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Written by Jazmine A. Ortiz Laverne Cox has been having the most effective September ever—strolling the Savage X Fenty runway, exhibiting out on the 71st Primetime Emmys, hitting the World Residents Competition—however maybe her most vocal affair was main a dialogue round model inclusion throughout Advertising Week (Sept. 23-26) in New York. In the course of the dialogue with Smirnoff CMO, Jay Sethi on why it’s essential to symbolize the LGBTQIA+ group in model campaigns, Laverne not solely shared a snippet of a saucy new vacation marketing campaign she has developing with the spirits firm, however she schooled the viewers on a Supreme Court docket case approaching that has the flexibility to make historical past. As we head into October, LGBTQ+ Historical past month and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, Laverne has no plans of slowing down. She made that clear when she shared over the weekend (Sept. 29) that she is a “single girl” and sure gents, you possibly can slide into her DMs, however for now she caught BET up on all issues Laverne at Promoting Week 2019. BET: What does a model being actually inclusive imply to you? Laverne Cox: For me it is about representing the all of the potential shoppers on the market which Smirnoff does an incredible job of worldwide. However I feel it means having individuals of shade. I feel it means having LGBTQ+ individuals. I feel it means having individuals with disabilities. I feel it means [including] people who find themselves dimension zero or dimension 4 like Rihanna just did in the Savage X Fenty show, and never simply in entrance of the cameras however in resolution making course of as properly. And I feel your product goes to be that a lot better if everyone seems to be on the desk and making selections. I imply problematic issues may occur when you do not have numerous individuals behind the scenes. You’ll be able to circumvent all that. I feel variety is healthier. I feel it makes our tradition richer. I feel it makes our lives richer to have totally different individuals in our lives and to have that replicate of their media. (Photograph by Cindy Ord/Getty Photographs for Smirnoff) B: Talking about being inclusion, Orange Is The New Black wasn’t included within the Emmys tribute to exhibits that got here to an finish this 12 months which your costar Danielle Brooks made certain to level out. What are your ideas round that? LC: What I’m questioning is perhaps it’s as a result of Orange is eligible subsequent 12 months. Sure, the present ended this 12 months, however when it comes to committee eligibility, we’re additionally eligible subsequent 12 months as a result of the season got here out afterwards. That is the one factor I can think about why we weren’t included. I did not see that Danny stated one thing about that. I like Danielle. She’s my woman. She’s superior. She’s unbelievable. B: So hopefully you guys get that shout out subsequent time. LC: Sure. I imply, and Danielle wants an Emmy nomination too. Like I do not know what is going on on. [laughs] BET: I noticed your IG submit concerning the Aimee Stephen’s Supreme Court docket case set for Oct. Eight being the primary case involving trans civil rights, are you able to inform us concerning the significance and influence this may have in your group? LC: Sure, Aimee Stephens is considered one of three plaintiffs within the case. So principally, the Supreme Court will be deciding whether or not Title VII, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex, covers the LGBTQ+ community too. Decrease courts are divided, however most decrease courts have determined that Title VII does cowl the LGBTQ+ group. That when you fireplace somebody from their job for being trans that could be a violation of Title VII. It appears apparent, you are discriminating towards them on the idea of intercourse. However once you fireplace somebody for being homosexual or lesbian, that is about intercourse stereotypes. The stereotype is that if you’re male, try to be in a relationship with somebody feminine and that stereotype, and vice versa. That is additionally a violation of Title VII. In order that has large implications for the LGBTQ+ group, but additionally for people who find themselves not homosexual, lesbian, or trans as a result of the administration needs to principally say that it is okay to fireplace somebody based mostly on intercourse stereotypes. So when you’re not “lady sufficient” on your worker, let’s they are saying you suppose you’re too masculine, proper? There was a case Worth Waterhouse v. Hopkins within the late eighties, the place a lady was denied a promotion trigger her employer at Worth Waterhouse stated that she was too masculine, she sued and gained. And that precedent is what the LGBTQ+ group has been utilizing round employment discrimination protections round intercourse stereotypes. So what this administration needs to say is that it’s okay to fireplace somebody if they don’t seem to be manly sufficient in the event that they’re male or when you’re not lady sufficient in the event that they’re feminine. And that shouldn’t be authorized on this nation. If we lose that would have horrible implications for not simply the LGBTQ+ group, however for everybody and could possibly be probably be prolonged to well being care, housing, and so forth. So it’s massively essential. October 8, there’s going to be a rally outdoors the Supreme Court docket. I will be there. Folks must be speaking about this. Folks must be sharing on social media and conscious that it is not simply LGBTQ rights which are on the road. It is all of our rights. B: You have grow to be an icon within the trans group, particularly for Black trans girls. What do you’re feeling is your duty to that group? LC: I might say to be myself. I feel before everything I’ve to be myself. However then additionally, with all of this now privilege that I’ve, I’ve a duty to pay attention much more to my communities and each time attainable to elevate up the voices and the tales of these communities. And yeah, simply converse up and to talk out and use my platform, which I attempt to do once I can. However I am additionally making an attempt to stability that with constructing a profession as an actress and partnering with superb manufacturers like Smirnoff. I’ve had a lot enjoyable working with them on Welcome To The Enjoyable% marketing campaign, the PRIDE marketing campaign and now the vacation marketing campaign. I like that I’ve a unbroken partnership with them. I’ve had a lot enjoyable taking pictures the spots that we have completed collectively and being artistic behind the scenes. I am not simply an actress that they put in and say do that. They need to hear my suggestions. B: You shared a teaser of your cheeky vacation marketing campaign with Smirnoff throughout your session at Promoting Week. Are you able to inform us something about what to anticipate? LC: All I can say, trigger I do not need to give it away absolutely, is that it was a lot enjoyable. Simply shoot, I’ve constantly had a blast working with Smirnoff and it is like a little bit little bit of fantasy success. I feel it is fierce and superb and superior and I hope you’ll too. B: I’ve to ask since Billy Porter is a pricey pal of yours, what was your response to him taking dwelling his first Emmy for Excellent Lead Actor in a Drama Collection? LC: I’ve recognized Billy for years. I don’t even keep in mind once I met Billy. We have been New Yorkers eternally. He used thus far a pal of mine. And simply seeing the world see what I’ve recognized for a really very long time, that Billy is a singular expertise who’s a power of nature. I am excited about the 12 months that Billy’s had, he’s now a fashion icon. He is one-win shy of an EGOT. He’s now bought a Grammy, a Tony and the Emmy. He simply wants an Oscar woman and he’ll have the EGOT. It is so superb and I’m simply so pleased for him and proud and it simply could not occur to a greater individual. (Photograph by Cindy Ord/Getty Photographs for Smirnoff) Get the newest from BET in your inbox! Join now for the newest in superstar, sports activities, information and magnificence from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. BET Newsletters are despatched by BET Networks, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. www.bet.com OR JOIN US ON http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/dDZIs_PU5kk/laverne-cox-exclusive.html The post EXCLUSIVE: Laverne Cox Faculties Us On Historical past-Making Case appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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At the moment, the destiny of Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas cop, who shot and killed Botham Jean on September 6, 2018, is within the fingers of 12 jurors, as each protection and prosecutors conclude their closing statements. The protection claims Amber Guyger, five-year police veteran, thought she was getting into her own residence, when she killed Botham Jean.  Presiding Decide Tammy Kemp allowed the jury to think about the Castle Law, which is similar to the contentious Stand Your Ground legislation. The doctrine permits an individual, inside their house, or any legally occupied place, to make use of lethal pressure to defend themselves in opposition to an intruder. Not solely is deadly pressure justified, it doesn’t require an individual to retreat when a person is assaulted inside one’s own residence. Botham Jean, a beloved worship leader at his church, was murdered whereas having fun with a bowl of ice cream and watching tv in his condo. Guyger, who claims to have labored a 14- hour shift and should have suffered “inattentional blindness,” missed a number of clues that might point out she was within the improper condo. These clues embody the illuminated condo numbers, parking storage ground numbers and the brilliant pink doormat exterior of Jean’s door, the one certainly one of its variety in all the South Facet Flats advanced. Guyger entered Jean’s unit on the fourth ground, though her personal condo is on the third. Prosecution argued Jean was not a menace to Guyger, and named different choices obtainable for Guyger to flee if she feared for her life. The state lawyer argued that Guyger selected to interact, changing into the aggressor and intruder, as a substitute of utilizing her police coaching to de-escalate. If convicted of homicide, Guyger faces life in jail.  If jurors don’t anonymously conform to convict Guyger of homicide, jurors can nonetheless convict the 31-year-old of manslaughter, due to her recklessness, per Decide Kemp’s instructions.  Manslaughter is a second-degree felony, which carries a jail sentence from two to 20 years. If Guyger is convicted of manslaughter, as a substitute of homicide, and is sentenced to lower than 10 years, she may obtain probation. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/DlHKkGZe1qo/an-african-american-female-judge-allows-defense-to-use-castle-do.html The post ‘Fort Doctrine’ Protection Allowed in Amber Guyger Case appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Wednesday, September 25, a racist Snapchat video out of Mason Metropolis, Iowa was posted displaying two white teenagers spewing racial slurs and different offensive content material. The viral video  has sparked outrage on Twitter and Fb.  The one-minute Snapchat clip reveals one unidentifed Mason Metropolis excessive schooler and the daughter of a Mason Metropolis police officer, utilizing the N-word whereas saying how they wished [Black people] alive right this moment might expertise slavery.  One of many college students says, “So, the N-word, it’s not supposed for use in a derogatory method, however, I don’t care. I normally say it to, like, joke round however like who cares what the f*ck occurred to you some what years in the past? It’s not such as you skilled it. I want you would expertise it. I do too, like, wouldn’t or not it’s enjoyable to go decide some cotton?”   Bishop Talbert Swan who serves because the Bishop of the Nova Scotia Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, in Canada, posted the clip on Twitter. The Mason Metropolis Police Division launched an official statement condemning the scholars’ submit.  “This submit was offensive, racist, and accomplished in poor style. The Mason Metropolis Police Division doesn’t assist this motion in any approach and has labored diligently to construct relationships in our neighborhood and to enhance the range of our group… Right now, MCPD believes the content material of the submit is protected by First Modification free speech. Whereas offensive to just about everybody who has seen it, First Modification speech is proscribed solely in time, place, and method by regulation enforcement authorities. The Clear Lake Police Division has been requested to additional examine to keep away from a battle of curiosity.”  The assertion finally brushes off the content material of the video.    The Mason Metropolis College District’s assertion is equally ineffective. “Our highest precedence is to make sure the continuing security of scholars and workers at Mason Metropolis Colleges and to be attentive to and supportive of all of our college students’ wants. We encourage mother and father to speak together with your youngsters about their use of social media and the implications it could actually have on their household, buddies, classmates and their neighborhood. We’re working with the Mason Metropolis Police Division on this matter and we ask for everybody’s assist in constructing optimistic relationships to assist our neighborhood transfer ahead collectively.” Mason Metropolis college’s Superintendent, Dave Versteeg, revealed that the 2 college students have been disciplined, however wouldn’t specify how or the results. Elliot Tempo, a River Metropolis resident, instructed KIMT how the video’s offensive feedback shocked him. He says, “After I first initially watched the video, I used to be fairly shocked, particularly with a number of the feedback they made. There is no place for that in the true world. I imply, I take a look at it like all life is equal. You may’t select what coloration you might be and that shouldn’t matter anyway.”  The case has been transferred to the Clear Lake police division to keep away from any battle of curiosity. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/IFVECscXvyc/black-people–_get-over-slavery-white-teens-post-on-snapchat.html The post Black Individuals, ‘Get Over’ Slavery” White Teenagers Submit on SC appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Internationally famend opera star, Jessye Norman, has handed away at 74, the Associated Press experiences. Gwendolyn Quinn, spokesperson for Norman’s household, confirmed the heartbreaking information. The Related Press launched an announcement stating that the Augusta, Georgia native handed away at 7:54 a.m. on the morning of Monday, September 30. The reason for demise, septic shock, a deadly medical situation that happens when an organ damage results in an infection and dangerously low blood strain. The situation was a results of issues from a 2015 spinal twine damage. The Grammy Award successful soprano handed away at New York Metropolis’s, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital.  Says Norman’s household in an announcement, “We’re so pleased with Jessye’s musical achievements and the inspiration that she supplied to audiences around the globe that can proceed to be a supply of pleasure. We’re equally pleased with her humanitarian endeavors addressing issues resembling starvation, homelessness, youth growth, and humanities and cultural training.” Born right into a musical household, Norman obtained her begin singing in her church’s choir earlier than receiving a full scholarship to Howard College, the place she studied music. She continued her training at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland and on the College of Michigan. On January 21, 1985, Norman’s profession reached new heights as she was referred to as to sing at a number of vital American ceremonies. First, she sang at President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration, with George H. W. Bush, serving as Vice President. 12 years later, on Monday, January 20, 1997, Norman sang once more on the Capitol Constructing in Washington, D.C. for President Invoice Clinton’s second inauguration with Vice President.  On the memorial of the September 11 assaults, in March of 2002, Norman was invited to bless the nation along with her stirring rendition of, “America the Stunning.”  Norman was a globally identified and beloved, Opera star, but in addition identified for her philanthropy. The Diva was awarded many honors, together with the Légion d’honneur, the very best French order of advantage for navy and civil deserves by Napoleon Bonaparte. At 52, she was the youngest particular person ever to obtain the Kennedy Middle Honors in 1997, an annual tribute awarded to artists for his or her lifetime of contributions to American tradition.   Funeral preparations will probably be introduced quickly. The BET household sends our ideas and prayers to Norman’s household and thousands and thousands of followers. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/FJlAKxDkgcI/legendary-opera-singer–jessye-norman–dies-at-74.html The post Legendary Opera Singer, Jessye Norman, Dies At 74 appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Written by Moriba Cummings UPDATE: Stacey Sprint’s Sunday night (September 29) arrest for alleged home violence was caught on the arresting police officer’s physique digital camera, and has been launched to the general public. Within the video, made public by TMZ, the Clueless actress and conservative pundit is seen calmly being led away from her house by police.  The arresting officer is heard asking Sprint the place she’s from and what she does for a residing. She replies by saying she’s an actress and makes notice of her time as a political correspondent for Fox Information. [embedded content] Stacey Sprint has maintained her innocence since information broke of her arrest for allegedly laying arms on her husband, claiming self-defense. She says her husband, Jeffrey Marty, initiated the bodily violence, making an attempt to choke her and attacked first. Surprisingly, it was Sprint who reportedly referred to as regulation enforcement, although issues didn’t prove in her favor once they arrived. PREVIOUS: Stacey Dash was arrested for home violence in Florida after reportedly assaulting her new husband, lawyer Jeffrey Marty, over the weekend. In accordance with TMZ, regulation enforcement sources confirmed that cops have been referred to as to the couple’s house at round 7:45 p.m. in Pasco County to reply to a home dispute. Sprint and Marty reportedly bought right into a disagreement, which resulted within the conservative pundit pushing and slapping Marty. RELATED: Stacey Dash Responds To Seal After He Reads Her For Filth When officers confirmed up on the scene, they reportedly noticed scratches on his left arm. Jeffrey Marty (Photograph by Mindy Greatest/Getty Photographs for SXSW) The Clueless star was taken into custody, the place she is at present being held on $500 bail. The location reviews that within the occasion of these kinds of incidents, native authorities have a tendency to carry aggressors for a 24-hour “cooling-off interval.” Sprint and Marty secretly wed final spring in Florida, in response to reviews. That is the actress’ fourth marriage. (Photograph by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Photographs) Get the most recent from BET in your inbox! Enroll now for the most recent in movie star, sports activities, information and magnificence from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising and marketing emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. BET Newsletters are despatched by BET Networks, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. www.bet.com OR JOIN US ON http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/pstwtgWhmb0/stacey-dash-arrested-domestic-violence-after-attacking-husband.html The post Stacey Sprint’s Home Violence Arrest Was Caught On BodyCam appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Monday evening (September 23), Hampton College hosted and embraced college students from the College of The Bahamas who have been displaced as a result of devastation unleashed by Hurricane Dorian. Forty-six college students from the Caribbean college have been met by a Hampton welcome-wagon on the airport after flying to Virginia from the Bahamas. One pupil who made the journey was very grateful for the HBCU’s generosity throughout a tough time. “I hope that God goes to be with us,” they mentioned, according to The Grio. “As a result of while you consider all of the folks, all of the kindness, all the assistance they’ve supplied us, who don’t know us, probably the most we will do is repay them with excellence.” Carniesha Demeritte, one other pupil who simply arrived, seen an enormous distinction within the measurement of campus between the College of The Bahamas and Hampton. “It’s actually huge,” she mentioned, according to the Virginian-Pilot. “It’s simply large. Our campus is a block lengthy. What would take a minute to stroll on our campus would take 10 minutes right here.” Hampton’s directors introduced they’d be partnering up with UB as a way to permit displaced college students to spend a fall semester on their campus totally free. Many residents of the island have been impacted by the two-day Class 5 story, which resulted in at the least 30 deaths and a reported $7 billion in injury. Hampton President Dr. William R. Harvey expressed why his college took on this beneficiant initiative. “I feel this settlement is one thing that may be useful to a large number of college students and households, and is a part of one thing I’ve tried to do my whole profession — serving to folks to realize and meet their targets,” he mentioned in an official statement on Hampton College’s web site. A semester at Hampton — tuition, room and board, books and costs — reportedly prices about $15,000. A $150,000 donation from Pastor Jamal Bryant and the New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church and a $100,000 from Zachary Scott, a member of HU’s Board of Trustees, has helped offset a few of the prices of internet hosting the brand new college students. In the event you’d wish to donate to this noble trigger, simply name Hampton’s Workplace of Improvement at 757-727-5002. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/3eIV65A28Dg/hampton-helps-university-of-the-bahamas-students-displaced-by-hu.html The post Hampton Helps College Of The Bahamas College students Displaced appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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The Nationwide Affiliation for the Development of Coloured Individuals is making an attempt to boost consciousness about an inevitable Supreme Court docket case involving Comcast and a $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit levied in opposition to the cable large by Byron Allen’s Leisure Studios. The civil rights group was roused into motion due to Comcast and Donald Trump’s Division of Justice alliance, which is making an attempt to roll again essential protections listed within the Civil Rights Act of 1866. “In a number of weeks, the Supreme Court docket will hear one of the crucial necessary civil rights instances to come back earlier than it this time period,” the civil rights group stated in a press release Friday, according to Deadline. “Comcast – the second largest broadcasting and cable tv firm on this planet – is poised to take an unprecedented step,” the NAACP added. “Due to a dispute with a Black businessman, the corporate has urged the Supreme Court docket to roll again the essential protections of one of many nation’s oldest civil rights legal guidelines, Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. “Though the NAACP takes no place on the underlying dispute, now we have determined to take the lead on this subject,” the assertion continues. “We urge Comcast to stop its assault on Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; a bedrock civil rights statute that has been in place for greater than 150 years.” The NAACP’s involvement within the landmark case comes as a little bit of a shock contemplating Allen, together with Al Sharpton and a number of other others, sued the group for taking “sham” variety funding from Comcast and different firms. On August 15, the Trump Administration’s DOJ filed a quick that seeks to tighten the definitions of the invoice’s statute in Comcast’s favor. The pending Supreme Court docket case stems from businessman Byron Allen, who’s African American, and his makes an attempt to get Comcast and Constitution to hold his Black-owned TV networks. These networks had been already being carried by rival distributors together with Verizon, Dish, and DirecTV. Allen stated he has been rebuffed repeatedly, and in his multi-billion greenback swimsuit made it very clear that he believes race performed an element as a result of Leisure Studios is a completely minority-owned entity. Each Comcast and Constitution have denied race has performed an element. Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a federal legislation prohibiting discrimination on the premise of race, shade, and ethnicity when making and imposing contracts. The statute applies to all non-public employers and labor organizations, however doesn’t apply to discrimination by the US federal authorities as an employer. If the case lands on the Supreme Court docket docket, Allen and his attorneys could also be required to show that race was completely the one purpose Comcast didn’t place the corporate’s channels on its distribution companies and platforms. A listening to earlier than the Excessive Court docket is presently scheduled for November 13. Under is the NAACP’s full assertion concerning its name for Comcast to stop any makes an attempt in overturning Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. In a number of weeks, the Supreme Court docket will hear one of the crucial necessary civil rights instances to come back earlier than it this time period. Comcast – the second largest broadcasting and cable tv firm on this planet – is poised to take an unprecedented step. Due to a dispute with a Black businessman, the corporate has urged the Supreme Court docket to roll again the essential protections of one of many nation’s oldest civil rights legal guidelines, Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. For greater than a century, Part 1981 has been used as an necessary device to fight race discrimination, notably for employment discrimination claimants. All through the NAACP’s historical past, standard-bearers of justice like Thurgood Marshall have harnessed the facility of Part 1981 to battle numerous types of discrimination. But now, in a state of affairs that has grow to be all too acquainted throughout this period, an upcoming Supreme Court docket choice has the potential to reject these classes of historical past by rolling again the clock on primary civil rights. Though the NAACP takes no place on the underlying dispute, now we have determined to take the lead on this subject. We urge Comcast to stop its assault on Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; a bedrock civil rights statute that has been in place for greater than 150 years. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/_Pb2is-v3Bc/naacp-urges-comcast-to-cease-attack-on-civil-rights-statute.html The post NAACP Urges Comcast To Stop Assault On Civil Rights Statute appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Over 5 a long time in the past, Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested racism on the world stage after they raised their fists in the course of the 1968 Summer time Olympics medal ceremony, creating one of the iconic moments within the historical past of the worldwide video games. Now, the pair are receiving the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s highest honor. In response to the San Francisco Chronicle, the U.S. Olympic Committee will induct the lads into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Corridor of Fame on November 1. “It sends the message that possibly we had to return in time and make some acutely aware choices about whether or not we had been proper or unsuitable,” Carlos, now 74, told USA Today after the announcement. “They’ve come to the conclusion that, ‘Hey man, we had been unsuitable. We had been off-base when it comes to humanity relative to the human rights period.’” In 1968, Smith and Carlos stood on the rostrum in Mexico Metropolis to obtain their first and third place medals and brought on an uproar of their native nation to the north. Elevating their first into the air to protest racism and discrimination whereas the nationwide anthem performed, the pair added to among the most memorable public stances of racism in the course of the civil rights period. Smith broke the world file within the 200-meter whereas Carlos earned the bronze medal. Shortly after the historic protest on the video games, the USA Olympic Committee voted to expel the pair for the remainder of the video games, giving them a 48-hour discover to go away. Within the years following the 1968 video games each Smith and Carlos had been excluded from Olympic actions. The 2 can be inducted together with a number of different notable athletes, together with former WNBA star Lisa Leslie, gymnast Nastia Liukin, seashore volleyball participant Misty Might-Treanor, and pace skater Apolo Anton Ohno, in response to the Washington Post. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/ytXe4if-kW4/tommie-smith-and-john-carlos-will-finally-be-inducted-into-u-s–.html The post Smith And Carlos To Be Inducted Into U.S. Olympic HOF appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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As we all know, the CDC estimates 50% of Black males who’ve intercourse with males (MSM) will contract HIV over their lifetime, compared to 25% for Latino MSM’s and 12.5% for white MSM’s.  It is very important replicate on a number of important topics of discussion about HIV and the way it impacts not simply our group, however a number of Black communities.  For starters, HIV isn’t just a Black homosexual situation or well being situation. HIV is a matter for your complete Black group each domestically and international.  Though media usually showcases HIV as a Black LGBTQ situation, it fails at instances to point out the way it additionally impacts Black heterosexual girls in addition to Black heterosexual males. It is necessary that once we focus on the HIV epidemic, we’re inclusive of the assorted methods it exhibits up in our group.  Whereas the Black LGBTQ group has epidemic-level charges, Black women are still the highest carrier of the virus in America of all women demographic groups.  The failure in us discussing this situation at its intersection with numerous components of the general Black group places us at a drawback.  Siloed conversations hurt us by not permitting Black women and men from the heterosexual group to know the function they play within the total epidemic.  It is necessary for us transferring ahead to have these conversations in all Black areas, not simply Black queer dominated ones as HIV is a social justice situation. One all of us have to be vocal in. Disclosure can also be an vital piece of this dialog. As somebody dwelling with HIV, I’m required to reveal my standing with any sexual accomplice.  Nevertheless, the burden usually falls on those that are HIV constructive to do the work of sexual accountability and accountability for your complete group.  Related: National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 5 Myths Black Communities Should Abandon As somebody who can also be queer, I understand how the virus disproportionately impacts my group. As vital as it’s for me to reveal, it’s simply as vital that previous to having intercourse BOTH (and nonetheless many) events concerned are asking the proper questions.  Many really feel asking somebody’s standing is offensive. It isn’t. It is without doubt one of the instruments we’ve to create higher intercourse practices for our group.  Assuming that if nothing is claimed then everyone seems to be unfavourable is harmful. HIV-negative folks have a accountability to guard themselves by asking the correct questions.  And if somebody responds they’re constructive, unfavourable, or not prepared to reveal, you then have the selection on the way to have interaction.  Disclosure is a eternally factor for HIV constructive folks. Regardless of how public I’m with my life and my standing, I’ll at all times meet somebody that doesn’t know and probably need to disclose.  Through the years it has gotten simpler, however it might solely turn out to be follow as soon as we as components of Black communities cease the stigma that comes together with being HIV constructive, in addition to any shaming. Stigma is what stops folks from getting examined. Stigma is what stops folks from getting on the proper treatment as soon as they’re constructive.  There are numerous individuals who know you possibly can have a top quality of life with HIV however are extra afraid of the stigma than the precise virus.  Intercourse continues to be a really taboo patriarchal topic within the Black group. We’ve got not moved to a spot the place discussing intercourse is productive and lots of are working in a sexual house with out the proper language and instruments to guard themselves. We are able to now not be afraid to speak about HIV and intercourse within the Black group. It’s an “all of us” situation that may now not be burdened solely by those that are on the highest threat of an infection.  If we’re actually going to get to a spot the place we finish the HIV epidemic by 2030, it begins with us as a group empowering each other to get examined frequently—and much more, empowering one another to take accountability for our personal sexual well being. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/A3b6SeiShCU/op-ed–the-hiv-epidemic-is-a-social-justice-issue.html The post Op-Ed: The HIV Epidemic Is A Social Justice Situation appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Izaak Theo Adu, the son of singer Sade, just lately accomplished a six-month restoration interval after going by means of surgical procedure. On Thursday (September 26), the 23-year-old shared an open letter to his mom, thanking her for her assist in the course of the course of. “It’s been an extended arduous street however We did it,” he captioned beneath an image of the 2 of them collectively. “We’re coming dwelling!!!! Thanks for staying by my aspect these previous 6 months Mumma. Thanks for preventing with me to finish the person I’m. Thanks in your encouragement when issues are arduous, for the love you give me. The purest coronary heart. I really like you a lot. Queen of queens.” In Might, Adu thanked his household for his or her assist and detailed the hardships he’s gone by means of up till that time. “Being transgender is tough. Every single day is a battle. You’re continuously preventing for the world to simply accept you and typically you even battle your self… I’m fortunate as a result of I’ve a household and buddies that settle for and love me simply as I’m, who see it is not about WHAT I seem like on the skin like however WHO I’m inside.” Congrats Izaak and shoutout to everybody who helps folks for being who they’re. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/iyEmTWvvX8A/sade_s-son-izaak-theo-adu-pens-an-open-letter-to-his-mother-afte.html The post Sade’s Son Izaak Theo Adu Pens An Open Letter To His Mom appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Whereas on the stand for homicide of Botham Jean, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyer broke down in sobs whereas describing what occurred on the night she fatally shot an harmless man who was having fun with a bowl of ice cream in his personal house. It’s the primary time the 31-year-old has publically spoken since Jean’s homicide on September 6, 2018.  On the fifth day of the trial, Guyger claims she walked into what she thought was her personal house when she heard “shuffling,” assuming Jean was an intruder. Guyger was off-duty, however nonetheless in uniform when she killed the 26-year-old accountant who was sporting shorts whereas watching tv when he was shot. She alleges she noticed a “silhouette figure” approaching her, inciting “pure worry” for her life. Guyger yelled, “Hey! Hey! Hey!” earlier than demanding, “Present me your fingers” twice.  “I used to be scared he was going to kill me,” Guyger recounted.  Whereas Guyger’s protection attorneys tried to show the complicated house complicated’s structure was guilty for Guyger mistaking items, the prosecution rebutted that time. Lead prosecutor, Jason Hermus, argued the way it’s unreasonable {that a} resident, who has lived in her house for 2 months, would mistake one other resident’s unit as their very own, along with lacking apparent indicators alongside her stroll from the storage to Jean’s house. One of many clues talked about was the brilliant purple doormat Jean had in entrance of his house door. Guyger doesn’t have a doormat in entrance of her door.  She blames being on “autopilot” from working 40 hours inside 4 days as to why she approached the fallacious house.  When requested to exhibit how she opened Jean’s door, which was not fully closed or locked as a consequence of a malfunction within the door, Guyger started trembling and crying uncontrollably. Decide Tammy Kemp initiated a courtroom recess afterwards. The Dallas native was requested how she felt after killing the Saint Lucia native at his South Facet Flats house. “I really feel like a horrible individual. I really feel like a bit of crap. I hate that I’ve to dwell with this,” she stated. “I want he was the one with the gun and he killed me. I by no means wished to take an harmless individual’s life. I’m so sorry.” She admitted her intent was to kill Jean when she noticed him, one of many parts for a responsible homicide conviction. Homicide is defined as an illegal killing of one other human with out a legitimate excuse, particularly a malice aforethought.  The District Lawyer additionally referred to as out Guyger’s coaching and the way she was taught to first deescalate any state of affairs the place a risk or hurt could also be current. CNN stories considered one of her fellow officers testified Guyger ought to have taken cowl and referred to as for backup, in line with division protocol. Guyger, who was on the power for 4 years, additionally selected to solely give Jean a “little CPR” as he laid on his flooring bleeding out. She referred to as 911, whereas additionally sending a textual content to her married lover, Martin Rivera, whereas on the decision.  Based on the testimony, Guyger texted Rivera, “I want you … hurry,” and one other a minute later confessing, “I f***ed up,” one minute later.  The trial continued when Dallas county prosecutors examined the bookbag Guyger was sporting that fateful night. The bag contained a primary help equipment, together with fight gauges designed particularly to cease bleeding. The gauge packet was unopened.  Guyger solely admitted to conducting a “sternum rub” on Jean’s higher left chest the place she shot him, however stopped when authorities arrived on the scene. Tu Minh Nguygen revealed how Jean was “still alive” when officers started CPR. He died later on the hospital from the gunshot wound.  She admitted to exchanging sexually express textual content messages with Rivera, her married police companion, earlier that day, some extent prosecutors showcased to show her ethical compass, “Your ethical code places intercourse off limits, however every little thing else is truthful recreation?” asked Hermus.  After admitting she despatched Rivera nude photos, however deleted the textual content threads after the taking pictures, she expressed her regret as a result of she knew the connection “wasn’t going to go wherever.” “I did try this. I used to be ashamed that I used to be in a relationship with him. It is embarrassing.” However Hermus contended with Guyger’s assertion, revealing how she continued to speak with Rivera. Their messages had been “flirtatious” in content material and expressed a need to get intoxicated.  Jurors will determine whether or not Guyger acted affordable when she used lethal power inside Jean’s house. Guyer was fired from the power and arrested on September 23, 17 days after Jean’s dying. She was launched on a $300,000 bond. If discovered responsible of homicide, she is dealing with 5 to 90 years in jail. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/HodaYnxqZOM/amber-guyger_s-testimony-reveals-disturbing-details-about-the-ni.html The post Amber Guyger’s Testimony Reveals Disturbing Particulars About appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Comedy has modified immensely since Eddie Murphy’s rise to stardom within the 1980s. The actor is a little more introspective when reflecting on his stand-up profession. The longtime actor and comic has a busy itinerary throughout the subsequent yr, together with a reprisal of his main position in a sequel to 1988’s Coming To America, a starring position as Rudy Ray Extra in Dolemite Is My Identify!, and a internet hosting look for Saturday Evening Stay for the primary time in 35 years. Moreover, Murphy will document a brand new stand-up comedy particular for Netflix, which can be his first since 1987’s Uncooked. Trying again to that stand-up, together with 1983’s Delirious, Eddie says he regrets a number of the content material in these specials. “I used to be a younger man processing a damaged coronary heart, you already know, type of an a**h**e,” he told the New York Times, referencing a break-up he was going by way of in addition to being picketed because of the homophobic materials in his specials as just lately as 1996. When wanting again at his previous materials, particularly the jokes about AIDS, Murphy stated he cringed. That stated, Murphy appears to be anticipating a return to the stage in 2019. He says his upcoming materials can be reflective of his present state of affairs. Being the daddy of eight kids, Murphy reveals that his new comedy can be extra than simply about himself. “I now have an entire lifetime of experiences to attract upon,” he stated. “There was a time once I was on the middle of every part, what I used to be doing, and the way humorous I used to be and the way standard…I’m not on the middle. Now my children are and every part revolves round them.” Learn Eddie Murphy’s full interview with The Occasions here. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/hSiLNUIOFn8/eddie-murphy-reflects-on-past-comedy.html The post Eddie Murphy Remorseful Over Content material In Outdated Stand-Up appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Written by Samantha Hunter Acclaimed actor, director and producer Forest Whitaker returns to tv this fall in Godfather of Harlem, a 10-episode sequence about famed Harlem mob boss Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson. Johnson was a well-read profession felony initially born in South Carolina whose household moved to Harlem throughout his early life. Within the early 1930s he grew to become the principal lieutenant to mob boss Stephani St. Claire, who was outstanding within the numbers racket in Harlem. Johnson, nicknamed “Bumpy” for a big bump on his brow, was beloved in Harlem for his generosity with the individuals. Extra in Celebs: Diallo Riddle And Bashir Salahuddin On The Future Of ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Whitaker delivers an intense and introspective portrayal of the larger-than-life man, whereas additionally providing a novel perspective on a few of the outstanding gamers in Harlem who interacted with Johnson in his prime and coloured his wealthy life story. BET.com spoke with Whitaker, Nigél Thatch (Selma), Rafi Gavron (A Star Is Born), Lucy Fry (Vibrant, Mr. Church) Vincent D’Onofrio (Marvel’s Daredevil), Ilfenesh Hadera (She’s Gotta Have It) and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Inpatent) about going again in time to recreate Harlem within the 1960s, and their reflections on Bumpy Johnson the person. Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson in ‘Godfather of Harlem’ THE STAR: Forest Whitaker on the creation of the sequence: Markuann Smith and James Acheson got here to me with an concept that they needed to do one thing about Bumpy Johnson and so I stated yeah, let’s discover it. After which we went and acquired Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein to write down a script, they usually grew to become the producers and the present runners. As soon as we did that, myself and Chris went in to speak to Michael Wright [the president] at EPIX. I began to clarify to him how I needed the music to encompass the challenge, utilizing music from the time contained in the scenes and rating to enhance the mythic high quality, however then utilizing up to date music to kind of encompass it to put us within the place that everyone understood that it was related to them proper there, that they might be in an area that they knew was true. I believe I used to be speaking a couple of Chi-Lites music, “Have You Seen Her.” You understand how it begins off with this lengthy discuss: One month in the past in the present day… walks to the films… possibly to the park…I’ve a seat on the standard bench to look at the kids play… tomorrow is their future, however to me it is one other day… I began speaking about that, and relating it to rap, after which me and [Michael] began singing that specific music. It seems that Michael Wright really has his personal band and he is a singer! In order that dialogue led to what he determined to do within the room, which was to purchase this challenge and do 10 episodes.  [embedded content] Whitaker on making ready to play Bumpy Johnson:  I believe the primary a part of it began with simply the analysis, as a result of we had been getting the script prepared. So, I began learning him, studying stuff about him, studying jail reviews about him, what his spouse wrote about him — , Mayme wrote a book — and attempting to get that on. Then I got here into New York and I began to interview a few of the guys who labored with him, who had been like mobsters alongside him, like Chisolm and Junebug and people guys. After which I went into Harlem and began interviewing individuals after which slowly he began to type. He was a chess participant, he was a poet, and there have been numerous various things about his character that had been very difficult. After which I simply tried to let all of it fall into place. Whitaker on handpicking rapper/producer Swizz Beatz to attain the sequence: I believe Swizz is a superb musician and artist and I believe he understands the way to convey parts collectively right into a music, and we would have liked that. He created the entire album for the movie. Each week there can be two new songs popping out from the present, and we would have liked any person of his high quality and caliber to have the ability to do it, and that has additionally a world understanding, a extra wide-scoping understanding, to slim it all the way down to what we would have liked to be. I gotta say, he greater than delivered. He delivered a tremendous album with actual deep sensitivity and he is been there step by step-by-step. He introduced in all of those artists collectively within the writing room to create songs, and it has been a pleasure working with him really. Nigel Thatch and Forest Whitaker in ‘Godfather of Harlem’ THE HISTORY Nigél Thatch on revisiting the function of Malcolm X (Thatch beforehand performed Malcolm in Ava DuVernay’s Selma): The script is principally what made me wish to do it once more. There was an excessive quantity of this depth in not solely Malcolm X, however in all of the characters within the present. The connection between Bumpy and Malcolm was an eye fixed opener for me, and I am positive it is an eye fixed opener for lots of people, as a result of I had not recalled that relationship ever being talked about earlier than. I’ve realized loads, not solely about that relationship, however Harlem within the ’60s — it has been a little bit of a historical past lesson.  