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Black Excellence Abound: Oprah, Halle Berry & Other A-Listers Attend Opening Of Tyler Perry’s $250M Studio

Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Tyler Perry Studios Opening Gala Black excellence was abound Saturday for the grand opening of Tyler Perry’s $250 million movie studio. ALL the A-listers you could think of were in attendance including Oprah, Beyonce, Taraji P. Henson, Maxine Waters, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Cicely Tyson, and Halle Berry. Source: Paras Griffin/Getty Images / Getty Beyonce was also on hand, and while she skipped the carpet she took pics inside with several celebs. View this post on Instagram #Beyonce last night at the opening of #TylerPerry’s studio w/ a few famous faces A post shared by the Jasmine BRAND (@thejasminebrand_) on Oct 6, 2019 at 7:08am PDT Tyler’s 330-acre studio that once served as a Confederate army base and has sound stages named after black actors, Will Smith was on hand for the reveal of his. Oprah walked the carpet with Stedman… Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com and beamed with pride while bragging about her close friend. “He didn’t wait for other people to validate or to say you should go this way or that way. He said I’m going to create my own way and as we can see here, become a force for himself,” Winfrey told The Associated Press. “I remember when he was thinking about buying this place and I said ‘You’d be crazy not to take it.’” she added. Other stars spotted on the carpet included Kelly Rowland, LaLa and Michelle… Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Monica…. Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Colin Kaepernick and Nessa… Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Jeannie and Jeezy… Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com Source: Freddy O / FreddyO.com and TONS more. Inside guests dined on lump crab salad and had a choice of spiced beef tenderloin or pepino and orange crusted sea bass. Looks like good times were had by all—including the Clintons who didn’t walk the carpet but were in attendance. View this post on Instagram The Clintons attend the Grand Opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta! Pictured with singer Morgan James A post shared by The A-Scene (@theascene11) on Oct 6, 2019 at 7:16am PDT Now, this was a star-studded affair; more pics on the flip.

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Dating In Atlanta: Watch The Casting Special For Season 2 Of “Ready To Love” [VIDEO]

Source: Moses Robinson / Getty Will Packer And Nephew Tommy Prepare For Season 2 Of “Ready To Love” Will Packer scored an unexpected hit with his OWN Reality TV dating series “Ready To Love” last year. The series just posted their new casting special and we couldn’t look away. Watch it below: Host Tommy Miles and Executive Producer Will Packer introduce a new set of singles looking for love in Atlanta. But in a twist, there are now 10 men and 10 women, and the power to eliminate goes both ways. Meet them all and find out who’s ready to love! For more on #ReadyToLove , visit WatchOWN.tv/RTL

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This Voice-Activated Smart Desk Lamp Doubles As An Emergency Light

You most likely own a smartphone (in fact, you may be reading this on one right now), and maybe even a smart TV. It’s also not a reach to assume that you’re in possession of a smart assistant that you spew commands to on a regular basis. You might be thinking — what next? What other household items need to be smart-ified?Allow us to make a suggestion: your desk lamp. Perfect for those who are often hunched over their desks, the iHaper DL1 Smart Desk Lamp is a voice-activated branch-structured lamp that doubles as an emergency light. It integrates with the HomeKit smart home system, so you can adjust the brightness using just your voice. It features high-quality LED beads and no blue light, providing vision protection that’s ideal for working long hours. With a design that’s split into two parts, the larger twig functions as a table lamp while the other works as an emergency light. It even has an energy-saving feature that automatically turns on when you’re near and turns off when you’ve been away for an extended period of time (kind of creepy, but also, extremely helpful!) Typically retailing for $99.99, you can pick up the iHaper DL1 Smart Desk Lamp right now for only $64.99 .   iHaper DL1 Smart Desk Lamp – $64.99 See Deal Prices are subject to change. Bossip has teamed up with StackCommerce to bring you the best deals on the web. We may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.

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Sorry To This Man: Jess Hilarious Talks Letting Kountry Wayne Smash Her To ‘Secret’ Smithereens Until There’s A Ring On Her Finger!

