Could Kelly pull off this role? Kelly Rowland Campaigns To Play Donna Summer In New Film Kelly Rowland is sending subliminals about her desire to hop in front of Spike Lee’s lens as disco diva Donna Summer in an upcoming flick. One thing at a time, Kelly! Focus on dropping that baby first… Via PageSix : Kelly Rowland is campaigning to play Donna Summer in an upcoming movie. Spike Lee is reportedly directing “Spinning Gold,” a biopic of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, who helped launch KISS, Joan Jett, the Village People and disco diva Summer. Justin Timberlake has signed on to play Bogart. Rowland posted an Instagram photo of herself wearing a long, curly wig reminiscent of Summer’s signature look, with the hashtags #tbt #DonnaSummer-ish #LovetoLoveYa. The resemblance is definitely there! We haven’t seen much acting from Kelly though…do you think she can swing it?
That #YoungPass must have gotted revoked! Ciara Returns Engagement Ring To Future With rumors mounting that Ciara was poised to forgive Future’s transgression over the summer , the songstress and new mommy made a definitive move toward officially ending her relationship with the Atlanta rapper. Via PageSix : Ciara is not getting back with Future, and sources say she gave back her 15-carat emerald-cut engagement ring, designed by Avianne & Co. and worth about $500,000. They were engaged in October, but split in August after rumors swirled of him cheating. Ciara stepped out at Paris fashion week’s Lanvin and Givenchy shows. Friends of Ciara, who’s working on another album, tell us she’s “definitely not getting back together” with the rapper, and is focused on being a mom to their son, Future Jr. Well good for her. Glad to see she’s working and focusing on her adorable little baby while all this dies down and she learns to move on. Still no word on what she plans to do about that N (for Nayvadius) tatt on her ring finger, though…
SMH!!! Ferguson Police Officers Show Solidarity With Darren Wilson With tensions rising once again in Ferguson since the defacement of Mike Brown’s memorial , protests got more lively once again yesterday evening — with reports of break-ins and looting hitting the media. As police officers used their force to reign in the crowds, some were seen wearing bracelets emblazoned with the phrase “I Am Darren Wilson,” showing their support for the officer who gunned down Mike Brown . The bracelets were spotted and photographed by protesters and originally posted to MediaBlackOutUSA . And as for twitter speculation that the photo in question was doctored in some way, Captain Ron Johnson confirmed that police were indeed wearing these bands on their arms in THIS VIDEO . However he thinks it was the decision of a few individuals, and not precinct-wide. At least we know where these cops’ heads are at while they’re out there “maintaining peace” in the Ferguson streets.
Oh, Aubrey. Drake Gets New Tattoos On His Forearms Drake recently added to his collection of commemorative Aaliyah tattoos. This go around, he opted for the number six (presumably tying to his nickname for his hometown), a praying hands emoji, and a quote from an unknown party stating “Everything happens for a reason, sweet thing.” Drake’s tattoo artist showed off the Toronto rapper’s supremely light-skinned choice in new ink on his Instagram page earlier today: Gotta say…from the outside looking in, these are some of the softest tatts we’ve ever witnessed on a grown man. But they seem to have some special meaning to Champagne Papi…though it’s tough to find the depth in an emoji. What do you think of Drake’s ink? You likey?
