Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Today marks two years since the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The devastating moment took the lives of 49 people at the gay club and since then, many folks have honored the victims, their family, and the LGBTQ community. One of the most powerful ways people have been showing love is through tribute songs. One that stands out is a cover of the song “You Will Be Found” from the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. It was brought to life by The Four star Vincint Cannady, The Voice star Eric Lyn, singer Mario Jose , and singer Danielle René Withers. Check it out below! This is just one of many powerful tributes to the victims in Orlando. Swipe through for some more riveting performances from people like Andra Day, Demi Lavato , and The Color Purple ‘s Cynthia Erivo.
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Today marks two years since the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The devastating moment took the lives of 49 people at the gay club and since then, many folks have honored the victims, their family, and the LGBTQ community. One of the most powerful ways people have been showing love is through tribute songs. One that stands out is a cover of the song “You Will Be Found” from the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. It was brought to life by The Four star Vincint Cannady, The Voice star Eric Lyn, singer Mario Jose , and singer Danielle René Withers. Check it out below! This is just one of many powerful tributes to the victims in Orlando. Swipe through for some more riveting performances from people like Andra Day, Demi Lavato , and The Color Purple ‘s Cynthia Erivo.
“AGT” Winner Neal Boyd Dead at 42 Sad news for the music world today, as ‘America’s Got Talent’ contest winner Neal Boyd has passed away. He was 42. The opera singer who took home the $1 million grand prize back in 2008 passed away in his mother’s Sikeston, Missouri home around 6 p.m. last Sunday. According to Page Six , Boyd suffered from a number of medical issues, ranging from Kidney failure, heart failure, and liver problems. On top of that, he was severely injured in a 2017 car accident. After winning AGT, Nelson released an album called “My American Dream” back on 2009. He also later ran as a Republican candidate for a southeast Missouri House of Representatives seat, though he did not manage to win. May he rest in peace. Getty
(GETTY) A California Metrolink worker received a minor slap on the wrist after thinking he could joke with a black girl about the Hispanic passengers. Little did Gomer Pyle know, the girl was half Mexican and he was joking about her family. The workers were hit with a small suspension and given “sensitivity” classes, which in an essence, means nothing to racists. It’s not like he didn’t know he was being racist…
Ever since Briana DeJesus joined the cast of Teen Mom 2, her storyline has been more about relationships than actually being a mom. Last season, we saw her dealing with Luis Miguel, a guy who impregnated her after a hookup. They tried to give dating a go, but it didn't work out, and things got so messy between them that at one point Briana was even contemplating placing their child for adoption . We also saw her struggle to coparent with Devoin Austin, the father of her older daughter, Nova. He wanted to spend more time with Nova, but Briana didn't feel comfortable with it, and then Briana's mother, Roxanne, climbed on a table in a restaurant to berate him. It was a lot to take in, to say the least. This season, Luis seems to be nearly completely out of the picture, and Devoin hasn't been able to step up , either. Or at least, that seems to be the case — the vast, vast majority of Briana's story this season has been her relationship with Javi Marroquin and her feud with Kailyn Lowry . The point of all this is to say that unlike some of the other moms, Briana's children haven't really been a focus on the show, not really. Until now, that is. In this heartbreaking sneak peek for tonight's new episode, Briana's finished her maternity leave and is back at her day job, so her sister and her mother are home caring for her children. Brittany tends to baby Stella while Roxanne sits down with Nova to do some schoolwork, and she decides to have a conversation about their home life, too. “Hey, let me ask you something,” she says. “You excited about your mom going back to work?” Nova nods, but when Roxanne asks her if she'll miss her, she says no. And when she asks her why, she says “Because she doesn't like taking care of me, she likes taking care of Stella.” “You think she likes to take care of Stella?” Roxanne asks. “But wait wait wait wait wait, you know why she takes care of Stella, right?” Nova says that she knows Stella is a baby, and Roxanne tells her that she still takes care of her anyway, and so does Grandma and Ti Ti. “But Ti Ti doesn't because she's too lazy,” Nova whispers as Brittany drinks some juice in the background. “A little bit,” she acknowledges, “but I take care of you, right? So you have a lot of us taking care of you.” Unfortunately, Nova doesn't seem too convinced. Obviously, this is totally normal — Briana's not doing anything wrong here. Nova is feeling a little jealous of her baby sister, but Briana has to give her a different kind of attention, and good on her for not quitting her job even though she's back on MTV. Still, this is really sad to see. Nova is so sweet, so to see her hurting is tough. Hopefully when we see the full episode, Briana will help to make her feel a little better with all the changes going on in their family. In the meantime, let poor little Nova break your heart, too, by watching the clip below:
