Kobe Bryant Will Be Quitting the NBA In 2016 According to a new article from The Hollywood Reporter , Kobe Bryant has confirmed that he’s exiting the NBA next year. At 36 years old, currently not playing due to injury, Kobe he says he’ll play one more season to fulfill his current two-year, $25 million contract — but after that, he’s out. Kobe says dedication to sports has hindered his personal life over the years: Hollywood Reporter: You said in the film that you regretted working so hard because it took you away from your family and other relationships. When did you start feeling that way? Kobe: Probably during my second year [in the NBA]. It takes more time to keep those relationships going. I was just really obsessive about becoming one of the all-time greats. I just loved playing the game so much that everything took a back seat. But I had to make a choice. Once I made that decision, the game became everything to me. Hollywood Reporter: Do you regret that? Kobe: It depends on what day you ask me. Certain days, when things are going really well, I feel like I have everything. But on days where things are not as good, I question that. What do you think? Is it time for him to go?
Chris Brown & Tyga Talk With Hot 97’s Nessa These two didn’t hold much back while talking to Hot 97’s Nessa on Friday Evening. Tyga talks posting his underage girlfriend good friend Kylie to his Intagram and getting free from Cash Money. Chris talks trying his damnedest not to cheat on Karrueche and grinding up on Amber Rose. Both go in on their relationship with Drake — please get into Chris’ Drake impression around the 9:20 mark.
Lance Gross Shares Photo With Baby Daughter Berkeley Lance Gross is really loving fatherhood. The actor-turned-photographer can’t seem to get enough of posting pics of his baby girl with fiancee Rebecca Jefferson. His latest snap of little Berkeley showed daddy and daughter making cute faces for the camera: Too cute! Instagram
Nikki Murdarris Says Mally Mall Cheated On Her Knifed up Nikki Baby is (once again) putting her “Love & Hip Hop” boyfriend on blizzy for cheating on her. The reality star was recently caught on tape calling out Mally Mall for his dirty dog ways… She later ranted on Twitter about being single and knowing her worth. SMH…once a cheesy azz cheater always a cheater, huh??? Hit the flip for more of Nikki Baby’s rant about Mally Mall.
Mo’Nique Claims Lee Daniels Told Her Hollywood Blackballed Her For Not Playing The Game A few years ago Mo’Nique was riding high with a successful daytime talk show and an Oscar win under her belt, but in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter she reveals that she hasn’t had the easiest time getting roles since her win and that “Empire” creator Lee Daniels clued her in on why… Peep the excerpts below: How has the Oscar changed your life? Has it? I get asked that question a lot: How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn’t going to change my life — that I had to be in control of changing my life. I’ll ask you: How do you think the Oscar was supposed to change my life? That it made everyone respect you more — that you’re not a comic who acts but an Oscar-winning dramatic actress. A force to be contended with. And how else do you think it should have changed? More choices, everyone offering you parts? What else do you think it should’ve changed? (Laughs.) You know what I’m looking for. I’m not sure — that it made you happier? Do you think it should have changed things financially? Yes. See? “Yes.” What I understood was that when I won that Oscar, things would change in all the ways you’re saying: It should come with more respect, more choices and more money. It should, and it normally does. Hattie (McDaniel) said, “After I won that award, it was as if I had done something wrong.” It was the same with me. I thought, once you won the award, that’s the top prize — and so you’re supposed to be treated as if you got the top prize. I got a phone call from Lee Daniels maybe six or seven months ago. And he said to me, “Mo’Nique, you’ve been blackballed.” And I said, “I’ve been blackballed? Why have I been blackballed?” And he said, “Because you didn’t play the game.” And I said, “Well, what game is that?” And he gave me no response. The next thing he said to me was, “Your husband is outbidding you.” But he never asked me what [salary] we were asking for. You know, my husband and I had to change things so we wouldn’t have to depend on [others]. So we do it independently. We’re very proud of taking the independent route, and we have a movie coming out on April 24 called Blackbird . What do you think Lee meant when he said that? That I was blackballed? And that your husband was “outbidding you.” What was he referring to? You know what I learned? Never to think what somebody else was thinking. That’s a question you would have to ask Lee Daniels.