So nasty and so rude… Did Phaedra Parks And Kenya Moore Get Into A Fight??? Did Phaedra Parks have to be physically restrained from giving Kenya Moore an azz whooping??? That’s the question that’s being asked now that a nasty rumor is swirling about the upcoming season. According to several reports, Kenya was taunting the attorney about her husband Apollo and accused her of cheating on him throughout their marriage. That’s reportedly when things went left and Ms. Parks lost it! MStarz reports: Kenya inappropriately brought up Phaedra’s unfortunate circumstances and began airing the lawyer out about her convict husband and allegedly lied that Phaedra was cheating on Apollo. The mother-of-two warned Kenya to refrain from talking about her personal matters and denied any infidelity; however, as the ladies continued to go back-and-forth, Phaedra lunged at Kenya, but was later restrained by Kandi Burruss. So did Phaedra Parks finally have enough of Kenya Moore flapping her gums and give her a Porsha Williams style dragging ??? Hit the flip to find out…
“It makes you never want to have another orgasm for as long as you live …” Man Says Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome Gives Him 100 Orgasms A Day A Wisconsin man is currently devastated because he’s suffering from a disorder that makes him orgasm a whopping 100 times a day. His condition is apparently so bad that he once orgasmed 9 times at his late father’s funeral. The NY Post reports: Dale Decker is a 37-year-old husband and father of two who suffers from an uncontrollable condition known as Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome, Barcroft Media reports. He first felt the symptoms after he slipped a disk in his back and was on his way to the hospital. Decker inexplicably ejaculated five times on the drive — and says the orgasms have kept on coming ever since. “Imagine being on your knees at your father’s funeral beside his casket, saying goodbye to him — and then you have nine orgasms right there,” he said. “While your whole family is standing behind you.” “It makes you never want to have another orgasm for as long as you live,” Decker added. “There’s nothing pleasurable about it because even though it might feel physically good — you’re completely disgusted by what’s going on.” Decker says the intense episodes have taken an extreme toll on him and his family. He is afraid to even leave the house because evidently no place is safe from his excessive ejaculation. “If you’re in public, if you’re in front of kids — it’s disgusting and it can break you real fast,” he told Barcroft. “It happened to me at the grocery store and when it was over, there were around 150 people looking straight at me — why would I leave the house when something like this can happen?” Dr. Dena Harris, a gynecologist in New York City who has mainly worked with women who suffer with PGAS, believes Decker is in dire need of help and should do everything he can to try to fix his problem before it leads to something worse. “It’s clear Dale is really suffering and I’m sure there are some people who will say that this is just in his head,” she told Barcroft. “But it’s not — it’s a serious medical condition and I just hope he gets the help he so desperately needs.” Damn, that sounds absolutely devastating. Can you imagine trying to live with that condition?????
Muhammad Ali might rival James Brown in number of offspring and family drama … Woman Claiming To Be Muhammad Ali’s 10th Child Steps Forward A woman who says she is Muhammad Ali’s youngest child has come forward, begging his wife to allow her to see him one last time and have him give her away at her upcoming wedding. Via The Mirror : Kiiursti Mensah Ali says she was the result of a 20-year affair her mum had with him in his heyday. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s secret daughter today makes a passionate plea to his family: “Let me see him one last time before he dies.” Kiiursti Mensah Ali – who looks remarkably like the ex-world heavyweight champ – reveals she was the result of a 20-year affair her mum had with him in his heyday. She claims a 1988 paternity test proves she is his child and that Ali agreed to having his name on her birth certificate. Kiiursti, 33, also tells how the boxing star visited her and mum Barbara Mensah several times when she was little – and that she has become close to some of his other nine children. But she says she was cut out of his life when he married his fourth wife Lonnie in 1986 – three years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. “Muhammad Ali is my dad – but everything changed the moment he married her,” says Kiiursti. “He stopped coming to see me. As the years went by he got sicker and sicker. She stopped him having a relationship with me. It’s been devastating. “Now, I want to say goodbye to him before he dies. I want her to please let me have that chance. I’m not after his money. I don’t care about that. I make my own. “All I want is to spend time with my father especially now he is so ill – but she has control of everything.” And Kiiursti revealed she wants Ali to give her away when she weds. During our interview, she flicks through family photos showing her as a child with the fighter who became The Greatest in the 60s and 70s. By the time Kiiursti was born, Ali already had eight children and an adopted ninth from three marriages and two other affairs. Kiiursti