Source: JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX / Getty After being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s BET Awards and a show-stopping performance, Mary J. Blige has more reasons to celebrate and be celebrated. It has been announced that the Queen of Hip-Hop & R&B has inked a television deal with Lionsgate via her production company. Deadline reports : R&B/hip-hop icon Mary J. Blige and her newly launched Blue Butterfly production company have signed a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate. Under the exclusive pact she will develop and produce series as well as have the opportunity to create content across the company’s other business platforms. A nine-time Grammy winner and an Oscar nominee in 2018 for Mudbound in both Supporting Actress and Best Song categories, Blige currently stars in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy. Upcoming projects include films Violent Heart and Body Cam, and she was recently cast to provide a voice in DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls sequel Trolls World Tour. Blige, who has seven platinum albums and 31 total Grammy noms, is also launching a North American music tour with Nas this summer. On Sunday, she received the lifetime achievement award at the BET Awards. Congrats go out to Mary J. Blige! — Photo: Getty
Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital Megan Thee Stallion is not trying to hear any backlash about a resurfaced tweet from 2011 where she used a homophobic slur. “Aw hell naw! This lil fa—t just pissed me off!” she wrote. The Houston hot girl said she tweeted that comment when she was in high school and the 8-year-old tweet doesn’t reflect her views today. “You going this far over a tweet from 2012?” she tweeted even though it was tweeted in 2011. “That obviously meant no harm coming from me in high school. You mfs are sick.” Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). The “Big Ole Freak” rapper said she previously apologized for the tweets and will not tolerate anymore criticism. “I’ve already apologized for tweets that obviously do not represent my views now. I don’t do nothing but show love to everyone so just stop.” By the looks of the replies on Twitter, her fans are far from cancelling her and it’s still going to be a hot girl summer. 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 I’ve already apologized for tweets that obviously do not represent my views now. I don’t do nothing but show love to everyone so just stop — HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) June 27, 2019 Plus wtf does this tweet have to do with anything? I was afraid someone pulled a tweet or u being homophobic or something else –but clearly… pic.twitter.com/4Cm0DXPYOh — J. Prince of All Saiyans (@TatianaKing) June 27, 2019 This story was originally published on MadameNoire.com . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1986512″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : See All The Adorable Photos Of Trey Songz’s Son, Noah Tina Lawson Proudly Shows Off Beyoncé’s Waist-Length Hair [VIDEO] “I Lost Everything Twice”: Fantasia Explains Why She Does Everything For Herself Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Sarah Stier / Getty NBA Draftees Play “Name The 90’s” Ready to feel old? Some of today’s recent NBA draftees are even younger than you probably think. In a game with ESPN called ‘Name The 90s’, some of these kids had no idea who Beyonce was on the cover of Destiny’s Child’s first album. Another travesty included not recognizing Outkast. Do you think these kids are really this clueless about the late 90’s?? Hit play to feel ancient. We took “Name the 90's” to the #NBADraft and these NBA players are WAY younger than you thought pic.twitter.com/e4aJ5hkag0 — ESPN (@espn) June 21, 2019
Source: ATL Pics / Radio One Digital Da Baby Performs At #BirthdayBashATL2019 Da Baby a.ka. “the prettiest chocolate n***a alive” brought his charm to Hot 107.9’s #BirthdayBashATL2019. The Charlotte rapper whose known not only for his tracks “Suge” and “Baby Sitter” but for being your girlfriend’s celebrity crush , was spotted backstage at Atlanta’s Statefarm Arena where he chatted with BOSSIP’s Alex, Sammie Always and Dish Nation… View this post on Instagram We just ended but pics are coming in Check em out @atlpics Presented by @att #ItsA404Thing A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 15, 2019 at 9:55pm PDT before hitting the stage for a high-energy performance. View this post on Instagram @dababy on that #BirthdayBashATL stage @atlpics Presented by @att #ItsA404Thing A post shared by Hot 107.9 Atlanta (@hot1079atl) on Jun 16, 2019 at 7:52am PDT We’re still going baby on baby for Da Baby. Source: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net / Radio One See more of Da Baby at Birthday Bash on the flip.
