Source: Getty Images / Getty Images Check Out Some Of The Best Looks From This Year’s Emmy Awards The 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards went down on Sunday, September 22 and all of your favorite celebs were dressed to the nines. Zendaya picked an all green ensemble that seriously stole the show Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Angela Bassett stunned on the carpet Source: Steve Granitz / Getty Niecy Nash was in the building with all her bawwwdy on display Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Kerry Washington stunned in some seriously bold pants Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty Taraji P. Henson looked like royalty in her red and pink number Source: John Shearer / Getty While Ava DuVernay was the epitome of elegance Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty And of course she brought the Exonerated 5 with her to celebrate the success of When They See Us Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty And Viola Davis was looking classy in a black and white number Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Regina King showed up and showed out Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty Laverne Cox did NOT come to play Source: John Shearer / Getty And you already know Billy Porter is always one to watch on the red carpet Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty You decide: who looked more bangin’?!
Source: Victoria Said It/C McGraw / Victoria Said It/Carissa McGraw DMX Reportedly Inks New Deal With Def Jam According to XXL , legendary rapper DMX is back where he solidified himself as an icon. Def Jam has confirmed with that the former Ruff Ryders rapper has recently signed a new record deal with the historic rap label. If you recall, from the 1990s through the early 2000s, DMX was one of Def Jam’s top-selling artists. Releasing five albums overall for the label, including his two classic LPs, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood , which both dropped in the same year. After being released from a West Virginia prison in January after serving a one-year prison sentence for tax evasion , the rap legend has been staying busy performing at old-school rap shows and recording music with longtime collaborator and friend Swizz Beatz. Swizz confirmed the great news of DMX’s re-signing during his interview with Power 105.1.’s The Breakfast Club . He feels that X’s new deal will bring him back to his legendary status.
Source: SplashNews / Splash News Chingy Resurfaces To Give His Side Of The Story It has been quite some time since we’ve seen Chingy surface in the public eye. Even while touring earlier this year, it seems like he still kept a low profile. The last headline about the rapper was his confusing backing of Donald Trump in 2016, though he quickly ended up backtracking following those comments. The peak of his career was definitely not one to be laughed at, but when he was dominating the charts before the days of social media, tons of rumors flared from beef with Nelly and his label head Ludacris. Eventually, his career began to free fall–but no one really ever knew why. Now, we’re getting every answer we could have imagined back then. Chingy sat down with BET recently to discuss everything under the sun including past beefs, legal problems, and of course, those infamous Sydney Starr rumors . You can watching the latest episode of #FindingBET down below!
Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Jonathan Van Ness Talks About His HIV Diagnosis In New Memoir Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness has revealed he’s HIV positive and is speaking publicly for the first time about living with the diagnosis. In a recent interview with the New York Times — which ran accompanied by an extract from his forthcoming memoir Over the Top– Van Ness opens up about being diagnosed at the age of 25. After fainting at work, Jonathan visited Planned Parenthood, which is where he found out he had HIV. Even though there are currently more than one million people living with HIV in the United States, the stigma surrounding it is still very real. After revealing his own diagnosis, Van Ness recalled his reluctance to discuss his status once his career launched him onto millions of TV screens. “When Queer Eye came out, it was really difficult because I was like, ‘Do I want to talk about my status?’ And then I was like, ‘The Trump administration has done everything they can do to have the stigmatization of the LGBT community thrive around me.’” Jonathan also goes on to speak openly about his experiences as an addict and a sexual abuse survivor. “It’s hard for me to be as open as I want to be when there are certain things I haven’t shared publicly,” he said. “These are all difficult subjects to talk about on a makeover show about hair and makeup. That doesn’t mean Queer Eye is less valid, but I want people to realize you’re never too broken to be fixed.” After revealing such personal details about his life, Van Ness has been bombarded with support from friends, fellow celebrities, and fans who watch him on TV every week. He shared a photo to Instagram following the headlines about his HIV diagnosis thanking everyone for their support. View this post on Instagram Having the opportunity to write my book and share my story with you is the most important opportunity I’ve ever had. The first article about the book came out today from the @nytimes & I’m relieved I can speak fully about the things that shape my experience in life. The book speaks to some extremely difficult times but it’s also filled with my humor, joy and voice & I can’t wait to share it with you fully. Thanks so much for your support so far, it means the world. Article link in bio Isak Tiner words by Alex Hawgood A post shared by Jonathan Van Ness (@jvn) on Sep 21, 2019 at 8:23am PDT Jonathan Van Ness’ memoir Over The Top will be available on September 24.
