Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson shared an emotional story about his father’s struggles — along with a snapshot of the two of them in front of his Christmas present — on New Year’s Eve.
Delete Your Account is a weekly column that takes the hot air out of celebrities, the media, and their social media shenanigans. Every Friday, I will decide whether or not each perpetrator should delete their accounts and never grace the internet again. This week, we wrap up 2016 and figure out who was the messiest,… Read more »
Voting for this year’s NBA All-Star Game is now open, and as always, different fans are using different criteria to craft their ideal roster. Obviously, talent is a major factor. Of course, some folks value on-court leadership ability, while others seek to reward players who have demonstrated admirable character. But Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is hoping fans will consider an oft-overlooked asset when checking his name on their ballots: Desire to bang Rihanna. Yes, Embiid claims his DBR is through the roof, and for that reason, fans should vote for him to represent the Eastern Conference in New Orleans. Allow us to explain: It seems that when Embiid was drafter by the Sixers, he was under the impression that famous women would begin beating down his door. He was wrong, and not just because he plays for the Sixers. You see, when it comes to his interactions with the fairer sex, Embiid has a deficiency of what the kids call “game.” He pursued Kim Kardashian for a while, seemingly undeterred by the fact that she’s married. From there, he moved on to Rihanna, whom he’s been openly courting on social media, much to the chagrin of everyone who reads his tweets and feels deeply embarrassed for the dude. Now, Embiid wants you to help him realize his dream of smoking a post-coital blunt with his Barbadian goddess: “This is the truth,” Embiid tweeted yesterday. “I was trying to get with this famous girl and she said ‘Come back when you’re a All Star’ bruhh.” Bruhh, indeed. Now here’s how you can help Joel get all up under RiRi’s unbrella: “There is my chance to finally be with my CRUSH so i need your help y’all ha….. Joel Embiid #NBAVote” View Slideshow: 39 Ridiculously Racy Rihanna Photos Dude signed his own tweet. That’s how you know he ain’t playin’. As you probably noticed, Joel never mentioned Rihanna by name, but considering he’s been hollering at her for the past year and she recently broke down and followed him back, we think it’s a safe bet he’s still got his eye on Drake’s ex . Either that, or homey is way too fickle about his celebrity crushes.
As the best women’s tennis player in the history of the world, Serena Williams is basically adverse to the term “love.” On the court, that is. Off the court, however, Serena just embraced this term in the most romantic and perpetual sense of the word. What we’re saying is this: SERENA WILLIAMS IS ENGAGED! The record-breaking Grand Slam champion has accepted a proposal from Alexis Ohanian, the man who founded Reddit and who has also apparently been dating Williams for several months. This is news to The Hollywood Gossip. But it’s very exciting news! In a post titled “I Said Yes” on the service Ohanian invented, Williams wrote the following poem as confirmation of the engagement: “I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a carriage awaited. Destination: Rome. To escort me to my very own ‘charming.’ Back to where our stars first collided. And now it was full circle. “At the same table we first met by chance. This time he made it not by chance. But by choice. Down on one knee. He said 4 words. And r/isaidyes.” Williams included this creative drawing with the announcement: Serena has previously been romantically linked to Common and to Drake. We actually heard once that she got knocked up by Drake , but that report ended up being inaccurate. Talk of her and Ohanian as an item heated up in October, with the above photo of the duo being snapped and shared on Instagram in November. Wrote Alexis on Reddit, in response to Serena telling the world about the couple’s plans to wed: “And you made me the happiest man on the planet.” Williams holds 22 Grand Slam titles. She is one of the most dominant athletes, male or female, in the history of sports. Ohanian, meanwhile, co-founded Reddit; is a New York native; and is the author of “Without Their Permission.” According to E! News, he’s actually been dating Williams for over a year; the two have simply kept things on the down low. An insider tells this site that Williams and Ohanian are “pretty opposite in many ways,” but are also very similar. How so? “They laugh non-stop and that really fuels their relationship,” the source explains. “They are on the same page in life and are excited to start something great with each other and build and grow a family.” As for when they may get hitched? This same outlet says a wedding may take place in “about a year,” adding that Serena is “excited to plan that.” Congratulations to the happy couple! View Slideshow: 23 Celebrity Engagement Rings That May Leave You Temporarily Blind We’ll let you know when Serena releases a photo of her engagement ring. Which we’re guessing will not be small.
In the comments section for her latest post on the blogging site Medium, a writer named Judy Anne was heavily criticized for her overly-simplistic explanation for why so many beloved celebrities prematurely passed away in 2016. Like so many of us, Judy Anne is desperate to make somehow make sense of how the entertainment world could be shaken by so many tragedies in a single 12-month span. Unlike the rest of us, she claims to have the answer. Judy believes that a rise in the use of illicit substances is to blame for the endless string of famous deaths that marred the past year. Thankfully, dozens of Medium users were quick to point out the foolishness of her argument. (The fact that she felt the need to refer to George Michael as “an enthusiastic cannabis user” – as though that habit played any role in his death – certainly didn’t help her case.) Were some beloved entertainers felled by substance abuse over the past year? Sadly, yes. The most obvious example is the death of Prince , who overdosed on the fentanyl, which he had been using to treat chronic pain. But the celebrities who left us in 2016 did so in myriad ways, ranging from freak accidents to unthinkable acts of violence to old age. By now, you’ve likely heard the jokes about the awfulness of 2016, joined in the mourning when an entertainer whose work touched your life passed before their time, and wondered aloud why so many celebrities died in such a short period of time. Of course, despite what Judy Anne would have you believe, there’s no indication that a new addiction epidemic is sweeping Hollywood. No, the real reasons that stars seem to be falling in record numbers are more complex and far less scandalous: For starters, the number of entertainers, athletes, politicians, and other public figures who could be described as famous exploded in the years after World War II. As television entered households, entertainment options expanded, and faces were matched with the names of America’s favorite stars. With each ensuing decade, the number of celebrities increased, sometimes exponentially. The Internet opened the doors for a new breed of media personality by eliminating the need to follow the traditional paths to fame. In short, there are more celebrities now than ever before, and because the pop cultural landscape we know today began to take shape in the mid-20th Century, many of those stars are getting on in years. So part of the reason it seems like so many famous people are dying is because we’re feeling the after-effects of the celebrity boom that began in the late ’40s and early ’50s. Sadly, that means the trend of beloved showbiz icons passing on in astonishing numbers is likely to continue in the years to come. Of course, the fact remains that some of the stars who left us this year were not baby boomer legends, but young phenoms who had yet to show us what heights they could achieve. Anton Yelchin, Christina Grimmie, Joey Feek, Phife Dawg, and Dave Mirra ranged in age from 22 to 45, and they all left this world well before their time in 2016. There deaths remind us that there’s no way to fully make sense of the tragedies that hit Hollywood this year. We can point to the increase in the number of celebrities, the proliferation of media that brings our attention to deaths we may not have known about, and plain old horrendous luck, but as anyone who’s ever mourned a loved one knows, attempts to make sense of the loss of a life that touched your own are usually in vain. Perhaps all we can do for now is be grateful for the stars who are still with us and hope for a better year ahead. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2016: Gone, But Not Forgotten
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