Of all of the controversial 90 Day Fiance couples, is there any pair that fans love to hate more than Danielle Mullins and Mohamed Jbali? These two are very firmly exes, now. It’s probably safe to say that they hate each other. But Danielle says that Mohamed really did love her, once upon a time. In fact, she’s showing “proof” of his love to her fans. Recently, 90 Day Fiance fans have wanted to know if Anfisa Nava is pregnant . They’ve also wanted to know if Paola Mayfield is expecting a baby with Russ. But Danielle is getting people’s attention for a very different reason. See, while Mohamed moved to Texas last year and Danielle decided to sue him for withholding sex , they weren’t always enemies. Many fans have long believed that Mohamed was just using Danielle to get a Green Card so that he could start a new life in the United States. But Danielle believes that she can prove that he loved her — and she’s showing that to her followers. Mohamed certainly appears to be affectionate in these texts. “Thank you my love.” He clearly said that he wanted to be with her. “I love you so much and I am missing you.” It sounds like he was getting impatient. “I am trying to be positive to help my self waiting.” Danielle was already a mother, but he repeatedly makes it clear that this is not a problem for him. “I want to be with a wife and kids.” He said that he was looking forward to his new reality after he moved to the United States and married Danielle. “My life will be much better with you and kids.” His texts reveal that he was looking forward to joining her family. “I can’t wait to start my life with girls.” Again, it sounds like he was really anticipating his new life. “Every day I am thinking of you and them.” Taking Mohamed’s words at face value, he was very excited to be with Danielle. “And I am imagining how will be my life you all.” That comes across a little garbled (English is not his first language, but that means that he speaks two languages — so don’t make fun of him for a few awkward texts). “Every day I am upset [because] of that.” Anticipation can be difficult. They talk about missing what would have been their wedding date. “I know that my love. I am tired of waiting.” Mohamed talks like he was feeling thoroughly over the wait. “I wanna be with my wife and her kids.” So, Danielle is definitely showing evidence that Mohamed told her that he loved her again and again. That is nott he same thing as proof that he actually loved her. No one really thinks that he treated her like a jerk while he was still in Tunis, Tunisia. The assumption has been that he sweet-talked Danielle and feigned interest in her until they could get married. Scoring a little extra cash thanks to a reality show appearance was just a bonus. According to this theory, Mohamed was always planning on leaving Danielle as soon as he felt that it was safe. It sounds like Danielle believes that he really did love her and meant what he was saying in all of these texts. Which would mean that she may really think that it was her alleged body odor that drove him away, or that he changed. No one is claiming that Mohamed or Danielle is a good person, but … their whole story is just so sad. View Slideshow: 90 Day Fiance Couples: Who’s Still Together?
A t least two undocumented immigrants recently detained by U.S. immigration agents have killed themselves before their deportations were complete, underscoring the latest worrisome aspect of the growing humanitarian crisis caused by America’s immigration policies. And while the popular narrative has been that only Latinos have been punished for trying to enter the U.S. illegally, an increasing number of Black and brown migrants have also been on the receiving end of the country’s harsh immigration policies. In the most recent instance of this troubling trend, an Eritrean man seeking asylum in the U.S. out of “fear of returning to his country” had his request denied before he killed himself in transit back to his native country, the Associated Press reported . Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion hanged himself in a detention area at Cairo International Airport while waiting for a connecting flight to, Eritrea which has been fighting a civil war with neighboring country Ethiopia for nearly two decades. The deadly violence at the border and children being snatched from their families is an all-out humanitarian crisis. Here's what it means for Black immigrants. https://t.co/WVnEilZK6E #Immigrants #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jUUtwJilTi — NewsOne (@newsone) May 26, 2018 America’s latest immigration policy that separates migrant families at the border by isolating their children has also had a deadly effect, according to reports. A Honduran national who was told his family would be separated once they were detained at the border for illegally trying to cross into the U.S. killed himself last month, NBC News reported this weekend. Marco Antonio Muñoz hanged himself in a jail cell in Texas on May 13 while awaiting his deportation, law enforcement officials said. He managed to kill himself despite surveillance cameras being trained on the cell he was being held in. Only Trump's @realDonaldTrump blind supporters believe his denial of making racist remarks about Black immigrants. https://t.co/UyJpTf85QT pic.twitter.com/YvzuC9PZym — NewsOne (@newsone) December 24, 2017 With the reports of dozens of Somalians detained in a Florida jail , advocates for Black immigrants cited an “inhumane” immigration legacy for America and decried the divide-and-conquer tactic being