Source: REVOLT / Revolt The Breakfast Club Interviews Larenz Tate Larenz Tate sat down on the world’s most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club , to talk about the character development in Power , how he maintains his youthful aesthetic and his passion for supporting Blackness. The actor also made an interesting off-hand comment about he and his wife sleeping in separate rooms. Press play below to peep the whole conversation. Thoughts?
Source: Gabriel Olsen / Getty Meagan Good , 38, and husband DeVon Franklin , 41, recently visited The Dr. Oz show to open about their marriage, their faith and their fertility journey. During the couple’s visit, which airs on September 13, they talked with Dr. Mehmet Oz about the journey they’re on to eventually have a child, including Meagan’s efforts to get in her best shape in preparation for their efforts to conceive a child. SEE ALSO: Meagan Good Doesn’t Always Go To Church With Husband Because Church Folk Haven’t Been Kind [VIDEO] “That’s a part of why I did the 30-day challenge as well, because I wanted to really set an affirmation into the world and say, ‘Okay. I’m preparing myself for things that I want career-wise, but I’m also preparing myself for having children,’” she said. “And again, for me it was really about how do I say to myself, like this is every part of me getting ready for that? So yeah, we’re in a place now where we’re looking to do it.” And while the couple is ready to try, they revealed that months earlier, at the top of the year, they took the advice of Dr. Oz and decided that Meagan would freeze some of her eggs. “As I’ve come on the show and we’ve been friends for years, you always encouraged us to freeze eggs. And so we did that,” Devon said. “At the beginning of the year, we froze eggs and we probably wouldn’t have done it without your urging. So thank you.” 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 Dr. Oz told them that he was proud of the couple for deciding to be open about that decision, and DeVon said the process, as well as the journey they’ve been on, taught him a lot about waiting and preparing. “ B efore we got married, we spent a long time waiting and that waiting actually laid a foundation because in marriage — we’ve been married for seven years. So we’ve had this dialogue about having kids. And I’ve wanted kids and she wasn’t ready and then there were times we were talking about it. Because we had the foundation of waiting in patience and preparing, it actually gave us the tools we needed to be successful in marriage. I think a lot of times we’re rushing. We’re in an Instagram society. We all want it now, but there’s a lot of value in just taking time, committing to the process, and letting the process take us where it wants us to be.” Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). As DeVon noted, he and Meagan have been married since 2012. During an interview alongside Intruder co-star Michael Ealy with Steve Harvey back in May, she opened up about feeling like she was ready to grow their family after years of waiting. “I’ma say this, and it’s funny because I usually don’t talk about it because I was one of those people who knew I would be a mother later in life,” she said. “And we talk about it a lot. Like, [Michael Ealy] basically tried to convince me to start like last year. But now I think I’m in a place now where I’m actually ready.” SEE ALSO: Meagan Good On How She Prepares For Sex Scenes [VIDEO] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1790067″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage / Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage DJ Khaled Jacks Unreleased Yeezya Right Off Kanye’s Feet In Atlanta Jordan Brand influencer DJ Khaled failed the ultimate test of temptation and loyalty this weekend. Not only that, but he posted it on Instagram for the whole world to see–but let’s be honest, we don’t blame him . View this post on Instagram #KanyeWest Gives #DJKhaled The New #Yeezys Off His Feet A post shared by 2Cool2Blog (@2cool2bl0g) on Sep 15, 2019 at 2:30pm PDT After spending the weekend in Atlanta for Diddy’s Revolt Music Summit, DJ Khaled hit the airport to take the private jet back to Miami to be with the family . While heading to the PJ, he spotted his friend in music Kanye West, who was leaving Atlanta after holding his own event, Sunday service . Of course, Khaled had to catch up with his past collaborator and friend, and ultimately ended up securing some Yeezys in the process. And by secure, we mean Kanye blessed Khaled with his unreleased Adidas/Yeezy “451” basketball sneakers right off of his own two feet. It makes sense that Ye would be in a giving mood after spending all day in church, after all, walking on the tarmac boiling from Georgia heat isn’t really worth it to bless just anyone with unreleased sneakers! Hopefully, Jordan Brand is understanding and doesn’t give Khaled too much trouble for working with the competition. How could he resist?
