Mariah Carey Is Spending $100k A Month For This $23 Million Beverly Hills Mansion Looks like Mariah Carey isn’t having too tough a time spending the “inconvenience fee” that she allegedly finessed out of her ex-spon-…boyfriend James Packer. According to TMZ , Mimi is cutting a check for $100,000 every single month to lease a $23 million Beverly Hills home. The property sports 9 bedroom and 10 bathrooms in addition to a tennis court, pool, movie theater and bowling alley. Flip the page to see more of how Mariah, dem babies, and dat dancer will be living on the west side of things. Images via TheAgencyRE/WENN
Ever since the world learned that Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt , the tabloid press has been churning out a non-stop string of mostly made-up reasons that the A-list couple decided to part ways. Things started off plausibly enough with various outlets blaming Pitt’s drug use . It wasn’t long, however, before the rumor mill jumped the shark with theories about Angelina cheating with Johnny Depp . The truth seems to be that Angie’s decision to split is related to Brad being investigated for child abuse , but the Internet is still having fun speculating, dammit, and we’re not about to let a little thing like the truth get in the way of some solid gossip! The latest theory comes to us courtesy of TMZ (who, to be fair, has been pretty accurate on all things Brangie up to this point). The site claims that Brad felt Angelina was simply too focused on philanthropy and charity work. Yes, apparently they felt that rumors about Brad physically and verbally abusing his kids weren’t damaging enough to his reputation. So decided to toss “He hates the Third World!” into the mix. According to unnamed sources, Brad felt that Angelina was overly concerned with saving the world, to the detriment of her relationships with her children. The insiders say Pitt felt that Jolie was fully “obsessed with becoming the head of the United Nations” and that her ambition had “caused major marital issues.” It seems that Brad not only felt that Angelina’s commitment to helping citizens of war-torn and impoverished nations was preventing her from spending time with her children, he was also concerned about her traveling with the kids to unsafe regions. Apparently, Jolie recently took her older kids to Lebanon and Iraq. Brad reluctantly signed off on the trip, but he reportedly drew the line when Angelina proposed taking the children to Syria. Obviously, it’s anyone’s guess as to whether that argument really went down, but if there’s any truth to this story, you can count us as squarely Team Brad. There’s a reason Syrians are fleeing the country in droves. It’s not really a great field trip destination. View Slideshow: Angelina Jolie Divorces Brad Pitt, Celebrities React in SHOCK But hey, we’re glad that the current geo-political climate has entered #BrokenBrangelina fray. Now all we need is space travel to somehow get involved.
Ready for a look at what transpired on Madam Secretary? Good. Let’s do this! Watch Madam Secretary Season 2 Episode 20 Online On the latest installment of this CBS drama, Elizabeth formally condemned the terrorist group Hizb-Al Shahid when she delivered her very first speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Later during the hour, she met with the Russian Foreign Minister to talk about forming a coalition. However, these discussions created a conflict of interest with Henry, who was searching for a way to save Dmitri’s ill sister. Click on the video above to watch Madam Secretary online and find out what else took place this week.
At the tender age of six, Sophia Abraham has gotten her first taste of fame. “This is Sophia’s first Fashion Week ,” Farrah Abraham told Us Weekly at Bound by the Crown's fashion show on February 13. Sophia was unable to walk in the show because her flight from Texas got in late that morning (the worst, amiright?), but she did get to sit front-row in an outfit designed by Game of Crowns star, Susanna Paliotta. It'll take a solid two hours to remove all that makeup from Sophia's face, PS. 1. “Smile For The Camera” ‘Mom, I want to do this more and I want to do more modeling,'” Sophia told her mom. 2. Glinda? Is that you? What’s a red carpet without Ms. United Nations? 3. #Poise “Sophia is really professional,” Abraham told Us. “I’m not surprised because I know how well behaved my daughter is and I’m so thankful. Bless me!” 4. She’s Not a Momager, So Get Over It. But she does love a good fight. “I’m just about social justice,” Abraham said of her battles with other celebrities. “Amen to women like me!” 5. A Normal Pose for a Six-Year-Old “If my daughter says she doesn’t like something, I don’t do it,” Abraham claimed. “It’s up to Sophia.” 6. “I Need More Bunny. Give Me More Bunny!” Heavy is the hand that applied the eyeliner. View Slideshow
A working group for the United Nations confirmed that being a woman in the U.S. is far from easy, and although we’ve come a long way, there’s so much more to go. Last week, the group released a report which detailed several aspects of how women are still actively discriminated against in America.