It’s been 25 years since Kurt Cobain tragically took his own life , and we’re sure the rock legend’s loved ones still miss him every day. Well, all except for Courtney Love, that is, who apparently chatted with Kurt’s ghost a few years after he died and was pretty unimpressed by the encounter. This information comes to us courtesy of Love’s latest interview with NME , in which she reveals that she received a spectral visit from Cobain while she was dating Edward Norton in the late ’90s. “When I moved to Hancock Park from Seattle with [daughter] Frances and Edward, I saw Kurt in a chair for a moment and he said hi to me and then he left,” she told the magazine. Somehow, this story is both surprising and totally predictable. We’re always taken aback to hear a sober (we assume) recollection of an otherworldly encounter. But at the same time, of course Courtney Love claims to have seen Kurt Cobain’s ghost, and of course he gave a casual “‘sup” and went on his ghostly way. Our younger readers might not remember this, but in the years before seething rage took over the world, excessive displays of emotion were considered deeply uncool, and Kurt was the king of the Apathetic 90s Guys. We don’t know why anyone would expect anything different from his ghost. A quick solo unplugged set would’ve been cool and all, but as long as Ghost Kurt was rocking a moth-eaten cardigan, we’ll accept that his final appearance was fully on-brand. On a related note, shout-out to Courtney Love for still being alive. We’re not trying to be morbid or anything, but really, who saw that one coming? Not only is Courtney still kicking despite having ingested every substance on the planet, she actually seems to be doing pretty well for herself. Against all odds, Love has even repaired her relationship with her 26-year-old daughter. Last we checked in on the family, Courtney and Frances were paying tribute to Kurt on his birthday. So much has changed in the decades since the Nirvana frontman has been gone that it’s hard to believe Cobain would only be in his early fifties. Obviously, we joked around a lot here today, but reflecting on that sort of thing highlights how tragic every suicide really is. Young victims miss out on so very much: some of it good, much of it bad, but all of it worth experiencing.
Jennifer Lopez makes it too easy to love her. Let’s all please take a moment to applaud her for her latest performance. No — not for her singing, acting, or her incredible dancing skills — but because she just made the most hilarious and savage comment ever. Lopez recently opened up to her fans by sharing new behind-the-scenes footage from her mini-documentary “It’s My Party: Showtime!” while on the road for her 50th birthday tour. She opened up about her past, her show preparations, and of course, Alex Rodriguez. J. Lo even shared details on her upcoming wedding with A. Rod (“the one”) , who proposed in March after more than two years together. “Now it’s been three years now,” the mother of two said of her romance with the former MLB player. “[We’ll get married] soon, not soon-soon, but next year.” “I’d like a big wedding, I’d like to get married in a church this time. Never been married in a church,” she shared. The singer then got real about an area we’re all interested in, whether we like to admit it or not — her long list of ex lovers. Over the course of her career, she’s reportedly dated Diddy, Ben Affleck, Casper Smart, back-up dancer Cris Judd and Drake (!) . To name just a few. The Second Act star has also been previously married… three times. But it’s all good because she informed us that her first two marriages didn’t even count. (Cue applause). While Lopez was busy filling us all in on her wedding plans, she took a moment to explain why she was married three times prior to Rodriguez. For those of you who don’t know, J. Lo was married twice before her marriage to Marc Anthony, with whom she shares 11-year-old twins Max and Emme. The first was to a waiter in 1997 and then to a dancer in 2001. “I’ve been married three times, and one was nine months and one was 11 months, so I don’t really count those ,” she said. “But I was married to Marc for 10 years, with the kids.” “I was very young the first two times I tried to get married,” she reasoned while laughing. “I’m saying tried .” She also went on to admit that she tends to want to be with someone who is around all the time. “It seems like in this life you’re always surrounded by people, you’re never lonely — but it’s very lonely,” she said. “So you always want somebody with you. “And I felt like if I got married, I felt like I would always have somebody, but that’s not how life works,” she added. Ultimately, she acknowledged that getting married for the company was “a bad reason.” But luckily with A. Rod, things are different. This will mark Jen’s fourth ( sorry, second) walk down the aisle — but she knows this marriage will last because she’s getting married to someone who makes her a better person. “The right one is when you find somebody who makes you better,” she said. We’re very happy for J. Lo and that she finally found the right guy! And from the looks of their adorable and happy blended family , we are sure things will work out in Lopez’s favor this *second* time around.
