Thandie Newton Blasts Retailers For Not Carrying Darker Shades Of Make Up via Voice Online Actress Thandie Newton has criticised high street store Boots for its lack of make-up suitable for black skin. The actress, who is also the face of skincare brand Olay, spoke out at an event last week about the lack of beauty products available for darker skin. Newton said she believed there was a ‘ghettoisation’ of cosmetics with some women left to believe their custom is not wanted. She claimed that the popular UK high street chain will often stock darker make-up shades when a new product launches, but will take them off the shelves earlier than lighter versions. “If the make-up was in there longer, the girls would go and get it and then the stores would get more, and they’d realise that everybody wants it, and then they would stock it,” she told the Mail Online. “There’s this ghettoisation of make-up right now. The right shade is there for everybody but you can only get it at specialised shops. “So you don’t go to Boots. As a result we are all being physically separated when we go and buy make-up,” she said. “We’re starting to think they don’t want us there and it’s not that, it’s just that six-month time lapse where the shops are waiting to be able to say it’s not selling so let’s stop stocking it. We’ve got to encourage them.” The 41-year-old also criticised the chemist chain for not using more pictures of black models in its stores. “I’ll go into Boots at Heathrow Airport if I’ve forgotten my make-up bag or something and there isn’t even a picture of a black woman. I hate that,” she sighed. A spokesperson for Boots commented that the brand feels “disappointed” by the comments. “It is disappointing when we hear our customers feel we can’t meet their beauty needs, as many of the beauty brands available in store and [online] offer a range of products for black skin,” they said.
Thandie Newton Blasts Retailers For Not Carrying Darker Shades Of Make Up via Voice Online Actress Thandie Newton has criticised high street store Boots for its lack of make-up suitable for black skin. The actress, who is also the face of skincare brand Olay, spoke out at an event last week about the lack of beauty products available for darker skin. Newton said she believed there was a ‘ghettoisation’ of cosmetics with some women left to believe their custom is not wanted. She claimed that the popular UK high street chain will often stock darker make-up shades when a new product launches, but will take them off the shelves earlier than lighter versions. “If the make-up was in there longer, the girls would go and get it and then the stores would get more, and they’d realise that everybody wants it, and then they would stock it,” she told the Mail Online. “There’s this ghettoisation of make-up right now. The right shade is there for everybody but you can only get it at specialised shops. “So you don’t go to Boots. As a result we are all being physically separated when we go and buy make-up,” she said. “We’re starting to think they don’t want us there and it’s not that, it’s just that six-month time lapse where the shops are waiting to be able to say it’s not selling so let’s stop stocking it. We’ve got to encourage them.” The 41-year-old also criticised the chemist chain for not using more pictures of black models in its stores. “I’ll go into Boots at Heathrow Airport if I’ve forgotten my make-up bag or something and there isn’t even a picture of a black woman. I hate that,” she sighed. A spokesperson for Boots commented that the brand feels “disappointed” by the comments. “It is disappointing when we hear our customers feel we can’t meet their beauty needs, as many of the beauty brands available in store and [online] offer a range of products for black skin,” they said.
