an in a statement.
T-Mobile said the merger will allow them to invest $40 billion throughout their expanded network. The combine assets from both Sprint and T-Mobile secures $43 billion in synergies.
GREAT NEWS! Idris Elba Passes Quarantine Period!
Last month actor Idris Elba announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus COVID19
Idris updates fans on his progress....
In a video posted on social media Idris explains he has passed the 14 day quarantine period and is still asymptomatic, meaning he never got sick.
Chuck D Confesses That Flavor Flav Firing Was “A Hoax”!
Public Enemy doesn’t want you to believe the hype. Chuck D says that last month’s odd firing of hype man Flavor Fav was just a hoax.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In an interview with Talib Kweli on the Uproxx podcast People’s Party, the legendary rapper admitted the firing was apart of “April ‘FlavChuck’ Day,” a publicity stunt to promote a new album from a PE side group, “Enemy Radio.” All would’ve been revealed during the group’s Coachella performance, but the festival has since been postponed due to the coronavirus.
”We felt that over the past few years, Flavor’s stock was low,” Chuck said in the interview recorded on March 10. “Anybody that could take a shot at him could get a good shot at him.”
”COVID smashed the date, not the day,” Chuck D wrote on Twitter of the hoax, “On April 1, this is OVER & WE bigger than Coachella.”
The fake feud was supposedly sparked because Flav objected to the band’s performance at a Bernie Sanders political rally without his permission. Chuck D responded by announcing that the band would be “moving forward without Flavor Flav.”
”We already talked about this beforehand. Public Enemy Radio went up [at the Bernie Sanders rally]. His lawyer sent out a cease and desist. I’m like, “Good move.” Then, publicly: “Man, you don’t fuckin’ sue me again.” He ain’t suin’ me. But I can say it! If the public is confused about this, that, whatever—they’re gonna be confused about what’s a lawsuit and what’s not. “Yo, man, you suing me again publicly? Boom. Fuck that. You’re fired, dude. This is my last thing with you.” OK. We knew what was gonna come. I’m not sayin’ it’s a hoax; I’m sayin’ that the original intention is to get your attention and not pay attention, but get you to pay attention,” Chuck D explained.
On the Enemyradio.com website, launched to promote an upcoming album, Chuck D, the leader of the legendary rap group, discussed the stunt further, claiming it was just “crazy sht” to “wake people up.”
“Thus came the HOAX. A wake-up call,” Chuck wrote, explaining that the inspiration came from Orson Welles’ 1938 radio hoax, “War Of The Worlds,” which had “pulled the wool over the public’s eyes as they put 100% belief in the technology of radio.”
Though the group now says the hoax was meant to align with the album release, Chuck made it clear that it was all part of a bigger message about Hip Hop getting a ”bad look.”
”So it’s April 1, 2020, and as we hoard food and empty store shelves, Chuck D and Flavor Flav hijack it as April ‘FlavChuck’ Day to end the HOAX with Enemy Radio’s new song, ‘FOOD AS A MACHINE GUN.’ ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’ 2020 style. That’s right, this is Enemy Radio featuring Public Enemy, with more around the corner: Enemy Radio’s debut album, ‘LOUD IS NOT ENOUGH,’ is here.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Chuck also confirmed Flav couldn’t be removed from the group. ”He can’t, he’s a partner. You can’t fire partners. You just walk away from ’em,” he said, adding, “There’s a select few that do know—that I had to let know—that me and Flav have been better than ever.”
Evidence Sealed in Kenneth Petty Sex Offender Case!
Last month rapper Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty was arrested in Los Angeles for failing to register as a sex offender
Looks like we won't be hearing much more about the case...
According to reports Zoo and the Feds both requested a protective order be placed on the evidence to protect the privacy of third parties, most likely the victim and Petty's super star wife Nicki Minaj.
The motion was granted and Zoo remains free on $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to the charges.
Lil Nas X pranks fans on April Fools’ Day: ‘I was never gay’!
Lil Nas X made headlines this past summer, not just for his massive hit “Old Town Road” with Billy Ray Cyrus, but also for coming out as gay.
But just after midnight on April Fools’ Day, the rapper tried to pull a fast one on fans, tweeting, “i was never gay. i said it to build up fuel for aprils fools day. ha got u guys.”
The 20-year-old performer, who won two Grammys in January, then exchanged some cheerful banter with rapper Ka5sh, who called Lil Nas X brave for “coming out as straight.”
Lil Nas X, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for an unprecedented 19 weeks, replied, “It’s hard but somebody has to take a stand and lead the others[sic] straight people afraid to be themselves.”
Still, Lil Nas X couldn’t keep a straight face (so to speak) for long. Just 13 minutes after his original post, he said, “ok i’m gay again,” which prompted the reply “Welcome back” from out gay “Bloom” singer Troye Sivan.
Lil Nas X’s April Fools’ Day prank was more fun than the one by K-pop star Jaejoong, who jokingly claimed to have the coronavirus in an Instagram post. The tone-deaf joke backfired and the member of Korean pop band JYJ apologized within an hour.
Lil Nas X, who has 4.3 million followers on Twitter, turns 21 on April 9 and has also been tweeting about celebrating his birthday in quarantine.
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘MAXI PROTECTION’
How much Coronavirus protection you want hunny? Regular or Super Max Flow?
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND ALL!!!
EFREM
