Source: Big Fish Entertainment/WE tv / Big Fish Ent/WE tv LP Tells The Staff Pink Teacup’s Brooklyn Location Is Closed Sad news for fans of WeTV’s “Hustle & Soul” show — on tonight’s new episode Lawrence has to break the news that the restaurant’s Brooklyn location is now closed. We got our hands on an exclusive clip. Watch below: Here’s what else you can expect from the episode: LP returns from Brooklyn with news that turns up the heat in Miami. Cola gets her job back, but beefs with Dreka. A drink competition divides the staff. Nikki has a hot date. HUSTLE & SOUL – “Bartender Wars” – Airs Thursday, May 9th at 10/9C on WeTV
Source: Braxton Family Values/WE tv / Braxton Family Values/WE tv Trina And Von Discuss Moving In Together It’s Thursday and there is an all new episode of “Braxton Family Values” airing tonight! But in the meantime we’ve got an exclusive clip for your viewing pleasure. Check it out below: Yeah we know we said she was asking Von the big question — we just didn’t say which one. Either way, moving in with your significant other is a huge step. Do you agree with what Von had to say? Is it harder for a man to move into their woman’s home — especially if she used to share it with an ex? How about what Trina had to say ? Is it just as simple as wanting the mortgage paid — or split?! Here’s what else you can expect from the episode: Toni asks Trina & Towanda to perform with her unexpectedly, but Birdman shocks all & surprises Toni on-stage. Tamar’s new boo is interrogated by the sisters. The Braxtons are stunned by Tamar’s breakdown at Celebrity Big Brother. Braxton Family Values – “Off Again, On Again?” – Airs Thursday, May 9th at 9/8C
Tyra Banks is not playing with y’all today! The 45-year-old super model came out of retirement to rock the cover of the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . And man, does she look better than ever! View this post on Instagram This is for everybody that has been told that they are not good enough because of their body, their age, their everything. #BanX is here to tell you that you ARE friggin’ fierce no matter what anybody says! Drop mic now! @si_swimsuit 2019 A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2019 at 9:54am PDT “Since Tyra’s first cover in 1996, she’s transformed herself into nothing less than a mogul, a cultural force and a supernova of inspiration and empowerment,” SI Swimsuit Editor MJ Day told PEOPLE . “She’s kind of the Swimsuit Issue ethos come to life, everything we know this franchise can be.” Tyra said that for this issue, she tried to recreate her famous shoot she did back in 1997 during her Bahamas photoshoot. “We couldn’t find the exact one in the archives — it was the polka dot bikini so we recreated that bikini,” she said. “I recreated it [the shoot] — 25 pounds heavier.” #TyraBanks looking amazing pic.twitter.com/xdPBAo2p04 — TsBlondieNYC XBIZ Miami 2019 (@TsBondienyc) May 8, 2019 She looks better now, than she did back in the day! Tyra made history in 1997 being the first African-American model to grace the SI Swimsuit issue by herself, sharing a cover in 1996 with model Valeria Mazza. View this post on Instagram #Thankful for your fierce love and support all these years. #BanX A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2019 at 9:54am PDT As we previously reported , the 2019 issue of SI Swimsuit features a diverse group of 34 women and continues to put focus on female empowerment and inclusivity, with a photos from Halima Aden . The Somalian-American, who is also Muslim, is officially the first woman to rock a hijab and a burkini in SI Swimsuit issue history. View this post on Instagram Don’t change yourself .. Change the GAME!! Ladies anything is possible!!! Being in Sports Illustrated is so much bigger than me. It’s sending a message to my community and the world that women of all different backgrounds, looks, upbringings… can stand together and be celebrated. Thank you so much @si_swimsuit & the entire team for giving me this incredible opportunity. A post shared by Halima (@halima) on Apr 29, 2019 at 11:21am PDT Oh, and don’t forget about Olympic gold medalist, Simone Biles : View this post on Instagram @simonebiles is back in #SISwim, and she's here to prove that STRONG IS SEXY. • • • @casavelas @visitpuertovallarta @vallarta_adventures #MyVelasExperience #PuertoVallarta A post shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@si_swimsuit) on May 8, 2019 at 7:14am PDT Congrats to all of these women! Keep shining queens! RELATED NEWS: Slay! Halima Aden First Woman To Rock Burkini In Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Serena Williams Slays In 2017 ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’ #BlackExcellence: Colin Kaepernick Wins Sports Illustrated ‘Muhammad Ali Legacy Award’ [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2661203″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Diana Ragland / Diana Ragland Today (May 8), we get the first teaser trailer for HBO’s forthcoming Watchmen series. It stars the multi-award Regina King , and that’s pretty much all we need to know. I can't front….I'm excited…tick…tock…tick…tock. #WatchmenHBO @watchmen pic.twitter.com/ja3vKLQxBs — Regina King (@ReginaKing) May 8, 2019 It’s based on Alan Moore’s critically renowned comic series, but it’s taken to the modern era. In the clip we see a gang of people dressed up as Rorsasch tick-tocking away. Who’s the hero and who are the antiheroes? Who needs to catch the proper fade? We’ll have to wait to find out. Besides King, the cast is brolic—including Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Louis Gossett Jr. Watchmen will make its debut this fall on HBO. Tick tock. Watchmen debuts this fall on @HBO . pic.twitter.com/AEh4CdazyW — Watchmen (@watchmen) May 8, 2019
