Tag Archives: city

The Wealth Gap Between Blacks And Whites Is Worse Than You Thought

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Benny Hollywood

The wealth gap is not only growing between rich and poor, it is also ballooning between Blacks and Whites. That gap has been increasing since the recession began and continued as jobs and financial issues continued to grow. Recently the Pew Research Center reported that the median White household was worth $141,900–this is a whopping 12.9 times more than the typical Black household, which was worth just $11,000. [ Madamenoire ] What’s The Best U.S. City To Find Love? Leading personal finance social network WalletHub has conducted an in-depth study 2014’s Best & Worst Cities for Singles, ranking the best and worst places for the 105 million US singles to find the right partner while saving money. WalletHub looked at stats associated with nightlife opportunities, how active people are on mobile dating apps and more. [ Madamenoire ] NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Asks For End To Police Protests New York City mayor Bill de Blasio asked Monday (Dec. 22) that the citywide protests against police brutality be suspended in light of recent events. Mayor de Blasio has requested that the protests resume after the funerals of fallen NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. After the shooting deaths of the officers carried out by troubled gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley, tensions in the city between police officers and protesters have reached critical levels. [ HipHopWired ] What Makes Luke James Nervous? [ VibeVixen ] Dennis Rodman: I’m No Longer Kim Jong-un’s Ally…In Video Game, Anyway [ TMZ ] Kwanzaa 2014: Dates, Facts, And History Of The Celebration Of Unity, Faith, And African Roots [ HuffingtonPost ] ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ To Premiere At The Berlin Film Festival [ StarPulse ] Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

More Galleries

Violent History: What We Know About NYPD Shooter Ismaaiyl Brinsley

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Benny Hollywood

The Saturday shooting of the two NYPD officers in Brooklyn was especially jarring considering the high tensions in the city… Continue . Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

More Galleries

WTF?!? Slizzard Mexican Man Murders His Sexual Molester Amigo, Cuts Off His Peen, Feeds It To Dog

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We couldn’t make this isht up if we tried Via NYDailyNews A drunk who shot his best pal in the head before chopping off his penis and feeding it to his dog was so overcome with guilt he handed himself in to police as soon as he sobered up. Drunk Mario Alberto Lizalde Reyes, 25, had been walking his dog with lifelong friend Mario Hernandez Banda, 24, when the two men started arguing. Reyes said that Banda had tried to touch him “in a sexual way” in the neighborhood of Parajes de San Isidro, in the city of Ciudad Juarez, in the north-central Mexican state of Chihuahua. “We were both drunk and he tried touching me in a sexual way,” Reyes said in a televised confession. “After pushing him off, he went to urinate in an alley, so I followed him, pulled out my gun and shot him in the head. “I then took his knife off him and chopped off his penis as punishment and put it in a bag,” Reyes added. “But my dog was next to me and was sniffing at it so I decided to give it to him and he ate it.” Leaving the bloody body slumped in the alley, Reyes then casually finished walking his dog before going home to sleep off the booze. But the next day he felt so guilty about what he had done, he decided to turn himself in. “He came in covered in cuts and bruises, and said he had fought with his stepfather when he told him what he had done,” a police spokesman said. “He then admitting killing his best friend and said that although his friend had tried sexually assaulting him, he was still a human being and didn’t deserve to die.” He now faces life in jail. That’s one sick Scooby snack. Image via Shutterstock/OmniaCuauhtemoc

See more here:
WTF?!? Slizzard Mexican Man Murders His Sexual Molester Amigo, Cuts Off His Peen, Feeds It To Dog

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Hollywood, Hot Stuff

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Matt Lauer Walks Out on Wife Annette Roque: Why?!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Today host Matt Lauer continues to make almost as much news as he reports, and that news is not of the positive sort. Nor has it been for some time. Just ask his long-suffering wife Annette Roque, about that. According to Radar sources, Lauer recently walked out on her , and their three children, amid rumors that the morning show staple was having an affair. The 56-year-old allegedly fled the family’s Hamptons estate, seeking refuge in their apartment in the city, during the pair’s blowout fight over the summer. The insider said a “bitter” dispute sparked their latest split after photos of Laure relaxing on a boat with a mystery blonde in the Hamptons were published. According to a supposed insider, he later begged “her back for the sake of their three kids” and the family was eventually reunited under the same roof. Sources familiar with the situation defended Lauer, however. “Yes, he was spending more time at the New York City apartment but that was because Savannah Guthrie was out on maternity leave,” one source said. “Matt didn’t take any time off for three months, and it was just easier for him to be in the city. He always tried to make it back to [Long Island[ on the weekends.” Either way, it hasn’t been a good month for Lauer, who took heat for his handling of Zayn Malik’s absence from a recent One Direction piece on Today. Actually, it hasn’t been a good couple of years for him, really. He’s got a good job, and Today still does alright, but ever since Ann Curry got axed, Matt has been on the business end of one tabloid headline after another. Lauer’s marriage has been the subject of several reports such as this, although he and Annette have always put forth a united front in their wake. Still, the bloom is off the morning show rose, you could say. Today Show Anchors With No Makeup 1. Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer: No Makeup! Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer go makeup free on the Today Show February 24, 2014.

