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Richard Simmons, a fitness guru with an outsized personality and infectious energy, has died at the age of 76, according to a breaking report. Richard Simmons dominated the fitness space for decades, later shrinking away from the spotlight due to the public demands of being a celebrity.
TMZ obtained exclusive details regarding the death of Richard Simmons, who was found unresponsive in his Hollywood Hills home according to the report.
While the outlet learned that Simmons fell in a bathroom inside the home, it isn’t known if that’s how the housekeeper found him. So far, the cause of Simmons’ death has been ruled due to natural causes, although because of his celebrity status, local police are widening the investigation. Foul play is not suspected, however.
From TMZ:
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … police and fire responded to a call from his housekeeper just before 10 AM Saturday and pronounced him dead at the scene. We’re told no foul play is suspected at this time, and cops are investigating it as a natural death.
Shockingly, RS posted multiple times on Facebook recently … including thanking fans for all the birthday wishes he received.
Simmons was born in New Orleans, Louisiana back in 1948 … later attending Florida State University where he got a Bachelor’s degree in art before he moved to Los Angeles in the ’70s.
Born Milton Teagle Simmons, the fitness star opened a series of gyms in the Los Angeles region before exploding in the world of at-home videos such as his popular Sweatin’ To The Oldies aerobic videos. He was also an actor, starring as himself in the long-running soap opera General Hospital.
In recent times, Simmons maintained a reclusive lifestyle but periodically used social media to interact with his loving fanbase and continue to promote positive messages.
Richard Simmons just celebrated his birthday yesterday (July 12). He was 76.
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The ongoing divorce between Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams and her estranged husband, Simon Guobadia, has taken a new turn after court documents revealed that Guobadia is seeking clarification on Williams’ relationship with the rapper Future.
Earlier this week, In Touch Weekly reported that Guobadia has filed additional court documents as part of the divorce proceedings. These documents include a series of questions that he demands Williams answer under oath. Among these, he asks whether Williams married him for his money and to clarify the nature of her relationship with Nayvadius DeMun Cash, professionally known as “Future.”
Guobadia’s inquiry does not stop there. He also asks Williams to confirm or deny if she filed for divorce without informing him, whether she was unfaithful during their marriage, and if she had intimate relations with anyone else during their union. Additionally, he wants Williams to admit or deny if she was ever truly in love with him. Another pointed question concerns the five-figure monthly allowance he provided her during their marriage, seeking her understanding of the reasons behind it.
Despite the public nature of these requests, Guobadia has not provided an explanation for them. Sources close to Williams have reportedly stated that “Porsha does not know Future.”
A judge has yet to rule on Guobadia’s requests.
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Apparently, Kevin Hart still hasn’t escaped his cheating scandal that began in 2017, when a sex tape was leaked that reportedly showed the actor and comedian getting his sneaky link on with actress and model Montia Sabbag.
Now, Hart is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by his former friend Jonathan “J.T.” Jackson, who claimed Hart made baseless allegations regarding his alleged role in filming the sex tape and extorting the Soul Plane actor over it. According to the suit, Jackson is accusing Hart of welching on a settlement agreement by refusing to issue a public apology for the accusation in the manner that he agreed to.
From the Los Angeles Times:
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Jackson accused the “Get Hard” actor of not using the “meticulously negotiated” and agreed-upon wording from their 2021 settlement when he addressed the scandal in an Instagram post that same year, resulting in a $12-million breach of written contract lawsuit. The civil lawsuit, which lists Hart, Hartbeat LLC and several Does among the defendants, also accuses them of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The 23-page complaint, obtained Wednesday by The Times, said Hart was contractually obligated by their July 2021 settlement to use “specific verbiage” that would “publicly exonerate” the Navy veteran, professional bowler and actor, who was entangled in legal issues in the wake of the scandal.
“The wording of Hart’s statement — which was meticulously negotiated and detailed in the Contract — was absolutely crucial to repairing and remediating the severe damage inflicted upon Plaintiff’s reputation by the baseless extortion allegations that Hart aggressively promoted and publicized,” the complaint said.
In January 2018, the year after Hart’s sex tape was leaked, Jackson’s L.A. home was raided by law enforcement investigators with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, who reportedly held the 47-year-old and his wife at gunpoint while investigating the allegation of extortion, which Jackson believes Hart initiated. The charges were eventually dropped by prosecutors, but Jackson claimed that his “reputation was unjustly tarnished due to a series of malicious actions by the defendants.” Jackson also sued the prosecutors last December, according to the Times.
