They may be known as The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but one thing is made very clear in the first preview for Season 12 of this franchise: Some of these women may not be housewives for very much longer. In the first extended look at the explosive action and emotion to come, numerous relationships are clearly on the rocks, with talk of pre-nuptial agreements and even open marriages dominating this Bravo trailer. Which relationships are doomed? Which will be given second lives? And who is about to downright explode? Scroll down for an in-depth preview of what's about to go down… 1. Whos on Board for Season 12? Kenya Moore will return, joining veterans NeNe Leakes, Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss, Porsha Williams and Eva Marcille. The official “friends of” this year will be Tanya Sam and Marlo Hampton. 2. FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! The trailer wastes no time in depicting the ladies going at it, as chaos reigns early on and we hear Kenya Moore yell “stop it!” 3. She Cray Cray “I told you that lady was crazy,” an extrmely pregnant Marcille says, as Williams urges someone to “get out of this room.” 4. NeNe Says NoNo Before long, Leakes is screaming “No, no, no, no, no” as insanity erupts around her. And this is all in the opening 15 seconds! 5. It’s Still On! Leakes and Bailey will clearly still be at odds this season, despite appearing to bury their friendship at the last reunion. 6. Welcome to Her Dark Side “Cynthia has a side to her that you guys do not know about,” Leakes tells Hampton in the clip, for example. View Slideshow
This week, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way viewers were totally weirded out by Liam and Aladin’s awkward bath house conversation . Some fans thought that Liam was too far, that he was being rude and selfish and even childish, wanting his mom to come home and take care of him. Now, however, we’re learning that the truth is the opposite. AnDre Leila took to social media in an impassioned defense of his son, Liam. “Just wanted to set things straight,” the clarifying post begins. “To anyone who says Liam is dumb or disrespectful,” he addresses his message. “Or has mental problems.” He asserts: “You people are dumb as s–t.” Wow. Tell us how you really feel, dude. “For one thing, Laura was living off of Liam in Floriday,” Leila reveals. “He made the money,” he reveals. “And supported the household.” The post continues: “So he does not want money from her.” Some had speculated that Liam wanted Laura to return to the US so that he could mooch off of her. Leila states that it’s quite to the contrary, “’cause she is broke as f–k.” “Another thing,” Leila writes. “Is he was not rude to that dude.” He says that “TLC cut and spliced film to make it look like he was disrespectful.” Apparently this was “so all you idiots could talk about it like this.” That … is very easy to believe, actually. What follows, folks, is getting into spoiler territory. Be warned. “Laura is already divorced from that dude and is living in Ecuador for whatever reason,” Leila writes. Yes, we have already reported that Laura and Aladin are divorcing and that Laura is currently in Ecuador with Evelin. He argues: “You can’t fault a kid for loving his mom and wanting what’s best for her.” “You don’t know what he has gone through,” the post continues. “With all of the red neck f–ks she has dated.” We can imagine. Sometimes very nice and loving mothers have abhorrent taste in men. “Trust me,” Leila tells anyone reading. “Laura is a crazy mess.” In contrast: “Liam is a very level-headed, intelligent kid.” His post concludes: “I know this because he is my son!” It’s good to hear that explained, even if it is by a third party who was not present at the time. Incidentally, we have heard other things about Laura that may explain even more — things that even Liam’s father does not know. Laura was reportedly served with divorce papers from Aladin while she was filming the Tell All special. So what do we know that Liam’s father does not? Well, for one thing, she’s in Ecuador to hang out with Evelin … possibly because she has no other place to go. And why is that? Because she’s spent the past few decades living in Florida … but she’s not a native Floridian. Nor is she even an American. If reports are to be believed, Laura Canadian. And apparently she was in Florida as an undocumented immigrant for all of this time. Her son is an American and was providing her with a roof over her head for years. Now, Liam can’t house his mother anymore and she has to figure out her next move because she can’t return to the US. It’s no wonder that Liam was so, so concerned about his mother. She can never come back home. No jiggy-jiggy is worth that. View Slideshow: 90 Day Fiance The Other Way Spoilers: Do Tiffany and Ronald Make It?
