Source: SplashNews / Splash News Kamala Harris Sees Major Bump In Polls After Biden Busing Criticism The Democratic debate last week helped create more distinction between the nearly two dozen names in the 2020 Presidential campaign hat. One of the biggest beneficiaries of that debate is Senator Kamala Harris who got a lot of air-time on cable news networks after she took a bite out of Joe Biden and his record on busing Black students to predominantly white schools. The race to the White House will be tense and likely very close, every little gain in the poll matters. Thoughts on Kamala Harris and her campaign up to this point?
Source: Richard Williams Photography / Getty From Fox News: A 15-year-old Atlanta boy was shot on the night of 4th of July at the Providence of Cascade Apartments in Southwest Atlanta . Police say the boy was playing with fireworks just around midnight when a man told him to stop. The boy kept shooting off fireworks when the man pulled a gun, shooting the boy multiple times, then fleeing the scene. According to authorities, the boy is in stable condition, but the shooter is still on the large. If you have any information, please contact local authorities. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE _______ 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
Source: Richard Williams Photography / Getty From Fox News: A 15-year-old Atlanta boy was shot on the night of 4th of July at the Providence of Cascade Apartments in Southwest Atlanta . Police say the boy was playing with fireworks just around midnight when a man told him to stop. The boy kept shooting off fireworks when the man pulled a gun, shooting the boy multiple times, then fleeing the scene. According to authorities, the boy is in stable condition, but the shooter is still on the large. If you have any information, please contact local authorities. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE _______ 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
Source: Kelsey McNeal / Getty Big things are happening for Halle Bailey of Chloe x Halle ! The singer/actress is set to play Ariel in the live-action version of Disney’s The Little Mermaid ! It’s a brand new day under the sea for the Grammy-nominated singer who will be making her feature film debut alongside Melissa McCarthy in the film, directed by Rob Marshall. “After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance–plus a glorious singing voice–all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role,” Marshall said in a statement. Bailey along with her sister Chloe was discovered by Beyoncé after the duo became popular singing covers and original songs on YouTube. The two are signed to the Houston legend’s Parkwood Entertainment label and both sisters star in the black-ish spinoff, grown-ish which airs on Freeform. The 1989 original Little Mermaid is considered one of the all-time classic Disney films and follows a mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human after she falls in love with a human prince she met on land. RELATED: Chloe x Halle Slay In New “Who Knew” Music Video RELATED: Chloe x Halle Belt Out ‘America The Beautiful’ At Super Bowl
Source: Regina Wagner/Future Image/WENN.com / WENN Victoria’s Secret model Shanina Shaik and DJ Ruckus are calling an end to their one-year marriage. A rumored reason is that A$AP Rocky had something to do with driving a wedge between the couple. The Blast reports : Sources close to the former couple tell The Blast after Shaik was spotted hitting the club with A$AP Rocky back in May, the newlyweds officially called it quits. The 28-year-old Australian beauty was pictured alongside the hip-hop star at Cirque Le Soir Superclub in Monaco. Wearing a tight leather dress, Shaik definitely seemed to be having a good time with Rocky, and was also seen onstage when the star was performing. We’re told Ruckus, who was not with his wife of 1-year at the time, felt there was more going on than the pictures showed, and we’re told the incident was “the last straw” in their marriage. Yikes. Ruckus, who is a cousin of Lenny Kravitz, and Shaik first got engaged in 2015. — Photo: WENN
Source: D Dipasupil/BET / Getty Just when it looked like the Safaree and Erica Mena romance was headed to the edit pile in a Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood storyline, the couple are on Instagram looking stronger than ever. Although Mena went ham with the dramatics and trashed some roses Skaff Beezy sent to apologize for DM creeping, the loving birthday shoutout to her boo for his 38th birthday seems sweet and sincere. From Mena’s IG: Another candle on your cake, but it’s so much more than that. Another year of amazing memories, inside jokes, uncontrollable laughter, and a new year getting to call you my lover. I spent days upon days thinking about what in the world I could possibly do for you that would make this birthday amazing. At the end of the lengthy, Mena dropped a not-so-subtle hint that she’s trying to bring a baby into the mix. View this post on Instagram @safaree Another candle on your cake, but it's so much more than that. Another year of amazing memories, inside jokes, uncontrollable laughter, and a new year getting to call you my lover. I spent days upon days thinking about what in the world I could possibly do for you that would make this birthday amazing. I spent hours upon hours trying to figure out what in the world to get a man that gives me everything. Nothing could compare. Nothing was as sincere as me wishing you a happy day, not just today, but every day. It's simple, your