Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ubisoft is taking its Ghost Recon franchise in a completely different direction with Breakpoint . The gaming studio invited Hip-Hop Wired.com for a unique hands-on preview of the game, and we left quite impressed with what we experienced. The developers for Ghost Recon: Breakpoint definitely listened to the community’s concerns while playing the previous title Wildlands . With Breakpoint , they set out to battle what hampered Wildlands , mainly the game’s repetitive nature that players fervently complained about. The preview was broken up into two parts, we got the experience Breakpoint’s campaign mode first with some PvE before we checked out the multiplayer. Immediately right after you finish customizing your characters look, you realize this isn’t the Ghost Recon you have grown accustomed too. In Wildlands and other Ghost Recon titles you were always the hunter, in Breakpoint , you are the hunted. The action takes place on the island of Auroa that is home to a tech company called Skell Technology that creates drones. However, the island gets taken over by former Ghost, Cole D. Walker ( Jon Bernthal ) and his army of Rogue ghost soldiers who cut the island off from the world. Bernthal puts his entire all in the character of Walker might we add and has been a great addition to the Ghost Recon franchise. You and your team are sent to investigate and are tasked with restoring communications. Things go left quickly, and your chopper is shot down. Once you wake up from the crash, you and your squad are tasked for looking for survivors while securing weapons and items along the way because you are practically naked. Initially, you and your fellow Ghosts were tasked to investigate the island Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint The game instantly introduces you to its new injury system, teaching you how to heal your character’s injuries. While traversing the fictional island of Auroa, you will encounter all types of rugged terrain like mountains, snow, swamps. The environment will either aid you in your fight to survive or can also slow you down or hurt you if you approach them in the wrong manner. The environment in itself is a character in the game and will impact your play. You will quickly discover there is a new camouflage system that will allow you to blend in with your surroundings. When activated, it will enable you to take out a baddie while prone or hide from harder enemies like the Wolves and drones that actively search for you. Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint Fans will find Breakpoint is similar to Wildlands as far as some elements from the previous title being present. But make no mistake Wildlands is a totally different beast. Survival is the key in this game with players having to do things like drink water, eat food, and as mentioned above, treat injuries to keep your character battle-ready. Players will be able to refill their canteens by either by merely locating a river or even a swimming pool. Also new to the game are bivouac campsites. While posted at one, players can equip buffs by eating or increase their character’s stamina by stretching. You can also plan ahead for your current missions for the camps. For example, if you want to attack a base at night, you can use the bivouac to skip to a time of the night when the guards are sleeping. As you can see preparation is key to your survival, and if you head out on a mission underprepared chances of survival are definitely slim. Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint Another great addition to the game is the fact is your player is fully customizable from your weapons, gear, and class which a new feature. All of that can also be changed at the bivouac. At the start of the game, you will be asked to choose between either being a Medic, Panther, Assualt, and Sharpshooter. Each has their own unique ability, like selecting the Medic class allows you to revive teammates utilizing a drone or even self-reviving your character. Once your type is selected, you will be able to unlock other abilities using a skill tree. This doesn’t mean you will have to stick with the first class you have chosen though, as you will be able to swap out classes when you visit a bivouac. Auroa is a huge map, so of course, getting around is made simpler and safer with the help of vehicles. You can either travel using an assortment of vehicles ranging from boats, helicopters, dirtbikes, and buggies. If you’re brave, you can travel by foot, but again you have to be wary of your stamina gauge, sustaining injuries and becoming dehydrated. Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint Staying on the topic of traveling to your missions, the developers definitely stressed the importance of players exploring Auroa the way they want and playing how they want. In Breakpoint , there is no one way to complete a mission giving you a choice to either go in guns blazing or with an excellent course of action. Also, like in Ubisoft’s other franchise Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey , Breakpoint won’t tell you where you need to go when you take on a mission. Instead, you will have to explore the island and hunt for intel and speak with NPCs to obtain that information. BUT if you’re not with that idea you can always turn on guide mode, but how much fun is that? Gunplay is also very smooth and easy to get accustomed to in the game. We were happy to see that developers focused on precision shooting more this time around. Headshots and well-placed shots are vital in helping dispatch your enemies quickly in firefights. Also returning fan-favorite sync shot, you and your team can put pins on enemies and coordinate takedowns with precision. Speaking with Breakpoint’s director, Eric Couzian, he