Following last week’s hometown visits and elimination of Zak Waddell , it’s time for The Bachelorette season 9 men to tell all before the season’s shocking finale! Do James and Ben have unfinished business? Will Zak get the closure he wants? Will we get any hints as to which gentleman Desiree chose, if she chose one at all? The Bachelorette spoilers are abuzz with rumors of both heartbreak and engagement and we’ve got only two weeks to go before we reach the end (or the beginning) of Desiree Hartsock’s fairy tale. Let’s hear what the men had to say now! Chris Harrison introduces the special and only drops 1 “for the right reasons” and none “fairy tales.” Plus 3. Des and Chris crashed some at-home Bachelorette viewing parties. It’s…kind of weird. Des drops the words “fairy tale” and isn’t at all worried or shocked or scared at how well the women at the girl’s nights know her. Not freaked out at all. She teams up with J.P. and Ashley to crash some parties in New York. And then the Mesnicks show up. Trista’s looking…older. There have been 26 seasons of this franchise. Twenty. Six. That’s some dedication to ratings love. Plus 8 . Before the men get to tell their stories, Desiree sits down with Emily, Ashley, and Ali to get advice on how to handle the bad boys. Should she play it nice, or let them have it? I vote let them have it. The other bachelorettes do, too. Let’s do this. Now please. James and Ben get boos as the guys are introduced. Juan Pablo gets allllllll the cheers. Plus 10 . Chris starts the night by talking to Zak W., who says he had no expectations before signing up and that’s what made falling in love so easy. Plus 3. In order to tease the ladies with that awesome accent, Chris asks Juan Pablo about the camaraderie and drama among the men this season. Can we just hand him a phonebook or a dictionary or something and ask him to start reading? Michael, who cannot ever seem to shut up, chimes in with something about all the men and only one woman and he’s surprised there wasn’t more drama. Since it was his life’s work to expose some of it, that’s just funny. Minus 8 Jonathan, who was eliminated prior to the first rose ceremony for continually asking Desiree to go to the Fantasy Suite with him, looks on the verge of vomiting while watching the playback of his limited time on the show. And then he apologizes to all of America for having to watch that. After being busted as a cheater, Brian opted not to come to the men tell-all. So the guys are opting to talk about him. Plus 9 . Kasey seems like he’s going to cry every time he speaks. Minus 3 . Juan Pablo speaking! I’m not even sure exactly what he says because I’m temporarily deafened by his hotness and who really cares anyway!! If only I could hear with my eyes! Plus 10 The first man in the hot seat? Ben. He’s wearing quite the grin during the playback of his montage and blames his reaction in the limo on the fact that he’d been battered for 8 hours. He says he’s different around girls than he is around guys and Mikey T. calls him out on that. Juan Pablo says he knew Ben would be trouble from the minute Ben said “I’m not here to make friends.” Ben doesn’t think he was ever a different guy on camera than he was off. Every guy calls that a lie. And then a guy I don’t even remember says he had a conversation with Ben’s Baby Mama in Vegas where she said he only wanted custody of Brody after he was done with the show. And then there’s more stuff. Like the fact that he got his baby mama pregnant while he was dating someone else. Yikes! Minus 20 . More cheers for Juan Pablo! Plus 8 . Ben says none of the guys know anything about him as a father and asserts that he’s a very good father. Next up in the hot seat next to Chris Harrison? James. He puts the blame for any and all comments about him becoming the next bachelor on Mikey. And then says that Mikey said stuff about introducing him to other girls. It was all Mikey. Minus 10. He doesn’t understand why the guys waited 6 days to confront him about what they overheard and thinks some of the guys there owe him an apology. But not Kasey. Or Drew. He doesn’t care what they have to say. Minus 12. Mikey finally gets a chance to speak and says that their conversation came about because Brooks kept getting roses and he was so different from the two of them. What did he have that they didn’t? He conveniently doesn’t remember who said what about becoming the next bachelor. Minus 14 . Mikey maintains that in life people have to have back-up plans. That doesn’t sit well with Kasey at all. Kasey doesn’t feel the same about Mikey as he feels about James because Mikey never professed his love for Desiree and James did. Kasey’s really, really still worked up about this and it makes me forget all about his early-season hashtagging of everything. Yay, more Juan Pablo speaking! Juan Pablo likes James but wouldn’t want his daughter or his sister to date James. Plus 10 . No one in the audience wants James to be the next bachelor. But who DO we want to be the next bachelor? Juan Pablo. He didn’t get much screen time but he definitely stole the hearts and minds of everyone who watched. The audience is crying watching him cry while talking about his daughter. Plus 20 . Chris asks