Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIDAL Cardi B. continues to prove she has not forgotten her roots. She recently stood up for her former place of work that is in danger of being shut down permanently. The Bronx bombshell recently took to social media to advocate justice for Love & Lust, a gentleman’s club she used to dance at that has been closed by the city. “Justice for LUST!!! Come on now that’s f - - ked up, never a shoot out, nobody ever got murked. Its like you can’t win for s - - t!!! OPEN THEM LOCKS.” Source: INSTAGRAM @IAMCARDIB / INSTAGRAM @IAMCARDIB Since opening in 2014, owner Imran Jairam claims his venue has been unfairly targeted by local police with summons, raids, fines and more. More recently he alleges the NYPD also came in looking for a bribe. In 2017 Jairam says Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez visited his nightspot looking for free services including round-trip airfare to Puerto Rico and generators for the island post Hurricane Maria. Love & Lust have since filed a $125 million dollar suit against the State of New York. The NYPD Captains Endowment Association president has commented on the allegations directly but only saying the nightspot is “looking to shift focus from their bad conduct.” You can view Imran’s interview with The Breakfast Club detailing the history of issues below. Via Page Six Photo: WENN.com
DING! DING! DING! According to Chris Harrison, it is about to be on next Monday night. Between whom? This is the question we’re now left to ponder. Earlier this week, the reality show host with the absolute most stopped and talked to Entertainment Tonight about the May 28 premiere of The Bachelorette. It will kick off at 8/7c on ABC, but it sounds as if we ought to say the show will PUNCH off instead. Just consider how Harrison teased the premiere in his chat with the aforementioned gossip and news outlet: “Maybe the most ridiculous fight you’ve ever seen in the history of our show, which is saying a lot. It’s just magnificent to watch. “It’s going to be one of those [seasons where] you’re watching through your fingers because you’re embarrassed for everybody involved, but you can’t stop watching.” Now THAT’S what we call a tease. Is it any wonder Chris Harrison is the very best at what he does? View Slideshow: The Bachelorette Season 14: Who Are Becca’s Men? While recent The Bachelorette spoilers have actually revealed the final four men chosen by Becca Kufrin, ABC announced the FULL list of all 28 suitors on Thursday. We’ve posted their official portraits above and referenced their official occupations. There are multiple football players… one sports analyst… a guy who plays the banjo… and some dude who says he’s a social media participant. We somehow doubt the latter is involved in this fight. “The arrivals are great because, for the guys, it’s very much out of our comfort zone to make these grand entrances,” Harrison also said of the premiere, adding: “We make fools of ourselves, that’s what we do. And some of these guys do just that.” Kufrin, of course, has quite the backstory when it comes to this franchise. She was proposed to by Arie on the season finale of the latest Bachelor season — and then dumped by Arie on the After the Rose Special. Becca responded in that moment the same way anyone in her situation would respond ( Are you f-cking kidding me , she asked Arie many times), but has since handled the public break-up with maturity and grace. “He’s a good person, I don’t think he’s a monster and purposely did this to hurt me and make me feel this way,” Kurfin told People Magazine shortly after The Bachelor season concluded, adding at the time: “I don’t think he thought it through, but I don’t think he did it maliciously to break my heart.” Whatever. The guy seems like a giant douchebag in our opinion. But Arie is the past and one of the 28 men featured above is the future. “Let’s do the damn thing,” Kufrin excitedly says in the following Bachelorette preview, making it clear that she’s ready to move on. And if she’s ready to move on, so we are. Let’s do the damn thing indeed! Check out the fun teaser now: Becca Kufrin Seeks Revenge in First Bachelorette Promo
