Image via Fred Schilling/Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images/Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images Mysonne Explains Why Men Need To Support Women In The Fight Against Rape Culture Mysonne calls himself “The General” and it’s very apparent that he is ready to lead both in word and in action. The rapper and activist was arrested over the weekend for standing with thousands of women who descended upon Capitol Hill to protest the Supreme Court confirmation of alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh. Prior to being fitted with stainless steel bracelets, Mysonne spoke directly the to heart of the matter and explained why MEN need to be as angry as women are about rape culture the rampant sexual assault that normally results in little to no punishment for the offender and leaves women broken and struggling for the rest of their lives. 'We all look at Kavanaugh and we see some similarities to things that happened in our lives.' — This man perfectly described what it means to live in a rape culture pic.twitter.com/2CmjgEITe2 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 6, 2018 Textbook definition of manhood.
Melania Trump Says She Doesn’t Always Agree With Husband Donald’s Wild Tweets Whenever Donald Trump tweets something bizarre and ridiculous , we all wonder what his family thinks about his antics — especially his wife Melania . The FLOTUS spoke out on Saturday about her husband’s outrageous social media meltdowns telling reporters, I don’t always agree with what he tweets, and I tell him that. I give my honest opinion and honest advice. Sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn’t, but I have my own voice and opinions, and it’s very important to me I express what I feel. According to the Daily Mail , Melania also told reporters she believes SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh , who was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford when the pair were in high school is ‘highly qualified’, and said: ‘I’m glad Dr Ford was heard’. *Deep, Deep Sigh*
Image via Westend61/Getty Wife Sued For Discrimination Against Ex-Nanny After Racist Texts This is a story about a racist white lady who undoubtedly puts LOTS of mayonnaise on her fish and chips. The DailyMail reports that a British woman named Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman sent a racist text to who she thought was her husband. The text read: “NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON”, in reference to their new Black nanny, Giselle Maurice, who was working her very first day on the job. Lynsey then sent the text again because she didn’t get a reply. As fate would have it, Lynsey’s text wasn’t sent to her husband, it was sent to Giselle. But get this, instead of owning up to the iRacism, Lynsey fired Giselle on the spot. Why? Because SHE felt “uncomfortable”. The audacity of caucasity in all it’s glory, ladies and gentlemen. To make matters worse, Lynsey claims she sent the text because their last nanny was Black and she expected a Filipino woman this time. How she had a woman she never met working in her house, we have no idea. Giselle wasn’t about to let this evil soup cookie get away with this. She has now filed a $63,000 lawsuit against the couple for discrimination. Lynsey’s husband Joel Plasco said the following to the NYPost : ‘My wife had sent her something that she didn’t mean to say. She’s not a racist. We’re not racist people,’ Why do they always say that after their caught being racist people? SMH.
Image via Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Kanye West’s Rambling Response To ‘Yandhi’ Delay, 13th Amendment Kanye West just be talkin’. Talkin’ about a whole lotta nothin’. He sat down with TMZ today in an attempt to explain why his new album “Yandhi” didn’t drop this weekend as he previously announced. Good luck following this explanation. On the following page, Ye feebly tries to “clarify” his comments about the 13th amendment.
KIKA/WENN.com Veteran In Need Of Health Care Pledges To Vote For Democrat Looks like the tide may be turning… CNN’s Kyung Lah visits Kentucky’s 6th congressional district where there is a tight race between GOP incumbent Rep. Andy Barr, and retired Marine pilot Amy McGrath.
