Chris Brown’s Dazzling Dance Moments Say what you want about famously dysfunctional superstar Chris Brown, he’s one of the greatest live performers of our time currently KILLING IT on his poppin’ One Hell of a Night tour. Hit the flip for Breezy’s most eye-popping moments on tour.
Kelis Reveals Pregnancy During AfroPunk Performance After quietly jumping the broom with mysterious boo-thing Michael Mora over Thanksgiving last year, Kelis is expanding her fam and making little Knight a big brother! The off-center singer hit the AfroPunk stage in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon, surprising the crowd by sporting a generous baby bump, clearly visible through her sheer hot pink caftan. Well, check her out. And if you’ve never seen Kelis’ new boo, here’s a pic of the happy duo from last year… Well, as Kelis would say…WEPA! Congrats to the Mom-to-be!! Hit the flip for more pics of knocked-up Kelis and her newlywed hubby… Instagram / SplashNews
Via RawStory : In video captured by a bystander, a woman screamed “He wasn’t f*cking armed! You killed my husband” as Maryland State Police subdued her following an officer-involved shooting that left a 30-year-old man dead in a Walmart parking lot Friday night. The Cecil Daily reports that Charles S. Hall was shot and killed by Trooper Daryl K. Brackett, a three-year veteran of the force who claimed he recognized Hall and knew there was a warrant out for his arrest. According to State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley, Brackett attempted to arrest Hall but Hall allegedly resisted and fought with the trooper before getting into his vehicle and attempting to take off. YouTube/RawStory
Detective Suffers Heart Attack While Researching Biggie Book Well this one is certainly strange . Via TMZ : The LAPD detective who investigated the death of Biggie Smalls died of an apparent heart attack while interviewing an L.A. County Sheriff’s captain about Biggie’s murder … TMZ has learned. Russell Poole was at the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau Wednesday interviewing the captain for a book he was writing about the case. Poole believed LAPD officers who worked off duty for Suge Knight had a hand in Biggie’s killing … as retaliation for Tupac’s murder. We’re told Poole was interviewing the captain when he clutched his chest, said “I think I’m having a heart attack,” and then keeled over. Law enforcement sources tell us Poole — who was 58 — made it known he believed the LAPD wanted him dead. There’s no evidence of foul play, and in fact we’re told Poole suffered from chronic high blood pressure. We’re told the L.A. County Coroner’s Office has conducted an autopsy but did not establish cause of death yet … they’re waiting for toxicology results. We’re no conspiracy theorists but…doesn’t that sound EXTREMELY strange to you???
Beyoncé Shares New Photos Beyoncé recently had some nautical time with her husband and her daughter and chronicled it in photos. The songstress, 33, shared new photos today with fans that show the Carters aboard a boat in NYC… and Bey and Blue in matching swimsuits. And no, it doesn’t look like she’s toting a gut full of hubby Hov… Sorry Bey Hive! Bey also included a few more snaps from her Vogue shoot…. You liiiike??? Hit the flip for more of Bey’s recent photos.
Hilarious #CivilRightsTwitter Tweets Have you ever wondered what Twitter would’ve been like during the civil rights movement ? Just as messy (and petty), we’re sure, but also hilarious like the brilliant #CivilRightsTwitter hilarity that exploded onto social media. Hit the flip for the absolute funniest of #CivilRightsTwitter.
Misty Copeland Engaged To Boyfriend Olu Evans Congratulations are in order for Misty Copeland yet again. According to Daily Mail reports : Ballerina Misty Copeland has revealed that she is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Olu Evans – and she is already busy planning what her wedding gown will look like. The 32-year-old dancer, who made history earlier this year when she became the first African-American female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), stars on the September 2015 cover of Essence , and confirmed the happy news in the pages of the magazine, admitting: ‘I can’t believe my life right now.’ Earlier this week, the brunette beauty told Vanity Fair that her bridal attire will not mimic the whimsical tulle creations she wears on stage as at ABT performances. ‘I’d like to show my figure, somewhat – romantic and elegant,’ she said of her dream gown. ‘I don’t think I want to go super poofy or anything like that.’ She explained: ‘It’s very different for a performer, a ballerina, someone who is onstage a lot and wears big costumes. ‘So it’s not like this is my chance to be that way, because that’s something I do every day, almost. I want to feel like myself – but more beautiful than I do every day.’ When discussing her current sartorial choices, she inadvertently drew attention to the news of her engagement when she said: ‘My fiance calls me fancy!’ Misty has been with Olu, a 37-year-old corporate attorney, for the past 10 years, and the two share an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Congratulations to Misty! She deserves all of this and more… Rumors swirled that the dancer was engaged when she was seen wearing a diamond ring earlier this month when she visited the Suncor Boys & Girls Club in Denver Colorado. In June, Misty made history when she became the first African-American woman ever promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre in its 75-year history. The author, who wrote co-wrote her memoir Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, will make her debut on Broadway in a revival of On The Town. Misty will play Miss Turnstiles, the love interest of a sailor on leave in 1940s New York, from August 25 to September 6. Speaking at the The Starfish Foundation’s PowHERful Summit in July, Misty revealed that although she dated other guys, Olu was first real boyfriend. ‘It took me finding a person that respected me, that allowed me to still fulfill what I wanted to in my career,’ she said. ‘That was most important to me. ‘I always said “no man is coming in and taking me away from ballet.” And that was so important to me that the person I ended up with was going to support me in every way, because my career is so important to me. ‘And I knew immediately when he wasn’t afraid of hearing or seeing me so damaged – and that he wanted to help because he cared about me as a person,’ she added of Olu. The two met at a New York City club in 2006 when Olu was out with his cousin, actor Taye Diggs. ‘He taught me to communicate in ways I’d never learned before, to not run away from problems, and sit down and think about things critically,’ she told Elle of Olu last year. ‘And he made me feel like I really did have a bright future as a ballerina.’ Aw he seems like a great guy. Check out more photos of the pair below: SplashNews/WENN/GettyImages
