Teen Mom OG has gone through so many changes recently. Sometimes it barely even seems like the show we've watched for years now. Farrah Abraham and Ryan Edwards both left, and Bristol Palin and Cheyenne Floyd joined the cast. Gone are the days of keeping up with those four girls from the first season of 16 and Pregnant. Like, Sarah Palin was featured on the last season. That's how weird things have gotten. But as bizarre as things are now on our beloved reality show, things might be getting even worse by the time the next season rolls around. Because Amber Portwood really might be quitting. 1. Oh, Honey … Amber had a very, very hard time last season. Worse than usual, even. 2. On the Bright Side … Sure, she wasn’t high out of her mind like she was in the old days, and she didn’t commit any felonies on camera, either. 3. Yay? Actually, now that she’s with Andrew and they share precious little baby James, she’s really seemed to calm down a lot. 4. Uh Oh No, Amber’s most recent issues have been very different: she’s been suffering from postpartum depression. 5. Mental Health That’s on top of her previously diagnosed bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. 6. Fair Enough As you can imagine, she was in a really bad place. View Slideshow
Jussie Smollett was violently and brutally attacked by two men on the streets of Chicago early on the morning of January 29. Or was he , a bunch of very dumb and cruel and cynical people are now asking?!? As you’ve very likely heard about and/or read all about by now, the Empire star was harassed by a pair of assailants late last month on his way home from getting a late-night snack. These individuals allegedly screamed homophobic and racist epithets at the actor, prior to tying a rope around his neck and dumping bleach all over him. It was the epitome of a hate crime. It was a modern-day lynching. It was truly horrible. And yet… despite police confirming the assault… and despite Smollett certainly having no reason to lie about such a thing… a handful of people out there somehow don’t believe this heinous incident actually took place. “I don’t believe it happened the way he said it did,” said Agin Muhammad, who lives in the same high-rise near the Navy Pier as Smollett. On what is he basing this strong allegation? “I’ve been in this neighborhood five years. I don’t believe it, not around here … Half the people are gay and the other half are black,” Muhammad explained to Page Six . Elsewhere, a patron at Lizzie McNeill’s Irish Pub – located approximately a block from the scene of the alleged assault – said Smollett’s story “doesn’t really make sense,” expounding as follows: “It’s a lie, because Chicago is the most liberal city around,” said this unnamed man. “They have cameras everywhere … Why can’t they find the attack?” This is quite the take. For starters, there is surveillance footage (below) of two men spotted right around the time and right around the place Smollett says he was attacked. Secondly, yes, Hillary Clinton won Cook County (which includes Chicago) with 75% of the vote in the 2016 Presidential campaign. That’s a huge margin of victory over Donald Trump. But it still means 25% of residents voted to Make America Great Again, making it mathmatically very plausible that two of those people screamed that Smollett is in “MAGA Country” while they pummelled him, which is what the actor has claimed. Smollett will soon start filming episodes of Empire once again, while he returned to the stage for a live singing performance just days after the incident. “I am not fully healed yet, but I’m going to, and I’m gonna stand strong with ya’ll,” the actor/singer said during a concert at the Troubadour club on the Sunset Strip. He added at the time: “I had to be here tonight, y’all. I couldn’t let those motherf-ckers win. So I will always stand for love. “I will never stand for anything other than that. Regardless of what anyone else says, I will only stand for love and I hope that you all stand with me.” Elsewhere, Smollett has been asked to turn over his phone records to the police because he has said he was on the phone with his manager at the time of his assault. Authorities therefore consider these records important evidence for the case. However, TMZ reports that Smollett has responded by turning over a redacted PDF of his phone bill. And police have requested the full , actual phone bill — or a download of Jussie’s phone; they say a PDF can be manipulated and cannot be used as any sort of evidence. “We have no reason to doubt the statements, but for a criminal investigation, we need to independently confirm the phone records,” Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says. As for those who are casting doubt on Smollet’s story? His spokesperson says the following: Jussie is the victim here, which has been slated by the Superintendent of Police. Jussie has voluntarily provided his phone records from within an hour of the attack and given multiple statements to police. Chicago PD has repeatedly informed us that they find Jussie’s account of what happened that night consistent and credible. Superintendent Johnson has been clear from day one that Jussie is a victim. We are continuing to work closely with the Chicago PD and remain confident that they will find Jussie’s attackers and bring them to justice.
