Monday, January 21, 2019
How MLK Ad-Libbed the ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
Clarence Jones, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write the “I Have A Dream Speech,” told a Television Critics Association panel in 2013 how the most famous part of the speech came spontaneously. It was Aug. 28, 1963: King was speaking to hundreds of thousands at the Lincoln Memorial, and millions watching on TV, when suddenly singer Mahalia Jackson called out. Jones: Very few people know — most people do not know — that the speech that he gave was not the speech that he had intended to give. … As he was reading from the text of…
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Kimora Lee Simmons Gets In Alleged Scuffle Over Parking Spot
Kimora Lee Simmons allegedly went to battle with another driver over a primo parking spot, and in the end … they both ended up going to the cops. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Russell Simmons’ ex-wife got into a dispute with a woman last… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Sunday, January 20, 2019
‘Green Book’ Wins Producers Guild Award, Becomes Oscars Frontrunner
On a night that could have profound implications for a tight Oscar race, “Green Book” was named the best-produced film of 2018 at the 30th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards. The award makes director Peter Farrelly’s drama starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali the season’s first legitimate favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It has been a fiercely competitive and confusing year, with lots of criticism aimed at competing films and no film able to overcome the question marks that plague most of the top contenders. “Green Book” faces many of those questions in early January,…
Saturday, January 19, 2019
R. Kelly Insists Chicago Studio is Not a Residence, Denies Breaking Law
One of R. Kelly’s bedrooms has him in serious trouble with Chicago officials … but he insists they’ve got it all twisted, because his controversial studio has never been used as a home. The Chicago studio, heavily featured in “Surviving R. Kelly,” was… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Bill Maher and Barney Frank Argue Over Bernie Sanders Campaign Accusations on ‘Real Time’
In his first episode of “Real Time” in two months, Bill Maher and former Democratic Rep. Barney Frank got into heated (but still civil) disagreement over Bernie Sanders campaign workers who were recently accused of sexual harassment. Earlier this month, several women who worked on Sanders’ 2016 campaign said they were sexually harassed by male coworkers, and in some cases grossly underpaid. Sanders apologized to the women and thanked them for speaking out last week, and has supported them in subsequent public statements. Maher, however, said that this situation was less about harassment, and more about what he describes as the…
Friday, January 18, 2019
Woman With Severe Developmental Disability Raped While In Care Of Florida Facility
The story is similar to a recent case in Arizona, where a woman in a vegetative state was raped and later gave birth. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, January 18, 2019
'Catch a Predator' Host Chris Hansen's Kickstarter Donors Saw Arrest Coming
Chris Hansen’s larceny arrest is no shocker to the people who funded his “To Catch a Predator” reboot — they say Hansen came up short with them long before Johnny Law caught him. The former host launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to start a new… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Friday, January 18, 2019
Mariah Carey Lawsuit: Ex-Assistant Says She Was Peed on While Working for Singer
Mariah Carey and her former assistant Lianna Shakhnazaryan are suing one another in separate lawsuits, with Carey accusing Shakhnazaryan of attempted extortion via something similar to a revenge porn scheme. Shakhnazaryan, meanwhile, accuses Carey of racist comments, physical abuse, and urinating on her. In lawsuits filed Wednesday in Los Angeles and New York City courts, Carey says that Shakhnazaryan secretly recorded her in “intimate moments” and showed the footage to other people without her consent. Later, her suit says, Shakhnazaryan told an acquaintance if Carey fired her she would sell the video in retaliation, has consistently refused to return the ill-gotten footage,…
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Oregon Man Charged With Hate Crime For Alleged Attack On Sikh Store Owner
Andrew Ramsey pulled the man’s beard and tried to steal his turban, according to police and a witness. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Cardi B’s F-Word-Filled Rant on the Government Shutdown Is Pretty Cathartic (Video)
Maybe you have an opinion about the ongoing government shutdown, maybe you don’t. But if you do have an opinion, and it’s not what one would call favorable, Cardi B has a new video that will be right up your alley. Some background: The shutdown, which began Dec. 22, is happening because Trump won’t sign any government funding budget legislation that doesn’t include money for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border (which he has insisted, repeatedly, would be paid for by Mexico). Trump blames Democrats, despite the fact that it started when Republicans still controlled both houses of congress, and…