The new season of Teen Mom 2 hasn’t even started airing yet, and it’s already clear that it’s going to be one hell of a ride. Let’s just take a moment and consider all of the wonders this season will contain! We should get to see Jenelle send off all those ridiculous cease and desist letters to her cast members, and Javi and Briana’s breakup. We’ll finally get to see lots of footage of Kailyn’s adorable little baby, Lux — he’d just been born at the end of last season. Judging by the trailer we’ve seen, it also looks like MTV is continuing their trend of showing backstage footage from the last seasons’ reunion in the new season. Which means that there’s a solid chance we’ll see Jenelle having her meltdown, and her fight with Nathan Griffith’s girlfriend . Reports have claimed that MTV is also doing us a solid by airing more scenes from their New Years’ Eve special — specifically the scene where David lost it and attacked a bunch of balloons with a knife . Obviously there’s a lot of Jenelle stuff to look forward to here, but there’s one more big one: David’s firing. We know that there was a bunch of drama surrounding that decision, and that there was a question as to whether or not Jenelle would get fired too. She did end up filming again, and she’s still filming now, though it does sound like at this point MTV is already filming for the season after this one. And that means that there’s a pretty good chance we won’t get to see the latest chapter in Jenelle’s feud with Kailyn — not this season, anyway. To recap real quick, Jenelle and Kailyn haven’t gotten along for a while now, and things have escalated steadily for the past year or so. Jenelle revealed Kailyn’s pregnancy on Twitter without her permission, and ever since then … it’s been bad. A couple of months ago, Jenelle did an interview, and for some reason she kept bashing Kailyn for having three kids with three different men. Which, just for those of you keeping score, is also something Jenelle has done. She even said that she believed Kailyn had her youngest son for the sake of her Teen Mom 2 storyline, which is a pretty gross thing to say. Since then, Kailyn’s been especially over her nonsense, but things have some somehow gotten worse since David and Jenelle made fun of Leah’s daughter. Because unfortunately, that’s a thing that happened. We know, we know, it’s hard to keep up with all of this, but about a week ago, David commented on a photo that Leah posted of her daughters. He said that Gracie, one of the twins, was wearing too much makeup, and suggested that Leah should have asked the girl’s father for permission before dolling her up like that. It was a dumb comment — the makeup was for a cheerleading competition, and Leah has just as much say in what her daughter wears as Corey does. But Jenelle made things so much worse by posting a dumb confrontational video, judging Leah and Gracie and even making fun of Gracie’s contouring. To repeat that, Jenelle mocked an eight-year-old girl’s makeup. Kailyn hopped in to defend Leah against the Easons’ crazy ramblings, but judging by some comments she made on her podcast this week, things still aren’t over. “We have a reunion next month,” Kailyn revealed. “I don’t know what the hell is going to happen.” “I don’t know if they’re going to have to separate us. I don’t know how Leah and I can sit in the same room as Jenelle.” Which is fair, we know we certainly wouldn’t want to sit in the same room as Jenelle, all this history aside. But as Kail explained, “At this point it’s not drama between the cast mates. You’re talking about our children. At that point, Leah and I probably want to throw hands.” “But it’s not worth it. Just keep her away from us.” It doesn’t sound like she and Leah are planning to gang up on Jenelle or anything, but it’s understandable why she’d prefer to just not be around her. Jenelle’s been very volatile lately, even for her, so it’s best for them to just avoid any situation where things could escalate to violence, especially because Jenelle could just as easily throw hands herself. At another point in the podcast, Kailyn took the time to address David directly, telling him “You are a grown man! You’re commenting on someone else’s children that have nothing to do with you.” “Do not bring someone’s kids into it.” She said that she doesn’t talk about Jenelle’s kids, and neither does Leah — which is definitely true, they don’t. “Nobody talks about Jenelle and David’s kids so why are you talking about our kids?” she asked. “Leah’s children have nothing to do with David, so David needs to shut the f-ck up.” Truer words were never spoken. View Slideshow: Kailyn Lowry to Jenelle Evans: Stop Talking S–t, DUDE!
