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Nelsan Ellis: Celebrities React to True Blood Star’s Shocking Death

Yesterday, we learned some truly shocking news. Nelsan Ellis had passed away . He was only 39 years old. As his manager explained in a statement, “Nelsan has passed away after complications with heart failure. He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.” Nelsan is perhaps best known for his role as Lafayette on the HBO series True Blood, but he also had roles in movies like The Help and The Butler. And, judging by statements that have been flooding in yesterday and today, he was also known among his peers for being a truly amazing person. Check out some of the tributes from Hollywood for Nelsan below … 1. Anna Paquin “It was an utter privilege to work with the phenomenally talented and deeply kind soul .@OfficialNelsan I’m devastated by his untimely death.” 2. Stephen Moyer “Nelsan Ellis was truly remarkable. A brilliant, charismatic, intelligent, soulful, wonderful dude. this is just completely tragic.” 3. Joe Manganiello “Crushed today by the loss of my friend and castmate Nelsan Ellis. He was a wonderful person, a pioneer, and a one of a kind artist. Watching him work was like watching someone channel a spirit. It was mesmerizing. RIP.” 4. Jessica Chastain “This is so sad. Sweet Nelsan. We didnt even scratch the surface of seeing what this artist was capable of. My love to the family of this spectacular man. #NelsanEllis.” 5. Sam Trammell “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the level of humility and kindness that came with the Magnificent Talent that Nelsan Ellis had. Miss u friend.” 6. Jesse Williams “The few times I got to sit w/ Nelsan Ellis, he was incredibly sincere, thoughtful and generous. His tremendous talent spoke for itself. #RIP” View Slideshow

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Watch Khalid Turn ‘Young Dumb & Broke’ Into An Acoustic Treasure

Khalid performs “Young Dumb & Broke” as part of MTV’s Push: Artist to Watch series.

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Counting On Recap: Jill Duggar is Having a …

Continuing the Duggar family baby boom,  Counting On Season 3 Episode 4  featured the reveal of the gender of Jill Dillard’s second baby. Meanwhile, Jessa and Ben adjusted to being a family of four, Jinger tried to acclimate herself to Texas and Joy had dinner with Austin’s family. We already knew the gender of the baby, but it was still good getting to watch the couple reveal the news to their respective families.  In true Jill and Derick fashion, they opted to reveal the news in a fun and exciting way. Before the gender reveal, Jill predicted she was having a girl, while Derick went with a boy.  Most of the family took Jill’s side, thinking that because they already had a beautiful son, they would get a daughter this time around.  As we already knew, Derick was right, and they were adding another boy to their brood. Both moms visited Jill and Derick to the ultrasound, and it turned into a special affair. Revealing the news to the rest of the family was like a huge scavenger hunt. Instead of calling them straight away, they hid a box of boy’s clothing and left some clues.  In the end, Jordan found the package, earning his team a win. Yes, they split the family members into two teams. Hey, they have to do something to fill the episode up.  Otherwise, we’d have cute confessionals of the expectant couple pondering what their little bundle of joy would be like and how they would cope being a two-child family.  In case you’ve been living under a rock, the couple recently revealed the name of their son in a cute Instagram post. Yes, we say they are cute all the time because, well, they are.  They’re adorable.  “We are so excited to announce the name of Baby Dillard #2! Samuel Scott Dillard. We can’t wait to welcome him to the world and have him join our family very soon!” Elsewhere, Jinger and Jeremy were brushing up on their Spanish in hilarious fashion. It reminded us of school for some reason.  You could tell the couple was enjoying their time together, brushing up on all of the Spanish terms.  “I think that Jeremy keeps everything super exciting,” Jinger, 23, says. “Learning Spanish is just another thing that’s super enjoyable to do with him.” After Jinger had got the word for baby wrong, she revealed via an interview that it would be an important word for them going forward.  “El bebe, that is a word that is important for us to learn because Jeremy and I always call each other babe,” she says. “We haven’t switched over to the Spanish word for baby.” Jeremy then said they should go to a restaurant and test out their new skills.  “We might end up ordering a little boy or something,” she jokes. “They’ll bring out a child to entertain us.” Um, alright then.  What did you think of the episode? Sound off below! View Slideshow: Jill & Jessa Counting On: 13 Storylines to Watch in Season 2!

