Source: Paras Griffin/BET / Getty Toni Braxton may not be married to Birdman yet, but he did put a ring on it. We’re finally one step closer to getting a straight answer about Toni’s relationship status and that rock on her finger. Toni admitted in the trailer for the upcoming season of Braxton Family Values that she is, in fact, engaged to Birdman! “I have an announcement to make,” she teases in the clip, “I’m engaged!” Toni then showed off the ring, we’ve all seen sparkling on her hand for the last few months. It’s not clear when they plan to jump the broom, but maybe we’ll see some wedding planning for Toni when Braxton Family Values returns in March. RELATED STORIES: Toni Braxton Hits Red Carpet With Rumored Husband Watch Toni Braxton Flex Her Acting Chops In Lifetime’s ‘Faith Under Fire’ Trailer Tamar Braxton Says Vince Herbert Is Having A Baby: “The Whore Decided To Let Me Know About It Tonight”
“… and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air…” This is a line from the Star-Spangled Banner. But it can also be paraphrased and applied to a handful of times in which a famous singer attempted to honor his or her country prior to some kind of major event. What we're saying here is that some artists have bombed with their rendition of America's theme song. Some artists have bombed… HARD. Whose version remains the most memorable, for all of the wrong reasons? Whose do you consider to be the best of the best? Listen/watch the following videos and decide for yourself! ( NOTE : We saved the undisputed best for last.) 1. Fergie Fergie attempted a sultry edition of the Star-Spangled Banner at the NBA All-Star Game. As you can see here, it did NOT go over well. 2. Roseanne Barr If Fergie’s performance wasn’t the worst ever, Roseanne’s from 1990 may have. For a very different reason, as you can see above. 3. Pink Pink overcame illness and belted out a rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Watch the performance and hand out a grade now! 4. Ciara Ciara pretty much showed off her boobs while singing the National Anthem. Should the artist have covered up more? Or should she have worn even less?!? 5. Lady Gaga Lady Gaga blew her national anthem out of the park at Super Bowl 50. Watch the performance now. 6. Marlana VanHoose Who is Marlana VanHoose? Only a blind singer who left us in awe with this rendition. It’s an absolute must-watch. View Slideshow
Cruise ships are just supposed to be places where a bunch of drunk strangers form a giant petri dish of potential ailments while trying to enjoy themselves. But one recent South Pacific cruise was totally derailed by brawling passengers engaging in fights. The cruise line lays the blame at the feet at 23 members of one Italian family. Warning: the video below, which shows just one of the brawls from aboard the cruise ship, may be disturbing due to its content. At the beginning of this video — a recording of one of multiple brawls, only some of which were filmed — a quick-thinking cruise passenger on this Carnival Legends ship can at first only see the periphery of the fight. And, of course, hear the screams. Most of the passengers were apparently Australian. The man recording the video below certainly sounds like he was. As the brawl moves closer, a number of people flee to avoid being drawn into it or injured by the participants. You'd think that a fight on a boat would have a vibe like something out of a pirate movie, at least. instead, this looks like an unarmed version of The Purge . To add to the disturbing elements of this video, people who appear to be cruise ship employees are shown appearing to engage in two different unacceptable behaviors. One person who appears to work security is shown repeatedly kicking a man who is laying on the ground. It appears that someone throws themselves over that man's body to protect him. Some reports claim that the man on the ground is a 17-year-old boy. Either way, that looks horrible. Multiple employees appear to try to deter filming, which is not even acceptable when actual police do it. Some reports claim that cruise ship employees stole people's phones in order to delete incriminating videos. The key culprits in the actual brawling and fighting, however, were reportedly members of a 23-member Italian family. One cruise passenger described this “big Italian family' assailing other passengers, resulting in people “getting strangled and punched up.” “Very violent, they were full-on attacks.” At least one passenger called his father in Australia to plead for him to get the government to send help. Though members of the crew eventually locked a number of passengers in their rooms after days of terror, there wasn't really a place where they could lock up a couple dozen troublemakers. Cruise ships don't have the authority to make people walk the plank , folks. Some passengers point to what they believe to be the real culprit. One chose to blame alcohol, as many passengers have unlimited passes to the bar. Which, she claimed, means that a lot of people are just super drunk by 6 or 7 in the evening. The problem with that accusation is that this cruise ship, which was traveling from Melbourne to New Caledonia, had 2000 people on board. Two thousand. Versus what, a couple dozen — let's say a few dozen — troublemakers. This wasn't an alcohol problem, this was a terrible people being violent problem. The frightening brawls sent a number of guests to lock themselves in their cabins for their own safety. Not exactly an ideal vacation. Carnival Cruise Line says that they've sent people to provide comfort to passengers who were understandably upset. Apparently they offered passengers 25% off on a future cruise, which is … well, that's gotten a mixed reception. Some passengers aren't planning on ever going on another Carnival Cruise Line, as you may recall that some were just as horrified by the behavior of employees as they were by the brawlers. So a 25% discount — or one of 100% doesn't mean that much. Watch this video, if you're feeling up to it, and decide for yourself if that's an experience that you'd want to risk repeating:
