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Robin Thicke’s Father, TV Actor Alan Thicke Dies
Sad news for the Thicke family and fans around the world.
Patriarch Alan Thicke, the father of R&B/Soul singer Robin Thicke, has died. Ac- cording to reports, he had a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son, Carter. He was rushed to Providence St. Joseph’s Med- ical Center around noon Tues- day, December 13th, and pronounced dead there.
Alan, 69, leaves behind sons Robin, Brennan and Carter, and his wife, Tanya.
Alan Thicke, who was born in Canada, was most famous for his role as Jason Seaver, the father on the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains.” He also
Alan Thicke and Robin Thicke
hosted a slew of game shows, talk shows, and wrote several famous TV show theme songs for “Diff’rent Strokes,” “Wheel of Fortune” as well as “Grow- ing Pains.”
Will Smith Channeled Pain Of Father’s Illness And Death While Filming ‘Collateral Beauty’
Will Smith has consis- tently made space for emo- tionally-charged dramas among his filmography, from 2006’s The Pursuit of Happy- ness to 2015’s Concussion. Starring in his latest film, Col- lateral Beauty, however, struck a personal chord with the actor, who stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show last Thursday to discuss his con- nection to his character’s grappling with issues of love and loss, feelings which rang true to those he felt during the final stages of his father’s life.
According to the film’s offi- cial synopsis, Collateral Beauty stars Smith as a man “retreating from life after a
Will Smith shares with Ellen DeGeneres while promoting movie, Collateral Beauty.
tragedy,” who “questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he be- gins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of mean- ing and beauty.”
“I got the screenplay right
when my father was diag- nosed... I’m doing all of this research about a guy who ex- periences death at the time my father was given six weeks [to live],” he said.
The movie Collateral Beauty opens this Friday, De- cember 16th, nationwide.
Beyonce Leads Nominations For NAACP Image Awards
Lionel Richie And Mariah Carey Announce 2017 Tour
Legendary artists Lionel Richie and very special guest Mariah Carey announced today they will tour together for the first time on the ‘All The Hits Tour.’
“Excited to be performing #ALLTHEHITS on tour with very special guest @Mariah- Carey,” tweeted Richie. Meanwhile, MC called it “BIG NEWS.”
The 35-date trek will kick off on Wednesday, March 15 in Baltimore, MD at Royal Farms Arena and visit major cities across North America includ- ing New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver,
Seattle, Oakland, New Orleans and more.
The show will come to Tampa on Friday, May 26, 2017.
Beyonce leads the field in the NAACP Image Award nominations, but there's a friendly rival close behind: sis- ter Solange.
Beyonce received seven nominations for the 48th an- nual Image Awards, including entertainer of the year, out- standing female artist and best album, for "Lemonade," it was announced Tuesday. Last week, she topped the Grammy Award nominations with nine bids.
Solange earned five Image Award nods, including for fe-
Beyonce and sister, Solange
male artist and best album, "A Seat at the Table."
Other top nominees include
Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar, with four bids each.
Young Thug Apologizes To Airport Employees
There’s nothing like a stern talking to from your mother to bring you back down to re- ality. After Young Thug shockingly posted a video of him harassing female em- ployees at an Alaska Airlines station in Atlanta last week, the rapper revealed on Tues- day (Dec. 13) that he went back to the airport to apolo- gize to those women, thanks to an extra push from his mother.
When your mama make u go to the airport and apolo-
Young Thug and his mom.
gize,” he wrote with a photo of himself at the airport. “Sorry love ones.” It’s good to see that Jeffery’s mother didn’t raise him to have the behavior he displayed in that video. In the now-deleted post, the rapper was seen calling the women “peasants” and “ants,” all while trying to throw money at them. Even one asked for him to get the camera out of her face, he proceeded to attack her looks and hair.
Mary J. Blige Says Estranged Hubby Is Making False Expense Claims In Divorce Request
Mary J. Blige has filed new divorce documents accusing her estranged husband and manager of cheating her out of $420,000 by falsely claiming business expenses.
The “No More Drama” hit- maker filed legal papers to end her 12-year marriage from Martin “Kendu” Isaacs in July, and the estranged couple has been fighting over his re- quest for almost $130,000 -a- month in spousal support ever since.
The singer has filed new doc- uments claiming Isaacs, who was fired as her manager shortly before she filed for di- vorce, “fleeced her out of” $420,000 by claiming business expenses that had nothing to do with her career.
She has also accused Isaacs of failing to return three luxury cars that had been leased under her company’s name.
Mary J. Blige and Martin ‘Kendu’ Isaacs
A Range Rover was supposed to be returned in February, she wants a Mercedes C300 back and is allowing him to keep the Mercedes SL550.
The “Family Affair” star fur- ther alleges he is refusing to re- turn a Grammy trophy to her as well as other “achievement awards.”
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