Jane Fonda, Sharon Stone, & Alfre Woodard Talk Aging & Staying Relevant in Hollywood
Jane Fonda, Sharon Stone, & Alfre Woodard Talk Aging & Staying Relevant in Hollywood
Alfre Woodard, Jane Fonda, and Sharon Stone gather for the cover of AARP The Magazine‘s June/July 2016 issue.
Here is what the actresses had to share with the mag:
Sharon on staying relevant in Hollywood: “I’ve stopped questioning everything, and that gives me a lot more room to breathe. I think it’s just getting comfortable in your self – in everything, but certainly the work.”
Alfre on aging: “I don’t want to put an expiration date on showing my jiggly legs at the beach, or say, ‘I’m over 50. I shouldn’t wear this.’ No, this is my 63-year-old butt, and I am free and happy. It has earned its freedom!”
Jane on her surprises of getting older: “If you’d told me when I was 20 or 30 that I’d be happier at 70, I would have said to you, ‘You’re out of your mind.’”
For more from the ladies, visit AARP.org/magazine!
Memorial Day Thoughts!
As you Celebrate Memorial Day Remember it’s not about the cookouts and Fun. But it’s especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
Thank you for your service to our Country!
#RHOA: NeNe Leakes Goes on a rant about Kenya Moore & Other 'RHOA' Stars?
NeNe Leakes has a few words to say about Kenya Moore and the other co-stars of Bravo's 'The Real
NeNe Leakes and Kenya Moore might have ended season eight of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta on good terms; but it Leakes definitely didn’t have a problem going off about Moore and their previous feud.
Leakes, who is currently headlining her own comedy tour “So Nasty & So Rude” (which interestingly enough is what Moore called her during a reunion special of the show in a previous season), did not hold back at all when she dished on the drama between her and Moore.
“This b**** is going to come to come and tell me ‘B**** I been in Hollywood for 20 years.’ B**** you was not in Hollywood for no twenty years and if so I did not see you’re a**,” Leakes said during her show at a Los Angeles night club. “You were not in Blac Hollywood, White Hollywood.”
She went on to say that she is the one who made Moore relevant.
“But what I did for you’re a** blew the dust off that crown. You put your a** in my Hollywood. I took the hedges off that for you.”
Check it out HERE
Moore isn’t the only one Leakes ranted about. She had plenty more to say when speaking on the cast as a whole.
She said she only sports blonde hair after her co-stars turned her hair gray from all of the drama.
“I was the first one there and I always make it clear to these [women] I was first. I say that all the time… Then [they] want to look at me like I never did anything for them. ‘Oh really, you did not see that door I opened for you over there?’” Leakes said, referring to be the only original cast member on the show who was in all eight seasons. “Just in case you did not see it. I did not just open the door. I took the hinges off of it…”
See it HERE
CHILE…This chick needs to have several seats...videos courtesy of thejasminebrand.com
#EMPIRE: Will Jamal, & D-Major become a couple?
The next season will see Jamal's new life will link him with music mogul D-Major. The latter went on a homophobic rampage and accused the second son of Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) of making a bold move at him.
"We think their story is really worth telling. The angry outburst that happened between D-Major and Jamal in the penultimate episode will be pretty hard to come back from. But it's also very real. A lot of gay people know what that moment is about - as do a lot of people who aren't gay. Some of the stories we tell are pretty melodramatic. I believe in all of them, but Jamal and D-Major is grounded in reality," she explained.
Chaiken added that there's hope for Jamal and D-Major to become a couple if the two male characters will be able to meet halfway.
"Empire" season 3 will premiere on FOX sometime this year.
#NEW MUSIC from Fantasia – ‘Sleeping With The One I Love’
As she gears up for the release of her fifth studio album, The Definition Of…, Fantasia unloads a soulful new single, entitled “Sleeping with the One I Love.”
The Rock-Soul songstress sings about a woman whose mind is at battle with her heart, as she’s caught between two lovers.
“I strive to do right, but I’m doing so wrong. I’m living in this house, but I can’t call it home,” she sings. “He gives me what I want, but it’s not what I need. My mind is telling me to stay, but my heart wants to leave.”
“Sleeping with the One I Love” will be featured on The Definition Of… – which is due to arrive this summer.
Take a listen HERE
YESSSSSSS! Fanny is back!