When nasty rumors surface — and they can happen to any of us, not just to celebrities — a lot of people hold their heads high and ignore it. A lot of the time, that’s the right call. But what do you do when someone goes on your own social media account and accuses you of being a homewrecker? If you’re Minka Kelly, you call them out. And you don’t mince words. The stunningly gorgeous Minka Kelly is dating the shockingly handsome Jesse Williams. Minka Kelly is perhaps best known for her role on the hit series Friday Night Lights . Jesse Williams, in turn, is best known either for his role on Grey’s Anatomy or perhaps for using his fame as a platform for Black Lives Matter, advocating to bring an end to police killings of unarmed, nonviolent black people across the US. Also, Jesse Williams has piercing blue eyes that make him very distinctively recognizable. These two very quietly began to date over this past summer (yes, summer is over, even though it still feels like the endless hellscape of early August). The thing is that this was just a few months after Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee divorced after five years of marriage. Some people wondered if Jesse Williams had put the cart before the horse and begun dating Minka Kelly before things fell apart between him and Aryn Drake-Lee. In other words, they wondered if Jesse Williams had performed some Kevin Hart shenanigans . Not the part about being blackmailed with a sex tape — just starting a new relationship before the old one actually ended. While it’s true that many marriages fall apart due to cheating, that’s not always the case. And just because someone manages to find a new relationship quickly doesn’t mean that they and their new datemate were cheating during the old one. Still, people wonder. We suppose that they couldn’t help it. What someone certainly could have helped, however, was doing the social media equivalent of accusing Minka Kelly, to her face, of being a homewrecker. Because one Instagram user commented: “I hope the cheating rumors aren’t true. It would be disappointing.” That’s about as polite a way of phrasing a very rude accusation as we can think of. But it’s still super freaking rude. We have to imagine that the commenter didn’t imagine that Minka Kelly herself would respond. Minka Kelly replied, addressing the rumors that she was a homewrecker: “They’re not. Hate for you to be disappointed. Glad I could clear that up for you. Now f–k off.” You know, that’s a hostile reply, but it’s pretty warranted, right? We should note that Jesse Williams also addressed these rumors. Jesse Williams had a cameo in Jay-Z’s Footnotes for 4:44 , in which he was also extremely blunt about his feelings about the rumors. “I was in a relationship 13 years.13 real years, not 5 years, not 7 years, 13 years and all of a sudden mother f–kers are writing think-pieces that I somehow threw a 13-year relationship — like the most painful experience I’ve had in my life like with a person I’ve loved with all of my heart — that I threw a person and my family in the trash because a girl I work with is cute.” Remember, no matter how Jesse and Minka might feel about each other now, the “homewrecker” narrative would boil down to him finding her cute and the two of them hooking up because of it. So we don’t think that he’s insulting his actual, real-life relationship with Minka Kelly, here. Instead, he’s just insulting the theories about the two of them. That’s pretty fair, right? And you know what? Even if the two of them had started dating while Jesse was still married, that would be Jesse’s wrongdoing — not Minka’s. We need to stop pretending that a third party can “steal” a partner from their spouse. That’s not how this works. View Slideshow: 25 Most Shocking Cheating Scandals of All-Time
Aerosmith singer’s accident causes postponement of band’s South American show. By Gil Kaufman Steven Tyler Photo: Getty Images Whenever Steven Tyler falls down, chances are Aerosmith is going to get some time off. The latest tumble by the 63-year-old rock and roll icon and “American Idol” judge took place on Tuesday in Paraguay, when Tyler reportedly slipped and fell in his hotel bathroom, ending him to a local emergency room. According to a Reuters report, Tyler spent four hours at La Costa medical center in Paraguay’s capital and received emergency dental work and stitches to repair cuts to his face and the loss of two teeth. The incident forced Aerosmith to cancel Tuesday night’s show in Asuncion, Paraguay, which was part of their current Latin American tour. The outing kicked off on Saturday in Lima, Peru, and is slated to hit La Plata, Argentina, on Friday and swing through Brazil, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador and Mexico before heading to Japan in late November. “Mr. Tyler had a small accident that prevents him from staging the concert tonight,” said Marcelo Antunez, a spokesperson for the show’s promoter. “He is fine, he’s in his hotel but he’s not able to do the concert.” The concert has been rescheduled for Wednesday (October 26) night. Another spokesperson for the promoter, Nicolas Garzia, tweeted that Tyler had been dehydrated and was suffering gastrointestinal problems before the tumble. The last time Tyler fell was in August 2009, when he slipped off a stage in South Dakota and was airlifted to a hospital, which forced the postponement of the group’s North American tour. The inter-group tension that followed almost resulted in the Rock Hall of Famers breaking up as the band briefly weighed searching for a new singer . Related Artists Aerosmith
Russian popstar Nadeea Volianova in Maui on Saturday. According to Pacific Coast News, Volianova is dubbed “the Russian Lady Gaga.” Probably because it looks like she has a cock, and not because she#39;s popular. When you search for Nadeea on Wikipedia, it asks “Did you mean: Andean Volcano.” I don#39;t know much about music but it can#39;t be good for your career to be confused with a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina that w
Deputy Foreign Minister Kintto Lucas said his country's government wanted to invite Mr Assange to Ecuador to give him the opportunity to speak publicly. He said Ecuador was concerned about some of the alleged American activities revealed by Wikileaks. Earlier this year Sweden refused an application from Mr Assange, who is Australian, for residency there. “We are open to giving him residency in Ecuador, without any problem and without any conditions,” Mr Lucas said. “We are going to try and invite him to Ecuador to freely present, not only via the internet, but also through different public forums, the information and documentation that he has,” he said. Mr Lucas added: “We think it would be important not only to converse with him but also to listen to him.” added by: mik661
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Photo credit: Wikipedia /Creative Commons 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with the Toyota International Teacher Program . The program is designed to engage a variety of conservation and education issues that the teachers can then give back to their students and communities. I’m traveling along with them to report on the trip’s experiences and lessons. The Galapagos Islands are a fantastically interesting place…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Photo: Say goodbye to San Rafael Falls, Ecuador? (via listafterlist.com ) Ecuador made waves not too long ago as the first country to not only recognize the constitutional rights of ecosystems , but also for demanding money in exchange to not drill into their rich oil reserves — located under their equally-rich rainforests. Now,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