N BA player Jarrett Allen has been dedicated to empowering the youth. The Brooklyn Nets center was instrumental in launching the team’s NETSTEM initiative—a program designed to teach Brooklyn youngsters about STEM through basketball—and has teamed up with different nonprofits focused on tech education. According to Elite Sports NY , in an effort to assist students with starting their new school year feeling confident, Allen provided underprivileged children in Brooklyn with haircuts. Looks by @_bigjayy_ | https://t.co/MhqSbGoZIV pic.twitter.com/VB1RQ0pOLj — Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 28, 2019 The San Diego, California native teamed up with the Children of Promise organization for the initiative. The nonprofit was created to provide support and resources for children who have parents who are behind bars to empower them to break the cycle of incarceration. The organization provides one-on-one counseling, mental health services and after school and summer camps and serves over 350 students each year. Allen took a group of children to Brooklyn’s Levels Barbershop for their haircuts. “It’s important to me because I have a lot in my possession,” he said in a statement, according to the news outlet. “I’m an NBA player, I have the dream that a lot of people want to have. So just to give back, show that NBA players care about people outside of basketball is important to me.” The 21-year-old was honored by the NBA with an NBA Cares Community Assist Award in April for his philanthropic work. Aside from his STEM education projects, within the last two years, he’s held several Brooklyn-based back-to-school events and often visits the Brooklyn Hospital Center to uplift young patients. Several NBA players are stepping up to support the youth. Los Angeles Clippers player Kawhi Leonard teamed up with the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Baby2Baby and the L.A. Clippers Foundation to donate one million backpacks to children from low-income families. NBA star LeBron James recently surprised one of the students from his I Promise School with a back-to-school shopping spree . SEE ALSO: NBA Star Kawhi Leonard Donates One Million Backpacks To Underserved Children In Los Angeles LeBron James Surprises Student With Back-To-School Shopping Spree [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3886930″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Mike Pont / Getty Tonight’s episode of Power finds Tasha potentially getting a new love interest. Unfortunately for her, she’ll never actually get her groove back (before going to jail) because Ghost won’t let her be happy. Let me rephrase that, she won’t be able to get her groove back as long as her narcissistic ex is alive . This is beyond f–k boy because Ghost has proven that he will actually kill anyone that Tasha loves as we’ve seen him do to Terry Silver. Here’s the deal about potential new bae, Tasha finally opened up her new daycare. One of her, ahem, clients is a sexy man named “Q,” and their chemistry is undeniable from the moment they first lock eyes. We knew they would get it on. They almost did, in Tasha’s office on top of a desk, but Tasha remembered who she was and stopped it. Her life is just too complicated and dangerous to be playing with people’s hearts, knowing that they might get killed simply by being affiliated with her. There was even a moment when Ghost came to the daycare to talk to her because she called him out on yet another crappy and selfish decision. Basically, he dissolved Raina’s trust fund and forged Tasha’s signature to do it. Ghost is using that money for the Queens Child Project and probably to pay Jason too, but Tasha feels like she’s entitled to half of that money, which she is. Anyway, he comes to confront her about demanding half and slowing down what he has going on, and Q interrupts the party. Tasha swiftly rushes Q outside to chat with him and Ghost hit him with the stare down the entire time like: Q says he’s not afraid of Ghost and that he has dealt with worse. Obviously, he doesn’t know who he’s dealing with, so we’ll see how this goes. Either Q is an agent sent to create more chaos, or he really is a naive law-abiding citizen who wants to see what life with Tasha could be all about. You never know with this show so we’ll have to see. Q: “Tasha, I seen worse than him. I can handle him.” The rest of us: #Power #PowerTV pic.twitter.com/qAD93vDkAT — Blocka Khan (@Starr_Rocque) September 15, 2019 Anyway, Ghost made it clear a long time ago that he doesn’t love Tasha but he also won’t let her be great. But then he admitted that he killed Terry because he kinda sorta still loved her. Obviously, this isn’t love. Let’s be real, Ghost is like a lot of toxic men who don’t really love their woman but will do anything they can to control them. Ghost being trash is a weekly theme. The other interesting point of note in the episode is that Proctor killed his ex-wife. It wasn’t directly but he’s an