See the original post:
Matt Lauer Walks Out on Wife Annette Roque: Why?!

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Gossip

Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Kate Middleton Ordered Pizza on Her Last Day in NYC: What Does the Duchess Get on Her Pie?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

On Monday, Kate Middleton and Prince William visited New York for the first time. The royals participated in a number of memorable activities such as taking in an NBA game,  hanging out with LeBron James , and hobnobbing with a number of American A-listers. Kate Middleton in New York City Photos! 1. Kate Middleton and Prince William in NYC Kate and Will attended an NYU fundraiser last night. As usual, they were both the picture of class. Not bad for a three-day stay, but it wasn’t until her last night in town that Kate truly experienced the finest that NYC has to offer: Yes, we’re talking about pizza. The Duchess reportedly has a Ninja Turtle-like jones for cheese and pep’, and sources say sampling some of the city’s iconic thin crust was high on her Big Apple bucket list. So on her last night stateside, Kate dialed up Manhattan eatery Serafina and had “three very specific pizzas” delivered to her room at the Carlyle Hotel. Hopefully, she found that unlike a marriage proposal from Prince William, pizza delivery in the US requires very little waiting. And what does a Duchess get for toppings? According to a source who spoke with Us Weekly,Kate ordered a spicy sausage pizza with no mushrooms, a prosciutto pizza with no sliced tomatoes, and a third mystery pie. Sounds like risky business, considering Kate’s recovering from hyperemisis gravidarum – a condition characterized by intense nausea and vomiting. But hey, the woman’s love of ‘za knows no bounds and we respect that: The five-months pregnant Kate reportedly ate pizza as her first meal after giving birth to Prince George. She’s also been spotted buying frozen pizzas at UK grocery stores. Pause for a moment and try to imagine what frozen pizza made in England must taste like. And you didn’t think it was possible to feel pity for a future queen! We hope that Kate not only enjoyed the pie, but that it left her with a better understanding of the American obesity epidemic. It’s not easy to stay so thin when you have options other than blood sausage and bread pudding, is it, Kate? Kate Middleton: Pregnant in Public! 1. Kate Middleton Returns to Public Life Kate Middleton made her first public appearance in over two months today. The Duchess helped welcome the president of Singapore to Buckingham Palace.

Read this article:
Kate Middleton Ordered Pizza on Her Last Day in NYC: What Does the Duchess Get on Her Pie?

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Gossip

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Grand Jury Decision In Eric Garner Choking Case Expected On Wednesday

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Can we expect justice or more of the same ? Grand Jury Expected To Reveal Decision In Eric Garner Case On Wednesday The grand jury investigating the death of Eric Garner — choked to death by NYPD officers after selling cigarettes on the street — is expected to bring back their decision on Wednesday . With the disappointing outcomes of recent racially motivated police violence cases, people are hoping that murderous police will finally be asked to answer for their actions in a court of law. Via NYpost : The Staten Island grand jury investigating the police chokehold death of Eric Garner has finished hearing testimony and will be asked Wednesday to decide whether criminal charges should be filed, The Post has learned. The lawyer for the cop who put Garner into a chokehold said he didn’t expect the panel to deliberate more than two hours before making its decision. “If there’s no true bill, I expect a press release. If there’s an indictment, I expect I’ll get a call to arrange my client’s surrender,” said Stuart London, the lawyer for Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Prosecutors will sum up their evidence in the morning and give the grand jurors legal instructions, then tell them to start deliberating, law enforcement sources said. It’s unclear what charge or charges the panel will be asked to consider. During an unrelated news conference, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donvovan urged the city “to be patient,” telling reporters: “We are going to let the grand jury do their work and then answer a lot of your questions.” Donovan also said officials expect protests “regardless of what the decision is.” NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that while “people have a right to demonstrate,” cops will arrest anyone who commits an “actual crime,” including vandalism. “We have the ability to have a level of tolerance, breathing room if you will, and we’ve been doing that for these last eight, nine days and this is a department that has a lot of experience dealing with various forms of demonstrations and we adjust our strategies and our tactics depending on circumstances of the moment,” Bratton said. What do you think the outcome will be?

