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Source: Foundation to Combat Antisemitism / FCAS
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) has announced it will be running a Super Bowl LVIII commercial that will feature Dr. Clarence B. Jones, a confidante of the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jones helped King draft his historic “I Have a Dream” speech which he delivered at March on Washington back on August 28, 1963. Now a lawyer, entrepreneur, and investment banker, Jones was also King’s legal counsel and one of his strategic advisors. Currently, Jones is the Chairman of the Spill the Honey Foundation, which was founded by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and acts to fight against racism and antisemitism via art and education.
The commercial’s goal is to foster unity between Black and Jewish groups in the face of hate.
“I know I can speak for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when I say without a doubt that the Civil Rights movement (including the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Acts) would not have occurred without the unwavering and largely unsung efforts of the Jewish people,” said Dr. Jones in a statement. “With hate on the rise, it is as important as ever that all of us stand together and speak out. Silence is not an option. I’m glad that I have lived long enough to partner with Robert Kraft and FCAS to continue to spread the message to the widest possible audience – the Super Bowl.”
Added Robert Kraft, “The work Dr. Jones has done over the course of his entire life and career is the embodiment of FCAS’ mission to build bridges and stand up to Jewish hate and all forms of hate. In the time we have spent together and through his work, I have become a huge fan of Dr. Jones, and I am proud to spotlight all that he has done for our nation.”
Watch Kraft give Jones the news below. Super Bowl LVIII kicks off Sunday, February 11 at 6:30PM ET.
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Source: POLO RALPH LAUREN / Polo Ralph Lauren
Polo Ralph Lauren is celebrating Chinese Lunar Year in a big way. The brand has a limited-edition watch to celebrate the occasion.
Source: POLO RALPH LAUREN / Polo Ralph Lauren
Hypebeast is reporting that the American fashion label is releasing a new timepiece that will commemorate the Lunar New Year and the arrival of the dragon. It features a stainless steel 38mm case and black gross grain straps; however, the point of difference is located on the off-white lacquered dial. The brand’s iconic Polo Bear is styled in a red velvet smoking jacket with a black shawl collar paired with black slippers and red socks. In one hand he is holding three envelopes; each bearing a golden dragon, which symbolizes health and wealth for 2024.
As expected, the timepiece is powered by the brand’s signature RL2000 caliber self-winding Swiss movement. We also get the font logo on the nine-hour marker and shiny black lacquered hour, minute and second hands. Lastly, this timepiece is water resistant to 50 meters / 165 feet. The Polo Ralph Lauren Chinese Lunar Year watch is limited to 50 pieces. The price is $1,750.00 and will be available starting Saturday, Feb 10. You can find more information on it at the Ralph Lauren website here.
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Niecy Nash-Betts exhilarated the audience when she took to the stage to accept the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role as Glenda Cleveland in Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The outspoken actress was her characteristic self with a speech that was both funny and poignant.
After thanking God, her wife, Jessica Betts, Ryan Murphy, the creator of the series, and Evan Peters–her co-star, Nash added, “And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me.”
“For believing in me and doing what they said I could not do, and I want to say to myself in front of all you beautiful people, ‘Go on girl with your bad self. You did that.’”
The statement received rousing applause from the audience and Nash-Betts added, “Finally, I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard yet over-policed. Like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor. As an artist, my job is to speak truth to power, and baby I’mma do it till the day I die. Mama, I won.”
Nash-Betts portrayed Glenda Cleveland who was Dahmer’s neighbor. It was Cleveland who repeatedly contacted police about Dahmer’s irregular behavior and she was repeatedly ignored as the killer went on to murder more than a dozen men–most of whom were Black and Brown.
According to Huffington Post, Nash-Betts expounded on her remarks in the press room following her win where she stated, “I’m the only one who knows how many nights I cried because I couldn’t be seen for a certain type of role,” she said. “I’m the one who knows what it’s like to go through a divorce on camera and you still have to pull up and show out.”
