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Entertainment
Academy President
Usher Finally Announces
Sherri Shepherd Takes Surrogacy Case To Higher Court
Sherri Shepherd and her ex, Lamar Sally.
Disappointed With
New Album
Actress Sherri Shepherd is appealing a Pennsylvania court ruling that found her re- sponsible for a child born to a surrogate before she divorced.
According to reports last Wednesday that Shepherd is appealing the Superior Court decision to the state’s high court.
Shepherd’s ex-husband, Lamar Sally, is raising the 1- year-old boy in Los Angeles and has sought $4,100 in monthly child support from the actress.
All-White Nominations
The 2016 Academy Awards will mark the second year in a row in which every nominee in all four acting categories—20 slots total—are all white.
As expected, the lack of di- versity sparked outrage, lead- ing to another onslaught of 2015's much-used Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite and causing many to speak out publicly.
In fact, one of those people happens to be the Academy president herself, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who ad- dressed the issue following the nominations on Thursday.
"Of course I am disap- pointed," she told the publica- tion. "But this is not to take away the greatness (of the films nominated).’’
However, she added, "You are never going to know what is going to appear on the sheet of paper until you see it," and acknowledged that the efforts at more diversity for the Acad-
CHERYL BOONE ISAACS
emy are moving too slowly. "We have got to speed it up."
Following the lack of diver- sity after the 2015 Oscar nom- inations, Isaacs—who is the first black president of the Academy and only the third fe- male to hold the role—put an initiative in place called A2020 to help remedy the problem by encouraging the industry to open up more opportunities for women and minorities.
USHER
It’s been over a year since Usher dropped the singles “Good Kisser,” “I Don’t Mind,” and “She Came To Give It To You,” now he’s announced that an album in the works!
And it has a name: Flawed. The singer made the news in a Twitter video with artist Daniel Arsham, who is as- sumed to be working on the LP’s cover art.
According to Rap-Up, Usher debuted two new songs “Hard to Love” and “Cards” during a private concert for Samsung Pay in Hollywood on New Year’s Eve.
Flawed follow his 2012 LP Looking 4 Myself.
Want To Sell Something?... Hire Rihanna
RIHANNA
According to data from The NPD Group, a group market re- search company, Rihanna is the most marketable celebrity.
WWD reports that the “BBHMM” singer surpassed other celebs including An- gelina Jolie, Tim McGraw and Stephen Curry as the most powerful endorsement person for companies.
Some of Rihanna’s en- dorsement deals were with Jeep, Gucci, Cover Girl, Kodak, MAC Cosmetics, Puma and others. One of her most recent is Samsung in conjunction with her upcoming album ANTI.
The NPD Group’s reports states, “Rihanna’s index score of 367 means that she has al- most 3.7 times as many strong brand endorsement opportuni- ties as the average big-name celebrity.”
Boyz II Men Have Been Casts In Made For TV Production ‘Grease’
Boyz II Men
Columbus Short And Karrine Steffans Are Married!?
Boyz II Men announced via Twitter that they’ve collec- tively been cast to play only one character in Fox’s upcom- ing production of “Grease:
Live.”Wanya, Shawn, and Nathan will sing the classic song “Beauty School Dropout,” (a number normally
performed by the character of Frenchy), but they’ll sing the song as the guardian teen angel character made famous by Frankie Avalon. Those soulful three-part harmonies will sound great! “Grease: Live!” will premiere on Sun- day, January 31 at 7/6c on Fox.
Karrine Steffans and Columbus Short are mar- ried. Few people even realized they knew each other...much less that they were in a serious relationship!
The budding actress, is an American author, most no- tably of the Vixen series of books. She was a major video vixen, having appeared in more than 20 music videos, many by multiplatinum-sell- ing rap artists. She is also known for revealing many sex secrets between herself and star athletes and music indus- try artists and execs.
Short has been in the head- lines for violent attacks on his
Columbus Short and his wife, Karrine Steffans.
ex-wife and others that led to his firing from the hit series ‘Scandal’. Karrine is now working with Columbus on a movie entitled “Meet The Shorts”, during which time her messages about the man have gotten progressively more and more heartfelt. Her post just days ago all but confirmed that Columbus is indeed her man.
Joseline Hernandez Goes Ballistic And Bleaches Stevie J’s Stuff
Photos showing the damage done reportedly by Joseline. Jose- line Hernandez and Stevie J, inset.
Harrison Ford Dethrones Samuel L. Jackson as U.S. Box Office King
All hail, Han Solo! Thanks to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," Harrison Ford is now the highest-grossing actor in U.S. box office history. And the guy's 73! Talk about getting better with age. This is one of those lists that rewards longevity, since the more blockbusters you make, the more you rise on the list.
No.3–TomHanks- $4.3B.
No. 4 – Morgan Freeman - $4.3B.
No. 5 – Eddie Murphy - $3.8B.
HARRISON FORD And SAMUEL L. JACKSON
No.6–TomCruise- $3.5B.
No. 7 – Robert Downey, Jr. - $3.5B.
"Love and Hip Hop: At- lanta" star Stevie J's done with estranged wife Joseline Hernandez after she bleached, smashed and cut up more than $65k worth of his belongings in one helluva jeal- ous rage.
The Bad Boy producer said he returned home Monday from a studio session with Faith Evans and found his place looking like a war zone.
Bleach had been poured all over his bed and belongings and several other items were either cut up or smashed.
He says Joseline left him the homecoming present after she got jealous over how much time he was spending in the studio with Faith.
He also says she ruined sev- eral gifts his kids had given him for Christmas.
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