Source: Ron Sachs/CNP/AdMedia / SplashNews / Splash News Ben Carson Denies Referring To Transgender Women As “Big Hairy Men” After SF Comments Go Public Once upon a time, Dr. Ben Carson was hailed as a medical genius but ever since it was discovered his politics are anything but progressive and his regard for his own race is questionable at best he keeps on making shaky moves — the latest of which was documented by the Washington Post. According to WaPo reports, while visiting HUD’s San Francisco office this week Carson expressed concern about “big, hairy men” trying to gain access to women’s homeless shelters during an internal meeting. Three people present told the WaPo they interpreted Carson’s remarks as an attack on transgender women. Carson’s comments visibly shocked the 50 or so staffers in attendance at the Tuesday meeting, and at least one woman walked out in protest, witnesses to the comments said. Two of the agency staffers said that Carson also lamented that society no longer seemed to know the difference between men and women. SMH. Seriously. WTF. This is coming from the Housing and Urban Development SECRETARY. We’re talking about a group of people who are often subjected to worse housing discrimination than ANYONE. Often subjected to being shunned by their own families. Often in more need of housing than most other groups of people. And the highest government official in the department tasked with making sure AMERICANS in need of shelter talks about them. LIKE This? Another government official told the WaPo that Carson has repeatedly mocked transgender people in internal meetings in Washington. “His overall tone is dismissive and joking about these people,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It’s disrespectful of the people we are trying to serve.” Of course once the reports hit the media a HUD senior official released a statement that said: “The Secretary does not use derogatory language to refer to transgendered individuals. Any reporting to the contrary is false.” The official, who asked not to be named because he wasn’t present at the meetings in SF or Washington, said Carson was referring to men who pretend to be women to gain access to battered women’s shelters — and not singling out transgender women as “big, hairy men.” Who would you believe though? The officials at the meetings or the one who wasn’t? According to the three officials at the meeting in San Francisco, Carson prefaced his remarks about transgender people by saying he believed in fairness and equality, but not “special rights” for any class of people. Carson said that “transgender people should get the same rights as everyone else, but they don’t get to change things for everybody else,” according to one staffer who took notes during the meeting. There have already been calls for Carson’s resignation. U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat from Virginia called the remarks “revolting,” according to The Hill . “These comments only affirm that his recent efforts to erase the Equal Access Rule are rooted in ignorance, not sound policy. By allowing shelters to discriminate against transgender Americans, the Secretary is putting lives in danger,” she said. We agree. PLEASE American people make it stop.
F or the first time in its 136-year history, New York’s Metropolitan Opera will host an opera created by a Black composer, The Hill reported. The Met to stage its first opera by a black composer https://t.co/NijtLp8Dqo pic.twitter.com/ggb4I0W8br — The Hill (@thehill) September 20, 2019 As part of its upcoming programming the opera house will feature Fire Shut Up in My Bones ; a piece created by Grammy-winning jazz musician Terence Blanchard . Blanchard’s project was inspired by a memoir penned by journalist Charles M. Blow . The book captures Blow’s coming-of-age journey as a Black man in America. It details the traumatic experiences that he endured as a child and explores topics like racism, poverty, sexuality and spirituality. “There is a level of you never really know yourself until you write about yourself. You also don’t fully know the people around you until you have to examine them. I had always been angry about my father’s alcoholism. I felt sympathy after writing the book, because I had to explore it in a way that I hadn’t thought about it before,” Blow told The St. Louis American . “One thing I’ve learned as a journalist is that if you tell your own story, then it belongs to you. If somebody finds something out about you and they tell it, it belongs to them.” The opera made its debut in June at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Blanchard is beyond excited to bring it to New York City and make history. “I wish my father was alive,” he told the New York Times. “He was an avid opera fanatic.” For decades Blanchard has composed the musical scores for several pivotal films. The Louisiana native—who launched his career with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra—has worked on the music for Spike Lee films including Mo’ Better Blues , Do the Right Thing , Malcolm X , BlacKkKlansman , Inside Man , When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and others. He’s garnered many awards for his work including six Grammys. Fire Shut Up in My Bones is slated to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera house during its 2021-22 season. SEE ALSO: ‘Bolden’ Movie Review: ‘Beautiful Story About A Forgotten Pioneer Of Jazz Music’ Pharrell Williams Launches Music Education Program In Partnership With Verizon [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3887442″ overlay=”true”]
Source: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Getty Vallejo Police Department Sued By Residents For Civil Rights Violations Vallejo residents are sick and tired of being on the receiving end of racism, brutality, and police violence by local authorities and they’re going to court seeking justice. According to The Guardian, the people of Vallejo have filed a lawsuit against the city for numerous civil rights violations in the wake of the 55-shot killing of a sleeping Willie McCoy earlier this year. Delon Thurston, a massage therapist, is one of those suing. She says she was driving home from work last October when a Vallejo police officer pulled her over for allegedly making “an abrupt left turn” and then along with another officer “dragged” her out of her car and threatened her with a Taser. The officers then forcibly searched her body, touching her breasts and genitals, she alleges “I honestly felt like it was a Sandra Bland moment,” Thurston said, referring to the 28-year-old black woman who died of apparent suicide in a Texas jail cell after being arrested during a traffic stop in 2015. “I didn’t know what was going to happen to me and I had to breathe all the way through it and be antagonized all the way to the station and I never got read my rights as they were pushing my face to the cement.” Another *alleged* victim of police misconduct, Deyana Jenkins, claims she was pulled over at gunpoint for no reason and shocked with a taser before being arrested or read her rights. Adrian Burrell had his head slammed against a wooden post after he refused to stop recording officers holding his cousin at gunpoint. This is the type of s#!t that makes us hate and fear the police. We can only hope that these lawsuits yield results that hold cops accountable.