Sami Drasin for The Hollywood Reporter Kenya Barris Reveals Why He Left ABC For Netflix Whew chile! Kenya Barris talked to The Hollywood Reporter and it might be one of the juiciest interviews we’ve read – like ever. Seriously. The drama is so real at ABC/Disney… We really wanted to cut and paste the WHOLE entire article but THR was generous enough to provide some key quotes. Much of the drama centers around ABC’s decision to shelve Barris’ episode about Trump, the NFL protests, and the Charlottesville attacks, but Barris also reveals his clashes with Disney exec Ben Sherwood, his thoughts on “monster” Roseanne Barr, and the anxiety of high expectations with a massive deal at Netflix: “I don’t know if it’s scary for Ryan and Shonda, but I’m fu**ing terrified.” Check out excerpts below via THR starting with all the drama over THAT infamous episode. Just for a better idea of what ABC opted to shelve, the episode centered around Johnson family patriarch Dre, played by Anthony Anderson, telling his infant son, Devante, a bedtime story that multiple sources described as a mixture of political allegory via an animated fairy tale about a character named The Shady King, and actual news footage of Donald Trump, the Charlottesville attacks and the NFL kneeling protests. “When you’re putting a baby to sleep, you’re trying to soothe whatever anxieties they’re having,” says Barris, speaking for the first time about the controversial episode. “So, this was about me trying to pat the butt of the country and soothe people.” The episode budget was increased beyond it’s usual $3 million or so cap to allow room for payments for rights and clearances for music and footage, including Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” which Barris personally met with Cooke’s goddaughter to secure. Barris hired a high-profile illustrator and Spike Lee contributed voiceover to the episode took its title (“Please, Baby Please”) and inspiration from a children’s book written by Lee and his wife. Sounds good right? Too bad we’ll never see it. What actually happened (THR Reporting): Executives at ABC, more than any other network, have been forthright about their desire for more red-state programming since Trump’s win — and with Barris’ latest episode, they feared they’d be alienating the very population they’d tried so hard to court. That Disney brass wouldn’t want to poke Trump himself just as the company was seeking Justice Department approval of its acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox is widely believed to have been a factor as well. Anthony Anderson, on ABC’s decision to pull the episode: “[Barris had] given his blood, sweat and tears to [the episode], which they had signed off on every step of the way — from the outline, to the script, to the table read, to the point where they actually spent the money and made the episode. And I don’t know what those conversations were, but we entered into this partnership with the understanding that we would be able to tell the stories that we wanted to tell.” Barris, on what went wrong: “I know there was some concern about partisanship; and the way the episode was angled and the balance in terms of some of the stories. On network TV, one of the things I’ve learned is that you have to talk about things from both sides.” Barris, on Bob Iger’s handling of the situation: “The boss doesn’t have to explain himself, but he explained enough — and he [did so] in a way that really gave light in a different way. And more than that, he spoke to me as a person.” Barris on Ben Sherwood, the man Iger put atop Disney’s TV assets: “The way that [Ben] chose to deal with me in this particular episode, I felt a way about it and I still do. He’d make it seem like it was an open environment but really it wasn’t, and those are things I see very clearly. Everyone wants to say it’s open arms, but just tell me it’s not and I’ll respect you more.” Barris, on why ABC & Barris mutually decided to scrap it after cuts: “What it ended up being, and I think the network would agree, was not a true representation of what we intended to do,” he says. “Because if it was, we would’ve shown it.” Welp… there you have it. Hit the flip for a few more photos and excerpts.