New Hip Hop: STREAM IT: Belly’s Mixtape ‘Another Day In Paradise’
Belly is enjoying Another Day in Paradise.
After climbing to No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his Weeknd-assisted smash “Might Not,” the Roc Nation signee unveils a new mixtape. The 12-track effort is star-studded, featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, Kehlani, B-Real, and Waka Flocka, among others.
The project also features “Zanzibar,” his Juicy J-assisted single. Earlier this month, the duo dropped the psychedelic music video, a trippy ride through a strip club.
Hot off that release, Belly is gearing up to hit the road on his “Live from the Shadows Tour,” which is scheduled to start June 27 in San Francisco. It will hit several North American cities through July before coming to a close on July 31 in Las Vegas.
Stream Another Day in Paradise HERE
Fans hoping to catch Belly and The Weeknd performing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” recently missed out. The duo canceled their appearance on the show as a protest against Donald Trump, who was scheduled to be interviewed during the same episode.
Who won the Box Office 'X-Men Apocalypse' or 'Alice through the Looking Glass'?
Three-day Memorial Day weekend results are in and while the numbers at the top are soft compared to franchise predecessors, the weekend was an overall improvement compared to 2015 when Memorial Day took place one week earlier. X-Men: Apocalypse led the weekend charge, matching the studio's expectations, followed by Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, which fell well short of what the studio was hoping for. That said, Disney's coffers aren't exactly barren as the studio is expected to pass $4 billion at the global box office by the end of the day as three of its films currently rank as the highest grossing worldwide releases of 2016.
Beginning with the weekend #1, X-Men: Apocalypse brought in an estimated $65 million three-day and is looking at anything from $77-80 million for the four-day holiday. The result is pretty much what the studio was anticipating heading into the weekend, but still has to be looked at as something of a disappointment. The four-day total is approximately $30 million less than 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past with a three-day that ranks sixth when compared to the rest of the films in the X-Men franchise.
Looking ahead, outside of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Apocalypse received the worst RottenTomatoes score compared to any film in the X-Men franchise. However, opening day audiences seemed to like it well enough, scoring it with an "A-" CinemaScore, which is just below Days of Future Past's "A" and ahead of the "B+" for X-Men: First Class. In fact, First Class is a solid comparison domestically as it opened with $55.1 million back in 2011 and went on to gross $145.4 million domestically and just over $200 million internationally.
Speaking of international results Apocalypse is already encroaching on First Class' overseas total as the film brought in another $55.3 million this weekend from 79 markets, bringing its international cume to $185.8 million. The film added four territories this weekend, most notably South Korea where it finished #1 in the market with an estimated $12 million. The film retained its #1 position from last weekend in Brazil where it dropped only 17% as well as in the UK and Australia. Apocalypse arrives in China, where First Class was not even released and Days of Future Past brought in $116 million, on June 3 and won't be released in Japan until August 11.
Securing a second place finish is Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, which brought in an estimated $28.1 million for the three day and is expected to post a $35+ million four-day total. Reviews for the film were brutal and the four-day performance is approximately $25 million less than tracking suggested and $17 million less than Mojo's weekend predictions.
In attempting to figure just how much of a miss Looking Glass is for the studio, it would have been unreasonable to expect a repeat performance of 2010's Alice in Wonderland as it landed in the sweet spot of 3D and visual effects. This becomes even more evident once you consider 59% of the opening weekend audience saw Looking Glass in 2D despite more than 82% of the film's 3,763 opening weekend theaters premiered the film in 3D.
That said, the best comparison for Alice isn't exactly a flattering one as last year's $190 million disappointment Tomorrowland comes to the forefront. Tomorrowland brought in $42.6 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend before going on to finish with $93.4 million domestically. Alice should finish with $90-100 million domestically if not a bit more, but given the $170 million budget, and the success Disney has seen with its live-action fairy tale features as of late, this isn't the result the studio was hoping for.
Internationally, Alice brought in an estimated $65 million as it opened day and date across 72% of the international market. The top performing market was China where the film brought in an estimated $27.1 million followed by Mexico ($5.0m), Russia ($4.6m), Brazil ($4.1m), UK ($3.2m), Germany ($2.5m), Australia ($2.4m), Italy ($2.2m), Spain ($1.6m) and Argentina ($1.6M). It still has yet to open in France (June 1), Japan (July 1) and Korea (Sept. 8).
