Khadeen Ellis & Krystal Lee Speak On Faith, Family & Life At Champagne Conversations Presented By St. Jude Source: LaSondra Spears / LaSondra Spears Lifestyle Influencer Khadeen Ellis and Radio One personality of the Willie Moore, Jr. Show, Krystal Lee teamed up with St. Jude to host Champagne Conversations during the Summit 21 weekend. The intimate mixer featured candid and transparent conversations around faith, family and wellness. Krystal Lee Source: LaSondra Spears / LaSondra Spears Visual Artist and Fashion Designer, Kris Keys showcased original art and design pieces from her newly launched ‘Hematology Collection’. Inspired by her relentless fight with Sickle Cell, Keys’ who is also a former St. Jude patient, shared her survivor story and how she transformed her experience living with a blood disorder into a literal work of art. Source: LaSondra Spears / LaSondra Spears Attendees enjoyed an evening of mingling, small bites, complimentary cocktails and an electric ambiance of black girl magic throughout the night. See more pics by hitting the flip!
Source: WENN.com / WENN 21 Savage Made A Sizable Donation To The Southern Poverty Law Center 21 Savage just made a donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization that was vital in assisting him in his battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The rapper gave the SPLC a $25,000 check that is going to ensure detained immigrants in the South will have access to legal counsel. According to the nonprofit, only about 17 percent of immigrants in Southeast detainment centers have access to an attorney during their removal proceedings. The lack of legal representation leaves individuals vulnerable to terrible situations like family separation and deportation. Immigration law attorney Charles H. Kuck said the following in a statement: “21 Savage is making this donation public because everyday Americans need to know that ICE is using civil immigration detention as a weapon against immigrants, many of whom, like 21 Savage, have relief from deportation and are able to fix their immigration status. Creating oppressively adverse conditions of detention, like those in Irwin County, Georgia, far away from family and legal counsel, causes despair and hopelessness, and forces these men and women to give up on their immigration claims. The SPLC, through its Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) stands at the front line of this fight and supporting this effort lets all Americans know that the Constitution which protects the least of us, protects all of us.” If you’ll recall 21 was arrested and detained by ICE himself earlier this year. Immigration officials said that the rapper was born in the United Kingdom and was unlawfully present in the United States. The rapper’s legal team said he had entered the U.S. legally at the age of seven and stayed in the country until he had visited the U.K. in 2005. The rapper returned to the U.S. in July of that year under an H-4 visa, which expired in 2006. He reportedly applied for a visa in 2017; the application was still under review at the time of his arrest. He ended up being released on bond less than two weeks later.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way is the newest 90 Day spinoff series, And TLC is helping to build the hype with sneak peek videos of the featured couples. Fans have already met Evelin and Corey . Now, they can get to know another The Other Way couple: Laura and Aladin. TLC just featured the couple in a new sneak peak trailer, and this one is a doozy, folks. The trailer first introduces us to Laura, a 51-year-old retiree from Toronto who now lives in Florida. Laura lives with her 21-year-old son Liam, and the two seem to have a very close relationship. At the very least, it's clear they love playing Bingo together. Laura instantly comes off as warm and likeable, and she seems to love her life in Florida. But we quickly find out that she's about to leave her whole life behind to travel half-way around the globe and get married! So far, so good. But then, the trailer introduces us to her fiance, and we had to take a moment because he is, well, not what we expected. Aladin is a personal fitness trainer who lives in Qatar. He started “chit-chatting” with Laura over a year ago on social media, much to Laura's surprise. “I was just like, 'Wow, he's gorgeous,” she recalls. Well, she's not wrong. This is the kind of guy whose every selfie gets the 'eyes' emoji from thirsty followers. But we have to admit the two make a pretty unusual couple. What's going on here? “What is he looking at me for,” Laura wonders aloud. Of course, Laura seems delightful and totally deserving of Aladin's admiration! But, we see why she'd ask. At age 29, Aladin is 22 years younger than Laura — and only eight years older than her son! Yikes. That's a significant age gap, but if they want to be together, Aladin and Laura are both more than old enough to make an informed, responsible decision about it. Of course, “informed, responsible decision” is a very relative term on a show where