Source: Gary Hershorn / Getty Dead Man’s Body Found On NYC Train You’re bound to find anything on the New York City MTA, including a dead body apparently. That was the case on Friday morning after an MTA worker on the F train at the 169th Street station in Queens found a 31-year old man’s dead body in the train car. According to police : The individual was spotted by an MTA worker at 7:17 a.m. aboard a northbound “F” train at the 169th Street station in Jamaica Hills. [The man] was unconscious and unresponsive with no obvious trauma to his body when he was found. EMS declared the unidentified man dead at the scene. No word on what his actual cause of death was, as police are still investigating the incident. An autopsy report is currently being conducted. Damn.
Source: Judy Eddy/WENN.com / WENN Shaq Is Now A Member Of Papa John’s Board Of Directors Is there ANYTHING Shaq can’t do?! In the midst of all their current business struggles, Papa John’s has found its next spokesman: Shaquille O’Neal–But he’s going to be doing a lot more than just selling a few pizzas. The Hall-of-Famer will also be joining Papa John’s board of directors, investing in nine Papa John’s stores in Atlanta, and becoming an ambassador for the brand in advertisements. The company is paying Shaq a hefty $8.25 million over three years for the endorsement deal. Time for a pizza party! I’m excited to join @PapaJohns as a member of the Board of Directors and investor in 9 stores in #Atlanta . Excited to work with Papa John’s team members and customers – more here: https://t.co/PRXG7ORtFk pic.twitter.com/c5uj5BRuQ1 — SHAQ (@SHAQ) March 22, 2019 “Shaquille has an excellent entrepreneurial background, including as a restaurant franchise owner, and is a natural creative marketer,” said Jeff Smith, chairman of Papa John’s board of directors. The former NBA baller also has extensive experience in the food business. He owns a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts franchise in Atlanta, a Big Chicken fast casual fried chicken joint in Las Vegas, and Shaquille’s restaurant in Los Angeles. Having Shaq on their team is a big move for Papa John’s, whose sales have declined for five straight quarters. The company first reported a slowdown in October 2017, when its founder John Schnatter blamed on the NFL’s handling of player protests . Schnatter stepped down as CEO two months after the comments , which sparked a backlash and marked the beginning of the company’s rough patch. Will having Shaq in their advertisements or on their board of directors sway you to try some Papa John’s pizza any time in the future?!
View this post on Instagram Emerging from the chrysalis. : @drodbeauty A post shared by Bianca Lawson (@biancajasminelawson) on Feb 20, 2019 at 9:12am PST Agless Bianca Lawson Celebrates 40th Birthday Beyonce’s ageless step-sister Bianca Lawson has been young, beautiful and talented forever–no, seriously–and celebrated her 40th birthday today (YES, FOR-TEE) in YET ANOTHER mind-blowing reminder that Black definitely doesn’t crack. Happy 40th Birthday to the ageless Bianca Lawson (These pictures were taken 25 years apart by the way) pic.twitter.com/oqMVWUq79k — Black Girl Culture (@blkgirlculture) March 20, 2019 Hit the flip for a very necessary celebration of slimmy slayette Bianca Lawson.
Source: Roy Rochlin/Ethan Miller/Getty / Getty Cory Booker Talks Potential White House Wedding With Rosario Dawson People were a bit shocked when Rosario Dawson came forward to confirm her baeship with Presidential Candidate Cory Booker a few weeks ago. We’re not saying that they don’t love each other, we’re just saying that you can’t be the President of The United States AND be a bachelor. But anyway, Cory was recently rhapsodizing about Rosario to Ellen Degeneres and things escalated very, very quickly according to Buzzfeed : “She’s just an incredible human being,” Booker told Ellen DeGeneres of Dawson in an interview airing Wednesday. “She’s a deeply soulful person and has taught me a lot of lessons about love already and that sometimes you show the greatest strength when you make yourself vulnerable.” Oh, but it wasn’t over there. Ellen backed Booker into a corner about getting married at the White House if he were to become POTUS: “I mean, if you go in single and have a wedding in the White House — I mean, we would watch,” DeGeneres said. “That would be like our royal wedding — that’d be great.” “So you’re saying if Rosario and I get there, wait, don’t do the marriage before?” Booker jokingly asked. “Would you help preside over the wedding?” he asked DeGeneres. “Yes, I’d be a big part of that,” DeGeneres confirmed as they shook hands. Listen. A Black wedding at the White House? Whew, chile, the RATINGS.