happiness is my happiness. You came around and changed everything. You showed me I could be loved the way I love . We're still learning and growing as individuals while getting over past mistakes. We're learning that all we need is each other , all while making a family together . Overall: I am so lucky to have found a person like you in this crazy world, not many people are lucky in that way. I was already confident, goal driven, and lucky in life. I was already confident in myself, but you have made me really look at myself and love myself more than I already do. I was already goal driven, but you gave me more purpose ( Along with King) and determination to reach those goals, you gave me even more of a reason why. I was already lucky in this life, but you gave me someone to share that luck with and create our own. Thank you for helping me get by on those days I’m dying inside from missing my Daddy. Thank you for making me believe in the beautiful things in life, and thank you for being who you are. Happy birthday, my love. Here's to many more years of happiness together. P.S I have a feeling lol you make girls. Let’s make a Queen tonight with my eyes and your skin color. Seriously That’s Pure Perfection A post shared by Erica Mena Samuels (@iamerica_mena) on Jul 3, 2019 at 9:02pm PDT Safaree fired back with a loving salvo of his oww on his IG page: Before I always had feelings of uncertainty and doubt in the back of my mind and it always made me an emotional wreck.. but this year I am happy with no doubts and so grateful for where I am in life and where I’m heading! In a world where people lose there life for noting i don’t take anything for granted and am super grateful. All I can say is Thank you mommy and Thank God and thank my beautiful wife to be for making me feel complete in everything i Do. Salute to Safaree on his big day. View this post on Instagram July 4th a Star was born Thank God For Another Birthday I can honestly say that for the 1st time In Years I am genuinely happy. Before I always had feelings of uncertainty and doubt in the back of my mind and it always made me an emotional wreck.. but this year I am happy with no doubts and so grateful for where I am in life and where I’m heading! In a world where people lose there life for noting i don’t take anything for granted and am super grateful. All I can say is Thank you mommy and Thank God and thank my beautiful wife to be for making me feel complete in everything i Do. I love you A post shared by Safaree StuntMan (@safaree) on Jul 3, 2019 at 10:24pm PDT — Photo: WENN
View this post on Instagram U ready …… A post shared by Meek Mill (@meekmill) on Jul 3, 2019 at 5:24pm PDT Meek Mill’s Hot Boy Summer is in full effect, it seems. Internet sleuths have determined that he wasn’t alone on his latest beach adventure. He’s been rumored to be boo’d up with fashion designer Milan Harris of Milano Di Rouge. The rumor has gotten so strong that when Meek is out posting the above pics, and she is posting the below pic: View this post on Instagram Til the wheels fall off that's how long you can ride with me @milanodirouge A post shared by Milano Di Rouge (@iammilanrouge) on Jul 3, 2019 at 10:07pm PDT Everyone points to the idea that they are vacationing together. Hey, maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. Whatever the case, she is one baddie and a half. So it’s only right that we give her a good ol’ Hello Summer welcome as only we can. Also, dap Meek if you see him in the street. View this post on Instagram I can wear designer but Milano is the drip @milanodirouge A post shared by Milano Di Rouge (@iammilanrouge) on Jul 4, 2019 at 4:55pm PDT
Halle Bailey is about to be part of our big screen world. The 19-year old — who forms one half of the R&B duo Chloe X Halle, along with her sister — has been cast as Ariel in the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Said director Rob Marshall of the decision to cast Bailey in the title role of the film, which is based entirely on the iconic 1989 Disney cartoon: “After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence and substance – plus a glorious singing voice – all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.” Melissa McCarthy, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina are also also talks to star and lend their voices to the movie, which will begin production in 2020. The Little Mermaid will be the latest Disney cartoon to be remade in this live-action fashion, following this spring’s Aladdin and this summer’s The Lion King. So… that’s it, right? End of story and end of this latest piece of interesting movie news? NOPE! Because social media can be a terrible place, full of judgment A-Holes and racists in general, many people out there are aghast over Bailey’s casting. Because they thought it was Halle Berry who was cast as Ariel? Actuallly, yes. This was an initial misunderstanding. But the bigger uproar has centered around the fact that Bailey is African-American and the character of Ariel was not. Of course, she as also a mermaid and Bailey is a human… but no one has really objected to this difference between the singer and the curious mermaid. This person, for example, tried to use science to argue that Ariel simply had to be white: There was also the use of the fake term “blackwashing,” along with some attempts to reason that Ariel is Dutch and, therefore, well, you see… We’ll spare you the disgusting details of other, similar Tweets. But know this: There’s a Change.org petition, which we are NOT about to link to, that calls for Bailey to be fired there must be “justice for Ariel” and the petition signees aren’t about to let “Disney ruin our childhood.” We don’t even know what to say about people who actually get worked up over what ethnicity they think a cartoon ought to be when he or she is brought to life by an actual person. Go outside? Take a nice, long walk? Try to re-evaluate every aspect of your life? Because, seriously, you are 1. Mostly just being racist; and 2. Really need to direct this anger toward pretty much anything else of importance in the world. The above Tweet is how Bailey herself reacted to the casting news. Pretty awesome image, isn’t it? We’re just gonna go ahead and leave it at that,
