Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty The Internet is taking it back this month as we settle into the last year of the decade. It seems like it was just yesterday 2009 was about to break us into the 2010s, but now we’re only eleven short months away from the 2020s. A lot has changed over the past ten years, and some major stars and influencers are proving the come-up is real with the #10yearchallenge. Over the weekend, various social media gurus, celebs and artists have been posting side-by-side pictures of themselves today vs. ten years ago. Some comedic favs are already hot on the challenge with pics that’ll have you nostalgic about the 2000s. Just take Insecure ‘s Yvonne Orji who joked that she went from youth pastor to first lady! We ain’t mad. Even her Insecure co-star Amanda Seales had to get in on the challenge. “2009/2019 Amanda Diva to Amanda Seales,” she wrote on Instagram. “Still rockin my ‘diva’ nameplate ring! More innocence to more wisdom. From the curls to the mic, living my life like it’s golden!” Then there were those celebs who literally look stunning today, yesterday and forever such as La La Anthony . There were also couples who were boo’d up since ’09 and are still going strong today like Papoose and Remy Ma. Of course, some people didn’t follow directions and went further back than 2009 just for the sake of showing off (*ahem* Nick Cannon ). You got it Nick! Finally, there were those celebs and social media stars who had jokes when it came to the #10yearchallege. Hit the next pages for some more side-by-side comparisons, including some hilarious twists on how things changed in a decade!
Source: Gregg DeGuire / Getty Over the weekend, social media lost their collective minds when Omar Gooding posted a drunken video of him and his brother Cuba Gooding Jr. at Cuba’s birthday party. For several (young) people on the internet, it was the first time they had come to the realization that these acclaimed actors were actually brothers. I was today years old when I learned that Omar Gooding and Cuba Gooding Jr were brothers pic.twitter.com/7tqy6MrRTl — DEJASOEXTRA (@dejasoextra) January 12, 2019 For those of us who knew they were brothers, it was probably the first time in a very long time that we’ve seen them in the same room together. We knew all about Venus and Serena, Beyonce and Solange, Jaden and Willow and even all five thousand of the Kardashians but what about some of the other celebrity siblings that some people had no idea about? Hit the flip for more celeb sibs. Some of them may shock you.
We’ve seen plenty of unusual/offensive/hilarious/ridiculous wedding invitations or requests over the years. Such as the list of outrageous demands made by this bridezilla to her attendees. But have you ever heard of a save-the-date that didn’t actually list any date to be saved? But DID warn potential wedding-goers about how expensive the trip would be and outlined all the reasons why they may not want to check yes ? Neither had we. Until now… An unidentified woman from Australia has gone viral after her two-page Save-the-Date was shared on Facebook. As you can see below, this announcement doesn’t actually tell loved ones when her wedding will take place. Or where it will take place, not specifically at least. Instead, it is comprised of a bizarre list of requirements titled “Things To Keep In Mind Before You Say Yes.” Let’s go over the passages that have been scrutinized and mocked the most by folks on the Internet, shall we? FIRST, the bride notes that she hasn’t yet picked a venue; she only knows that it will be held “in an Asian country,” possibly the Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam. SECOND, she writes “you will need at least two weeks off…one week is [too] short for how long the flights are.” She writes this despite also saying that the festivites themselves will only take “2-3 days.” THIRD, the bride feels a need to explain how money and vacations work, telling her friends and relatives: You will need approximately $4,000 to $5,000 or more if you desire; that includes hotels, food, drink, daily adventures, scooter rentals. Just good to have safe buffer money. You will not spend all of this…all depends on what kind of holiday you want. FOURTH, the woman makes a point to tell the invitees they should “think this all over” before RSVPing, but that they will “really love it over there.” Of course, it’s not clear where there actually is, considering, once again, there aren’t any actual details included on the Save-the-Date. This, along with the weird details that are included, prompted Facebook users to react in horror, shock and disgust over the viral message. “I think this is an invitation to be murdered,” one person quipped. “These people really do not want