The cast of Sister Wives is back on camera as filming begins on the new season . This is welcome news for fans of the series (who miss the drama), as well as the Browns themselves (who really need that TLC paycheck right about now). But one thing you won’t see in the new season is the hilarious baby bump photo that Maddie Brown just revealed on her Instagram Story. The 23-year-old Sister Wives star is now in her third trimester, and wow does it show! Maddie took the selfie from an unusual angle that puts her huge baby bump front and center. She really wants us to know she’s far along. And it’s not just the baby who’s almost ready. We can tell Maddie’s ready to get this over with too. If the nonplussed look on her face doesn’t tell you this girl is over it, she spells it out in the caption. “I am about 98% done mentally with being pregnant,” Maddie writes. Maddie fittingly included a smiley face with a sweat drop emoji, usually used to signify a mixture of relief and discomfort. Maddie’s first child, two-year-old Axel, seems to be entertaining himself on the couch in the background. Meanwhile, Maddie’s husband Caleb Brush sits nearby, apparently taking a phone call, keeping an eye on Axel, and generally being too busy to be in this photo right now. This is not Maddie’s first baby bump photo. It’s not really her cutest, either. But it might be her realest! We all know pregancy isn’t always graceful or glamorous. It can also be messy, chaotic, even dangerous. And it can make everday tasks an exhausting challenge. It’s refreshing that Maddie chose to share this candid, genuine, slightly stress-inducing moment with us. All that said, Maddie looks happy, healthy, and positvely glowing in plenty other pregancy photos, and we know she’s really excited to meet the new baby. “This pregnancy feels less real for some reason,” Maddie told Us Weekly in January. “But I’m still over the moon,” she added. Of course it’s been a while since that first announcement in January. We’re betting the situation feels a lot more real now that she’s sporting that baby bump. Despite being “98% done mentally,” Maddie still has some time to prepare before the big day — her new baby isn’t due until August. We can’t be sure if Maddie and Caleb have picked out a name yet, but we learned back in April that the two will be expecting a baby girl. The couple posed together on Instagram, where they made the announcement publicly. Caleb was shocked to learn he would be having a daughter. He was reportedly so surprised by the news that he made the ultrasound tech check three times, just to be sure. “I just had it in my head it would be a boy,” Caleb said in a statement to People . It almost sounds like he’s a little disappointed, but both Caleb and Maddie have said they are excited to be welcoming a girl into the family. One person who’s definitely not disappointed? Maddie’s mother, Sister Wives star Janelle Brown. “My mom was so excited and shocked, she got a little teared up,” Maddie told People. “Something about a girl I guess,” she concluded. We’ll likely see plenty more of Maddie’s baby bump between now and the due date. And hopefully, we’ll catch a glimpse of Janelle’s future granddaughter on the next season of Sister Wives . View Slideshow: Kody Brown: Sorry, Sister Wives, I’m a One-Woman Man Now!