him to talk about himself and his first answer is about his daughter. He doesn’t date much because he’s with his daughter on the weekends and that’s when people are free to date. He wants to settle down and have two more kids. Plus 15 . There’s an audience full of women who volunteer as tribute. And now it’s Zak’s turn to talk about his journey. I think he’s been hanging out with Ryan Seacrest’s spray-tanner since his departure. Minus 3 . I really do like him, though. Can he be the next bachelor? He doesn’t know when things changed in his relationship with Des but suspects it was because he often comes off as too bold. He doesn’t meet a lot of women where he lives and with his job, so he’s really bummed this didn’t work out. So are we, Zak! Minus 9. In addition to being bold, he’s also incredibly romantic. In the back of the journal he gave Desiree, he wrote a poem in disappearing ink and he doesn’t even know if she read it. It’s way better than anything Chris wrote. Way. Plus 20. He’s still in love with Desiree and this will be his first time seeing her since she loaded him into a limo. Desiree’s in the hot seat now and she says sending people home was tough. Jonathan apologizes for being a douche on night one and manages to drop a “for the right reasons” into it. Minus 9 for that phrase. Next she gets to confront Ben. He says he’s aggressive in going after a girl and he was no different in going after Des. She changes her tune a bit and says that early on she questioned his sincerity because she couldn’t see emotion in his eyes. That’s not exactly how she played it prior to kicking him to the curb. Minus 17 James is up next and Des says that he manipulated her on the steps before she sent him home. He doesn’t believe he did manipulate her but apologizes to her anyway and wishes her the best. Desiree got hate mail for sending Juan Pablo home. Which makes sense because hello, he’s hot. The hottest one there. Zak’s goodbye was the toughest and Desiree said she was afraid that he wouldn’t lean on her during the less happy times of their relationship together because he was always so positive. She wondered if he was using his smile as a mask. He couldn’t think of what to say when he was eliminated, so he wrote her a song. The audience is crying. But the song is kind of odd. She wishes him peace and happiness. He nods. Plus 10. And now it’s time for bloopers. These should be aired during the actual show because they’re funny and they make the guys seem human. There’s a shocking 2-part finale this season that Chris says has an ending we won’t see coming! It’s the “most emotionally intense” finale ever. We’ll find out next week when the first part airs. EPISODE TOTAL: +21 SEASON TOTAL: +410
Vicki’s looking for answers on The Real Housewives of Orange County . Gretchen, on the other hand, is looking to pop the question! Oh, and Terry sold their house for $16.4 million dollars. No big deal. (Hey, remember when Tamra pretended to be Heather’s realtor??) Let’s catch up with these OC Housewives with our THG +/- recap! Gretchen’s at home with her puppies, finally back in town from Canada and filling Slade in on the drama with Tamra. And apparently Heather sent her some pretty condescending text messages that make Heather seem like a Jealous Julie. Green’s not a great color for you, Heather. Minus 12. Terry takes Heather to a beautiful lot with a view of the harbor. $16,450,000 for their custom home. All because they need a 4th bedroom upstairs. Somehow, they’re going from a 15,000 square foot home to a 17,000 square foot home and that’s going to allow Terry to work less and be home more. Huh. Interesting. Eddie and Tamra are two weeks out from the grand opening of their fitness studio. They’ve finally gotten a moment to get together and have dinner and Tamra asks the waitress if the restaurant they’re at does weddings. Eddie scoffs. Minus 10. She asks him to be honest with her. He shows no interest in planning a wedding and she wants to know what he’s thinking. He says the last thing on his mind is the wedding because the wedding isn’t going to pay the bills. Then he tells her to stop pressuring him. Tamra’s not going to plan a wedding until Eddie gives her a date. He tells her to get a wedding planner and she says they need a date first. And they have a date! Plus 30. On June 22nd Tamra Barney will become Mrs. Judge . (Actually it was June 13th. I guess the chapel wasn’t available on their original date.) Vicki had an allergic reaction to her eyelashes. Minus 8 . She’s going to Napa to distill and test Vicki’s Vodka. Brooks will be there. Minus 10. Briana’s not happy about the fact that he’s leeched on to Vicki’s Vodka. Baby Troy looks exactly like his dad. Exactly. Plus 2. Vicki says she doesn’t need a man to support her but she wants a partner. Briana tells her to keep looking. Vicki says they need to agree to disagree and huffs out to catch her flight. Alexis has invited Gretchen to lunch to chat after their trip to Whistler. Alexis should maybe not attempt these meetings without Lydia and her peace pipe. Gretchen wants to know why Alexis never reached out and Alexis says she reached out on Twitter. Alexis starts to cry. Minus 12. Alexis really wants to make amends