Source: Benjamin Lozovsky / Benjamin Lozovsky Niecy Nash Turned To Christian Siriano For Emmy Night Style Multi-time Emmy nominee Niecy Nash , this year nominated for the first time in a drama portrayal for When They See Us , recently visited New York City to sip Sterling Vineyards wine, the Official Wine of Emmy Awards Season, and plot her look with frequent fashion collaborator, Christian Siriano. Source: Benjamin Lozovsky / Benjamin Lozovsky In the studio, the two enjoyed Sterling Vineyards Vintner’s Collection Chardonnay as Niecy perused pieces from Christian’s new collection. The two sketched together as Christian showed Niecy through different fabrics, fits, and inventive ideas for making Niecy’s look one of a kind, just like her. Check out more photos from behind the scenes and watch the Emmys to find out what Niecy ended up wearing!
Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Karrueche and Jenn Lyon Talk About The New Season Of “Claws” The new season of “Claws” kicks off on Sunday night and BOSSIP’s Senior Content Director sat down with actresses Karrueche Tran and Jenn Lyon who play Virginia and Jennifer on the show. Check out our interview below: View this post on Instagram Kicked it with some of the @clawstnt cast • • • • • • #bossip #baenee #baeneebeworking #wcw #interview #claws #blackmedia #blackjournalists #goldenbolden #baeneebebusy #janeebolden A post shared by Janeé (@janeebolden) on Jun 6, 2019 at 11:39am PDT BOSSIP/ Janeé Bolden: Karrueche, your character Virginia was shot in the head at the end of Season 2, what did you think when you learned that was going to happen? Karrueche Tran: Actually there was a lot of back and forth with trying to figure out how the season was going to end. Of course you’ve got to end the season with a great cliffhanger. ‘ I forgot originally what it was. Jenn Lyon: We all took turns shooting Zlata but it didn’t get figured out until really late. It ended up that Dean got to do it. Karrueche Tran: I was so down for it. Cuz it’s a great ended. If anybody would have got shot, everybody would be like ‘Oh my God, are they gonna survive? I can’t wait for season 3.’ I love that kind of thrill of it all. Jenn Lyon: But people were in their feelings about it like, ‘if Virginia is dead I will riot.’ Karrueche Tran: The trailers are out now so people know I survived. And I have an eye patch now. JB: Speaking of the eye patch, I wanted to talk to you about that and just overall the insane wardrobes. Has any of that crossed over to your lives? Have you taken the eye patch home with you yet. KT: Listen, I hate that thing. She will tell you. Oh my God. JL: It really messed with her spacial awareness you know. And it didn’t help because we tease her mercilessly. We’ll ask her something and she’ll turn her whole body. KT: We had to do some activities and I was like ‘I have to do this with this thing on?’ JL: She was mean. We were like ‘Are you hungry?’ and she was like ‘No! I just have this stupid eye patch on.’ KT: Then between breaks I’d have half a face, my eye shadow wouldn’t be on because, for what? I wouldn’t have on lashes so I’d be walking around talking to people and they’d be like, ‘What’s wrong with your — oh the eye patch.’ JL: We gotta shot out Dolores, Dolores Ybarra — our wardrobe queen. The stuff she finds is just extraordinary. KT: She found several bedazzled eye patches, very Virginia. JB: Karrueche, I heard you researched exotic dancing by visiting Atlanta strip clubs. If Virginia were to dance in Atlanta, which club would she work at? KT: What’s the most poppin’ strip club in Atlanta? Onyx? Magic City? Follies? Cheetah is boring. I think Follies. Wait, no, because Follies is kinda nice like – Virginia comes from a ratchet place. But I guess Follies. I went to Follies during the day like 2’o’clock and did my research. ‘ JB: You guys have some musical numbers, you’re dancing this season. How was that? KT: Yeah I had to do that with the eye patch. JL: But they make it mesh so you can see a little bit. KT: Barely… JL: She’s still mad. Any surreal “Claws” moment, we love it. I come from like theater so any time we had free time I’d be like ‘let’s rehearse, like 5, 6, 7, 8.’ It feels like we are in school together or something. JB: Jenn’s character has a biracial daughter and this season her dad gets out of jail, your character really has to deal with these cultural issues, what did you think when you read that? JL: I really dug it, actually I pitched for him to get out of jail and for there to be that kind of conflict. It’s a microcosm of the tension and race relations that happen in a macro way. What happens when you’re afraid to lose something but you know you need to give up some of your control so your daughter can get a sense of her own culture? JB: Why is so hard to say no to Desna? She gets in trouble, gets out of trouble and doesn’t seem to know when to quit. KT: We’re very faithful but I think a part of us likes to live on the edge. We like the thrill. JL: Jenn tried to go to Tampa, but yeah I think we’re very faithful. It’s like saying no to your momma but also we want that bag. JB: Let’s talk about the relationships on the show — Jenn – she’s a drunk and he’s a crackhead — is there a happily ever after for you and Bryce? JL: I hope so. We’re both sober now and on the straight and narrow. He’s just my person. Jenn and Bryce they just get each other. And Kevin is just the best. KT: He is the best. JL: They get to work together more this season And they just laugh so much. JB: What about Virginia and Dean? KT: Ummm we are on a roller coaster this season, I can’t say much, I won’t say much, I don’t want to spoil but you’ll see. Season 3 of Claws arrives on Sunday night at 9 PM EST on TNT Hit the flip for photos from the special Atlanta premiere screening
Source: Global Grind / Global Grind Back in October, Global Grind spoke to Jay Ellis about his new movie “Escape Room” in theaters January 4th. The film stars Jay Ellis alongside Deborah Ann Woll, Taylor Russell, Tyler Labine, Logan Miller and more. The movie is about a group of individuals who are chosen to participate in an extreme escape room for their chance to win a million dollars. However, there is a lethal twist to these rooms and they all find out that attempting to escape comes with a huge price. When we talked to Jay Ellis about “Escape Room” in October, we asked the star to choose three celebrities he’d take into an escape room with him. He chose: Idris Elba because he’s strong, chiseled and smart. These are all great things you’d want in someone you’re trusting your life with. John Legend is also very smart. They don’t call him the Legend for nothing. Niecy Nash will keep things fun and she’s very motivating. Motivation is key when trying to figure out puzzles and complete obstacles in an escape room. Niecy Nash is an amazing choice. When asked who he absolutely would not take on his Escape Room adventure, Jay Ellis says he’ll need to leave Neil Brown Jr. aka Chad from Insecure , at home. According to Jay, it’s much too risky. He and Neil are real live friends and they’d probably spend the entire time goofing off with each other to really get anything done. As an update to our Escape Room question, we got the chance to sit down with Jay Ellis and his co-star, Deborah Ann Woll to ask them which of the film’s characters they would have liked to participate in an escape room with. Deborah Ann Woll was the first to answer. She tells Global Grind, “I’d pick Mike (Tyler Labine). I mean, obviously you pick Zoe (Taylor Russell) because Zoe is going to get you out alive, but I think Mike’s character is good because he keeps the levity. When things feel like you’re all going to die, it’s nice to be able to have a laugh.” Jay Ellis also chose which character(s) he’d like to do an escape room with. His answer was a little different from Deborah Ann Woll’s but he had very good reasons. Press play on the video above to check out his answer and make sure you watch “Escape Room” when it hits theaters on Friday, January 4th.
Source: Amanda Edwards / Getty In conjunction with the New York Times, Niecy Nash stars in a hilarious sendup of the recent rash of white people calling the police on Black folks for doing the absolute least. It is part of a brilliant op-ed piece that illustrates, with humor, how harmful and dangerous the action is to people of color. From the Times : In this satirical infomercial, the comedian and actress Niecy Nash plays the inventor of a new hotline, 1-844-WYT-FEAR. The video advertises a phone service for white people to call when they can’t cope with black people living their lives near them. The hotline is up and running, so give it a ring and spread the word. (Seriously.) The phenomenon of white people harassing African-Americans going about their day is nothing new, but with the ubiquity of smartphones and social media, everyone can now see how these injustices are played out and lead to anxiety for and material harm to people of color. And this problem is bigger than a few unreasonable white people. Racist stereotypes are baked into our society. Check out the spoof video below. — Photo: WENN
Jokes (we’re pretty sure)…but can we all pause and imagine what kinds of Canadian two-steps Drizzy would hit if he were to find out that Soft-Core Sophie and her child were not actually his responsibility?? Getty/TMZ
The drama-comedy set in a Florida nail shop starring Niecy Nash and Karrueche Tran premieres on June 11. It definitely looks interesting. Will you be tuning in? YouTube
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