Source: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for The Elf on the Shelf / Getty Tia Mowry Attends Red Carpet Screening With Her Kids How precious is this pic?! Tia Mowry, Cairo Tiahna Hardrict, and Cree Hardrict posed with characters during The Elf on the Shelf advance screening of “Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale” at The Grove on June 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. This was the first time Tia brought baby Cairo to a red carpet event. So cute riiiight? View this post on Instagram @disneyland was everything!!! The most magical place in the world! @tameramowrytwo @tahj_mowry and myself use to live in #anaheim and we would hit and work on tv specials at @disneyland as kids. To bring our children and spend time as a family made it all so special. A post shared by tiamowry (@tiamowry) on Jun 20, 2019 at 8:52am PDT It’s been a busy week for Cree and Cairo already. Tia brought the kids to Disneyland this week with her brother Tahj and sister Tamera’s families as well. Hit the flip for more precious family pics.
Source: David Livingston / Getty Basketball Wives has returned for its eighth season, and it’s still the same messiness we’re used to, but first, we start on a serious note. Shaunie is preparing for her son, Shareef, to get open heart surgery due to a heart abnormality that could lead to death if not corrected. Surgery is obviously no joke and Shaunie is nervous, but she manages to push through and keep the family going during this time. She does have help from Shaq, whom she says is a good co-parent. It’s also sweet to see her son, Myles, comforting her. In the end. Shareef’s surgery ends up being a success. Fast forward to a week later. Jackie’s back. Malaysia’s back. Evelyn’s back. Tami is back as a newlywed (she secretly married Reggie and still hasn’t told anyone). CeCe is back and she still has drama with Kristen. Her fiance, Byron, isn’t thrilled with Kristen at the moment either. Byron feels like Kristen two-faced with him and he definitely doesn’t like how Kristen treated CeCe last season. His final verdict that if he never sees or speaks to Kristen again he’d be cool with that. That sucks because Kristen is married to his son (Thomas) and is the mother of his grandchild. He actually wants Thomas to be his best man in his upcoming wedding to CeCe, but how’s that going to work if he doesn’t want his best man’s wife at the wedding? Next, we find Malaysia and CeCe out and about looking for wedding bands for CeCe. But the point of this scene is really for Malaysia to ask what’s up with her relationship with Kristen. Kristen doesn’t reveal too much, especially not the part about Byron not wanting her at his wedding, but she does mention that she hasn’t spoken to Kirsten since Amsterdam…last year. Malaysia kicks all this yang about how they’re family and need to work it out, but that may not always be the case for people. Evelyn links with Kristen and Jackie to meet with a shaman in the desert. Evelyn has been dealing with a lot of unexplained pain lately and thinks it’s due to negative energy so she wants a cleanse. Speaking of negative, the conversation drifts toward Kristen telling them she hasn’t been in touch with Byron, and that she found out that he and CeCe got engaged on IG. She’s playing the clueless role but when you find out something like that about someone close to you on social media, obviously there’s a problem. Let’s fast forward a bit. Jennifer is back too. Kristen is her only friend and meets up with her to see what’s up. Obviously, Jenn hasn’t spoken to anyone, and still won’t take accountability for lying, which is why people are mad at her. But Kristen invites her to Shaunie’s upcoming party though. Yeah, Shaunie is having a celebratory party for Shareef. Let’s cut to that situation. Everyone shows up in red because that represents the heart, obvi. But let’s cut to the drama. CeCe walks in and walks right past Kristen and her husband. Awkward. Then we find Kristen with Shaunie. Kristen tells Shaunie that she met with Jennifer and that Jenn is confused over why Shaunie is upset with her but Kristen, being the messy carrier pigeon she is, also tells Shaunie that Jenn was talking even more smack about her ex (Shaq, but they’re not saying his name), and how everyone knew that he was sleeping with other people anyway. Obviously, this riles Shaunie up because she doesn’t like Jenn talking about her kids’ father and she feels that Jenn is still being fake. Kristen then drops the bomb that she invited Jenn. Earlier in the episode, Shaunie said she didn’t invite Jenn but she was open to the possibility of her coming for the simple fact that Jenn actually reached out to her about her son’s health, and for that if Jenn wanted to show her son love in person, so be it. However, hearing the news she just heard changed things. Shaunie tells Kristen to tell her “evil” friend not to come. Hold that thought, because you know she’s still