Federal Judge Denies Bobby Brown In $1.1 Million Lawsuit Against National Enquirer It’s all bad being Bobby Brown. The former R&B sensation was hit with the news that a federal court judge has dismissed his 1.1 million dollar lawsuit against the National Enquirer over an article stating he planned to re-marry Whitney Houston. All he had to do was follow the court’s order. Back in 2013, Brown sued The National Enquirer and the author of an article that ran shortly after Whitney Houston’s death which claimed the two had gotten back together and were planning to remarry. Brown’s argument is that the article defamed him by claiming the two had been planning a Vegas wedding prior to her death. Additionally, the article cited quotes, attributed to Brown, which purported that he told friends that not only could he have prevented Houston’s death, but that he broke up with his fiancee to reconcile with her and also that his fiancee was completely understanding. Brown and his fiancee vehemently state that all the “quotes” were LIES and claimed the magazine KNEW as much before publishing. The tabloid then fired back. The Enquirer openly admits they NEVER spoke to Brown about the information they published. However, they deny they did anything wrong and shoot down Brown’s accusations that they knowingly published false information. Shortly after their response, both parties reached a settlement and the singer dismissed them from the legal battle However, Brown continued his lawsuit against the writer of the article Derrick Handspike. Then earlier this year, Brown filed docs in the case demanding the court slap the writer of the article with a default judgement. Brown explained that he wants the court to order Handspike to pay up 1.18 million dollars for authoring the lies about him and Whitney Houston. Stating that due to the article, he lost 100k in contracts/offers alone. The other $1 million comes from damages that he has caused and will continue to cause Brown in the future due to the article being printed. On August 14th, the federal court judge came back with his decision in the case. The order explains that despite being warned numerous times to serve Handspike with the complaint … he didn’t follow the court’s order and blew off trying to serve the author for months. Further, the judge doesn’t believe Brown’s claim that the author was evading service due to him having no proof to back up his claim. The judge ordered the case to be closed and said he would not grant Brown any extensions to serve Handspike which means the case is dismissed forever and Brown was awarded nothing. Like we said, it’s all bad being Bobby Brown.
Khloe & Lamar’s Confrontation Will Be Featured On ‘Keeping Up’ Looks like Lamar Odom was right in thinking that Khloe set him up to look like a psycho stalker for her reality rating. Even though Khloe swears she was completely taken off-guard when Lamar showed up to her Soul Cycle class to have a talk…a source close to Lamar says Khloe has been teasing her ex and keeping up communication for months to string him along and make him jealous. Via RadarOnline : It’s been more than two years since Lamar Odom appeared on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but he still can’t escape the reaches of reality TV treachery. According to insiders, he believes his recent confrontation with Khloe Kardashian outside an L.A. Soul Cycle was a blatant setup — and that he’s about to be humiliated on TV yet again. A source told RadarOnline.com that the former NBA star is telling friends, “Khloe had been talking to him on the phone leading up to the incident at the gym.” “Khloe is saying she had to change her phone number because Lamar had been calling her, but that is just wrong,” the source told Radar. “Lamar absolutely got the new number from Khloe. She has been trying to make him jealous that she is now dating James Harden.” “Khloe had mentioned to Lamar that she would be going to the gym the next morning, and he showed up because he wanted to talk to her,” the source continued. “Lamar didn’t grab Khloe and wasn’t stalking her.” “After a picture of the incident was published, Lamar obviously got very upset. He has also learned that this is going to be part of Khloe’s drama on the next season of KUWTK and it makes Lamar sick that she betrayed him.” You would think that after the last set-up she put him though , he wouldn’t entertain this foolishness out of his ex!
PJ Morton Talks “Live Show Killer” R&B/Soul singer and Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton just released a new live album/concert film, Live Show Killer , which hit stores and iTunes on July 17. Recorded in front of an intimate audience at the historic Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles in May 2015 (the same studio where “Where Are The World” was recorded), Live Show Killer includes favorites from his Grammy-nominated 2013 album New Orleans , as well as a few surprise covers, PJ’s personal faves, and even special guest appearances from Tweet and Mali Music. He’s also taking this show across country, hitting 15 cities with special guest Dee-1 . We caught up with PJ in NYC and chatted about the new album, got his take on Drake Vs. Meek, and talked his other hustle with Maroon 5. What made you record a live album as opposed to a traditional studio recording this time around? I kept trying to work on a studio album, but every time I’d get to it I thought ‘we really need to show people who we are live.’ I’ve found that people really become fans of mine when they come to the show and see what we do. The albums are — well, I like to think that they’re good — but there’s an energy that happens live with me and my band that maybe doesn’t always translate on the records. Especially having been in Maroon 5 for five years now, and having gone through my Young Money situation, a new fan base came from all of those things, and they don’t know that identity from me. So I thought it was important that before we move on to another studio record, to show all the new fans that this is what we do for real. For your newer fans, how does your independent sound differ from what you do with Maroon 5? It’s much more soulful. I feel like Maroon 5 is soulful pop music too, but I feel like I err on the soul side a little more than the pop side. I think Adam [Levine] is a soulful dude, he has a very soulful voice which is why I think we work well, but Maroon 5 is definitely more on the pop side. If you aren’t familiar, take a listen to PJ Morton and the Crusade’s live sound from a track of his recently new album: Nice, right? Hit the flip for more…