anyone at their wedding,” another person commented. “She might not even need a venue after those ‘save the dates’, as it might just be her and the hubby,” another agreed. “Has anyone started counting the grammar/spelling mistakes?” one individual wondered. We’re sure the bride would just say she wanted to make sure everyone understood what he or she was getting into. She would likely argue that she was trying not to pressure anyone into coming on such an endeavor; that she wrote all this for their sake. But it still comes across as really strange, condescending and aggressive. “We hope to give you at least 9 months in advance, so if you want to attend, start saving your pennies now!” she added. “Once we receive everyone’s save-the-dates back and know how many people are willing to make the long journey to attend, we will begin finding a venue and send out the invitations.” As one generous reader pointed out, this wasn’t an awful idea in theory. The questions should have been asked far less formally, however, long before any Save-the-Date was actually sent out. Because in execution? Holy terribleness, right? View Slideshow: Woman Fires Busy Bridesmaid from Role, Divides the Internet Exactly in Half
Source: Global Grind / Global Grind Global Grind is back with episode 25 of The Rewind , and like we always do at this time, we’re doing what we always do — giving you your much-needed dose of recap reality. Every week we revisit some of the pop culture trends, movies, viral moments and music from the week before and give our hot takes. Our experts Landon Levarius and DJ Franchise share their opinions, sprinkle in some facts and then when it’s all over and done with, provide a rating of 1 to 10. We listen to the songs, watch the movies, scour the internet, and do the hard work so you don’t have to. Without further adieu, let’s jump into this week’s episode. This week we’re talking about the Netflix original film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle . The film is about a human child named Mowgli who is raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India after his family is killed. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own, but the fearsome tiger Shere Khan do esn’t take a liking to him. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins and has to make the great decision whether he is human or wolf. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle hit Netflix in December 2018 and is a new take on the infamous Jungle Book stories. Landon Levarius and DJ Franchise got the opportunity to check it out and weighed in on the film. They also discussed The Lox’s Rockwilder-produced “Never Over” track, which dropped back in November 2018. The Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch single sort of flew under the radar for anyone who isn’t a devout D-Block loyalist but you know our resident critics DJ Franchise and Landon Levarius couldn’t let the song slip by without discussing it. Being the huge music fans that they are, do you think they were feeling it? Watch episode 25 of The Rewind to hear DJ Franchise and Landon Levarius talk about these topics and more along with their 1-10 rating. Press play!
Source: Caroline McCredie / Getty Freaky Rihanna Question Destroys Twitter Y’all must really be bored, huh? When it comes to Rihanna, the internet is all about being obsessed and fantasizing. Thursday may have taken things a bit far, though. One Twitter user posed a question that took our obsession with Rihanna to new, um, depths? Take a look: Fellas…. be honest…… would yall let Rihanna peg you? This is a safe space — Party McFly (@prthegreat609) January 10, 2019 Word? This is what we’re doing? We’re talking playing pokemon with Rih Rih? Well, no one on social media would dare engage in such a revealing conversation would th-? when Rihanna gets in there pic.twitter.com/ouBSOmApZ3 — skuba steve (@JakesBadTweets) January 10, 2019 Oh. Oh, we forgot who we were talking about. Y’all are wild. Take a look at the funniest reactions to the wild hypothetical. Continue reading →