Source: Victor VIRGILE / Getty Jennifer Lopez Wears Reimagined Versace Jungle Dress For the second time in history, JLo is buzzing all over the internet for wearing that iconic jungle dress that put her on Google. During Versace’s Milan fashion week show, Jennifer Lopez gave all of the supermodels a run for their money when she closed out the event in an even sexier version of her 2000’s Grammy red carpet dress. Meanwhile, JLo took to social media and celebrated the special event. “So this just happened.. @donatella_versace #jungledress @versace #stillgoingstrong #20yearanniversary #catwalk,” she wrote. Hit play to see JLo strut her stuff! So this just happened… @donatella_versace #jungledress @versace #stillgoingstrong #20yearanniversary #catwalk pic.twitter.com/OK2ajzfgRw — Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) September 21, 2019 The “Hustlers” star later walked out again with the legendary designer herself, Donatella Versace, to pose for photographs. They both received standing ovations. Source: Victor VIRGILE / Getty Good for JLo! Critics are also praising her for her acting in the new movie “Hustlers”. She’s having a great month. Go Jenny.
Another day – another scandal. We’ve made it through fashion week with only a few hiccups, but now H&M is once again under fire. The brand was in the news in 2018 for having a little Black boy wear a shirt that said, “The coolest monkey in the jungle.” Now they are facing scrutiny for how a young Black woman’s hair was featured on their site. It was celebrity hairstylist, Vernon Francois , who shamed the brand via Instagram. View this post on Instagram It’s essential that we have a conversation about this photograph from the @hm_kids campaign. Before I begin, I do not have the facts, nor have I seen any statement by #H&M or the team who worked on this. This post is just an assessment based on all my years of seeing situations like this happen time and time again. And its got to stop. This beautiful young girl’s #kinky hair appears to have had very little to no attention yet all of her counterparts have clearly sat in front of someone who was more then capable of styling other hair textures. My heart breaks imagining yet another girl from my community sitting in front of a mirror being ignored by the team around her, left to her own devices because someone didn’t know how to handle her texture. As if that’s not bad enough…. Prior to this campaign appearing this photograph will have been seen and APPROVED by countless ‘professionals'. Lets say conservatively 50 people. It’s breathtaking to me that not one person looked at this shot and had the same reaction that the internet seems to be feeling since the campaign broke. THAT IS AN ISSUE. We must do better. Our girls, our young women deserve better. Let this be a moment of learning. #Education is key #wehavetodobetter #vernonfrancois #Ignorance #blackgirlmagic #allhairisgoodhair A post shared by Vernon François (@vernonfrancois) on Sep 19, 2019 at 9:33pm PDT The young model has Type 4 hair, which often isn’t even represented in ads and campaigns. The other issue is that often at fashion shows or shoots, Black models are forced to do their hair themselves because hairstylists who can do their hair are not hired on set. Yes, despite all the diversity initiatives, we are still having this issue in 2019. Francois stated via his Instagram, “This beautiful young girl’s #kinky hair appears to have had very little to no attention yet all of her counterparts have clearly sat in front of someone who was more then capable of styling other hair textures. My heart breaks imagining yet another girl from my community sitting in front of a mirror being ignored by the team around her, left to her own devices because someone didn’t know how to handle her texture.” ‘Nuff said. Of course when social media got their hands on this, H&M released a statement to Essence, “We are aware of the comments regarding one of our models for H&M Kids. We truly believe that all kids should be allowed to be kids. The school aged kids who model for us come to the photo studio in the afternoon after school and we aim for a natural look which reflects that.” Well. It is true that a young Black girl with Type 4 hair could leave her house with her hair looking together and after school and rough play on the playground, look like this. This is natural, Type 4 hair, without a brush and edge control. If