Headline Heat Rickey Smiley Rickey Smiley is no stranger to catching heat. So it was only right for the comedian/radio host to stop by and clear up some of the craziest headlines Bossip has written about him. He even calls his Dish Nation co-host Porsha Williams to get the tea on her engagement to Dennis McKinley . See how it all went down in the video above. Continue reading →
Source: Kevin Mazur/AMA2013/Wireimage / Getty Lady Gaga Denounces 2013 R. Kelly Collaboration For those with sharp memories, Lady Gaga used to be a wild-costume-wearing , on-stage stunt-pulling provocateur in the pop music space not so long ago before she started wearing normal clothes and winning Golden Globes. And it seems that in the wake of the “Surviving R. Kelly” dustup, a few of her questionable decisions are coming back to bite her. As you may or may not recall, Gaga joined R. Kelly’s mile-long list of collaborators in 2013 — post child porn case — and released a joint song entitled “Do What You Want (With My Body)” and an accompanying video (directed by equally rapey Terry Richardson, no less) so jarringly offensive that it got pulled before it was ever even released. Of course, it featured R. Kelly blatantly telling Gaga that he was going to have sex with her passed-out body and impregnate her, so there’s that. Gaga understandably got dragged to the depths by folks paying attention, the song was largely pushed aside despite its catchiness, and the video got buried beneath Insterscope headquarters, never to be seen again. But the internet forgets nothing, and now Gaga is catching hell for tossing dollars Kells’ way 6 years ago — especially since she’s such an outspoken advocate for rape and abuse survivors these days. Needless to say, she has some thoughts to share about her collaboration with R. Kelly, and plans to drop the song from all streaming platforms moving forward. I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault: pic.twitter.com/67sz4WpV3i — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 10, 2019 What do you think of Gaga’s repentance on this little career blemish? Kevin Mazur/AMA2013/Wireimage/Lester Cohen/WireImage/Getty/Twitter
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Source: John Lamparski / Getty An arrest warrant has been issued for R. Kelly’s former manager, James Mason. Mason is accused of threatening to kill the father of Joycelyn Savage, one of the women featured in “Surviving R. Kelly.” According to CNN , the warrant was issued over the summer. When CNN called Mason Wednesday, he said he had “no comment” and referred additional questions to his attorney. In an incident report obtained by the network, Timothy Savage stated that Mason said, “I’m gonna do harm to you and your family, when I see you I’m gonna get you, I’m going to f***ing kill you.” The case was presented to a Magistrate Judge who issued a warrant in July, citing “terroristic threats and acts.” The warrant is assigned to the sheriff’s office. Joycelyn Savage’s family has claimed she is having a sexual relationship with Kelly, and that she is being manipulated by him into cutting off contact with the outside world. Her father says they haven’t heard from her in about two years. She responded to this claim in a video released in 2017 on TMZ, in which she denied she’s being held and that she had been brainwashed by the Grammy-award winning singer. “I just want everybody to know — my parents and everybody in the world — that I’m totally fine. I’m happy where I’m at and everything is OK with me,” she said in the video. Related: Father of Azriel Clary Talks “Surviving R.Kelly” & Shuts Down Critics on The QuickSilva Show R. Kelly Under Criminal Investigation Thanks To ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Docuseries Jeff Johnson On Why R. Kelly’s Music Needs To Be Shut Down On Music Streaming Sites
Source: Eli Joshua Adé/ Universal Pictures / Eli Joshua Adé/ Universal Pictures Marsai Martin Talks Producing And Starring In Upcoming Universal Pictures Film ‘Little’ If you’ve already seen the trailer for the new film ‘Little’ which was released today you probably have a good idea of just how incredible leading lady Marsai Martin is — but BOSSIP had the opportunity to go on set with the actress — who at only 14 is also EXECUTIVE PRODUCING the film along with her father Josh Martin and Regina Hall. It turns out that Martin came up with the concept when she was just ten-years-old, and the actress, along with her parents, brought the idea to “blackish” creator Kenya Barris (who along with Will Packer and James Lopez, is also producing the movie). Marsai teased the coming trailer earlier this week on Instagram We found out on set just how strategic Martin is, as she described how it all came about: “I was talking to Daddy and Mommy about some of their favorite movies when they were growing up and one of mine was ‘BIG’ with Tom Hanks,” Martin told BOSSIP and other media during the set visit last fall. “So that’s really how the idea was brought out, that’s where it all started and we started brainstorming, to see how we could create a black girl magic situation.” After coming up with the basic outline the Martins wasted no time trying to bring their daughter’s concept to life. “At the Season 1 of “blackISH,” I think it was the season finale, dad went to Kenya like ‘Marsai has this dope idea,’” the actress recalled. “Kenya ended up liking it and right after was calling Will [Packer] like ‘Yo… Diane from “blackish” has a dope idea.” After that we had a meeting with him and James [Lopez] and after that he bought it and after that we went to Universal and they bought it and it wasn’t long before we shot it. I mean like, three years?” “I’m very grateful and very honored that they were just like saying yes to this 10-year-old who just popped out with this blazer and all of these things,” Martin said. “They could have said no but they actually believed in me and the story we wanted to tell.” The young starlet says she has aspirations of some day hosting “SNL” or the “Emmy’s” and experiencing the kind of success that she could retire at 18. “But I won’t!” Marsai promised. Well — if the Academy is listening they may have their perfect host right here. In the meantime, Martin’s father is focused on making sure his daughter is just as successful at life as she is the film industry. “One of the things we teach her is to live in the moment,” Josh Martin said of his teenage daughter. “Live in