For Julianne Hough, Orange is the New… Blackface. The former Dancing with the Stars pro turned some heads and stirred up some controversy last night when she attended a costume party in Beverly Hills dressed as the character Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black . She put her hair in the signature style as this inmate, she wore prison garb – oh, and she painted her face a darker shade than usual because the actress behind Crazy Eyes is African-American Uzo Aduba. As you might expect, the move has drawn a great deal of criticism online, with many aghast over Hough’s use of blackface. This term applied in the past to theatrical makeup painted on for minstrel shows in which performers created a stereotyped caricature of a black person. What do you think of Hough’s costume? React now: So funny! So wrong! So… who cares?!? View Poll »
So, the police just hunted Kimani down… for no reason? Huffpo A candlelight vigil to mourn a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police turned violent Monday evening, as frustrated attendees threw bottles at cops, broke shop windows and looted a Rite Aid, officials and sources said. The 7 p.m. vigil started with heartfelt remembrances of Kimani Gray — who was shot and killed by two police officers in East Flatbush Saturday night after he allegedly pointed a .38 caliber pistol at them — but soon some of the teens at the vigil grew violent and began throwing trash cans, people who attended the event said. By 8:30 p.m., “a large, disorderly group [began] throwing bottles at police” at Church Avenue and East 48th Street, a few blocks from the vigil, an NYPD source said. As riot police filled the streets, the crowd also surged into the Rite Aid on Church Avenue near Albany Street and trashed it about 9:15 p.m., pulling items off the shelves and attacking the store manager, clerks and security guard, the FDNY said. The group stole some items from the store and cash from the register, sources said. One man who had been assaulted and was bleeding from the head was rushed to Kings County Hospital in unknown condition, the FDNY said. Some surrounding shop windows were smashed, sources said, as were the windows of a B35 bus, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said, adding that no one connected with the bus was hurt. huffingtonpost
Talk about being caught with your hand in the cookie jar! Via TheSmokingGun A corrections officer has been charged with providing a 22-year-old female inmate with homemade chocolate chip cookies in exchage for sexual contact, police charge. According to a probable cause affidavit, Abner Canda–a 58-year-old guard at the county jail in Everett, Washington–engaged in several sexual interations with the inmate, who is only identified by the initials “C.D.” The woman told investigators that, “I showed him my breasts, willingly for some food” last May. After being released from the jail, she returned to the lockup in October and soon had another illicit encounter with the married Canda, who began working as a corrections officer in 2007. Canda, the inmate said, came to her room in mid-November and “kissed me and touched my breasts and also put his hand down my pants and placed his finger inside of [my vagina],” according to the Superior Court affidavit. On a subsequent occasion, Canda performed oral sex on “C.D.” The inmate told police that, “in exchange for the aforementioned sexual favors, Defendant gave her homemade chocolate chip cookies.” Says a lot about how bad jail is if folks are willing to stoke the C.O.’s wood just for a couple of cookies. “C.D.” said that she decided to tell investigators about her encounters with Canda because she felt “guilty for doing what I did,” adding that, “I’m ashamed for my actions that’s why I’m saying something.” In light of “C.D.”’s claims, detectives spoke with other female inmates, “at least two of whom suggested that they…had sexual contact” with Canda. One of the women “even claimed that she had been, in her words, ‘dating’ Defendant while an inmate.” Canda was charged this week with custodial sexual misconduct, a felony, for his alleged sexual encounters with “C.D.” Canda has been on paid administrative leave from his jail post since January. Dating?!?! GTFOHWTBS! Image via tumblr
O.J. Simpson apparently had himself a Super Bowl party this month. In jail. That’s not an easy feat, but neither is killing two people and getting away with it, then ending up behind bars anyway for kidnapping and robbery. Anyway, OJ, who’s serving a 33-year sentence at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, was not about to let that logistical issue get in the way of the big game. His friends crammed in to his 80-square-foot cell to watch, reports say. “If you have the money, you can buy a TV at the inmate store and put it in your cell,” Simpson’s producer friend Norman Pardo said of the former NFL great. Supposedly, Simpson is one of the new inmates with such luxury. “He’s like the Godfather of the prison now,” Pardo added. No word if O.J. bet on the 49ers, with whom he ended his storied career, or if he threatened to murder anyone if they ate the last of the chili and Doritos.