Sami Drasin for The Hollywood Reporter Kenya Barris Reveals Why He Left ABC For Netflix Whew chile! Kenya Barris talked to The Hollywood Reporter and it might be one of the juiciest interviews we’ve read – like ever. Seriously. The drama is so real at ABC/Disney… We really wanted to cut and paste the WHOLE entire article but THR was generous enough to provide some key quotes. Much of the drama centers around ABC’s decision to shelve Barris’ episode about Trump, the NFL protests, and the Charlottesville attacks, but Barris also reveals his clashes with Disney exec Ben Sherwood, his thoughts on “monster” Roseanne Barr, and the anxiety of high expectations with a massive deal at Netflix: “I don’t know if it’s scary for Ryan and Shonda, but I’m fu**ing terrified.” Check out excerpts below via THR starting with all the drama over THAT infamous episode. Just for a better idea of what ABC opted to shelve, the episode centered around Johnson family patriarch Dre, played by Anthony Anderson, telling his infant son, Devante, a bedtime story that multiple sources described as a mixture of political allegory via an animated fairy tale about a character named The Shady King, and actual news footage of Donald Trump, the Charlottesville attacks and the NFL kneeling protests. “When you’re putting a baby to sleep, you’re trying to soothe whatever anxieties they’re having,” says Barris, speaking for the first time about the controversial episode. “So, this was about me trying to pat the butt of the country and soothe people.” The episode budget was increased beyond it’s usual $3 million or so cap to allow room for payments for rights and clearances for music and footage, including Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” which Barris personally met with Cooke’s goddaughter to secure. Barris hired a high-profile illustrator and Spike Lee contributed voiceover to the episode took its title (“Please, Baby Please”) and inspiration from a children’s book written by Lee and his wife. Sounds good right? Too bad we’ll never see it. What actually happened (THR Reporting): Executives at ABC, more than any other network, have been forthright about their desire for more red-state programming since Trump’s win — and with Barris’ latest episode, they feared they’d be alienating the very population they’d tried so hard to court. That Disney brass wouldn’t want to poke Trump himself just as the company was seeking Justice Department approval of its acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox is widely believed to have been a factor as well. Anthony Anderson, on ABC’s decision to pull the episode: “[Barris had] given his blood, sweat and tears to [the episode], which they had signed off on every step of the way — from the outline, to the script, to the table read, to the point where they actually spent the money and made the episode. And I don’t know what those conversations were, but we entered into this partnership with the understanding that we would be able to tell the stories that we wanted to tell.” Barris, on what went wrong: “I know there was some concern about partisanship; and the way the episode was angled and the balance in terms of some of the stories. On network TV, one of the things I’ve learned is that you have to talk about things from both sides.” Barris, on Bob Iger’s handling of the situation: “The boss doesn’t have to explain himself, but he explained enough — and he [did so] in a way that really gave light in a different way. And more than that, he spoke to me as a person.” Barris on Ben Sherwood, the man Iger put atop Disney’s TV assets: “The way that [Ben] chose to deal with me in this particular episode, I felt a way about it and I still do. He’d make it seem like it was an open environment but really it wasn’t, and those are things I see very clearly. Everyone wants to say it’s open arms, but just tell me it’s not and I’ll respect you more.” Barris, on why ABC & Barris mutually decided to scrap it after cuts: “What it ended up being, and I think the network would agree, was not a true representation of what we intended to do,” he says. “Because if it was, we would’ve shown it.” Welp… there you have it. Hit the flip for a few more photos and excerpts.
Charlie Ans / SplashNews.com LeBron James Has Another Show Coming Out And This One Is On HBO We love it that LeBron James has SO much content bubbling! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTQuK2CaWaTgSsoNkn5AiQ LeBron James explains the supportive way he speaks to his daughter, Snoop Dogg talks about respect for black people outside of America and Jon Stewart reveals what would unite human kind. From LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s UNINTERRUPTED, The Shop premieres Tuesday, August 28 at 11 PM on HBO.
WATCH: @OMAROSA tells @ChuckTodd during an exclusive interview “I was complicit” in White House deceipt. #MTP pic.twitter.com/7NaiVg1ZXw — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 12, 2018 Brian To/WENN.com) Talking to Chuck Todd, Omarosa decided to give the details on her time at in the White House…
Rich Schultz/Getty Images Black Talk Show Host Schools White Co-Hosts On NFL Protests & Disrespecting The Military Daily Blast Live host Al Jackson is done spending time talking about the NFL protests if you’re not going to talk about the root of the problem — racism in America. He’s so done with talking about it that he unleashed nothing but facts on his co-hosts and any ignorant viewers who had a problem with it. When the conversation went five minutes too long Al Jackson had enough. He tells his co-hosts: “Are we done talking about this or are we going to talk about stupid Casey Affleck? Are we ready to have a serious conversation? Are we going to give this story the breath and time it deserves or are we going to talk about the next James Bond, what do you guys wanna do?” It was then that Daily Blast Live co-hosts Sam Schacher and Jeff Schroeder realized it was about to go down. Al Jackson gathered the congregation for a sermon and unapologetically schooled them on how veterans, especially black ones, are treated when they return home from war. It looks like America as a whole has some problems with disrespecting military vets and it has nothing to do with the national anthem . Watch the entire exchange below.
