photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock It seems that “Empire” has not yet been renewed for a 6th season, and people are freaking out! Typically, the crew knows something by January, a whole 5 months before their season finale. January has already passed and there has been no word yet for the fate of the…… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock Kim Kardashian-West is paying the rent of Matthew Charles for the next 5 years after he was released from jail after serving 20 years of a 35 year sentence for a non-violent drug and weapons charge. He is the first to be released under the new prison reform law. Trump highlighted Matthew…… read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock Lori Loughlin, who you may know Rebecca Donaldson–Katsopolis from the 90s show Full House, and Felicity Huffman have been charged in a massive bribery scam involving some of the most elite college like Yale, Stanford and Georgetown. They aren’t the only ones under fire for this, 48 others have been charged as well. A…… read more »
photo credit: Adam J. Sablich // Shutterstock Juelz Santana and Kimbella Vanderhee are expecting their third child! Kimbella announced her pregnancy on Instagram, 6 months pregnant! Juelz and Kimbella got married on January 10th, and appeared on Love & Hip Hop: New York this past season. Juelz is currently serving a 27-month prison sentence in Virginia. He began…… read more »
photo credit: Philip Pilosian // Shutterstock The Ethiopian Airlines flight crash over the weekend, killing all 157 people on board, was the second crash in 6 months of the same model, Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts. Back in October, a Lion Air flight, of the same model, crashed into the Java Sea, killing 189 people. Both of the…… read more »
photo credit: Everett Collection // Shutterstock Kimora Lee Simmons has just repurchased her brand, Baby Phat, and plans to relaunch it later this year. The announcement was made on Friday, with her daughters, Ming, 19, and Aoki, 16, playing big roles in the brands relaunch. “It’s very important that you have women on both sides — women…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock Over the weekend, Jussie Smollett was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago on 16 felony counts after allegedly lying to police about the hate crime attack against him. They included charges for each crime he said he had suffered, with separate counts related to statements he made the…… read more »
photo credit: Sitthipong Penguin // Shutterstock To my surprise, Marvel’s Captain Marvel had an amazing opening weekend, bringing in $455 million worldwide! With numbers like these, Marvel’s first female solo superhero movie broke records, making it the 6th largest worldwide movie opening weekend in history, the second largest worldwide Marvel opening behind Avengers: Infinity War. Domestically, Captain Marvel becomes Marvel’s 7th largest opening…… read more »
photo credit: Adam Vilimek // Shutterstock Kinston-born, Brandon Ingram has missed his past two games with the LA Lakers due to a sore right shoulder, but after further testing by the team’s medical staff, it was revealed that he has Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) in his arm. The diagnosis is caused by a blood clot, frequently accompanied…… read more »
photo credit: dcwcreations // Shutterstock Another food product has been recalled. The United States Department of Agriculture has just recalled nearly 3,000 pounds Chef Boyardee due to the products being mislabeled. The products labeled as chicken and rice products actually contain beef ravioli products. These are the 7.5 oz canned microwavable bowls that read, “Chef BOYARDEE rice with…… read more »