Source: Mychal Watts / Getty Jess Hilarious Clarifies Relationship Status With Kountry Wayne Jess Hilarious is being coy about her relationship status with Kountry Wayne moving forward unless he puts a ring on it! The social media famous comedian has been guest co-hosting on The Rea l all week and on Friday, the ladies got all up in her business. They asked Jess about her seemingly complicated relationship with fellow funny guy Kountry Wayne. Jess and Wayne initially made headlines together after displaying their romance online to the dismay of a woman claiming to be his wife. Since then, Jess and Wayne had claimed to split, but were they secretly still seeing each other? Short answer: yes. But the comedic actress won’t be claiming anyone soon until she’s a wife, she says. Jess : “Everybody know I was dating Kountry Wayne and we decided to take a break from social media because it came to be too much. He’s not married, please stop saying that! He is divorced. Tamera : Did she answer the question? Jess : Ardd ard ard! We are “single”, “together”. Hit play to hear Jess’ elaborate on why she still considers herself single until she gets a ring on her finger.  

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Someone Ordered Milk? Ice T’s Wife Coco Austin Exhibits Funbags Full Of Dairy For The Gram, “I Will Always Be Coco”

Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Coco Austin Shows Fans She’s Still Got It! Coco Austin is taking down stereotypes about motherhood, one post at a time. Previously, the mother of 4-year-old Chanel educated folks on why s he chooses to still offer up her breastmilk to the growing tot before naps and bedtime. Now, the hot-bodied model is empowering mothers to still be themselves, despite how people think mothers should be. That includes being sexy! I hate seeing comments that say you cant be sexy after having children.. who says? … And yes,I dont have has much time as I used too before Chanel but I can still pick my moments .. I will always and forever be Coco.. no matter what, I still rock as a wife and a mother!!!  View this post on Instagram I hate seeing comments that say you cant be sexy after having children.. who says? … And yes,I dont have has much time as I used too before Chanel but I can still pick my moments .. I will always and forever be Coco.. no matter what, I still rock as a wife and a mother!!! You hear me? A post shared by Coco (@coco) on Oct 4, 2019 at 2:05pm PDT Ok Coco, we see them thangs you.

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L.A. Sparks Fire General Manager Penny Toler After She Dropped The “N-Word” During Post Game Speech

Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty Penny Toler Fired After Using Slurs During A Post Game Rant In The Locker Room According to TMZ , the L.A. Sparks have fired General Manager Penny Toler after she admitted using the “N-word” in a post-game rant following a WNBA playoff loss . The Sparks released a statement saying: “Toler was relieved of her duties and will no longer be with the organization, effective immediately.  A national search will begin immediately to identify the next general manager of the Sparks. Managing Partner and Governor Eric Holoman will assume the duties in the interim.” Toler reportedly  entered the locker room following a Sept. 19th loss to the Connecticut Sun and went on an epic rant calling out the team for their lack of intensity. Toler acknowledged using the word but insists it was not directed as a slur toward one of her players. “It’s unfortunate I used that word,” Toler said … “I shouldn’t. Nobody should. … But you know, like I said, I’m not here to defend word by word by word what I said. I know some of the words that I’m being accused of are embellished.” The Sparks thanked Toler for what she accomplished during her 20 seasons with the franchise. Under her leadership, the Sparks made the playoffs 18 times and won WNBA titles in 2001, 2002 and 2016. Toler was a founding member of the WNBA and played for the Sparks from 1997-1999, scoring the first basket in WNBA history.

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Need My Coins: DirecTV Allegedly Charges 102-Year-Old Woman An Early Termination Fee After She Died

Source: Andrew Burton / Getty DirecTV Charges Woman Early Termination Fee After She Dies According to WFLA , DirecTV is getting slandered for allegedly charging an early termination fee to a 102-year-old woman, who passed away . Isabel Albright died last December, but as her family was preparing her house for sale, they discovered that satellite provider DirecTV had charged an “early termination” fee of $160 on her bill. “They told us… we’re going to charge you $160 for an early termination fee,” her son-in-law, John Manrique, said. “She’s gone. Nobody’s living (here). We’re selling the house. You’re going to tell us we have to keep the service at a house that’s not ours?” Apparently after a caregiver moved in, a new DirecTV box was added in the back room, which started a whole new two-year contract that the family was unaware about.  DirecTV said that, because the bill was in the name of Albright’s daughter, Linda, the family had to pay. AT&T, DirecTV’s parent company, eventually did send a letter of apology and agreed to waive the termination fee.