Stokley Williams , Lead Singer of the “Baddest Band In The Land,” Stokely has set out on his own with a new album on the way. But what is the legacy of Mint Condition ? Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Also, Stokely talks about the moment he knew their classic “Pretty Brown Eyes (Breaking My Heart)” was going to be the hit it became, the album cut “ Someone To Lov e ,” Prince and more! More Episodes Of Voices Voices: John Legend Talks New Single, “Preach” and Nipsey Hussle Voices: K-Ci From Jodeci Looks Back On The Making Of Classics “Forever My Lady” & “The Show, The After Party, The Hotel” Voices: Robin Thicke “That’s What Love Can Do”
Demand for more answers have grown after an April officer-involved shooting in Hugo, Oklahoma that left three children injured. Officers Billy Jenkins and Chad Allen were identified as the two offers who attempted to apprehend 21-year-old William Smith who was wanted in connection to an armed robbery of a Pizza Hut. Jenkins and Allen opened fire on a vehicle they believed Smith was in, striking three children who were sitting in the backseat. “What happened between the contact with him and when police fired, we’re still trying to put that together,” Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations spokeswoman Brook Arbeitman said . “The OSBI is still investigating whether he fired at police and whether he was armed.” Smith was arrested on a robbery warrant. “My 4-year-old daughter was shot in the head, and she has a bullet in her brain, and my 5-year-old has a skull fracture,” the children’s mother Olivia Hill told local affiliate KFOR . “My 1-year-old baby has gunshot wounds on her face. My 2-year-old wasn’t touched with any bullets.” Police say they began shooting after Smith attempted to run them over with his vehicle. However, this claim is being disputed as both officers were in plain clothes and that Smith could not identify them as police. It is also suggested by the community that the officers in question could have moved out of the way instead of opening fire on a vehicle, unaware if there were children inside. “If you don’t know if someone is law enforcement or not, it changes things,” family attorney Damaria Solomon-Simmons told The Free Thought Project . “I don’t know what happened, but that’s concerning to me.” The three children who were shot were all released from the hospital but will continue to deal with a lot of “emotional pain” per Simmons.
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN via NewsOne.com : For critics of hip-hop, Nipsey Hussle ’s recent murder was probably emblematic of how rappers are expected to die — young and Black. But while a handful of notable rappers have indeed had their lives cut short at an early age from senseless gun violence, many of the genre’s voices have gone on to grow older without being shot to death. But street life isn’t the only thing threatening the lives of rappers, as shown by hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow , who was reportedly set to undergo his second heart procedure. He joined a growing list of other aging rappers who have suffered from health issues. The 59-year-old’s wife released a statement on Monday saying her husband’s aortic artery repair procedure was not as successful as they previously thought and that Kurtis Blow required open heart surgery, HipHopDX reported . Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “Kurtis got a bad CT. The aorta has dissected and it looks like he needs to go back to surgery,” a statement from Kurtis Blow’s wife said. “He’s back in ICU and they’re discussing surgery immediately. Emergency open heart surgery.” It was just last week when Kurtis Blow announced in an Instagram post that he was scheduled to undergo a medical procedure on his heart in Los Angeles. He followed that up with a post saying that his surgery was “a tremendous success” before announcing Sunday that he had begun physical therapy yesterday and occupational therapy and was “ on my way to a full recovery 100%.” Hey everyone- I started physical therapy yesterday and occupational therapy today. I am on my way to recovery 100%. Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes. I love you all and I will be back really… https://t.co/L92VL7b56q — Kurtis Blow (@KurtisBlow1) May 5, 2019 It was unclear what changed in between then and Monday when his wife released her statement. In an Instagram post last week, he said he was “preparing for an aortic artery repair procedure.” It was supposed to “stabilize the artery from further damage caused by the hematoma I contacted from my recent travels to China,” he wrote on May 1. Hematoma has been defined by Merriam-Webster as “a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit While rap music is a relatively young genre and typically associated with young people, Kurtis Blow’s grave condition was shining a light on the health issues that aging rappers were increasingly facing. The fact that most rappers, especially the pioneers, are Black and brown only exacerbates that reality since statistics show that African Americans are disproportionately affected by chronic health conditions. That was especially true when it comes to the heart. Rapper Craig Mack died last year at the age of 47 from congestive heart failure. Pioneering DJ Lovebug Starski also died last year following a heart attack. He was 57 years old. Hip-hop singer Nate Dogg died in 2011 after suffering a series of strokes in the years leading up to his death. He was 41. Cancer has also targeted rappers. Just last week it was reported that Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, a condition that has all but amounted to a death sentence for Black men in particular. He is 52 years old. GURU of Gang Starr died from cancer in 2010 at the age of 48 and Adam “MCA” Yauch from the Beastie Boys died from cancer in 2012. Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest died from complications from diabetes at the age of 47. Obviously, these ailments don’t only affect rappers, as shown last week’s death of filmmaker John Singleton at the age of 51 following complications from a stroke he had recently suffered. But, like with everybody else, as rappers get older, these health concerns will likely become more pronounced in their lives. ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : RHOA Star Eva Marcille Is Pregnant With Baby No. 3! [PHOTOS] New Evidence Surfaces In Brittney Taylor’s Case Against Remy Ma Nipsey Hussle’s Sister’s Guardianship Request Over Niece Denied By Judge Follow @TheRSMS