gonna come. Evelyn then tells Kristen what CeCe told her earlier at the party, which is that Byron doesn’t want Kristen to come to their wedding. Kristen can’t have this chat without Malaysia, so she calls Malaysia over for Evelyn to repeat this. Interestingly enough, neither Kristen nor Malaysia actually thinks Byron would ever exclude her, yet we clearly saw him earlier saying that he never wanted to talk to Kristen again. Their communication (or Kristen’s self-perception) is jacked up. Anyway, Malaysia, who thinks Byron would never, wants them all to get together to talk…for the umpteenth time. Finally, Jenn shows up to the party and she is being fake as expected. Shaunie gets set off just at the site of Jenn and decides to leave (or step out) before she, as she put it loosely, tap into her inner Inglewood and beat that arse. But somebody is going to throw hands this season. 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After some disgusting hacker accessed her private photos, Bella Thorne shared her own pics to rob her blackmailer of any power over her. It was a courageous move, but unfortunately, Whoopi Goldberg used her time on The View to victim-blame Bella. Whoopi scolded her for photographing her body at all, but now Bella is tastefully clapping back. Whoopi had a truly appalling response to Bella Thorne's photos being hacked. “If you're famous,” she admonishes on The View . “I don't care how old you are, you don't take nude pictures of yourself.” Sunny Hostin attempts to interject, but Whoopi barrels on. “Listen,” Whoopi demands. “When they're hacking you, they're hacking all of your stuff.” “So whether it's one picture or a million pictures,” she continues. “Once you take that picture, it goes into the cloud.” “And it's available to any hacker who wants it!” Whoopi says. “You don't know that? In 2019? That this is an issue?” she unfortunately continues. “I'm sorry … you don't get to do that,” Whoopi admonishes. Almost every part of what Whoopi just said is wrong — both morally and factually. Bella saw Whoopi's tirade and had some words of her own. Bella took to her Instagram Stories and, through tears, clapped back at Whoopi. “Dear Whoopi, I have loved you for so long,” Bella begins. “But honestly,” she admits. “I'm so displeased and saddened by your response to my leak.” “Blaming girls for taking the photo in the first place? Is sick and honestly disgusting,” Bella states. She adds: “I'm offended for anyone out there who has ever taken a sexy photo.” “I am offended for Jennifer Lawrence,” Bella notes. “Who feels publicly raped.” “I am offended for every person who has committed suicide for someone leaking their nudes,” she expresses. “Ur view on this matter is honestly awful,” Bella correctly assesses. “And,” she replies. “I hope u change ur mindset as u are a show talking to young girls.” “I'm not going to lie, I want to say I feel pretty disgusting, Whoopi, knowing everyone's seen my s–t,” Bella admits. She shouldn't feel disgusting, but that's the effect that vile hackers can have upon their victims. “And I just want to say that me watching this interview made me feel really bad about myself,” she adds. “And I hope you're happy. I really do,” “I really hope you're so f–king happy,” Bella expresses. “Because I can only imagine all the kids who have their s–t released and then they commit suicide.” “So,” she laments. “You're so crazy for thinking such terrible things on such an awful situation.” “Shame on you, Whoopi,” Bella admonishes. “Shame on you,” she repeats. “And shame on you for putting that public opinion just out there like that.” People voicing these toxic opinions furthers pernicious cultural forces like rape culture, slut-shaming, and victim-blaming. Bella is upset that Whoopi said those words “for every young girl to think that they're disgusting for even taking a photo like that.” Now, Bella may have pushed things a little far by mentioned people who have committed suicide. Yes, some people who were similarly blackmailed with their own nudes have taken their lives. But they're usually minors, not celebs. But Bella's point still holds up — that Whoopi is placing the blame on the wrong person. Owning a television or jewelry does not make you foolish, even if those things get stolen. Having a body, no matter how you're dressed (or not dressed), does not justify sexual assault. And yes, even famous people can take photos of themselves — and it's never their fault if those photos are hacked or shared. We also mentioned that Whoopi was factually mistaken. You actually don't have to save all of your photos to cloud storage. Having backups is smart, but many phones have the option of keeping your photos secure. If you're sending your pictures to someone, it's smart to make sure that they, too, are not backing up photos on the cloud. But even if you don't take that safety step, the only person to blame for stealing or sharing your nudes is the person who steals or shares them.