and be friends with Gretchen again but Gretchen’s having no part of it. She doesn’t know how they go back to where they were before and she’s not really interested in trying. Poor Alexis thought they’d hug and make up and skip out of the restaurant holding hands after exchanging BFF bracelets. Nope. Minus 8 Slowly but surely, every other woman is isolating herself from Gretchen and it’s kind of weird to see. Maybe it’s the editing but it really doesn’t seem like Gretchen is doing anything overtly worthy of everyone dropping her. Aside from being kind of a ditz, which she’s always been. Doug and Lydia are hosting their Life Group. Life Group is a bunch of people who are going through life together. And share cake and tea. Plus 7 Lydia’s “natural trait” is to be silly. That’s her gift from God. Silliness. Really, Lydia? That’s the best you can do? Vicki and Brooks are with two other business partners and she refers to him in the past tense like he’s not there at all. Then says “I don’t know what we are!” like that’s not an awkward car ride. Minus 8. She keeps saying Brooks isn’t her business partner. Robert is her business partner. Brooks is the idea man. When they sample the bacon vodka, she names her signature drink the “Bloody Piggy” as both a nod and weird reverse insult to Slade. Alexis is on her way to film a pilot for an FBI drama and she says, of her marriage, that right now “the I of he and I is much more…one.” Yeah. I don’t understand her either. She feels comfortable with her acting ability because of the classes she’s been taking. And she knows that Heather and Gretchen haven’t been called for this role. Plus 4. She’s reading for the role of a child psychologist. When she reads the lines “I’m just going to show you a picture” she actually draws a picture to show it to the producers reading with her. Ha. Hahahahhaha. Minus 6. Alexis knows she’s no Julia Roberts, but she hopes that maybe she can play “a day in the life of Jennifer Aniston” because Jennifer’s just so cute! Ha. Hahaha. Hahahhahaha. Minus 8. I can’t tell if the producer is feeding her a line with his “a lot of things are starting to happen right now” or if he legitimately thought she gave a convincing read. Gretchen’s hitting the recording studio to put down the vocals to a track she’s going to use to propose to Slade. She knows she’s not the best singer, and the songwriters have the blank stare going hardcore when she tells them that she and Slade were praying for each other at the same time. But this is coming from her heart. Plus 9 I wish you could see the look on the producers’ faces after she sings. Priceless. Vicki and Brooks head to dinner and she wants to tell him thank you no matter where they, personally, end up. He responds with “you’re only as strong as your weakest link.” Um. Minus 12. She wishes they were still together like they used to be. And in order to tell him that she tells him about the stories Lauri told her. He denies it all saying he’s just a big tipper and has been trying to stay far away from her friends. She believes him. Minus 20. Vicki tells him that Briana has been staying with Ryan so she’d like to have him over to the house when Briana’s away. He’s not hearing it. He believes Vicki’s allowing herself to be pushed around by her “adult grown daughter who is now a mother” and seems to want Vicki to choose him over Briana. Vicki tells him that he’s confused when it comes to the two of them and he says no, he’s not, but she is. He’s not going to sit around and wait on her and Briana is tearing them apart. Finally, he spells it out for her. They’re dating, but they’re not exclusively dating. They’re going to make a lot of money together. He wants the best for her but things have to change for them to be together. So now Vicki can stop asking if they’re dating or not dating. EPISODE TOTAL: -62 SEASON TOTAL: -309
After being dumped by Sean Lowe during the hometown dates, beautiful brunette Desiree Hartsock is back and looking for love. And a best friend to share life with her. And probably a little fame, too. (If this doesn’t pan out, maybe she has a career as a rap artist ?) But hey, with 25 handsome and successful men flying in from all over for the chance to drink a lot of booze, spill some man tears, start some drama, all in the quest to win her hand, can we really blame her? Tonight she’ll meet the men of The Bachelorette Season 9 and narrow the playing field down to 19 contenders. Of course, if you don’t want to wait, feel free to skip ahead and read The Bachelorette spoilers to learn the identities of Desiree’s Final Four. The rest of us will be here watching what is sure to be two parts train wreck and one part treat. Desiree Hartsock lived a humbling life, so the extravagance of the house she’ll be staying in on the hillsides of Malibu, CA is quite the step up. And someone put m&ms on her nightstand. Plus 5. Where do I get somebody to do that? Sadness. We get to relive the tearful end of her relationship with Sean Lowe. Minus 10 . To help ease the pain of that breakup, The Bachelorette producers got her a Bentley. A. Bentley. Powder blue. She says she feels like she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be. After Desiree goes roller