even hinted at being able to sync up to 16 targets at one time. Thanks to the games new system using drones you collect in the game will help you accomplish this feat. Source: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a new take on the Ghost Recon franchise, but like other titles playing alongside friends is what makes this game even more fun. The world of Auroa is vast and full of dangerous enemies. While playing alone and defeating insanely difficult Wolves, and drones by yourself could be rewarding, teaming up with your buddies is what Breakpoint is about at its core. That even transfers over to PvP, which we enjoyed playing thoroughly. We took on another team in two multiplayer modes, elimination, and sabotage on three of the six multiplayer maps that will be available at launch. Our favorite was Skell Port, a perfect setting for those who enjoy sniping. Your progress from your PvE play transfers over to PvP thanks to shared progression, which is very clutch. Sabotage was also surprisingly very fun. In this mode, you either have to plant a bomb or defuse it depending on your team. Thanks to the well thought out maps, planning is very crucial in ensuring victory because running gung ho to the objective just doesn’t cut it. My team learned that the hard way our first go-around, but we quickly rebounded when we decided to come up with a gameplan. Now for those wondering if there will be AI teammates in the game, Couzian revealed that option will not be available at launch but will be coming soon. So unless you squad up, you will be on your own during solo play. Based on what we experienced at the event, Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a welcome change in the series. We left very intrigued and are looking forward to getting our hands on the full game very soon. The action, story, survival mechanics, and emphasis on team play definitely pulled us in even more. We won’t be shocked if Breakpoint is one of the better games to drop this year. — Photo: Ubisoft / Ghost Recon Breakpoint
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Source: CHRISTOPHE SIMON / Getty A lot of debate was sparked this past week over a high school swimming decision in Alaska. According to Anchorage Daily News , a Dimond High School swimmer was stripped of her victory last Friday after she was disqualified for a “uniform violation.” The National Federation of High Schools rule says that boys must cover their buttocks while girls must cover their buttocks and breasts with their suits. An official who oversaw Friday’s meet said the referee who disqualified the girl said she could see “butt cheek touching butt cheek.” This was the teen’s one disqualification out of the four races she competed in. Annette Rohde, an official who was present at the dual meet between Dimond and Chugiak, said she “froze in disbelief” when she witnessed the disqualification decision by the referee. “I told her, ‘I need to know how you’re defining this, because this is going to blow up,’” Rohde said. South High swim coach Cliff Murray explained that Anchorage High School coaches were told “that as far as the buttocks region goes, you should not be showing any part of the intergluteal cleft.” He continued, “If you’re in a situation where your suit creeps up, somebody comes over to a coach and says ‘hey, you’ve got an athlete who needs to adjust his or her suit,’ and they have that opportunity to fix it. And if they don’t, there are ramifications.” The school district explained that the disqualified swimmer “ was wearing the approved, school-issued suit during the race.” When news of the disqualification hit the swimming community, West High coach Lauren Langford slammed the decision in a Medium post, saying the girls’ bodies are being “policed.” She continued, “These young swimmers aren’t being punished for wearing their suits in scandalous or provocative ways, but rather, because their ample hips, full chests, and dark complexions look different than their willowy, thin, and mostly pallid teammates. Some will argue this scandal has nothing to do with race. But the issue becomes glaring when officials are overheard acknowledging that white athletes are baring too much skin as well, yet they’ve never been disqualified for a similar violation.” According to KTUU, the disqualified swimmer in question, 17-year-old Breckynn Willis, is of mixed race and is considered one of the school’s most promising athletes. “She’s one of three girls on the Dimond team who look like her,” said Langford . “Everybody else is in same suit, sized to fit, and yet on a team of however many girls she was the only one that got singled out?” Luckily, people in power took into account the backlash and according to Anchorage Daily News , Willis’ disqualification was overturned on Tuesday by the Alaska School Activities Association, the group that oversees Alaska high school sports. They made their decision based on the rule that says when an official finds a uniform violation, they must notify the swimmer’s coach. The ASAA said in a statement, “All evidence gathered, including the statement provided by the official, indicated the official did not notify the coach prior to disqualifying the student.” The Anchorage School District also called the decision to disqualify Willis “heavy-handed and unnecessary” and was “based solely on how a standard, school-issued uniform happened to fit the shape of her body.” They continued, “We cannot tolerate discrimination of any kind, and certainly not based on body shape.” The district said they’re seeking to have the ASAA decertify the official who disqualified Willis and they want revisions to the uniform rule, saying the National Federation of High Schools swimsuit coverage rule “is ambiguous and allows the potential for bias to influence officials’ decisions.”