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Hate It Or Love It?! 21 Savage Thinks All Immigrant Children Should Automatically Become Citizens

Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty 21 Savage Speaks On His Stance Regarding Citizenship For Immigrant Children 21 Savage went through some immigration troubles of his own earlier this year, so on Thursday, he was honored by the National Immigration Law Center. When speaking on the subject, the rapper stated that children who were brought here by their parents and live illegally in America should automatically become citizens. “When you’re a child, you don’t know what’s going on,” 21 Savage said to   the Associated Press . “Now, you grow up and got to figure it out. Can’t get a job. Can’t get a license. I’m one of the lucky ones who became successful. It’s a lot of people who can’t.” This comes after 21 was forced to spend 10 days in an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center after he was arrested as part of a sting operation in Atlanta. His visa expired in 2006, unknown to him. Savage moved to America from the U.K. when he was only 7-years-old. He added more insight into his opinion of immigrant children living in America, stating something pretty controversial: “I feel like we should be exempt. I feel like we should automatically become citizens.” “When you ain’t got no choice, you should be exempt,” the rapper continued. “It’s not like I was 30, woke up and moved over here. I’ve been here since I was like seven or eight, probably younger than that. I didn’t know anything about visas and all that. I just knew we were moving to a new place.” 21 Savage was honored by the NILC for advocating immigrant justice, also speaking on the increasingly difficult process of obtaining a visa. “They just lose hope,” the rapper said of his fellow immigrants. “I feel like kids who were brought here at young ages, they should automatically be like ‘Yeah, you good to stay here, work and go to college.’ It should be nipped in the bud before it gets to a point before you come of age… We got a fight that we need to continue in this country. It ain’t over yet. “ What do you think of 21’s idea that children brought here by their parents should be granted citizenship?

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Travis Scott Breaks Silence on Kylie Jenner Split: Did He Cheat?!?

Travis Scott has been here before. Observers doubted his feelings for Kylie Jenner back when the rapper and reality star began dating. Then, just this past February, rumors of Scott cheating on Kylie grew so strong that the artist canceled a show simply to return home and deny the allegations to his girlfriend in person. So, yes, here we are again. This time, however, Scott is not sitting out and letting the public ruin his reputation. Three days after Travis and Kylie decided to take a break from their relationship, the former has come out and denied all talk of his disloyalty. “It’s really affecting when u see false things said about u once again these false stories about me cheating are just simply not true,” Scott wrote on his Instagram Story Friday, adding: “Focusing on life, music, and family at this moment is what’s real.” Scott isn’t the only person involved in this situation to have spoken out strongly about it. After news of Jenner and Scott’s break-up went viral earlier this week, an allegation started circulating online that Scott had been involved with a woman named Rojean Kar , who goes by YungSweetRo on Instagram. This heretofore unheard of person said the following in response on her own Instagram Story yesterday: “None of these rumors are true, it’s just the internet creating a false narrative. Please stop spreading lies & leave him, her & I alone because it’s affecting real lives. Thank you.” Kylie, meanwhile, has also made two things clear , as you can see in the Tweet down below: 1. She still loves Scott. 2. She absolutely did not go on a date this week with ex-boyfriend Tyga. “Travis and I are on great terms,” Jenner Tweeted this week. “Our main focus right now is Stormi. Our friendship and our daughter is priority.” As for what led to the split? A source previously explained to People Magazine that Kylie would actually love to have a second child in the near future, but Scott is too focused on his career at the moment. That’s actually a pretty normal and understandable reason for a split, if true. Travis Scott has the above to say about all those pesky cheating rumors. Is this really the end, though? Most outlets seem to say otherwise. “They are taking some time but not done,” said a different People source. “They still have some trust issues but their problems have stemmed more from the stress of their lifestyles.” And this is how an E! News insider sums things up for now: “Kylie is young, but she really wants the traditional family life. She has seen her older sisters with big families and multiple kids and she wants the same. “She loved being at home with Travis and their daughter Stormi Webster more than anything. But right now, their priorities are different.” View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Playboy Cover: Revealed, Very Busty!

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Playlist Poppin’: Gucci Mane Feat. Meg Thee Stallion “Big Booty,” Sabrina Claudio Feat. Zayn Malik “Rumors”

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