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Zoe Saldana And Hubby Welcome 3rd Baby Boy
Well, if you haven’t already heard the news: Zoë Sal- dana is a new mom!
Saldana and her husband, Marco Perego, 37, shared the exciting news that they had welcomed a third child to their family — a boy named Zen — with an Instagram post.
“Marco and I are elated to share the news of the the birth of our son Zen,” Sal- dana captioned the photo that shows the new born with his older twin brothers Cy
Zoe Saldana and her hus- band, Marco Perego.
Aridio and Bowie Ezio. “We couldn’t feel more blessed with the new addition to our family. #threeboys... oh boy!”
Rihanna Breaks Michael Jackson’s Record
Academy Award Nominees More Diverse After #OscarSoWhite Boycott, But Who Wins Will Show If Anything Has Changed
The movies ‘Moonlight’, Fences and Hidden Figures are all up for ‘Best Picture’ award. ‘Moonlight has 8 nominations. Octavia Spencer in ‘Hidden Fi- gures’ and Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are all nomi- nated for best actor and support- ing actress. Along with Ruth Negga and Naomie Harris. The 89th Oscars airs Sunday, Febru- ary 26th.
RiRi celebrated her 29th birth- day on February 20th by landing her 30th Hot 100 top 10 hit this week.
Andre 3000 Is New Face And Creative Director Of Shoe And Outerwear Brand
Rihanna has joined an elite chart club after landing her 30th Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit.
“Love on the Brain” has jumped up five spots to num- ber eight on the new count- down, breaking a tie with Michael Jackson for the 3rd most top 10 songs.
She now has appeared on 30 tracks that have hit the top 10. Only Madonna and the Bea- tles have more with 38 and 34, respectively.
After two years of #Oscar- SoWhite, this year there are 3 films with predominantly Black casts nominated for Best Pic- ture; 4 films with Black direc- tors nominated for Best Documentary, a record 6 Black acting nominees and a best di- rector nominee at the 89th Os- cars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel,. The ceremony airs LIVE Sunday, February 26th on ABC at 8:30 p.m.
Movies, Fences, Loving, Moonlight, and Hidden Fig- ures with actors, Denzel Washington, (Actor in Lead- ing Role); Viola Davis, (Ac- tress in Supporting Role); Mahershala Ali, (Actor in Supporting Role); Octavia Spencer, (Actress in Support- ing Role); Naomie Harris (Actress in Supporting Role) and Ruth Negga (Actress in Leading Role) all nominated for their roles proves that protest and boycotts get re- sults, even in the land of make believe.
We also have to applaud the Academy, led by Black woman, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, for fi-
nally being willing to go beyond the types of Black roles that have usually been given recog- nition—slave, dirty cop, asex- ual housekeeper, hyper-sexualized single mother—and see characters who speak to the complexity of the Black experience in Ame- rica as worthy of acknowledge- ment.
The true shine of the night will be the movie, ‘Moonlight’, written and directed by Miami (Liberty City) native, Barry Jenkins. “Moonlight” has been nominated for 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Di- rector, Best Supporting Ac- tress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
That’s pretty amazing for a movie that cost a mere $5 mil- lion dollars to make. Jenkins, a total outsider who made his first feature, “Medicine for Melancholy,” for $15 thousand dollars, is now a pillar of the in- dustry—already. ‘Selma’ and master history storyteller, Ava Duvernay is also nominated for her documentary ‘13th’.
Former OutKast star, Andre 3000 is expanding his horizons.
Former Outkast star Andre 3000 has signed on to become creative director of Swedish footwear and outer- wear brand Tretorn.
The “Ms. Jackson” singer will also appear in a global brand campaign for the com- pany later this year and de- sign a 2018 capsule collection.
“We’re excited to collabo-
rate with Andre,” Nick Woodhouse, the president and CMO of Authentic Brands Group, says. “His cre- ativity, unconventional per- sonal style and unique point of view, as applied to our fresh and reimagined designs, will be an adventure.”
Authentic Brands Group executives purchased Tretorn last year.
Hov First Rapper Inducted Into Songwriters Hall Of Fame
Future Dropping 2nd New Album In 2 Weeks Time
Future really is dropping an- other album and it’s called HN- DRXX, a spin off his nickname Future Hendrix.
The Atlanta rapper revealed the project on Instagram Tues- day after reports circulated that he was going to release a new album just a week after he shared his FUTURE LP on Fri- day (February 17).
HNDRXX is made up of 17 tracks, and the iTunes pre- order doesn’t show song names. But Future’s Insta- gram post tags Rihanna and The Weeknd, possibly repre- senting the features on the project, which is due out Feb- ruary 24.
Future emphasized in his
Future dropped a new album on February 17th and another one this Friday.
posts that this will be the “album I always wanted to make.”
JAY-Z
Congratulations are in order for Jay Z, who is now the first rap artist ever inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall Of Fame.
Chic’s Nile Rodgers an- nounced the honorees on CBS This Morning Wednesday.
In addition to Jay, the 2017 inductees are Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Berry Gordy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, members of Chicago and Max Mar- tin.
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