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Ray J Lands $31M Deal With His Electronics; He And Princess Expecting Baby
After scoring a $31 million dollar partnership deal for Raycon electronics, R&B singer and reality star Ray J has even more good news to celebrate.
Ray J and his wife Princess Love are expecting a baby. The father-to-be offi- cially announced the news on The Real recently after months of speculation.
Ray J lives in his sister’s shadow no more. He has a $31M deal for his electronics company and his wife, Princess Love is expecting their first child.
Timbaland Reveals He Nearly Overdosed
Legendary producer Tim- baland went in-depth about his struggles with addiction and depression in a new Rolling Stone profile.
In addition to revealing that he’s finished work on Justin Timberlake’s up- coming album, Timberland said that he once nearly over- dosed on OxyContin, which the 45-year-old said he started taking in his 30s be- cause of lingering nerve damage from a gun-
Legendary producer Timba- land says he nearly overdosed 3 years ago.
shot wound he suffered as a teen.
Timbaland said, he even- tually did suffer what he be- lieves to be a near-death overdose while sleeping three years ago. “All I can tell you is that there was a light,” he says. “I woke up trying to catch my breath, like I was underwater. But through that whole thing I saw life – I saw where I would be if I don’t change, and where I could be if I did.”
‘Get Out’ Wins Big At 2017 Gotham Awards
The 2017 Gotham Inde- pendent Film Awards were handed out Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Jordan Peele's racially themed horror film Get Out was the night's big winner, with three nods in- cluding best screenplay and the audience award.
Get Out went into the show with a leading four nominations.
On the TV side, the Gotham Awards, which two years ago started recognizing small-screen fare, nominated Atlanta, Better Things, Dear
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ wins big at Gotham Independent Films Awards.
White People, Fleabag and Search Party for its break-
through series – longform award.
Cardi B Sets It Straight After Lashing Out At Her Security On Stage
Cardi B is setting the record straight. During a show in Paris last weekend, the rapper was in the middle of performing when her secu- rity guard was caught on camera pulling down her skirt a bit. Now Cardi has decided to share what really went down onstage.
Within seconds after the security guard adjusts the skirt in the video, the Bronx- bred rapper turns around and snaps at the guard in what quite a few social media folks saw as Cardi striking back against a creep.
Using Twitter as her plat- form, Cardi comes forth to defend the security guard, saying he was only trying to help out.
"Dear everybody my secu- rity was just trying to look out," she begins in a tweet posted Monday morning (Nov. 27). "My skirt kept ris-
Cardi B does not allow too much foolishness to follow her. She sets the record straight right away.
ing up. I got upset because he put so much force pulling it down I thought I would fall! I love the team of people I work with."
With that out of the way, Cardi B went about her busi- ness. She is celebrating her win at the 2017 Soul Train Awards.
Fergie, Diddy And DJ Khalid Set For Fox Competition Show
FOX has found a host for its new musical competition show, The Four. The network announced that Fergie will be handling the hosting duties for the series, which features Diddy and DJ Khaled as ex- pert panelists.
“I am very excited and proud to be the host of THE FOUR: BATTLE FOR STARDOM,” Fergie said in a press release.
The Four’s panel also in- cludes singer Meghan Trainor and record execu- tive Charlie Walk. Fer-
FERGIE
gie’s name had previously
been circulated as one of the potential judges but FOX opted to utilize her as the
DIDDY and DJ KHALID
host.
The Four is scheduled to
premiere on January 4 at 8 p.m. EST/PST.
Political Commentator Van Jones Getting His Own Show On CNN In 2018
CNN political commenta- tor Van Jones is getting his own show!
In January 2018 the net- work will debut a bimonthly show anchored by him, aptly- titled, The Van Jones Show.
In a statement, the net- work said: "Jones will return to CNN with his unique take on the forces that elected Donald Trump, the anti- Trump “resistance” move- ment and the future of both
Van Jones has become well known for speaking to voters across the country, and explor- ing the raw about policies and culture in the country.
major parties.
The show will build on
Jones’ successful town halls throughout 2017, The Messy Truth, and will con- tinue to speak directly to voters across the country by exploring the raw, emotional policy debates and culture wars taking place in Amer- ica."
The show will be filmed in front of a live studio audi- ence.
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