Your browser does not support iframes. Tyrese is apparently beefing with The Rock after he made an announcement about a spin off of the Fast & Furious franchise. Somehow, this announcement triggered Tyrese to post about a conversation the two actors allegedly had in private, which he claims the Rock has ignored by going ahead with this new Fast & Furious project. 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 Tyrese went on a whole long Instagram rant in the caption of a photo of the two of them, ending with criticism aimed at The Rock for donating less money to hurricane efforts to him, even though The Rock is on the Forbes list. Click on the audio player to hear more in this exclusive clip from Gary’s Tea on “ The Rickey Smiley Morning Show .” RELATED: Gary’s Tea: Why Tyrese Needs To Quit Giving “Advice” To Women [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] RELATED: Tyrese On What President Obama Should Do To Stop The Problems With Police [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] RELATED: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Keeps His Promise To Young Hero [VIDEO] [ione_media_gallery src=”http://blackamericaweb.com/” id=”633435″ overlay=”true”]
Your browser does not support iframes. A few years ago, Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes were rumored to be an item, though most of us brushed it off as crazy Hollywood hearsay. But years later, it looks like the couple has gone full on public and unapologetic after they were spotted holding hands and strolling romantically on the beach. 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 Gary With Da Tea wonders if he won’t be blackballed for getting with Tom Cruise ‘s ex. Check out this exclusive video to hear more in this clip from Gary’s Tea on “ The Rickey Smiley Morning Show .” Listen to “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” LIVE every weekday from 6/5am C. RELATED: Gary’s Tea: Is Katie Holmes Using Jamie Foxx? [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] RELATED: Is Jamie Foxx Engaged To Katie Holmes? [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO] RELATED: Why The Rumors About Jamie Foxx & Katie Holmes Might Be True [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO] [ione_media_gallery src=”http://hellobeautiful.com/” id=”2957503″ overlay=”true”]
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Your browser does not support iframes. Spirit was in the morning show studio, when Rickey Smiley asked her to speak a bit on the issue of entitlement. Often, when people ask for favors, they are expecting a “yes,” even though the reality of asking someone a questions means that “no” is a possibility. Because of this, we often find it hard to tell people no, even though we really should. 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 Spirit breaks down why we have to stop burdening ourselves with “yes,” and start freeing ourselves with “no,” without apology. Click on the audio player to hear more in this exclusive interview from “ The Rickey Smiley Morning Show .” Listen to “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” LIVE every weekday from 6/5am C. RELATED: Spirit Gives A Mental Health Evaluation Of Our President [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] RELATED: Spirit’s Advice On How To Get Over A Broken Heart [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] RELATED: Headkrack Gets Spirit’s Black Card Revoked In A Game Of “5 On It!” [EXCLUSIVE] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1811532″ overlay=”true”]
13 Reasons Why is a breakout hit for Netflix. The streaming network never goes public with download numbers for its programs, but it came out last week that the drama has been the most Tweeted-about series of 2017. In this day and age, there’s nearly no better metric with which to measure success. But 13 Reasons Why has been making headlines ever since its March 31 release for reasons aside from hashtags and social media mentions. The series has raised numerous red flags for mental health experts, many of whom believe it sends a potentially dangerous message about teenage suicide. In short, the show centers around a high school student named Hannah. We find out almost immediately that she’s killed herself, although she still narrates the entire first season because Hannah recorded 13 tapes prior to slitting her wrists, each of which calls out certain individuals at her high school for how they treated her. And, therefore, how each contributed to her decision to take her own life. The drama (co-produced by Selena Gomez ) is meant to leave a strong impact on its viewers, touching on such topics as bullying, sexual assault and underage drinking. Netflix makes it clear, via a special message, at the outset of various episodes that the upcoming content is graphic and mature in nature. But this isn’t enough for some institutions and some doctors. A handful of middle schools and high schools have sent letters home, urging parents to not allow their children to watch 13 Reasons Why without adult supervision. “Suicide is a tough issue to talk about,” says Dr. Christina Conolly, who works for Maryland’s Montgomery County School District, where she helped write a letter that states “adolescents watching without an adult … could be at increased risk of self-harm.” Dr. Conolly doesn’t necessarily call out 13 Reasons Why for any of its storylines, simply saying in general: “Watching a suicide or knowing someone who has died by suicide can lead others to completing a suicide themselves.” The National Association of School Psychologists agrees, declaring in its own statement: “We do not recommend that vulnerable youth, especially those who have any degree of suicidal ideation, watch this series.” More specifically, some in the professional field question why the show never really brings up the topic of mental health in general, while also finding fault with the way in which it paints suicide as a form of revenge. They also have a major problem with how a guidance counselor appears to blame Hannah for having been raped by a fellow student. It’s this conversation, Hannah herself says in one of her audio tapes, that serves as the final nail in her tragic coffin. In the upstate New York community of Grand Island, school administrators warned that the series “sensationalizes suicide.” Indiana’s largest school district warned in an email that the series “does not accurately model what we would want or hope individuals do if they are struggling or in crisis.” 13 Reasons Why is based on a 2007 novel by the same name. But the TV version takes many liberties, veering far off the original script at times and expanding on many developments and character arcs. Gomez, who has talked openly about her own emotional struggles over the years, said she was braced for a backlash upon agreeing to produce the drama. “It’s going to come no matter what. It’s not an easy subject to talk about. But I’m very fortunate with how it’s doing,” she has said. Brian Yorkey, who won a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize for the musical Next to Normal, was one of the main writers on 13 Reasons Why. He disagrees with the critics who think the show paints suicide in any sort of positive or glamorous light. “Many people are accusing the show of glamorizing suicide and I feel strongly – and I think everyone who made the show – feel very strongly that we did the exact opposite,” he says, adding: What we did was portray suicide and we portrayed it as very ugly and very damaging.” View Slideshow: 21 Stars Who Committed Suicide According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among American teens between the ages of 15 to 19. It’s a real issue, one that those behind 13 Reasons Why say they have taken as seriously as possible. Asked about troubled teens and their possible response to what they see on screen, including a graphic depiction of Hannah killing herself, Gomez says: “They have to see something that’s going to shake them. This show is as real as it can possibly get.”