S torytelling has long since been a rich tradition in the Black community. From the folktales shared by ancestors that have been passed down for generations to the new generation of musicians, poets, and writers, who are capturing their experiences through their artistry; oral traditions within Black culture have been instrumental in the preservation of our narratives. Entrepreneur Mike Coles is on a mission to elevate the storytelling experience, build community and preserve legacies through his app Choose Your Reader . For Coles—a lawyer, screenwriter, and author who was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio—books were often used as an escape. He grew up in a town that was segregated and as a result was bussed to a school on the other side of town during his grade school years. He says that experience forced him to level up and sparked a passion for education. It was during this time in his life where Coles fell in love with reading and storytelling. Amongst some of the earliest books he read—which were given to him by his mother who earned a master’s degree in child psychology—were the Big Red series penned by author Jim Kjelgaard and the books The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London . During his teenage years, he started reading comic books and collected hundreds of them. Fast forward decades later and the passion for stories is something that has been passed down to his son. One evening, while getting his son ready for bed the 3-year-old child asked that Coles tell him a story. While Coles was headed to the bookshelf to grab a book, his son told him that he wanted him to make the story up off the top of his head. His son shared three things that he wanted to be included in the story—a baseball, softball, and golf ball. Coles’ improvisational skills led to the creation of a compelling story; so compelling that his son wanted the same story repeated the following three nights. Then his son began to ask that he add other elements to the story including illustrations. While struggling to find content to bring the story to life, Coles discovered there was a need for apps that featured stories which merged engaging narratives with good illustrations. He then developed the concept for Choose Your Reader in 2016 and decided to move forward with bringing the app to fruition. Choose Your Reader gives individuals the ability to create and voice record stories to share with the children in their lives. Coles started out with the stories that he created for his son and now there are a total of 20 stories on the app; half a dozen of which are in different languages. The app features stories in English, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi. Choose Your Reader was created to build a stronger sense of community. “People are becoming less connected and informed,” he told NewsOne. “Thinking about the legacy that individuals can leave behind, we can continue to build upon an oral tradition that is strong within the Black community. We have the ability to leverage the platform to create content and archive it for generations to come.” Source: Mike Coles For Coles, Choose Your Reader is also about bringing diverse narratives to the forefront. He plans on launching a section of the app that will highlight writers of color. Through the app, he’s also helping writers lower the cost of distributing and promoting their content. He says a lot of content creators of color are locked out of the publishing industry due to a flawed economic structure and he wants to change that narrative. Coles is also adamant about increasing the representation of Black protagonists in children’s stories. “Our stories have diversity and importance and are not monolithic. We tell the illustrators that diversity is important. We want to incorporate people of color into nursery rhymes and other stories that have been around for a long time. Nobody said what Little Jack Horner looked like, why can’t he be Black?” As for what’s on the horizon for Choose Your Reader, Coles says he wants to work with schools in underserved communities so they can aid teachers in cutting the costs for schoolbooks and sharing compelling content with students to spark their interest in different fields. The app will also have the capability to track the progression of a reader. He’s aiming to have 100 books available on the app by the end of the year. The app is free through December. SEE ALSO: Pharrell Williams Launches Music Education Program In Partnership With Verizon Family Of Authors To Launch Animated Travel Adventure Series [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3881733″ overlay=”true”]
Twice a year, booksellers Barnes and Noble have a sale where you can get 50% everything in the Criterion Collection. This important archive of both historically and culturally significant films is also a treasure trove of films with nudity in them…. read more