As you’ve likely heard by now, Jenelle Evans has lost custody of all of her children . It was a long overdue development that happened both gradually and abruptly. It was abrupt in the sense that CPS swooped in and removed the kids from Jenelle and David Eason’s home shortly after Eason shot and killed the family dog , thus prompting an investigation that revealed unsuitable living conditions. But the newly desolate conditions on The Land were also a long time in the making, as Jenelle had long ago lost custody of her eldest son, Jace, and David has a son hasn’t been permitted to see in years. Jace has been living with Barbara Evans since he was a baby, so even though Babs raised Jenelle, we can safely assume that she is capable of properly raising a child. These days, Jenelle’s 2-year-old daughter Ensley is also under Babs’ care. And for reasons that aren’t entirely clear, many believe the child is miserable at her grandmother’s home. Take, for example, the comments on a recent photo of Babs’ adoptive kids. “Myrtle Beach and I was not at the Winery,” Barbara captioned the pic. “Cardboard cutouts all over Broadway at the beach,” she added. Sounds innocent enough, right? Just a wholesome day of family fun (the guy in the pic is Jenelle’s brother Colin). Well, not in the eyes of some fans, who zeroed in on Ensley’s expression and took it as a sign that the toddler is being mistreated. “Poor Ensley looks so sad!!” wrote one follower. “Ensley looks like she’s worried about the potential crisis in the Middle East,” another person commented. “Poor little thing. It’s great how I can read minds on IG though, right?” another fan sarcastically quipped. Another Instagram user took the situation very seriously, writing: “I can’t help it … Ensley looks so unhappy. Something is not right!” And this, folks, is a prime example of the internet at its very worst. We’re sure some of these people think they’re helping, but really, they’re just drawing wild conclusions based on very little evidence. We’re sure the past few weeks have been very stressful for Ensley. But that doesn’t mean Babs is neglecting her or Jenelle was secretly some kind of super mom. Being placed in a new home would be stressful for any kid, but the authorities wouldn’t have done it if they didn’t consider it absolutely necessary. Fortunately, the majority of fans saw the situation for what it was and realized that 2-year-olds just get cranky sometimes: “She was probably just tired and [needs] a nap!!” one person commented. “Those kids are so lucky to have you in their lives!” someone else wrote before asking the valid question” “Where should they be if you weren’t there? “Hey no judgment!! You stepped up when Jenelle couldn’t take care of her kids!” Eventually, Babs chimed in with an explanation for Ensley’s sour expression: “She’s hot, tired and on our way to eat.” She’s probably also sick of internet strangers psychoanalyzing her on the basis of a single photo! View Slideshow: Jenelle Evans & David Eason: Cops Have Been to The Land HOW MANY Times?!
Source: NewsOne Now Screenshots / NewsOne Now Oh so now Bill Cosby is teaching inmates life skills…including drug use advice. Interesting. via TMZ Bill Cosby’s dishing out parenting and life advice to his fellow inmates … no joke. Bill’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, says the famous inmate’s a busy man behind bars with as many as 4 lectures per week. He’s been doing this for around 3 months … with crowds that often swell to more than 100 fellow prisoners. Cosby’s pitch … that the inmate’s lead by example for their kids and stay outta prison in the future. Cosby’s urging the inmates to re-bond with their kids immediately upon getting out. Cosby’s clearly trading on his all-American dad image from “The Cosby Show” … and it’s resonating with the prisoners. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://zhiphopcleveland.com” id=”4049872″ overlay=”true”]
It's been over a month since CPS took David Eason and Jenelle Evans' kids away . As terrible as Jenelle and David are as both parents and human beings, it's always a little sad to see a family broken up — but in this case, it really needed to be done. Teen Mom 2 viewers long suspected that David's violent and abusive tendencies presented a threat to his children, and authorities arrived at the same conclusion when Eason shot and killed the family dog . Now, it's up to Jenelle and David to prove to a family court judge that they can provide a safe and stable home life for their kids. But since that's pretty much a losing battle, they're trying to convince their Instagram followers instead. Take a look: 1. David and Daughter Jenelle posted several photos of David with 2-year-old daughter Ensley today. Like the rest of the couple’s kids, Ensley has been removed from their home and placed with relatives. 2. Before the Fall Evans captured the pics with the hashtag “#MemoriesNeverFade”. For obvious reasons, she disabled comments. 3. Bad Times on The Land We’re not sure what Jenelle’s goal was in posting pics of David hanging out with his daughter. Was she trying to trick her followers into thinking she had regained custody? 4. Nice Try Whatever the case, judging from the reaction on Twitter, nobody was fooled into thinking Dave is anything other than a horrendous father. 5. The Very Brightest Bulb Yes, Jenelle disabled the comments on her Instagram, but she also linked to the post on Twitter, which left the door wide open for critics to offer their two cents. 6. Boom. Roasted. Like we said, Jenelle’s Twitter followers REALLY didn’t hold back on this one. View Slideshow