The Pelicans' Bryce Dejean-Jones Has Been Shot To Death In Texas
Bryce Dejean-Jones, a 23-year-old shooting guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, is dead in Dallas County, Texas, according to a report in the Ames Tribune. The cause is Dejean-Jones was shot by a man in an apartment where he kicked in the front door at 3:20 a.m.:
The former Iowa State Cyclones standout, who also went to USC and UNLV, went undrafted out of college, and signed a three-year contract with the Pelicans three months ago. He averaged 5.6 points and 3.4 assists in 14 games with New Orleans this past season, filling in for a couple of 10-day contracts and working his way up as a rotation player.
The commotion startled the man sleeping inside, who police say grabbed his handgun and “called out,” but got no answer. Police say Dejean-Jones then kicked the door to the bedroom — and the man fired.
There are no charges at this time!
Oprah’s Convo with T. D. Jakes About Mega Church Series ‘Greenleaf’ (Photos)
*”I am, who I am, sitting here today, because of the Black church.”
Tycoon, Oprah Winfrey, participated in a Q&A session for OWNs newest TV series “Greenleaf,” along side show stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, and Merle Dandridge, at Soho House Hollywood.
The mega star shares her conversation with Bishop T.D. Jakes, addresses questions about Black mega churches, her character and the difference between acting and hosting.
On comparing T. D. Jakes and Joel Osteen to the character Bishop James Greenleaf…
Oprah: I spoke to T.D. Jakes and said, ‘I just want you to know I’m doing a show about a mega church and the only resemblance to you, is that our main character is called Bishop and you’re a bishop.’ And he says, ‘I’m happy to hear that because I’ve heard something’s about it…’ I said, ‘I just want you to know, from my lips to your ears, I have nothing but deep respect and regard for the church. I, Oprah Winfrey, am going to do nothing, ever, that disrespects the church. I am, who I am, sitting here today, because of the Black church, but there are some people in the church with some flaws…we might be talking about that. It has nothing to do with you.’ And he said, ‘alright, can you send me a ticket?’
On her character Mavis McCready the sister of Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynne Whitfield)…
Oprah: I modeled her after my beloved friend and mentor, Maya Angelo. If Maya had a bar, it would be Mavis’ bar. And in preparation, I listened to jazz. I’m not a jazz person, I’ve never listened to a jazz anything, but I turned all the stations in my house to Sirius jazz. I’ve been listening to Cold Train and Miles Davis to be in the zone and it was fun.
On what acting fulfills in her that being a talk show host did not…
Oprah: Years ago, I was interviewed by Gene Siskel and at the end of the interview, he asked me, ‘what do you know for sure?’ I couldn’t think of one thing. So I said, ‘Gene, I’m going to think about that.’ I called him a few days later and said, ‘this is what I figured out…’ And he says, ‘the show is over. I don’t really need the answer.’ But that is a question, that will live with me. Being able to act is a way to lose myself and really be submerged into the ideas and consciousness of someone else. Sometimes it’s a relief and sometimes it’s exhausting.
WATCH HERE
“Greenleaf” launches with a two-night premiere on June 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and June 22 at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Was Johnny Depp & Amber’s marriage was on the rocks after 3 months?
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were having trouble soon after their February 2015 wedding, that within a few months Johnny already knew he made a huge mistake. Page Six says the same thing this morning – that after three months of marriage, Johnny and Amber were already on the outs. So rock n’ roll.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s May-December marriage was on the rocks after just three months, sources exclusively tell Page Six — but the starry couple agreed to give their shaky union a year before calling it quits. Depp, 52, and Heard, 30, tied the knot in February of last year, but by May it was all but over, we hear. They decided to give themselves “a year” in hopes of patching things up and avoiding the embarrassment of a three-month marriage.
Sources close to the former couple told Page Six that grizzled star Depp quickly grew tired of Heard’s enchantment with Hollywood glitz. “Their relationship turned sour almost immediately. She’s really young and affected by the industry and ‘the scene’ at times,” said an insider, adding, “Don’t get me wrong; she’s a cool chick, but Johnny doesn’t tolerate that.”
We’re told Heard’s bisexual past also proved a problem. By Heard’s birthday in April last year, “she went to meet him to work on damage control,” we’re told, because her close friendship with photographer Io Tillett Wright, an activist in the gay and lesbian community, was causing drama in their marriage. We were told back then that Depp “doesn’t like Io” and believed they “were spending too much time together for it to be comfortable.” Wright was staying in Depp’s guest house and moved out.
