Mr. Miyagi… Madame Tussauds, long-known for amazing life-like wax recreations of celebrity icons, will unveil a new statue dedicated to our favorite part-time red-head Rihanna today. We’ve see a lot of these over the years and looking at the behind the scenes pics we have to say that this is definitely one of the most scarily realistic ones ever created. They even took the time to put Rih-Rih in a hip-hugging dress with a high slit up to her waist. Flip through the pages to see the last minute primping that the statue received prior to the big opening. This damn statue seemed to have as big a make-up and hair team as the real Rih-Rih!
We’re not even mad you pimp! No joke: Kenan Thompson is getting married. The “Saturday Night Live” star, 33, is engaged to girlfriend Christina Evangeline, his rep confirmed to Usmagazine.com. Thompson launched his career in the ’90s when he starred on Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show “All That,” followed by his own spinoff show, “Kenan & Kel,” with longtime friend Kel Mitchell. He then joined the cast of “SNL” in 2003, becoming the first member to be born after the show’s 1975 premiere. Following news of the couple’s engagement, Evangeline took to Twitter and gushed about Thompson. “He’s my best friend,” wrote Evangeline, who’s previously appeared in Maxim magazine. “I could only be so lucky.” 2 thumbs up to you sir. It sounds like you’ve got a beautiful woman that is down for your cause. Would you wife her? Source Before these two lovebirds jump the broom, let’s take a moment to admire the body of the bangin’-a$$ bride shall we? (Who are we kidding, we’ll still be admiring her even AFTER they’re married!)
At any other given time, no one would think a thing about Will Smith giving up an apartment in a city that he doesn’t live in. But being that we’re still not quite sure what’s good with him and Jada and they’re efforts to try to convince us that everything is still great aren’t really that convincing, the sale of this SOHO apartment is making folks ask questions. But really, it’s just because he’s done filming Men In Black 3. The actor, musician and producer snagged the rental in 2010 after a lengthy search in the Big Apple for the perfect temporary digs. According to an article in the New York Post last year, Smith reportedly hired one woman who flew to the East Coast to view one apartment before heading back to the West Coast a few hours later. Why the in-depth search? Smith was looking for not only a private and luxurious New York apartment, but one with room for his family and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. The place at 25 Bond Street clearly fits the bill. One of only eight apartments in the building, the nearly $20 million home has over 7,300 square feet of living space, five bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. Smith paid a reported $55,000 a month in rent, which is one of the reasons to choose to rent rather than buy in this area. The monthly payment for this home, even with 20 percent down and low mortgage rates, is $84,302 with a 30-year-fixed loan. It’s no secret that New York real estate is expensive; in the NoHo neighborhood, median home values hit at $745,000, according to data from Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. Flip through and check out how Big Will’s been living in NY. Source
Billionaire boyfriend Vlad got Naomi Campbell a hella good b-day present! A 25-bedroom vacation house shaped like the Egyptian Eye of Horus on a Turkish island! Naomi Campbell received an island vacation home for her 41st birthday from her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, according to numerous online reports. It’s shaped like the Egyptian Eye of Horus on a location known as Cleopatra Island in Turkey’s Gulf of Gökova. Spanish Architect Luis de Garrido, who specializes in sustainable building, designed Eco-House Horus to be completely energy, water, and food self-sufficient. As with his other projects, he relied on careful bioclimatic design to solve efficiency challenges. The resulting eye-shaped, dome-shaped house has no less than 25 bedrooms and five lounges. If the world ends, Campbell and Doronin and a few dozen of their lucky friends just might be able to survive. Niiiice! And just in time for 2012. Naomi can we stay with you next year??? Keep flipping for a closer look at the house and details about why it will allow Naomi and Vlad to have such an energy efficient life! Source
Even if Wiz Khalifa didn’t stay rapping about his love of Marijuana, his interviews and conversations would give up instantly give up his pot head status. Take for example the answer he gave a recent interviewer about his bliss with the bald-headed beast . It’s awesome to have that support and to have that base. It gives me structure, it gives me discipline and it helps me work on other stuff that’s much more important. I feel like everybody has some person that’s out there for them. If you tap into that and take advantage of it and hold it close and treat it like what it is, that’s when you’ll get – fully – out of it what you’re supposed to. Huh? There’s no way you can convince us that the editor of that piece didn’t have to take out the word “man” and “you know” and all types of silly giggles out of that quote. Then they asked him about his true love. CNN: Let’s talk about your love for weed. How much are you spending these days? Give us a figure. WK: Oh nah, there’s no figure, man. It varies [laughs]. CNN: Would you see your financial habits or relationship with the drug change if it was ever legalized? WK: It would be the same. CNN: Really? WK: Yeah, because it’s not about being illegal and it’s not about it being bad or anything like that, it’s about what makes me happy and what I know is not too dangerous. It’s a huge umbrella – doctors smoke weed, old ladies smoke weed, soccer moms, players, coaches – everybody smokes weed. I think it’s a common ground, it’s a peaceful ground. Kids, this is your brain on drugs. Source
Being Mama Knowles sure does pay off. Back in 2004, Beyonce bought her mommy this 8, 885 square foot five bedroom/five bath house back in 2004. Now that she’s about to be a grandma again, Tina has decided to let this one go for the low low price of $3.5 million. And being that she has two other houses in Houston, she’s probably not going to spend a penny of that money on a new house. Would you drop three mil on this house? Flip through and see if it’s worth the price.