As the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos runs a company that presumably knows what all its customers want at all times. Along similar lines, meanwhile, Bezos purported to know exactly what Lauren Sanchez wanted last year, as lewd text messages sent from the mega billionaire to his alleged mistress has now been revealed. In case you are not caught up on this story: Bezos and MacKenzie, his wife of 25 years, announced to the world yesterday that they are filing to divorce . This is the fate of approximately half the marriages in the United States, of course, but this particular split initially stood out for one major reason: – Bezos is the richest human being on the planet and everyone is speculating about how much money MacKenzie will get in their settlement. A few hours after the divorce was confirmed by both parties, however, Internet users were given a second reason to care about this break-up: – Bezos may have cheated on MacKenzie with Sanchez, the estranged wife of a close friend and the original host of So You Think You Can Dance. Numerous outlets reported on this infidelity yesterday, with the overwhelming take being that Bezos and Sanche started seeing each other about eight months ago. It sounds like she was definitely in the middle of a divorce from husband Patrick Whitesell at the time — but questions still exist over whether or not Bezos was separated from his wife when he started to bone Sanchez. (For the record, the two couples at the center of this scandal have been tight for approximately a decade. They often hung out together in Seattle.) As for why Bezos went public with his split this week? Sources say he wanted to do so before racy text messages he sent to Sanchez were made public. In this regard, he succeeded: the divorce announcement has been released. But so have the text messages, as of Thursday morning!!!! In one message obtained by The National Enquirer, supposedly from April 2018, Bezos wrote: I love you, alive girl. I will show you with my body, and my lips and my eyes, very soon. In another, supposedly from May 2018, he wrote: I want to smell you, I want to breathe you in. I want to hold you tight. …I want to kiss your lips….I love you. I am in love with you. This is a photo of Lauren Sanchez, so it’s not as if we don’t understand where Bezos was coming from: But if he was still in a fully committed marriage to MacKenzie? Not cool, dude. An attorney for Bezos told The Enquirer that Bezos and his wife have been “long separated” and only chose to inform everyone else on Wednesday. And this is entirely possible, of course. Details about Bezos’ romance with Sanchez are still coming in, just like Bezos was apparently coming… sorry. Nevermind. As for the divorce? TMZ reports that no prenuptial agreement is in place. The couple will file divorce papers in Washington, where community property rules and, therefore, all earnings and income during the marriage can legally be split down the middle. Most of Jeff’s wealth is tied up in Amazon stock, but the estranged couple does own 400,000 acres of property together. They are the biggest landowners in the country. Sorting out the division of assets will be complicated and we may not know for many months how much MacKenzie will walk away with after her marriage is officially over. But it ought to be a pretty penny, give or take 60 billion pennies. View Slideshow: 19 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces Ever: Where Does Jeff Bezos Rank?
Delilah Hamlin is Lisa Rina’s prostitute daughter who reminds me of her mother in that she’s got face injections, but more importantly she’s keeping her mom’s legacy up by sexualizing herself, despite the family having money beyond any of their dreams, enough money that their daughter doesn’t need to be a sex worker, yet for some reason, a reason we can all assume is ego, narcissism, keeping up with the Kardashians and all that other exciting nonsense that is ridiculous but LA vapid emptiness….the family business of getting naked or half naked with your plastic surgery for attention continues. Why become a contributing member of society when you can be some slutty half naked rich kid girl who lives in a life of luxury getting naked on the internet for free…. Makes perfect sense to me. TO SEE THE REST OF THE PICS CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF HER NIPPLES CLICK HERE JOIN THE NEWSLETTER YOU ASSHOLES!
Source: Rodrigo Varela / Getty Amara La Negra’s Reality Drama Amara La Negra is maybe the most instantly super famous reality TV star we’ve seen this decade besides Cardi B. It only took one season of Love & Hip-Hop: Miami for her to be damn near a household name. In the time since last season ended she’s become a crossover star and a self-sufficient celebrity. So why in the hell did she return to reality TV? No one really knows. Now that season 2 has started, the internet is wondering why she even bothered because she is out here looking like a clown in the new season and her fans are not happy. For some reason, Amara is in the middle of a scandal in which she’s accused of hopping in GUNPLAY’s mentions. Gunplay? Whew chile, the Mona Scottness. This is all a mess and Twitter is over it all. Amara should’ve did like Cardi B and left that show behind…all she about to have is hella haters on this show because of the attention she got from last season #LHHMIA — Jen (@jen_kristinj) January 3, 2019 Take a look…please someone save Amara from this madness.