Getty Images REALLY??? Teacher Asks Students To List Positive Aspects Of Slavery A rancidly racist revisionist is in hot water after asking students to take on a shocking assignment. According to ABC News , reps for The Great Hearts Monte Vista schools are apologizing after an unnamed teacher gave out a homework assignment telling students to list both the positive and negative aspects of slavery. Aaron Kindel, the superintendent of Great Hearts Texas, is confirming that the teacher has been placed on administrative leave. “To be clear, there is no debate about slavery. It is immoral and a crime against humanity,” said Kindel in a statement posted Thursday. The textbook being used in the teacher’s classroom,”Prentice Hall Classics: A History of the United States” has been removed until school officials can review the material. Pearson, the makers of the textbook, are denying any wrongdoing. “We do not support the point of view represented in the worksheet and strongly condemn the implication that there was any positive aspect to slavery,” said their rep Scott Overland. News of the assignment quickly spread after Democratic Rep Joaquin Castro posted about it on social media. This is absolutely unacceptable. A @GreatHeartsTX charter school in San Antonio asked students to complete a “balanced view” assignment about slavery, requiring them to list the “positive aspects” of slave life. The teacher worked from a @pearson textbook. pic.twitter.com/mzEWty68tB — Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) April 19, 2018 What would YOU do if your child was given this assignment????
Source: Bob D’Amico / Getty It’s the last episode of Scandal e ver. Forever, ever! And we kick off with Olivia Pope meeting up with Lonnie Mencken trying to figure out what to do about Jake and Cyrus. Mencken says he’ll help her if she can promise that Mellie makes gun control a priority. Olivia agrees and Lonnie kills himself. That latter part wasn’t part of Olivia’s plan, but that is how Mencken is helping (and keeping himself from being implicated). His death will get Olivia her Senate hearing. Cyrus and Jake are backed into a corner and Olivia sees this as her chance to start over. Eli Pope begs to differ. He thinks Olivia should “stop being a slave, trying to fix massa’s problems,” and skip town. He set up a nice offshore bank account for her so she can disappear if she wants to, but the old Liv is back so you know she won’t be going anywhere. Meanwhile, Papa Pope is about to pay everyone dust because he refuses to get caught up in Olivia’s whistleblowing shenanigans. But at the same time, you know he’s not going to leave without knowing Olivia’s fate first. via GIPHY The gladiators are terrified about testify about all the terrible things that have been done as part of B613 because it could potentially mean prison time. Mellie is terrified about testifying too because she could still get impeached and forced to step down. Meanwhile, Charlie is still locked up and doesn’t even know they’re doing this. However, when it’s time for the deposition, they spill all the tea about everything from Frankie Vargas to President Rashad, but they frame it as Jake and Cyrus being the masterminds. After the hearing, Rosen tells them that they should say their goodbyes now before the committee makes its recommendations because again, prison could be a reality. The first order of business is going to visit Charlie in prison. They inform him what’s going on, and Charlie and Quinn finally get their wedding. Jake confronts Rosen in a dark parking lot and threatens to kill him unless he does the “smart” thing, but Rosen is finally about that life. As Jake touches the gun in his waistband, Rosen stretches his arms out to the side and says he’s not giving in to him so he might as well do what he has to do. He basically reads Jake for filth and his thesis is, “I am not your bitch, but you belong to Cyrus.” That last part is true. We all know Cyrus gave the order to kill Rosen and Jake attempted to do what he was told, but Rosen got all up in his head so the murder is off, for now. Cyrus is livid and hurls all the usual insults at Jake, but Jake is finally tired of being a lap dog and tells him that he could have killed Rosen if he wanted to because he’s cold-blooded like that and killing is what he does. But Cyrus is the one who’s always barking orders and never actually getting in the midst of the action. That’s all it takes to put the battery in Cyrus’ back. In fact, Cyrus interrupts Abby and Rosen’s cuddle time in bed with a text telling Rosen that he wants to strike a deal. Rosen, the only truly clean individual in this entire universe, is naive enough to think that Cyrus is really about to lay down and take his punishment. So, they meet up at Cyrus’ office, Cyrus hands him a drink, and…you know where this is going, right? Rosen drinks the poison and the Cyrus smothers him with a pillow as he already lay choking from the poison. via GIPHY Why no one realized this was a trap is beyond any of us, because Cyrus would literally do something like this. We know this. They should have known this, but that’s what it is. So let’s pour one out for Rosen. via GIPHY Now we find Abby, Olivia, Quinn and Huck standing over Rosen’s body in the morgue. The coroner said it