It hasn’t been easy keeping track of all the developments in Briana DeJesus’ life over the past few weeks, so here’s a brief recap of everything that’s transpired. It all started when Briana traveled to Miami to undergo plastic surgery. Despite the fact that she had broken up with Javi Marroquin just weeks earlier, Javi flew to Miami to be by her side and provide support in the days leading up to the procedure. Fans were stunned to see Javi all over Bri’s social media pages after what appeared to be a bitter breakup. But they were even more shocked when Javi took to social media to basically boast that he had “ditched” Briana after her surgery . And believe it or not, the plot twists didn’t end there. In the past week alone, two different rumors about Briana’s love life have captured the attention of Teen Mom Twitter. Some believe Briana is back with Dre , her ex who has gone to great lengths to keep his last name a secret. Others believe Briana is living with Devoin Austin , her baby daddy who’s been a constant subject of scorn for TM2 viewers. As far as we can tell, the latter rumor is true, while the former is BS. Briana is living with Devoin, but she’s just friends with Dre … we think. Either way, she apparently wishes Javi would simply keep his nose out of her business. Apparently, Javi noticed Bri’s recent Valentine’s Day posts and decided to give his ex a piece of his mind: “Javi needs to stop being bitter about the breakup and about Devoin and Dre. He texted me about why I got a teddy bear and why I got my nails done and why Devoin is living with me now,” Briana tells Radar Online. “He needs to stop harassing me and go worry about the relationship between Kailyn [Lowry] and him.” DeJesus goes on to say that she’s completely cut ties with Javi and plans to have no contact with him going forward: “I don’t want nothing to do with Javi,” she tells the outlet. “I am completely over it and ready to move the f–k on. If he continues to harass me, I will leak all texts and info.” Apparently in response to her allegations of harassment, Javi fired back with a series of tweets that he later deleted: “I have full conversations, but we don’t have to go there,” Javi tweeted, seemingly implying that he planned to release some texts of his own. “Y’all don’t know what’s going on. I don’t need to belittle or disrespect anyone. Just not in me anymore. I made that mistake once. I’ve lived and learned.” He ended the tweet storm with some words of wisdom for his fans: “Stay silent. The real ones around you know what’s good. Those that make noise want attention. That’s how I live my life now,” he tweeted. We hope Javi’s able to follow his own advice, but something tells us this situation is far from over. Watch Teen Mom 2 online for more of Briana’s wild world. View Slideshow: Kailyn Lowry Reacts to Javi Marroquin-Briana DeJesus Breakup: Did She Throw Shade?
As a parent, we don’t ever think that we will or should have to bury our children. It is heartbreaking and horrifying to think that children have and could experience an event like what we’ve seen happen at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and many other schools, way too often. But we live in a fallen world and evil is at work. There has to be some action as well. We have to ask God for direction and follow through with what He instructs us to do. We can start by doing research on those we’re voting for, vote for those who have the best interest of all people in mind, and don’t be afraid to speak up. We are our children’s biggest advocates. Let’s continue to pray for everyone affected by the horrible event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, our leaders, our country, and our world. We pray and ask God to protect our children and families everyday but God did not promise that we would not suffer loss or have trouble in this world. (John 16:33) He promised to be with us to comfort us. Remember, God is still in full control and one day He will bring an end to all evil. In the meantime, we have to put our faith and trust in Him, seek His will, and show others His love, especially our children and families. “ The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 Remembering……. Scott Beigel, 35 Alyssa Alhadeff, 14 Martin Duque Anguiano, 14 Nicholas Dworet, 17 Aaron Feis, 37 Jaime Guttenberg, 14 Christopher Hixon, 49 Luke Hoyer, 15 Cara Loughran, 14 Gina Montalto, 14 Joaquin Oliver, 17 Alaina Petty, 14 Meadow Pollack, 18 Helena Ramsay, 17 Alex Schachter, 14 Carmen Schentrup, 16 Peter Wang, 15
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