Source: WIN-Initiative / Getty According to officials Federal Law Enforcement are already in Atlanta before the Super Bowl, preparing for a city crack down on human trafficking. Their mission is to find traffickers ahead of the big game, as well as possibly be a deterrent to traffickers coming out of state. The FBI will be partner with local law enforcement to coordinate raids, undercover stings, as well as normal patrol. They will also be monitoring social media throughout Super Bowl week. 24.9 million people are trafficked in forced labor with 4.8 milion being forced into sexual exploitation. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Source: Gregory Shamus / Getty Kyrie Irving is learning that being a leader of a bunch of overachieving young stars is tough as hell in the NBA . It’s such a daunting task in fact that Irving had to call his former teammate LeBron James and apologize for being the same way during their time together on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie on calling LeBron: “The responsibility of being the best in the world and leading your team is something that is not meant for many people. … Only few are meant for it, or chosen for it, and I feel like the best person to call was him.” — Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) January 17, 2019 Look at the growth. The epiphany and phone call happened after a very tough loss to the Orlando Magic last Saturday Irving revealed Wednesday night. Fresh off a fantastic performance helping his Celtics who have looked shaky at times this season seal the victory against Kawhi Leonard led Toronto Raptors, the crafty PG revealed the details of the call between the two stars. “I had to call ‘Bron and tell him I apologize for being that young player that wanted everything at his fingertips. I wanted to be the guy that led us to a championship. I wanted to be the leader. I wanted to be all that.” “He’s been in this situation, been there with me, where I’ve been the young guy, been the 22-year-old kid, wanting everything, wanting everything right now.” “The responsibility of being the best player in the world and leading a team is something that’s not meant for many people. And ‘Bron was one of those guys that came to Cleveland and tried to really show us what it’s like to win a championship. And it was hard for him. Sometimes getting the most out of the group is not the easiest thing in the world. Fewer are meant for it or chosen for it. And I felt like the best person to call was him.” Irving also pointed out that he should have kept his criticism of his young teammates “in house” after the loss to the Magic. “I did a poor job of setting an example for these young guys what it’s like to get something out of your teammates,” he said. “Going forward, I want to test these young guys, but I can’t do it publicly. That was a learning experience for me, realizing the magnitude of my voice and what I mean to these guys.” Maybe this will help put the Celtics who were pegged as favorites to dominate to the Eastern Conference and possibly dethrone the Warriors live up to those expectations. Kyrie explains why he called LeBron James after finally understood what being a leader is all about pic.twitter.com/oZsXKIMeSq — Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) January 17, 2019 — Photo: Gregory Shamus / Getty
Source: Patrick Harbron / Patrick Harbron/Netflix We’re less than 24 hours away from riding shotgun with Frank Castle on his latest violence filled adventure when Netflix debuts the 2 nd season of Marvel’s The Punisher … which will likely be followed by a cancelation later on this weekend. In the latest teaser trailer before it’s release we’re teased to a season in which Frank seems to find love only to experience the pain of loss once again while his old buddy turned enemy Billy Russo a.k.a. Jigsaw runs amok with a brand new gun toting gang. While the Punisher simply dragged his man’s face through broken glass last season, will he find it in himself to put him down for good this time around? Judging by the amount of knuckle sandwiches and sauceless shells he dishes out in the latest trailer, Russo might want to get his affairs in order. We shall found out when The Punisher premieres on Friday (Jan. 18).
Source: WENN.com / WENN Two years after the Ghostbusters franchise got a reboot with the all-female cast starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon, it looks like Hollywood is once again giving the franchise another sequel set in the same universe as the 80’s original. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Jason Reitman (Juno, Tully) has been tapped to write and direct the untitled Ghostbusters sequel which will follow the events that happened in the OG Ghostbusters film that was directed by his father, Ivan Reitman. “I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” Reitman says. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ‘80s happened in the ‘80s, and this is set in the present day.” Sounds good to us. Though the 2016 reboot featured the likes of OG Ghostbusters Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson, they obviously weren’t the same characters they were when they were hunting ghosts with proton packs and inverted traps. Not to mention fans weren’t too happy with the reboot featuring an all-female cast because, well, sexism. And though the 2016 version was actually pretty cool, Reitman doesn’t intend on connecting his project with the Paul Feig directed project. “I have so much respect for what Paul created with those brilliant actresses, and would love to see more stories from them. However, this new movie will follow the trajectory of the original film,” Reitman says. We ain’t mad at that. We just hope Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd and Ernie Hudson suit up one last time in the film. R.I.P. Harold Ramis. Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters is slated for a summer 2020 release.
Source: Paul Mounce – Corbis / Getty Twitter Tries To Drag Chingy’s Haircut Off His Head Before The Millennium Tour Social media has unearthed Chingy’s Instagram page and the jokes are spiraling out of control. Recently, the former midwest rap sensation posted videos of himself rehearsing for the upcoming “Millenium Tour”. This was both exciting for fans, and concerning after they spotted the atrocity on top of his head. “Gimme what you got for a porkchop” must’ve been the words Chingy uttered to his barber right before he recently cut his hair. What is this hairstyle??? Look at this! Is this the haircut YOU want to see on Chingy on the tour???? Hit the flip to see how Twitter has been unapologetically dragging Chingy by his dusty follicles and how he responded. It’s pure comedy.
Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty Offset Messed Up We all knew something was up when Offset spent weeks begging Cardi B to take him back after she announced they were getting a divorce. We knew he was dying to get her back. Well now thanks to the new “ Twerk” video with City Girls that sees Cardi shaking her divine donk on the beach for four minutes straight, we have an indication of some of what Offset was missing. Cardi’s fine a$$ has everyone calling Offset a straight up idiot for cheating on her and getting kicked to the curb. The dragging is quite epic and hilarious, too. Buddy really deserves it. Offset right now looking for cardi b after watching the music video of City Girls ft cardi b new song “Twerk” #TheFastBreak pic.twitter.com/9rywj5UgTw — UltraInstinct (@shanshan888888) January 16, 2019
Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty We start tonight’s episode of Love and Hip-Hop Miami at Bobby Lytes’ video shoot for, “Bang Bang,” and Trina is there to support her cousin. This is really actually set up for Trina to discuss how she’s building her label, Rockstarr Music Group. Bobby Lytes wants to be down but Trina is still hesitant because she feels like working with family can bring unnecessary drama, so she’s cautiously considering Bobby. Veronica Vega is back. She has been working with Polow Da Don and here they have an urgent meeting in Atlanta. This meeting isn’t a good one. He tells her that he put up his house to finance her career and has spent over a million but the return hasn’t been worth it thus far. He’s tired of her going viral for all the wrong reasons and tells her it’s time to show and prove with the music, not beef and not slanging the n-word around like it’s going out of style. Veronica says she’s going to step it up, but you already know what happens in situations like this—she takes all her pain to her family (her grandma and sister) and explains what’s going on. Then she makes a teary plea about how she can’t fail because she has the burden of taking care of them on her shoulders. You know this is an attempt to humanize her since people think she’s a bully based on last season. Anyway, her relatives give her words of encouragement, yatta, yatta. We’ll see what she does now that she knows she has to do better. Gunplay meets up with Keyara to try to make amends. He brings her a kitten as a gift because she likes cats. And um… Anyway, the feline is cute and all but Keyara is still mad at him even after getting the gift, and she plays hardball. He mentions that he’s going to New York to do some press and wants her to come with him for a change of atmosphere and so they can talk about how they can move forward. Keyara neither says yes or no and says she just needs a minute to think about things but already gives him conditions under which she would go (like them not sleeping in the same bed, for example). This is how shocked we’ll be if she turns him down. Remember when Trina got Shay together at the Love and Hip-Hop Miami reunion last season? That situation stemmed from Shay’s beef with Trina’s cousin, Joy (over Pleasure P). Anyway, they still had tension from that situation so Shay decided to reach out to Trina to try to square away their issues. Shay actually comes into the situation turned down (even she knows that beefing with Trina ain’t the move), and explains her side of why she’s upset. Shay basically said she was upset because Pleasure P was shady about Joy throughout their relationship. She would always ask to meet Joy since that was supposed to be his bestie, but Pleasure P would hide her and generally make excuses. Trina brings up a great point, which is that Pleasure P is the one Shay really needs to be mad at and of course, she wants Shay and Joy to have a peace talk. Let’s cut to that moment… The episode winds down with Trina mediating Joy and Shay as the latter two talk aggressively to each other. To be fair, Shay came out the gate aggress and Joy just reacted. However, Trina is a good mediator and does a good job of reeling both women in and conveying both sides. In the end, Trina gets them to calm down and explains that they both need to grow up and move on. They seem cool for now, but will they drop the beef? We don’t quite know just yet. RELATED POSTS ‘LHHMIA’ Recap: Trina Cancels The ‘TNT’ Project Foreva! ‘LHHMIAS2’ Recap: Trina Flies Off The Handle After Trick Daddy Disrespects Her
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Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). Source: Rob Rich/WENN.com / WENN Social media still can’t get over the fact that President Donald Trump fed the championship football team the Clemson Tigers McDonald’s for their victory. While there he also made mention that the fast food was good American food. 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 Many were disgusted at the fact that he fed the championship team that kind of food and believe the players deserved better. Following that visit to the White House , Quavo and others have mentioned that they want to show the players more respect and feed them a better meal. I WANNA SHOW CLEMSON TIGERS AND POTUS HOW CHAMPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TREATED YALL WELCOME TO COME BY THE QC HEADQUARTERS ANYTIME Dabbin DABO STILL #GODAWGS The Stir Fry Way! — QuavoYRN (@QuavoStuntin) January 15, 2019 SEE ALSO: Filet-O-Struggle Plate: Trump Caters Dinner For National Champ Clemson Tigers With Fast Food According to Huffington Post , Football Hall of Famer, Michael Strahan announced on “ Good Morning America ,” that he wants to buy the team a lobster dinner. He said, “We gonna take care of you. We gonna give you the proper meal that you deserve because that was one great game, a great accomplishment.” ATTENTION @ClemsonFB : @michaelstrahan has a very important announcement for you! Should we expect to see you in Times Square for lobster AND caviar soon? #QTNA #GMADay https://t.co/W1vUNMab63 pic.twitter.com/fwPlNxERyb — Good Morning America (@GMA) January 15, 2019 Strahan wants the team to make it to New York City and enjoy themselves and we hope they decide to. Check out photos of Michael Strahan below! ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Cuteness Overload: Photos Of Kenya Moore’s Baby Girl Brooklyn Sheryl Lee Ralph Says She Was Kept Away From Beyonce During ‘Dreamgirls’ 15 Things We Learned About R. Kelly From Lifetime’s Premiere of ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1902795″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Fuse / Getty New Year resolutions can be annoying. While it’s important to have goals, real life can kick in right before you stick the last Post-It up on your “vision board.” Proclamations about who you’re going to be and what you’re going to do might grow stale if you don’t put things into smaller perspective. Your bills are through the roof? A love interest is acting trash? You’re struggling with mental health issues? Those New Year’s resolutions can go right out the window when these things come into play. So I’ve provided some tips that could help reignite your resolution engine if mid-January already has you done. Hit the next pages to find out what the issues might be for you and some tips to resolve them.
