Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty Basketball Wives Dictionary With Evelyn Lozada And More The mythology of Basketball Wives is rich with unique vernacular and being that we here at BOSSIP are purveyors of such singular style of scribing we can appreciate the way the ladies have branded their favorite phrases. Take a few minutes to watch Evelyn Lozada, Jackie Christie, Shaunie O’Neal and others break down their fan-favorite catchphrases. Press play. Classic! LMAO!
Source: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com / WENN Kim Kardashian Visits San Quentin Inmate on Death Row Kim Kardashian is continuing her efforts to fight for prison reform. Most recently, the aspiring lawyer spent her day at one of America’s most notorious prisons to speak with an accused murderer that she–and many others–believe to be innocent. According to reports from TMZ , Kim visited California’s San Quentin earlier this week to meet with death row inmate Kevin Cooper. The 61-year-old was convicted of killing four people in Chino Hills, California back in the 1980s and was then sentenced to death. Since then, Cooper has maintained his innocence over the last three decades, insisting that he did not kill anyone, and he was framed. His legal team also says that key evidence in the case was not properly analyzed and should be re-tested now–something Kardashian spoke up about on Twitter almost a year ago. Governor Brown, can you please test the DNA of Kevin Cooper? https://t.co/MB4kE03sC4 — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 16, 2018 California’s then-governor Jerry Brown granted Cooper’s request for testing in December of 2018 and ordered new DNA analysis. Though the testing has still not been conducted, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suspended all executions during his term. According to TMZ’s sources, Kim spent two hours speaking with Cooper, and after that, she was on his side and convinced he had been framed. She now plans to do her part in fighting to secure his exoneration and freedom. Only a few weeks ago, it was reported that the Kardashian sister contributed to 90 Days of Freedom a campaign started by Decarceration Collective lawyer MiAngel Cody and Kardashian’s attorney Brittany K. Barnett that helped free 17 federal inmates who were all convicted of low-level drug crimes.
Source: Julia Mindar / Upscale Magazine Tami Roman Covers UPSCALE Magazine As the latest season of “Basketball Wives” prepares for it’s return, Tami Roman has landed the June cover of UPSCALE Magazine. In a press release from UPSCALE the magazine teases their feature thusly: Gearing up for the premiere of her farewell season of Basketball Wives, the New York – born actress, entrepreneur and cultural mainstay lended her reborn swag and tried -and – true wisdom to our summer cover because, frankly, the girl is on fire! With the debut of the issue’s cover will come the first grand -scale presentation of “Tatiana Trill” Roman’s alter -ego and golden ticket back into the music industry. After attaining success as an author, designer, producer and writer, Roman has decided to step back under a different set of spotlights, as a performer, and pick up where she left off more tha n 20 years ago, when we first witnessed her MC ability, on MTV’s Real World. In the cover story, the mother and entertainment mogul talks to editor Satchel B. Jester about everything from living in her truth and settling conflict to establishing legacy and saying no. “I couldn’t be more excited about returning to the cover of UPSCALE, in new, rare form – both in front of the camera and in the candid conversation,” Roman offers. View this post on Instagram @tamiroman has left the building and @iamtatianatrill is front and center, on our cover that is! Summer just got a little hotter, as your favorite multi-hyphenated entertainment femme fatale prepares for her Vh1 special #TamiEverAfter and her final season of #BasketballWives. She’s ready to steal the show with her new, lyric spitting alter-ego! Issue on stands and at upscalemagazine.com . Oh, and go ahead and screenshot this one. It’s a good one for group chats! Writer: Satchel Jester Photographer: Julia Mindar Creative: Jazz Anderson Styling: Winnie Stackz & Lyric Anderson MUA: Star Bahati Hair: Jay Henderson & Hachoo Johnson Visual Editor: Rita G. A post shared by Upscale Magazine (@upscalemagazine) on May 31, 2019 at 9:06am PDT If you look closely you’ll notice that Tami’s daughter Jazz handled the creative and daughter Lyric did some of the styling. Source: Julia Mindar / Upscale Magazine Hit the flip for more photos from her cover shoot.