evil genius. He lied and told her that he was engaged, then had a fake letter sent to her from a law firm, denying her employment. He did all of this to trigger her enough to binge on drugs, which she did. Things got so bad that his daughter called him over for help because mom was spazzing out. She spazzed herself right to death. Proctor pulled out his phone and initially planned to call 911, but when she started foaming at the mouth he decided to let death do what it do. The only problem is, he said out loud, “I’m not gonna let you take her from me,” and you can hear that he didn’t call 911. His daughter’s backpack, the one that Saxe had bugged, was sitting right there, recording everything. Things looked shady af for Tommy too. His mom got to spend some time with Keisha and made it a point to mention Holly’s disappearance. Basically, Tommy’s mom doesn’t trust Keisha and wants Tommy to be smart about her. She feels like Keisha will always put her son first, as she should. However, Tommy is hardheaded, even though his mom has been right before. People on this show have had nine lives, but I get the feeling that won’t be the case this season. RELATED POSTS ‘Power’ Recap: That Councilman Tate Sex Scene Is The Headline ‘Power’ Recap: Ghost And Tommy Are Literally Out For Each Other’s Blood
Source: David M. Benett / Getty Demi Moore Makes Some Shocking Revelations In Her Forthcoming Memoir Demi Moore reveals some seriously unexpected and personal details in her new book. In the forthcoming memoir, Inside Out , the actress opens up about losing a pregnancy during her relationship with ex Ashton Kutcher , going on to say that she blamed herself for it because she was drinking at the time. According to reports from the New York Times , Moore revealed in the book that she suffered a miscarriage six months into her pregnancy back in the early 2000s, before she and Kutcher ended up getting married. She was so far into the pregnancy, the couple had already decided on a name for the baby girl. The publication goes on to say that the actress, “started drinking again and blamed herself for the loss.” She and Kutcher tried to conceive again through fertility treatments, but her drinking only got worse. On top of that, Demi began abusing Vicodin. Luckily, Moore told the New York Times she’s now sober. But those aforementioned revelations were far from the only shocking details the actress laid out in her memoir. In the book, she also accuses her then-husband Ashton Kutcher of cheating on her before they separated in 2011. At the time, Page Six reported that Kutcher allegedly had an affair with a 22-year-old blonde on the night of his sixth wedding anniversary with Moore. Demi goes on to reveal several other explosive stories throughout the book, including revealing that she was raped at 15 and once suffered a seizure after smoking synthetic cannabis and inhaling nitrous oxide at a party with her daughter, Rumer Willis. Moore reportedly began writing her memoir two years ago after going to rehab for trauma, co-dependency and substance abuse and fixing her relationship with her daughters. Inside Out will be available on September 24.
Source: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Robin L. Marshall / Getty Evelyn Lozada Considers Restraining Order Against OG Evelyn Lozada apparently is none too pleased with one of her “Basketball Wives” castmates and she’s considering legal action. According to The Blast , the reality star was so irritated by Ogom “OG” Chijindu’s alleged actions at the VH1 show’s reunion taping that she’s mulling over a restraining order. The site reports that durng the taping that was shot last week production constructed two different sets on the stage because things were so contentious between castmates and they “wanted to avoid any confrontations and keep ladies apart who had issues.” On the main set was; Shaunie O’Neal, Evelyn, Malaysia Pargo, Jackie Christie, Kristen Scott, and Feby Torres and on the smaller set was Tami Roman, Cece Gutierrez and Ogom “OG” Chijindu. What happened to Jennifer Williams ??? We have no idea. The Blast says however that OG was in attendance and lost it” because she was upset she wasn’t seated at the main stage. After reusing to film, OG walked away—but allegedly came back and filmed the reunion, after seeing the show was going on without her. She also tweeted about them “trying to play your girl, again.” “NOBODY PUTS BABY iN THE CORNER!” #iHEARTOG #NiGERiANknockout #BBWLA pic.twitter.com/JUmgK52inn — i OG (@iHeartOG) September 9, 2019 For some reason, OG’s tirade allegedly upset Evelyn enough to think about getting some legal protection. Also, in case you care—Tami Roman called out “sick” from the reunion after already quitting the show. This reunion is gonna be SUPER messy, did you catch Evelyn and OG going at it during wine tasting after OG got offended by Evelyn making fun of her toe hanging out of her shoes. See OG’s reaction to Evelyn Lozada on the flip.
Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Toni Braxton Shares Full Body Photo Toni Braxton is putting 20-year-olds to shame with her recent full baaaaawdy photo. The 51-year-old set the internet ablaze this weekend when she dropped a selfie showing off her fit frame that she says is due in part to Orange Theory fitness. She also pointed out the scars on her stomach from her hysterectomy. View this post on Instagram Embracing my WHOLE body…hysterectomy scars and all…@orangetheory making me feel 29 again! love me some me! A post shared by Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) on Sep 14, 2019 at 10:25am PDT SHEEEESH! In case you didn’t know Orange Theory is a one-hour fitness class that uses heart rate-based interval training to burn extra calories post-workout. Toni is not a paid spokesperson for the fitness program but in January she gushed that she goes to Orange Theory to blow off steam. “How to de-stress, that’s the magic question,” said Toni to Organic Spa Magazine . “I work out almost every day. I do Orange theory, which is everything. I don’t have an endorsement for them. I just love that class. It’s incredible. I have a heart monitor on, so I know how far I can go. Sometimes when you’re working out you overwork your body, but this keeps me right there.” She also started an OT fitness challenge back in July. View this post on Instagram Day 1 of my Orange Theory Fitness Challenge, gotta get this body right! A post shared by Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) on Jul 23, 2019 at 12:58pm PDT Maybe WE should try Orange Theory—-Toni looks amazing! What do YOU think about 51-year-old Toni Braxton’s thirst trap???
For the past few months, a lot of bad, bad things have been coming out about Amber Portwood. It all started when she was arrested for allegedly chasing Andrew Glennon and their one-year-old son with a machete, and somehow it went downhill from there. That's how bad she's looking right now — that there's a downhill from a machete chase. We've heard recordings of Amber abusing Andrew, we've heard lots of comments from Andrew himself, and now, Andrew is sharing one more bit of information. And it may be the most horrifying one of all. 1. Here We Go Again On the evening of July 4th and going into the morning of July 5th, Amber Portwood went in a rampage that involved beating Andrew Glennon with a shoe so hard that she bruised him and that finished with an alleged machete chase. 2. Facts Why do we even live in a reality in which a nightmare like that actually happened? Because Amber is and has always been very abusive to the men in her life. 3. Throwback Her habit of assaulting Gary Shirley when they were together helped send her to prison a few years back, and there’s a chance this new disaster might send her back — she’s been charged with three felonies because of what happened that night. 4. Sorry And from everything we’ve been hearing about her lately, she may deserve it. 5. A Recap So, OK, we have the story from the night of her arrest — she admitted to beating Andrew with a shoe, and although she acted like it wasn’t a big deal, police have photos of the bruises and scratches on him from this. She has, however, denied going after him with a machete while their one-year-old son, James, was in his arms. 6. And Yet But one of her felony charges is for criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, Andrew said that after he ran into another room she started hacking at the door, and police do have photos from inside the house as evidence, so … it would seem that the machete was involved at least a little bit. View Slideshow
Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty Kurupt Reportedly Rushed To Hospital After Alcohol Relapse According to TMZ , legendary West Coast rapper Kurupt has reportedly been rushed to the hospital following an alcohol relapse on the set of We TV’s hit show “Marriage Boot Camp”. Kurupt reportedly missed two days of filming because he was recuperating in the hospital after a night of excessive drinking. He allegedly drank so much that he got sick and had to seek medical treatment. Kurupt has been transparent about his struggles with alcohol and was aware that the show wasn’t a friendly environment for recovering addicts. The producers on set reportedly kept the alcohol flowing for cast members, leading to Kurupt’s hospital stint. But after this incident We TV is contemplating banning drinks from upcoming seasons. Kurupt is set to appear on the show with his estranged wife, Jovan “Tookie” Brown.