Ariana Grande made it as clear as possible a few days ago: She was so very ready to be done with 2018 . And now the beloved pop star has made something else as clear as possible: She also may be done with dating. Forever. On Tuesday, the artist came across a fan’s post with the headline: “Who Is Ariana Dating NOW?!” In response to this question, the 25-year-old herself was curious to find out the answer. “Can they tell me too?” she replied to one follower, prior making it adding in no uncertain terms whatsoever: Spoiler: for the rest of this year/probably my life: It’s no one. Please refer back to this tweet for future questions. So there we appear to have it. Sorry, fellas. We doubt Grande is serious about swearing off men forever, but it’s easy to understand where she’s coming from. As loyal celebrity gossip fans likely know very well, this has been a very tumultuous year for the singer on the personal front. Back in September, Grande’s ex-boyfriend of two years, Mac Miller, died of a drug overdose . Not only did Ariana have to deal with the painful personal feelings associated with this loss, she also had to deal with awful Internet trolls actually blaming her for Miller’s death. These insensitive morons tried to argue that Grande ending the couple’s romance drove Miller (a long-time addict) deep into despair — and, consequently, heavy drug use. Grande, as you are also very likely aware, got engaged to Pete Davidson this fall… after mere weeks of dating the comedian. The stars then called off said engagement mere weeks later and spent several days shading each other online. This tragically contributed to Davidson threatening to kill himself and Grande once again needing to turn off her Instagram comments due to all the hate spewed in her direction. So, yeah. We totally get why she isn’t anxious to get out there and mingle with other single people right now. “I want to say that I find it interesting that this has been one of the best years of my career and the worst of my life,” Ariana said in December , adding while accepting the Woman of the Year award at Billboard’s Women in Music event: “But as far as my personal life goes. I really have no idea what the f-ck I’m doing… “I just want to say if you’re someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter’s gonna bring, you’re not alone in that.” Amen, Ariana. Thankfully, Grande continues to have the support of her millions of social media followers. This is what she wrote about them on Tuesday: My timeline is beautiful rn. Proud of u all and the human beings you’re growing into. Happy nye! Continue to take care of / celebrate each other the way you always do. Happy to know u thru the internet & have u in my life. Our relationship is real and important to me. Love u.
Sigh. We had hoped that Samantha Markle would be one of those unfortunate trends we would be able to leave behind in 2018, like that stupid “flossing” dance, or talk of building the Wall. But alas Scammy Sammy is still clinging to relevancy in the new year. As you’re probably aware, Samantha is Meghan Markle’s awful half-sister . Meg’s story has been described as a fairytale, and unfortunately, it comes complete with bitter partial-sibling antagonists worthy of Cinderella. Samantha and her brother Thomas Markle Jr. have made it their life’s work to humiliate Meghan and cash in on her fame. Thankfully, they’ve been largely unsuccessful and have really only succeeded in humiliating themselves. Samantha’s most recent embarrassment was being deemed a “fixated person” and placed on a Scotland Yard watch list due to her worsening obsession with her half-sister. Sane people would take that as an indication that it’s time to back off and dedicate your time to something other than becoming the world’s most infamous stalker. But as she’s demonstrated many times, Samantha is anything but sane. Speaking to the UK’s Daily Star (London tabloids are the only ones who will give her the time of day at this point), Sam offered these thoughts about ways in which Meghan can improve herself in the year to come: “Your New Year’s resolution should be to be honest and pay tribute to those who have helped you the most such as your dad,” Samantha said. “Thank him for your college education, your career, building every stage you set foot on, but really appreciate the people that care about you. “So many people around the world don’t have anyone who cares about them and hopefully you will count your blessings and reflect moving forward in the new year and pay that gratitude forward to your children so that they also thank you.” she continued. “It all comes full circle… it started with dad, and you can carry on the legacy,” Sam prattled on. “And of course, I would add to eat more chocolate to sweeten your disposition for the new year.” “Tiresome” doesn’t even begin to describe Sam’s ramblings at this point. “You owe everything to your family!” is such a bitter less-successful sibling argument that it’s impossible to imagine she’s unaware of how pathetic she comes off here. That said, “eat more chocolate” is a solid resolution we can definitely get behind. Of course, when it comes to sweetening one’s disposition, Sam could very much benefit from following her own advice. Just sayin’. View Slideshow: Meghan Markle vs. Kate Middleton Feud: Tearing William and Harry Apart?!
