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First Black Miss America To Return To Pageant 30 Years After Win And Scandal
Thirty years after she gave up the crown amid a nude photo scandal, Vanessa Williams is returning to the Miss America pageant.
The Miss America Organiza- tion, Dick Clark Productions and the ABC television network announced Tuesday they are bringing back the award-win- ning actress and singer to serve as head judge for the 2016 competition.
It began Tuesday and cul- minates in the crowning of the next Miss America on Sunday.
Williams, the first African- American Miss America, won the title in 1984 but resigned after Penthouse magazine pub-
VANESSA WILLIAMS
lished sexually explicit photo- graphs of her taken several years earlier.
She went on to have a suc- cessful career in film, televi- sion, music and Broadway.
Beyonce Celebrates 34th Birthday; Family And Friends Gift Her With Playlist
Tamera Mowry-Housley
offers a first glimpse at her newborn baby girl, Ariah Talea Housley. In a new post via Instagram, the “The Real” co-host shared a snap of her bundle of joy from the lat- est issue of PEOPLE.
“Thanks so much to @peo- plemag for capturing these beautiful photos and helping me introduce Ariah to the world. The edition is out now,” read the caption.
Tamera Mowry-Housley and her children
Two New Songs Released For Upcoming Episodes Of ‘Empire’
Jay-Z and Beyonce
Twin, Tamera Mowry Shares First Glimpse Of Baby Girl In People Mag
On Friday Sept, 4, Beyonce celebrated her 34th birthday. Beyonce's friends and family honored their superstar daugh- ter, sister, aunt, wife, and friend with a playlist of songs that re- mind them of great memories with her.
Each person reminisced about a personal memory they have about their beloved Bey. Her husband Jay-Z chose the song “Yellow” by Coldplay with the caption: “This song reminds me of you and I on vacation. ‘Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.’ So many legendary nights. It represents vulnerabil- ity; it’s us in our own world, away from work and totally lost in love. ‘For you I’ll bleed myself dry.”
Rick Ross Has His Girl’s Name Tatooed On His Body
Rick Ross is going down and when I say down, I mean falling in love. He reportedly got his girl Lira Galore’s name tatted on his body. You know Rick Ross has been dealing with some legal mat- ters. I bet she is holding him down nicely. They have been a couple for about 7-8 months that we know of so they know each other pretty well by now.
Lira Galore has been dating Rick Ross for 7-8 months.
Cast of ‘Empire’
With the success of Em- pire's soundtrack from the first season, the demand is high for more music and Co- lumbia Records has delivered! The label has released two new songs from the upcoming soundtrack, one titled “Ain’t About the Money” and another called “No Doubt About It”.
“Ain’t About the Money” fea- tures Jussie Smollett (Jamal Lyon) on the track
with Yazz (Hakeem Lyon) for a midtempo-turn up, R&B groove. “No Doubt About It” is more of an up-tempo, elec- tronic dance tune. Pitbull ap- pears on that one and Ne-Yo boasts some songwriting creds.
Season 2 of “Empire” pre- mieres Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX, and the corre- lating soundtrack is due this fall.
Furious 8 Planned For April 2017 Release Set In NYC
Furious franchise cast
Because of the success of Fu- rious 7, Universal Pictures have confirmed that Furious 8 will now follow, and it is currently touted for an April 14, 2017 re- lease date. There’s no news on who will be re-joining Vin Diesel for the film, but you can expect the usual casts of Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Tyrese Gibson, and Chris Bridges (Ludacris) to join in the fun. Especially since enticingly it’s going to be set in New York.
Furious 7 is etched in every- one’s psyche because rather than simply killing off Paul Walker’s character Brian O’Conner, and using the death of his character to insti- gate the third-act, Furious 7
went above and beyond to make sure that Brian stayed with the posse until the bitter end – even giving him a happy send-off. This effort included using Cody and Caleb Walker, Paul’s younger brothers, as stand-ins to com- plete the shooting of his scenes.
This gave Furious 7 a heart- warming conclusion, and helped to make this installment the most critically-acclaimed addition to the franchise. Plus, fans went in droves to pay their final respects to Paul Walker, who died in a tragic car acci- dent in the middle of produc- tion. This helped to make Furious 7 become the fifth- highest-grossing film of all time.
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