Thatch on changing into Malcolm X: I went to outdated video shops that had solely VHS tapes and pictures of Malcolm X and his speeches again within the day. I went on YouTube to seek out every part I might, I requested FBI paperwork, FBI recordsdata from the analysis specialists on the present. I had a lot of conversations with Professor James Small, who was a guide on the present. I listened to Malcolm X speeches at work all proper up till the time we’d shoot and say motion, with the earphones in my head, simply attempting to embody as a lot of his cadence and essence as I [could] proper up till the time we had been able to shoot. What I realized is that Malcolm and I, there are numerous similarities there by way of the way in which we predict. A method particularly was pondering for myself–even previous to taking part in Malcolm in Godfather of Harlem and Selma–it is necessary that you simply do the work, that you’ve got your individual ideas for your self, and never simply be beneath another person’s concepts and ideas. Oftentimes, individuals are too lazy to do the work — even to suppose.  Vincent D’Onofrio/ “Vincent ‘Chin’ Gigante” on going again in time to discover race and energy on this sequence: It was onerous. I am not going to faux that it wasn’t onerous taking part in the half. It is not a simple factor to play a racist. It is not straightforward within the context of our story. It is not straightforward associating your self with that in any means, form or type. It is heartbreaking. So, you break your coronary heart a little bit bit day by day whenever you play it. However you’ll be able to’t soften it up. It’s a must to do it full out and it’s a must to make the purpose. Some days I went house with my abdomen in knots, relying on what I did that day and what number of instances I needed to say the “n” phrase or what number of instances I had to take a look at Forest in character and take care of him by Chin’s eyes. However in the long run, you wish to obtain one thing. You wish to inform the story appropriately and repair the story one of the best you’ll be able to, and so I did my greatest attempting to try this.  Vincent D’Onofrio, Nigel Thatch and Forest Whitaker in ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Lucy Fry/ “Stella” on Bumpy Johnson. I had a really attention-grabbing discuss with Forest once we had been filming one of many scenes and studying about Bumpy Johnson as a poet. One in every of my favourite scenes is when he is speaking to Malcolm X they usually’re saying that they each needed to be attorneys, however then could not due to the systemic oppression of that point, so Bumpy was a gangster. That was such an attention-grabbing a part of it for me, simply seeing how Forest introduced a lot subtlety and gentleness to this character, and that it is a means to an finish… combating towards the system, and that violence is the one means at a sure level. I really feel like the way in which that Forest performed it with such subtlety brings a extremely attention-grabbing dialog in a means that I have not actually seen on tv earlier than from this attitude. Rafi Gavron/ “Ernie Nunzi” on what he realized about Bumpy Johnson, the person: I imply, he is a human. That is who Bumpy Johnson is to me now. And is he a gangster? I do not know. I do know some gangsters on the market who’ve acquired thousands and thousands of {dollars}, they have gentle pores and skin they usually’re carrying fits. And so they’re in [the] company world. So, to me, it is simply humanizing somebody… there is a motive he is a hero in Harlem. It is not as a result of he is a drug supplier, it is as a result of he took care of his individuals, and that was what was actually particular. I’ve all the time rooted for the underdog, and who am I to say why anybody’s promoting dope on a big degree? Perhaps I would try this if I wanted to at the moment, and that was the one alternative that I might discover. S&%t, I would flip it into an empire if I might. And that is what I acquired from it, and that is what Forest did. He is a human to me now, he is not “Bumpy Johnson.” And I hope individuals take that away. Ilfenesh Hadera and Forest Whitaker in ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Ilfenesh Hadera/ “Mayme Johnson” on working the challenge:  Like most individuals concerned on this challenge, I really feel actually hooked up to it for very private causes. Paul Eckstein, who’s our govt producer and one in all our writers, Bumpy Johnson put his aunt by faculty. After which you may have Markuann [Smith], who’s Margaret [Johnson’s] godson. I’m a Harlem resident, lifelong. So, it is actually a private type of delight to be a part of this challenge, however to return into the ’60s and type of study a Harlem that I’ve by no means skilled earlier than, one other aspect of this place that is so acquainted to me, has been actually cool, informative, and a complete studying course of in an exquisite means. It is type of what you hope for as an actor–to be given the chance to essentially delve right into a world.  THE PLACE: HARLEM, USA Gavron on Harlem: Harlem is simply an unimaginable place, and it is given us a lot; tradition, music, that revolution that we discuss, so it was simply particular being up there, and being welcomed into that neighborhood?! As I stated, I got here up on this music, so for me I am like, ‘Yo, I am part of this for a second!’ And that was actually particular to me.” Thatch on Harlem: Harlem within the ’60s I wasn’t actually acquainted with, so I have been studying loads about Harlem within the ’60s by this challenge. There is a Complete Meals now in Harlem. It is much more gentrified now, but it surely’s nonetheless cool and jazzy, simply the way in which that it was again then, however on the similar time you are feeling these roots. Antoinette Crowe-Legacy/ “Elise” Harlem, thanks for the tradition. Thanks for the music, for the politics and the historical past. Thanks for making a part of America what it’s in the present day. It was such a melting pot of people that created a lot and formed who we’re proper now. So, thanks for that.  Godfather of Harlem premieres Sunday September 29 on Epix. Photograph Credit score: David Lee/Epix Get the newest from BET in your inbox! Enroll now for the newest in superstar, sports activities, information and magnificence from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. BET Newsletters are despatched by BET Networks, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. www.bet.com OR JOIN US ON http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/6eDH1GC-28o/godfather-of-harlem-interviews.html The post Forest Whitaker on Making ‘Godfather of Harlem’ appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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A lady from Fayetteville, Georgia who has fatally shot a person who after he left the scene of a hit-and-run automobile crash has been granted bond for a second time after she was indicted on new expenses in June. In accordance with authorities, 22-year-old Hannah Renea Payne was granted a $320,000 bond Friday (September 27) and had beforehand been granted bond after being arrested on a homicide cost for the Could taking pictures demise of 62-year-old Kenneth Herring. On Could 7, Payne allegedly adopted Herring’s pickup truck after she noticed it hit one other automobile in Clayton County. Police say Payne referred to as 911 earlier than following the truck for a couple of mile all the way down to an intersection. Payne then allegedly blocked the motive force, who prosecutors say could have been having a diabetic attacked, along with her Jeep. In accordance with authorities, she then obtained out of her automobile to confront him with a gun in her hand and, in some unspecified time in the future, shot Herring within the stomach, which killed him. Prosecutors declare Payne ignored the 911 dispatcher who advised her to remain on the preliminary hit-and-run scene and to not interact the motive force. After the taking pictures, a witness allegedly recorded a video that confirmed Payne altering her garments earlier than police arrived. Matt Tucker, Payne’s lawyer, mentioned his shopper is claiming self-defense within the taking pictures, saying Herring bruised her and ripped her shirt. “It simply looks like an unlucky state of affairs of a great Samaritan making an attempt to cease an individual on a hit-and-run,” he beforehand mentioned.  Clayton County District Lawyer Tracy Graham Lawson says Payne was the aggressor. Through the tragic incident, Payne was recorded within the 911 name as saying “Get out of the automobile. Get out of the automobile,” which makes her sound like she thought she was a police officer and taking issues into her personal fingers. After her preliminary arrest on a homicide cost, Payne was granted a $100,000 bond and he or she was launched. A grand jury then indicted her on further expenses in June of felony homicide, malice homicide, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and possession of a firearm throughout a felony, her bond was revoked and he or she was reimprisoned. On Friday, a decide granted Payne bond for a second time after her lawyer argued that his shopper wasn’t a flight danger. As of Friday afternoon Hannah Payne has not bonded out of jail. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/tuhvaz-cMGo/woman-granted-bond-twice-after-she-chased-down-a-hit-and-run-dri.html The post White Lady Granted Bond After She Fatally Shot A Black Man appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Meghan Markle is ensuring the story of Uyinene Mrwetyana is not going to be forgotten. The Royal Duchess of Sussex made a visit earlier this week to South Africa, partly for a non-public go to to the memorial of the 19-year-old College of Cape City scholar who was raped and murdered, allegedly by a put up workplace employee. Mrwetyana went lacking in late August and her demise was confirmed in September. “Having carefully adopted the tragic story, it was a private gesture [Meghan] needed to make,” Markle’s spokesperson told PEOPLE. Markle visited the memorial on the Clareinch Publish Workplace the place Mrwetyana died. Paying tribute to the younger girl, she left a handwritten message within the woman’s native language of Xhosa, which learn, “Harry & Meghan 26th September 2019. We stand collectively on this scenario.”  She additionally added a yellow ribbon to the numerous already on the website, in honor of Mrwetyana’s life. The official Instagram account for the Duchess relayed a extra intensive message about Mrwetyana’s tragic demise. Uyinene Mrwetyana was bludgeoned to demise on the day she was reported lacking after she returned to the put up workplace to retrieve a package deal. Her physique was discovered every week later within the close by township of Khayelitsha, according to the BBC. At Mrwetyana’s funeral in east London on September 7, Police Minister Bheki Cele recalled her ultimate moments in the course of the assault: “With all of the innocence on this planet … she begins to understand that there’s a drawback right here. This man assaults this younger girl, this younger girl fights, she fought again closely. She fights, and for some purpose, she loses footing, and he rapes her,” he mentioned, in response to native information outlet News24. A 42-year-old suspect was arrested in connection to the homicide and appeared in courtroom earlier this month. Prosecutors reported that the person, whose title has not been launched, had confessed to raping and fatally beating Mrwetyana, then burning and dumping her physique. The trial is scheduled for November. http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/QmAr_jeK-SU/meghan-markle-makes-trip-to-memorial-site-of-murdered-south-afri.html The post Meghan Markle Makes Journey To Memorial Web site Of Murdered South appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Written by Tweety Elitou Regardless of making historical past along with his viral hit single, “Outdated City Street,” and the success of his comply with up music “Panini,” Lil Nas X has determined he wants a break from music.  