people fly off to marry someone they've often never met in person. Longtime 90 Day Fiance fans may be hearing alarm bells for a different reason. Aladin is in Qatar but he is originally from Tunisia, just like the infamous 90 Day star Mohammed Jbali. Jbali too was a younger man who romanced an older American woman — to Danielle Mullins' everlasting regret. But, just as not all Americans are like Danielle, not all Tunisians are like Mohammed. And just looking at Aladin is enough to see that he's a very different man. And as the trailer shows us, Laura and Aladin already have a close, and totally charming, relationship. We loved watching the satisfaction on Laura's face while Aladin shows off his abs at her command. “Are you going to be removing more clothes,” Laura asks him, definitely only half-kidding. “Come on,” Aladin laughs back at her. It's an adorable exchange that had us hoping the camera crew would take a hike and give these two a moment. It can be very difficult to maintain a relationship with someone you can only interact with over the internet. They live so far apart that even scheduling times to chat could be tricky because of the different time zones. But these two are certainly making the best of it. The trailer shows off a collection of selfies the two lovebirds have exchanged over social media, all with cute photo filters. Laura explains that after a year or so of chatting, Aladin finally asked if she would like to come to Qatar and meet. We know she took him up on the offer and the two have met in person. But we'll have to tune into 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way to see how it goes down. For the record, we hope it turns out just as sweet as this trailer. We'll be rooting for you Laura. For obvious reasons.
The cast of Sister Wives is back on camera as filming begins on the new season . This is welcome news for fans of the series (who miss the drama), as well as the Browns themselves (who really need that TLC paycheck right about now). But one thing you won’t see in the new season is the hilarious baby bump photo that Maddie Brown just revealed on her Instagram Story. The 23-year-old Sister Wives star is now in her third trimester, and wow does it show! Maddie took the selfie from an unusual angle that puts her huge baby bump front and center. She really wants us to know she’s far along. And it’s not just the baby who’s almost ready. We can tell Maddie’s ready to get this over with too. If the nonplussed look on her face doesn’t tell you this girl is over it, she spells it out in the caption. “I am about 98% done mentally with being pregnant,” Maddie writes. Maddie fittingly included a smiley face with a sweat drop emoji, usually used to signify a mixture of relief and discomfort. Maddie’s first child, two-year-old Axel, seems to be entertaining himself on the couch in the background. Meanwhile, Maddie’s husband Caleb Brush sits nearby, apparently taking a phone call, keeping an eye on Axel, and generally being too busy to be in this photo right now. This is not Maddie’s first baby bump photo. It’s not really her cutest, either. But it might be her realest! We all know pregancy isn’t always graceful or glamorous. It can also be messy, chaotic, even dangerous. And it can make everday tasks an exhausting challenge. It’s refreshing that Maddie chose to share this candid, genuine, slightly stress-inducing moment with us. All that said, Maddie looks happy, healthy, and positvely glowing in plenty other pregancy photos, and we know she’s really excited to meet the new baby. “This pregnancy feels less real for some reason,” Maddie told Us Weekly in January. “But I’m still over the moon,” she added. Of course it’s been a while since that first announcement in January. We’re betting the situation feels a lot more real now that she’s sporting that baby bump. Despite being “98% done mentally,” Maddie still has some time to prepare before the big day — her new baby isn’t due until August. We can’t be sure if Maddie and Caleb have picked out a name yet, but we learned back in April that the two will be expecting a baby girl. The couple posed together on Instagram, where they made the announcement publicly. Caleb was shocked to learn he would be having a daughter. He was reportedly so surprised by the news that he made the ultrasound tech check three times, just to be sure. “I just had it in my head it would be a boy,” Caleb said in a statement to People . It almost sounds like he’s a little disappointed, but both Caleb and Maddie have said they are excited to be welcoming a girl into the family. One person who’s definitely not disappointed? Maddie’s mother, Sister Wives star Janelle Brown. “My mom was so excited and shocked, she got a little teared up,” Maddie told People. “Something about a girl I guess,” she concluded. We’ll likely see plenty more of Maddie’s baby bump between now and the due date. And hopefully, we’ll catch a glimpse of Janelle’s future granddaughter on the next season of Sister Wives . View Slideshow: Kody Brown: Sorry, Sister Wives, I’m a One-Woman Man Now!
