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Ho Sit Down: NBA Baller Lorenzen Wright’s Wife Found Guilty Of His Murder, Cuts Deal To Get 30 Years In Prison

Source: Doug Pensinger / Getty Lorenzen Wright’s Wife Found Guilty Of His Murder It’s been almost three years since we last reported on this story but we’re glad that there is now some good news to share. According to TMZ , former NBA player Lorenzen Wright’s wife, Sherra Wright, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for facilitating his murder along with her church friend Billy Turner. For those who don’t remember, Lorenzen was found shot to death in a swamp 10 days after he was reported missing back in 2010. …officials say Sherra called the shots in a diabolical murder plot. Sherra initially planned to kill Lorenzen at his Atlanta home but when that plan failed, she conspired with Turner to murder him in Tennessee instead, prosecutors say. Both Wright and Turner were charged with 1st-degree murder among other charges and she was facing up to 100 years behind bars. But, Sherra cut a deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plead guilty to facilitation of murder and facilitation to commit attempted 1st-degree murder. Because of the deal, Sherra will be eligible for parole in 9 years. Hopefully, she isn’t granted parole and has to sit her janky a$$ down for the whole 30.

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Happy Birthday! Iconic NFL Ankle-Breaker Barry Sanders Turns 51 Today, Check Out His Must-See Highlight Reel [Video]

Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty Today Is Barry Sanders’ Birthday Barry Sanders is 51 years old today. The NFL hall-of-famer was born July 16, 1968, spent ten years breaking ankles, scoring touchdowns and became third all-time among the NFL’s rushing yards leaders. Today we will celebrate Barry’s born day by highlighting his seemingly unstoppable array of jukes, spins, start-stops, stutters, and slides. Press play below and enjoy the show. Happy birthday, Black man.

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Drake Demands New Hollywood Hotspot Pay Homage After Opening Event Attended By Floyd Mayweather

Source: XLII / SplashNews / Splash News Drake Balks At Ballet Hollywood Opening New nightlife destination Ballet Hollywood has been poppin’ this week thanks to a post ESPY party attended by Floyd Mayweather and other famous names, but rapper Drake seemed to raise some objections, likely because he previously opened a club with the same name in Houston. View this post on Instagram This is Ballet More than just a nightclub. Guest Ballerinas serving your drinks Choreographed shows Book Your Tables Join us #LosAngeles #Nightclub #BalletHollywood A post shared by Ballet Hollywood (@ballethollywood) on Jul 10, 2019 at 3:06pm PDT Drake commented on a post about the party’s launch saying: The Ballet started and will be forever rooted in Houston Texas started by OVO and the mob @chubbsview @713djeric @bookedbymolo feel free to pay homage though… Source: Shot By Sham / Shot By Sham Owners of Ballet Sean and Sam (who also founded popular nightlife locations AOD, Penthouse and Murano) were surprised by the rapper’s comment and wondered why they would be expected to pay homage to anyone for a name that has nothing to do with their concept. “We’ve already set up the hottest clubs in Hollywood,” say the partners, “but we’d love to host Drake at our Ballet.” No cap! Check out more key moments with Floyd Mayweather, Davin Haney and Celtic Paul Pierce inside the new new this week. Hit the flip for more photos

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10 Things We Learned from Dapper Dan on The Breakfast Club

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Omari Hardwick, Karen Civil, Toya Wright, & More Celebrate Larry Morrow At Hennessy Privilège Toast