“And you still have to go home [because] you have children and a whole life. So, I’m proud of myself. I’m proud that I did something that people said I could not do because I believed in me. And sometimes people don’t believe in themselves. I hope my speech was a delicious invitation for people to do just that,” she continued. “Believe in yourself and congratulate yourself. Sometimes you’ve got to encourage – what? Yourself. And that’s why it’s not called ‘mama-esteem,’ ‘them-esteem,’ ‘us-esteem.’ It’s called ‘self-esteem’ — because don’t nobody got to believe it but you.”
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Sanaa Lathan is executive producing and starring in a new drama about the infamous TV psychic Miss Cleo.
The Best Man: The Final Chapters star, Sanaa Lathan, will portray Miss Cleo and say her famous “Call me now” catchphrase in the forthcoming “darkly comedic drama,” Deadline exclusively reports.
Per Deadline:
Legendary Entertainment is developing the project, Miss Cleo, with Lathan as exec producer. Former Sony Pictures Television head of drama Sharon Hall, who exec produced The Expanse, is also exec producing the project through her Mom de Guerre Productions.
Miss Cleo was otherwise known as Youree Dell Harris, an actress best known for portraying the spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call-minute service called Psychic Readers Networks in a series of commercials between 1997 and 2003. Her tagline was “Call me now!”
In 2002, the Federal Trade Commission charged the company’s owners with deceptive advertising, billing and collection practices. Harris was not indicted but the people behind it agreed to settle by erasing $500M in debt from its victims and paying a $5M fine.
The website reports the series will follow Miss Cleo’s rise and her subsequent fall following the government’s $500 million court case.
The series is currently being shopped out to streamers and networks. While Harris’ time as the psychic crashed and burned, she did lend her famous voice to the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Harris died in 2016; her life was documented in the 2022 Max documentary Call Me Miss Cleo.
Add this to the list of series and movies we look forward to watching.
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Our favorite zombie apocalypse couple, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira), are back in the first trailer for the new limited series, The Walking Dead: Ones Who Live.
The Walking Dead has been on television screens since 2010, had 11 seasons, and is showing no signs of slowing up thanks to a plethora of spinoffs.
*Spoiler alert for those who may have checked out of The Walking Dead*
Initially set to be a theatrical release, TWD fans got their first good look at the upcoming limited series, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which sees the long-awaited return of Richonne, the ship nickname given to Rick Grimes and his katana sword-wielding boo Michonne.
The show will see Michonne on her mission to desperately find Rick while he is forced to work for the CRM (Civic Republic Military), who found and kidnapped Rick after barely surviving the bridge explosion.
Rick Grimes left in season 9 after bravely sacrificing himself to save the community from a herd of walkers by blowing a bridge. He was dead by many of his friends, including the mother of his son and stepmother, his daughter Judith.
We first met the CRM during the two-season series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, one of the many spinoffs from the long-running original franchise that finally ended in 2022.
The official synopsis for the show reads:
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead… And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is executive produced by showrunner Scott M. Gimple; Gurira, Lincoln Denise Huth, and Brian Bockrath also serve as producers.
The limited series premieres Feb. 25 on AMC and AMC+. Peep the trailer below.
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Photo: AMC / The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
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Source: BABY PHAT / Baby Phat
One of the most iconic coats is back just in time for the winter. Baby Phat is bringing back their Puffer Jacket for their 25th anniversary.
Source: BABY PHAT / Baby Phat
The house that Kimora Lee Simmons built is back. To commemorate the brand’s 25 year milestone the women’s brand is reissuing their Puffer Jacket. Originally released in 1999 this outwear piece would be embraced by women of all ages as it put a twist to how femininity was represented in fashion. It features an eye-catching stand collar with detachable faux fur-trimmed hood and of course the Baby Phat cat logo stitching on the back and left chest. Additionally, the ribbed hem and cuffs bring the nostalgia full circle.
Starring in the campaign is Kimora Lee Simmons and her daughter Ming Lee. The Baby Phat Puffer Jacket is offered in several colorways including Olive, Onyx, Sand, and a Glossy Red. It is available in sizes extra small to XXXL and is priced at $120.00. You can shop the Puffer Jacket and the rest of the new Baby Phat collection here.
Source: BABY PHAT / Baby Phat
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Source: Variety / Getty / Morris Chestnut
Morris Chestnut is returning to primetime television and taking on the role of a character not many had on their bingo cards.
