Merced County / Splash News Obdulia Sanchez Sentenced The 19-year-old who crashed her car while high and live streamed as her sister died as a result has been sentenced. The Washington Post reports that Obdulia Sanchez was sentenced to six years and four months in prison for crimes of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and child endangerment. She had pleaded no contest to the charges last month. Sanchez tested positive for marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol after the crash. “I killed my sister, but I don’t care. I killed my sister. I know I’m going to prison, but I don’t care,” said Sanchez in the viral video showing her sister’s death. “I’m sorry baby. Imma hold it down.” Another teen was involved in the crash but survived.
Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Dwyane Wade And Gabrielle Union Are Ecstatic To Be Back In Miami Dwyane Wade left Miami for Chicago in 2016, and nothing felt right in the world. And after his one season with the Bulls, who could forget Gabrielle Union rapping, “I moved to Cleveland for the D” once her husband was traded to the Cavaliers to play with his best friend LeBron James? While the last 2 years have been a rollercoaster for the couple, Dwyane Wade is finally back in Miami after a huge Cavs overhaul, and him and Union couldn’t be happier. Almost immediately after the news dropped, Gabrielle was uploading videos of the two on their way back to South Beath. This video of D Wade boarding the plane to meet Gabby is so endearing and shows just how excited the two are. Gabrielle Union and DWade are TOO hype to go back to Miami lol. I love their love for each other! #Wade #gabrielleunion pic.twitter.com/Xn7XUbyYiG — Chris Williamson (@CWilliamsonTV9) February 8, 2018 Once they finally landed back home, the excitement was obvious–especially with Union twirling her way off the plane. Here’s your officially arrive back in the 305 @DwyaneWade @itsgabrielleu clip. Welcome home. pic.twitter.com/pa07zc6Xpa — Will Manso (@WillManso) February 9, 2018 To top things off, Gab posted a photo with a picture of he posing like her main man and a caption including, “#3IsBack #TheReturn” Being an NBA player means being traded at a moment’s notice, and that’s gotta be rough–but one thing is for sure: after being gone for a while, your homecoming is going to be that much sweeter…at least in Dwyane and Gabrielle’s case.
JP Yim/Getty Images for BET Fabolous Has A Family Night At Barclay Center We had to take a moment to salute Fabolous for being such an exemplary father, the rapper showcased his beautiful family at Barclay’s Center Tuesday night. Beautiful fam right? Whole family Gucci’d down to their socks Hit the flip for a couple more shots
Thaddaeus McAdams/FilmMagic Here we go again… 50 Cent Says “Power” Was Snubbed By The Golden Globes Another day, another 50 Cent rant. The G-Unit head/”Power” producer is once again ranting about the show not receiving the recognition he thinks it deserves. According to 50 the Starz show got snubbed (once again) by the Golden Globes and he pettily posted about it on Instagram. “GOLDEN GOLBES [sic] S*** ON ME AGAIN, no POWER. SMH SO F*** ‘EM,” wrote 50 on a picture of toilet paper covering a Versace toilet seat. Oh boy. Back in 2016 50 Cent ranted about the Courtney Kemp production being left out of the Best Television Series category. “I’m on the move again, Golden Globes can suck a d***,” said 50. “I accept my series POWER was not intended to be a signature show for the network but its the highest rated show!” Fif, PLEASE. WENN.com Do YOU think “Power” deserves a Golden Globe??? Continue reading →
Yvonne Orji has quickly become one of our favorite funny girls as Issa’s BFF on Insecure. After an overwhelmingly positive reception to season 1 of the HBO series, we had a feeling we’d be seeing a lot more of Yvonne, but we had no idea how soon. On February 11, she’s set to star in her own commercial on the evolution of beauty in Black Hollywood. The ad spot is the result of a collaboration between P&G’s My Black is Beautiful Initiative and the Image Awards to showcase black beauty in its various forms. In the commercial, the Nigerian-American actress, who’s also an Image Award nominee, will share her perspective on the evolution of Black beauty in Hollywood while embodying that very evolution herself with her chocolate skin, textured ‘fro, full lips, and contagious smile. Check out behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot and be sure to tune in to the NAACP Image Awards Saturday, February 11 on TV One. Red carpet starts at 7:30. [ madamenoire ] No Work, No School, No Spending: National Strike Against Trump Slated For February 17 Protests continue to pop up at various locations around the country in response to President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban, but now citizens around the United States are attempting to organize a national strike in which no one would go to work, school, or spend money on February 17 in a unified stance against our Commander-in-Chief. According to Cosmo, activists got the idea from Francine Prose, an American Writer who, in a column for The Guardian Monday, said: “Forget protest. Trump’s actions warrant