Alicia Keys For Glamour UK, A/W 20/21!
Alicia Keys is the cover star of GLAMOUR UK’s Autumn/Winter 2020-2021 biannual print issue, which will hit newsstands on Thursday 5th November.
The covers also come as Alicia adds another title to her CV: beauty boss. Alicia is creating her beauty lifestyle brand, Keys Soulcare, which will encompass skincare, body care, and aircare, with E.l.f Beauty and is set for release in 2021. We personally cannot wait to see what Alicia comes up with after seeing her aptitude for trying many a different beauty look.
The covers certainly show Alicia’s commitment to celebrating beauty in all forms and her new adventurous approach to beauty after the singer Alicia Keys famously stopped wearing makeup in 2016 as a form of self-empowerment after suffering with acne for many years.
Alicia, who is officially the biggest selling female R&B artist of the millennium (impressive much!), is seen on the covers working everything from pearl bejewelled hair with white eyeshadow to beaded locks and fresh beautiful skin. We stan her commitment to beauty versatility!
More details on the three covers will be released this week with a sneak peek at Alicia’s open interview with fellow beauty obsessive, Ateh Jewel so make sure you check back to GLAMOUR to whet your appetite ahead of the full issue hitting newsstands this Thursday.
We will see you in the socially distanced queue for the beauty packed issue which will give you much needed inspiration and escapism when we all need it most.
#RHOA; Awwww, Look Brooklyn Daly Got the Fanciest Pink Balloons for Her 2nd Birthday!
Kenya Moore's daughter, Brooklyn Doris Daly, woke up to a surprise in honor of her birthday. The Real Housewives of Atlanta mini-me is turning 2 years old, and her mama filled "Moore Manor" with festive decor.
In photos and a video that she posted to Instagram on November 2, Kenya showed the birthday girl delightedly checking out a sea of balloons that covered the kitchen and living room floors.
There were balloons in cotton-candy hues, as well as clear ones filled with big chunks of rose-gold glitter; another gold balloon was shaped like the number two. On the white-marble island, there were floating gold letters spelling out "Brooklyn," as well as a few more pink decorations from West Home Decor and Event Services .
For her first birthday, the mini fashion plate celebrated with a trip to Paris. But this year, Atlanta's looking like a pretty glam place to celebrate.
#NewMusic from PJ Morton Speaks Out Against Racism on New Song “Ashamed”!
Singer PJ Morton collaborates with Tobe Nwigwe for a new song called “Ashamed”. The pair use their platform to tackle the urgent issue of racism that is still plaguing our nation.
LISTEN HERE
The origin of the song dates all the way back to the presidential election of 2016, and is now revived following the recent injustices against Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and too many others this year.
This message is more crucial than ever as America heads to the polls this month to select their next President.
#HipHopNews: Lil Wayne’s Girlfriend Dumps Him Over Support For President Trump: Report!
Lil Wayne's support for President Trump might have cost him his relationship with his girlfriend.
According to a report from TMZ on Tuesday (Nov. 3), Weezy's girlfriend, Denise Bidot, has parted ways with the New Orleans-bred rapper following his recent meeting with Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Bidot, who has apparently deleted her Instagram account, supposedly unfollowed Wayne before the rumored split. The outlet claims that Weezy unfollowed his estranged model girlfriend on the social media platform as well.
Lil Wayne and Bidot have displayed their relationship publicly via Instagram, but it's unclear how long the two were actually together.
The news of the reported split comes less than a week after Wayne shared an image of himself meeting with President Trump.
"Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership," he captioned the Twitter post. "He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done."
Trump later spoke of Wayne outside of the White House, referring to the rapper as an activist.
"[Lil Wayne] wanted a meeting," Trump told reporters on Friday (Oct. 30). "He's a really nice guy. Really an activist in a very positive way. And he asked for a meeting and we had the meeting. And, as you saw, the meeting went very well."
Weezy F. Baby hasn't confirmed the split from Denise Bidot yet.
Chris Rock Says He ‘Hates All Civil Rights Movies’: They Make Racism Look Fixable!