your moment, you don’t have to worry about what two years from now looks like. Live in your now and enjoy it! There’s no rush to grow up. Don’t start thinking too far ahead because life happens.” Marsai’s early success is no surprise to her father, who says by the age of two she was an avid film buff, enjoying projects like ‘Lackawanna Blues’ and the Ray Charles biopic ‘Ray,’ which she could mimic without actually watching. “It would be playing behind her on a screen and she would be mirroring all the moves. It was funny, she became this family party favor, grandparents would be sippin’ on something and be like ‘Look, look, do the thing…’” Josh Martin recalled. “We kinda stumbled up on it. All of this just fell into place and I’m glad it did because she really loves it.” One particular angle of ‘Little’ that hit particularly close to home was the underlying message about bullying that’s at the core of the storyline. “Jordan when she’s 13-years-old, she’s just like this sweet quirky girl, doesn’t care what anyone thinks and the more she grows up she realizes ‘Oh snap, people are bullying me, what can I do to stop this?” Marsai says. “So she started bullying them first. She thought that was the solution for people to stop messing with her.” Martin’s dad told BOSSIP that in this era of social media, he’s particularly proud that his daughter hasn’t allowed online bullying to affect her at all. “I can tell you this, the social media has been a gift and a curse, because before she was fully engaged in being this Hollywood actress she was following people like Beyoncé, people she liked, YouTubers, then she got to read comments and see a lot of people just wanted to see a reaction so she got to see how a lot of how social media worked and what she wanted her voice to be on social media and when she saw something she knew not to react. One of the things we taught her was not to look at the comments. One day somebody had said something to Skai Jackson and Skai responded and the only thing the person said was, “Oh my God, Skai replied to me.” And she was like “Oh, this is how it works?” She’s a really big fan of Beyoncé and she used to read a lot of the comments that people would leave about Beyoncé and she saw she wouldn’t give them any attention, I also make sure my presence is felt wherever she is, I let it be known she has a mother and a father and I will make a scene because I don’t care.” Well her film beginnings may be ‘LITTLE’ but it’s clear there are big things to come in the future for Marsai and it sounds like she’s got a great team behind her — both professional and family. Stay tuned for more great coverage from our set visit coming soon. Don’t forget, ‘LITTLE’ lands in theaters April 12!
Last time we saw Egypt and her beau Sam on Growing Up Hip Hop, the young couple was getting ready to elope in Las Vegas. But her big brother Tyran and her mom, Pepa, were not with the sh**s. In an exclusive clip from season 4 of #GUHH, Egypt and Sam confront Tyran at a boat party and all hell broke loose. Check out the intense preview above. Catch all new episodes on Thursday, January 10th at 8pm ET/PT with a special two-hour episode on WEtv.
Jimmy Fallon just got back from holiday hiatus so forgive him if the ‘Bird Box’ parody is just a liiiitle behind schedule. Either way, watch as he and The Roots do their damndest to avoid making direct eye contact with Lindsay Lohan’s white girl wasted dance moves… Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photobank/Getty/YouTube
Households across the country are still reeling from the airing of Lifetime’s Surviving R.Kelly over the weekend. During the final episodes, we met several parents who are fighting for the release of their daughters from R.Kelly’s alleged sex cult. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Angelo Clary is the father of Azriel Clary. Azriel is believed to still be with the singer and her parents are desperate to contact her. Clary called into The QuickSilva Show Monday to discuss the docuseries and shut down critics. The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews :
Swae Lee, Lil Yachty, YFN Lucci, Ian Connor and More Celebrate Slim Jxmmi’s Birthday in Atlanta Source: Prince Williams / ATL Pics For the last Saturday of 2018, many of Atlanta’s rising stars joined iconic rap duo Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi for his 27th birthday extravaganza. The “Great Gatsby” themed event brought out some of the city’s finest, dressed in their best late 20’s attire to party like it’s 1929, old sport! Guests including Lil Yachty, YFN Lucci, Ian Connor, and more showed up and showed out, toasting to Slim Jxmmi with champagne and delicious cocktails compliments of Belaire and Martell cognac. Source: Prince Williams / ATL Pics The celebration at MikeWillMadIt’s ATL warehouse was a night to remember, equipped with music by DJ Reese, DJ DIBIA$E and DJ Osh Kosh , soul-fusion inspired hors d’oeuvres by Keep it Chef NYC , live entertainment including an aerialist, greeter in a champagne glass dress and burlesque dancer in a martini glass. The decor was over-the-top including the infamous stair-scene with pool from the “Great Gatsby” movie, and an all gold room including gold fringe from the ceilings, gold balloons on the floor, a bath tub, shower and more for guests to take a picture provided by OMG Booth . Take a further look at the lavish littuation presented by Theory Communications on the flip!
Source: WENN / WENN Lady Gaga Wows The Golden Globes Red Carpet Considering she was up for several awards for “A Star Is Born”, we pretty much knew Lady Gaga would be bringing her A Game to the Golden Globes Sunday night. Gaga has had a lot of memorable red carpet moments over the years… Do you think she knocked this one out of the park? Source: WENN / WENN Representation and inclusivity were big at the Globes this year — and Korean-American actress Sandra Oh made history as the first Asian woman to win the Golden Globe for Best TV Drama Actress in nearly 40 years, since Yoko Shimada won the award in 1981 for Shogun. Oh is only the second Asian woman to win in the category ever and the third Asian actress to win any acting Golden Globe. She also co-hosted the show with Andy Sanberg! These were just a few of the stunners to hit the GG carpet Sunday… Keep flipping for more of our favorites and don’t forget to weigh in about Who Looked More Bangin!
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