She looks rough Via ABCNews Nancy Gonzalez, a corrections officer at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was arrested this morning at her home in Huntington, N.Y., on charges that she allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with a man convicted of killing two NYPD detectives. She is charged with engaging in sexual relations with an inmate and she is scheduled to be arraigned later this afternoon in Brooklyn federal court, according to court papers. Gonzalez, 29, is accused of having what is described as inappropriate relationship sex with Ronell Wilson, who was convicted of the 2003 capital murder of two undercover NYPD detectives in a point-blank execution in Staten Island. Gonzalez is now eight months pregnant with a baby, possibly from the relationship with Wilson, according to officials. At least three other inmates knew about the relationship, and told authorities Gonzalez had inappropriate relations in both the cell and a vacant room next to the inmate’s cell. B-b-but wait it gets worse! Further investigation revealed an inappropriate relationship with another inmate, currently in a New York State prison but previously at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center, according to the court documents. That inmate told his mother on a recorded conversation that Gonzalez is pregnant with another man’s baby. Gonzales will have an initial appearance this afternoon in US District court in Brooklyn before Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes. She faces a statutory maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted. So what does this felon-lovin’ hussy have to say for herself? “I just basically got wrapped up in something that I should not have got wrapped up…getting myself up with someone that is so high profile that when he farts it makes the news.” Gonzalez asked the second inmate if he knew Wilson’s name, and the second inmate said his first name starts with “R.” “I can’t explain it. I know what’s to come. I know what is going to be said about me. I know that for me as a parent, how am I going to explain this to this little boy? Mommy was in the military. Mommy was a C.O. Mommy got wrapped up in …So how do you explain that.” We don’t think “your honor” is going to be very compassionate to that argument. Good luck. Image via U.S. Attorney Office
Guess Who Was Spotted With Blonde Hair In This Red Dress Actress KeKe Palmer was spotted out and about leaving the Sirius Radio building in NYC. The former child star known for her roles in Madea’s Family Reunion and Akeelah and the Bee celebrated her 19th birthday earlier this fall. Are you feeling KeKe’s new look? Images via Splashnews
Correctional Officers Allow Inmates To Make Store Runs Outside Of The Prison Two officers are under investigation after allowing prisoners to make store runs for food and beer in American Samoa. via Yahoo News Two corrections officers at American Samoa’s only jail are suspected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs. Officers Fiti Aina and Rocky Tua were charged this week with aiding the escape of a prisoner, permitting escape and public servant acceding to corruption. A police search at Territorial Correctional Facility in July turned up beer in an inmate’s cell. Police say that while trying to find out how it got there, they learned the officers were sending inmates unsupervised to a nearby store. One inmate allowed out is serving 40 months for assaulting another man with a machete. Court documents say an inmate told investigators he bought beer for another inmate and chips and cookies for Tua. Sounds like American Samoa is the place to be for prisoners. SMH. Image via Shutterstock
Looking for a “fun-loving” and “passionate” single man or woman? Aren’t we all. Well, a new site is putting a new spin on online dating. Meet-An-Inmate (dot) com features lonely citizens across the United States of America desperately seeking love … behind bars. “These inmates have nothing but time on their hands and can’t wait to hear from you,” the site reads. “Even though these men and women are in prison, it doesn’t mean that they are bad individuals,” the company SWEARS. “The majority of these inmates are fun, loving, passionate, clever, reliable, and very sexy.” Obviously not that clever … but no matter. One brunette serving time for vehicular homicide writes on her profile page that “I always have a smile on my face.” She must be one of the gang leaders. Another inmate poses in her bra and some show off curves in swimwear … not that you’ll be able to experience them in person for at least 3-5 years. The site claims to want to “bridge the gap between criminals and the outside world ” by finding them pen pals. As if online dating weren’t shady already.