skating in a bikini top through Malibu, she sits down with Chris Harrison where she calls herself Cinderella no less than 3 times. She wants someone who can communicate how he feels. That means man tears, right? She vows to kiss the guy if she feels like kissing the guy. GIRL POWER! Plus 8 . She’s ready to weed out the men from the boys. So are we. Can we get to that now please? (Sure we can. After Desiree says the words “this is a fairy tale” a zillion times.) So, Chris Harrison introduces himself and the show right now at the 23 minute mark like we don’t already know what’s going on here. That will not ever cease to be not weird. Hooray! We’re meeting some of the men! Bryden is from Montana. He’s an Iraq war veteran who realized on his tour that he’s ready to find a best friend he can share his life with. He’s loyal, protective, sensitive, and plans to win her heart. Plus 2. Will is a banker from Chicago who practices Bikram Yoga. And high fives random people on the streets. Nick R. is also from Chicago.. In addition to being a tailor, he’s a magician. Drew is 27 and he’s in digital marketing, which means he does something with computers. Zak is from Texas. The middle of nowhere in Texas. He works in oil and gas and finds creative ways to entertain himself on his 15 acres. And one of those ways is by going nude. Plus 12 . Robert invented sign spinning. He and his buddies just had an idea one day 8 years ago and created a new style of advertising. And he rides a skateboard. He’s this season’s Jef with one F. Mike R is British without an accent. His family has the accent but he ditched it. Since Desiree’s big on the Cinderella, he should maybe pick that back up. Brandon is an adrenaline junkie. Not sure how he makes money wakeboarding, but okay. Adrenaline junkie. He was raised by his grandparents after his parents divorced. He believes in the power of positive thinking. Desiree has arrived at the rendezvous spot and she’s ready to meet her “husband.” I hope she knows the track record of the Bachelorettes who’ve come before her. Drew the digital marketer is the first out of the limo. He’s too nervous to introduce himself. Brooks from Salt Lake City is the next out. He also forgets to introduce himself but demands a second hug. Brad the accountant remembers his own name and brings a wishbone as a callback to Desiree’s wish-making with Sean. She wins the wish. Bryden’s hoping that Sean’s loss is his gain. Michael G. is a Federal Prosecutor. He’s going into the fountain to try and find her penny so she can have a do-over on her wish from last year. The second limo arrives and Kasey climbs out. He works in social media and came up with his own hashtags: #marriagematerial and #letthejourneybegin. Minus 47 for the hashtags. Will the yoga guy tells her she has the presence of a goddess and nicknames her Athena. Since she’s the goddess of war, he maybe should have gone with Aphrodite. Mikey T is a plumber with a close family. He’s an older brother so he understands her relationship with her brother. The relationship that sort of cost her Sean last season. Jonathan goes bold and hands her a key to his own Fantasy Suite. Desiree is not amused. At all. Zak shows up without his shirt and asks if Desiree will accept his abs. (She’d be a fool not to accept his abs.) Plus 8 . James believes that loyalty is love and tells her that if they get married, he’s going to get fat and old but they’ll still be together. Larry is an ER doctor who loves to dance. He tries to dip her and her shoe gets caught on her dress. Awkward. Nick the magician brings her a paper rose which he lights on fire and turns into a white rose. Zack K . is a book publisher who rocks the Chucks with his tux. Those elicit a compliment from Des. Diogo is here to be her knight in shining armor. Quite literally. Someone get that man an oil can and a turkey leg. Minus 7 . So far the guys have brought their cheesy A-games. But there are still 10 more to meet. Chris is a mortgage broker who gets down on one knee and asks….to tie his shoe. Then says he wants to get off on the right foot. Ha. Ha. Mike R., the dental student, wore his white coat so he could be Desiree’s McDreamy. Or McSteamy. Whichever. It’s not like he knew the difference. Robert ‘s not much of a tie guy, so he takes his off upon saying hello. Juan Pablo is a Venezuelan soccer player. And Desiree can’t even seem to say his name. That relationship is doomed. But he did bring her chocolate, so at least that’s one language they both speak. Brandon rides up on his motorcycle and Desiree asks to go for a ride. On his bike. Ahem. Plus 7. Brian wears a soft jacket. Micah wears a suit he designed himself. It pales in comparison to Desiree’s stunning red number from her own introduction. Pales. Nick wrote a poem: “Des, after watching you at the end of last season/I know I’m here for the right reason./The way you showed such genuine emotion/Made my heart flutter like waves in the ocean.” And we stopped listening and tried not to barf. Minus 4 Dan says he’s happy to meet Desiree three times in 10 seconds. The final guy of the night, Ben brings his son Brody to meet Desiree. And then sends him back to grandma where he wins the hearts of America on the way back to