Earlier this week, we reported on the surprising news that Katy Perry and Taylor Swift have officially ended their feud . While the pop landscape might be a more peaceful place as a result, it was undeniably a sad day for fans of petty celebrity rivalries. Fortunately, the equally-entertaining Taylor Swift-Kim Kardashian feud appears to be going strong! Taylor just dropped a new single entitled “You Need to Calm Down,” and while the song is ostensibly a straightforward pro-LGBTQ anthem, many fans ate convinced that several lines have double meanings and are intended as subtle jabs against Kim. Kim’s prison reform efforts brought her back to the White House today, and the 38-year-old apparently feels that Swift’s new song cast a shadow over what should have been one of the proudest moments of her career. “Apparently, Taylor will never be done shading Kim, but Kim is letting her appearance at the White House yesterday speak for itself,” a source close to the situation tells Radar Online. “It just so happened that the day Taylor announced her album, Kim spoke at the White House in front of the whole world, completely blowing her out of the water.” The insider says Taylor’s sly disses were not lost on Kim, who selected her attire for today in order to send a message to Swift: “And it is no coincidence at all that Kim wore green, the color of the snake,” the source claims. Using a White House event on prison reform as an opportunity to throw subtle shade at a pop star sounds insane — but then again, so does everything else about 2019. So Radar’s interpretation is that Taylor’s new single just happened to drop on the same day that Kim spoke at the White House. But the folks over at Cosmo make a pretty convincing argument that Swift planned it that way and loaded her lyrics with coded jabs at Trump. As many have observed on Twitter, it might not be a coincidence that the song was released on the Donald’s birthday. And the progressive lyrics present exactly the sort of argument that tends to deepen the president’s perma-scowl: “You are somebody that we don’t know / But you’re coming at my friends like a missile / Why are you mad? / When you could be GLAAD?” Swift sings at one point. “Sunshine on the street at the parade / But you would rather be in the dark ages,” she later croons. “’Cause shade never made anybody less gay.” Obviously, much of this situation is open to interpretation, but the Radar source assures us that things are about to escalate rapidly: “Kim will continue to drop more subtle hints on social media as more of Taylor’s album becomes revealed,” the insider claims. “She is really sick of it, but at the end of the day they both kind of live for it.” Fortunately, so do we! View Slideshow: Kim Kardashian Calls Out Jack in the Box, Ignites Voracious Fast Food Feud
Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Kit Harington In Rehab We’re sending our sincerest and most heartfelt thoughts to the King in the North. Page Six is reporting that Kit Harrington has been quietly staying in a Connecticut rehab facility for weeks leading up to the “Game Of Thrones” series finale. The facility that’s been dubbed a “luxury” treatment center is helping Kit cope with stress and alcohol abuse. Page Six adds that the iconic series’ ending “really hit him hard” and the star’s been there for nearly a month, arriving weeks before the show’s finale on May 19. The British actor is reportedly undergoing “psychological coaching, practicing mindful meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy to combat stress and deal with negative emotions at the facility”, which costs over $120,000 a month. Page Six adds that his wife Rose Leslie, 32, whom he met on the set of “GoT” and played Jon Snow’s Wildling companion Ygritte, is being “extremely supportive” and when fans see Kit out and about, he tells them he’s in town “on vacation.” View this post on Instagram #roseleslie #rose #kitharington #couple #gameofthrones A post shared by Rose Leslie (@roseleslie_got) on May 15, 2019 at 8:19am PDT “He [Kit] realized ‘this is it — this is the end’, it was something they had all worked so hard on for so many years. He had a moment of, what next? “He’s in the clinic predominantly for stress and exhaustion and also alcohol. “His wife Rose is being extremely supportive. Everyone close to him really wanted him to get some rest. Right now, he just needs peace and quiet.” Kit has been open and honest about “Game Of Thrones’” effect on him. He told Variety that he went to therapy after learning that his character Jon Snow died and came back to life, citing “terrifying pressure” as the reason for him needing mental health assistance. “It wasn’t a very good time in my life,” he said to Variety. “I felt I had to feel that I was the most fortunate person in the world when actually, I felt very vulnerable. I had a shaky time in my life around there — like I think a lot of people do in their 20s.” “My darkest period was when the show seemed to become so much about Jon when he died and came back,” he explained. “I really didn’t like the focus of the whole show coming onto Jon. “When you become the cliffhanger of a TV show, and a TV show probably at the height of its power, the focus on you is f—–g terrifying. “That was a time when I started therapy and started talking to people,” he said, “I had felt very unsafe, and I wasn’t talking to anyone.” View this post on Instagram It’s called fashion, sweetie. Look it up. #FashionWeek A post shared by HBO (@hbo) on Feb 9, 2019 at 7:37am PST Mental health is no joke, we’re praying Kit gets the help he needs. He did a tremendous job bringing Jon Snow to life, he deserves some solace.
IM THIS OLD pic.twitter.com/AjpkS68iGp — Lil Cutty (@LilCutty) May 12, 2019 Hilarious “I’m This Years Old” Memes Nostalgia is a helluva drug that we absolutely CANNOT get enough of so we had to bring you the absolute BEST (and funniest) of the “I’m This Years Old” challenge blowing up the whole entire internet. Im this years old pic.twitter.com/XQbX3IyxJV — 8ball (@underrated_53) May 21, 2019 Peep the best (and funniest) “I’m this years old” tweets on the flip.