The actions by Hart and his production company, Hartbeat, that Jackson says hurt his reputation include the 2019 release of Hart’s Netflix docuseries Don’t F— This Up.
More from the Times:
The docuseries mentioned extortion and alleged that Jackson had been involved in the creation and dissemination of a sex tape that showed Hart and a woman who was not his wife getting intimate in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Both Jackson and Hart were also sued for $60 million by model Montia Sabbag, the woman who purportedly appeared with Hart in the tape, but that lawsuit was ultimately dismissed, and Jackson was cleared of all allegations.)
Jackson’s lawsuit states that in their original written settlement, Hart agreed to “pursue and advocate for the dismissal of all criminal charges” against Jackson and make a public statement exonerating him. Hart was allegedly supposed to declare officially that criminal charges against Jackson had been dropped, that Jackson had been cleared completely of any involvement in extortion, and that the whole saga had cost Hart “a valuable friendship.” Hart was also required to say he had “lost someone close to me that I loved and still have very much love for or high levels of love for and I’m proud to say that all charges against JT Jackson have been dropped and he is not guilty and had nothing to do with it and this matter at hand that once was so tough to deal with and so heavy for me and my household is now put to bed.” (To be fair, a lot of that was kinda extra. How are you going to sue someone into saying you were once a valued friend of theirs whom they “loved”?)
But Hart allegedly violated the terms of the settlement when an Instagram video he posted in October 2021 that “blatantly broke” their agreement and “manipulate[d] the narrative,” not because he didn’t state what he was supposed to state, but because he didn’t word his statement correctly.
“J.T. Jackson has recently been found not guilty, and those charges have been dropped against him, and I can finally speak on what I once couldn’t,” Hart said in his statement. Hart did mention that their friendship “was lost,” but he failed to mention that Jackson “had nothing to do with” any extortion plot.
“Hart’s statement deviates significantly from the agreed-upon verbiage in several crucial aspects,” Jackson’s attorney, Daniel L. Reback, argued. “First, Hart’s stipulated verbiage explicitly required him to state that ‘all charges against [Jackson] have been dropped and he is not guilty and had nothing to do with it.’ However, Hart’s actual statement lacks the explicit declaration of Plaintiff’s innocence or non-involvement. Also, Hart’s agreed-upon statement was to acknowledge the incident’s heavy impact on the loss of a valuable friendship due to the legal matter, but Hart’s actual statement focuses entirely on Hart himself ‘moving on’ and does not directly acknowledge the significant personal and professional toll on Plaintiff as outlined in the Contract.”
Jackson’s suit seeks $12 million as well as punitive damages to be determined at trial and reimbursement for legal costs and court fees. The suit also seeks injunctions requiring the defendants to exonerate him and remove “all the false statements” from Don’t F— This Up.
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Two Democratic lawmakers requested that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be criminally investigated for ethics and tax law violations.
According to reports, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Ron Wyden of Oregon sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland formally requesting that he appoint a special counsel to criminally investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his failure to disclose lavish gifts from wealthy friends who happen to be donors to Republican-backed causes.
“We do not make this request lightly,” the senators wrote in their letter, dated July 3. “Supreme Court justices are properly expected to obey laws designed to prevent conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety and to comply with the federal tax code.”
They specifically asked that the special counsel look into whether Justice Thomas violated federal ethics and tax laws by failing to reveal as income that he received a luxury recreational vehicle with a forgiven debt of $267,000. A representative for Justice Thomas didn’t respond to press inquiries.
The letter goes on to state that Thomas had “repeated opportunities” to explain why he didn’t disclose these gifts to the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee’s panel overseeing federal courts which Wyden and Whitehouse chair, respectively. Thomas’ actions demonstrate a “willful pattern of disregard for ethics laws,” and they added,
“No government official should be above the law.”
The letter’s publication comes after Justice Thomas was revealed in January to have received substantial gifts from donors such as Harlan Crow in the past such as premium tickets to sporting events and luxury vacations. Thomas’ attorney, , wrote that his client’s earlier disclosure to the committees “fully complied with all judicial disclosure rules on this matter.” Thomas has also come under fire due to his wife, Ginni Thomas’ involvement in efforts to help overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona for Donald Trump.
The request also comes as Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filed a motion to impeach Justice Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday (July 11). In her statement, the New York congresswoman wrote that both men’s refusal to recuse themselves from cases “in which they hold widely documented financial and personal entanglements” has led to an “unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court.”
