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Tyler Perry And Longtime Girlfriend Gelila Bekele Break Up
TYLER PERRY AND GELILA BEKELE
Robin Thicke And April Love Geary Welcome Third Child: ‘You Are So Perfect’
Tyler Perry presents: The new and unattached Tyler Perry.
The 51-year-old producer and actor revealed on Insta- gram on Wednesday, Dec. 16, that he is single and having a "midlife crisis." On Thursday, a source confirmed to E! News that Perry and longtime girl- friend Gelila Bekele, with whom he shares a 6-year-old son, amicably split and con- tinue to be the best of friends and raise their son together.
"This is what a midlife crisis looks like," Perry wrote on In-
stagram, alongside a mirror selfie showing him wearing workout clothes. "I'm 51, single and wondering what the next chapter in my life will look like."
He continued, "Whatever it looks like I'm going to walk with God, be the best father and man I can be, hold my head up high, and try to look my best doing it!! In a world with so much sadness, please try and stay in the good! Merry Christmas and let's look for- ward to 2021 bringing us peace!"
Issa Rae Developing 'Nice White Parents' Series At HBO
Congratulations are in order for Robin Thicke and his fi- ancé, April Love Geary, who have welcomed their third child together.
The 26-year-old model took to Instagram on Friday (Dec. 11) to announce the birth of the couple's new baby boy, Luca Patrick.
"My Luca Patrick, you are so perfect. Mommy & daddy love you so much," she cap-
ROBIN THICKE AND APRIL LOVE GEARY
tioned a sweet photo of herself holding the newborn.
Geary announced the good news in early October by shar- ing a photo of herself visibly pregnant while sitting on a beach blanket covered with baby toys.
"Sorry we can't hang out, there's a pandemic & I'm preg- nant... again. We love consis- tency!" she wrote on Instagram.
Issa Rae is jumping into yet another TV project, this time with Adam McKay.
According to Variety, Rae and McKay are adapting the Serial Productions five-part podcast Nice White Parents into an HBO TV series. The series currently has a pilot commitment and is in the process of hiring a showrun- ner.
The series will take "a satir-
ISSA RAE
ical look at the conflict and comedy that arise when highly resourced white parents, who claim to have the best inten- tions, wield their influence over generations of Black and Brown students within the NY public school system."
Rae will executive produce via her new HooRae produc- tion company with Montrel McKay. HooRae's Sara Ras- togi will also produce.
Cassie Expecting Second Child With Husband Alex Fine
Party of 4 four! Cassie and her husband, Alex Fine, are expecting their second child to- gether, the model-singer an- nounced on social media Thursday (Dec. 10).
The soon-to-be mother of two
CASSIE
shared a video announcement captioned “Coming soon,” alongside a pregnancy pic.
“Cant’ wait to meet you...” Cassie captioned a glowing photo of her cradling her grow- ing baby bump.
Lil Baby Funds Birthday Party For George Floyd's Daughter With 'The Bigger Picture' Proceeds
ATLANTA, GA – Lil Baby teamed up with former NBA player Stephen Jackson and restaurant owners Er- icka and William Platt on Wednesday (December 16) to throw a surprise birthday party for Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd who tragically lost his life in police custody on May 25.
The Quality Control rapper funded the L.O.L dolls- themed party with profits
LIL BABY, GIANNA AND HER MOM
made from “The Bigger Pic- ture,” which was one of the biggest songs during world- wide protests following George Floyd’s killing. Gi- anna was celebrating her sev- enth birthday and the first without her father.
She wrote on Instagram, “L.o.l Surprise Birthday Party. Thank you so much @lil- baby_1 for coming and help me celebrate my 7th Birth- day.”
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