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Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler And Wife Zinzi Evans Expecting First Child
Dame Dash Buys Back Majority Stake In Ex-Wife's Rachel Roy's Clothing Lab
Ryan Coogler’s next proj- ect? Fatherhood!
The Black Panther director and co-writer, 32, and his wife Zinzi Evans are expecting their first child together, as the duo walked the red carpet together ahead of the 2019 Oscars with Evans showing off her baby bump.
The mom-to-be wore a floor- length strapless black dress fea- turing a low-cut neckline, which showed off her belly, plus shim- mery eye makeup and long, dan- gling earrings.
The Black Panther was nomi- nated for seven awards Sunday evening: Best Original Score,
Ryan Coogler and wife Zinzi Evans walked on the red car- pet.
Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
Former Roc-A-Fella exec Dame Dash has allegedly bought back the majority interest in his ex-wife Rachel Roy's clothing company, the Rachel Roy Collec- tion. Rachel has been at the helm of the clothing label since it was established when the couple was still together in 2004. Over the years, it evolved from a runway label to a more contemporary and inclusive line, featuring sizes up to 24 and much more wallet friendly prices. Roy has been the creative lead on the label since it's incep- tion and the Dash's contentious
DAME AND RACHEL
divorce was very much separate from the company...until now.
"I'm very proud to announce that like a real boss...I’ve bought back the majority Interest in @rachel_Roy from @topson-
downs," Dame wrote on Insta- gram today (Feb. 25). Although the exes don’t seem to have the best relationship, they do share two daughters together, 19-year- old Ava and 10-year-old Tallulah Dash, which Dame says he made the purchase for with plans to re- launch the company.
While the move seems noble, he did go on to warn Rachel not to interfere. "Rachel please don’t mess this deal up and if you do please publicly explain yourself..." he added. Rachel Roy has yet to respond.
Drake’s Viral ‘Scorpion’ Staple, ‘God’s Plan,’ Goes Diamond, 10 Million Singles Sold
As per the lyrics of Scorpion staple, “God’s Plan,” sometimes Drake “feels good” and some- times he doesn’t, but odds are he’s feeling pretty damn good right now. The artist’s rap reign holds strong as “God’s Plan” newly reaches diamond certifi- cation status, signifying a total of 10 million units sold. One of the producers instrumental in the development of the viral hit, Boi- 1da, broke the news of the mile- stone on Instagram. “We did that!” Boi-1da wrote. “God just keeps on blessing us. Thankful for everyone involved in this masterpiece full circle. @cham-
DRAKE
pagnepapi I don’t know how you do it but you never fail, salute!!” “God’s Plan” charted a con-
secutive 11 weeks in the No. 1 po- sition on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, causing Drake to break the record for most weeks spent at the peak of the chart in a sin- gle year. Drake also became the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams across all global stream- ing platforms this year, a feat as- sisted by the release of Scorpion, which went platinum the very same day it was released. Scor- pion served as the launchpad for many record breaking accom- plishments for Drizzy this year, including Drake’s achievement of one billion plus global streams in one week.
The woman who posted R. Kelly‘s $100,000 bail is catching major heat and her business is now in jeopardy.
Valencia Love owns Love on The Blu, a diner located just out- side of Chicago, and ever since it was revealed she posted bail for the singer, her establishment has been getting ripped in reviews.
“Too bad the owner posted bail for disgusting, R. Kelly. WILL NOT BE EATING HERE,” one user wrote on Yelp. “The owner of this restaurant finan- cially supports child rapists and is
Singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye, winner of Favorite Soul/R&B Single, "Sexual Heal- ing," attends the American Music Awards in Los Angeles in January 1983.
The U. S. Postal Service is re- leasing a stamp of soul music leg- end Marvin Gaye with a stamp on April 2, which would have been his 80th birthday.
The stamp honoring Gaye, who died in a day before his 45th birthday in 1984, is part of its new Music Icon series and designed to
Yelp review of the restuar- ant and owner who bailed R. Kelly out of jail.
responsible for posting bail for R. Kelly despite videos showing him raping several underage girls,” posted another.
Other troubling comments in-
MARVIN GAYE
resemble the cover of a 45 rpm record. The stamp is based on original art by Kadir Nelson –
clude “This restaurant is run by someone who supports pe- dophilla. Valencia Love bailed out known pedophile Robert Kelly,” and “I’m sure this place will be closed permanently in two weeks.”
Love isn’t going down without a fight though, defending her de- cision to bail Kelly out claiming it’s not her place to judge.
“Thank you I just help out a Friend if he guilty let him pay for it thru the courts. I am sure some of them.have bail out murders drug dealers etc.”
artist for the cover of Michael Jackson’s “Michael” album and for Drake’s “Nothing Was the Same.” The art director was Derry Noyes, whose specialty is turning art into stamp designs.
The Postal Service shared an image on its Instagram account of someone holding the stamp up close to the camera with Washing- ton D. C.’s historic Howard The- atre – scene of many of Gaye’s performances — in the back- ground. The stamp was inspired by archival photographs of Gaye.
Woman Who Bailed R. Kelly Out Of Jail Gets Backlash, Restaurant Trashed Online
Marvin Gaye Gets His Own U. S. Postal Stamp In Time For His 80th Birthday
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