Former The Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds is enduring her husband Jim Edmonds’ ugly cheating scandal . Meghan opened up about her feelings, and her former castmates are sending their sympathies. Even Vicki Gunvalson feels for her — despite having once predicted the collapse of the Edmonds marriage. On Friday, Meghan spoke out about her husband’s affair, confirming everything despite his denials. “I’m sad,” she tweeted alongside a link. “I’ve written about it in my blog.” “I’m so sorry,” Vicki Gunvalson wrote in response. “You are right, YOU did not deserve this.” Some were surprised to see such a heartfelt and sympathetic message from Vicki. After all, this is the woman who once predicted to Meghan’s face that her marriage was doomed to not last very long. Meghan joked about passing Vicki’s predicted threshold a couple of years ago, and Vicki shared that she had retracted her assessment. As we reported on Saturday, Meghan King Edmonds no longer trusts her husband . This isn’t tabloid speculation — she said as much in her own words. “I found out the same way you guys did: in the tabloids,” Meghan revealed on her blog. “I never left a voicemail for the other woman,” she shared. “I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months,” Meghan wrote. “And,” she added, Jim told her that “a physical relationship never existed.” Meghan writes that Jim told her that “He paid her off to protect me so I’d never find out.” “Do I believe him?” she asks. “I don’t know. Because I don’t trust him anymore.” “Physical or not, he still had an affair,” Meghan explains. “And he admits this to me.” “I refuse to be humiliated by this,” she affirms. “I did nothing wrong, I don’t deserve this,” Meghan correctly writes. “I did nothing except be pregnant with our twins,” she reasons. “And try to have a healthy pregnancy.” “So what is so broken in him to propel him to do this to me? To us?” Meghan asks. “It wasn’t one mistake,” she characteriszes “One lapse in judgement.” “I saw the texts – each one represents his decision to throw our marriage in the trash,” she writes. “Why did he self-sabotage?” Meghan asks. “And who sends nudies?” It’s not clear if she’s correctly shaming people for sending nudes while married, or incorrectly shaming people for sending nudes period. (For the record, they’re called nudes , not nudies , and almost everyone on the planet sends them) “Doesn’t everyone know better than this in 2019?” Meghan asks. “What drives someone to self-destruct in such a way?” “And all of this could not have come at a worse time,” Meghan writes. “Again, something I wasn’t ready to share but here I am sharing it,” she adds. Meghan announces: “we are worried our son, Hart, might have a neurological disorder.” “It’s been the most trying last couple months of my entire life and we still don’t have answers,” Meghan laments. “Sometimes I leave the house after the kids go to bed so I can drive around and ugly cry in the dark with no one around,” she confesses. “Now I have this to deal with,” Meghan bemoans. “My one true love betraying me in the most disgusting and public way possible.” “I do not fault any other person except my husband,” she emphasizes. “There are so many people out there with bad intentions.” “And it’s our responsibility to ignore and rise above,” Meghan correctly states. “One slimy person doesn’t make another person cheat.” In other words, she’s not pushing any “homewrecker” BS. “Ultimately,” Meghan expresses in her blog post. “I have hope our marriage can recover.” Vicki wasn’t the only former castmate to send Meghan well wishes. “Healing takes time,” Tamra Judge writes. “My heart hurts for you Meg. Wish I could give you a big hug.” “Thinking of you Meg. Love you,” comments Lizzie Rovsek. Gretchen Rossi expresses: “I’m so sorry you are going through this. Sending you all healing prayers.” We, too, wish Meghan and her children the absolute best. View Slideshow: 24 Stars Who Have Been Cheated On
Mass Appeal Launches MAJR, A New Kids Line Featuring Apparel, Books & Toys Source: Mass Appeal / Mass Appeal Last week, Entertainment company Mass Appeal announced a line of children’s apparel, books, toys and more under the newly launched brand MAJR. The brand, originated as a playful take on the concept of “Mass Appeal Junior”, will inspire and educate the next generation (newborn through pre-teen) through the global movement of hip hop culture in which Mass Appeal has become a dominant voice. The overlapping worlds of music, fashion, art and popular culture will drive MAJR’s injection of diverse perspective into the kids products market. MAJR launches with a selection of apparel available with matching designs for parents and children. The first toy in the collection, “Boomblox”, a set of building blocks that form into an old-school boombox, has also been announced, with shipping expected to take place in the fall. Source: Mass Appeal / Mass Appeal In addition to apparel and toys, a cornerstone of the new brand will be a collection of kids’ books driven by some of the biggest names in hip hop. The first book, inspired by Mass Appeal co-owner Nas’ hit song “I Can”, will be the “I Know I Can” book series, empowering kids to be whatever they want to be when they grow up.