Spotted on Deadline, Morris Chestnut will be taking on the role of Sherlock Holme’s legendary partner in the upcoming series Watson.
The website reports that CBS has given Watson, written by Craig Sweeny (Elementary), a straight-to-series order for the 2024-24 broadcast season.
Chestnut will serve as an executive producer on the medical drama inspired by characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Synopsis of Watson Per Deadline:
Watson is described as a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries. The series lives in a universe where Holmes has been killed off, something Conan Doyle reportedly intended to do with The Final Problem.
In Watson, a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though—Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.
Amy Reisenbach, President of CBS Entertainment, spoke on the upcoming show, saying, “We are thrilled to feature such a beloved character from the world of Sherlock Holmes at the center of this series and have it brought to life by Morris Chestnut in a fresh and unexpected take on the immortal doctor.
She continued, “Craig Sweeny’s bold new vision for the complex Dr. Watson deftly interweaves rich character storytelling with edge-of-your-seat medical mysteries.”
Morris Chestnut Loves A Good Medical Drama
Chestnut, taking on the role of Dr. Watson, continues his penchant for medical dramas. He played a doctor in Fox’s The Resident and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and a lead pathologist in the Fox crime drama Rosewood.
In a time where shows seem to come and go, we hope that Watson slaps and lasts longer than a season.
Will you be tuning in? Let us know in the comment section.
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The latest episode of Shannon Sharpe’s podcast with Katt Williams was explosive, as he roasted Cedric The Entertainer and others while social media users raved.
On Wednesday (January 3), the latest episode of Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast aired featuring veteran comedian Katt Williams as his guest. And Williams did not disappoint, as he spoke from the heart throughout the nearly three-hour episode on numerous subjects including refuting Cedric The Entertainer’s claim that he didn’t steal a joke from him to use during the Kings of Comedy tour.
Williams at times had the National Football League Hall of Famer and co-host of ESPN’s First Take alternate between being speechless and unable to control his laughter during the episode as he spoke his mind. He addressed Cedric’s claim that he didn’t steal his joke by explaining that the two along with Steve Harvey had settled the beef before but he had to tell the truth publicly since The Neighborhood star lied. “I have watched all these low-brow comedians come here and disrespect you in your face and tell you straight-up lies,” he began. Williams would then roast Cedric The Entertainer mercilessly. “You don’t think he’s a good comedian?” Sharpe asked. “The world doesn’t think that, sir. I have 12 comedy specials, he has four comedy specials that are not available on Netflix or Tubi,” Katt Williams responded.
The veteran comedian wouldn’t let up as he roasted troubled actor Jonathan Majors, Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, and others including Kim Kardashian during the episode. Williams was also characteristically upfront when Sharpe asked him about his life story, sharing his experiences about being homeless and also other facts not well known such as being a one-time member of the Nation of Islam while in Oakland, California as well as recalling his first time doing stand-up.
The episode evoked a tremendous reaction throughout social media, particularly when Williams lambasted Steve Harvey. The responses ranged from shock to reverence, with some pointing out how much the Emmy Award winner’s words resonated during the episode.
We’ve collected some of the best reactions from those who watched on X, formerly Twitter, below for you to check out.
1. Solomon Missouri
This popular X user utilized a scene from “The Simpsons” to convey Williams’ effect on the show.
2. Rico
New York Jets defensive lineman Michael Clemons’ recent back-and-forth with fans in Cleveland gets some work in this post.
3. David Dennis Jr.
“Katt Williams is the comedian y’all been swearing Dave Chappelle is and that’s been the case for a long a– time”, said the senior writer for Andscape and author.
4. MadCocoGaming
5. MsKaylaFaye
This one segment where Williams spoke about some Hollywood figures struck a chord with this X user.
6. Jerrick White
7. SOUND
This podcaster highlighted Williams speaking on his interactions with the embattled Diddy in the interview.
8. Sixfever
9. OnlyTheReal
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Source: Variety / Getty / Vanessa Bryant
Joe Budden’s interview with the Pan African Avenger Dr. Umar Johnson continues to be the gift that keeps giving. Johnson is now under fire for saying something very ridiculous about Vanessa Bryant.