Very sad news today out of the television world. Troy Dean Shafer, best known as the contractor and host of DIY Network’s restoration series Nashville Flipped, passed away in his sleep on April 28. He was 38 years old. The reality star’s brother, Tim, told TMZ that there were no warning signs and no previous medical conditions that would have given anyone close to Shafer cause to be concerned. The family remains in shock over the heartbreaking news. This same gossip website reports that the coroner’s office in Erie, Pennsylvania had not yet performed an autopsy on Troy’s body — but a toxicology report will be finalized in the weeks ahead. Until then, those close to Shafer and those who worked with him will remain perplexed over what transpired. “The DIY Network family is sorry to hear about the passing of Troy Dean Shafer, a dedicated, driven entrepreneur and restoration expert who was admired by everyone who worked on the series,” the network has said in a statement, concluding: “We continue to extend our deepest condolences to Troy’s family and friends during this difficult time.” Shafer was laid to rest in a small ceremony last week. He graduated from Penn State University and had actually moved to Nashville to pursue a career in singing. Ultimately, though, he utilized his construction skills and pitched a home renovation show based in this beloved city, one that focused on homes from the 1800s and early 1900s. The series, Nashville Flipped, also starred Rob Kuskin and Sean Roberge and premiered in April of 2017. A year earlier, Shafer opened about his many TV offers but said many had been looking for a “character” — and that just wasn’t him. “They were looking for some over-the-top drama, and I get it. That makes good TV, and that’s the way a lot of house flipping shows are, but that’s definitely not me,” he told The Nashville Ledger at the time, adding: “I’m not dramatic, and even if I was, I wouldn’t go on TV and broadcast it, because the show may last one year, but I need this company to last. “I want to pass this down to kids. “I don’t want anyone thinking anything other than who I really am.” Shafter was partly popular due to this sort of attitude; simply put, he kept things real. Meanwhile, according to Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook, there’s a very good chance that drugs played a role in this unexpected passing. “Given the situation, we strongly suspect drugs were involved and a factor in his death,” Cook told Radar Online. However, he will not know for certain until the results of the toxicology report come back. Shafter is survived by his parents, Timothy and Janey Shafer; his brother Tim; as well as a niece, cousins, aunts and uncles – and his wife, Becky, who he married in 2014. May he rest in peace. View Slideshow: The Most Shocking Reality Star Deaths: Gone, But Not Forgotten
View this post on Instagram A reckoning is coming…#watchmenhbo A post shared by Regina King (@iamreginaking) on May 8, 2019 at 12:45pm PDT HBO Releases ‘Watchmen’ Teaser Trailer Starring Regina King Regina King can do no wrong in our eyes and when she stars in a show that looks as good as HBO’s new series Watchmen , best BELIEVE we are all in. Today the folks at Home Box Office released a teaser for their upcoming program and we’re super excited to see what it’s all about. Regina has been on a tear lately being that this is her first project coming off her big Oscar win for If Beale Street Could Talk, it’s a foregone conclusion that she’s about to kill s#!t. Press play below to see what all the hype is about. Will you be tuned in?
Source: David Becker / Getty Ari Lennox’s Shea Butter Baby Garners Big Twitter Reaction Ari Lennox new album Shea Butter Baby is official in these e-streets and the reaction to it has been tremendous. wowww you guys are amazing! I’m #3 on @AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/D6z3tVgDdQ — Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) May 8, 2019 The D.C.-born Dreamville chanteuse brought ALL the silky-yet-smoky, soul-glowin’ vocals to her sexy brand of blue-collar R&B to the project and the results are entrancing. The joint I’ve had on replay the most on @AriLennox ‘s new album. I’m tryna manifest some thangs. Lol pic.twitter.com/jzeWoeG2vf — DJ Heat (@DJHeatDC) May 8, 2019 The song “New Apartment” is one SBB song that people who have always had roommates are LOVING. Ari recently spoke to Elliott Wilson and B. Dot from RapRadar Podcast about the track at Dreamville Fest. watch @arilennox on creating “new apartment” #rapradarpodcast https://t.co/Ygoy4Z52yR pic.twitter.com/0wXec34mC5 — brian b.dot miller (@bdotTM) May 8, 2019 That’s just one of many songs that have captured the internet’s attention. If you haven’t heard this album then you don’t need Iyanla to fix your life, just go wherever you stream music and press play. In no time at all you’ll either be dancing or pregnant…or both! Flip the page to see more UBER excited responses to Ari’s debut opus.