Source: ATL Pics / ATL Pics   Omari Hardwick, Karen Civil, Toya Wright, & More Celebrate Larry Morrow At Hennessy Privilège Toast   Many celebrities and tastemakers attended the Hennessy Privilège, #PrivilegeToast to honor Lifestyle Influencer and Restauranteur, Larry Morrow during festivities of the 25th Essence Music Festival weekend at the Emeril’s Delmonico. New Orleans native, Larry Morrow is a serial entrepreneur, event curator, author, investor and most recently restauranteur. The prestigious#PrivilegeToast is held to celebrate individuals who embody innovative leadership and selfless contributions to the community; ideals held close in the House of Hennessy Cognac for almost 250 years. Source: ATL Pics / ATL Pics   At only 28 years old, Larry Morrow Events has produced concerts, afterparties and every kind of celebration under the sun, from weekly tastemaker mixers to lavish, star-studded, annual weekend celebrations such as NBA All-Star, NFL Super Bowl, Essence Music Festival, Jazz Fest and Sugar Bowl weekend parties — hosted by celebrities like Diddy, Floyd Mayweather, Drake, Rick Ross, Meek Mill and more. His substantial success in the entertainment industry has allowed him to launch other ventures, such as Larry Morrow Properties, his critically acclaimed self-help book,  “All Bets On Me – the Risks and Rewards of Becoming an Entrepreneur” , as well as, the all-new Morrow’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Source: ATL Pics / ATL Pics The star-studded private event featured Omari Hardwick , Karen Civil, Toya Wright, Keshia Knight Pulliam, DJ Envy, Angel Davis, Tahiry Jose, Monyetta Shaw, Kristen Scott, and Cortez Bryant, among others. Guests were treated to 5 course dinner and of course, specialty crafted cocktails courtesy of Hennessy, and a dope photobooth experience!  Hit the flip for more event photos.

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Congratulations! 15-Year-Old Cori Gauff Defeats 39-Year-Old Venus Williams In Shocking Wimbledon Upset

Source: TPN / Getty Cori Gauff Upsets Venus Williams At Wimbledon Cori “Coco” Gauff has made QUITE an impression on her very first Grand Slam match. In an upset that will go down in history, the 15-year-old defeated Venus Williams to become the youngest person to win a Wimbledon match since Jennifer Capriati took home a W 14-year-old in 1991 according to USAToday . Source: Visionhaus / Getty[/caption Crazy. “Honestly I don’t really know how to feel,” said Gauff, who was ranked No. 313 in the world entering Monday, in a post-round interview. “This was the first time I ever cried after a match. While winning, obviously. … I never thought this would happen. I’m literally living my dream right now. And not many people get to say that. I’m just happy that Wimbledon gave me the opportunity to play.” Source: TPN / Getty Press play below and check what else she had to say in the post-match presser: Congratulations!

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Algee Smith Talks “Euphoria” Sex Scenes And His Upcoming Album

Source: Kevin Winter/ Getty / Getty Algee Smith Discusses Shocking New Series “Euphoria” And Upcoming Music Project Algee Smith has been incredible to watch in projects like “The New Edition Story,” ‘Detroit’ and ‘The Hate U Give’ so we were ecstatic to have an opportunity to speak with him about his latest role as Christopher McKay in the much buzzed about new HBO series “Euphoria.” Check out our Q&A with the gifted actor and musician below: Source: Lamar Valentine / BlogXilla BOSSIP: There’s been so much buzz about this show, but nobody seems to know exactly what it is. Tell us about your character Chris McKay. ALGEE SMITH: Christopher McKay… He’s a very interesting character to be honest, he’s the best friend of Nate, who is one of the stars of the show. He’s a freshman in college on the football team, but things aren;’t going the way he wants them to go. He’s in kind of a bind with his dad because they have a kind of weird relationship where they’ve built a relationship on work ethic since he was younger and not so much father/son. Also he’s dealing with a girlfriend he has, Cassie, where he’s trying to figure out how to be vulnerable but hold onto his masculinity at the same time. It’s a lot that he’s dealing with. BOSSIP: When you saw this project what made you want to do it? Algee Smith: That bread [laughs], I just… to be honest I went on one initial audition at the casting office for a completely different character and I didn’t hear back for months but then I got a call from Sam [Levinson] and he wanted to sit down and have lunch with me. So I sat down with with him and he started explaining this other character McKay and as soon as he mentioned him I started to connect with the role and we started bouncing ideas back and forth, like ‘we can take McKay here… ‘ It was kind of set in stone. Then when I got the script I was like ‘damn this is crazy, I gotta be part of this.’ BOSSIP: We’ve seen a lot of press about the amount of nudity and drug use in the show and it’s alarming because it’s high school… Algee Smith: It’s set in High School, I’m the only one in college, everyone else is in their senior year. It just dives into — NOW– it’s pretty much just taking those ideas and taking them to the extreme, and showing what can happen when you do take them to the extreme or showing you the flip side like this is why you shouldn’t do those things. If you don’t have something like this that’s in your face you can’t truly make a decision. BOSSIP: How difficult was it doing all these sex scenes? AS: One of the main things I talk about is — I won’t give it away but I have this scene in one episode and it really challenged me as a man to do that scene. It was an uncomfortable scene for me, but I had to learn how to separate myself and just be the actor because someone might be dealing with that type. I had to get over my masculinity issues, as a black man we often have to realize it’s okay to be in this position for a minute. It’s not something that makes you less of a man but some things we just don’t feel comfortable with, like some men don’t feel okay crying. Hit the flip to continue…

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Kept: Jordan Craig Claims Tristan Thompson Paid Her $112K Not To Date Other Men… Even While He Dated Khloé!