Source: Alex Martinez/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank for Getty Images Kandi Responds To NeNe’s Criticism Of Cynthia Bailey Kandi is speaking candidly on that super petty beef between NeNe Leakes and her “ex-friend” Cynthia Bailey. As previously reported NeNe unfollowed most of the RHOA cast and called out Cynthia Bailey for being “sneaky and underhanded.” According to NeNe she’s convinced that Cynthia’s just “her coworker” after something went down ar the RHOA Reunion. Now Kandi, who NeNe also unfollowed is telling TooFab that NeNe’s temper tantrum is focused around none other than Kenya Moore. Several have suspected that NeNe took Kenya’s invite to a party Cynthia threw as a dig and Kandi says that’s absolutely correct, albeit a silly reason. Kandi and Cynthia fans thought fans “deserved to see” Kenya’s pregnancy. “From what I can tell, she’s upset because we had invited Kenya [Moore] to Cynthia [Bailey]’s party, and Cynthia didn’t give her a heads up,” Kandi said. “She felt like that was an attack against her, which it wasn’t.” “Overall, it’s just like, Kenya’s our friend,” Kandi said. “I feel like Kenya should’ve been at the party. Not only that, I definitely felt like our fans should see Kenya — happy, pregnant. How can we miss her whole pregnancy and not see her once? And that has nothing to do with NeNe, so I don’t understand why she took it so personally. Cynthia didn’t tell her that Kenya was coming, but at the end of the day, I’m looking at how crazy NeNe’s acting about this, and I’m like, ‘Okay, well, it’s clear why Cynthia didn’t tell you because you flip out and get all offended and mad for no damn reason.’” SMH, oh NeNe. All this huffing and puffing over Kenya Moore? View this post on Instagram I got @thekenyamoore out to celebrate our girl @cynthiabailey10’s new Event Space & Wine shop. Both of these ladies have a lot to celebrate! A post shared by Kandi Burruss (@kandi) on Oct 26, 2018 at 9:57am PDT Kandi had some more things to get off her chest including some thoughts on NeNe’s buddy/Kandi’s ex-bestie Phaedra Parks. Hit the flip.
Source: Alex Martinez/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank for Getty Images Kandi Responds To NeNe’s Criticism Of Cynthia Bailey Kandi is speaking candidly on that super petty beef between NeNe Leakes and her “ex-friend” Cynthia Bailey. As previously reported NeNe unfollowed most of the RHOA cast and called out Cynthia Bailey for being “sneaky and underhanded.” According to NeNe she’s convinced that Cynthia’s just “her coworker” after something went down ar the RHOA Reunion. Now Kandi, who NeNe also unfollowed is telling TooFab that NeNe’s temper tantrum is focused around none other than Kenya Moore. Several have suspected that NeNe took Kenya’s invite to a party Cynthia threw as a dig and Kandi says that’s absolutely correct, albeit a silly reason. Kandi and Cynthia fans thought fans “deserved to see” Kenya’s pregnancy. “From what I can tell, she’s upset because we had invited Kenya [Moore] to Cynthia [Bailey]’s party, and Cynthia didn’t give her a heads up,” Kandi said. “She felt like that was an attack against her, which it wasn’t.” “Overall, it’s just like, Kenya’s our friend,” Kandi said. “I feel like Kenya should’ve been at the party. Not only that, I definitely felt like our fans should see Kenya — happy, pregnant. How can we miss her whole pregnancy and not see her once? And that has nothing to do with NeNe, so I don’t understand why she took it so personally. Cynthia didn’t tell her that Kenya was coming, but at the end of the day, I’m looking at how crazy NeNe’s acting about this, and I’m like, ‘Okay, well, it’s clear why Cynthia didn’t tell you because you flip out and get all offended and mad for no damn reason.’” SMH, oh NeNe. All this huffing and puffing over Kenya Moore? View this post on Instagram I got @thekenyamoore out to celebrate our girl @cynthiabailey10’s new Event Space & Wine shop. Both of these ladies have a lot to celebrate! A post shared by Kandi Burruss (@kandi) on Oct 26, 2018 at 9:57am PDT Kandi had some more things to get off her chest including some thoughts on NeNe’s buddy/Kandi’s ex-bestie Phaedra Parks. Hit the flip.
When your favorite auntie & uncle start arguing at the cookout https://t.co/M0u9b7lwzL — Johnny Boy (@JohnTheFame) March 19, 2019 Hilariously Petty Reactions To Trina Vs. Trick Daddy It was a sad day in Miami after South Florida icons Trick Daddy & Trina got into an extremely spicy argument over their legacy at the #LHHMIA reunion that erupted when Trick claimed he made Trina and ended with her dragging him straight to Hell by his crunchy skin in a shocking reality TV moment that blew up Twitter. Chile Trina and Trick Daddy arguing over who had the best verse on a 20+ year old song? pic.twitter.com/lPZfVUJ3gK — Every Kiss Begins with K (@_youngloco) March 19, 2019 Peep the pettiest reactions to Trina burying Trick Daddy on the flip.
