Source: Publicity / promo In a world where your difference is your destiny, DeVon Franklin uses faith as his superpower. In his childhood, he battled a devastating loss that rocked his family to the core. But, armed with on-screen heroes as inspiration and church as a home base, he went to war against his circumstances. He was empowered by his mother and a team of super women who were determined to give DeVon and his brothers a chance. 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 As the hero of his own story, DeVon reveals the highs and lows on his “Road to Golden.” Watch: This is the second installment of the Black & Positively Golden series presented by McDonald’s.® Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1790067″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Kevin Hart Injured In Car Accident [VIDEO] Simone Biles’ Brother Charged In New Years Eve Triple Murder Actor Supports Transwomen, Reveals He’s Been “Trans Attracted” Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Eliot Xzavier / Radio One Growing up in the industry can be a difficult transition for any child star, but as for Kris D. Lofton the transition is what allowed him he figure out his journey that would cause a life altering decisions for his career. That life changing decision is the reason you are familiar with many of Kris D. Lofton characters and roles. Going from Clarence in Hardball , to Calvin in Meet the Browns , to now playing Kisan Teagues on HBO’s Ballers, each milestone brought the star some reality checks that he address during our conversation. Refresh your memory with this classic scene from Hardball Kris takes us on the journey of being the cute kid from Chicago who just wanted to play sports, to turning down a scholarship to focus on acting, what he defines as his way out. Kris D. Lofton is the epitome of enjoy the ride and trust the process. Check out the Full interview below: Make sure you catch Kisan Teagues the “wildcard” to see if he’s playing with a full deck on and off the field for the final season of Ballers each and every Sunday at 10:30 pm EST only on HBO.
AEDT/WENN.com The Rock Made The Sweetest Video For A Dying Fan As if we needed any more reasons to love The Rock , he has given us yet another … Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to talk about Judy Rosenberg, a 76-year-old mother of five and grandmother of 17 who is suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer and recently entered hospice. Judy’s currently got a cardboard cutout of The Rock standing watch at her bedside but the actor was happy to make her emailed wish to receive air kisses and be called sexy by him come true! The actor captioned his video as the “this kind of stuff will always be the best part of fame.”
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge says he intends to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Black Lives Matter and several movement leaders of inciting violence that led to a gunman’s deadly ambush of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge last year. U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson issued that warning in an order Wednesday, less than a week after ruling Black Lives Matter is a social movement and therefore can’t be sued. Last Thursday, Jackson threw out a police officer’s lawsuit blaming Black Lives Matter and movement leader DeRay Mckesson for injuries he sustained during a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge last year. The officer’s lawyer also attempted to add “#BlackLivesMatter” as a defendant, but Jackson ruled a hashtag can’t be sued either. Now the judge is vowing to dismiss a separate suit filed on behalf of a sheriff’s deputy wounded in the July 2016 attack that killed three other officers in Baton Rouge. The same Baton Rouge-based attorney, Donna Grodner, filed both suits. The judge is giving her until Oct. 13 to respond to his order and present arguments why the deputy’s case shouldn’t be dismissed. Grodner declined to comment Thursday on the judge’s order or say whether she plans to appeal last week’s ruling. Mckesson, a Baltimore, Maryland, resident and four other Black Lives Matter leaders were named as defendants in the suit that Grodner filed on behalf of one of the officers wounded in the July 17, 2016, attack by Gavin Long, a black military veteran from Kansas City, Missouri. The suit doesn’t name the plaintiff, but its description of the wounded officer matches East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Tullier, who was has been at a Houston rehabilitation hospital since November. Long, a 29-year-old former Marine, was armed with a semi-automatic rifle when he killed three officers and wounded three others outside a convenience store and car wash near Baton Rouge police headquarters before he was shot dead. Long had posted rambling internet videos calling for violence in response to police treatment of African-Americans, which he said constituted “oppression.” He apparently posted a YouTube video from Dallas on July 10, three days after a sniper killed five officers and wounded nine others there. The attack came less than two weeks after a white Baton Rouge police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man. Mckesson was one of nearly 200 people arrested in Louisiana’s capital at nightly protests after Sterling’s death. The wounded deputy’s lawsuit claimed Mckesson was “in charge of” a July 9 protest that “turned into a riot” and described Long as an “activist whose actions followed and mimicked those of” the sniper who killed officers in Dallas, But the judge said that latter claim is “not altogether relevant.” Otherwise, the judge wrote, the lawsuit is “devoid of any facts that tend to demonstrate that any of the named Defendants, in particular, are liable for the alleged injuries suffered by Plaintiff, even assuming that those Defendants have the capacity to be sued.” Later Thursday, Mckesson tweeted a link to The Associated Press story on the judge’s order, saying “I’m happy to get both of these lawsuits behind me as I did nothing wrong in either case.” Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook . Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Share your email below to receive our daily newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
Source: Hot 1079 In this edition of Word On The Streetz Weekly Wrap Up, Mz Shyneka gives the rundown on Donald Trump finally visiting Puerto Rico, Jay Z’s Hurricane Relief efforts, Nene Leakes vs. Kim Zolciak, Tyrese going after the Rock, and Stevie J & Joseline being ordered to take drug tests. [Sorry. This video cannot be displayed in this feed. View your video here.] [Sorry. This video cannot be displayed in this feed. View your video here.]
Source: Hot 1079 In this edition of Word On The Streetz Weekly Wrap Up, Mz Shyneka discusses Future’s new collab with Cher, Floyd Mayweather’s new cable and streaming network, Rick Ross’ baby pictured in pile of money, Tyrese’s alleged restraining order, & details on Dick Gregory’s Home-going services. [Sorry. This video cannot be displayed in this feed. View your video here.]
The Rock, Dewayne Johnson, is 2016’s Sexiest Man Alive!!!! We must say that we agree! People Magazine hit the nail on the head because we been said this!!! The Rock has been around in entertainment for while and the ladies been knew this lol! Check Out Why He Is The Sexiest Here
One of my new favorite Snapchat hotties Iryna Ivanova was hard at work yesterday, and I’m glad to see she’s taking this whole Snapchat pants fire delivery service of hers seriously. But if Iryna ever decides she needs an extra hand, I’d be more than happy to volunteer to be her official photographer. My phone takes great pictures. Although from the looks of it, Iryna’s does too. Yow.
