Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Taraji P. Henson On Paychecks, Empire , Jheri Curls & More Finally, Desus & Mero have returned to Showtime with new episodes after a months-long hiatus, and they’re back interviewing some big names. On Thursday, The Bodega Boys sat down with Empire star Taraji P. Henson to talk about being in some hood classics, how she spent her money when she first started getting paid, her A-List rollerskating birthday party, and the upcoming season of Empire (which features Mero’s Lucious Lyon impression). Check out the conversation down below to see wha Taraji has to say:
Source: Courtesy / VH1 “Love And Hip Hop” Star Arrested For Alleged Teen Trafficking Where is Mona Scott??? One of her employees, Sas from on VH1’s “ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ” has just been arrested for allegedly trying to pimp two teenage girls. View this post on Instagram #TheLeaders A post shared by NATURAL BORN LEADER (@sas_nbl) on Oct 14, 2019 at 5:05pm PDT According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Lyndon “Sas” Smith, 26 and his alleged accomplice, James Ruffin, 27, were planning on traveling out of Georgia to pimp the two teens out, police said. The suspects were taken to DeKalb County Jail on charges of criminal attempt to traffic persons for sexual servitude and criminal attempt to pimp a person less than 18 years of age. The specific ages of the teen girls were not released. “Sas” is the brother to Scrapp DeLeon on the show and son to Karen King . He is also supposed to be a rapper — a member of the hip-hop group Da Razkalz CrU. In July 2016, Sas was shot in the back of the head and recovered without serious injuries.
Things got very ugly on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation last night. And, incredibly, none of the drama centered around Jen Harley and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro. Instead, viewers tuned in to see the fallout from last week’s interactions between Zack Clayton Carpinello, Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Angelina Pivarnick. In real time, of course, Farley dumped Carpinello after she watched the previous episode and witnessed how he flirted up a storm with Angelina (while JWoww was passed out at a club). But these installments were filmed months ago — meaning Thursday night gave us a glimpse at at the complete $hitstorm that broke out the day after Zack, Jenni and Angelina got wasted during an evening out… … and Zack totally groped a stunned Angelina on the dance floor. The following morning, Jenni woke up — still in her dress and still drunk. As Zack quietly tried to get her ready for the airport, Vinny talked to Angelina in the living room. “The weirdest thing is I saw you guys dancing at Drai’s, and he grabbed you,” he said, adding that he witnessed Zack “touching your ass.” YES! Thank you! Angelina was ecstatic to hear this. “You saw it! You saw it! I saw your face! Oh, thank God. Thank God! I wasn’t dreaming,” she exclaimed, claiming that Zack told her after the club that he would be calling her to say hi. She thought the entire situation was really odd and felt 24 just got “too comfortable, too quick.” “Even though I don’t like Angelina, I actually agree with her right now, that that was kind of shady situation,” Vin said in a later confessional. “I know that Jenni is looking through Zack-colored lenses right now, but if Jenni finds out about this whole thing, she’s gonna flip out.” Cut to everyone heading home and a text thread getting underway about what the heck happened between Zack and Angelina. “We were in a group chat talking about the night Jenni was drunk in Vegas with 24,” Vinny told the camera. “I made a comment like, ‘Yeah, and how about when Zack was dancing with Angelina?’ Angelina says that Zack was grabbing her, she doesn’t like 24, she’s saying his intentions aren’t good, and that really pissed off Jenni.” From there, the episode delved into a lot of he-said/she-said territory, as a now-sober JWoww tried to piece together what transpired. During a FaceTime call with Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to fill her in, she relayed her boyfriend’s side of the scandalous story. “Angelina’s trying to turn it into something like he grabbed her. She f-cking kissed him!” Jenni shouted into the phone. Elsewhere, Angelina was busy keeping her fiancé, Chris, in the loop. “[Nicole] is texting me saying, ‘What happened in Vegas? Did you make it a big deal that he was dancing with you?'” she read from her phone. “How f-cking dare her?!” Back to Vinny: “Any time you’re on Jenni’s bad side, you’re also on Nicole’s bad side,” he explained. “So Nicole starts to text Angelina like as Jenni’s little attack chihuahua and was like, ‘What are you saying about Zack?’ So now it’s an all-out war. Jenni’s now saying that Angelina tried to kiss Zack, Angelina’s mad that everyone’s teaming up on her, that this is gonna ruin her engagement. “And we’re all about to get together for Deena [Cortese]’s baby’s baptism in just a couple days.” Angelina then cried on Deena’s shoulder at the latter’s house, insisting that she was the one wronged here. “But what did Zack do? He just moved you out of the way?” Deena asked. Angelina said it was an intentional and “inappropriate” grab that was causing major strain on her engagement and life in general. “I’m stressed out. I lost so much weight over all this. This can break up my engagement, you know? Just her saying that? My fiancé thinks that this actually happened, and this is why I’m upset,” she said, wiping away tears. Jenni. for her part, was having trouble of her own… simply because she couldn’t remember anything about the night in question. “I just don’t like being that person that’s like, ‘I don’t remember any of it.’ But I’m glad that I was that level because, if I would’ve saw that, her kissing him, and I was in a state of mind…” she said, imagining laying the smackdown on Angelina. After Vinny tried to explain that Zack had acted inappropriate, Jenni blew him off and said that Carpinello claimed that Angelina kissed him . “I’m sorry, but like, there’s nothing for me to be mad at,” she later told the camera, adding: “Unless Zack like physically cheated on me, not my problem! If he kissed her, that would be a huge problem, but he didn’t! Supposedly, she did. “I don’t trust Angelina. I truly believe Zack. He’s just not capable of lying. There’s nothing for him to gain out of that.” When Deena got together with Jenni and Nicole later that night, she explained that Angelina had come over and cried to her about the situation. “‘Cause she’s guilty!” Jenni yelled. “I would cry, too, if I was like, ‘Damn, I got f-cked up and I kissed someone.’ Zack was like, ‘I have nothing to hide. I would never disrespect you.’ He hasn’t even flinched over it.” ( Editor’s Note : Zack has since owned up to his actions .) At the after-party for Deena’s son’s baptism, Angelina and JWoww were seated at different tables and managed to avoid each other. But Snooki approached Angelina and said: “Don’t be mad at me. I didn’t do anything.” Angelina replied” “Aw, that’s cute, Nicole.” “I texted you to let you know what happened because I black out sometimes,” Snooki explained. “I f-ck up sometimes and I get drunk, and I’m like, ‘What the f-ck did I do?’ That’s why I texted you, to be like, ‘Girl, you were drunk. This is what I was hearing about you.'” Angelina responded, in reference to Zack: “I just think you’re defending someone that you shouldn’t be defending.” Watch Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Season 3 Episode 12 Online And, with that, she left the party alongside Chris. When will the much-hyped Angelina versus Jenni showdown actually take place? Guess we’ll need to tune in next Thursday night to find out!