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John Blackwell Jr. Dies; Beloved Prince Drummer Was 43

John Blackwell Jr., a musician best known for having toured with Prince as the artist’s main drummer for over a decade, passed away on Tuesday. He was 43 years old. The exact cause of death is unknown at this time, but Blackwell was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year after falling ill and undergoing a number of tests in Japan. The popular drummer’s wife, Yaritza, who updates her husband’s social media accounts, shared the news Tuesday on Instagram via an image of her grasping his hand. She wrote that he died “peacefully” in her company and added: “Thanks God for his life and thanks everyone for their support.” Last July, his wife set up a GoFundMe account to cover Blackwell’s medical expenses; it has raised over $78,000 to date. According to USA Today, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tampa has been asked for further information on Blackwell’s passing, but has not yet responded to this request Blackwell took to stages around the world alongside Prince for 15 years. He was well known and beloved for his unique style of drumming, having graduated from Berklee College of Music before being recruited by Prince in 2000 to play in his band New Power Generation. Blackwell also performed with Patti LaBelle, Justin Timberlake and Cameo, among other big-time artists and singers. He tragically lost an arm over the last year, as he underwent various surgeries in an attempt overcome his diagnosis. In the fall of 2016, Blackwell told Tampa TV station WTSP-TV that Prince was like a father figure to him. The two friends were extremely close. He said another close acquintence had recently told him that he could just imagine Prince calling for him to play as part of his band up in heaven. “I can hear Prince now say, ‘I’ll just call John.’ No, you ain’t! I don’t want to do that gig. Not yet,” Blackwell, who took up drumming at the age of three, said at the time. In response to his passing, many others within the world of music expressed their sadness and sent their condolences on social media. To wit, Sheila E. wrote: “My beautiful friend John Blackwell passed away 2day Plz keep his family in prayer. He was amazing manLuv u my brother,” along with the following picture: Added Travis Barker: “Rest In Peace #JohnBlackwell Your legend will live 4ever. One of the best to ever pick up drumsticks. Prayers to family and friends.” And Morris Day: “We lost another brother… John Blackwell made his transition today!!! Our prayers go out to his wife and family!” We share these sentiments and we send our best wishes to Blackwell’s family. May he rest in peace. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2017: In Memoriam

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Twitter Is LIVING For That New Edition Performance At The BET Awards

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the 2017 BET Awards was like a time machine to the past, culminating in a tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award honorees New Edition. After a pair of performances from “Young New Edition” — the young stars who played the group in BET’s The New Edition Story — and “New New Edition” — the actors who […]

Twitter Is LIVING For That New Edition Performance At The BET Awards

Remy Ma Couldn’t Help But Fire A Shot At Nicki Minaj After Winning Best Female Hip Hop Artist At The BET Awards

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  Remy Ma left many people speechless when she took home the award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards on Sunday night, but she had her words picked out very carefully. The first thing she said when taking the stage to accept her award was aimed directly at Nicki Minaj: “Are you […]

Remy Ma Couldn’t Help But Fire A Shot At Nicki Minaj After Winning Best Female Hip Hop Artist At The BET Awards

Tina Lawson Posts The Sweetest Happy Birthday Message To Solange

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Tina Lawson Posts The Sweetest Happy Birthday Message To Solange

We Predict The Big Winners Of The 2017 BET Awards

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The BET Awards are happening this weekend and it’s finna be lit. This year’s show is shaping up to be all about the ladies — from Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj battling it out for Female Hip Hop Artist of the Year to Solange and Beyoncé‘s un-rivalry in the Album and Video of the Year […]