claims he never denied he was her father. His name was put on her birth certificate and he managed to find time for her, despite his busy workload and hectic personal life. She says Ali would secretly fly to Houston to see her and her mum. “He saw me as a baby and a child,” she says. “I remember when I was three or four, he would come and stay at a hotel downtown. Unable to see her dad, Kiiursti started contacting his other children. She says she’s met her eldest sister Laila, a professional boxer, numerous times and enjoys a close relationship with the only boy, Muhammad Ali Junior, who she talks to regularly. And she has a special reason for hoping her plea works soon. She says: “I’m just about to get married to a wonderful man and I would love my dad to meet him. “I don’t care if he needs pushing down the aisle, I’d want him to give me away. That would make it perfect if dad was there. It would be wonderful.” This is odd…if she knows so many of his other family members so well, why can’t she place a few calls and set up a meeting rather than going to the media?? Hmm…
Move them stamps ! Ohio Man Arrested For Selling Food Stamps On Facebook A man trying to sell his girlfriend’s food stamp card on Facebook now faces a felony charge. Via Journal News reports: Police said Derron Chamberlain posted on the social media site that he was selling his girlfriend’s food stamp card for $100. He also included his phone number for potential buyers to contact him, police said. “He did put his real information while he was doing this illegal act for everybody to see,” said Middletown Police Lt. Scott Reeve. Chamberlain, 35, of Plymouth Avenue, was excited, police said, when officers from the police department’s Special Operations Unit contacted him acting as potential buyers. “He kept calling back to the detectives to a point where they thought it was humorous how much he was calling back trying to make a deal happen,” Reeve said. About six hours after detectives called Chamberlain, they met him at Goldman Park, 1400 Highland St. Police said Chamberlain did not resist arrest and is charged with trafficking food stamps, a fifth-degree felony. “He didn’t realize he had done anything wrong,” Reeve said. “Even when they brought him into the police department and talked to him he was still surprised to find out it was illegal for him to sell his girlfriend’s food stamp card.” About $6.6 million is distributed monthly in Butler County via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. While benefits fraud is not a new crime, the lingering dismal economy and drug abuse, particularly heroin, has turned it into an epidemic, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones told the Journal-News in January. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said that food stamp fraud totals $750 million each year. An investigation launched from suspicion that Butler County’s skyrocketing food assistance dollars may be attributed in part to fraud, abuse and misuse has resulted in the arrest of hundreds and a taxpayer savings of $5.2 million since July 2012, the Journal-News reported earlier this year. The operation, manned by two Butler County sheriff’s detectives with help of state and federal agencies including the Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, netted 116 violators between July 2012 and June 2013 and 100 from July to December 2013. Why the hell would you be dumb enough to use your real name and number to sell food stamps on Facebook??????!
Why aren’t Black men keeping up academically?? Black Men Are Less Likely To Graduate From A Four-Year College Via Black Journal reports: The federal government should require all colleges to create early-alert systems that flag students with low test scores, missing assignments, or spotty attendance. That would be one way, according to a report released on Tuesday, to curb the alarming number of minority men who drop out of college . The report, “ Advancing the Success of Boys and Men of Color in Education ,” is the result of brainstorming by diversity researchers at seven higher-education institutions. It is aimed at building on the momentum of My Brother’s Keeper, the Obama administration’s effort to improve education and career outcomes for young minority men. Black men lag behind their peers in other races when it comes to graduating from both two- and four-year colleges, according to federal statistics that track their completion through 2009 and 2012, respectively. Only a third of black male students graduated from four-year colleges within six years, compared with 45 percent of Hispanic men, 57 percent of white men, and 64 percent of Asian men. For two-year colleges, the percentages who received a certificate or degree or who transferred to a four-year college over six years were 32 for black, 30 for Latino, 40 for white, and 43 for Asian men. But minority men aren’t the only ones who would benefit from the changes the group is proposing. “We tried to provide recommendations that get at issues for boys and men of color but also address equity gaps for other disadvantaged groups,” J. Luke Wood, co-director of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative at San Diego State University, said in an interview. His center was joined in the report by similar groups at Morehouse College, Ohio State University, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Discuss…