Source: RadioOne / Radio One The Government Shutdown has had an adverse affect on our neighbors. Georgia is home to roughly 4% of the federal workforce. It’s not just them being affected, many small businesses who serve government employees are also struggling. We want to help you or a loved one during these trying times. Register here for your chance to win $1000 a week, then tell us in a short message why this shut down has hurt you or a loved one and you will be instantly qualified. REGISTER HERE _______
In Cobb County, Georgia neighbors are upset about body hanging from a noose in another neighbors front yard as part of Halloween decorations. The front yard is decorated with tombstones witches, skeletons and a hooded body with its hands and feet tied hanging from a noose. “I just feel like Halloween is not an excuse to use that kind of symbolism,” says a neighbor who asked to remain unknown. According to WSB-TV Atlanta , the woman noticed it while out for a walk on Monday, September 25, 2017. Shocked by the decoration, she took a picture and shared it, She was hoping to start a conversation about it as it’s a terrible reminder of lynching in America. Carl Willis a reporter for WSB-TV went up to the house to see if he could get an answer for the decorations. A man answered saying that it was his roommates. He gave information to contact his roommate but nobody answered any calls. The anonymous neighbor was afraid to go up and ask saying, “What’s even scarier is people are going to ask, ‘well, did you go up and ask them?’” She continued, “I felt scared to go to their front door because I don’t know what kind of people live in that household.” Other neighbors commented saying they didn’t see the problem with the decoration. “This is 2017. We need to change it, and if that is your typical Halloween decoration, then it’s absolutely not okay,” she said. “It was not okay when we did it back in the day, and it’s not okay now.” When Willis returned to the house for a response the decoration was taken down. Click here to watch the video. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook . Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit (Source: WSB-TV Atlanta )
Back in in September of 2015, Kaley Cuoco filed for divorce from Ryan Sweeting after approximately 14 seconds of marriage. The split didn’t come as much of a surprise, as Ryan was an unemployed tennis bro, and he and Kaley met shortly after her breakup with Henry Cavill, and dated for just a few months before getting married. Thankfully, Kaley waited a little bit longer before rebounding from that debacle. Since April, Kaley has been dating Karl Cook, a fellow equestrian with an oddly similar name. (Cuoco means “cook” in Italian, which leads us to believe Kaley and Karl are just weeks away from finding out that they’re brother and sister.) Apparently, these two have been zipping past all the usual relationship milestones at record speed. Sources say they’re living together, and whenever possible, Kaley travels with Karl when he’s on the road for … horse stuff. “They seem to be in a good spot right now,” an insider tells E! “She is always traveling with him. It’s not as much her schedule but more so his. She never knows when she’s going to be in town because she goes whenever and wherever he goes.” The source adds, “She is super smitten.” Yes, it sounds as though things are getting serious. And while this particular source didn’t use the m-word, there’s been talk of Kaley and Karl getting hitched in the past. Of course, there’s marriage talk pretty much any time any celebrity dates someone, goes out to lunch with someone, or gets down on one knee to tie their shoe. In this case, however, we’re inclined to believe it. After all, Kaley has been eager to start a family for quite some time now, and she’s been gushing about Karl every time she gets the chance. “I finally found my horse guy,” which we assume is a reference to his favorite hobby, not to his endowment. Frankly, we’re against this whole thing. There’s nothing we love more than a solid portmanteau couple name, and Karley just does not work. Sorry, guys. Either one of you changes your name, or you call this thing a wrap. View Slideshow: 29 Hottest Pics of Kaley Cuoco Ever Assembled
Hope you're ready for a super depressing clip of Farrah Abraham warping her poor little seven-year-old daughter , Sophia! Oh, what's that? You're not ready for it at all? You'd rather Farrah just be a decent human being so that Sophia could have someone to look up to, so that she might have some hope in being decent herself? Huh. Well, sorry about that. In this new clip from the upcoming Unseen Moments special from Teen Mom OG, Farrah is seen feuding with her neighbors. It's not clear what the fight is about, but what is clear is that Farrah is needlessly aggressive and really just terrible. After the spat, Farrah goes inside to see that Sophia was watching and listening to the whole thing. She actually starts to kind of apologize for her behavior, but Sophia cuts her off to say “Oh, it's OK, you're the best mama in the world.” How twisted is that? As a bonus, we get to see Farrah's archenemy, Amber Portwood, watch the clip. Amber also feels the need to defend her actions at the reunion show, namely the part where she tried to attack Farrah . The special airs on Monday night at 9/8c, but you can watch this remarkably upsetting scene in the video below:
Drake Buys $2.85 Million House Next Door To His Current Hidden Hills Mansion Remember when Drake rapped: “I’ll buy the neighbors house if they complain about the noise.” Welp, according to Trulia , that appears to be exactly what happened. If there were ever a reason to “call you on your cellphone,” this would have been it. Hip-hop star Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) pulled a fast one on all of us last summer and dropped $2.85 million on the beautiful estate next door to his already expansive Hidden Hills, CA, real estate compound. Drake purchased the larger property, a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom sprawling mansion, back in 2012 for $7.7 million. But he must have decided that scooping up the house next door was a wise business decision — or he needed a massive new guesthouse (with its own guesthouse, naturally) — because last June, he spent $2.85 million to own it. Drake’s new property, built in 1955, is a charming ranch-style house tucked away on a peaceful cul-de-sac. Located on 1 acre, the 4,445-square-foot four-bedroom, five-bathroom home is the perfect cozy complement to the 7,444-square-foot home next door. An open floor plan, hardwood floors, and high ceilings are the ultimate example of California cool, while multiple fireplaces and a top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen make this the type of home friends will want to hang out in. Which is great, because we hear Lil Wayne can be quite the demanding houseguest. There is no doubt that Rihanna will enjoy spending time on this sprawling property. Flip the page to see more pics of Owl God’s new digs. Image via MLS Continue reading →
Never having been pregnant due to the fact I’m a guy, it’s hard for me to imagine what it must be like eight months into pregnancy. I can assume that the baby is growing larger every day and that must be hard to carry around. It would surprise me if all women who are eight months pregnant stay indoors wearing sweatpants, that is unless you are Eva Amurri Martino. … read more
On this day in 1905, Alberta joined the Canadian Confederation, becoming an official Canadian provence. Little did we know that our neighbors to the north have given us a gaggle of gorgeous gals who have doffed their duds on screen! Here are our ten favorite nude natives of Alberta, Canada!… read more
Jesus Take The Wheel: Neighbors Thought Dead Body On Fence Was Halloween Decoration A Ohio woman, Rebecca Cade, who was running from her killer, was found caught with a hand up on a barbed-wired fence. Neighbors thought she was a Halloween decoration. According to NY Daily News , a man named Donnie Cochenour, 27, was arrested Tuesday in connection to Cade’s murder. Sad. WCPO-Cincinnati
Breaking Sports Video