We Predict The Big Winners Of The 2017 BET Awards

Ariana Grande: Watch Her Tearful Manchester Finale

Ariana Grande and a handful of her very famous friends did not let the terrorists win on Sunday night. A week after a suicide bomber killed 22 concert attendees in Manchester, and mere hours after another terrorist murdered seven people in London, Grande returned to Great Britain for an event titled ” Love Manchester. ” Despite this new attack and the severe threat level in the area, Grande’s manager Scooter Braun and the Greater Manchester Police had stated that the show would go on as a message of resilience in the face of such hatred. The concert offered free tickets to anyone who attended Grande's show last Monday, while proceeds raised by the event went to families of the victims from that concert. It was expected to raise around $2.6 million. From Coldplay to Miley Cyrus to Katy Perry and Justin Bieber, the tribute concert was filled with one emotional performance after another. But Grande herself closed the special event in particularly sentimental fashion. The 23-year-old – who took to the stage multiple times throughout the three-hour show at the Emirates Old Trafford Stadium – concluded the show solo, belting out a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” It was an emotional time for the artist, who just days earlier had visited some of the victims of the mass murder as they recovered in the hospital. She also spoke during the show about meeting the mother of one of the Manchester victims, 15-year old Olivia Campbell. “As soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug and she said I should stop crying because Olivia would have wanted me to stop crying,” Grande told the crowd as she fought back tears, adding: “And she said Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits.” All money earned from the concert are going to the Red Cross’ Manchester Emergency Fund to assist victims of the attack and their families. An online shop has also been set up with T-shirts, hats and more merchandise. Considering the speed with which this event was put together, and the big names involved, it was quite the impressive achievement. Watch Grande wrap up the unique concert below:

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Chris Cornell: Final Conversation with Wife Revealed, Chilling

A day after penning an open letter to her late husband , the wife of Chris Cornell has spoken in detail about the final conversation she had with the rocker. And she has revealed a number of chilling details in the process. On Wednesday, Cornell’s wife Vicky released a lengthy message to the late singer, who hanged himself in a Detroit hotel room earlier this month. “We had the time of our lives in the last decade and I’m sorry, my sweet love, that I did not see what happened to you that night,” she wrote in a letter posted to Billboard.com, adding: “I’m sorry you were alone, and I know that was not you, my sweet Christopher. “Your children know that too, so you can rest in peace.” Cornell had two kids with Vicky and a third child from a previous relationship. Meanwhile, on Thursday night, TMZ published excerpts from Vicky’s final conversation with Cornell , which the website reports took place by phone about a half hour before Cornell ended his own life. According to friends, Vicky says Cornell started slurring his words as he expressed anger over the set he had just played in Detroit. “They f-cked up again. They had 3 days to fix my in-ears and I was getting static. I couldn’t hear,” the artist complained to Vicky, adding over and over that “I blew my voice. I blew my voice.” Cornell then changed the topic abruptly, making very little sense to his wife. She could sense something was seriously wrong. “I need to know what you took tonight,” Vicky asked, well aware of Cornell’s history of drug abuse. You don’t sound right, sweetheart.” Replied the singer: “I was really angry and I just took 2 Ativan. I’m really pissed and I had to calm myself down.” But Vicky pressed for more information. She said it didn’t sound like Cornell merely took Ativan. She also made a point ahead of time of saying “I forgive you” for falling off the wagon. TMZ writes that Cornell grew “cocky and aggressive,” which prompted Vicky to flash back to 14 years ago when he almost died from an Oxycontin overdose. After Cornell continued to ramble incoherently, Vicky called the star’s bodyguard and demanded he go check on Cornell. The bodyguard eventually knocked down two doors to get inside Cornell’s hotel room… and that was when he saw the singer’s body hanging in the bathroom. In a disturbing new detail only just revealed now, Vicky was apparently still on the phone with the bodyguard when this horrible discovery took place. View Slideshow: Chris Cornell: Mourned, Remembered by Stars Everywhere “I’m broken, but I will stand up for you and I will take care of our beautiful babies. I will think of you every minute of every day and I will fight for you,” Vicky wrote in her aforementioned open letter, concluding as follows: You were right when you said we are soulmates. It has been said that paths that have crossed will cross again, and I know that you will come find me, and I will be here waiting. I love you more than anyone has ever loved anyone in the history of loving and more than anyone ever will. Always and forever, your Vicky. Insiders had connected with the investigation previously told TMZ that emergency technicians who responded to the scene  saw fresh track marks on Cornell’s arm. Vicky has said he wasn’t known to have used needles in his earlier substance abuse battles and she had just been walking with him the day before. She says he was in short sleeves and there were no signs at that time of track marks on his arms. It’s all very sad. We continue to send our condolences to the loved ones of Chris Cornell and we hope he’s resting in peace at last.

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