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Hoda Kotb Picked To Replace Matt Lauer As ‘Today Show' Anchor
Business is booming for the Mona Scott Young, Love & Hip Hop franchise. On Mon- day night, VH1 premiered “Love & Hip Hop: Miami.” The latest iteration of cable’s top unscripted franchise, earned a 1.46 P18-49 Live +SD rating and averaging 1.8 million total viewers.
It was the network’s best launch since “VH1 Hip Hop Squares” in March 2017 and was up +97% from the P4W time period average.
VH1 also had the top two most social cable programs of the day with “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” (#1) and “Love & Hip
Anchored by Miami hip hop royalty, Trick Daddy and Trina, the show’s most tweeted castmate was Amara La Negra the Black latina. Also, Gunplay’s return to Miami.
Hop: New York” (#2). Addi- tionally, #LHHMIA and #LHHNY trended in the US and worldwide.
On another note, the Afro- Latina superstar, Amara La Negra has been showered with praise, support and admi-
ration by ‘Love & Hip Hop Miami’ viewers following the racism shock she faced during its very first episode.
Why she now stands at the heart of a discussion about the way the Hispanic ways treat Afro-Latinos?
Cardi B Is First Rapper With 3 Songs In Top 10 At Same Time
Cardi B continues to make history. At the start of 2018, Billboard reports the Bronx native became the first rapper to see her inital three Hot 100 entries reach the Top 10 at the same time.
G-Eazy's "No Limit" fea- turing Cardi and A$AP Rocky hit #4 on this week's chart. Cardi's "MotorSport" collaboration with Migos and Nicki Minaj holds onto #7, while Cardi's "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" rose back up to #10.
Cardi B Appears At Party Ringless
Cardi B rang in 2018 ring- less.
The “Bodak Yellow” rapper hosted a New Year’s Eve party in New York, and while docu- menting the night on social media she was noticeably missing the gigantic 8-carat engagement ring Offset just gave her.
The timing is certainly in- teresting ... last Thursday, Cardi issued an onstage
Cardi B celebrates New Year with 3 top 10 songs on chart, and without her ring from Migos member, Offset.
warning to Offset: “I let a n**** know though. You do that shit again, you gon lose your wife.” The warning came after her fiancé’s public cheat- ing scandal came to light after his iCloud was hacked, al- legedly revealing a video of Offset with another woman.
The pair have been en- gaged for roughly two months.
On the first workday of 2018, NBC News announced a promotion for one of its long- serving hosts.
Hoda Kotb is now offi- cially a co-anchor of The Today Show, replacing Matt Lauer, who was fired late in 2017 after his pattern of sex- ual misconduct in the office was made public.
Kotb’s promotion repre-
HODA KOTB
sents a meaningful turning of
the page for Today, a series that’s only seen its ratings grow since it got rid of the lav- ishly paid Lauer.
The pick is revolutionary in other ways, too: Pairing Kotb with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie moves morning TV further away from the retro faux-husband-and-wife style pairs that have for so long de- fined the genre.
Angela Simmons And Fiancé’s Break Up Is Official
Well, another entertainment couple/family has split after months of speculation. Rev. Run’s daugther, Angela Simmons says she and her fi- ancé and the father of her baby boy, Sutton Tennyson have gone their separate ways.
In a post she shared via In- stagram, Angela wants you to know that she’s a single mother looking forward to the new year, but it’s obvious 2017 took a toll on her.
Back in July, it was reported that the two called off their en- gagement, but nothing was
Angela Simmons and her now ex, Sutton Tennyson.
confirmed or denied, there- Good for her for having the after. strength to move on.
Will And Jada Smith Celebrate 20th Anniversary
Brian McKnight Marries Girlfriend Of Three Years On New Year’s Eve
Twenty years? Wow. It’s hard to believe that it’s been twenty years since Hollywood super couple, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith said “I do.”
As she is gearing up to cele- brate her 20th wedding an- niversary this December, Jada revealed the secret to the suc- cess of her two-decade union with her actor hubby.
While explaining couples therapy has helped them through tricky patches in their marriage, the Girl’s Trip movie star said: “We celebrate twenty this year. I think the secret is
Hollywood power couple Will and Jada Smith celebrate 20 years of marriage.
just friendship.”
And if you look at the couple
in public or in documentaries,
they like to have fun. Even with the latest “swamp story” that has gone viral, the couple are friends first. Having recently slammed rumors that her and Will were swingers, Jada ad- mitted that the pair had at- tended couples therapy.
Jada added: “People need to go and deal with personal traumas – because with that comes expectations. You ex- pect them to fill voids for you but you need to do that sepa- rately. Expecting someone else to make you happy is not right.”
Love And Hip Hop Miami Debut Attracts 1.8 Million Viewers
Brian McKnight is a married man.
The “Back at One” singer, 48, made it official with fiancée Leilani Malia Mendoza on New Year’s Eve.
“Ladies and gentlemen intro- ducing Mr. and Mrs. Brian McKnight,” he captioned a snapshot posted to Instagram of the couple sharing a moment on the steps of Oheka Castle in
Huntington, New York. McKnight captioned a
video of them walking down the aisle, “Happiest day of our lives.
The pair got engaged in May.
McKnight was previously married to ex-wife, Julie, for 13 years from 1990 to 2003. The former couple share two sons.
Brian McKnight and wife, Leilani.
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