Source: @MarioShotMe / @MarioShotMe Zippora Lewis first came on my radar in 2014. By then, I had already been pole dancing since 2012 so I was deeply immersed in the world of aerial and thought I had seen it all. However, I saw Zippora perform at a showcase in Atlanta and instantly fell in love with the Baltimore native. She was muscular, flexible, and feminine, three contradictory concepts that were all well-presented in one petite body. She had the entire crowd mesmerized with a sexy, bendy, cool performance to FKA Twig’s “Two Weeks.” I have been following her journey ever since, never not amazed by what her body can do whether it’s on the pole, lyra , or even floorwork. Zippora has taught pole, competed and performed in many performances since my first introduction to her. She has also been a stunt double for Anika Noni Rose in BET’s The Quad , recently appeared on an aerial lollipop in Lil Baby’s “Pure Cocaine,” and she did stunt double work in the upcoming Starz series, P-Valley. Yes, pole stunt doubles are a thing! The nuances of the pole world are a lot more complex than people like to believe. Zippora, in addition to her athletic life, has a thriving career in fashion. The Atlanta resident is a technical designer by trade, which means she works with factories and tells them how to create garments for mass production (yes, this skill does come in handy for her own costumes). Her resume includes Under Armour, as well as fitting athletes for the Olympics. Your girl ain’t no joke! And on top of all of that, she is as sweet as it gets! I have had the pleasure of taking classes taught by her and having had conversations about how she gets so bendy and fit because everyone always wants to know how she got such a strong, banging body! The most interesting part about this is, she doesn’t work out as much as people might think. Zippora says It’s about diet and learning about epigenetics. I caught up with the busy athlete to chat about how she fell in love with pole, what it’s like to work as a stunt double in this vein, and how anyone can transform their body. View this post on Instagram Long training day. Flexibility, Pole, Endurance and strength. #5hours #exhausted When I have the time and energy I like to keep it basic but push myself past my limit to continue to build strength and mental and physical endurance. I just like to keep it moving and control my breaths along the way. Now I am super hungry. Meal prep will not be enough food today. Song: Still by @aquarivz #poleyoga #blackgirlspole #polarina #fitnessconditioning #keepingitbasic #poledancesplit #naturalhair #beginnerpolemoves #fitnesstransformation #strengthtraining @thespicepolefitness A post shared by ZIPPORA (@zipporaflexpolefit) on Aug 20, 2019 at 11:08am PDT Who was the first pole dancer that really motivated you to to really work at the craft? The first time I took a class [in 2010], there was this instructor named Body. She was a stripper and I fell in love with her movement. She was so strong. She was so flexible and she was super sweet. It was just so different. I was never an active person. I hated to be outside when it came to rolling around in the grass or anything like that. I didn’t know flexibility or anything like that. So, I go to that class and just seeing her, I was like, “Oh my God!” I’ve never seen anything so beautiful, and not even the fact that she was a dancer, her body was beautiful. Everything about her and I mean, I’m I love men to the day that I die, so it wasn’t even on that kind of level. I just thought that she was amazing. I’ve never seen such art and something so amazing. So from there, I was like, “I’ve got to get into this!” and I just stuck with it. And you ended up transforming yourself into that same person where people look at you in aw in the same way! Of course, you started from scratch but now people look at you like, “How did you do it?” It’s funny you say that. I look back and I think about Body and I’m like, oh my God, I turned myself into Body [laughs], but she was everything. Even to this day, I pay homage to her. I know where she is, I know her son, I’m like, you are the reason I live. She was just amazing to me. And then a year or two after I started, I saw an amazing pole dancer, her name is Jenyne Butterfly . I went to a competition or a performance, and I didn’t even know who Jenyne was but I saw this person and literally, I stood up and I cried. I just love creativity, and the first time I saw her perform, I was the only one standing. I was in tears. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen aside from Body because she was tiny, she’s just so pretty, she was of a different color. Everything! She was just like Body but she was different. She’s the only person, and I’ve met some people, that I ever get starstruck for. So the two of those people are the reason why I was like, okay, I’m going to stick with it because hopefully, I can be like them one day. View this post on Instagram Be free to be you. Breathe, relax, and just be! #thursdaythoughts #atlantafitness #poledancer #yogaposes #blackgirlspole #blackgirlslift #blackgirlsyoga #naturalhair #naturalhair #flexibilitytraining #poleconditioning #beginnerworkoutmoves #legdayworkout A post shared by ZIPPORA (@zipporaflexpolefit) on Aug 15, 2019 at 7:14am PDT I know you get this question all the time, but how often do you train including pole and other conditioning stuff? I didn’t start working out until the last four years. I started to entertain a gym and I was teaching in a gym before I moved [to Atlanta]. So, I guess maybe like four-and-a-half years. I started to teach in a gym, just fitness classes because I was getting bored with pole and then