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We can now confirm two things that Jenny McCarthy is against: 1. Vaccinations. 2. Mariah Carey. The former View co-host, who has helped anchor New Year’s Eve coverage on various programs for seven years, used her SiriusXM show on Tuesday to lay into the legendary singer. McCarthy called Carey out for what most viewers agree was the single worst New Year’s Eve performance in the history of December 31. Actually on hand in Times Square for the embarrassing event, McCarthy took listened behind the scenes a bit as she relayed her reaction to Mariah’s nationally-televised fail. “Mouths are hanging open. Everyone is shocked. We only gave you a shortened version of that. We had to go through another song of her walking around,” McCarthy said on air today. She added: “It was so bad, and then for a moment I said, ‘Take a step back, Jenny, and try to find some empathy right now.’ And I did. All of a sudden I felt really bad for her, because it was that bad. It was a complete train wreck.” Did you catch the performance? It featured Carey having problems with her audio. She was on stage, messing around with her ear piece, clearly confused and unsure what to do. “We’re missing some of the vocals, but it is what it is … I’m gonna let the audience sing. We didn’t have a sound check for this New Year’s baby,” Carey told the crowd. Watch footage from the humiliating “performance” below: Mariah Carey: Worst New Year’s Eve Performance Ever? It was evident that Carey planned to lip-sync, but technical issues got in the way and she was unable to recover; i.e. simply go ahead and actually sing her own songs. Shortly after this non-concert aired on ABC, Carey took to Twitter and shrugged it off. “Sh-t happens,” she wrote. But as the video got passed around the Internet in subsequent days and the embarrassment grew, Carey’s team went into crisis mode. Sources in Carey’s camp actually told TMZ and Billboard that the artist was “sabotaged” and that “production set her up to fail.” Why would producers do this? To garner ratings for the network’s New Year’s Eve special. So the argument goes, that is. But Dick Clark Productions wasn’t going to just sit around and let its good name be sullied. The company responded to accusations of wrongdoing with the following statement: As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that DCP, as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd… We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry. McCarthy, meanwhile, said she stopped sympathizing with Carey once her team accused Dick Clark Productions of somehow setting her up to fail. Jenny said: “I do understand our egos, of course, want to blame everyone but itself for mistakes, but I literally had a visceral reaction to her saying that Dick Clark Productions did this on purpose and for ratings.” “If Dick Clark were alive today, I guarantee he would be on air right now fighting back. He’s not, so I’m going to. “The truth of the matter is Mariah didn’t do a sound check.” “She did whatever you would call, like, a dance move rehearsal holding her gold microphone, and she stood off to the side of the stage while she had a stand-in do a sound check.” View Slideshow: Mariah Carey Butchers New Year’s Eve Performance: Twitter Reacts! Husband Donnie Wahlberg was in the studio with McCarthy and agreed. Having often performed live with New Kids on the Block, he chimed in with this take: “The buck stops with the artist. If you’re gonna be a boss or you’re gonna be a diva, then you know, again, it’s your name, your face and your legacy on the line. “So you leave something to someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself. The music track, missing a vocal, that’s on her.” “No rehearsal, that’s on her.”
