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Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour Opener Brings Out Jay Z, Mary J. Blige And Nas
Pittsburgh Police Union Plans To Boycott Beyonce Concert
Madonna Defends Her Billboard Awards Tribute To Prince
Madonna defended her Bill- board Music Awards tribute to Prince by posting a photo of herself decked out in purple garb — and inappropriately holding a handbag with “Dealer” emblazoned on it.
Even though reports have said opioid medication was found in Prince’s home follow- ing his death, Madonna
Whoopi Goldberg is pro- ducing a new show Oxygen about what transgender mod- els go through to make it big in the industry.
Strut is a reality series fea- turing the day-to-day lives of models all taking leaps of faith in their talent on a mission to cement themselves profession- ally in the modeling business. All of the models will have help from the very first, exclusively transgender modeling agency in the world, Slay Model Man- agement.
Whoopi is very dedicated to the mission of Strut saying, “People tend to focus on the stereotype instead of the per- son, and this series will give viewers a unique opportunity
Despite her efforts, Ca- mille Cosby was obligated to sit for a couple of depositions about the alleged sexual alle- gations against her husband, Bill Cosby, earlier this year. One of those depositions was recently unsealed, and she wasn’t sharing much of any info.
Mrs. Cosby used marital privilege the way criminals plea the fifth. No shots.
She refused to answer dozens of questions during a combative deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who say the co- median branded them liars after they accused him of sexu- ally assaulting them, according to a transcript released Friday.
Mrs. Cosby was subjected to intense questioning by the women’s lawyer, who repeat-
thought it fitting to bring along her favorite bag with a drug ref- erence to honor the legend.
Stevie Wonder joined the singer onstage after fans launched an online petition to keep Madge from performing the Prince tribute solo. Sources say friends of the late singer had also been buzzing about Billboard’s choice.
Stevie Wonder and Madonna.
Rhymes, Rick Ross, Nas, Mary J. Blige and the King of New York himself, Jay Z.
Puff took the time to give thanks to his longtime friend before Jay performed “Public Service Announcement.”
luctance to work at Heinz Field on May 31 where the singer will perform for over 50,000
“You’ve been there with me through my ups and downs,” he said. “Whenever I get in trou- ble, this is the one I call.”
Other acts who took part in the show included Ty Dolla $ign and French Montana.
for her Formation World Tour. FOP President Robert Swartzwe
In what could only be de- scribed as legendary, the open- ing night of Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Family Reunion filled 20 years of hits into one night with performances from the label’s former acts and surprises from Jay Z, Nas and more. Taking place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York Friday evening (May 20), the show fea- tured the hits of the 90s, 2000s and beyond from 112, Lil’ Kim, Faith Evans, Cassie, Mario Winans, The Lox, Ma$e and Black Rob (yes, Black Rob). On hand were Puff’s most memorable collab- orators like Usher, Busta
Police in Pittsburgh, Penn., aren’t in a rush to file in for- mation for Beyonce’s upcom- ing concert. Instead, many are looking to boycott the show under the idea the singer’s lat- est project presents an image of anti-police to the public.
According to WTAE, police members took to the city’s union website to voice their re-
Diddy and Jay Z onstage last Friday Night.
Whoopi Producing Oxygen Show About Transgender Models
Camille Cosby’s Deposition Released: ‘She Told Them Nothing’
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
to spend time with real people who are struggling with the same challenges we all face as we make our way through the world.”
Strut is set to premiere sometime later this year.
Camille Cosby was forced to do deposition in the case against her husband.
edly pressed her to say whether she believes her hus- band “acted with a lack of in- tegrity” during their 52-year marriage.
She didn’t answer those questions and many others after her lawyer cited marital privilege, the legal protection given to communications be- tween spouses.
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