I also had a studio in Baltimore and the studio was in a gym. So I ended up teaching pole dancing classes and teaching fitness classes, but even my fitness classes were a little dancey, too, so it was kind of like my own thing. At that time, I wasn’t really doing actual weights or treadmill or anything like that. I hated running. So, not until the last two years or so since I’ve been In Atlanta is when I really started to entertain the gym a little more frequently, and really, a little more frequently means two times a week and I only do legs. I don’t do any upper body because I get enough upper body on the pole. So, I only do it about two times a week. I focus a lot on nutrition when it’s time for a competition or if it’s time to get ready for a photo shoot or some kind of event. I know what my body responds to and so I’ll cut out all the whites, gluten, potatoes, stuff like that, but then at the same time I noticed that I was getting a little too skinny on the bottom half of my body and my shoulders kept growing and I just didn’t want to look like an upside-down like triangle. As you know, we all end up looking like anyway [laughs], but it was just becoming too extreme for me, so I was like let me just try this whole thing and I immersed myself into YouTube videos of how to grow my thighs. So I was like, let me just try it. Let me just go to the gym and then it just took a life of its own. You give people like me hope that I can have a banging body without working out all the time if I could just get my diet together. Exactly. You can totally just diet for sure. The thing is, they say it’s 80% of your physique and it totally is. If you find that you’re cutting out certain things, you’ll start to see and feel a change in your body because most of the time it’s in your digestive tract. You know, taking in nutrients that are either you expelling from your body or you’re taking it in, or your gut that’s leaking . Not to be a complete science nerd but I learned about muscles and engagement and stuff like that and fell into learning about epigenetics and then learning about how certain genetic markers can be turned on and off. Source: Mike Coppola / Staff / Getty Let’s get into some of the work that you’ve done. You were Anika Noni Rose’s body double on The Quad , and did double work for other people. How did you get into this type of work as a pole dancer? Yeah, I did The Quad , and it’s so funny every opportunity, either a video or TV show just happened to be networking. With The Quad , that was such a fluke because a friend said, “I have this opportunity, just come and try it out.” Now, me, I am one of the shyest people you’ll ever meet, so I was like, “TV? No!” And she was like, “Just just try, it’ll be fine.” So I went and because I was just a little insecure, I didn’t feel like my body was where I wanted it to be at that specific time, especially when you just drop something on me on the fly. I was just flying in from Japan for work and she said, “You need to come in tomorrow.” So I’m like, “Oh my god, I’ve been eating all this rice, I’m all bloated and it’s not going to work out” but she was like, “Just come by!” So I meet the director and the actress and they just said, “Okay fine, you can do it!” It was just as easy as that and I’m sure it’s not as easy for everyone else but you know it was just the right time and place. View this post on Instagram When there are no weights nearby…still never miss leg day. Glutes Legs Core Arms Back #totalbodyconditioning #legday #gluteday #tuesday #florida #beach #movement #movementforpole #fitnessflow #fitness #exercise #activity #strength #conditioning #inthesand #flexibility #breathe #justmove #gluteworkout #bandworkout #glutebandworkout #resistancebands A post shared by ZIPPORA (@zipporaflexpolefit) on Jul 9, 2019 at 7:12am PDT How does body doubling work when it comes to pole? How long were you on set and do they just let you do your thing and figure out the rest with special effects? There was some choreo. She actually had Torwa Joe from Vertical Joe’s as her choreographer to do the pole part of it. So I learned her choreo just so that they can overlap some of those moves but it was so odd and kind of funny because they also didn’t know what they wanted and they didn’t know what I was capable of so they just said, “Just do you, just go and do whatever” so I’m like, “Okay, no problem.” So I just started doing me and then the room got really quiet and I was so embarrassed. I come off the pole and like I said, it was so quiet and I’m looking around at the directors. Everyone starts laughing and then the director comes in and he was like, “That was amazing!” and I’m like, “No it wasn’t. What do you mean?” Again, I’m insecure because I’m like they don’t know what they want. It was probably like 30 seconds on the screen . I think call time was one something if I’m remembering correctly, and I didn’t leave until about 4:00 a.m. the next morning. So it was a lot of waiting around and things like that, but probably from the time we actually started shooting, I was there was probably from 8 p.m. until maybe 11 or 12 and then she too had to shoot after me. So some of the things that I did, she had to do and then, conversely, I had to fill in some things too. And again once you see it on TV, it’s just a few seconds. It takes a few hours to create and you need the endurance to maintain to make sure that your lines are great, your shapes are great from the moment you begin and it needs to look exactly the same. What else are you working on when it comes to this type of work? I did the pilot for a Starz series that’s coming out called P-Valley . I did the initial pilot. I wasn’t in the