* There have been people that have said, “Mo’Nique, she can be difficult. Mo’Nique and her husband can be difficult.” They could probably be right. One of the networks said to [Lee] that I was “really difficult to work with.” And I said, “Well, that’s funny, because I’ve never even worked with them, but OK.” Whoever those people are who say, “Mo’Nique is difficult,” those people are either heartless, ruthless or treat people like they’re worthless. And that’s unacceptable. They’re set to say, “Mo’Nique is tactless, she’s tacky.” That’s why I have my beautiful husband, because he’s so full of tact, ’cause I’m a girl from Baltimore. I come from a blue-collar town — and being from that place, you learn not to let anybody take advantage of you. You don’t let people mistreat you. You stand up for what’s right. So I can’t answer why he said I was blackballed. There may be people that feel that way about me. But I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone — but we over-respect no one. WELL DAYUM… Props to her on that one. “We over-respect no one.” Does it surprise you to hear Mo’Nique has rubbed some people the wrong way? Mo’Nique also speaks on why she’s hasn’t worked with Lee Daniels since “Precious.” Check out her answer: Did he [Lee Daniels] approach you about maybe being on his hit Fox show Empire? Well, actually, I was offered the role in The Butler that Oprah Winfrey played. I was also approached by Empire to be on Empire. And I was also offered the role as Richard Pryor’s grandmother in [Daniels’ upcoming Pryor biopic]. Each of those things that he offered me was taken off the table. (Laughs.) They all just went away. But that’s just part of the business, you know? I can’t be upset at anybody, ’cause life is too good. It’s just what it is. But you were interested, and the offers suddenly evaporated? For each of the roles, [Lee] called me. He’s always approached me first, and I’m appreciative of it, because I think he is one of the most brilliant visionaries in writing and directing. I’ll say this: Whenever you do see me on TV again, or in the movies, you’ll know somebody played me fairly. People say to me sometimes, “Mo’Nique, you’re trying to be a mogul.” It’s like, honey, by no means am I trying to be a mogul — because mogul stands for “money obsessed guys (or girls), usually lonely.” (Laughs.) I don’t want to be a lonely mogul. No. Yikes. Do you think the lonely mogul comment is her way of firing shots at Oprah perhaps, or Tyler Perry? Do you think Mo’Nique would be good on “Empire”? Do you think she would have been better in “The Butler” than Oprah? Oh and if you think Lee Daniels was letting Mo have the last word you thought wrong. Hit the flip for his response. WENN
Katy Perry Reportedly Pregnant By John Mayer Katy Perry was just dancing with Diplo , but recently hopped back on with her on-again/off-again boyfriend John Mayer. Looks like these two might want to look into maintaining a decent “on” phase, since rumor has it that Katy is knocked up with her first child via Mr. Mayer. Via HollywoodLife : That sure was fast! Now that Katy and John are rumored to have rekindled their romance, the couple are ready to take the next step — or two — together, reports OK! magazine. “The buzz in her close group of friends is that she’s two months pregnant,” a source close to the “Roar” singer shared with the magazine. “They’re getting married in April,” the source continued. The source went on to share that Katy was “nervous” to tell John because of their rocky history, but that once he found out their exciting news he was all in. “He adores Katy and has been a mess since their last break up,” the source explained. “He wants to start a family.” According to the source, Katy couldn’t be happier to hear that her on-again man wants to start their lives together. “They want to spend their lives together, and it looks like that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” Hmmm…time will tell if this one is true. But congrats in the meantime!
