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Entertainment/Spotlight
Gabrielle Union Throws Wild 35th Birthday Party For Husband, Dwyane Wade
SPOTLIGHT
ANTANIQUE
Why shouldn’t Antanique be this week’s Spot- light feature? There’s really no reason unless you are hating. As far as Antanique is concerned, she’s a confident young woman who is very much in touch with herself and her goals. Antanique prom- ises to never stop working hard to get to the top, and she is relentless when pursuing her dream of success. As this week’s Spotlight feature, we wish Antanique well and hope she reaches the top in her profession.
Dwyane Wade's Chicago Bulls lost to the Dallas Maver- icks on Tuesday, but his wife, Gabrielle Union, knew just how to cheer him up -- with a surprise birthday party!
The NBA champ and Chicago native celebrated his 35th year with a bash that in- cluded performances from hometown rapper Twista, Popeyes chicken and fake money with his face printed on it.
Wade thanked his wife for the gesture in an Instagram post, writing, "Thanks to my beautiful wife for making sure I enjoyed my day and night last night on my 35th birthday. Couldn't ask for a better part- ner to go thru this journey with. I love you, Mrs. Union- Wade!"
The star shooting guard also showed appreciation for his stylist, Calyann Barnett, and CAA Sports executive Lisa Joseph Metelus.
"I said I didn't wanna do nothing for my 35th but if you know these 2 then you knew that wasn't happening," he wrote. "Thanks for knowing me the way that y'all do and for making sure that even tho my zip code changed that the fun that we all share in these mo- ments doesn't."
Earlier in the day, Union
Photos from the birthday celebration and couple, courtesy of Twitter.
wished Wade a happy birth- day via Twitter, and hinted at the good time ahead.
"Happy birthday @DwyaneWade," Union tweeted. "Best is yet to come!
#35 #chocolatelover #whenbffisbae."
Tuesday was a big day for Union as well. It marked an all-new episode of her BET se- ries, Being Mary Jane.
Vin Diesel Talks About His Return In 'XXX: Return Of Xander Cage'
Vin Diesel returns to big screen as Xander Cage In "xXx: Return of Xander Cage. The action film will be compet- ing against director M. Night Shyamalan psycho thriller "Split" about 3 girls kidnapped by a man with 24 distinct per- sonalities. A sure hit!. It will be interesting to see who comes out No. 1 at the box office this weekend.
A secret agent with an ex- treme-sports background, Xander Cage has always been a character close to Vin Diesel’s heart.
"I am very much into ex- treme sports," says the Fast & Furious star. "I was into them growing up in New York City, and I can’t tell you how many dangerous things I did – until I started to do these action movies."
Realising he might be push- ing his luck, "I started to pull back in my real life", he says – but the action man’s alter-ego embodied by Cage, a charac- ter he played in 2002’s xXx, still bubbled away inside him.
Twelve years later, Diesel, who will turn 50 in July, is
back in the somewhat pro- saically titled xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
The agent re-emerges to track down Pandora’s Box, a gadget that can control all satellites in the world. Along the way, he assembles a new team, including Scottish actor Rory McCann (best known as The Hound in Game of Thrones), Orange Is the New Black star Ruby Rose and Chinese actor-singer Kris Wu.
With rival xXx operatives on the trail, Diesel finds himself up against Chinese action star Donnie Yen (recently seen in the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One), Thai-born superstar Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak), Bolly- wood actress Deepika Padukone and British MMA fighter Michael Bisping.
Diesel has been desperate to relaunch the xXx franchise for years, and says he regrets turning down the opportunity when he had the chance.
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