We can now confirm two things that Jenny McCarthy is against: 1. Vaccinations. 2. Mariah Carey. The former View co-host, who has helped anchor New Year’s Eve coverage on various programs for seven years, used her SiriusXM show on Tuesday to lay into the legendary singer. McCarthy called Carey out for what most viewers agree was the single worst New Year’s Eve performance in the history of December 31. Actually on hand in Times Square for the embarrassing event, McCarthy took listened behind the scenes a bit as she relayed her reaction to Mariah’s nationally-televised fail. “Mouths are hanging open. Everyone is shocked. We only gave you a shortened version of that. We had to go through another song of her walking around,” McCarthy said on air today. She added: “It was so bad, and then for a moment I said, ‘Take a step back, Jenny, and try to find some empathy right now.’ And I did. All of a sudden I felt really bad for her, because it was that bad. It was a complete train wreck.” Did you catch the performance? It featured Carey having problems with her audio. She was on stage, messing around with her ear piece, clearly confused and unsure what to do. “We’re missing some of the vocals, but it is what it is … I’m gonna let the audience sing. We didn’t have a sound check for this New Year’s baby,” Carey told the crowd. Watch footage from the humiliating “performance” below: Mariah Carey: Worst New Year’s Eve Performance Ever? It was evident that Carey planned to lip-sync, but technical issues got in the way and she was unable to recover; i.e. simply go ahead and actually sing her own songs. Shortly after this non-concert aired on ABC, Carey took to Twitter and shrugged it off. “Sh-t happens,” she wrote. But as the video got passed around the Internet in subsequent days and the embarrassment grew, Carey’s team went into crisis mode. Sources in Carey’s camp actually told TMZ and Billboard that the artist was “sabotaged” and that “production set her up to fail.” Why would producers do this? To garner ratings for the network’s New Year’s Eve special. So the argument goes, that is. But Dick Clark Productions wasn’t going to just sit around and let its good name be sullied. The company responded to accusations of wrongdoing with the following statement: As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that DCP, as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd… We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry. McCarthy, meanwhile, said she stopped sympathizing with Carey once her team accused Dick Clark Productions of somehow setting her up to fail. Jenny said: “I do understand our egos, of course, want to blame everyone but itself for mistakes, but I literally had a visceral reaction to her saying that Dick Clark Productions did this on purpose and for ratings.” “If Dick Clark were alive today, I guarantee he would be on air right now fighting back. He’s not, so I’m going to. “The truth of the matter is Mariah didn’t do a sound check.” “She did whatever you would call, like, a dance move rehearsal holding her gold microphone, and she stood off to the side of the stage while she had a stand-in do a sound check.” View Slideshow: Mariah Carey Butchers New Year’s Eve Performance: Twitter Reacts! Husband Donnie Wahlberg was in the studio with McCarthy and agreed. Having often performed live with New Kids on the Block, he chimed in with this take: “The buck stops with the artist. If you’re gonna be a boss or you’re gonna be a diva, then you know, again, it’s your name, your face and your legacy on the line. “So you leave something to someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself. The music track, missing a vocal, that’s on her.” “No rehearsal, that’s on her.”
Bad news: 2016 has stolen yet another celebrity from us. Joey Boots is dead. Joey was known for his work on the Howard Stern Show — he was very popular as one of the Wack Packers , and for shouting “Baba Booey!” on the show — and he also had his own podcast. But yesterday evening, Joey failed to show up to record the podcast. The guys sent out his fellow Wack Packer, High Pitch Erik, to check on Joey at his New York apartment When Joey didn’t answer the door, Erik asked a building manager to open it, and that’s when they found him, slumped over in a chair, dead. What’s worse, an audibly upset Erik recounted the entire event right on the podcast. You can listen to the audio below, but be warned, it’s hard to listen to: Joey Boots Found Dead by High Pitch Erik In a shaky voice, Erik explains how Joey wouldn’t come to the door, and how when the building manager opened the door, they saw his body. The other hosts don’t believe him at first, it sounds like they thought he was joking, but it’s obvious that Erik was genuinely freaked out. The clip ends with Erik telling the guys to end the show. When his body was found, it was cold, and there was no sign of any trauma. It’s believed that Joey died from natural causes, but of course we won’t know more until he’s examined. He did suffer from diabetes, but he was only 49 years old. It really is a shocking loss . After the news broke that he had died, Howard Stern tweeted a sweet-ish message in his memory. “Tribute to the one and only Joey B in the new year,” he wrore. “He will be missed.” Stern also added the fitting hashtag “BabaooeyHowardSternpenis.” Memet Walker, the staffer for the Howard Stern show, shared a photo of himself with Joey, and his caption read “Joey Boots wasn’t a Wack Packer to me … he was a genuine friend.” “I’m gonna miss you like hell, buddy.” Other friends and coworkers echoed the same sentiment: it seems like Joey was well-loved by all those who knew him. Our condolences go out to those mourning him. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2016: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Brooklyn rapper Bam Bino has released his highly anticipated Top Notch mixtape, the first project since he inked his deal with Atlantic Records earlier this year. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! The 10 track body of work features production from Mando Beats (Busta Rhymes, Maino, Cam’Ron), Heatmakerz (Dipset, Cam’Ron, Slaughterhouse), FKI’s protege’ Lyfe (Travis Porter, 2 […]