employed at the border by the federal government. “It is tempting to label this policy ‘un-American,’ but the truth is, family separation is a devastating tradition in the U.S. From the nearly 250 years of slavery in U.S. to the harsh conditions in Japanese internment camps of the 1940s, U.S. policy has torn families apart, causing deep intergenerational trauma and betraying any sense of humanity,” Opal Tometi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, said in a statement released late last month. “While we expect nothing more from a man who insulted Black and Brown countries in the Caribbean and Africa, we should expect that our society would rise above this continued hateful rhetoric and dangerous immigration policy and call for our leaders to defy our the darkest days of our history and present by enacting laws that provide a just and humane approach to immigration.” Of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, just about 600,000 of them were Black, according to the most recent statistics by the Migration Policy Institute . That was a close second to the nearly 800,000 undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S. SEE ALSO: Trump Ending DACA Affects Black Undocumented Immigrants, Too What The Diversity Visa That Brought NYC Terrorist To U.S. Means For Black Immigrants How One Black Undocumented Immigrant Copes With Changed DACA Status [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3785430″ overlay=”true”]
A t least two undocumented immigrants recently detained by U.S. immigration agents have killed themselves before their deportations were complete, underscoring the latest worrisome aspect of the growing humanitarian crisis caused by America’s immigration policies. And while the popular narrative has been that only Latinos have been punished for trying to enter the U.S. illegally, an increasing number of Black and brown migrants have also been on the receiving end of the country’s harsh immigration policies. In the most recent instance of this troubling trend, an Eritrean man seeking asylum in the U.S. out of “fear of returning to his country” had his request denied before he killed himself in transit back to his native country, the Associated Press reported . Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion hanged himself in a detention area at Cairo International Airport while waiting for a connecting flight to, Eritrea which has been fighting a civil war with neighboring country Ethiopia for nearly two decades. The deadly violence at the border and children being snatched from their families is an all-out humanitarian crisis. Here's what it means for Black immigrants. https://t.co/WVnEilZK6E #Immigrants #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/jUUtwJilTi — NewsOne (@newsone) May 26, 2018 America’s latest immigration policy that separates migrant families at the border by isolating their children has also had a deadly effect, according to reports. A Honduran national who was told his family would be separated once they were detained at the border for illegally trying to cross into the U.S. killed himself last month, NBC News reported this weekend. Marco Antonio Muñoz hanged himself in a jail cell in Texas on May 13 while awaiting his deportation, law enforcement officials said. He managed to kill himself despite surveillance cameras being trained on the cell he was being held in. Only Trump's @realDonaldTrump blind supporters believe his denial of making racist remarks about Black immigrants. https://t.co/UyJpTf85QT pic.twitter.com/YvzuC9PZym — NewsOne (@newsone) December 24, 2017 With the reports of dozens of Somalians detained in a Florida jail , advocates for Black immigrants cited an “inhumane” immigration legacy for America and decried the divide-and-conquer tactic being employed at the border by the federal government. “It is tempting to label this policy ‘un-American,’ but the truth is, family separation is a devastating tradition in the U.S. From the nearly 250 years of slavery in U.S. to the harsh conditions in Japanese internment camps of the 1940s, U.S. policy has torn families apart, causing deep intergenerational trauma and betraying any sense of humanity,” Opal Tometi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, said in a statement released late last month. “While we expect nothing more from a man who insulted Black and Brown countries in the Caribbean and Africa, we should expect that our society would rise above this continued hateful rhetoric and dangerous immigration policy and call for our leaders to defy our the darkest days of our history and present by enacting laws that provide a just and humane approach to immigration.” Of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, just about 600,000 of them were Black, according to the most recent statistics by the Migration Policy Institute . That was a close second to the nearly 800,000 undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S. SEE ALSO: Trump Ending DACA Affects Black Undocumented Immigrants, Too What The Diversity Visa That Brought NYC Terrorist To U.S. Means For Black Immigrants How One Black Undocumented Immigrant Copes With Changed DACA Status [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3785430″ overlay=”true”]