While movies featuring the Civil Rights era highlight a time where Black Americans fought for equality, Chris Rock said he’s not a fan of the genre.
He said while on the How Neal Feel podcast with Neal Brennan:
“I hate all Civil Rights movies. Don’t get me wrong, I applaud the effort and they should exist. The problem is they only show the back of the bus and the lunch counter. They actually make racism look very fixable. They don’t get into how dysfunctional the relationships were.”
“In the ’40s and ’50s, white men would just walk in your house and take your food…it’s a predator-prey relationship. Do you think when it was time to rape, [white men] were raping white women? No–they would go and rape…the women they could actually rape without going to jail for.”
Chris Rock added that the reality of the Civil Rights movement was much worse than what’s portrayed on screen.
“This s**t is so much…dirtier than any movie ever shows.”
He said the harsh reality of what his mother has experienced has yet to be shown in a film.
“My mother used to get her teeth taken out at the vet because you weren’t allowed to go to the dentist. No movie shows you that.”
Do you agree with Chris Rock?
So The Chris Brown Rihanna Rumors Have Been Confirmed?
Over the past few months Rihanna fans have been swearing up and down that she has been accompanying her ex, Chris Brown to the studio
We have confirmation people...
Rapper Joyner Lucas confirms Chris and Rihanna and still very close in a recent post on social media.
WOW!
Common Denies Jaguar Wright’s Sexual Allegations: ‘I Don’t Know What She’s Going Through’!
During a recent interview on Philly’s Rise and Grind Morning Show, the rapper turned actor reassures that he has no negative thoughts towards her and denied the allegations.
“Let me say this, man, God bless Jaguar. I really don’t have any negative thoughts towards her. I was surely disappointed and hurt when she said what she said about me because it wasn’t true. And I know people that have experienced sexual assault and that’s not anything to just say if it’s not true.”
He added, “I also understand that she may be going through some things that I don’t understand. In all truth, I went through different emotions. I was like ‘Man why is she saying this? This is like, not true. How is this going to affect me?’ But then I started thinking ‘Man, I don’t know what she’s going through.’”
In August, Wright claimed Common put his penis in her mouth while she was sleeping. “I wake up its morning, I feel something poking me in my face and sh*t right, and it’s just poking me in my face. And I open my mouth, this ni**a, tryna stick his d**k in my mouth while I’m sleep. Lonnie f**king Lynn. Rashid, Common, whatever the f*ck you want to call yourself. That’s why I stop f*cking with him.”
After making these bizarre claims, Wright apologized to Tiffany Haddish, who is dating Common. “I just wanted to apologize, for real for real, if anything that I’ve done has caused you any distress,” she said in the video.
DaBaby's Older Brother Glen Johnson Dies by Suicide!
DaBaby's family has suffered a tragic loss.
Sources told TMZ the rapper's older brother Glen Johnson died by suicide Tuesday in their hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. The insiders claim Johnson died from a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head, shortly after he shared an Instagram video of him sitting in his car while holding a gun. TMZ reports the video showed a visibly upset Johnson speaking about the ways he's "been wronged," while crying.
The details of his struggles are unclear at this time. Johnson reportedly left behind three sons and a daughter.
After news of Johnson's death was reported, DaBaby referenced the tragedy on social media, sharing lyrics from his Kirk album track "Intro."
"My brother be thinkin' that we don't love him and let him struggle/like we ain't family/Like I won't give up all I got to see you happy, n**ga/We shocked the world, everybody know what's happenin', n**ga," DaBaby rapped on the track.
Complex has reached out to Dababy's team regarding the report. We'll update this post as more information about Johnson's death becomes available.
Patti LaBelle to be honored at PRC Mighty Real Gala!
Patti LaBelle will be honored Saturday at the PRC Mighty Real Gala.
To raise extra funds for the San Francisco nonprofit, we hear that the diva donated a pair of her own 6-inch black satin Zang Toi stilettos to the virtual gala auction.