There’s a baby boom going on right about now at Grey Sloan Memorial. Thursday’s episode of this long in the tooth ABC introduced another pregnancy into the mix. Bailey is the second series regular character to be revealed as pregnant, mere weeks after we learned that Amelia was with child. Given that this series loves to give fans all the feels, it’s difficult to imagine both of these pregnancies being smooth sailing. But how did Bailey learn about her own pregnancy? Well, she had the day from hell. Meredith got interviewed by a publication, and her words were twisted. It sounded like a smear campaign against Grey Sloan Memorial, and all of Grey’s former colleagues were up in arms about it. For her part, Mer felt terrible and decided to put her freedom at risk to get her point across. Instead of completing community service, she returned to the hospital to let Bailey know everything was taken out of context. But Bailey was done with her and their friendship. “I made you study. I made you practice. I was your friend, your mentor and overtime. You needed me, I was there. You can sit there and apologize to me and say all the moving words but the damage has been done,” Bailey said. That was enough for Grey to leave the hospital, but not before she ran into her boyfriend Deluca. They got into it over Mer ditching community service because she could be sent to jail, but the former surgeon wasn’t in the mood to be talked down to. “I don’t need this,” she said to him. “If you think there’s a world where I just sit back when everything’s broken and hurting people and killing people, you don’t really know me at all.” The fate of their relationship was left very much up in the air. As for Bailey, she gave Deluca the Chief Residents’ job, saying that he can fix his girlfriend’s mess, but nobody was happy to have him there. Bailey ultimately worried that she was having a heart attack, just years after the big scare that almost ended her life. She turned to Maggie, who ran some tests and revealed that Bailey was perimenopausal and pregnant. “I heard you, I just don’t understand,” Bailey said. Elsewhere, Koracick wanted to fix the image of the hospital, and he tried to do so by recording a surgery on a child pro bono. Jackson did not want cameras in the operating rooms, so he shut it down. He bickered with Tom about it and ultimately told Tom that he was his boss as he owned part of the hospital. The camera was shut down, and Jackson took on the surgery. Speaking of Tom, he dropped his order for Owen to stay away from him, but the damage was done. Owen had agreed to move to Pac North with Alex and Richard. Wowza. What did you think of all the action? Hit the comments! Watch Grey’s Anatomy Season 16 Episode 4 Online
Fans are so optimistic about Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott getting back together that some think that they’re already dating again. A new report says that this isn’t quite the case, even though they are spending an awful lot of time together and it’s not all about Stormi. But sources close to the couple think that they’ll definitely get back together — and they’ve even worked out a timeline. TMZ reports that, though Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott may have broken up, they’re not entirely acting like it. And though the two had already affirmed their commitment to co-parenting Stormi, it doesn’t look like their time together is all about their daughter. Despite falling out of love, sources describe how Travis has been spending an awful lot of time at Kylie’s house. There are no plans to change this pattern any time soon, of course, as that’s where their precious little girl lives. But after Travis injured his knee on stage during a performance, he’s now recouperating over at Kylie’s. We’re pretty sure that couple breaks up, then man gets injured and must be tended to and they fall back in love is a standard romance premise. But even on the nights when Travis does not sleep over, he’s clearly still taking a walk down memory lane. On those nights, the rapper sleeps at the Beverly Hills home where he and Kylie and Stormi had previously lived together. Travis and Kylie are intentionally working on co-parenting as friends. Friendship is a different dynamic than what they had before. But the calendar itself is going to force the two to spend even more time together, because the holidays are coming up. As evidenced by Kim taking the reins of the big Kardashian Christmas Eve party last year, the holidays are a huge deal for that family. It makes sense, when you have such a large and very close family all living in such proximity to each other. Travis and Kylie are going to make sure that they’re both there for Stormi as her parents to give her “normal” holiday experiences. And even though they’re not currently a couple, some who’ve had their eyes on these two expect that to change before too long. The holidays can bring people closer, and Kylie does have a pattern of getting back with her exes … again and again and again. Kylie and Travis have a lot of unusual factors in their relationship that make them better able to co-parent after a breakup. For one thing, they are both rich. Travis is a millionaire. Kylie is a billionaire. When money is not a stress factor, either for childcare or vacations or anything else, it’s just easier to focus on your child after a breakup. They also became pregnant within weeks of dating, so they didn’t really have a lot of relationship baggage — good or bad — from before the baby bump. They also didn’t have a messy breakup. Despite unsubstantiated cheating rumors , more credible reports say that they just fell out of love. These factors make them better able to co-parent harmoniously, which is very much to the benefit of their daughter. Stormi delights in both of her parents and is growing up faster than any of us can believe. In a recent video, Stormi was listening to a song in which Kylie sings, but demanded that Kylie play music where “daddy sings.” Kylie was clearly amused by this request. Stormi was toddling around, holding the phone, and even tried to swipe the screen. She’s going to have a blast over these holidays. She may even form some lasting memories this time around. As for Kylie and Travis … no one knows the future, but there’s a decent chance that they’ll fall back into old habits under the mistletoe. View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Playboy Cover: Revealed, Very Busty!