Disney World Workers Arrested In Child Sex Sting At least 35 Disney World employees have been arrested since 2006 over alleged child sex offenses , an investigation has revealed. Via Daily Mail UK reports: The suspects included a ticket seller, a concierge and a trainee tour guide at the Florida resort – and even a night shift manager accused of watching child porn at work while he wrote a church sermon. Police caught many in stings modelled on the TV show To Catch a Predator, with undercover officers receiving explicit messages before the suspects agreed to meet at a home rigged with cameras. The latest round of arrests last week netted another 13 suspects, including four who at some point worked at the sprawling Magic Kingdom. Disney has insisted the theme park is so large, with around 70,000 employees, that those arrested represent only 0.01 per cent of people it has employed since 2006. But Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said paedophiles have obvious reasons for wanting to work at the resort and wants compulsory ‘lie detector’ polygraph tests for staff to be made legal. The toll of Disney workers arrested was revealed after a six-month investigation by CNN’s Kyra Phillips and Scott Zamost. They tracked down many of the suspects still facing trial including 50-year-old Robert Kingsolver, who was employed as a ride repair worker by Disney when he was arrested in February. He faces two charges of soliciting a child to commit a sex act after Lake County police say he tried to meet up with a 14-year-old girl. Kingsolver – who has pleaded not guilty – told CNN he was trying to protect the girl from further harm, was not a predator and loved working at the resort. ‘To see the look on the childrens’ faces when they get to see Prince Charming or run in to Mickey, that was the best part, to see kids glow, seeing their heroes,’ he said. ‘They know how much I love them, all four of my kids, and they know their dad is not somebody who would go out and hurt a young child.’ Many more of those tracked down, however, were reluctant to appear on camera. One of those arrested in Polk County Police’s latest crackdown was 26-year-old Zachary Spencer, a ticket supervisor at the Magic Kingdom. Lock these sickos up and remove them from the happiest place on Earth!!!!!!!!
Woman Behind Near-Massacre At Canadian Mall Canadian police received an anonymous tip last Saturday that helped them prevent a potentially extremely high fatality massacre at a major shopping mall. As it turns out, one of the plot’s main masterminds was a 23-year-old American woman who had a lot of neo-nazi and Klan sympathy — despite the fact that she is of Asian heritage — and was intensely fascinated by the Columbine school shooting, leaving a nearly 8-year long trail of breadcrumbs through social media on her eventual mass murder plans. Via MailOnline : The 23-year-old American woman who allegedly plotted to carry out a massacre at a Canadian mall on Valentine’s Day posted harrowing messages online for years before the plan was foiled. Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath, from Geneva, Illinois, posted about her admiration of Hitler, the Columbine killers and other murderers on her Facebook page, Tumblr site and forums, and even hinted at the deadly plan, writing last Wednesday: ‘Valentine’s Day. It’s going down.’ Two days after the post, she was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder after police received a tip. Online, Souvannarath, whose father is from Laos, painted herself as a neo-Nazi and regularly shared photos of Hitler while lauding white separatists, such as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Her Tumblr page also features images of the Columbine shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, including photos of their dead bodies. But her posts were more than the ramblings of a lost and disturbed girl. They started becoming warnings and vague foreshadowing to some big event on Valentine’s Day with extremely dark overtones… In one post from February 11, she shared a movie poster showing two ghoulish figures with the words: ‘Valentine’s Day. It’s going down’ – perhaps hinting at their alleged plan for February 14. Beneath the poster she added: ‘It’s almost here. The clock is ticking.’ She also shared quotes from murderers and photos of weapons. One picture shows a man holding a gun and wearing a t-shirt that reads: ‘Natural selection.’ Another post on her blog reads ‘Saturday the 14th’ in red, dripping letters with the comment: ‘Ha Haa’ written beneath. Her website is still showing new updates. Police said that she had pre-programmed online messages before she was due to carry out the attacks and ultimately kill herself. This is some truly sick stuff! Authorities say she had been posting stuff like this since she was about 15…how is it that no one in her immediate circle had any idea what this woman was up to until it was damn near too late? Facebook
Loni Love Cries While Thanking Co-Hosts For Accepting Weight Loni Love is typically all jokes and smiles on The Real Daytime , but she stopped wearing her happy face for a few minutes while thanking her -for always making her feel accepted and good about herself despite her weight. “These ladies make me feel really at home and welcome about my body. They don’t tease me,” she said before breaking into tears. “I don’t feel good about myself sometimes so thank you. The public compares me. They don’t.” She also had special thanks for the glam squad on the show, for always making sure her outfits and looks are just as on point as the rest of the women. “It is harder to dress a bigger woman. No matter what anybody wants to say, it’s harder. When you’re not the sample size…When you get into the [size] 20s, it’s hard. But the thing about this show is that we have people that go out, they’re determined, and even the designers like Ralph Lauren Calvin Klein are designing for us.” Good for Loni! That has to be a HUGE change for her from getting constantly poked with fat and Black jokes from her coworkers like she did during her days on Chelsea Lately!