Known for kicking off her shoes mid-performance, the singer told organizers to “take good care of these babies . . . they might just be my all-time favorites!”
The evening will also feature André Leon Talley, Cyndi Lauper and Whoopi Goldberg.
Sarah McBride Becomes First Ever Transgender State Senator For Delaware!
Sarah McBride has made major history as the highest elected transgender in politics.
The 30-year-old activist was a former Obama administration intern and just won the seat for the state of Delaware.
“I am hopeful that tonight’s result can send a potentially lifesaving message to a young trans kid,” Sarah told Buzzfeed News just shortly after her win. “They can go to sleep knowing that their dreams and their truths are not mutually exclusive.”
She also opened up about hearing the results as she was driving earlier today.
“I spent my entire life feeling like tonight was so incomprehensible that it was seemingly impossible. To have those results come in and see in black and white online the AP call it … helped to reinforce that nothing is truly impossible,” she said.
Sarah follows in the footsteps of Democrat Danica Roem, who was elected as the first openly trans state lawmaker to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017.
Ariana Grande Makes History As 'Positions' Debuts At No. 1!
Ariana Grande just earned herself another number-one hit. The pop star’s newest single, “Positions,” debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. This new record celebrates not only Grande’s fifth number-one, but also her fifth track to debut on the songs chart following previously-released jams “Thank U, Next,” “7 Rings,” “Stuck with U” and “Rain on Me.”
With this, Grande makes history as the first artist with five Hot 100 No. 1 debuts, besting the likes of Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Drake, and Travis Scott, who each have three debut number-ones, respectively.
“Positions,” her third number-one this year, served as the lead single to Grande’s highly-anticipated sixth studio album of the same name, which dropped on October 24. Across 14 tracks,Positions finds the 27-year-old songbird enlisting some of pop and R&B’s biggest artists including Doja Cat (“Motive”), The Weeknd (“Off the Table”), and Ty Dolla $ign (“Safety Net”).
Grande’s new album is also the third she’s released in just two years, following her fourth album, Sweetener (2018), and her fifth LP, Thank U, Next (2019). Both projects debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200.
Speaking about Positions, which explores themes of trust, sex, love and lust, Grande described the LP as one of her most beloved projects. “I don’t have a top three or anything ! everything goes hand in hand,” she said of the tracks on the album. “This project is my favorite for many reasons and i really can’t wait for it to be yours. thank u for your love and excitement, it means the world to me.
Mark Cuban Shares Photos of a Happy Delonte West at Recovery Center!
With the country seemingly on the edge of chaos, Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, decided to shine a ray of positivity through this looming dark cloud.
On Tuesday, Cuban shared pictures of Delonte West at a recovery center. In the photos, the former NBA guard is seen playing frisbee with other people at the facility and kayaking.
"Because we all want something to feel great about today, here is your Delonte West update," Cuban wrote in a tweet containing the photographs. "It's still an uphill battle, but he is climbing !"
West's struggle with substance abuse has been well documented. Yet, he hit rock bottom in September when he was seen near a Dallas highway asking for help. This moved Cuban to locate West at a gas station and help him get into a recovery center.
"I can just confirm that I found him and helped him," Cuban told The Washington Post at the time. "The rest is up to Delonte and his family to tell."
TMZ later reported that Cuban—with the help of West's mother—was able to convince the 37-year-old to enter a rehab. Cuban also offered to pay for West's recovery and help him get back on his feet. Now, it seems like West's hard work and Cuban's faith is paying off as he's working towards becoming sober.
Travis Scott Deletes Instagram To ‘Focus On His Family’!
Travis Scott is going off the grid. The Houston rapper surprised his millions of Instagram followers when he deactivated his account over the weekend after being trolled over his Halloween costume.
However, a source close to the “Sicko Mode” hitmaker tells Page Six that his decision had nothing to do with his Batman costume. Instead, Stormi’s father decided to temporarily disable his Instagram because he is “focusing on his family.”
“Halloween had nothing to do with it,” the source said. “He is focusing on his family and their well-being and wants to influence his fans to do the same instead of being so consumed with social media.”