was a heart attack, but they know what’s up. Abby refuses to cry because she wants to act now and grieve later. Huck offers to take care of it but Olivia tells him not to because they’re the good guys now. “We’re the only white hats left,” she offers. Quinn goes to Papa Pope for help and he tells her like he told Olivia that they are on their own. He’s retired from the mess and dasit. via GIPHY Olivia laments to Fitz that they’ve lost. The thing is, with Rosen dead, that means there’s the deputy AG left. Cyrus still has the deputy AG in pocket so he’s going to win. Fitz is hopeful that things will work out, but Olivia has a meltdown because she hasn’t fixed anything and she dragged her people down (she actually did fix something, she got them to tell the truth, which set them free as the cliche goes). She points out that this is most likely the last time they’ll ever be in the same room together alone since she’s probably going to jail and that they can either keep talking about impending doom or do something else. You already know they chose something else. via GIPHY The next morning, Fitz gets news that the committee postponed the recommendations because they have a new witness. Turns out it’s Eli Pope. He was moved by news of Rosen’s death. He obviously knew what’s up and again, Rosen was the one person who didn’t deserve what he got. The committee thinks Eli is just a paleontologist so they’re not taking him seriously at all. They’re not even trying to hide their smirks and are especially amused when he tells them that he created B613. He goes into his most epic rant ever by telling them that he created B613 in response to them, “White men who were masters of the universe who left the world to rot.” He goes in about their privilege and how they have this power but act like petulant children so he had to come in and save them, and the world, from themselves. Then he flips it by telling them that they bare the responsibility for all that B613 hath wrought. He also lowkey makes them realize that they got played by a black man. “I am responsible for the fact that this nation still stands. I wake up every morning and I make America great again, this is my legacy!” is the exact quote to cap our last Rowan special. Now he has their attention, they hang on to every word he says. He manages to control the hell out of them, because that’s what he does, and says he can give them command, but he’s not going down for it, and that’s what it is. Rowan Pope saves the day. Finally, Jake gets arrested. Quinn rejoices with Abby and Huck because “the good guys win.” Abby finally breaks down because “the good guy is dead,” which is true. Olivia visits Jake in prison before he gets transferred and offers a teary apology for forcing him to step out of the sun. He tells her not to be sorry, that he loved her and that she should never be sorry for that. Jake thanks her for showing up for him and they exchange their final goodbyes. Sally Langston delivers news that the shadow government has been put to bed and that Mellie Grant is back on track. Cyrus pays Olivia a visit and Olivia is not with the small talk. She just wants him to hand in his resignation letter. Cyrus starts talking about how he can’t escape the darkness and ends up signing the resignation letter and that’s that. Cyrus, the one who should actually be in jail, get to roam free. Yes, Cyrus has to live with the “darkness,” but it just doesn’t seem right that Cyrus gets to be free while Jake rots in jail. via GIPHY Mellie then asks Olivia how they can restore the public’s faith in govt institutions and makes it clear that she needs Olivia by her side, but Liv is done. Liv tells Mellie that she has always known how to run the country in the way it needs to be run, and she will be great. Mellie asks what Olivia is going to do and her reply is, “Whatever I want.” Translation: Olivia Pope is free. via GIPHY The final episode winds down with a montage of Mellie in the Oval Office with Marcus by her side as the new VP. Abby and Huck visit Rosen’s grave, Charlie, Quinn and their baby are back together as a happy family, and Jake is in his cell fantasizing about being back in the sun with Olivia. Finally, Olivia goes to see Fitz and they deliver their classic Olitz-style, “Hi,” because you know Vermont is in their future. And the last thing we see is two little black girls at the National Museum of African American History and Culture staring at a portrait of Olivia Pope, the woman who brought down the republic in order to help it rebuild. How’s that for anticlimactic? RELATED POSTS ‘Scandal’ Recap: Olivia Pope Blows The Lid Off B613 ‘Scandal’ Recap: Team Mellivia Is Back In Action
Atlanta Charter School Under Fire For Blackface Depiction During Black History Play The Kindezi School at Old Fourth Ward in Atlanta is under fire for making kids wear blackface masks while reciting an African-American poem that symbolized black oppression. The second graders are seen holding up blackface masks in a reading of 19th-century author Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” as part of the school’s black history program, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The performance is now facing criticism from the community and parents who have questioned the masks’ context.