Dr. Umar had the internet talking about his unnecessary sitdown with The Joe Budden Podcast for saying Eminem is not a Hip-Hop GOAT and for putting pressure on Budden’s co-host Ish for his relationship with a white woman.
When it comes to Johnson, you can always count on him to say some completely outrageous nonsense if he’s given enough time to talk, and that was the case when Vanessa Bryant’s name came up.
The wife of the late Kobe Bryant has seen nothing but support following the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Gigi, but that didn’t stop the hater swirling to come for her with some completely unfounded accusations.
In the clip that has gone viral on X, formerly Twitter, Johnson accused Vanessa Bryant, who is of Mexican descent, of not using her husband’s money to help the Black community.
Johnson claims she “inherited [Kobe Bryant’s] wealth, and guess what? Is Vanessa Bryant using any of that Black man’s money to do any good in the Black community? Absolutely f****** not.”
When challenged on his claim, he responded, “She’s a public figure… I do know, and I’m telling you now. Vanessa Bryant just started an initiative with three predominantly white colleges, some sort of a sports initiative with Kobe’s money and Kobe’s name.”
He continued, “Didn’t choose a single HBCU [historically Black colleges and universities] with a Black man’s money.”
Is Dr. Umar Correct?
Of course, he isn’t. Vanessa Bryant and her late husband founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007, and one of its missions is to provide scholarships to minority college students and other youth globally.
It has since been changed to the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation to honor Bryant and his daughter.
The JBP pushed back again on Johnson’s claims, adding there are notable Black celebrities who don’t give back to the Black community, and as expected, the man full of hot air had a response for that.
“There’s a difference, and you know what the difference is? If I marry a white woman, when I die, my wealth goes to the very people who robbed everything from my community.”
Yeah, sure.
Vanessa Bryant hasn’t responded to Johnson’s wild claims, but she doesn’t have to; social media is doing the job for her.
“Vanessa Bryant woke up one morning and never saw her husband and daughter again, and she is still (seemingly) functioning. If that woman puts all of Kobe’s money in a fuckin tissue box and wipes her tears with it every day, she deserves to do that,” one X user wrote.
Others point out how Johnson has failed to deliver to the school he’s been asking for donations for since 2014.
Welp.
You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty / Bishop T.D. Jakes
We are very sure that when Bishop T.D. Jakes picked up his smartphone and opened up X, formerly Twitter; he didn’t think he would be trending for this outrageous reason.
The Senior Pastor of The Potter House has been trending all day long on X. No; it wasn’t because of some magnificent sermon he might have dropped, a new book, or some other business endeavor. It was because of the ongoing saga with Bad Boy general Sean Diddy Combs and some eye-opening accusations involving Jakes.
According to a TikTok video from user MYEi$HiA that found its way onto Elon Musk’s awful social media platform without a shred of proof, she claims R&B singer Cassie Ventura handed over evidence to the FBI further incriminating Diddy and a full month after she dropped the bombshell lawsuit accusing the music mogul of disgusting sexual violence against her during their decade-old relationship.
Cassie and Diddy have since settled their legal issues. Still, Ventura’s use of Governor Kathy Hochul’s Adult Survivors Act opened the floodgates for other women to come forward with claims against the rapper and other prominent celebs.
MYEi$HiA went on to claim that Cassie handed the FBI a burner phone belonging to Diddy’s other ex, Kim Porter, whom he had four children with, and tapes from Diddy’s alleged parties.
How Exactly T.D. Jakes Allegedly Became Involved With The Mess
T.D. Jakes’ involvement in the alleged shenanigans came after the TikToker claimed the existence of an email mentioning the pastor who also happened to preside over Kim Porter’s burial following her tragic passing in November 2018.
She also shared a clip of an unknown man who, again, without a shred of proof, claims Cassie turned over tapes of Diddy’s parties featuring numerous prominent individuals, including Jake, who allegedly slept with multiple men while attending the parties.
Again, there is no proof of this, so take all of this with the tiniest grain of salt possible. Still, social media will be social media, and the reactions are something else.
You can see those in the gallery below.
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1. Now we’re believing psychics
2. Exactly
3. Gotta love the jokes
4. What is wrong with y’all?