series because they wanted something very specific and ended up choosing specific kind of girls. There was choreo over there that was pretty specific but it ended up being partly that they just said, “Just do you, just as just do some moves,” and it was like several hours of time being on set and then even for that instance the speed for me when I pole is not slow but it’s in between like slow and fast. It’s very controlled but for P Valley they wanted very quick, very dancer stripper kind of speed, a little sloppy as strippers are and not how it is in a pole competition where you have to point your toes. Right, competitions and Cirque Du Soleil are one thing, but at the strip club, no one is looking at technique [laughs]! Right! So, they were like, “Get that technique crap out of here!” I’m like, “What do you mean, I need to point my toes!” At the end, they ended up being like, “Do you” and I was able to flex a little bit but sometimes it just depends because I am a bendy person. So, you know some things that I do, they don’t want that because it’s too pretty. It’s too artistic. They may want it a little harder so it just depends. So, like I said, these two times when I’ve done these things for TV, I don’t know if they were flukes or if it was just for networking or whatever, but sometimes people are looking for something very specific and I may not necessarily fill that void, or I may feel that for them. I know P-Valley is actually about strippers, but it’s important to point out that people who aren’t in the pole world don’t understand it and tend to think it’s one thing. They think it’s only strippers and don’t understand all the nuances in terms of styles. It’s true. I think because what’s trending now is strippers so that’s what they’re looking for. How does poling impact your professional life? Have you ever had any issues with bosses or coworkers? I was pretty scared about it when I was at Under Armour just because I didn’t know how people would view me. So, I kind of kept it under wraps for a very long time and also with what I wore when I posted things. I was pretty conservative about it just because I didn’t know how they were going to take it but everyone’s pretty cool about it and honestly, being able to pole and do fashion has given me such a diverse perspective on both ends of the spectrum. So apparel wise, when pole dancers have an issue about, this is pulling, this won’t allow me to do this or whatever, I’m able to have some insight there. But then on the flip side, now because I have such an active hobby I’m able to bring that into my profession. I can say an item is not going to work because when I’m on the pole or on aerial, this is what happens to this, this is how the garment moves, this is what it feels like, so I think my coworkers value it because I have a different perspective that no one else has. For example, this is the second time that I’m fitting athletes for the Olympics. So, I’m able to talk to them about their training, what they’re going into, what they’re doing, what they even want to wear for the Olympics, and I’m able to have a different dialogue than anyone else because I too am an extreme athlete and I know what the training is like and then I know what you’re expecting out of your garment or your apparel that day when it’s time to perform. So they feel like they also value that perspective as well because no one else in the office may even understand what a true athlete feels like and goes through. What advice do you have four pole dancers who are interested in getting into the TV film world? I would say don’t try to fit into a mold because when you are trying out for part or project people can totally tell if you’re not being your authentic self and you’re trying to force it. Authenticity is super important. And I also think that you just have to keep trying. Don’t let a no deter you from still trying to go after what you want. And I think networking also is super important. So just keep making sure that you get out there, that you’re introducing yourself to a bunch of different people and a bunch of different settings so that people can know who you are and notice your value and what kind of person you are because sometimes it really is about relationships. People may just say, “Do you know someone? Bring her in.” So networking is super important. As pole dancers, I know we both get people who say they’re interested in trying it but they’re scared because they’re not strong or too big or whatever excuse you can think of. I always tell people that all the athletes you see started from scratch so since you are an amazing athlete, what would your advice be to newbie pole dancers or people who are interested in trying? That is a loaded question! But I just say you’ve just got to do it. Don’t let yourself stop you from being a better you. Don’t get in your own way. You have to just make sure if that’s something that you want, if you want to get sexier, if you want to be stronger, if you want to get healthier, the only way that’s going to happen is if you make and take the first step, so you have to just do it. Yes, it can be extremely intimidating and there are people around you who are better than you at that time, but they were also where you were at some point. Sometimes it helps to surround yourself with people who are like-minded but who also can introduce value and help to teach you things that you don’t already know because that’s the only way that you’re going to grow sitting on the sidelines is not going to help you reach your goals. RELATED POSTS Get Fit Pole Dancing: 5 Reasons You Should Always ‘Flaunt Your Fitness’ Zoe Saldana Pole Dances With Husband Marco Perego [VIDEO] The Pescetarian Diet Helped NeNe Leakes Lose Weight, But Will It Work For You? [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3024715″ overlay=”true”]