a general national strike.” “So what can we do to protest our current government’s callousness about our environment and our health, its rampant greed, its disrespect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?,” she wrote. “I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here. Let’s designate a day on which no one (that is, anyone who can do so without being fired) goes to work, a day when no one shops or spends money, a day on which we truly make our economic and political power felt, a day when we make it clear: how many of us there are, how strong and committed we are, how much we can accomplish.” [ madamenoire ] Did Shaq Consider Blessing Charles Barkley With A Fade On TV? The attention to the drama between LeBron James and Charles Barkley is slowly but surely petering out, but it’s making for some interesting TV. When discussing the matter on TNT Inside The NBA, Shaq told Chuck he would have stepped to him with the hands if he told him, like he told King James, he didn’t want to “compete.” Shaq made the point that it was the personal nature of Barkley’s critique that set LeBron James off. “When you said that man doesn’t want to compete, that’s what ticked him off. And I woulda did the same thing,” Shaq told Barkley. “I woulda came right back at your rack. I woulda came up here and punched you in your face. That’s what I woulda did.” To this, Chuck said, “Well first of all you’re not a good fighter…” There was a slight chuckle heard, then crickets. Bruh…look at Shaq’s face. Specifically, his eyes. It’s like he was measuring out how long it would take him to get to the other side of the table and mete out swift justice. [ hiphopwired ] Magic Johnson to Return to the Los Angeles Lakers as Adviser [ balleralert ] ‘Cash Me Ousside’ Girl Goes Hollywood [ tmz ] Nicki Minaj Acuses Fashion Designer Giuseppe Zanotti Of Racism [ iheartradio ] NBC Accused Of Whitewashing Following Tamron Hall’s Departure From The Network [ globalgrind ] Frank Ocean Sued By Father Over Tumblr Response To Orlando Shooting [ huffingtonpost ]
This is a case of the “white lie” in full effect. To say “Donald Trump is not a racist, but said racist and inflammatory things to get the vote,” is an oxymoron…because you can’t do one without the other.
Dear Bossip , My closest and longest standing girlfriend of 16 years and I have recently come to an awful fallout. Our relationship was already strained considering I had bumped heads with another one of our mutual friends who did me wrong, and for five years they were cut out of my life. All that changed earlier this year when my mother died suddenly of a brain stroke. Both of my friends attended the funeral and all our beef was immediately squashed given the circumstances. I should have been more cautious, but to be honest I was really happy to have my two besties back in my life. And, at the time, I thought that any petty drama in the future would be avoided as we are mature adults. I was wrong. My initial friend and I have never fallen out before. We may have had some heated moments, but it’s never been a slanging match. Until now. It all started when my girlfriend invited me to her son’s religious confirmation. My other mutual friend is his godmother. But, she was getting married and then having her honeymoon so his event had to be postponed to assure her attendance. The date of the affair was up in the air until further notice. In the meantime, I had managed to locate my biological father. As you can imagine, at 35 years old this was a big thing for me. To celebrate I arranged a night out followed by a party at my house in which my closest friends and existing family could meet my father and new stepmother. On at least 5 separate occasions, I reminded my best friend of the date. I sent her a link to the event that we would be attending and I kept on reminding her that I wanted her and her man to be there. As my other friend was getting married and couldn’t be there, due to being on her honeymoon, to me that was acceptable. When the day arrived my best friend sent a message with my brother saying she couldn’t be there because she had to work. I did not hear from her asking how we got on. This left a bad taste in my mouth, but I did not say anything about it as I was unsure how to approach the situation given our long history of friendship. I was hurt at the fact that she didn’t have the decency to even pick up the phone to call me and let me know herself or even ask me about the DNA results that she knew I was awaiting. The following week our mutual friend returned from her honeymoon. We met up for drinks, as we both live in the same neighborhood, to catch up. Two days later, I’m on Facebook and there is all these photos on my feed of my two friends and her son- celebrating at the son’s event, which I was not told was going to be happening that day. I seriously felt a way as I had just seen the mutual friend for drinks and she did not mention anything about the fact that the event was going to be taking place a matter of days later. Still, I said nothing. The following week was my birthday. While celebrating in Barcelona, both of them messaged me to wish me a happy birthday?! I paid them dust. Fast forward to the present day. After being out of the country for a month and meeting my new family on my father’s side, my brother tells me that my mother’s ashes are to be scattered. Given the situation of how I feel about my best friend – I messaged her and told her that I did not want to see her at the grave site as I was questioning our friendship. I explained to her why I felt the way I did and that whatever condolences she would have potentially wanted to pass along would not be greeted with the best enthusiasm. Instead of righting her wrongs and apologizing- she says that she didn’t know that she was supposed to be meeting my dad and that no friends were invited to her son’s event as it was just ‘Family only.’ I told her that I was disgusted by her behavior and that real friends do not categorize real friends in such a manner. Now, I’m left wondering if I have made the right decision or if I have acted in haste? Thoughts? – A Confused Friend Dear Ms. A Confused Friend , I think you need to clarify with your friend why you have cut her off because I was confused by reading your letter. I wasn’t sure who was who – who was getting married, who was having the religious ceremony for their son. And, when you brought them up again I had to go back to the top of the letter and find out which one was the best friend, and who was the mutual friend, and why you fell out with the mutual friend, but now you all are cool again. I also didn’t follow, and wasn’t clear if you confronted your best friend and told her why you cut her off, or are you expecting her to guess why you are mad at her? Does she, or did she know that she was cut off? And, you want her to right her wrongs and apologize, but for what? Look, you are mad because you were not invited to your best friend’s son’s religious confirmation. However, your mutual friend was invited, and you’re mad because your friend told you that it was “family only.” But, isn’t the mutual friend the “godmother” of the child? So, if the mutual friend is the godmother, then, technically she is “family,” or considered “family.” And, it appears that she is much closer to your best friend than you, considering your best friend asked your mutual friend to be the godmother of her child. So, my question to you is why are you calling her your best friend when it seems that the other woman may be her best friend? (Sips tea) I think you may have given too much credit, and too much credence to your relationship with your so-called best friend. You are not on the same page, and though you may think she is your best friend, she is best friends with your mutual friend. And, before you start dismissing and chopping folks off, I think you need to have a conversation with her as a grown woman and express how you feel, and ask her about your friendship. I’m sure you may realize that you two have different interpretations of your friendship, or what your friendship is about. Now, yes, you have every right to be upset considering she bailed on your reunion and meeting of your father. You did express that you emailed, called, texted, and confirmed with her that you wanted her and her man to be there for the festivities. And, you can confront her about it and ask her what happened. Ask her why she didn’t show up and why failed to show support for an important moment in your life. Again, have a grown woman conversation with her, and find out the reason. I noticed that whenever you have a beef or issue with your friends that you tend to shut down. You don’t say anything, and you don’t confront them about it. You let it fester and then you create this whole scenario of what you think happened, why it happened, and how they did you wrong. You pretend everything is fine and things are all good, yet, you are stewing with being upset, angry, and disappointed. They have no clue that they did something to you, and that you are upset over it. And, then, you just stop speaking, and start pouting and then go to your corner and then when they ask what’s wrong you blow up and make them out to be wrong and bad for something they had no clue over what they did. I am very certain you do this a lot with all of your relationships and with other people in your life. Also, didn’t you say you fell out with both of them at one point, or at least your mutual friend for five years, and it wasn’t until the death of your mother that you and she reconciled, and came back together as friends? So, if this is the case, then if you haven’t spoken to the mutual friend for five years, it may be possible that during that time she and your best friend developed their own friendship and became close. And, your best friend probably didn’t tell you because if there was bad blood, then, I’m sure she was like why mention her if you’re going to bad mouth her when she and her are growing close, and your best friend has a friendship with her independent of you. Ma’am, it’s time to grow up and be an adult, and when someone or something bothers you, then you confront the person gently and lovingly and explain that you are upset by what they did. You talk with them to get clarification over the matter, and see how the miscommunication may have been prevented, and, or, you discuss if something wasn’t clear, or misconstrued. You