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Kanye West Says He Plans To Leave Adidas And Gap
Gabrielle Union Should Score Her First Oscar Nod For ‘The Inspection’
The ongoing drama between Kanye West and his collabo- rative partners Adidas and Gap continues this week.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Ye confirmed that he plans to branch out from having corporate partners for his Yeezy brand after his cur- rent deals with the German sportswear brand and the clothing retailer end in 2026 and 2030, respectively.
“It’s time for me to go it alone,” West told Bloomberg. “It’s fine. I made the compa- nies money. The companies made me money. We created ideas that will change apparel forever. Like the round jacket, the Foam Runner, the slides that have changed the shoe in- dustry. Now it’s time for Ye to make the new industry. No more companies standing in between me and the audi- ence.”
In recent months, West has called his current corporate partner Adidas out after he al-
The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thurs- day night and with it came the arrival of the festival’s first major Oscar player with The In- spection. Coming this Novem- ber from A24, the film is a powerful true story of homo- phobia experienced at home and within the military. And as the roars from the crowd when she took her curtain call indi- cate, Gabrielle Union just landed at the center of the Best Supporting Actress conversa- tion.
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by Tony nominee Jeremy Pope), a young gay Black man who enters the U. S. Marines as the only alternative to being un- housed. Once there, he faces homophobic torment from both his fellow recruits and superi- ors, the worst of which comes from his training officer played by Bokeem Woodbine. Ellis’ journey towards reconcil- iation and affirmed identity is an emotional rollercoaster. Union stars as Ellis’ stoic, ver- bally bruising mother Inez, who had originally kicked him out of the house for being gay.
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leged the company was “bla- tantly copying” his designs, specifically with the AdiFOM Q and the Adilette 22, which bear similarities to his prod- ucts. Similarly, West has been dissatisfied with Gap after he alleged that the clothing com- pany was copying looks from his Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga line.
The film follows Ellis (played
Aries Spears Is Finally Speaking
Aretha Franklin's Unsealed FBI
Aries Spears is finally speaking out about the groom- ing and molestation lawsuit in- volving him and famous comedienne Tiffany Had- dish. Earlier this month, an anonymous female plaintiff al- leged that the two stars sexually abused her and her younger brother during an inappropri- ate comedy skit.
The 47-year-old comedian and Haddish were sued by a pair of siblings who claimed they were “groomed” and co- erced into taking part in an ex- plicit skit called “Through a Pedophiles Eyes.” The inappro-
boy. Haddish played the child’s mother in the sexually suggestive video. According to the suit, the unidentified plain- tiffs claimed they were 14 and 7 when they filmed the racy skit.
“I already felt like my career was over. Before all this. I thought I was blackballed and my s**t was over, but I always said, I felt like I was one thing away from the turnaround, but now with this, I’m almost cer- tain that Tombstone is written,” the Chase star said. Spears went on to thank his mother for her love and support through- out the ongoing dispute.
File Reveals Singer's Civil Rights
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priate skit, which was uploaded to Funny or Die, captured Spears lusting over a young
Actions Were Being Tracked
The FBI was keeping tabs on late singer Aretha Franklin's civil rights ac- tivism in the 1960s and '70s, according to documents re- cently declassified by a jour- nalist using the Freedom of Information Act.
Files obtained by journalist Jen Dize and published in the Substack newsletter Courage News on Thursday indicate that the FBI showed "repeated and disgusting suspicion" of Franklin, as described by Dize. She wrote on Twitter Thursday that she first re- quested the documents in 2018, when the "Respect" singer died at age 76.
The documents denote Franklin's 1967 appearance at a convention hosted by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Dr. Martin Luther King, as well as Franklin's father Clarence "C.L." Franklin's public dis- cussion of China as a growing power in the '60s. The docu- ments reportedly claim that "SCLC leadership has taken a
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'hate America' and 'pro-Com- munist' line."
The FBI tracked Franklin ardently in the late '60s and '70s, and even once used a "suitable pretext telephone call" to Los Angeles' Ambassa- dor Hotel in November 1972 to determine that the Black Pan- ther Party had contacted Franklin via phone, the doc- uments show.
Out Amid Allegations Of Abuse
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