Bad news today for Teen Mom 2's Nathan Griffith – and it might also be some rare good news for his long-suffering ex, Jenelle Evans. The Ashley's Reality Roundup first reported that Griffith was arrested for driving while impaired in North Carolina on Thursday night. If he were a first time offender, Nathan probably wouldn't have much to worry about … but this is Nathan we're talking about here. Obviously, if you know his history, he's very far from that, and he's also in the midst of a particularly ugly custody battle with Jenelle. How does she feel about this right about now? Is his misfortune the lucky break she needed in the battle for their young son Kaiser? Well, it seems there'll be some cause for celebration on The Land tonight, and not just because of killing pigs or some redneck s–t. Take a look: 1. Busted Yes, it’s another arrest for another troubled Teen Mom 2 baby daddy, who was once engaged to Jenelle Evans before their relationship went horribly, terribly wrong. And this run-in with the law may have some major repercussions for Nate the Not-So-Great. 2. Nate the Not-So Great According to celebrity news site The Ashley’s Reality Roundup, Griffith was picked up by Wake County cops on Thursday. He was allegedly driving while impaired, and dude is still behind bars at press time. 3. Bad Stuff As far as we know, he’s currently being held on $10,000 bail. It’s not clear what Nathan’s financial situation is, but that five-figure sum is not a paltry amount to fork over just to secure your own freedom pending trial. 4. Waiting … Not the Hardest Part This Time According to The Ashley, Griffith may not get sprung until he goes before a judge. He is currently “awaiting trial,” and is scheduled to go before a judge on Friday. 5. A Dubious Distinction Nate, of course, is best known as the former fiance of Jenelle and the father of her son Kaiser, her second child. 6. Not a Competition, But … Granted, Nathan doesn’t have nearly as many mug shots as Jenelle (who does, in all seriousness?!), but he’s got quite a lengthy rap sheet of his own, and that’s likely to come back to haunt him to at least some degree here. View Slideshow
This week’s new Keeping Up With The Kardashians trailer showed, among other things, some intense feuding. Kim and Kourtney sound like they are once again at each other’s throats. A report says that Kris worries that, even if their fights are good for ratings, one day it could tear apart their close-knit family. An inside source opened up to HollywoodLife about the rising and ebbing tensions between Kim and Kourtney. “The girls do fight very dirty,” the insider acknowledges of the sisters. The source adds: “They don’t hold back and often say very hurtful things.” Yeah, they’ve more or less made a whole career out of that. And even after all of these seasons of filming, as we saw in the recent trailer, they’re still fully capable of putting each other on blast. The only good thing about their fights is that, when the sisters have differences, they aren’t allowed to fester for long. “But, they also don’t shy away from talking about it,” the insider observes. “When things get ugly,” the source adds. “Kris forces them to talk it out.” “She works very hard to play peacemaker when her girls fight,” the insider notes. The source explains: “because she knows how important it is that they stick together.” Kris is sure to emphasize to her children that solidarity is a source of strength. She drives home that message again and again. “If they don’t have each other they have nothing,” the insider characterizes. According to the source: “One of Kris’ biggest fears is that they’ll get into some sort of ugly family feud.” “She knows it could tear them apart,” the insider acknowledges. Second perhaps only to already being rich and beautiful, the way that the Kardashian family works together has been a key to their success. So, what about that nasty feuding that we saw in the Season 17 trailer? “Kourtney and Kim are getting along as of today,” the source announces. “They’ve always been the ones in the family that fight the most,” the insider notes. We been knew , as they say. “It’s been that way since they were very young,” the source reminds the world. “They love hard and fight just as hard.” In the Keeping Up With The Kardashians trailer that aired just days ago, Kris’ concern was palpable. “I feel like the really funny side of you guys outweighed the mean side,” the momager expressed to her daughters. Kris added: “And I feel like it’s gotten a little Mean Girls .” Nice nod to Kris’ role in Ariana Grande’s “Thank U Next” music video. Kourtney can be heard vocally complaining about her younger sibling. “Kim can be the biggest f–king evil person on the planet,” Kourt gripes. This is when we hear a furious Kim announces that she’s icing out Kourtney. “We’re firing Kourtney, she’s out,” she declares angrily. Kris clearly tries to calm Kim. “As much as I love you,” she tells her daughter. “You fight a lot dirtier than you used to fight.” “I feel like we just need to press a reset button,” Kris expresses. She adds: “You guys have got to get back to the fact that we’re just family.” View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Playboy Cover: Revealed, Very Busty!