can avoid a wealth of headaches, anger, upsets, and being mad if you just calm yourself and talk with the other person. I’m sure all disagreements, misunderstandings, and any other concerns can be worked out if you just ask take the time to get very clear and make sure everyone is on the same page. Because, again, you were not at her son’s religious confirmation because you are not family, and if she didn’t express that to you, then, you need to ask her why it wasn’t clear, and if your friendship as her best friend doesn’t constitute you as “family.” You need to be on the same page regarding your friendship and how you interpret best friend, and she interprets best friend, or if you are her best friend. – Terrance Dean ***(Attention all media/news outlets, if you use this story and letter, or any parts of this content for your outlets you must give credit to this site, the columnist, and his advice)** Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? S hare your opinions and thoughts below! Also, e-mail all your questions Terrance Dean: loveandrelationships@bossip.com Follow Terrance Dean on Twitter: @ terrancedean and “LIKE” Terrance Dean on Facebook, click HERE ! 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This is pathetic. If an 84-Yr-Old woman doesn’t comply to your commands…it is probably because of her age, jackass! Muskogeephoenix.com : An attorney representing Muskogee said the pepper-spraying of an 84-year-old woman was a reasonable use of force. Attorney Scott Wood said the breach of a home, electrical stunning of a suspect and pepper-spraying of the home’s resident, Geneva Smith, was reasonable “given the totality of the circumstances.” Muskogee police officers followed Arthur Paul Blackmon, 56, at about 2:45 a.m. Aug. 7, attempting to pull him over after he allegedly ran a stop sign at Elgin and South Junction streets. The two officers, Michelle Casady and Jared Forbes, followed Blackmon to the 2400 block of Denver Street, where Smith lives. City officials released late Friday the body and dash camera video — 20 files in all. The video shows Blackmon, ignoring the commands of officers, exit the vehicle he was driving and enter the residence. “It starts off as a traffic stop — that’s a low misdemeanor — but based on the other evidence gathered in those three minutes … it could be a severe crime. It could have been a home invasion,” Wood said. Wood, who was hired because of the potential for litigation, said the truck was not registered to Blackmon, nor was it registered to anyone at the Denver Street address. Officers, debating entry into the home, reportedly heard a male and a female shouting “call police” and “call 911.” Officer James Hamlin, who arrested Blackmon, later asked Blackmon about it, according to Hamlin’s body camera video. “That’s what we was telling you,” Blackmon told Hamlin. “We called 911. We were waiting on the police.” A police officer kicked in the door. An officer shot Blackmon with an electrical stun gun. While six other officers entered the residence, Smith was trying to figure out what was going on. Casady delivered approximately one second of pepper spray to Smith. “My mother’s 84 years old, mother f—–,” Blackmon said when Smith was pepper-sprayed, according to the video. Muskogee Police Chief Rex Eskridge said Smith failed to comply with officers’ orders and turned toward the kitchen. Smith actively resisted by ducking away from officers, Wood said. The police department’s use of force policy states that pepper spray, considered to be the lowest use of force, is to be used for passive resistance. Eskridge said that when Casady used the pepper spray, she “believed she was acting within policy in using” pepper spray to gain compliance. The matter was still under internal investigation as of Friday morning, Eskridge said. “There is nothing more serious than to breach a home without a proper search warrant,” Eskridge said. “We want to make sure that we were in compliance with, not just policy, but the law.” Muskogeephoenix.com
Cakes and fades? We need to tune into this sport… A promising season for the expansion Dallas Desire came to an unceremonial end in the Western Conference Championship vs the Seattle Mist, losing 44-6. Perhaps it was the frustration of the moment that led Dallas’ Victoria Thomas to attack Seattle’s Bryn Renda. What was most scary, was that Renda was pulled by her hair for nearly 10 yards before a host of teammates could pull Thomas off of Renda.
Some new swirly lady love… Moniece Slaughter Debuts Her New Girlfriend After having a baby with Lil Fizz and dating Rich Dollaz, Moniece Slaughter of “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” is trying something new. The reality starlet has recently been showing off her new love; a stylish woman with the @ name “DiggTheKicks”… who apparently feels just as strongly for Moniece as she does for her. “Hey beautiful @Moniece_Slaughter,” she captioned a post about her boo. Moniece and her new lady friend also apparently have pet names for each other including “Squish”… and they love to snap selfies of their sweet swirly love. Okay Moniece! What do YOU think about the latest development in her love life??? More of her new boo on the flip.
