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Original ‘Lion King’ Young
Tatyana Ali Welcomes Second Son With Husband Dr. Vaughn Rasberry
Simba Turned Down $2 Million
In Favor Of Royalties
“Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air”
star Tatyana Ali has wel- comed her second child with husband Dr. Vaughn Ras- berry.
The 40-year-old actress an- nounced her pregnancy on In- stagram back in April. In a post showing off her baby bump, she wrote: “I was on a work trip recently and I thought it was about time I captured my baby bump. We’re so excited! They say every pregnancy is different and they ain’t lying. Phew! I’m exhausted this go round, swirling with emotion and starving, like constantly.
Sometimes patience pays off — at least it definitely did in the case of Jason Weaver, the singing voice behind Young Simba in Disney’s original The Lion King. At the time, the young teen (now age 40) had been offered a flat $2 million dollars for his work on the 1994 film. It was a huge step up from the $80k he’d received from his previous role as Michael Jackson in TV mini-series The Jacksons: An American Dream. In an interview with Vlad TV, the actor and singer explained why he decided to initially decline such a hefty sum.
Weaver shared that his agent called him and his family up to give them the news that Disney was offering $2 million dollars, but it came with a caveat: he would get nothing in royalties.
“That amount of money, to
Keshia Knight-Pulliam
has officially moved on from her tumultuous marriage with ex-NFL star Ed Hartwell, and she's ready to show off her new man to the world.
Reports have been swirling that the former child star is dating For Better or Worse actor Brad James, and she fi- nally decided to take to Insta- gram to confirm the relationship. In fact, they made their debut at the grand opening of Tyler Perry's Stu- dios, where James could be working in the near future (his
JASON WEAVER
an average middle class family in Chicago in the early 90s, I mean ... that’s something. But immediately, my mom goes, ‘Wait a minute...,” shared Weaver.
Additionally, Weaver’s mother understood that Disney wasn’t exactly hurting for money.
“She was like, ‘Nah, let’s ne- gotiate royalties,” Weaver says of his forward-thinking mother’s decision.
KESHIA AND BRAD
show is produced by Perry) — how appropriate!
TATYANA ALI AND HUSBAND DR. VAUGHN RASBERRY
Feeling
very blessed.
Alejandro
Vaughn
Ras-
#BabyRasberry”.
The couple named their son
berry. They also have a 3- year-old named Edward Aszard Rasberry.
Kanye West Reaffirms Support For Trump At Sunday Service
Kanye West has re- minded fans that he still strongly supports Donald Trump and the Republican party, just in case they forgot.
The rap mogul brought his Sunday Service to Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday and during the event, defended his friend again. He said he’s never made a decision based on his skin color and so he won’t be doing that when it comes to his support for a po- litical party and the Presi-
KANYE WEST AND TRUMP
dent.
“That’s the Republican
party that freed the slaves,” Kanye says in a video clip shared reporter Hunter Schwarz. “People wanna call me a coon ’cause I chose my right. And we got the right, right? We got a right to our opinions, right? You Black, so you can’t like Trump. I ain’t never made a decision based on my color. That’s a form of slavery, men- tal slavery.”
Keshia Knight Pulliam And Her TV Star Boyfriend Go Instagram Official With Some Major PDA
Tanika Ray Says She Was Pushed Out Of ‘Extra’
Longtime entertainment jour- nalist Tanika Ray sat down with Urban Hollywood 411 to discuss her recent departure from “Extra.”
“The thing that really is the most sad for me, is that I held up my community so hard,” she said. “I rode for us every single day. And with black celebrities that may not have gone main- stream... I made sure to get them on our podium or our plat- form. I made sure to do an in- credible interview with them.
TANIKA RAY
That gives them [producers] no
choice but to put it in the show.” After her co-host Mario Lopez decided to leave the show earlier this year, the pro- ducers hired Billy Bush and decided to drop Ray. She said the producers knew for months they would be letting her go, but waited until the last minute to
tell her.
“There’s something about the
way that they operate where there’s just, they operate by si- lence and mystery,” she said about the show’s producers.
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