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Well, you can chalk this one up to “We Never Saw This Coming” as Hip-Hop meets alt-pop (not to be confused with alt-right) in a new song which features Quavo collaborating with songstress Lana Del Rey that may not make sense to their fans, but hey, it’s 2024 and nothing makes sense nowadays.
In the new visuals to “Tough,” we find Quavo driving out into the woods where Lana Del Rey is declared the “American Queen” on an American flag and once they find each other they share a warm embrace and seem to be in love as they share intimate moments on a ranch that probably would’ve had a burning cross in front of the house back in the day. Waiting to hear what Dr. Umar Johnson has to say about this one (LOL).
Back in Cali Tha Dogg Pound continue to churn out new work and for their clip to “Grown Up,” the Hip-Hop legends show how far they’ve come in life as they stunt with private planes, exquisite hotel rooms, and next level tour buses. They on they grown man sh*t forreal.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Tyga and 310Babii, AJ Tracy, and more.
QUAVO & LANA DEL REY – “TOUGH”
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THA DOGG POUND – “GROWN UP”
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TYGA & 310BABII – “UH HUH”
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AJ TRACY – “BUBBLE BATH”
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MARSHA AMBROSIUS – “WET”
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03 GREEDO – “BLESS YOUR SOUL”
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YOUNG RODDY – “BLUE APARTMENTS”
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BOLDY JAMES & BULLWACKIE – “LOST CHILD”
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It’s been a few weeks since it was revealed that the judge overseeing Young Thug’s RICO trial, Judge Ural Glanville had an “improper” meeting with both prosecutors and the lead witness in the trial after Young Thugs lawyer, Brian Steele brought the allegation to light.
While Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steele was punished and sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to name the source of his information that he “shouldn’t have gotten,” Judge Glanville has dismissed requests he recuse himself from the case for his action (is Judge Ural Glanville related to Clarence Thomas or something, just asking?). Now according to USA Today, Glanville has decided to somewhat comply with the motion by sending it to another judge to determine whether or not he should recuse himself from the case.
Until the situation is resolved the RICO trial will be put on hold and luckily for Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steele, he won’t have to report to his weekend prison stints as the Georgia Supreme Court granted an emergency motion for bond and helped him avoid the unjust punishment.
Per USA Today:
The winding legal case, ongoing since the rapper’s indictment in May 2022, has ground to a halt after Fulton County, Georgia, Judge Ural Glanville was accused of misconduct, according to The New York Times and BBC. On Monday, the judge agreed to send a motion for his recusal from the trial for another judge to weigh in, and that the trial would remain in recess until then, the outlets reported.
Thug’s defense attorneys have claimed the judge held an “improper” meeting with prosecutors and a lead witness. Glanville has denied multiple motions for recusal in the last few weeks. Jurors have not heard arguments for two weeks, the Times reported.
The judge said he would release a transcript of the meeting, according to the outlets.
A judge meeting with both prosecutors and the lead witness without the defense counsel knowing really seems as shady as it gets. That being said we’re surprised there’s a transcript of the meeting, but who’s to say it’ll be an accurate recording of their meeting? Just sayin.’
What do y’all think of this latest development in the trial of Young Thug? Should the judge recuse himself? Is it being blown out of proportion? Let us know in the comments section below.
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In 2023, the world, mainly Black folk, was on pins and needles as we all hoped and prayed for beloved actor/musician Jamie Foxx after he suffered a mystery medical complication. Since his recovery, Foxx has begun sharing information about what happened in drips.
Foxx was spotted outside a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend, where he spoke to fans about what happened before he became so seriously ill that it landed him in a hospital.
The actor explained to the fans that he was experiencing a bad headache, leading to him asking a friend for an Advil, subsequently waking up 20 days later in a hospital with no recollection of what happened to him.
“Look, April 11 last year, bad headache, asked my boy for an Advil. I was gone for 20 days,” Foxx says in the video. “I don’t remember anything. I’m in Atlanta, they told me… my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor. They gave me a cortisone shot.”
He continued speaking on the matter while not revealing what was wrong with him on camera.
“The next doctor said, ‘There’s something going on up there,’” Foxx said while pointing to his head. “I won’t say it on camera. But it was…”
Jamie Foxx’s Mystery Medical Condition Timeline
Last April, news of Foxx’s hospitalization broke while he was in Atlanta filming his latest Netflix project, Back in Action, alongside Cameron Diaz.
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To combat the waves of misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding his health, Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, explained on social media that her father did suffer a “medical emergency” but was already on the road to recovery.