people were shocked, is it normally because we are used to seeing it “tamed”? Personally, I understand what H&M is trying to do; however, I believe that an image lasts a lifetime. If all the other kids are represented looking polish, I’d appreciate if someone put a paddle brush to this child’s hair and helped to smooth her afro puff. Beauties, we want you to weigh in: is H&M right or wrong for leaving this young girls hair in its natural state? Take our poll and sound off in the comment section. Take Our Poll DON’T MISS: EXCLUSIVE: Vernon François Shares How To Get Amandla Stenberg’s Hairline Realness H&M Offers Apology After Using Black Boy To Model ‘Coolest Monkey In The Jungle’ Sweatshirt Christian Siriano Made A ‘Bo Derek’ Mistake When Discussing Hair Inspo For His NYFW Show [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3058336″ overlay=”true”]
Taraji P. Henson is ditching her sew-in for her natural hair…and we love her curls. According to PEOPLE , this week, the “Empire Star” showed off her ringlets during Live! with Kelly and Ryan. “I don’t have a wig on. I wanted to show what’s always under that hair!” Henson said during the show. Before going on-air, the Oscar-nominee quick selfie backstage with her hairstylist Tym Wallace , who styled her hair for the appearance. On Instagram, Wallace says he achieved this look with a good old fashioned twist-out that he diffused for volume. “When that bottom lip hangin you know it’s real@ …. twist out on #tarajiphenson using my @dysonhair blow dryer and diffuser. Color by @kindastylized then we did a quick switch-up pulling the hair up allowing some curls to cascade in her face. #tossedbytym #dysonhair #dysonprohair #mastermindmgt, “he wrote in a pic of him styling Henson’s hair. View this post on Instagram When that bottom lip hangin you know it’s real@ …. twist out on #tarajiphenson using my @dysonhair blow dryer and diffuser. Color by @kindastylized then we did a quick switch up pulling the hair up allowing some curls to cascade in her face. #tossedbytym #dysonhair #dysonprohair #mastermindmgt A post shared by tym (TIM) wallace (@tymwallacehair) on Sep 19, 2019 at 8:43pm PDT Clearly, these au natural tresses are not a one-time thing, she’s been rocking them all week! View this post on Instagram Did you know that Hollywood actress #tarajiphenson is Cameroonian?? Now you know. #chollebetv A post shared by Chollebe Media (@chollebe_media) on Sep 20, 2019 at 12:32pm PDT And here with the sleek up-do: View this post on Instagram #PressDay in @alexanderwangny A post shared by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Sep 20, 2019 at 9:05am PDT And chilling at the costume party with none other than her homegirl and queen of “Bad Bitch Fall,” Mary J. Blige: View this post on Instagram When ya favorite Aunties link up #TarajiPHenson #MaryJBlige ___________________⠀ Follow: @_celebritiesandfriends Like , comment and tag friends uploads daily!!!!!⠀ – TURN ON POST NOTIFICATION⠀ ____________________________ #celebrity #singer #skateparty #beauty #maryj #fbf #makeup #80sparty #sis #actress #cute #blogger #celebritynews #hair #80s #blackexcellence #love #happiness #melanin #glow #celebritynews #blackwomen #80sfashion #explorepage #tarajihenson #BlackGirlMagic A post shared by Celebrities & Friends (@_celebritiesandfriends) on Sep 20, 2019 at 8:07am PDT Now, this isn’t the first time, Henson’s showed us her natural hair. Last month, she gave us a teaser about her upcoming line rocking another twist-out, but rumor had it that it was a wig: View this post on Instagram #tphbytaraji coming #photocredit @shine_sunnie A post shared by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Aug 18, 2019 at 6:43pm PDT And a few weeks ago, she confirmed that this was 100 percent hers! View this post on Instagram #TwistOUTs #NaturalHairDontCare #HealthyHair #TPHbyTaraji @TpHbyTaraji A post shared by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Sep 3, 2019 at 3:24pm PDT We love Taraji with any hair, but we also love that she’s going back to her roots with this new look. You look amazing, girl! RELATED NEWS: Taraji P. Henson Will Be Releasing A Hair Line Very Soon What In The Identity Theft? Chicago Woman Accused Of Posing As Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson Lets Us In On A Little Secret: My Fiancé Wears Magnums [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2933542″ overlay=”true”]