Ohio Deputy Gets Fired For Ordering Inmates To Dance To Usher’s “Yeah” SMH at the inmates doing the worm and the robot to use the phone: Some inmates did the worm, others chose the old school robot. Each dance was performed to the beat of hip-hop artist Usher on command from a now-fired Summit County deputy. The inmate prize: use of a jail microwave. The charges are revealed in an internal affairs report released Wednesday. Deputy Dominic Martucci, 35, was fired for violating the department’s policies, including a mandate that inmates be treated humanely. Martucci is accused of ordering five inmates dance to Usher’s Yeah! song and then inviting other deputies to watch during an early evening shift on April 11. The inmates danced their way to regaining use of a microwave that they had lost earlier that day. Another inmate won the right to use the phone and commissary items for his old-school robot dance routine. Martucci blared the music from a smartphone, the report said. “I did what I had to do so I could use the phone,” the inmate told investigators. A family member had died and he needed to contact relatives, he said. At one point, Martucci signaled a fellow deputy to watch the dance. “Stop and watch this, it’s going to be funny,” he said, according to the report. One inmate said as many as five deputies looked on during the dance. They were also looking to make sure a supervisor was not nearby, investigators said. The inmate said some dancers were rewarded with commissary items, but not him. The inmate was told he “messed up” and faced a trip to the hole. The inmate alleged Martucci demanded he dance “one minute to my liking.” The inmate was eventually let out of lock down, the report shows. The allegations came out through an inmate’s memo to a sergeant sent days later. “[Martucci] told the inmates that if they wanted out of lock up and the microwave back, that they would have to dance for him,” an internal affair report noted. “He let out the [five inmates] and told them to entertain him by dancing…” Martucci was suspended April 23. This week, Sheriff Drew Alexander fired the deputy on departmental charges of mistreating the inmates, misconduct and having a cell phone in the jail. In his defense, Martucci told investigators he forced the inmates to dance in order to regain day room privileges lost earlier in the shift. The inmates did not touch each other. During the internal investigation, investigators said Martucci admitted his actions were wrong, but that he intended only to “lighten the tension” in the jail pod. Another deputy who saw the dancing said the inmates were laughing during the song. SMH. Do you think he deserved to get fired? Source More On Bossip! Get Ya Mind Right! 10 Ways To Tell That Everyone You Know Thinks You’re A Ho You’re The Worst: The 10 Biggest A-Holes In Sports Happy 40th Rocky! Let’s Celebrate The Rock’s Birthday By Looking At His Most Scintillating Pics, Ladies Caption This: Rihanna In The Strip Club
There’ve been updates about The Paperboy ‘s casting for awhile, but only now do I realize the gravity of what’s occurring. Um, wow: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron are sharing a screen! And John Cusack! And Matthew McConaughey, for the hell of it! And — what now? — Lee Daniels is directing! They should call this quaint tale Extra Precious: Based on the Cutie ‘Zac’ by Efron . Synopsis and impressive poster after the jump. Downright old-fashioned and sharp. Reminds me of Young Adult ‘s evocative cover in coloring and detail. From a distance, Mr. Efron’s cheeks look a tad more pregnant than they usually do. I know what you’re thinking, and let me assure you: I’m the father. The Paperboy concerns a reporter who returns to his hometown to save a man on death row, though he’s derailed by the romance he strikes up with the inmate’s lady friend. I have the feeling we won’t get a juicy character study worthy of Nicole Kidman’s involvement in this movie, and that sucks because I’m still reeling from Rabbit Hole . Still, I’m in for Zac Efron’s sacred facial architecture. He’s like a cathedral of tawny hotness. Paperboy Poster [GossipCop]