Nothing in the world is better than your freedom. TEHRAN — Two US hikers, jailed in Iran for spying, were released on bail Wednesday into the custody of the Omani envoy in Tehran. An Omani plane was en route to Tehran to retrieve the hikers, FOX News Channel reported, citing a State Department source. Oman is an ally of the US and has friendly ties with Tehran. The lawyer for the two Americans said Oman paid the bail, set at around $1 million. Oman was also involved in the release of a third hiker, Sarah Shourd, 32, who was released in September last year. The lawyer, Masoud Shafii, told FOX News Channel he was en route to the prison, and was unable to confirm if the two men were already released. He earlier said the men would be taken to the Swiss embassy, which handles US interests in Iran. Congratulations gentlemen, we sure your families will be glad to have you home. Source
Beyonce and Hovi Hov are sparing no expense when it comes to their lil prince or princess. Reports have suggested that Beyoncé and Jay-Z will spend over £1million on their unborn child…before Queen B even gives birth. According to Now magazine, the former Destiny’s Child star is taking no chances when it comes to her first pregnancy, with an insider claiming the huge amount of cash will be spend on her health. A source told the publication: “Beyoncé’s waited a long time to have a baby and she’s determined to take good care of herself.” “She’s paying a dietician to organise a food plan of natural organic meals for her, she’s having daily massages and she’s spent a fortune on lotions to prevent stretch marks and keep her feeling good.” They added: “Beyoncé’s been told to look after herself like never before and Jay Z’s making sure she has everything she needs.” It’s good to see that Bey is taking care of herself, we know damn well she doesn’t want to come back with stretch marks after she pops out her lil bundle of Hov. via MTV UK
Beyonce and Hovi Hov are sparing no expense when it comes to their lil prince or princess. Reports have suggested that Beyoncé and Jay-Z will spend over £1million on their unborn child…before Queen B even gives birth. According to Now magazine, the former Destiny’s Child star is taking no chances when it comes to her first pregnancy, with an insider claiming the huge amount of cash will be spend on her health. A source told the publication: “Beyoncé’s waited a long time to have a baby and she’s determined to take good care of herself.” “She’s paying a dietician to organise a food plan of natural organic meals for her, she’s having daily massages and she’s spent a fortune on lotions to prevent stretch marks and keep her feeling good.” They added: “Beyoncé’s been told to look after herself like never before and Jay Z’s making sure she has everything she needs.” It’s good to see that Bey is taking care of herself, we know damn well she doesn’t want to come back with stretch marks after she pops out her lil bundle of Hov. via MTV UK
Have you ever seen anything so precious ? These little boys never saw each others faces before because they were born conjoined back to back at the base of their spines. In what is being hailed as little short of a medical miracle, Joshua and Jacob Spates have survived being separated after 13 hours in surgery. The eight-month-old twins from Memphis, Tennessee, are continuing to recover under the watchful eyes of doctors but they have already overcome what is likely to be the biggest obstacle they will ever face. The twins were joined at the rear of the pelvis and gastrointestinal tract and had to be separated because of the severity of Jacob’s heart condition. The boys’ mother, Adrienne Spates, said the babies are doing well since their operation, on August 29. Jacob remains in intensive care and needs a few more operations, while Joshua is already out of the unit and is being prepared to go home. The eight-month-old twins from Memphis, Tennessee, are continuing to recover under the watchful eyes of doctors but they have already overcome what is likely to be the biggest obstacle they will ever face. The twins were joined at the rear of the pelvis and gastrointestinal tract and had to be separated because of the severity of Jacob’s heart condition. The boys’ mother, Adrienne Spates, said the babies are doing well since their operation, on August 29. Jacob remains in intensive care and needs a few more operations, while Joshua is already out of the unit and is being prepared to go home. Dr Max Langham, one of the surgeons at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, said: ‘Joshua’s doing great, and hopefully he’ll be up and going and have a pretty normal lifespan. He told TODAY that while Jacob has more serious heart problems ‘our cardiology team has very high hopes his treatment… will be successful’. ‘If they had not been separated, sometime in the next year or two, they probably would have passed,’ Dr Langham said. Just two dozen conjoined twins have ever been successfully separated anywhere in the world. The condition is extremely rare, only about one in every 200,000 live births is a set of conjoined twins and about 15 per cent of these are joined in a similar way to Joshua and Jacob. Fewer than a third of conjoined twins survive more than one day. Joshua and Jacob are one of only six such cases in Memphis history. Doctors at the hospital said practice was the key to separating the twins successfully. This had included the anaesthesia team sewing together two Cabbage Patch dolls to practise flipping them without tangling the various lines that would be attached during surgery. This is great! We’re so happy for the Spates and we hope that both Joshua and Jacob will fully recover and go on to have full lives. They’re sooooooooooo cute. Source