Continue reading here:
Grand Jury Decision In Eric Garner Choking Case Expected On Wednesday

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Hollywood, Hot Stuff

Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Surprise, Surprise: Darren Wilson Was Once An Officer On A Police Force Disbanded For Being Racist

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

  Gee…what a shocker. Well no wonder he thinks he’s well within his right to shoot and kill unarmed Black kids…he’s been at this for a while. The entire police force he served on before Ferguson, MO was FIRED by the city for their racist practices and use of excessive force. Via NYDN : The white cop who killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9 was once part of a Missouri police force that was disbanded over racial tensions in the community it served. Officer Darren Wilson was a member of the 45-employee Jennings, Mo., Police Department that was fired by its city council in 2011 and replaced by St. Louis County Police, the Washington Post reported. Wilson, 28, didn’t rack up any disciplinary issues during his tenure in Jennings, but the nearly all-white police force came under fire for its poor relations with the predominantly black community. “The straw that broke the camel’s back — an officer shot at a (black) female,” Rodney Epps, a Jennings city council member, told the newspaper. “She was stopped for a traffic violation. She had a child in the back (of the) car and was probably worried about getting locked up. And this officer chased her down Highway 70, past city limits, and took a shot at her. Just ridiculous,” Epps said. A black Jennings resident, Cassandra Fuller, said cops beat her in 2009 on her front porch after she joked about a car that crashed into her van in front of her house. “It’s like a horror story in my mind,” she said. “I never thought police would pull me off my porch and beat me to the ground, for just laughing,” said Fuller, who sued the department. Wilson, who was raised in Texas, was among the officers given the chance to reapply for their jobs, but he left Jennings for the nearby Ferguson Police Department. Of course he faced no disciplinary action while on that old force…he damn sure hasn’t faced any now after killing a child. There’s no telling what else he took part in in Jennings before taking his radical force and racist attitudes to Ferguson. SMH.

See the original post:
Surprise, Surprise: Darren Wilson Was Once An Officer On A Police Force Disbanded For Being Racist

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Hollywood, Hot Stuff

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Mickey Rourke before and after

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Mickey Rourke’s admitted plastic surgery procedures have been on his face before and after images.Mickey Rourke is a sad example to those thinking of cosmetic enhancement surgery. Some of the pictures and photos below give an insight into just what he has “lost”. Rourke#39;s boxing career resulted in a notable physical change in the 1990s, as his face needed reconstructive surgery to mend his injuries. His face was later called “appallingly disfigured.” In 2009, the actor told The Daily Mail

Read the original:
Mickey Rourke before and after

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Hollywood, Hot Stuff, News

Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Arrow Season 3 Episode 8 Teaser: In a Flash!

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

On Arrow Season 3 Episode 7 , Oliver and company learned that love can hurt. A lot. In two weeks, however, the focus will turn from relationships of the romantic kind to relationships of the plutonic kind… when The Flash teams up with Arrow! Arrow Season 3 Episode 8 Promo Oh yes, folks: you may need to wait until December 2 for Arrow Season 3 Episode 8 to air, but the above teaser makes it rather obvious that this wait will be well worth it. Look for “The Brave and the Bold” to focus on Oliver, Arsenal and Diggle tracking down the location of a villain named Digger Harkness, only for them to be surprised when they also encounter an A.R.G.U.S. team. When Arrow joins the battle (after Harkness kills several agents and targets Lyla), he receives assistance from The Flash. Will these two pals be able to find Lyla before Harkness does her in? And also before he blows up the city? This installment will mark the second half of a crossover event that kicks off the night before on The Flash Season 1 Episode 8 . Get pumped and get caught up on all the action when you watch Arrow online via the following video: Watch Arrow Season 3 Episode 7 Online

Go here to see the original:
Arrow Season 3 Episode 8 Teaser: In a Flash!

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Gossip

Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Shady Bolitics: Mexican Mayor & His Wife Arrested In Connection With Disappearance Of 43 Students

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Mexican Mayor And His Wife Arrested In Connection With Disappearance Of 43 Students via Fox News Federal police early Tuesday detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala and his wife, who are accused of ordering the Sept. 26 attacks on teachers’ college students that left six dead and 43 still missing. Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were arrested in Mexico City without resisting, according to two security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. The couple was in the custody of the Attorney General’s Office, where they were giving statements. At least 56 other people have been arrested so far in the case, and the Iguala police chief is still a fugitive. The couple’s detention could shed light on disappearances, which have prompted outraged demonstrations across the country to demand the students be found. The case forced the resignation of the governor of Guerrero state, where Iguala is located. The students from a rural teachers college had gone to Iguala to canvass for donations and authorities say Abarca ordered the attack on them, believing the students were aiming to disrupt a speech by Pineda. They say the assault as carried out by police working with the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel. Authorities say Pineda was a main operative in the cartel. The search for the students has taken authorities to the hills above Iguala, where 30 bodies have been found in mass graves but not identified so far as any of the students. Shutterstock

See the original post here:
Shady Bolitics: Mexican Mayor & His Wife Arrested In Connection With Disappearance Of 43 Students

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Celebrities, Hollywood, Hot Stuff

Tagged , , , , , , , , ,