the limo by asking if he did everything and wishing he could go to the party with his Dad. Heart. Melted. Plus 45 . All the men are in the house! Desiree’s ready to get to know them. Chris Harrison tells her she doesn’t have to wait until the ceremony to start passing out roses. If Sean can do it, so can she. Kasey has another hashtag: #IWantARose. You and 18 other dudes, dude. With a little trick up his sleeve, Nick R. makes Des disappear for about 5 minutes and steals her away for the first one-on-one conversation. Like her, he’s in the custom clothing industry. So, common ground for the two of them. Brandon cuts in and asks Nick R. to disappear for 5 minutes. Minus 3 . He tells her that he flipped a coin to decide whether he should take a shot at going on The Bachelorette or to his birthday party with his grandparents. Here he is. He gives the coin to Des and tells her to give it to his mom on their hometown date. The guys take turns butting in and stealing Des away. Ben steals her and talks about his son. He’s never been married and has a kid with his best friend. He loves to camp and so does Des. He gets the first rose of the night. After getting the first rose, Ben starts dishing out advice to the other guys which the other guys do not appreciate. Haters gonna hate. The other guys start game-planning to get the roses. Diogo wears his helmet and someone does a little dance for her. Zak says he has to do something to get her attention as if the fact that he’s been shirtless all night hasn’t been enough. So in addition to being shirtless, he takes off his pants and jumps in the pool. Wonder where she’ll pin the rose now? While he’s swimming, the other guys whisk her away and Zak freezes. His stunt, or stripping down to his skivvies, earned him the second rose! Bryden ’s best friend is his dog. He plays the kid card, too, and tells the story of an Iraqi boy he befriended while overseas. He gets the third rose of the night. Juan Pablo’ s accent prevents Desiree from hearing or understanding anything else. He shows her some soccer moves and then starts a scrimmage with the other guys. The other guys who are growing increasingly more frustrated that they don’t have roses. The guys get more and more antsy as Drew steals her away for a chat. With her boobs. Minus 6 . She notices him looking at places other than her face and calls him on it. Then she gives him a rose. Larry laments his failed attempt to dip Desiree . He’s incredibly drunk. So drunk his face doesn’t move when he talks and he takes his glasses off and puts them back on and takes them off again. So drunk. Minus 4 . Jonathan calls himself “the guy who does bold things” and plans to plant one on her in his own version of the Fantasy Suite. He does some one-legged push-ups to prepare. He tells her his Fantasy Suite comment was a joke she didn’t get. She’s doing her best to get away from him and he just won’t let her leave. She’s not buying it. But hey, his mom says he’s good looking. Des should totally go for that! He pulls a Vicki Gunvalson and talks about his empty love tank. And I make a dirty joke in my head about his empty love tank and all that time he’s been spending alone in the Fantasy Suite. Kasey has another hashtag, and this one works. #FantasySuiteFail . Plus 13 . Desiree asks Jonathan to leave immediately. No rose ceremony for him. Plus 15 . Chris Harrison swoops in and swipes the tray of remaining roses. The rest will be handed out at the Rose Ceremony. Which is happening right now. The lucky guys receiving roses during the ceremony are: Brandon Zack K. Will Brooks Juan Pablo Brad Kasey James Robert Brian Dan Chris Mikey Joining the above 13 are: Ben Zak Michael Drew Nick Bryden Larry ‘s still upset about his failed attempt at dipping Des and Nick the magician doesn’t understand how his tricks didn’t work. Diogo has an “explosion of love and feelings” to share with someone. Just not Desiree. If the previews are any indication, get ready for a wild, tear-filled trip around the world as the bachelors attempt to woo Desiree Hartsock! EPISODE TOTAL: +34 SEASON TOTAL: +34
Looks like Beyonce really is pregnant. Reliable sources claim that the superstar singer is in fact expecting her second child with husband Jay-Z! Yes, E! confirmed the news we all had a feeling was coming. The news follows rampant speculation that the “Countdown” to Baby No. 2 was underway even as the duo remained tight-lipped about the rumors. Earlier this month, the Beyonce pregnancy chatter began thanks to her custom-made Givenchy MET Gala gown, which deftly concealed her stomach. Or so the story went. But then it began to really seem true. Then, the rumor mill really started churning when the 31-year-old was forced to cancel a Belgium concert “as a result of dehydration and exhaustion.” That’s code for “pregnant” or at least “not telling you what’s really going on.” Perhaps most telling was that her apology for the canceled show did not include a denial of the pregnancy rumors or a better explanation of why. The pair has not officially confirmed that #2 is on the way, but we’re guessing at this point they’re just laying low until the start of her second trimester. Anyway, congrats to Beyonce, Jay and Blue Ivy Carter!
