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Mary J. Blige Reflects On ‘My Life’ In New Documentary Trailer
Blair Underwood, Desiree DaCosta Split After 27 Years Of Marriage: 'A Beautiful Journey'
Mary J. Blige reflects on her influential album My Life in the trailer for upcoming documentary Mary J. Blige’s My Life. Directed by Oscar- winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth, the film arrives on June 25th via Amazon Prime Video. In the new trailer, the singer discusses her early days and how writing music was a means to escape her surround- ings. “The only thing I think that kept us guided was the music,” she says. “It just saved you.”
In between footage of her performing and in the studio, Blige opens up about the making of 1994’s My Life, which made Rolling Stone‘s “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list. “My Life is probably my darkest album at
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one of the darkest times I’ve had,” she explains. “Most of the times I was depressed and didn’t want to live.”
The film also features Blige performing the album live for the first time in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
Blair Underwood and his wife Desiree DaCosta are di- vorcing after nearly three decades of marriage.
Last Sunday, the 56-year-old actor and his wife, who share three children together, an- nounced in a joint statement on Instagram that they are calling it quits after 27 years of marriage.
"After a tremendous amount of thought, prayer & work on ourselves individually & collec- tively, we have come to the conclusion to end our marriage that began 27 years ago," they wrote.
"It has truly been a beautiful journey," the statement con- tinued. "Our proudest achieve-
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Shooting her last shot.
Basketball Wives O.G. cast member Evelyn Lozada offi- cially announced her exit from the hit VH1 reality series during an exclusive interview with E! News' Daily Pop on June 2. "I am no longer going to do Bas- ketball Wives," Lozada shared with co-host Justin Sylvester. "I think that it's time for me to open up the universe to other things."
While Lozada admitted that
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it was a "hard decision" to walk away after nine seasons, in the end it came down to the "heavy" toll she felt doing the series. "It's not the most positive energy," Lozada explained, citing a dif- ficult last few seasons. "Now I have a conscience about what I say and what I do and what my kids are going to see."
Even Lozada's family felt "relief" with her leaving Wives. "It's time, it's been time," she summed up.
ments are our three incredible children. Three souls to which God entrusted us. We continue to be awed & humbled by the
blessings of parenting. We have always put their best in- terests first & will continue to do so."
Lil Durk’s Brother, Rapper OTF DThang, Found Dead At Age 32
LIL DURK AND OTF DTHANG
Evelyn Lozada Announces She's Leaving Basketball Wives After 9 Seasons
The brother of rapper Lil Durk has been found dead, officials confirmed, but a cause of death remains un- clear.
The body of OTF DThang, whose real name was Dontay Banks Jr., was discovered in Chicago over the weekend, TMZ reported, citing Cook County authorities.
He was 32.
Unconfirmed reports that reference witnesses say Banks, who was also a rap- per, was outside a club when he got shot in the head, ac- cording to TMZ.
Officials, however, have not released such details, and an autopsy reportedly still needs to be conducted.
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