“We wanted to share that my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,” Corinne revealed. “Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
PEOPLE reported weeks later that Foxx was “awake and alert” but would remain in the hospital as doctors continued to monitor him.
TMZ would report in May that Foxx’s daughters Corrine and Anelise and her mother, Kristin Grannis, were seen at a Chicago physical rehabilitation center that specializes in stroke recovery and traumatic brain injury rehab.
Despite dropping more details, the conspiracies are still running rampant, and that’s a shame.
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The greatest NBA player turned rapper is blessing the Hip-Hop community. Shaq’s You Can’t Stop The Reign is now on streaming platforms.
As reported by Billboard Magazine the Louisiana State University alumni’s most significant Rap album is finally available online. Originally released on November 19, 1996 this project would find Shaq evolving lyrically and coming into his own as a musician versus relying on the rapid fire delivery he borrowed from the Fu-Schnickens. While this album wouldn’t match the commercial success of the two prior it would spawn several songs that have become timeless including his collaboration with The Notorious B.I.G. on the title track. Biggie would spit several classic lines including his infamous “my garage call it ceelo – fours, five and sixes”.
You Can’t Stop The Reign also features a never before heard track with Jay-Z and Nas; their first time ever collaborating together. “No Love Lost” finds Shaq, Hov, Esco and Lord Tariq trading verses over a beat that medium tempo instrumental. The original track was leaked on a mixtape by DJ Clue but the official album version would not have Nas on it. On a Drink Champs episode Shaq revealed that there some label politics that came into play. “People didn’t clear it, but I didn’t take it personal,” he explained. He would go on to reminisce on those sessions with gratitude. “Me being in the studio with Nas, I’m happy. I get to call my boy and say, ‘Come over, Nas here.’ I get to call my boy and say, ‘Jay in here.’ I get to call my boys and say, ‘Yo, Biggie at the house, he ’bout to jump in the seat.’ That’s what it’s all about” he said.
You Can’t Stop The Reign will be available on streaming platforms starting Friday, June 28. You can listen to “No Love Lost” below.
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For a while now Benny The Butcher’s been the most active member of the Griselda trio out on the music scene and while it’s mostly been via guest verses and collaborations, the man has shown he has more bars than Mars Inc.
Continuing to drop off new work, Benny The Butcher lends his talents to Heem for the visuals to “Billy Goat” in which the two rappers link up to hit a strip bar after a little pre-gaming in their luxury truck with their respective crews. If that was a rental they gave that joint back to the dealership smelling like Mary Jane had the wild orgy in there. Just sayin.’
Back in Harlem Juelz Santana seems ready to reclaim his spot in the rap game and in his clip to “Score,” the Harlem representative hits the basketball court to take in a friendly game of basketball with a bootleg version of Woody Harrelson running with him. That white dude Dip Set? Just askin.’
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from 42 Dugg featuring Sexyy Red, Key Glock, and more.
HEEM FT. BENNY THE BUTCHER – “BILLY GOAT”
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JUELZ SANTANA – “SCORE”
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42 DUGG FT. SEXYY RED – “N.P.O.”
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THE MIGHTY PROSPECT – “REAL AS I AM”
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KEY GLOCK – “BIG BIG MONEY”
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BLIZZ WELLZ & JAE MILLZ – “POTENT”
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SPIFFIE LUCIANO – “I DON’T BANG”
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YUNG JIN – “6 IN THE MORNING”
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REMBLE FT. MOZZY & STONEDA5TH – “COLORS”
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After taking a lengthy hiatus from the music scene, Chance The Rapper has recently been dropping off new work as he works to get back and on his post-Grammy Award winning track and he continues to keep the grind going with his latest offering.
For his lnew visuals to “Stars Out (2024),” Chance politics in the comfort of his own home which boasts some fancy chandeliers, an decent liquor collection and an old school big back television?? Can’t say we saw that coming. Does he have a VCR connected to that joint? Inquiring minds want to know.
DaBaby meanwhile seems to be making the most of the summer weather and for his clip to “Done Trying” the man takes his kids to pool before he jets off to Miami to enjoy some water sports of his own and busts out the jet ski to ride the waves off of South Beach.
Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Big Yavo, and more.
CHANCE THE RAPPER – “STARS OUT”
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DABABY – “DONE TRYING”
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YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN – “NEVER STOPPING”
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BIG YAVO – “MY KIND”
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ERICA BANKS – “ON HIS FACE”
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BIG HIT, HIT-BOY & THE ALCHEMIST”
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DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY – “WISEMEN”
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B-LOVEE FT. CASH COBAIN – “ALL ALONE”
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