Source: Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Images for Interscope Records/Theo Wargo True or false??? Is Megan Thee Stallion Dating Money Bagg Yo? Some of Megan Thee Stallion’s hotties are giddying up to conclusions about their fearless and FINE leader. The “Big Ole Freak” rapper who’s been getting girls amped up for a “Stallion Summer” might be spending her time indoors coupled up with a certain Memphis rapper. Rumors have been swirling for WEEKS that Moneybagg Yo is Megan’s secret boo thang after he was spotted in several of her Instagram Lives. Now he’s since made Megan his #WCW and posted this video… View this post on Instagram Eat It Eat Up Da Drip #Dior One of My Favorite Songs Off #43vaHeartless #LinkNbio A post shared by BIG SPEAKER (@moneybaggyo) on May 25, 2019 at 2:08pm PDT and Meg’s seemingly confirming that Moneybagg’s her boo. Thee Stallion reposted a meme on her InstaStory that read; “You can have a hot girl summer and still have a man on the side….who said you had to choose?” YOU CAN HAVE A HOT GIRL SUMMER AND STILL HAVE A MAN ON THE SIDE……… WHO SAID YOU HAD TO CHOOSE? pic.twitter.com/iNIGlSOtvO — AALIYAH (@NOTORIOUSAALI) May 28, 2019 WELP! People (of course) aren’t taking the alleged news too well and they’re questioning why Meg’s jiggling her Hot Girl glutes Moneybagg’s way, in part because he’s got a GANG of kids; seven to be exact. Moneybagg 27 with 7 kids… Meg run!!!!! — Alexandria. (@xanwitdatlean_) May 30, 2019 Hit the flip to see Moneybagg speak on his children.
Source: Chelsea Guglielmino/WireImage Exclusive Chat With “Godzilla” Star Aisha Hinds Incredibly talented actress Aisha Hinds is already legendary. No, seriously, she freed slaves as Harriet Tubman on “Underground,” piloted the Starship Enterprise in “Star Trek: Into Darkness” and now leads the special elite kaiju-battling military squadron in “ Godzilla: King Of The Monsters .” At this point, she’s quite possibly the most diverse (and magical) Black woman in Hollywood who shines in the larger-than-life summer blockbuster about giant monsters (or “titans”) throwing hands (and buildings) for the crown to rule Earth. And if that sounds epic, it absolutely is, especially when you see a fearless woman of color from Brooklyn commanding our last military hope (ON EARTH) in the midst of colossal chaos. So we absolutely had to interview her (and did briefly) just days before the release of the biggest (and boldest) nostalgia-splashed Action Thriller of the summer. Tell us about “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.” How did you get involved with the film? “I was reading the script and realized that this was something that actually resonated–that it’s not just another blockbuster movie that here was a story that was being told with so much heart because Michael Doherty–the guy who’s directing it–Godzilla is such a huge part of the fabric of his life that it’s such a passion project for him that I could feel his soul in wanting to tell this story and give Godzilla fans an experience with it that made him feel the way he felt as a child… And so when they offered this role of “Diane Foster” to me she represented something that doesn’t exist in the world and I felt like that was a beautiful follow-up to Harriet Tubman because here she was in pursuit of something that she had never experienced in life which was freedom and so here with now “Diane Foster” representing something that doesn’t exist in the world which was a woman who is serving as a green beret special forces officer leading an elite squad of team members–as part of Monarch which is a huge part of the history of Godzilla …and women are just now actually passing this special forces assessment and selection phase of military training to be able to go on to the special forces qualification course (which could go up to 24 months) to become green berets and serve as special forces officers so I realized that this was a unique opportunity for me to represent something that doesn’t exist but create the possibility for it to be tangible and visible for it not just to be a woman but a woman of color and so I was really excited about that” We notice that you pick a lot of diverse roles–you were in a “Star Trek” movie–minding your business and doin’ your thing–and we love that about you. You were Harriet Tubman but you’ve also done a lot of things that Black women have NOT done before–ever–has it ever hit you that you’ve accomplished these things in your career? “The thing is, I always look back retrospectively and I know the things I’m drawn to–I know the things that resonate–and when those things resonate and hit that part of your spirit those are things that draw me in and I’m grateful which is why I try to stay in tune with my spirit because, I’m like, I will follow you wherever you lead and if this is where you’ve lead me thus far then I know that there’s more to go… So while I’m in this season of cup runneth over and I’m getting the opportunities to do these things and have all these diverse roles I know there will come a point in my life, in my career, where I’m going to turn that cup over and start pouring into the cup of those behind me in the generation to come and I look forward to that” You mentioned “Underground” and Harriet Tubman and how important that is in your career. Is there still an opening, in your mind, for that to come back? Would you be open to pursuing that again? “Underground” holds a huge part of my heart not just because of the opportunity to play this iconic figure but also the family that was forged from that experience–if that should ever come back around I’d gladly rejoin my family in continuing that narrative because there’s exhaustive content as it pertains to that narrative and that story but also I think we have put into the world 20 episodes of television that will live on forever–20 episodes that I am tremendously tremendously proud of” “Godzilla: King Of The Monsters” in theaters now!
Source: WENN.com / WENN The world is marching to the rhythm of West Africa. Afrobeats have gone global and artists are clamoring to capitalize off of the infectious sound. Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, gets its upbeat and energetic melodies from a hybrid of West African music and American jazz and funk. Wizkid, Davido and Tiwa Savage are just a few of the artists who have helped take Afrobeats abroad, introducing it to the world at large. Its popularity has prompted Sony Music and Universal Music Group to open offices in Lagos, Nigeria to help develop the talent behind the music. With backing like that, Afrobeats has a bright future! For Black Music Month, we put together a playlist that’s sure to get you moving no matter where you are in the world.