Well folks, we’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is, it looks as though Hayden Panettierre has finally parted ways with her abusive boyfriend, Brian Hickerson . The bad news is, it appears that she’s now dating Brian’s brother, Zach Hickerson. We don’t mean to suggest that Zach is necessarily a bad guy because of his association with Brian. It’s just one of the situations that seems likely to end badly, ya know? News of the romantic shakeup comes to us courtesy of Radar Online. A source tells the site that this is no mere fling, and Hayden and Zach have been in a relationship for several months now. “It’s a very strange set of circumstances,” says the insider. “I don’t know if it’s better than the alternative,” claims the source, identified only as a “concerned friend.” “How strange it may be, the one positive thing about this is Zach is certainly not the violent temper that Brian is.” Obviously, that’s a good thing. But it’s hard not be concerned for Hayden’s safety knowing that she’s still in Hickerson’s social circle following what we assume was a very messy breakup. Hickerson stands accused of assaulting Panettiere several times over the course of a single week earlier this year. To the chagrin of her family and friends, Hayden stayed with Brian despite the allegations. Currently, Hickerson is awaiting trial on domestic violence charges that could land him behind bars form a very long time. Hayden has yet to confirm her new relationship but she was recently spotted on what appeared to be a date with Zach. “They were walking hand-in-hand, talking and laughing together,” says the source. “She was jumping up and down making funny faces, and he was flexing his muscles and laughing. They looked happy together.” The insider adds that Hayden and Zach have “been involved for two months now.” “Those close to Hayden are not going to pretend to understand it or condone it,” but “there’s nothing anyone can do,” claims the informant. “She has been reluctant to talk about it because she knows how people feel — it’s definitely something she would not want to discuss.,” the insider adds. “And she doesn’t want to share too much especially because of what’s going on with Brian and his legal issues.” Brian Hickerson’s jury trial begins in Los Angeles court on September 24. We’ll have further updates on this developing story as more information becomes available. View Slideshow: 21 Celebrities Accused of Domestic Violence
The Real Housewives franchise has had its fair share of drama over the years. But these 13 scandals are what got viewers talking, and probably explain why the respective shows are still on the air. Scroll down if you want all the juicy details — and let us know if we left off your favorite! 1. Cancer-gate on The Real Housewives of Orange County Vicki Gunvalso thought that she had found the man of her dreams in Brooks Ayers. However, everyone felt like there was something off about Brooks from the get-go. Things got downright gnarly when he told everyone he was diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Vicki had a major falling out with her co-stars when rumors emerged that he was faking the diagnosis. Brooks later admitted to falsifying medical documents, but Vicki was done with him. 2. Tom Causes a Rift on The Real Housewives of New York Tom D’Agostino joined the cast during Season 8 as the boyfriend of Luann De Lesseps, but it quickly emerged that co-stars Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer had previously dated him. Bethenny Frankel stepped in with proof that Tom was cheating on her, but Luann married him anyway. They split eight months after the marriage. Hey, the drama made for good TV. 3. Puppy-gate on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills This scandal paved the way for Lisa Vanderpump to quite the series. Basically, Dorit Kemsley adopted a dog from Vanderpump Dogs, but then she gave the pooch to someone else after it allegedly bit one of her children. The plot thickened when the dog was then at an another shelter and Lisa stepped in to save the dog again. All of the ladies seemingly turned on Lisa for apparently having her Vanderpump Dogs employee, John Sessa, stir the pot. After weeks of back and forth, Lisa and then-BFF Kyle Richards ha a screaming match, and ended their friendship. 4. Nene vs. Kim on The Real Housewives of Atlanta Nene Leakes and Kim Zolciak-Biermann were once good friends, but all of that changed when Zolciak started dating some dude named Big Poppa. Leakes told her castmates the man was married, and it was later confirmed. And Nene was having none of it. “Close your legs to married men!” she yelled at her one-time friend. 5. Fraud on the Real Housewives of New Jersey New Jersey’s resident table flipper, Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe Giudice raised suspicions when they filed for bankruptcy. They were accused of committing mail, wire, bank, bankruptcy, and tax fraud. They were both indicted in 2014. Teresa played dumb, saying she had no idea what was happening and was given a 15-month jail sentence. Joe was given 41 months, before being detained for possible deportation back to Italy. 6. A Limo State of Mind on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills At first, Kyle Richards always defended her sister Kim when cast members complained that her behavior was a cause for concern. All of that came to a head when the cast members were in a limousine and Kim accused Kyle of stealing the family’s inherited vacation house. Kyle was done and chastised her sister for her alcohol addiction. “You are a liar, and sick, and an alcoholic. That’s right. I said it now, so everybody knows.” View Slideshow