Leah Messer takes a lot of vacations these days. Often — but not always — in the company of her Teen Mom 2 bestie, Kailyn Lowry, Leah has been hitting some of the finest beaches in North and Central America. It's hard to think of a downside in that lifestyle, but when you're famous and you post a lot of swimsuit photos, the trolls are sure to crawl out from under their bridges and try to tear you down. Small price to pay for the way Leah's been living, but still — this one had to hurt. Take a look: 1. Caught ‘Shopping? Leah Messer has been accused of photoshopping her latest swimsuit photo. And the people “calling her out” have been brutal in their commentary. 2. Not the Leah We Know Leah is generally regarded as one of the least-vain stars in the Teen Mom universe, and as far as we know, she’s never been caught retouching her photos before. 3. Keeping the Streak Alive And as far as we can tell, she hasn’t been caught retouching her photos this time, either. 4. The Snowball Effect Yes, Leah was “called out” by one hater and dozens of others followed suit — but we’re really not seeing any evidence of foul play here. 5. Haters Gonna Hate “God the photoshopping is horrible! Why even bother. I’m sure tons of people saw you in person on the trip,” wrote one such fiend. 6. What a Messer As far as we can tell, some people don’t understand how water can create a visual distortion effect. That’s really all we can come up with for why so many are convinced this pic has been altered. View Slideshow
Source: Andrew Chin / Getty Amazon’s foray into the music business is nothing new. With this latest announcement, it just shows how serious the tech giant is about making its mark in the industry. Amazon, who hosted an event like its concert for Prime Day, will now be holding its own Intersect festival in Las Vegas. The two-day event will be put on by Amazon’s subsidiary Amazon Web Services. It will be headlined by Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters and Kacey Musgraves. Other names on the bill include Anderson .Paak, Brandi Carlile, Chvrches, H.E.R. and Leon Bridges. Musical performances will not be the only thing attendees can enjoy. There will be plenty of fun activities to partake in, which will including a massive ball pit, “post-apocalyptic dodgeball stadium,” and a video arcade. Food and cocktails will as well as art installations like the “Monolith,” which is a six-story high tower of video art. Women in tech will also be celebrated with a light show consisting of 500 drones which will be programmed and led by a female-lead team. The festival takes place on December 6 and 7 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. If you’re interested in attending, tickets will only cost you $169 and are currently on sale now and can be purchased when you go here . View this post on Instagram The Intersect 2019 full lineup is here Dec 6-7, Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Weekend and single-day tickets on-sale now Link in bio! A post shared by Intersect Festival (@intersect) on Oct 16, 2019 at 6:10am PDT — Photo: Andrew Chin / Getty
Source: BG005/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Amber Rose is a muva again ! Last week Rose and her boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards celebrated the birth of their son Slash Electric Alexander Edwards, but hadn’t shared many pictures of their child until just recently. Taking to her IG page, Rose shared a pic of her newborn with his Uncle Joey (cut. It. Out) and a video of Edwards playing with his first child has also began circulating the web. View this post on Instagram Uncle Joey came to visit @isaiahjoseph #SlashElectric A post shared by Amber Rose (@amberrose) on Oct 13, 2019 at 11:18am PDT View this post on Instagram Happy For You Guys. #ae4president #amberrose A post shared by Newborn Arrival® (@newbornarrival) on Oct 15, 2019 at 4:26pm PDT This makes two children for Rose as she also has a 6-year-old son, Sebastian, with her ex-husband, Wiz Khalifa. Though she can now finally enjoy her new bundle of joy, it’s been a difficult time for Rose as she’s publicly called out toxic friends and even canceled her own Slut Walk for the year to focus on herself and her new family. Hopefully the birth of her new son is just the beginning of better days for Rose.