Haitians Criticize Beyoncé’s Trip As Futile Celeb Photo Op Sak pase? Via NYTimes The American Embassy in Haiti wanted to show a notable visitor — in this case, the pop superstar Beyoncé — some of the progress made since the 2010 earthquake. So it did what many people do: turned to Facebook this weekend to ask for advice from the 119,000 people who have “liked” its page. It ended up with a lesson in the perils of crowdsourcing, especially for a government whose long history in the country always fires up passions. Many took the occasion to post skepticism with the parade of such celebrity visits and frustration with the pace of rebuilding in Haiti, reflecting the strong sentiment there that things could be a lot better five years later. “Just another celebrity photo opportunity,” griped one user, La’Keba Garcia, who said she was a frequent visitor to Haiti. The user Dous Makòs, said Beyoncé should go, “Nowhere, because there’s no progress.” The embassy did not answer a query about its post and whether Beyoncé had taken up any recommendations. She visited Haiti over the weekend with Valerie Amos, the United Nations humanitarian affairs chief, but the full itinerary was not disclosed. In a Tweet on Monday afternoon, the U.N. agency said the two had visited patients at a pediatric hospital and earthquake survivors. American officials have struggled to convince people that progress is being made after a quake that took 300,000 lives and left millions without homes. These social media campaigns go left just about EVERY time. When will they learn? SMH. Wonder if Bey Bey made one of those infamous clandestine Carter donations… Image via Instagram
Every once in a while in the black beauty world the blonde bomb drops. Celebs hop on the hair color trend and trade in their dark tresses for something a little fairer. When I was a teen there was Mary J. Blige, Lil Kim and Faith Evans. More recently it’s been Nicki Minaj, Ciara and Ashanti…. Continue
Good to see Naomi lending her support. Naomi Campbell Helps UN Women For Peace End Violence Against Women If only more celebrities would follow her example. According to Essence: In celebration of International Women’s Day, Naomi Campell joined the UN Women for Peace’s March To End Violence Against Women campaign on Friday. The supermodel joined other powerful female figures at the United Nations Building in New York City and marched through Manhattan to shed light on efforts towards rights and equality for women. Campbell delivered a speech at the event and was even moved to tears by the unity shown and the inspiring words shared throughout the day. She received praise for her emotional address and later tweeted her gratitude saying, “thank you was an honor to be #unwomenforpeace.” We’re sure Naomi will continue to inspire and help those in need. WENN
Good to see Naomi lending her support. Naomi Campbell Helps UN Women For Peace End Violence Against Women If only more celebrities would follow her example. According to Essence: In celebration of International Women’s Day, Naomi Campell joined the UN Women for Peace’s March To End Violence Against Women campaign on Friday. The supermodel joined other powerful female figures at the United Nations Building in New York City and marched through Manhattan to shed light on efforts towards rights and equality for women. Campbell delivered a speech at the event and was even moved to tears by the unity shown and the inspiring words shared throughout the day. She received praise for her emotional address and later tweeted her gratitude saying, “thank you was an honor to be #unwomenforpeace.” We’re sure Naomi will continue to inspire and help those in need. WENN
And we thought the justice system was harsh in our country… 42 Criminals Executed In Iraq over 2-Day Period More than three dozen people found guilty of crimes were executed in Iraq recently over the course of a 2-day period. via NBC News Iraq executed 42 people, including a woman, for mass killings and other “terrorism” offenses over the past week, the justice ministry and the United Nations said following a surge in sectarian violence. The U.N. mission in Iraq said on Thursday it was concerned about the executions, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Amnesty International described the news as “extremely alarming.” Both urged Baghdad to immediately suspend the death penalty, which rights groups say has been used with increasing frequency by Iraqi authorities in recent years. Sixty-eight death sentences were carried out in 2011, according to Amnesty. The 42 hanged this week amounted to almost a third of the total number the campaign group said were put to death in all of 2012, when Iraq ranked third in a list of countries that carried out the most executions, behind China and Iran. “The criminals were found guilty of terrorist crimes… (that) led to the deaths of dozens of innocent citizens, as well as other crimes aimed at destabilizing the security and stability of the country and causing chaos and terror among the people,” Minister of Justice Hassan al-Shimary said in a statement. Do you agree with the way that other countries reprimand their criminals? Shuttesrtock Continue reading →
