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The ‘Girls Trip’ Sequel Is Finally In The Works
JADA PINKETT-SMITH, TIFFANY HADDISH, REGINA HALL AND QUEEN LATIFAH
Fashion Icon André Leon Talley Is Dead At Age 73
Get ready to have another girls’ night out at the movies. Will Packer has confirmed that the 2017 box office hit Girls Trip has a sequel on the way. Packer, who produced the film, said the sequel is in the works during a visit to Good Morning America.
“Can’t we all use a post- pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you and break right now at GMA the Girls Trip 2 sequel, we are under- way,” Packer told Strahan. “We are absolutely in the
stages, the ladies are in, I just talked to the director.”
Going through a global pandemic for the past two years has taken a toll on everyone and every clique can use a girls’ trip, an idea that will serve as the premise for the sequel.
“We are underway with Girls Trip 2, and now it’s just about what kind of trip do we take, right?” Packer contin- ued. “Post-pandemic with all our favorite crazy ladies, what do we do with them? That’s what we got to figure out.”
André Leon Talley, the former longtime creative di- rector for Vogue and a fash- ion icon in his own right, has died at age 73, according to a statement on his official In- stagram account.
Talley was a pioneer in the fashion industry, a Black man in an often insular world dominated by White men and women.
In 2017, at an event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Talley described the chal- lenges of promoting diversity on the glossy pages of fashion magazines.
"I worked behind the scenes. I did it in dulcet tones, and I was persistent
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and tenacious....I always as- sumed a very quiet role. I didn't scream and yell and shout....That was the best strategy, because that was the world I moved in. After all, it was Vogue, darling," he told host Tamron Hall.
After a stint in Paris with Women's Wear Daily, Talley joined Vogue in 1983 as news director. He was promoted to creative director in 1988 and later served as editor-at- large. Except for a period with W magazine in Paris, he remained a fixture at Vogue for nearly four decades.
At 6-foot-6 and with a booming voice, Talley was a towering figure in every sense. He was often seen sit- ting in the front row of elite fashion shows alongside edi- tor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and his influence over fash- ion continued long after his departure from Vogue in 2013.
Soulja Boy Warns New Young Rappers To Leave The Street Life Alone
CeeLo Green, Erykah Badu, Lionel Richie, Nelly And Norah Jones To Perform At Jazz Fest In New Orleans
CEELO GREEN, ERYKAH BADU AND LIONEL RICHIE
Soulja Boy has been gear- ing up for the release of his new docuseries, The Life Of Draco, which is set to pre- miere on Jan. 21 and will con- sist of six episodes placing the enterprising rap star’s life and professional pursuits under a microscope. In a recent inter- view promoting the series, Soulja voiced his concern on the rising number of rappers being murdered or getting in- carcerated due to their ties to the streets.
“I got favorite new rappers, but they be getting locked up,” expressed the Big Draco 2 rap- per. “Free the young talent, man. We got to keep our new
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talent out the streets. Every time I find a new rapper, they getting locked up. So free the young rappers, man. I know it’s hard in the streets, but you can’t be in the streets and be a rapper at the same time. You got to separate it.”
Soulja continued, adding, “To everybody that’s out there listening, man, if you want to be a rapper and take it seri- ously, you can’t have one foot in and one foot out, man,” he said with conviction. “You got to have both feet in, man. You know what I’m saying? A lot of people want to be in the streets and rap at the same time, which is what the people want because it’s our life story. But once you get that chance where you can see that your platform is elevated from the streets now, when you got mil- lions of eyes on you and you got millions of dollars in rev- enue, you got to switch it up.”
Spring will be here before you know it. This is exciting news for the global commu- nity of music aficionados. The highly anticipated lineup for the pandemic delayed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell was announced Thursday, January 20. Social media platforms were buzzing for this awesome lineup. One can find something on the lineup to satisfy a multitude of mu-
sical tastes.
Lionel Richie, Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Ludacris, Nelly, CeeLo Green’s Tribute to James Brown, Kool & The Gang, Bettye LaVette, and Trombone Shorty & Or- leans Avenue are just a few of the hundreds of artists that are scheduled to perform at this year’s Jazz Fest from April 29 – May 8 (2022).
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