Last month, the Teen Mom world was stunned by news that Javi Marroquin and Lauren Comeau had broken up following a blow-out fight at the couple's Delaware home. And the more we learned about the situation, the more shocking it became. We now know that Javi was caught cheating on Lauren — hooking up with a neighborhood single mom while his fiancee slept upstairs. Javi and Lauren had several guests in their home at the time, so information has been slowly trickling in for weeks. But the most interesting version of events might be a new account from someone who wasn't even on hand at the time of the incident — Javi's ex-wife, Kailyn Lowry. Take a look: 1. A Rocky Relationship Javi and Lauren’s relationship has been a tumultuous one from the start. But the stuff really hit the fan during a party at the couple’s home last month. 2. Putting the Past Behind Them Prior to getting engaged, Javi and Lauren dated briefly and then broke up. During their rime apart he dated several women, including Briana DeJesus, and his ex-wife, Kailyn Lowry. 3. A Changed Man Javi swore he’d put his promiscuous ways behind him when he settled down with Lauren. But she learned the hard way that change rarely comes easy… 4. An Ugly Scene According to witnesses who were on hand that fateful night, Lauren went to bed while the party was still raging, but she later woke up, wandered downstairs, and caught Javi red-handed. 5. Still the Same Marroquin had apparently sequestered himself with a woman who works out at the Crossfit gym that he owns in Dover. It’s unclear how far they got, but onlookers say the woman was fully nude when Lauren walked in. 6. Yikes Needless to say, the mother of Javi’s second child was less than pleased, and the situation escalated rapidly. View Slideshow
To his continuing credit, Lamar Odom cannot stop gushing over new girlfriend Sabrina Parr . In fact, the pair seem to be moving incredibly quickly. Just over a month after going Instagram Official as a couple, the two are already shooting a brand new reality series. Lamar and Sabrina were spotted out and about together. As usual, the basketball legend was asked some friendly questions by paparazzi. One paparazzo asked him what he and Sabrina had been filming. It was a very good question, and got an interesting answer. “Me and my girl, we have a new show. Sabrina & Lamar ,” he revealed. He furnished a detail and rhymed at the same time, adding: “Sabrina Parr is the star.” Then, on Instagram, Sabrina responded when fans brought this up. “@lamarodom just can’t hold water to save his life LOL,” she teased. By that, she means that he couldn’t keep a secret. “The secrets out now [though] …” Sabrina admitted with resignation. “By the way …” she revealed. “The show name is not Sabrina and Lamar LOL.” While she does not reveal the show’s actual title, Sabrina does treat fans to an anecdote about her man. “I’ll tell y’all a quick story,” Sabrina writes. “From the day I met Lamar, he kept saying to me, ‘man you’re like a star.’” “Then every time [people] would come up to him to get a pic,” she continues. “He would say ‘that’s Sabrina Parr. She’s the real star.’” “That’s exactly how he’s treated me since day one [though] …” Sabrina gushes. She says that he treats her “like I’m the star and I’m the one who should get all the attention!” Sabrina explains that this is why Lamar gave the answer that he did. “That’s why he said this to the media,” Sabrina reasons. Full of affection, she acknowledges that “He truly feels that way.” “Meanwhile … I’m just tryna wear my Nike hat and sweats in peace LOL,” she jokes. Hmmm, I know that she’s why Lamar gave up porn , but I think that I actually really like her. “I think a lot of you will be surprised as to what exactly is gonna be included on the show,” Sabrina teases fans and followers. “How many of y’all will be watching?” she asks. “If you’re not gonna watch it,” she instructs. “Then just don’t respond.” Sabrina explains: “cuz I’m not talking to you and I don’t feel like blocking anyone today.” “So be nice on this beautiful Monday,” she requests. We really, truly do not know what sort of show the pair of them are cooking up. It’s good to hear that the show’s title won’t be quite as close to Khloe & Lamar as some had feared from his statement. Sabrina really does sound head-over-heels in love with him and appreciates how he treats her. That is truly heartwarming, you know? Maybe their relationship is still in the honeymoon phase, or maybe they’re just super compatible. We can’t wait to see what they’re like on reality television. That way, fans will really get to know her. View Slideshow: Lamar Odom: 17 Most Bat$hit Crazy Bombshells from His Memoir
Britney Spears is finally free…at least from the prison that is her dad as he backed down from being her handler for being abusive to her kids, while he’s been abusive to Britney her entire life. The Slave for You song….totally about her dad….. It is funny that the public ignored that she was abducted in plain sight, but the public will whine about EVERY FUCKING THING possible, any minor injustice from MeToo to BelieveAllWomen to BlackLivesMatter to MAGA and ANTIFA and Gender Issues, and saving TRAYVON MARTIN or whatver…while Britney fully neglected cuz she’s rich white trash and her prison a mansion in various states…BUT she was still a victim..which makes these bikini pics all the hotter…as she nears 40. JOIN THE NEWSLETTER YOU ASSHOLES! The post Britney Spears Bikini Erotica of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepFather.com .