Source: DMV Podcast / DMV Podcast Have you heard the news? The DMV Podcast is now recording at Radio One Studios! Join Leroy, Sesay, and Midori Amae as they catch up on their latest shenanigans, and share their thoughts on achieving another milestone. #TheTrifecta #ThisHowWeDoIt #ViewsFromTheDMV #DMVpodcast #RadioOne Make sure you rate, like, download and subscribe to the DMV Podcast CLICK HERE FOR SOUNDCLOUD CLICK HERE FOR SPOTIFY CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE PLAY CLICK HERE FOR APPLE PODCASTS
Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Kumail Nanjiani Talk Fan Theories The stars of Men In Black: International — Chris Hemsworth , Tessa Thompson , and Kumail Nanjiani–stopped by Vanity Fair this week to break down some of the most interesting and outrageous Men In Black fan theories. Some of the questions they answer include: Are the Men in Black in the MCU? Will there be an Agent K cameo? Did the MIB neutralize Thor and Valkyrie and convince them to be MIB agents? Find out the answer to those theories and more by checking out the cast’s break down below:
Source: Gado Images / Getty Florida Man High On Drugs Crashes Stolen Mail Truck After Chase Florida is forever a forum for f***ery. TheDrive is reporting that a man has been arrested for carjacking a USPS mail truck and leading police on a chase down the highway. 29-year-old Jesse Estep sprayed a postal worker with a can of mace and demanded her keys. Police followed Jesse for 14 miles before he crashed the trucked and flipped it over on I-95. MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MAIL TRUCK: Deputies arrested a man who says he was high on cocaine and methamphetamine when he stole a USPS truck and took police on a pursuit spanning 14 miles. @FlaglerSheriff @VolusiaSheriff https://t.co/puuPHoMZ6c @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/ARKvMb9csa — Clay LePard (@ClayLePardNews6) June 9, 2019 Here’s the chase from another angle. Florida, ladies and gentlemen.
Source: Casie Wendel / Casie Wendel Asiahn Speaks About Being Openly Lesbian And Her Singing Career We’ve posted a few things about Since the 80’s singer Asiahn over the last few months but we recently had a chance to meet up during her Atlanta listening party for ‘Love Train 2 for a quick interview. Check it out below: BOSSIP: We love your project ‘Love Train 2,’ what’s next for you musically? ASIAHN: We are going to extend some songs which are short, and I’ve got videos coming out for ‘London’ and “Love Curiosity”, and my own tour coming in July. BOSSIP: Congrats! What city are you most excited to go to? ASIAN: I’m most excited to go places I haven’t been before and to visit overseas. I have a huge fan base in UK, France, and Germany also, oddly Japan. I can’t wait. I’m an anime head. BOSSIP: We first heard of you when you were going by the name Asia Bryant… Who is Asia Bryant? Asiahn: Well, I started with Asiahn in like MySpace days, but everyone butchered my name. So I was like let’s just change it to Asia Bryant because it was easier and even my teachers used to call me Asia, because it was so difficult to pronounce Asiahn. Asiahn is my real name and when I was coming out with ‘Love Train’ I was going through a breakup so I went through a whole “reinventing” yourself moment and remembering who I am. So it was all about Asiahn. BOSSIP: Was it a toxic relationship, or just like a really bad breakup?