Source: Boston Globe / Getty Complex’s Speedy Mormon Follows Lil Nas X Around For A Day Lil Nas X is still on the top of the charts after 8 weeks at number one, and from the looks of it, he’s not slowing down anytime soon. After a video went viral over the weekend that showed the students in Lander Elementary singing “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X decided to make a special appearance to surprise the kids. Speedy Mormon over at Complex linked up with the star to spend the day in Ohio, buy some western gear, and see the excitement from the school children as they get a private performance of “Old Town Road.” Peep the video below to see it all go down:
Source: Courtesy FX Networks / FX Networks Franklin Saint Is Still Slangin’ On Season 3 Of “Snowfall” Ya boy Franklin Saint is bkye! FX Networks just dropped the new trailer for Season 3 of “Snowfall”. Watch it below: This season premieres on July 10th at 10 PM ET/PT on FX. Will you be watching? Follow Snowfall on Social Media Twitter – http://www.Twitter.com/SnowfallFX Instagram – http://www.instagram.com/SnowfallFX Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/SnowfallFX
Source: Max Mumby/Indigo / Getty The Duchess of Sussex has no time for y’all President during his upcoming London trip. According to CBS News , while Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, plan to meet the Royal Family in June, Meghan Markle has decided not to attend any of the festivities. The Royal Family recently announced the details of the trip in a press statement. “The President of the United States, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Mrs. Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom,” it reads. Apparently, the visit will last for three days and will include one event which will consist of a private palace lunch and tea with Prince William , Kate Middleton , Prince Harry and the Trumps, CBS noted. Once again, Markle cannot and will not be bothered. Granted, she recently gave birth and probably would rather spend time with baby Archie, but she’s also no Trump fan. In a 2016 interview with Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore , the former Suits actress called then-presidential candidate Trump “divisive.” “Trump is divisive, think about female voters alone, right? I think it was in 2012, the Republican Party lost the female vote by 12 points; that is a huge number and with as misogynistic as Trump is, and so vocal about it…Trump has made it easy to see that you don’t really want that kind of world that he’s painting,” she said. Listen…we don’t blame her. Girl, stay at home with your baby and live your best life. RELATED NEWS: Meghan Markle Gives Birth To Baby Boy! Next Time, Trump’s Attorney General Should Play The Lotto Instead Of Kamala Harris This Former Black Trump Staffer Is Suing The President For Trying To Kiss Her Without Her Consent [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3027141″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Netflix / Netflix Ava Duvernay was just a teenager when five young Black boys, from Harlem, were arrested and convicted for the rape of a white woman in Central Park on the night of April 19, 1989. So when Raymond Santana, one of the “Central Park 5” sent her a wishful tweet about bringing the Central Park 5 story to the screen, “it meant a lot” to her, she revealed to NPR . Ava and Netflix’s When They See Us chronicles the events of the Central Park Five case that captivated the nation. The four-part series will span 25 years, taking on the wrongful conviction of the boys, as well as highlight their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014. Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Jr., Kevin Richardson and Korey Wise were beaten upon arrest, forced into making false confessions and convicted of a crime they did not commit. They served seven years in prison and were later exonerated only to have a convicted murderer, who was serving a life sentence, eventually confess to the crime. Their story is perfectly aligned with Duvernay’s mission to raise awareness around the injustices of the prison industrial system, which she explored in her critically acclaimed documentary the 13th. When They See Us stars a stellar cast Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Niecy Nash and Blair Underwood, who opened up to us about this role in the series. “My character’s name is Robert Burns and I play the defense attorney to one of the, no longer Central Park 5, the Exonerated 5,” he says making a clear distinction. Burns comes into action in the second hour of the four-hour series. According to Underwood, his character isn’t necessarily “a huge part” of the limited series. Albiet small, the emotional toll of a role like this can’t be underestimated. “Ava did something I’ve never seen on any project I’ve done. She made a grief counselor available to everyone on the set,” Underwood revealed in a candid conversation. “They were up and running by the time I came to set and I’d get e-mails from production that would say this is a very tough material. It’s emotional and it dredges up so much in all of us. Especially the young boys recreating these emotions. To be able to say here’s the person to contact if you need any grief counseling is amazing. It’s apart of what we do. It’s our job as actors to bring those emotions to the forefront and let it manifest. People deal with it different ways.” Underwood said he took several walks to connect with nature after filming. “It’s very deep themes. The thing with this story is there is no distance from history to separate then and now. There’s 30 years logistically but emotionally, how far we’ve come? Theres very little daylight.” When They See Us is on Netflix now. RELATED STORIES: Ava Duvernay, Spike Lee ‘More Of Black Hollywood Recreate The Iconic ‘Great Day In Harlem’ Portrait Secure The Bag! Ava DuVernay Tapped To Direct DC Comics Movie ‘The New Gods’ CBS Picks Up Ava DuVernay’s Drama Pilot ‘Red Line’