While the world continues to come to grips with the loss of Anthony Bourdan, a key new detail regarding the celebrity chef’s death has been made official. Bourdain, of course, tragically took his own life on Friday . His body was discovered in a French hotel room by close friend Eric Ripert, who had been filming a new episode of CNN’s Parts Unknown with Bourdan in Ripert’s native country. Those who have followed this sad story closely already knew that Bourdain killed himself via hanging, and they already knew his death took place in the aforementioned hotel room. But French officials have now confirmed two more critical pieces of information: Bourdain hanged himself in the hotel room’s bathroom. He used the belt from his bathrobe to do so. Prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny also says that there are no signs of foul play. There are no indications anyone had entered Bourdain’s room at the luxury Le Chambard Hotel any time close to the beloved star’s passing. This should effectively end all official inquiries into Bourdain’s death. Questions will continue to be asked about Bourdain’s state of mind and mental history and what could have possibly caused him to make such a heartbreaking decision. But there are not many more practical details related to his suicide that remain uncovered. The French prosecutor did add in his report that toxicology tests were being carried out, including urine tests, to determine if Bourdain was on any medications at the time of his hanging. Said CNN in a statement yesterday morning: It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdains. His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller. His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time. Bourdain had premiered Parts Unknown on the networkin 2013 and won a Peabody Award shortly thereafter. He was widely respected for the way he paid tribute on his show to a wide variety of cultures and countries. Tweeted Italian actress Asia Argento, Bourdain’s girlfriend of about a year, hours after news of the chef’s death went viral: “Anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. His brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so many, and his generosity knew no bounds. ” He was my love, my rock, my protector . I am beyond devastated. My thoughts are with his family. I would ask that you respect their privacy and mine.” Bourdain leaves behind an 11-year old daughter from his second marriage. He was 61 years old at the time of his death. His final act came three days after fashion designer Kate Spade also killed herself ; she did so by hanging herself in her New York City apartment. In response to these developments, the Mental Health Association of New York tells TMZ that its hotline has experienced a 25% increase in call volume compared to this time last week. The number has been shared by number of celebrities on social media, which the organization says has resulted in more people “being aware of the resource and calling the Lifeline to get help.” It’s simply awful that it took the suicides of two respected global figures for this to happen. But perhaps some solace can be found in the silver lining that people with mental health struggles are taking the necerssary measures to make sure they don’t end up like Bourdain, Spade and so many others. View Slideshow: Anthony Bourdain: Celebrities React to Shocking Suicide
Asia Argento is the latest celebrity to speak out about the stunning suicide of Anthony Bourdain . But Argento’s words carry more weight than most others… because she had been dating the celebrity chef at the time of his tragic death. As previously reported, Bourdain killed himself this week while on location in France for an episode of his CNN series, Parts Unknown. He was found unresponsive in his hotel room by close friend and fellow chef Eric Ripert, with multiple outlets writing since tha Bourdain hanged himself. This is what CNN said in a statement that confirmed the awful news: It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain. “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller. “His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time.” Now, hours after this suicide was made public, Argento has briefly opened up about her boyfriend of several months. Wrote the actress on Twitter: “Anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. “His brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so many, and his generosity knew no bounds. “He was my love, my rock, my protector. I am beyond devastated. “My thoughts are with his family. I would ask that you respect their privacy and mine.” Argento and Bourdin did not publicize their romance very much, but the latter spoke out in praise and admiration of the former last year amidst the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal because Asia was one of the first women who accused the movie producer of rape. The actress and the late chef met on an episode of Parts Unknown that was filmed in Rome and started dating last year. Bourdain’s death has sent shockwaves through Hollywood. It took place just three days after designer Kate Spade also committed suicide ; also via hanging. French police have to People Magazine that Bourdain and Ripert were in France together while filming an installment of Bourdain’s award-winning series — and Ripert has now also issued a statement in the wake of this tragedy. It reads as follows: Anthony was a dear friend. He was an exceptional human being, so inspiring and generous. One of the great storytellers of our time who connected with so many. I wish him peace. My love and prayers are with his family, friends and loved ones. Bourdain leaves behind an 11-year old daughter. His best-selling memoir, “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” led to his first television show on The Food Network, which eventually led to Parts Unknown premiering on CNN in 2013. It immediately won a Peabody Award. Bourdain was 61 years old. May he rest in peace. View Slideshow: Anthony Bourdain: Celebrities React to Shocking Suicide
