Wednesday 1 August 2018

Rihanna stuns on the September issue of British 'Vogue' with razor-thin eyebrows

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 13:  Rihanna attends the 'Ocean's 8' UK Premiere held at Cineworld Leicester Square on June 13, 2018 in London, England.  (Photo by Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage)
After peeping Rihanna's cover for British Vogue, you will undoubtedly have "Love on the Brain."
The 30-year-old graces the cover for the publication's September issue sporting pencil-thin eyebrows, a crimson lip (from her Fenty Beauty line, of course), and flowers in her hair. 
The "Needed Me" singer shared the cover and other photos from her shoot Tuesday on Instagram. For the cover, Rihanna dons a dress and gloves by Prada and a lacy bodysuit from her lingerie label, Savage X Fenty. 
Rihanna  expresses her excitement in the caption of another photo, where she's clad in a voluminous pink minidress and tuxedo jacket by Alexander McQueen. "SEPTEMBER ISSUE!!!" she exclaims in the  caption. "I’m so honored to be on the cover of your first September issue with British Vogue," she tells the publication's editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, who styled the artist for the shoot. The "Ocean's 8" star humbly adds: "Thank you for considering me!" 


Monday 30 July 2018

Drake and Migos reschedule North American tour - see the new dates

Drake's tour with Migos will be kicking off later than planned.
Drake has announced that his North American tour with Migos, which was scheduled to start on July 26, has been postponed, with new plans to kick it off in Kansas City on August 10.

In a statement from Drake that was reprinted by The Denver Post and shared by tour venues and event promoters, including Live Nation Colorado, the rapper team revealed that the the decision to reschedule the "Aubrey & the Three Migos" tour was made "in order to deliver the high standard tour experience our fans expect and deserve."

The rescheduled shows are as follows:
Kansas City, MO - rescheduled to August 10
St Paul, MN - rescheduled to August 12
Toronto, ON - rescheduled to August 20, 21 and 22
Salt Lake City, UT - rescheduled to October 10
Denver, CO - July 28 and 29 shows postponed, date TBC
Chicago, IL - scheduled August 20 show is cancelled

Ticket for the original shows will be honored on the rescheduled dates, while refunds are being offered at the point of purchase.
Drake announces his plans to tour with the rap trio Migos back in May, revealing 41 dates on their joint tour.

Cardi B and Offset Buy Matching Lamborghinis and Show Off the Receipts

Cardi B and Offset Buy Matching Lamborghinis and Show Off the Receipts
The "Bodak Yellow" rapper doesn't even have her driver's license -- but she's got a fresh new ride!
Cardi B doesn't even have her driver's license, but she's got a fresh new Lambo!
The "Bodak Yellow" rapper and new mom took to social media on Saturday to show off her brand new purchase, a pair of matching Lamborghinis for her and husband Offset -- blue for her and green for him. The pair, who secretly tied the knot back in September 2017, have a lot to celebrate these days, as they recently welcomed their first child together, daughter Kulture, on July 10.
"Blessed & Gifted 💚💙 Official Lamb owners @offsetyrn #aventador#His&Hers #kultureparents ðŸ’šðŸ’šðŸ’™ðŸ’™," Cardi captioned the pic. Offset also posted a shot of the couple with their new rides, captioned "L A M B T A L K."
Cardi's post, however, invited some criticism from online haters, prompting the rapper to return to her Instagram with actual receipts -- the pink slips for her recent purchase. "Why y'all be tryin' to play me like a b***h is broke? Like, why?" she fired back in a video that was later deleted. "Why y'all be sayin' that my cars are leased? Me and my husband, we don't lease s**t around here."
"And I had to cash out, completely, 'cause I don't have a f***in' license," she continued. "But I don't give a f**k. If I'm gonna rap about having a Lambo, I'm gonna own a motherf***in' Lambo, you know what I'm saying?"
Cardi will have some more time to learn to drive her new car this fall, as she recently dropped out of her planned tour with Bruno Mars, admitting that that she wasn't physically or mentally ready to leave little Kulture behind just yet.
"As of today I've decided I won't be joining Bruno on tour this Fall. I thought that after giving birth to my daughter that 6 weeks would be enough time for me to recover mentally and physically. I also thought that I'd be able to bring her with me on tour, but I think I underestimated this whole mommy thing," Cardi wrote in a statement she posted to social media. "Not only am I just not ready physically, I'm not ready to leave my baby behind since the doctors explained it's not healthy for her to be on the road." 
"I hope you guys understand that this decision has been the hardest to make but I have to do what's best for myself and my baby!" she continued. "Thank you Bruno for being so supportive and understanding."