RELATED | Lil Nas X: Inviting In, Coming Out “It has been a wild final 7 months and I am able to take a while off,” he introduced through Twitter, alongside information that he’s canceling two upcoming exhibits. it’s been a wild final 7 months and im able to take a while off. sorry to everybody attending twitchcon or the sandbox music pageant, i can’t be there. i really like u guys and can make it as much as you a way. — nope (@LilNasX) September 27, 2019 The 20-year-old rapper then went on to apologize to followers who hoped to see him throughout his two performances scheduled for late September. “Sorry to everybody attending TwitchCon or the Sandbox Music Competition, I cannot be there. I really like you guys and can make it as much as you a way,” he continued.  Surprisingly, the information comes after Lil Nas X launched his first EP in June, referred to as “7,” and broke records over the summer by securing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard’s Sizzling 100 with a profitable 19-week stint. RELATED | Lil Nas X Locks In Top 10 Debut On Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart With His First EP So far as future exhibits, they nonetheless appear to be on the schedule. As of now, an upcoming present in Canada on Oct. 17 with Billy Ray Cyrus will proceed as scheduled.  It’s unclear why the rapper, born Montero Lamar Hill, is quickly hanging up his cowboy hat, however let’s simply hope that this momentary break retains him in good spirits. (Picture: HGL/Getty Photos) Get the newest from BET in your inbox! Join now for the newest in superstar, sports activities, information and elegance from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising and marketing emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. BET Newsletters are despatched by BET Networks, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. www.bet.com OR JOIN US ON http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/9vT0C08bY5U/lil-nas-x-announces-his-temporary-departure-from-music.html The post Lil Nas X Publicizes He’s Taking A Break From Music appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Congratulations are to ensure that Eva Marcille and husband Michael Sterling, who simply welcomed their second baby collectively. In accordance with Us Weekly, the 34-year-old Actual Housewives of Atlanta star gave delivery to the couple’s son on Friday (Sept. 27), they usually gave him an epic title: Maverick. People Magazine additionally confirmed the report.  Though the couple, who married in October 2018, have but to make an official announcement on social media, they’re absolutely ecstatic about their new addition.  Congratulations to the Sterling household!  http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/NhzYSR7gc88/eva-marcille-and-michael-sterling-welcome-son-maverick.html The post Eva Marcille Welcomes A Child Boy And His Identify Is Epic appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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The HIV epidemic is a silent killer disproportionately affecting males of coloration at alarming charges. Analysis reveals that Black and Latino males are impacted by HIV in methods their white counterparts don’t face. Because of elevated technological developments throughout the medical trade, folks now have the entry to preventative medicine, and the notice of PrEP or “preexposure prophylaxis” is widespread information amongst males who’ve intercourse with males. This results in the query that analysis goals to reply; “What causes the unequal utilization of preventative measures?” Dafna Kanny, research chief of the CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, evaluated interviews with over 4,000 males who participated in a 2017 HIV Behavioral Surveillance Survey. Kanny used the study to higher gage who’s utilizing PrEP and why some aren’t utilizing it. Info supplied by the CDC states roughly 50% of Black males, and 25% of Latin males who’ve intercourse with males (MSM) will contract HIV of their lifetime whereas that charge stays at about 12.5% for white males. RELATED: Op-Ed: The HIV Epidemic Is A Social Justice Issue According to NBC, analysis suggests the discrepancy happens with well being care suppliers. Research present PrEP is 99% efficient in stopping HIV transmission, however physicians should not prescribing and offering Black and Latino males entry to the medicine. Kanny’s research uncovered about 95% of white males, 87% of Latino males, and 43% of Black males mentioned they had been educated about PrEP Though, these statistics appear excessive, only 58% of white, 44% of Latino, and 43% of Black males mentioned they mentioned the preventative medicine with a doctor. Analysis reveals physicians are essential to bridging the hole of unequal PrEP utilization. Reuters Health experiences Kanny said: “Any such analysis is crucial to discovering—and correcting — missed alternatives to supply PrEP to folks susceptible to HIV, notably amongst African American and Latin homosexual and bisexual males.” Brandon Marshall of Brown College College of Public Well being lists one of many causes physicians aren’t discussing and offering minority males with PrEP is as a result of they consider it would result in dangerous sexual habits. The necessity to handle these racial disparities are pivotal, based on Kanny “If we proceed to see these disparities, HIV infections will probably proceed to develop. Our targets to finish the epidemic can be out of our grasp.” http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/vtQItcByw1s/lack-of-prep-usage-among-black-and-latin-men-is-putting-them-at-.html The post Lack Of PrEP Utilization Is Placing Black Males At Increased HIV Danger appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Serena Jameka Williams turned 38 years previous at the moment (September 26th).  Although she doesn’t have a good time birthdays (Williams is a Jehovah’s Witness), that gained’t cease us from celebrating the life and profession of the best tennis participant of all time.  We’re on the finish of the 2019 tennis season.  Many of the gamers on the WTA might be ending up with the “Asia Swing” culminating within the WTA Finals in Shenzhen. The highest eight ladies’s gamers will compete for the distinguished title.  Williams has gained this occasion 5 instances and is at present ranked ninth. It’s unlikely she’s going to play in any occasions to maneuver her rating as much as qualify, nor does she need to.  Her legacy within the sport is safe and her on-court focus is profitable extra grand slam titles.  Going ahead, her schedule, because it has been, might be designed to peak for these 4 tournaments.  Off the courtroom, she has a number of enterprise ventures and board appointments.  Most significantly, she has her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., who’s now 2, and her husband, Alexis Ohanian.  Because the pulls of motherhood, household and her companies proceed to develop, and as she faces her personal athletic mortality, tennis will finally come to an finish for the sport’s biggest champion.  However not for a very long time, if you happen to ask her.  Williams was in NYC for Promoting Week and recently commented about when she plans to retire, saying: “[I plan to] switch out, , in 20 years. Not anytime quickly.” Probably mentioned tongue in cheek, however you by no means know concerning Serena. That’s what makes her unbelievable and such an amazing champion on and off the courtroom.  In honor of her birthday, listed below are a few of “The GOAT’s” biggest moments to remind you why she’ll all the time be the queen of tennis.  Finishing the “Serena Slam”: Holding all 4 majors without delay. ‘02 French, ‘02 Wimbledon, ‘02 US Open and ‘03 Australian Open http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/N0PjxOYI8yw/happy-birthday-to-the-greatest-of-all-time-serena-williams.html The post Joyful Birthday To The ‘Biggest Of All Time’ appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, MULTI-PLATINUM RAPPER, SINGER, ACTRESS, AND FASHION ICON LIL KIM SET TO RECEIVE THE 2019 “I AM HIP HOP AWARD” AT THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” —– MEGAN THEE STALLION, RICK ROSS, CHANCE THE RAPPER, T-PAIN,  DABABY, LIL JOHN, RAPSODY, YBN CORDAE FT. ANDERSON .PAAK., SAWEETIE, KAMILLION, AND TOM. G. CONFIRMED AS PERFORMERS AT THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” —– R&B SUPERSTAR TEYANA TAYLOR AND OSCAR NOMINATED ACTOR DANIEL KALUUYA AMONGST PRESENTERS —– HOSTED BY LIL DUVAL THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” PREMIERES ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 AT Eight PM ET/PT ON BET NETWORKS —– #HIPHOPAWARDS —– TO APPLY FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS FOR THE 2019 BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”: https://2019hiphopawards.pvitl.com/registration/media_media New York, NY – September 19, 2019 – The BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” has remained probably the most distinguished hip hop showcase on tv for over ten years with its highly effective performances, iconic hip hop honorees and much-anticipated cyphers. Right this moment BET Networks pronounces the primary girl of Unhealthy Boy Data, Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum rapper, singer, actress, and vogue icon, Lil Kim will obtain the 2019 “I Am Hip Hop” Award. Lil Kim’s debut studio album Laborious Core was licensed Double Platinum and spawned three consecutive No. 1 rap hits: “No Time,” “Not Tonight (Women Evening Remix),” and “Crush on You,” making Kim the primary feminine rapper with three consecutive number-one singles on Billboard’s Rap Songs chart.  Her following albums, The Notorious K.I.M. (2000) and La Bella Mafia (2003), have been licensed Platinum, making her one of many solely feminine rappers to have at the very least three consecutive Platinum albums. She additionally scored a #1 Billboard Scorching 100 hit with 2001’s “Woman Marmalade,” that includes Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mýa. As an actress, Lil’ Kim has appeared on quite a few tv reveals together with her personal actuality collection. She has additionally appeared in quite a few movies together with, She’s All That, Zoolander, Juwanna Man, Gang of Roses and You Acquired Served. Lil’ Kim has additionally danced her manner into the hearts of thousands and thousands on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. In 2016, she launched her mixtape entitled #LILKIMSEASON which included the primary single “#MINES,” that includes hip hop recording artist Kevin Gates.  That document caught fireplace, incomes Lil’ Kim a nomination for finest feminine rap artist on the BET Awards that 12 months. In Might 2016, she carried out on the Barclays Middle in her hometown Brooklyn, NY for the Unhealthy Boy Reunion Tour, and was credited by influential station HOT97 as among the best performers. In June 2018 Lil Kim acquired a proclamation to New York Metropolis and was honored by the New York Metropolis Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus (BLAC) as a part of the annual African-American Music Appreciation Month that start June 2018 for her contribution to hip hop. And the most well liked night time in hip hop is barely getting began and returns to Atlanta  with confirmed performances by Atlanta’s personal Lil John; “Houston Hottie” and official chief of the Scorching Woman Summer time, Megan Thee Stallion;  recent off the discharge of his 10th studio album Port of Miami 2, Rick Ross;  in his first TV efficiency from his new  album, Kirk, DaBaby; Chicago’s personal, Likelihood The Rapper; winner of the “Masked Singer,” T-pain; in addition to Rapsody, Ybn Cordae Ft. Anderson .Paak., Saweetie, Kamillion, and Tom. G.   Presenters for the night will embody R&B famous person, Teyana Taylor, and Academy Award-nominated actor and star of “Queen & Slim,”  Daniel Kaluuya. For the primary time ever, the BET “Hip Hop Awards” will even embody a stay battle rap hosted by Final Rap League founder Smack that includes famous battle rappers DNA, Geechi Gotti, T-High, and Shotgun Suge. Hosted by comic Lil Duval, the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards will premiere on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 8:00 PM ET/PT. Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Leisure, will function Govt Producer of the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019 together with Connie Orlando, BET Head of Programming and Jeannae Rouzan–Clay, Vice President of Specials, Jesse Collins Leisure. Be a part of the dialog on social media by logging on to BET’s a number of social media platforms: On BET.com: http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards.html On Twitter through the use of the hashtag: #HipHopAwards; observe us @HipHopAwards and @BET On Fb by liking the fan web page at fb.com/HipHopAwards *Word: BET “Hip Hop Awards” is a personal occasion and tickets aren’t obtainable for buy to the general public. Expertise tickets are reserved for BET “Hip Hop Awards” present expertise and nominees. To use for media credentials: https://2019hiphopawards.pvitl.com/registration/media_media  or contact Jamie.Owens@wager.web.   ABOUT BET NETWORKS: BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s main supplier of high quality leisure, music, information, and public affairs tv programming for the African-American viewers. The first BET channel reaches greater than 90 million households and might be seen in the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, the UK, and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American shopper model with a various group of enterprise extensions: BET.com, a number one Web vacation spot for Black leisure, music, tradition and information; BET HER, a 24-hour leisure community concentrating on the African-American Girl; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Dwelling Leisure; BET Reside, BET’s rising pageant enterprise; BET Cell, which gives ringtones, video games and video content material for wi-fi units; and BET Worldwide, which operates BET across the globe.   ABOUT JESSE COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT: Jesse Collins Leisure (JCE) is a full-service tv and movie manufacturing firm based by leisure trade veteran Jesse Collins. For greater than a decade, the corporate has performed an integral position in producing a few of tv’s most memorable moments in music leisure together with groundbreaking and award-winning tv programming together with the BET Awards, Soul Practice Awards, BET Honors, UNCF An Night of Stars, ABFF Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards.  On the scripted facet, JCE has produced quite a few reveals for BET together with Actual Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart in addition to the critically acclaimed The New Version Story, a biopic on the boy band that aired as a 3-part mini-series.  It posted document scores for the community and attracted almost 30 million viewers.  It was adopted by The Bobby Brown Story, which chronicled the proficient however troubled singer’s exit from the favored ’80s boy band by means of his solo success and was the highest-rated non-tentpole program on the community since The New Version Story.  The corporate’s second season of American Soul, the critically-acclaimed interval drama based mostly on the untold rise of the enduring music and dance program Soul Practice, will debut in 2020. Go tohttp://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for extra data on the corporate. ABOUT BET “HIP HOP AWARDS”: BET “Hip Hop Awards” is an annual celebration that pays homage to a tradition that modified the world whereas highlighting the very best in hip hop music.  12 months after 12 months, BET Networks delivers the very best in hip-hop for an unforgettable night time of performances, cyphers, and tributes honoring hip-hop legends which have and proceed to make hip-hop tradition a worldwide pressure. # # # http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/NKEdjFPinO0/performers-announced.html The post 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards Performers appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Trans rights activist and actress Angelica Ross, identified for her starring roles on Pose and American Horror Story 1984, is confirmed to talk on the Nationwide Trans Visibility March in Washington, D.C., this coming Saturday. In accordance with a press launch, Ross will be part of Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Marketing campaign (HRC), in main the Equality Rally for visibility, inclusion, and justice for the transgender neighborhood. Along with Ross and David, a number of different notable allies and proud members of the LGBTQ neighborhood will converse on the occasion together with Marissa Miller, Tiq Milan, Carter Brown, Masen Davis, Earline Budd, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Bamby Salcedo, Lynn Morrison, and several other others. The Equality Rally is about to start at 9 a.m. at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, September 28, and can conclude at 11 a.m. The occasion will lead into the Nationwide Trans Visibility March from Freedom Plaza to Capitol Hill. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/x2OSO0WpJCk/angelica-ross-to-speak-at-trans-visibility-march-in-d-c.html The post Angelica Ross To Converse At Trans Visibility March In D.C. appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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A younger lady was shot within the head by a stray bullet whereas inside her house in a suburb south of Chicago on Monday (September 23) night time.  Kentavia Blackful’s household was gathered in the lounge of their Harvey, Illinois, house to observe the Chicago Bears recreation when pictures have been fired outdoors round 9 p.m. and pierced the entrance window, WGN9 reports.  Kentavia was sitting at her laptop selecting T-shirt designs for her upcoming celebration when she was shot within the head.  She died round 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday (September 24) at Advocate Christ Medical Heart on what would have been her 12th birthday.  “This can be a child we’re speaking about. She hadn’t even actually skilled life but,” her grandfather Kenneth Donner instructed WGN on Wednesday (September 25), CNN reports. “The place she was in, life was enjoyable.”   RELATED: Eleventh Child Killed Within Two Months In St. Louis Kentavia was a sixth-grader at Gwendolyn Brooks Center Faculty. She was additionally an honor pupil, the category president, member of the varsity’s math crew, and sometimes tutored different college students.  A balloon launch was held Wednesday (September 25) night in her honor.  The household is internet hosting a skating social gathering to have a good time her tragically brief life on Sunday (September 29).  Nobody has been taken into custody for Kentavia’s loss of life, and Harvey Police have a reward for details about the capturing, in keeping with WGN9.  “As a police division, we’re dedicated to giving our full consideration to this crime towards our younger resident,” Harvey Police Chief Eddie Winters stated in a information launch Tuesday (September 24) earlier than Kentavia died, CNN experiences. “We’re asking for the assist of our residents.”  Mayor Christopher J. Clark additionally stated in an announcement Tuesday previous to the younger lady’s passing, “Our hearts are heavy on the information of this newest act of violence towards harmless residents of the Metropolis of Harvey.” http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/aaPs_9aXYR8/12-year-old-girl-dies-on-her-birthday-after-being-shot-in-the-he.html The post 12-Yr-Previous Woman Dies On Her Birthday After Being Shot appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Do you endure from RBF? Earlier than you go attempt to search for ‘RBF’ on WebMD, it’s not a virus outbreak or some severe medical situation—properly, relying in your definition of significant. The acronym stands for ‘Resting B*tch Face,’ a time period coined to explain a lower than approachable facial features when one’s face is solely resting, therefore the time period. On no account does having RBF suggest that you’re offended or in reality a b*tch, however it can provide off that look. Not too long ago, the New York Post reported that girls are flocking to plastic surgeons to repair resting b*tch face. “That is truly a typical request from sufferers — I get a number of every week,” says Dr. David Shafer, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and medical director of Shafer Plastic Surgical procedure & Laser Middle in Midtown, advised the Publish. “They could not at all times use the phrases ‘resting bitch face,’ but when I point out ‘RBF,’ they are saying, ‘precisely.’” Medical doctors are utilizing injectables AKA fillers like Botox or Juvéderm Vollure on sure areas of the face for an RBF fast repair. The entire course of solely takes about 10 to 20 minutes and prices a median between $500-5,000 from high physicians (the variety of photographs is an element on value). The time period RBF could be traced again to about six years in the past, however Shafer says requests for the process “greater than doubled” during the last 12 months. Why? With celebs just like the Kardashians emphasizing lip injections and the rise in selfie tradition, which forces folks to “look down at their telephone, [which] accentuates the resting bitch face,”, there’s been extra of a deal with decrease face. The outcomes are slight afterwards and sometimes lasts as much as two years, so why are girls going to those lengths to “treatment” their RBF? Plastic surgeon Dr. Melissa Doft who runs a observe on Park Avenue in NYC says, “Folks gravitate to girls who they understand as completely satisfied.” She stated she injects fillers into the marionette strains and beneath the lips to reangle the face and primarily rid sufferers of RBF. Not all medical doctors are followers of utilizing ‘Resting B*tch Face,’ like Dr. Steve Fallek, of Fallek Plastic Surgical procedure & Medical Director at BeautyFix Med Spa. He tells BET completely, “We do not ever use that time period ‘Resting B*tch Face’ at BeautyFix Med Spa nor can we encourage it. I really feel it’s very 2017. Sufferers have a hard-enough time going to a plastic surgeon or med spa, after which to need to stress a resting b*tch face? Unhealthy for enterprise, unhealthy for the affected person. We stress positivity at BeautyFix Med Spa. We’re extra ‘glow up’ enchancment.” He provides that his glow up treatment is “principally a mixture of Botox within the higher face and filler across the mouth to enhance the facial look of sagging pores and skin.” How do you really feel about RBF? http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/qQiS3m5oC8Q/we-talked-to-a-doctor-about-rbf.html The post We Talked To A Plastic Surgeon About RBF—Resting B*tch Face appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Nicki Minaj may have all of her Barbs wanting like cash together with her newest collaboration with Fendi! The rapstress is launching a males’s, ladies’s, and kids’s line with the esteemed Italian trend home that launches October 14, on-line. The gathering features a ladies’s, males’s, and kids’s line, that means you could possibly when you so desired, can have all the household stunting in Minaj model. Within the video, the 36-year-old “Queen” rapper may be seen carrying a pink Fendi brand puffer coat and matching bathing go well with from her 127-piece collaboration assortment. Giving us critical “Barbie Tingz” vibes, Nicki gave us a sneak peek of behind-the-scenes for her marketing campaign video posing for the cameras carrying an all pink outfit in entrance of a pool. Followers have been ready for this assortment to launch for fairly a while since Nicki teased us with pictures a number of weeks in the past. She even launched a particular Fendi monitor that includes PNB Rock for the upcoming assortment. The capsule shall be accessible on Fendi.com solely October 14th and on the Boutiques listed beneath beginning October 16th in New York, Miami, Atlanta, and Beverly Hills.  