The source says it was “important” for Travis to take a break from social media during “such a critical time in the world right now.”
There was speculation that he deleted his account after being criticized for his brown Batman costume, which some on social media compared to a cockroach and a flea. On Halloween, Travis shared photos and video of himself emerging from his bat cave and standing alongside his matching brown cars.
Domestic Terrorist Responsible For Setting Fire To Three Historically Black Churches Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison!
Holden Matthews, the white domestic terrorist responsible for setting three historically Black churches on fire in Louisiana, has been sentenced to serve only 25 years in prison.
In between March 26 to April 4, 2019, 22-year-old Holden James Matthews set three historically Black Lousiana churches on fire, including St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, Greater Union Baptist Church, and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. On Monday, he was sentenced to just 25 years in prison following a two-day hearing. Some of the victims gave statements, some of whom said they “believe [he] should receive the death penalty.”
In February, Holden pleaded guilty to three counts of using fire to commit a felony and three counts of intentional damage to religious property, which are considered hate crimes under the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996, writes Bill Hutchinson of ABC News reports. Matthews claims he committed the crimes because of the “religious character of these buildings” and that he was trying to boost his image as a “Black Metal” musician.
Police tracked down and arrested Holden after they traced three gas cans they found at one of the burned churches back to a local Walmart. The receipts from the cans, as well as Walmart video surveillance footage, helped police officers to identify Holden. The domestic terrorist’s father is a sheriff’s deputy in St. Landry Parish. His father “helped facilitate” his son’s arrest and had “no knowledge” of the arson attacks.
Like many other recent white domestic terrorists that we’ve seen commit crimes against communities of color, Holden’s attorneys called for Holden to be evaluated by a psychologist. Mary Lou Kelley, a professor at Louisiana State University, testified in court, saying that in her opinion, Matthews suffered from untreated depression, social anxiety, arrested social development, and socially avoidant behavior that comes from social rejection. Kelley went on to say that Matthews has a history of alcohol abuse and claims he was drunk when he lit the churches on fire.
ABC News reports that Judge Robert Summerhays gave Matthews 18 months credit for time served since his arrest and ordered the terrorist to take up substance abuse counseling while in prison. Matthews claims he is sorry for the arson and says he has found the Lord. With the help of churches and religious groups in Louisiana and around the country, more than $2 million was raised to rebuild the three churches.
Judge Rules That R. Kelly Case Will Be Heard By An Anonymous Jury!
According to a judge’s ruling, R. Kelly’s Brooklyn federal racketeering and sex trafficking case will be heard by an anonymous jury that will be partially sequestered.
The decision was handed down by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly issued on October 8 and unsealed last week.
“Empaneling an anonymous jury is appropriate given the seriousness of the charges, the defendant’s history of obstructing the judicial process, the potential for juror intimidation and the intensity of media attention given to this case,” Donnelly said in her ruling, according to Page Six.
Social media also played a part in influencing the judge’s decision. If the identities of the jurors are made public, they could be harassed or intimidated, according to the ruling.
Prosecutors had argued that Kelly has a history of silencing witnesses in his previous cases through bribes, blackmail, and threats.
In court papers from his 2008 child pornography trial in Chicago, Brooklyn prosecutors said that the singer personally played a role in influencing the jury.
Recently, three of Kelly’s associates were arrested on federal charges for allegedly harassing and bribing some of his victims. According to Page Six, a car was set on fire outside one victim’s home, Brooklyn prosecutors said. Another was offered $500,000 to keep quiet.
Kelly’s attorney’s argued that there was no evidence that Kelly or any of his associates posed any threat to the jurors. Further, the defense argued that making the jurors anonymous would hinder questioning during the selection process.
They did not object to the partial sequestering. Donnelly ruled that the jurors would be escorted by marshals to and from the courthouse and would have no contact with the media or public during the trial.
Kelly is facing multiple federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. He is being held without bail in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
He has vehemently denied the allegations against him and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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