Twenty-five years ago today, police pursued O.J. Simpson and friend A.C. Cowling were pursued through the streets of Los Angeles in Simpson’s now-infamous white Ford Bronco. The rest, as they say, is history. The chase led to an arrest, a shocking acquittal, a miniseries in which Ross from Friends says “Juice” a lot , and now … the most bonkers social media account on the World Wide Web. Yes, if you spent any time on Twitter this weekend, you probably noticed that O.J. was one of the site’s top trends. The sudden resurgence in popularity was not due to the former running back rushing off to the big endzone in the sky, as many initially assumed, but was instead a result of Simpson’s terrifying message to the world: O.J. Simpson Comes to Twitter! “Hey Twitter World, this is yours truly,” Simspson told fans in the video above, which was his first post to the micro-blogging platform. “Now, coming soon to Twitter, you’ll get to read my thoughts and opinions on just about everything,” the accused murderer cautioned. “Now, there’s a lot of fake OJ accounts out there. “So this one—@TheRealOJ32—is the only official one. So, this should be a lot of fun. I’ve got a little getting even to do. So God bless. Take care.” Yes, like just about every other pop cultural artifact from the ’90s, O.J. is back and bigger than ever these days. But unlike the Spice Girls or Full House , Simpson very likely snuffed out two human lives. As for what O.J. means by “getting even,” well — we suppose we’ll have to wait in terror to find out. Of course, as many fans have pointed out, Simpson doesn’t mess around when it comes to exacting revenge. In all likelihood, Simpson would’ve caught flak for joining Twitter at any point — what with that nasty business involving his butchered ex-wife and all. But the 71-year-old has really incurred the wrath of the internet by making his announcement so close to the 25th anniversary of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Those hoping that Simpson will address his alleged crimes are likely to be disappointed, as O.J. says the topic is no longer up for discussion. “My family and I have moved on to what we call the ‘no negative zone,'” he said in a recent interview. “We focus on the positives.” Yeah, you wouldn’t want to traumatize your kids by talking about their mother’s murder. That could really mess them up!
Jennifer Lopez makes it too easy to love her. Let’s all please take a moment to applaud her for her latest performance. No — not for her singing, acting, or her incredible dancing skills — but because she just made the most hilarious and savage comment ever. Lopez recently opened up to her fans by sharing new behind-the-scenes footage from her mini-documentary “It’s My Party: Showtime!” while on the road for her 50th birthday tour. She opened up about her past, her show preparations, and of course, Alex Rodriguez. J. Lo even shared details on her upcoming wedding with A. Rod (“the one”) , who proposed in March after more than two years together. “Now it’s been three years now,” the mother of two said of her romance with the former MLB player. “[We’ll get married] soon, not soon-soon, but next year.” “I’d like a big wedding, I’d like to get married in a church this time. Never been married in a church,” she shared. The singer then got real about an area we’re all interested in, whether we like to admit it or not — her long list of ex lovers. Over the course of her career, she’s reportedly dated Diddy, Ben Affleck, Casper Smart, back-up dancer Cris Judd and Drake (!) . To name just a few. The Second Act star has also been previously married… three times. But it’s all good because she informed us that her first two marriages didn’t even count. (Cue applause). While Lopez was busy filling us all in on her wedding plans, she took a moment to explain why she was married three times prior to Rodriguez. For those of you who don’t know, J. Lo was married twice before her marriage to Marc Anthony, with whom she shares 11-year-old twins Max and Emme. The first was to a waiter in 1997 and then to a dancer in 2001. “I’ve been married three times, and one was nine months and one was 11 months, so I don’t really count those ,” she said. “But I was married to Marc for 10 years, with the kids.” “I was very young the first two times I tried to get married,” she reasoned while laughing. “I’m saying tried .” She also went on to admit that she tends to want to be with someone who is around all the time. “It seems like in this life you’re always surrounded by people, you’re never lonely — but it’s very lonely,” she said. “So you always want somebody with you. “And I felt like if I got married, I felt like I would always have somebody, but that’s not how life works,” she added. Ultimately, she acknowledged that getting married for the company was “a bad reason.” But luckily with A. Rod, things are different. This will mark Jen’s fourth ( sorry, second) walk down the aisle — but she knows this marriage will last because she’s getting married to someone who makes her a better person. “The right one is when you find somebody who makes you better,” she said. We’re very happy for J. Lo and that she finally found the right guy! And from the looks of their adorable and happy blended family , we are sure things will work out in Lopez’s favor this *second* time around.
