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Katharine McPhee and Nick Cokas: It’s Really Over This Time

Katharine McPhee has officially split up from her husband, Nick Cokas. She’s filed for divorce after a year of separation from the man she married back in 2008. The American Idol finalist and star of Smash and the upcoming CBS drama Scorpion confirmed the news via her rep. The rep for McPhee told People: “After six years of marriage, and having been separated for the past year, Katharine McPhee has filed for a dissolution of marriage from Nick Cokas.” “The two have an amicable relationship and will remain friends.” “They ask that people respect their privacy during this time.” Last year, having become estranged from Cokas, McPhee was seen kissing Michael Morris , her Smash director who is married to actress Mary McCormack. Morris and McCormack have since reconciled, and this past spring, she was working on her marriage with Cokas as well. But it was not meant to be. A source close to her says no outside parties caused the split: “It was just time ,” the source says. “They’d grown apart and weren’t right for each other anymore.” We wish them – and the rest of these recently-split couples – the best as they navigate what is sure to be a difficult and emotional time in their lives … Celebrity Break-Ups of 2014 1. Naya Rivera and Big Sean Naya Rivera and Big Sean called it quits while rumors that he cheated took the celebrity gossip blogosphere by storm.

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Mark Cuban Apologizes to Family of Trayvon Martin, Stands by Controversial Remarks

Mark Cuban is not backing down. Speaking to Inc. magazine about the racist comment made by Donald Sterling over the past few weeks, along with the decision by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to ban the 80-year old for life , the Dallas Mavericks owner said the league is setting a dangerous precedent. Does it really want to take action against executives for their words and thoughts? “We’re all prejudiced in one way or another,” Cuban said. “If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it’s late at night, I’m walking to the other side of the street. “And if on that side of the street, there’s a guy that has tattoos all over his face – white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere – I’m walking back to the other side of the street. ” The Shark Tank star continued: “And the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of. So in my businesses, I try not to be hypocritical. I know that I’m not perfect. I know that I live in a glass house, and it’s not appropriate for me to throw stones.” Not long after making these comments, Cuban realized the mistake he made in using the hoodie example, considering Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in 2012. Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder after becoming suspicious of Martin – who was walking in his neighborhood while wearing a hooded sweatshirt – and then shooting him during a scuffle. “P/1: In hindsight I should have used different examples. I didn’t consider the Trayvon Martin family, and I apologize to them for that,” Cuban Tweeted last night. But aside from that apology, Cuban said he stands bu the “words and substance of the interview.” “I think that helping people improve their lives, helping people engage with people they may fear or may not understand,” he wrote. “And helping people realize that while we all may have our prejudices and bigotries.” Concluded the billionaire: “we have to learn that it’s an issue that we have to control, that it’s part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it.”

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