Featured Blog Posts – February 2021 Archive (73)

On Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant revealed her eldest daughter with the late Kobe Bryant, Natalia, had been accepted into the University of Oregon.

“Congrats @nataliabryant,” Vanessa, 38, posted to her Instagram story, sharing a snippet of her 18-year-old’s acceptance letter.

Natalia, who recently signed with IMG Models, recently sported gear from the…

Just call him Lamar Odious.

Lamar Odom appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” via Zoom Thursday morning and didn’t mince words when it came to discussing his ex-fiancée, Sabrina Parr.

“She’s a hurt woman. She has a lot of problems that I don’t think anyone of us could help her with. She probably needs therapy,” Odom, 41, told host Wendy…

Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021 are out and they include Brooklyn native Jay-Z, Bronx-born Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J from Queens and Carole King and the New York Dolls from Manhattan. Orange, N.J., native Dionne Warwick also gives this year’s list of nominees a decidedly regional flavor.

Other bands under consideration…

Less than two years after its launch, Rihanna’s Fenty fashion line with LVMH is closing down.

The French luxury group confirmed the news to WWD in a statement on Wednesday, saying: “Rihanna and LVMH have jointly made the decision to put on hold the RTW [ready-to-wear] activity, based in Europe, pending better conditions.”

The upscale label’s Instagram account…

Lauren London, the longtime girlfriend of slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, has denied new rumors that she’s pregnant.

“Woke up to some straight bulls–t. Rumors ! Lies ! On a woman trying her best to heal?! Please stop. I’m NOT pregnant,” London, 36, tweeted on Wednesday.

Pregnancy rumors swirled earlier this week when West Coast weekly the Los Angeles Sentinel…

A 2019 shooting involving rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again is reportedly being investigated by federal and state agents in Florida and Louisiana.

YoungBoy NBA, a Baton Rouge native whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was reportedly involved in an incident in which a black Cadillac Escalade drove up and opened fire on him and his associates while they were…

A Louisiana woman who went viral after struggling to remove Gorilla Glue from her hair claims that neither the hospital nor the company’s advice helped remove the hardened adhesive.

Now she’s considering a lawsuit to get out of the sticky situation, according to TMZ.

Tessica Brown hired an attorney and is weighing litigation against Gorilla Glue, because…

Natalia Bryant could be headed for the catwalk.

The eldest daughter of late basketball star Kobe Bryant has signed with IMG Models, the agency announced on Monday.

“I have always been interested in fashion since a very young age,” Bryant, 18, said in a statement shared to Instagram.

“I have a love for the industry and ever since I…

R. Kelly’s trial on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking has been postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, a judge said Tuesday.

“We are scheduled for an April trial date but I suspect it’s not going to come as a surprise that that is not a date that is going to work given the current conditions,” Brooklyn federal Judge Ann…

Ray J turned to his “Love & Hip Hop” family for advice on his on-again, off-again relationship with estranged wife Princess Love.

“I was eager to kind of get some opinions and talk to some people to see what they thought about what I was going through and maybe they could help me.”

In December Ray and Love, 36, were set to join “VH1 Family Reunion:…

Dogecoin is becoming the cryptocurrency of the stars.

The meme-inspired coin surged to an all-time high over the weekend after Snoop Dogg and Gene Simmons declared themselves fans on Twitter.

Dogecoin hit its record peak of about 8.7 cents on Sunday, a day after the “Gin N Juice” rapper born Calvin Broadus tweeted a mock “Snoop Doge” album cover with a…

Christina Milian is stepping up.

The Grammy-nominated singer and actress will replace “Glee” alum Naya Rivera, who drowned at age 33 last July, in the Starz series “Step Up.”

“I am so excited to join the ‘Step Up’ family,” said Milian (“The Oath”) in a statement. “I know I have massive shoes to fill. Naya was incredible. I hope to honor Naya, her family,…

A number of packed parties happened in Tampa this weekend as if there was no pandemic.

The mayor of St. Petersburg Rick Kriseman slammed a packed maskless bash featuring 50 Cent saying on Twitter, “This isn’t how we should be celebrating the Super Bowl. It’s not safe or smart. It’s stupid. We’re going to take a very close look at this, and it may end up costing…

A Louisiana woman went viral last week for using Gorilla Glue in place of actual hairspray — before finally checking into the hospital on Saturday to get the hardened adhesive removed, according to posts on her Instagram.

The woman, identified in news reports as Tessica Brown, posted on Feb. 4 that her hair had been stuck in place for a month after she ran out…

Ciara honored husband Russell Wilson on Sunday, one day after the Seattle Seahawks quarterback was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year during Saturday’s NFL Honors.

The 35-year-old singer penned a sweet tribute to Wilson, 32, on Instagram, calling him “the most selfless, loving & caring person I know.”

“Your heart, dedication,…

Rapper Casanova, whose legal name is Caswell Senior, was slapped with internal departmental charges after a woman recorded him accepting the viral TikTok #junebugchallenge during a video visitation, The Journal News/lohud.com reported.



The purpose of the #junebugchallenge is to dance in the strangest locations one can think of, but a New York…

Cardi B is fighting back against claims that the new track, “Up,” is a ripoff of a song called “Stuck” by New Jersey rappers Mir Pesos and Mir Fontane.

“They stealing,” Mir Pesos said in an Instagram post comparing the two songs. “We want my money,” he tweeted.

In response to the tweets about the similarities, Cardi, 28, posted an Instagram story of an…

Diddy sold the Sean John clothing brand he founded in 1998 to GBG USA in 2016.

Now he's suing GBG for $25 million because he alleges they are illegally using his image, likeness, and persona to promote a new line of women's clothing, Missguided, and make it seem like Puff is behind the designs.

“[Diddy] does not challenge [Sean John/GBG’s] right to use…

VH1's reality series, T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle, has suspended production following a range of sexual abuse accusations against rapper T.I. and his wife, Tiny, Billboard can confirm.

The show, which offers a glimpse into the famous couple's life, had been shooting its fourth season in Atlanta.

“We are aware of the allegations, and…

Nick Cannon is going back to work.

Cannon, 40, is returning as host of VH1’s “Wild ‘N Out” after parent company ViacomCBS fired him over the summer for making anti-Semitic comments on his podcast, “Cannon’s Class.”

In the episode, “The Masked Singer” host claimed that black people are “the true Hebrews” and made reference to anti-Semitic conspiracy…