Source: Don Juan Moore / Getty Antonio Brown , the newly signed wide receiver to the New England Patriots, has been accused of sexual assault on three separate occasions by his former trainer Britney Taylor . Taylor filed the federal lawsuit on Tuesday and accused Brown of forcibly kissing her on one occasion in 2017 then masturbating near her during another encounter in 2017 while she was helping him train for the upcoming NFL season. The next year, she accused Brown of raping her on May 20, 2018. Brown’s lawyer, Darren Heitner, released a statement saying his client had a “consensual personal relationship” with Taylor and “denies each and every allegation in the lawsuit.” Heitner continued, “He will pursue all legal remedies to not only clear his name, but to also protect other professional athletes against false allegations.” According to the lawsuit, Taylor first met Brown at Central Michigan University in 2010 through the Fellowship for Christian Athletes, where they became Bible study partners. Taylor was a freshman gymnast, while Brown was a junior football player. Taylor says the two of them reconnected in 2017 when Brown requested that she train him. She flew to Pittsburgh and Florida to meet him for the training session, reads the complaint. In June 2017, Taylor was staying at Brown’s home for a session and while she was in the bathroom, Brown walked in exposed, says the lawsuit. He then “grabbed and kissed her without her consent,” according to the lawsuit, and Taylor “pushed him away and immediately left the room.” In another incident in 2017, the suit says Brown and Taylor were watching a church service on Taylor’s iPad at Brown’s Miami home. Brown then allegedly masturbated behind Taylor and ejaculated on her back. Afterwards, the lawsuit claims “in astonishingly profane and angry text messages, Brown bragged about the incident to her.” The suit says Taylor cut contact with Brown after this. However, according to The Boston Globe , Brown’s lawyer argues that Taylor actually approached Brown again is 2017 to ask him to invest $1.6 million in her business project. Heitner continues, “ Mr. Brown was not informed by his accuser that she had just been levied with a $30,000 IRS tax lien or that $300,000 of the $1.6 million so-called ‘investment’ was to be used to purchase property already owned by the accuser and her mother. When Mr. Brown refused to make the $1.6 million ‘investment,’ the accuser supposedly cut off communications with Mr. Brown.” Though both sides have differing accounts on why they cut ties, the two eventually reconnected in 2018. Taylor’s suite says, “Brown reached out to Ms. Taylor, expressing contrition, begging forgiveness and pleading with her to train him again. Ms. Taylor was hesitant but eventually agreed, swayed by his assurance that he would cease any sexual advances.” However, Taylor argues that Brown did not meet their terms. The suit claims that Taylor was visiting Brown in the Miami area on May 20, 2018 when he pinned her down onto a bed, shoved her face into the mattress and forcibly raped her. The suit says Taylor tried to resist the assault but “Brown was too strong and physically overpowered her.” The suite says Taylor screamed and cried the whole time while repeatedly shouting “no” and “stop.” “Brown’s assaults and rape have severely traumatized Ms. Taylor. Ms. Taylor has suffered near-daily panic attacks and suicidal ideations,” says the lawsuit. The Patriots released a statement on Tuesday night saying that the NFL will be investigating the allegations. “We are aware of the civil lawsuit that was filed earlier today against Antonio Brown, as well as the response by Antonio’s representatives,” the statement said. “We take these allegations very seriously. Under no circumstance does this organization condone sexual violence or assault.” Meanwhile, in a statement released by her lawyer, Taylor explained, “As a rape victim of Antonio Brown, deciding to speak out has been an incredibly difficult decision. I have found strength in my faith, my family, and from the accounts of other survivors of sexual assault.” At one point, the suit says Taylor sought counseling and she even took a polygraph test conducted by one of the country’s leading examiners, who used to lead the FBI’s polygraph program. According to the lawsuit, the examination confirmed that Taylor’s accounts were “completely truthful” regarding the alleged 2018 rape and 2017 ejaculation assault. The suit says Taylor opened up her own training center in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee back in 2016. She continues to train girls there till this day.