Atlanta Charter School Under Fire For Blackface Depiction During Black History Play The Kindezi School at Old Fourth Ward in Atlanta is under fire for making kids wear blackface masks while reciting an African-American poem that symbolized black oppression. The second graders are seen holding up blackface masks in a reading of 19th-century author Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” as part of the school’s black history program, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The performance is now facing criticism from the community and parents who have questioned the masks’ context.
Source: The Washington Post / Getty LL Cool J is launching his own classic hip-hop station, titled Rock The Bells Radio, on SiriusXM. The legendary rapper announced the exciting development on Wednesday, March 28. “If you wanna be a fly on the wall in the world of classic Hip Hop, SiriusXM’s ‘Rock the Bells Radio’ is for you,” Cool J said during the announcement for his new radio said. He continues, “It’s where fans can come and be immersed in the music, the culture, the energy and the history of classic Hip Hop. We’re gonna have great artists, legendary artists, lyricists, superstars, sex symbols. This is the place to be if you want uncut, raw, pure, classic Hip Hop, but there’s one catch, it’s strictly for OGs.” The 50-year-old held the launch of his radio station on Wednesday at a retro Los Angeles roller skating rink for a night out of celebration with friends and family. The big names in attendance included people like Tiffany Haddish , Anthony Anderson , Snoop Dogg there to send their well wishes and congratulations for the rap legend on his major accomplishment. If you’re a real OG and wanna catch LL Cool J on your radio waves, tune into channel 43 on SiriusXM.
Robert Alexander/Getty Images United Airlines Passenger Scored a Voucher Worth $10K A woman in Washington, D.C . is going down in the history books for the most legendary finesse of all time. She put every other customer service offer to shame by scoring a $10,000 voucher from United Airlines. Yep, $10,000. She’s a legend. But as you might be able to predict, Allison Preiss said that getting the airline to cough up the dough was no easy feat. Preiss was on her way from Washington Dulles International Airport to Austin, Texas on Thursday morning when the airline staff starting asking passengers to volunteer their seats on the overbooked flight. As per usual, nobody volunteered, and when that happened, the airline told Preiss that she had to forfeit her seat, because she had paid the lowest fare. Obviously, Allison was pretty annoyed, so she took to Twitter to vent about the incident. After that, one airline worker tried to backpedal and completely change the situation, telling Preiss that she was only bumped because the plane had a broken seat. . @united offering $1K in travel credit for an oversold flight. If nobody bites, they will kick off the lowest fare passenger by pulling them out of the boarding line. For a flight that THEY oversold. Unreal. — Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018 After that is when the gate agents started to negotiate. They first they offered her a $2,000 voucher, but Preiss declined and said she’d prefer a check. As they were about to write her a check for $650, one agent offered her a seat on the next plane and a $10,000 voucher. This offer is in line with the airline’s new cap for passengers who offer up their seats, which was raised back in April 2017, following a passenger being dragged off a plane for refusing to forfeit his seat. They really do not want to give me cash. They just offered me $10,000 in travel credit. TEN THOUSAND. — Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018 Good on you, Allison. This is a message to all future flight passengers to stick to your guns when traveling, you might just walk away with $10,000. Continue reading →
The hospital gown is quite possibly the least sexy and least flattering garment in the history of the civilized world. Nevertheless, you put a sexy lady in one, and it transforms into the sexiest and most flattering piece of clothing imaginable. Today we salute these ten beauties who helped revolutionize the hospital gown by flashing a bit of skin in one! Here are our Top Ten Hottest Babes in Hospital Gowns! … read more