Source: Mario Mitsis/WENN.com / WENN For the muggles… J.K. Rowling Confirms “Intensely Sexual” Relationship Between Dumbledore And Grindelwald Author J. K. Rowling recently revealed a little known fact about some of her characters. The Harry Potter author is featured on the special features for the upcoming “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” Blu-ray speaking frankly on two of them who apparently engaged in some secret cauldron coitus. According to Rowling, her Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore had a previous romance with dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Not just a “romance” however, Radio Times reports that Rowling revealed there was a “sexual dimension” between and some Expecto Patronum pounding ensued. “Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was passionate, and it was a love relationship,” Rowling said during the ‘Distinctly Dumbledore’ feature. “But as happens in any relationship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on it, one never knows really what the other person is feeling. You can’t know, you can believe you know.” “So I’m less interested in the sexual side – though I believe there is a sexual dimension to this relationship – than I am in the sense of the emotions they felt for each other, which ultimately is the most fascinating thing about all human relationship,” Rowling added. Oh??? It’s no secret that Dumbledore was gay, Rowling confirmed that in 2007 during a Q&A session with fans but are you surprised that Dumbledore was smashing Grindlewald’s Quidditch cakes to sorting hat smithereens?
Source: Dave J Hogan / Getty Sam Smith Talks His Experience Getting Liposuction As A Child Sam Smith just revealed some intimate details about childhood that definitely are going to shock a lot of people. According to the singer, he got liposuction to help with body-image issues when he was only 12-years-old. “I had liposuction, I was 12 years old,” Smith said in an interview with Jameela Jamil on Friday’s episode of her Instagram series I Weigh Interviews. “At the time I think I was very happy about it. It didn’t really change anything. I think I put the weight back on in two weeks because I hadn’t figured out my relationship with food, so it didn’t really change anything. But being 12 years old and having liposuction on your chest is quite a big deal.” View this post on Instagram A few months ago, I sat down with @jameelajamilofficial and spoke with her for her incredible @i_weigh movement. I know this sounds dramatic but this interview completely changed my life. Being able to talk so openly about my body issues and feeling so safe whilst doing it was truly liberating. I am so thankful to Jameela and her team for this opportunity and being so respectful and kind to me. It took a lot for me to do this and I was so nervous, so please be kind haha. I really hope this can make someone else who feels like me, a little less lonely and a little less alien xx A post shared by Sam Smith (@samsmith) on Mar 15, 2019 at 12:59am PDT The “Stay With Me” singer revealed that he has been self-conscious for as long as he can remember, and used to get bullied because he “had breasts.” While he attributes his struggle with body image today as “the basis of all my sadness,” Sam decided to speak out about his insecurities because he hasn’t “really found many men talking about this.” “Especially no well-known men,” he said. “Even doing this chat feels kind of weird, because guys don’t speak about this that much on a big scale.” He continued, saying, “It’s the toxic masculinity conversation isn’t that, that’s weighing over all the guys all the time. It weighs over me. It doesn’t feel manly to talk about how I feel in my body every day but that’s what I’m trying to fight against.” Following his public revelations, the 26-year-old said that the interview with Jamil completely changed his life. “Being able to talk so openly about my body issues and feeling so safe whilst doing it was truly liberating…It took a lot for me to do this and I was so nervous, so please be kind haha,” he wrote on his instagram post after the interview. “I really hope this can make someone else who feels like me, a little less lonely and a little less alien.” Smith followed up his heartfelt post about the interview by posting a photo of himself in swim trunks proclaiming, “I’m not ashamed.” View this post on Instagram POW @i_weigh @jameelajamilofficial A post shared by Sam Smith (@samsmith) on Mar 15, 2019 at 10:07am PDT
Hamden Public School clerk Corrine Terrone resigned on Friday after video of her calling a Black couple the N-word and spitting at them (twice) went viral. The video, which was posted on Facebook by Tatiana Winn , shows the White woman going off the Black man as her two young daughters stood beside her and watched. “Don’t you dare talk to me like that in front of my children motherfu**er. Oh you motherfu**er, you motherfu**er. That’s why there’s ni**ers in East Haven.” No word on what started the racist tirade or who the Black couple in the video is, but it cost Terrone her job. Hamden School District released a statement regarding the incident saying, “The language (Terrone) used in the video is in conflict with the values of the school district and someone who will use that sort of language in any setting whether public or private is not someone we want anywhere near our children.” Welp.