“He started making her travel with him,” said an insider of Depp and Heard, “and she started distancing herself from her lesbian friends.”
The debacle with her dogs also helped sink the relationship. During an April 2015 trip in to Australia, when Depp was shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Heard was infamously charged with illegally bringing along two terriers, Pistol and Boo — a drama that ended with a much-mocked video in which the couple awkwardly apologized. “[It] made him look so stupid and it was her fault,” sniffed another source.
Meanwhile, hard-partying and-working Depp is beginning to show his age. Another insider said, “Amber was like, ‘What am I doing with this old man who used to look like Johnny Depp?’ ”
[From Page Six]
Wow, that’s a lot to unpack. Amber was too close to her gay and bisexual friends and Johnny hated that. I hate this idea that just because Amber is bisexual, she was cheating on Johnny with ladies. But… was she cheating on him with ladies? We don’t know. As for the “Amber is a super-cool girl but she was also obsessed with Hollywood glitz” thing, I’m reading that as “she wanted Johnny to use his connections to get her more work,” because that’s how it seemed. And the dog thing? Was it all her fault? Sort of.
People Magazine also has a story about Johnny making a special trip to Paris a few weeks ago just to see Lily-Rose and presumably give her a heads-up about the divorce. Interestingly enough, People also mentions that Vanessa Paradis and Johnny are “still close” and one insider says: “They’re very close and Vanessa thinks of Johnny as the love of her life.” Like, is this quote supposed to make us think that Johnny and Vanessa will get back together? Because I doubt it. I doubt it on Vanessa’s side – I think she moved on a long time ago
Taylor Swift: Neo-Nazi Icon?!
Her songs are all about love and relationships, though Taylor Swift seems to have gotten the attention of a group of white supremacists.
The neo-Nazi blog Daily Stormer has used the “Shake It Off” songstress’ likeness in a series of memes while claiming she’s a secret fascist who will announce her Aryan agenda after Donald Trump is elected.
According to Stormer, “Firstly, Taylor Swift is a pure Aryan goddess, like something out of classical Greek poetry. Athena reborn. That's the most important thing. It is also an established fact that Taylor Swift is secretly a Nazi and is simply waiting for the time when Donald Trump makes it safe for her to come out and announce her Aryan agenda to the world. Probably, she will be betrothed to Trump's son, and they will be crowned American royalty.”
Cutie Pie Alert: Chris Brown Floods Social Media Timeline With Royalty Birthday Pics
Breezy took to Instagram on Friday and posted a handful of photos and videos wishing his bundle of joy a happy birthday. In one photo collage, the pop star revealed the many faces of he and Royalty that prove there is no doubt; he is that baby’s father.
Last week, the 27-year-old also had an early birthday party for Royalty and essentially brought an amusement park to his home.
Brown is a doting father and has expressed many times how his bundle of joy has changes his life. Ironically, RoRo’s big day came just one day after her mother broke her silence on the co-parenting with Brown.
Dwayne Johnson Teases Furious Future With First In-Character Pic From ‘Fast 8’
Is the Fast & Furious series getting a spinoff? Maybe, maybe not but the possibility has been bandied about ever since Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s breakout character DSS Agent Luke Hobbs was introduced in 2011’s Fast 5. Now Johnson has obliquely weighed in on the possibility himself in a post to his Instagram feed showing off the Fast 8 version of Agent Hobbs. “If I was going to return for another FAST & FURIOUS I wanted to come in and disrupt the franchise in a cool way that got fans fired up and their blood pumping to see a new version of Hobbs and his “Daddy’s gotta go to work” mentality and set the table in a cool way for where the character goes in the future,” Johnson says.
“Maybe it’s a spinoff movie. Maybe it’s more #FF movies. Or hell maybe Hobbs just gets on his motorcycle and rides off into the sunset never to be seen again.”
In other words, “check again later”. Even so, it seems like Johnson would like to continue playing this character, particularly after whatever changes Fast 8 is bringing. Feel free to speculate what they might be in comments. Meanwhile, here’s a look at how Agent Hobbs will appear when Fast 8 hits theaters April 14, 2017.
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AND FINALLY FROM THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART FILES
‘THREE LETTER WORDS’
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HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD EVERYBODY!!!
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