I hope you all had a great weekend – there was a lot of news this past week so let’s catch up.
I think by now you have heard all the outrage over the Nina Simone movie starring Zoe Saldana and David Ayelowo. We’ve been through this before, when we first heard that Zoe will play Nina there was outrage over the casting and rightfully so (at least in my opinion). What I was never ready for was the black face they had to give her. I am sure that there’s plenty of people who would have played Nina Simone without the nose prosthetic and black face like Lauryn Hill or Uzo Aduba. The Nina Simone estate has gone on to “shade” Zoe on Twitter and also Nina’s brother has called the casting insulting. What do you think, who do we blame Zoe or the casting manager? I say both, they were wrong to even cast Zoe in this, she’s brilliant but that’s not the role that should have been hers. Zoe should also have not accepted the role but then again stranger things have happened – Michael Jackson will be played by a white man.
While staying on TV land…We are pleased to hear that Former The View panelist’s Star Jones’ book Satan’s Sisters (based on her The View) will be turned in to a series starring the magnificent Vanessa Williams (her role is based on Barbara Walters). I think this will be a series I would love to see. We all know Star Jones does not hold anything back, hopefully she is involved in this production. The series will start next year on VH1 in the USA. I cannot wait!
You will not believe this but my girl Britney Spears is reportedly gunning for a reality show. Apparently she wants a reality show that will document her life as a mother of those two adorable kids and her show in Las Vegas. I definitely know it is not about the money because regardless of how Britney has had her ups and downs she still consistently made money through her music and lip-synching. I think this is a bad move for her – Britney hasn’t been the same since 2007 and think she should veer away from platforms that will get her back to the crazy lane. I best if she had the show it would be titled “It’s Britney B!tch” – LOL.
There’s beef or chicken or pork whatever floats your boat in the brotherhood of Tyreese, Tank and Genuwine. A fan recently asked about the TGT (their R&B group) tour and album and Tank responded by outing that they were working well together but Tyreese got greedy instead of sticking to his word that they would share the profits 3 equal ways, he wanted more. Clearly he thought he was the Beyonce of the group. If this is true I think Tyreese is petty but then again if he has the most crowd puller stardom then he might deserve – a tough one. Your thoughts?
Moving over to couples…
The jaw-dropper; Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes. So we’ve all heard those rumours of these two hooking up over the past years which is crazy considering that Jamie and Tom Cruise used to be besties. Now it’s being reported that Jamie and Katie are hitched and she is expecting. What? yeah, if this is true I actually do not know what to say. While I can’t blame the two for falling in love and we all know Tom and that Scientology Church are messy and he probably drove Katie to pull a disappearing act but still he and Jamie were besties once upon a time and (according to reports) he was the one who propelled his career to bigger heights through his connections. Let’s wait and see how this turns out.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have made those dating rumours official with the above image of them on holiday. I personally do not care for Katy Perry, she gives me mean girl vibes I guess her and I have bad blood so I will SWIFTLY move along to another story. (sidebar: she looks worse than average on this picture – the beauty of make-up and expensive clothes).
My girl Taylor Swift is losing her mind a little. Little Miss Perfect is apparently telling her beau DJ Calvin Harris that he has until June/July to put a ring on it or else… Why are people so obsessed with the institution of marriage so much? Especially 20- somethings (I have my days too). I honestly do no see Calvin marrying Taylor, he strikes me as a shady boots fvck boy. Remember what he did to Rita Ora with that song that they collaborated on together?
Amber Rose has her eyes on new prey, NBA baller Terrence Ross. The 25 year old and Sebastian’s mom have been flirting on IG for a second now – Amber recently flew out to see his game and also shared on her social media pages some clips…new bae possibly. We all know that Amber will work hard for a coin or two after all Terrence just signed a 33 million deal and also from Kanye’s words in his No More Parties In LA track Amber is about the money and the lifestyle. ” I remember Amber said no matter what happens I aint going back to Philly”.
On that note – ni-right, ni-relevant, niya-performer?