Source: SplashNews / Splash News Jordan Craig Claims Tristan Thompson Didn’t Want Her Dating Anyone Even When He Was With Khloe LORDT! The court documents in Jordan Craig’s child support case against Tristan Thompson are truly the gift that keeps on giving. According to RadarOnline.com , in her January 31, 2019 child support battle deposition Craig, 27, testified Thompson, 28, gave her $112,000 soon after she purchased her Los Angeles home in November 2017. When asked by Thompson’s attorney, Peter Lauzon, why she believes her baby daddy gave her that money, Craig replied, “Well, if we really want to put this on here, that was part of a bribe.” When pressed further by Lauzon about the alleged bribe, Craig said in her deposition, “That he [Thompson] would help me if I wasn’t, like, dating anybody or talking to anybody, and that I would have to come see him.” SMH. So basically he was still trying to control Jordan EVEN WHILE HE WAS WITH KHLOE. Jordy admitted during the deposition to accepting the bribe, saying she did so for her son’s sake and explained she used the money to repay loans to her mom and sister who had helped her finance her home. During his deposition, Thompson denied trying to control Jordan but admitted he didn’t want other men around his son Prince, saying: “No one ever said about not see or date anyone. All I please said is, if you’re a single woman, I wanted to request her not to have random men around my child.” Thompson’s attorney Peter Lauzon basically got into a back and forth with Jordy during her deposition challenging her for making expensive renovations, specifically addressing Craig spending $16,000 to remodel Prince’s room to resemble a castle as well as an additional $20,000 for a pool because Prince loves to swim. And while Craig claimed Tristan only saw their son four times in 2018, she revealed in the court documents that around January 2018, Thompson said he wanted to sustain a friendship with her for their son’s sake, but that didn’t last long according to Craig, because Tristan started making demands she deemed unreasonable. “Tristan began requesting to FaceTime with Prince and even began to have Prince and I visit him while he was on the road traveling during the season so that he could spend more time with Prince,” Craig wrote in the affidavit. “This was short lived. Tristan and I remained friends for months, however, he eventually made it clear that he did not want me to ‘see’ or date anyone. I could not agree to this. It became clear to me that his interest was never in Prince when I told him I no longer wanted this type of friendship with him and he became completely absent in Prince’s life.” Crazy right? So while Khloe was pregnant and Tristan was cheating on her with who knows how many women, he was also being possessive of Jordan? It’s worth mentioning that Tristan testified in a January 18, 2019 deposition that he didn’t agree with “many things” from Craig’s statement and claimed he and his friend and family had made repeated attempts to reach Craig so they could see Prince. Do you think this is the last bombshell from the court case? Or should we be expecting more?

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Zendaya And Drake Hit The Red Carpet Premiere For Their New HBO Show “Euphoria”

Source: @ParisaMichelle / SplashNews / Splash News Zendaya Shines On Red Carpet For Premiere Of Her New HBO Show Zendaya wore all white for the world premiere of her new HBO series “Euphoria” which was executive produced by Drake. Isn’t she lovely? Source: London Entertainment / SplashNews / Splash News And there’s the proud EP himself. SMH should’ve never let that man grow a beard. Can’t tell him NOTHING. Check out more photos from the premiere below — the show has an ensemble cast that includes Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Storm Reid, Hunter Schafer, Algee Smith and Sydney Sweeney. Hit the flip for the official trailer .

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Shook Ones: Ex-NFL Baller Jamaal Charles Is Scared To DEATH Of This Hairy-A$$ Spider Trying To “Attack” Him [Video]

Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty Jamaal Charles Runs Scared From A Spider Jamaal Charles has been hit by some of the biggest men walking the earth and none of them scared him as much as this hairy 8-legged beast that was hanging out on his patio. The folks at TMZ got footage of Jamaal scurrying away in fear for his life and while many of you can relate to his arachnophobia, this still funny as hell. LMFAO!

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