Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty Lil Mo And Karl Dargan Barely Get Through Interview Without Fighting When will these two get things right??? Lil Mo and her husband Karl Dargan sat for an interview about making their marriage better , but all they did was argue. In their interview with MadameNoire, it’s clear they have A LOT more work to do. Do you think these two will ever get past their (Karl’s) infidelity issues? Alternative link: Here
Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Fallen King Of R&B Indicted Of Multiple Charges Of Sex Assault R. Kelly has pled not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The disgraced singer appeared in the Cook County Court Monday to answer charges that abused teen girls for years, after spending the weekend behind bars as he struggles to come up with $100,000 bail. His lawyer Steven Greenberg pled not guilty on Kelly’s behalf, and after the hearing, Greenberg insisted his client was innocent and a “rock star” who didn’t need to have nonconsensual sex. BOSSIP can reveal the singer is being held in the jail’s Division 8, which is reserved for vulnerable inmates who could be at risk in general population. If convicted, Kelly could spend the rest of his life in prison. R. Kelly’s plea comes as lawyer Michael Avenatti tweeted that he planned to hand over another graphic video of Kelly sexually abusing an underage girl. He is due back in court next month for owing $161,663 to his ex-wife, Andrea in an unrelated child support case.
Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty Safaree Plays Coy About Relationship On #LHHNY Sneak Peek Safaree isn’t quite ready to let Erica Mena ‘s cat out of the bag on the new episode of Love & Hip-Hop: New York when the cast goes on a group outing and Maino notices that Safaree’s lady is nowhere to be seen… Damn, we thought they were loud and proud…
Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Positivity… NASA Renames Facility After Katherine Johnson Finally, some good news for Black History Month. NASA took a big step this weekend and honored a STEM pioneer that was previously “hidden.” Katherine Johnson , the NASA mathematician who was played by Taraji P. Henson in “Hidden Figures” will be honored in a distinct way. NASA’s announced that they now have the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. NASA reports that the building will be used to contribute to “to the safety and success of NASA’s highest-profile missions by assuring the software on those missions performs correctly.” “With slide rules and pencils, Katherine, a legendary NASA mathematician – and the other human computers who worked at the agency – helped our nation’s space program get off the ground, but it was their confidence, bravery and commitment to excellence that broke down racial and social barriers that continue to inspire to this day,’” said NASA about Johnson. Johnson, 100, worked for NASA for 35 years and verified the numbers to calculate the orbit for John Glenn’s Friendship 7 mission. Congrats Katherine!
Source: Megan Q Daniels/Getty Images / Getty / Getty Wait, what??? Bennett College Loses Accreditation, Gets It Back After donors nationwide rallied together to save an HBCU, a board STILL denied the college its accreditation—but ultimately was defeated, for now at least. As previously reported Bennett College proudly announced that it raised $8.2 million , surpassing the required $5 million to keep it accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). That number has since jumped to a whopping $9.5 million in donations. Despite that Wxii12 reported that Bennett STILL lost its accreditation. The SACSCOC released a press release to the news station confirming that Bennett’s accreditation was still revoked and noted that the Appeals Committee of the College Delegate Assembly would be holding up their December 9 decision. The board claimed that Bennett was still lacking financial resources. The school “failed to show that the institution possesses resources demonstrating a stable financial base to support the mission and scope of programs and services,” said the board. After the news broke, Bennett took swift action and filed a lawsuit against The SACSCOC. Journal Now reports that Bennett had their accreditation restored by a federal judge in Atlanta who granted the college a temporary restraining order that lets them keep their accreditation while the lawsuit remains active. The President of the college has since spoken out and she’s assuring students and alumni that Bennett’s still fighting. “Our fight continues, … ” said President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins. “The negative decision … to remove Bennett from membership will not interrupt the daily operations of the college. … We urge everyone to keep the faith and know that Bennett College is standing strong.” . @BennettCollege Files Lawsuit to Keep Accreditation: https://t.co/ESbXfx1iJy — Bennett College (@BennettCollege) February 23, 2019 Fight on Bennett, we’re glad to see that the Bennett Belles are still standing.
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Offset Goes Undercover on Reddit, YouTube and Twitter On the latest episode of GQ’s Youtube series Actually Me , Offset goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Twitter, Reddit, Quora, YouTube, and more. Did Offset and Cardi B name their daughter after a Migos album? How did they come up with the name Migos? Find out the answer to these questions and many, many more by peeping the video down below.
Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Lena Waithe’s New Comedy Pilot Picked Up By Showtime According to reports from Deadline , Showtime has given a pilot order to How To Make Love To A Black Woman (Who May Be Working Through Some Sh*t), a comedy series from The Chi creator and executive producer Lena Waithe along with the series’ writer Cathy Kisakye. The upcoming half-hour series stems from Waithe’s first-look deal with the premium cable network, the same place her series The Chi is heading to for a second season. She is going to executive produce the project along with Rishi Rajani, and Kisakye, who will write the pilot. “Working with Lena is the gift that keeps on giving,” said Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks. “We signed our first-look deal with her so that she could bring authentic and talented new voices to Showtime. Cathy’s comedy is raw, relevant, surprising, sexy and fun, and we are very excited about making it.” How To Make Love to a Black Woman was created by Casallina “Cathy” Kisakye, and will be “a collection of multi-part episodes which will include a new characters in an authentic world, telling stories about connection and rejection that explore our most harrowing – and harrowingly comic – sexual secrets.” Lena Waithe had great things to say about the upcoming series, as well. She gushed, “Cathy’s script is haunting, funny, and extremely vulnerable – it’s the kind of script that doesn’t come around very often. I’m honored that Cathy trusts me with such a special project. I can’t wait for the world to see it.” Kisakye also commented on the nature of the project, saying, “With How To Make Love , I’m thrilled to tell stories about the women I know, who are complicated, passionate, resilient and relatable.” This isn’t these two creatives’ first time working together, either. Kisakye served as a writer on both seasons of Waithe’s series The Chi , which premiered in 2018 with the biggest launch for a Showtime drama series in two years. Are you excited for this new series to come out?!
Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Offset Makes His Kids The Stars Of His Album Cover Offset unveiled the title and cover shoot for his first solo project just hours before it’s release and it’s gotten to everyone’s heart. “Father Of 4” hit streaming platforms last night and the cover shoot features all of Offset’s children. Jordan, 9, Kody 3, Kalea 3, and Kulture, 7 months old. We’ve featured Kody and Kalea’s moms before and of course, we know who Kulture’s mommy is! Aren’t they all adorable? View this post on Instagram FATHER OF 4 MIDNIGHT Enjoy A post shared by OFFSET (@offsetyrn) on Feb 21, 2019 at 5:06pm PST Offset told fans in Tweets how his role as a father inspired the album. Sometimes success took him away from his children, but being a “Father Of 4” is how his life is centered. I am a FATHER OF 4 The most beautiful and smart kids I could ask for. I want them to understand there dad for the good and the bad. The decisions I made was to feed I’m not a perfect FATHER BUT I AM A FATHER OF 4! — OFFSET (@OffsetYRN) February 21, 2019 Father hood was missing in my life and sometimes I have to be missing for work but it all come back to the little ones I’m setting them up for the future. I didn’t take the cleanest route to success I ran into walls and hurdles but I over came them I’m proud of me!!! — OFFSET (@OffsetYRN) February 21, 2019 We also got some behind the scenes video from the photoshoot, featuring even more of baby Kulture with her siblings. Do you think she looks like mommy or daddy?? Hit the flip for more.