Apparently we’re all supposed to know who Adrienne Bailon is because she was a former Disney channel star and showed up a couple times on the Kardashian shows, but since I’m not a 15-year-old girl, neither of those are exactly at the top of my to-do list. But since Adrienne was nice enough to bust out the cleavage for the launch of her custom Valentine’s Day cocktail for HPNOTIQ, I’m happy to give her a plug. I’d also be happy to test out her new recipe, provided she’s available for body shots, that is. » view all 41 photos Photos: WENN.com
Check out King The Kid’s first music video: www.youtube.com KingTheKid.com Hey everyone! I really hope you enjoyed this drum cover of Beauty and a Beat by Justin Bieber! My drum cover of Baby by Justin Bieber is what really started my YouTube career & doing his newest single felt like the perfect way to begin my newest project KING THE KID. King The Kid is a completely independent band & everything you see is a product of our hearts. These drum covers are purely for fun and that’s how I approach everything I do. If you like my videos feel free to SUBSCRIBE so you know when I post a new video. Thanks for taking your time to watch =) – Ricky Buy his album “Believe” on iTunes here!! itunes.apple.com Justin Bieber – Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) from the 2012 release: Believe is the copyrighted property of its owner(s). (External) Drums by Ricky Ficarelli RJF0811@aol.com Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: facebook.com Tumblr: rickyficarelli.tumblr.com **Copyright Statement** This video is not intended to infringe any copyright laws in any way. This is for the sole purpose of entertainment; no profit is gained from this. It is the copyrighted property of its respective owner(s). ======================================== My Kit I am playing a Shine Drums, Select Custom Maple Series 12
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger cracked at joke at the 12-12-12 Concert For Sandy Relief last night in New York that didn’t sit well with some fans. Rolling Stones 12-12-12 Concert “This has got to be the largest collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden,” he said of the star-studded benefit show. “But I’ve got to say, if it rains in London, you’ve got to come and help us, OK?” Fans expressed varying degrees of shock, as victims of Hurricane Sandy in the tri-state area are still reeling from the $70 billion in damages caused by the storm. It’s hard to believe Jagger was actually belittling the event, or the storm. More likely, he was just making light of the fact that a bunch of old British guys (The Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney , Roger Waters ) were brought in to raise money for NYC. You tell us: What do you think of Mick Jagger’s comment? Funny and/or harmless! Lighten up people! Not appropriate at this event. View Poll »
Taylor Swift turns 23 today, so what did boyfriend Harry Styles get her for the occasion? 23 cupcakes, of course! Hanging with the singer in England for the week, the One Direction star stopped Custom Cupcake Company in Chapelford, Warrington this morning, a store rep tells Us Weekly. “The cakes were a selection of 12 flavors, including ones filled with candy floss and a mint liqueur center,” says the insider of Styles’ gift . “It was kept very secret to make sure there wasn’t a mob waiting to greet him when he pulled up. “He was down to earth and said his girlfriend would love the cupcakes.” Yes, folks, his GIRLFRIEND! The couple, who hung out yesterday with some feathered friends (above), is pretty cute, we have to say. It will be sad when they break up.