Thursday 7 June 2018

Kim Kardashian bombarded with political requests after successfully lobbying for Alice Marie Johnson

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Kim Kardashian has succeeded in her quest to free Alice Marie Johnson, the 63-year-old grandmother serving a life sentence for a first-time drug offense.
After meeting with the reality star in the Oval Office last week, President Trump granted clemency to Johnson. The White House released an official statement saying that Johnson had “accepted responsibility for her past behavior.”
“Today, President Donald J. Trump granted a commutation to Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother who has served almost 22 years in Federal prison for a first-time criminal offense. While this Administration will always be very tough on crime, it believes that those who have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while in prison deserve a second chance.”
Kardashian excitedly tweeted the news, writing, “BEST NEWS EVER,” along with a message of gratitude to both the president and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner.
The reality star also revealed that she had the opportunity to personally give Johnson the news.
Kardashian became aware of Johnson’s story last year after seeing Mic’s viral Facebook video profiling the grandmother. Johnson was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring. Though Johnson had had no criminal record, she was sentenced to life in prison with no parole.
Johnson had applied for clemency three times under the Obama administration but was repeatedly denied. One week after Kardashian personally lobbied on her behalf at the White House, her request was granted.
Immediately after announcing the news, Kardashian again went on Twitter,vowing to help others in the same way she helped Johnson. “I hope to continue this important work by working together with organizations who have been fighting this fight for much longer than I have and deserve the recognition,” she wrote.
Though she didn’t specifically announce which organizations or causes she hoped to lobby for, several Twitter users filled in the blanks. They urged Kardashian to fight both for and against certain political issues, including gun control, the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the current U.S. practice that has separated hundreds of immigrant children from their mothers, and other special-interest issues.

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Meek Mill released from prison, rings 76ers' Liberty Bell



CORRECTS TO MEEK MILL NOT MEEK MILLS Rapper Meek Mill comes out to ring a Liberty Bell replica before the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill rang a replica Liberty Bell at center court of the Philadelphia 76ers' first-round clinching playoff game Tuesday less than two hours after being released from prison while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.
Following a five-month campaign by his supporters to get him out, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing him on unsecured bail.
Mill, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, was sentenced in November to two to four years behind bars for probation violations.
He was whisked from the State Correctional Institution in Chester by helicopter to nearby Philadelphia, just in time to ring the ceremonial bell before the start of Game 5 of the 76ers playoff series against the Miami Heat.
"I feel great," Mill said before entering the Wells Fargo Center, where he greeted Sixers players in their locker room before the game the Sixers won 104-91 to advance to the second round of the playoffs.
"Welcome home Meek Mill," the game announcer told the rapper, who wore a Joel Embiid jersey and sat courtside next to actor Kevin Hart, Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.
A team of lawyers and public relations consultants had waged an all-out battle to get Mill freed, leveling fierce criticism at the judge as a stream of high-powered figures and celebrities visited him in jail in the weeks and days before the Supreme Court ruling.
Mill issued a statement saying the past months had been "a nightmare," and thanked his many supporters and visitors, who included Rubin, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.
"Although I'm blessed to have the resources to fight this unjust situation, I understand that many people of color across the country don't have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues," Mill said.
He said he would now focus his attention on getting his convictions overturned, and that he looks forward to resuming his music career.
Earlier this month, in a major victory for Mill, prosecutors said they agreed with his lawyers that he should get a new trial because of questions raised about the arresting officer. The now-retired officer was among a list of police officers the prosecutor's office has sought to keep off the witness stand in cases across the city because of credibility questions.
A spokesman for District Attorney Larry Krasner said late Tuesday that the Supreme Court's decision on Meek Mill's release was consistent with the position taken by their office.
The DA's office has not said whether they would seek to retry him if the old convictions are thrown out. But it noted that just last week, prosecutors agreed not to further prosecute three defendants whose cases were tossed because of doubts about the credibility of the arresting narcotics agent, the same officer who had arrested Mill.
Mill's attorney, Joe Tacopina, thanked the high court.
"Meek was unjustly convicted and should not have spent a single day in jail," Tacopina said.
In an opinion earlier this month, Judge Genece Brinkley, who sent Mill to prison for the probation violations, strongly defended herself against accusations by the defense she was waging a vendetta against the rapper. She said the court "has impartially and without prejudice presided over numerous proceedings in this matter since 2008."
The Supreme Court denied a defense request to move the case to another judge, but said the presiding judge could opt to remove herself.