http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/gCD2wRoAqq4/nicki-minaj-fendi-campaign-video-and-collection-release.html The post Nicki Minaj Poses In A Sizzling Pink To Announce Fendi Assortment appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Written by Soraya Joseph “I believe the marketplace for Black girls was ignored since you would then should acknowledge that Black girls are lovely…” -Melissa Butler BET not too long ago premiered their newest digital unique, The Glam Gap. Within the debut episode of the 4 half sequence, varied Black magnificence consultants and researchers sat down to debate the ability of the Black greenback, and the significance of inclusion within the business. “It was virtually as if Black girls did not exist within the magnificence business,” Melissa Butler, CEO of The Lip Bar stated. “In order a Black girl, naturally I am pissed off as a result of I do not see myself [being marketed], and I do not see illustration of girls who appear to be me, my sister or my mom.” In an effort to blur (or relatively, mix) the strains between product choices and a rise in consumerism from girls of coloration, main magnificence retailers have discovered themselves increasing their palette to raised mirror their clients. “Black girls spend about $233 million {dollars} a yr complete within the beauty business class. That is about 11% of the overall spending within the [cosmetics] business. So contemplating we make 14% of the US inhabitants, and we’re spending 11% complete of this class, it is fairly important,”  Cheryl Grace, SVP of Neighborhood Alliance & Client Engagement at Nielsen, disclosed. The shift in enterprise advertising and marketing is an important one, because it was revealed that Black girls spend roughly $7.5 billon yearly on magnificence merchandise, this together with not simply beauty merchandise, however pores and skin and hair as nicely. “Essence did a examine about Black girls and their spending patterns because it pertains to cosmetics. Black girls purchase as much as 80% extra make-up, as a result of give it some thought, if you cannot discover your shade, you are shopping for one, two, three, or 4 shades. The place as a white girl might be simply shopping for one. So it is such as you’re spending 4 occasions extra on basis,” freelance magnificence editor and model advisor, Janell Hickman, revealed. Of manufacturers studied, 73% present a better sense of name loyalty amongst African American girls in comparison with white girls. It was additionally revealed that 43% of millennials establish as Black American and non-white Hispanic. “I believe the marketplace for Black girls was ignored since you would then should acknowledge that Black girls are lovely… and whereas I am joyful that inclusion is on the forefront, I am hoping that it is sincerely not a pattern,” Butler acknowledged. Watch the complete episode of half 1 of The Glam Hole above! Tune into The Glam Hole each Wednesday at 3pm ET, solely on BET Digital! Picture cred: BET The Glam Hole Get the newest from BET in your inbox! Join now for the newest in movie star, sports activities, information and elegance from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising and marketing emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. BET Newsletters are despatched by BET Networks, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. www.bet.com OR JOIN US ON http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/Ze-Jw7kMndw/they-came–they-saw–they-contoured–black-beauty-experts-discus.html The post The Magnificence Business Is Booming As a result of Of Black Girls appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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It is a rarity that A-list celebrities take the time to answer a few of their trolls’ imply feedback, however late night time discuss present host Jimmy Kimmel created the medium to make it attainable in a section referred to as “Celebrities Learn Imply Tweets.” Within the newest installment of the collection, the likes of Kim Kardashian and Zendaya learn some fairly harsh feedback haters wrote about them, but it surely was Chris Rock and Tiffany Haddish‘s responses that appeared to get probably the most consideration. “Tiffany Haddish has an enormous a*s mouth,” Haddish stated, reciting the tweet. “You possibly can’t convey ratchet a*s b*****s like her nowhere. Simply shut the f**ok up.” The comic clapped again with no hesitation, “Effectively, you realize what? Why do not you shut the f**ok up along with your 14 followers. However thanks for introducing me to them.” Rock’s imply tweet, additionally profanity-laced, learn, “F**ok you Chris Rock. You have been on Grown Ups 2.” Conserving it 100, he responded, “In case you misplaced all of your cash in a divorce, you would be on Grown Ups 2, too.” Check out the complete section, beneath: http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/x55YzYpSWvs/chris-rock-tiffany-haddish-clapback-mean-tweets-kimmel.html The post Chris Rock, Tiffany Haddish Clapback at Imply Tweets appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Fashionable make-up model BLK/OPL (formally Black Opal) was, and continues to be, most Black girls’s go-to model for make-up earlier than everybody began leaping on the Fenty Magnificence inclusivity bandwagon, particularly because it was made particularly with Black ladies in thoughts! However apparently, they’ve by no means been Black owned — till now! RELATED: White Beauty Vlogger Uses A Dark AF Foundation Shade In Her Makeup Tutorial — And Now We Know Why We Can Never Find Our Shade! We love magnificence manufacturers like Fenty Magnificence which have introduced us a wide selection of basis shades to incorporate each shade that Black girls are available in. However we additionally LOVE the manufacturers that had been particularly made for Black ladies! BLK/OPL is understood for his or her bomb foundations, concealers and for mainly catering to all of the completely different shades of Black ladies on the market! However generally these manufacturers aren’t owned by Black folks, and it type of takes away from the magic — like BLK/OPL. Some of the extensively recognized make-up manufacturers made for girls of colour since 1994 was truly owned by a Greek-American cosmetics businessman, Nikos P. Mouiaris, who died in January, in accordance with The Root. He created and co-owned the model along with his spouse, Carol, they usually labored with a Black dermatologist, Dr. Cheryl Burgess, to be able to fill the sweetness hole for Black girls! Black entrepreneurs Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack have acquired the 25-year-old magnificence model and are the brand new president and CEO. Black girls keep profitable! The brand new CEO, Desiree, says, “We’re delighted to personal Black Opal, an organization created virtually three a long time in the past, to deal with the make-up wants for folks of colour. Rooted in its distinctive product high quality and unparalleled information of skincare for extremely melanated pores and skin, Black Opal is understood for its superior components and excessive product efficacy. Collectively, Cheryl and I are trying ahead to creating much more progressive merchandise and persevering with to develop the model globally.” In the event you suppose you understand these names, you’re proper! In response to Essence, Desiree was the primary social secretary of the White Home and particular assistant to the president below Barack Obama’s administration and Cheryl was the previous CEO of Ebony media operations. With 50 years of constructing manufacturers below their belt, BLK/OPL is unquestionably in good arms! As the brand new president, Cheryl’s excited for this new enterprise, too, as she says, “Once we acquired Black Opal our purpose was to remain true to the founders’ ardour. As we proceed to develop the corporate and produce prime quality merchandise to the market, we additionally plan to concentrate on making a optimistic influence in our communities.” Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack are becoming a member of the ranks of Black-owned manufacturers made for Black girls. And we’re so completely satisfied that these Black lady bosses are making a living strikes in an trade that continues to exclude Black girls! http://feeds.wager.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/WbMRT0JaTsI/beauty-brand-black-opal-is-finally-black-owned.html The post Black Lady Magic! Black Opal Is Lastly Black-Owned appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Rapper Cardi B is bravely talking out a couple of incident she skilled throughout {a magazine} photoshoot. On Wednesday, September 25, a preview clip from WeTV’s Untold Tales of Hip Hop included a phase of Angie Martinez interviewing the Bronx famous person. Cardi, born Belcalis Almanzar, described how the photographer uncovered himself to her earlier than asking, “Yeah, you wish to get on this journal.” The identification of the photographer or the media outlet has not been revealed.  The Grammy winner described how she swiftly gathered her belongings and left the photoshoot as a result of she “was so f*ck*ng mad. And I used to be identical to, ‘That is loopy.’ I used to be really f*ck*ng bugging.”” The mom of 1 additionally defined the photographer’s actions to the journal’s proprietor who showcased little assist or real concern, “He simply checked out me like, ‘So? And?’,” recalled Cardi. Cardi acknowledged simply how widespread sexual harassment is and the way it results on a regular basis individuals and celebrities alike.  “After I see the Me Too motion, there’s women from the ‘hood, I do know that they went by the identical sort of therapy. They make you’re feeling such as you obtained to do a sure sort of factor for essentially the most b*llsh*t. It occurs actually every single day.” Martinez requested if she had skilled comparable sexual harassment at this level in her profession, to which she denied, however acknowledged how she wouldn’t hesitate to “put you on blast on my Instagram.” Catch the complete episode of Untold Tales of Hip Hop tonight on WeTv at 10:00 p.m. EST. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/eHDpyIj1AM8/cardi-b-shares-details-of-sexual-harassment-by-a-magazine-photog.html The post Cardi B Particulars Sexual Harassment By A Photographer appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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Joshua Brown is a key witness in Amber Guyger’s murder trial for the demise of Botham Jean. Whereas the 28-year-old gave his testimony in entrance of a jury Tuesday (September 24), he broke down in tears as he recounted the occasions that befell within the Dallas condo advanced on September 6, 2018, reports NBC.   Choose Tammy Kemp appeared to get teary-eyed herself after the witness and jury left the courtroom. She was clearly emotional from Brown’s testimony in regards to the night time 26-year-old Botham Jean was killed, as proven in a video shared on Twitter by NBC 5’s Larry Collins. Brown was Jean’s neighbor at South Facet Flats, an condo advanced the witness lived at for about 4 months on the time of the homicide.  In court docket Tuesday, he fondly recalled how each morning he may hear Jean singing “gospel or Drake” in his condo, straight throughout the corridor from Brown’s condo, NBC reviews. He additionally advised the jury how he met Jean for the primary time in individual on September 6, 2018, the identical day as his demise, when each males acquired a go to from leasing officers a couple of noise grievance earlier that day.  As Brown detailed what occurred when he returned house that night, he turned overcome with emotion, decreasing his head and wiping away tears together with his T-shirt earlier than one of many prosecuting attorneys referred to as for a quick break.  The younger man recalled listening to two muffled voices earlier than two pictures have been fired rapidly. He ran after listening to the pictures and finally returned to his condo for worry his canine was damage.  From inside his condo, he may see Guyger on the telephone, crying, and heard her say, “I went into the mistaken condo.”  After the temporary courtroom break, Brown returned to the stand, this time with a field of tissues in entrance of him, and was nonetheless visibly distressed and will even be seen shaking as he stated the courtroom was actually chilly. He continued his testimony, including how on a number of events he went on the mistaken ground of the condo advanced mistaking it for his ground.  The truth is, on one event he even went as far as to strive placing his key within the condo door on the ground straight under his earlier than realizing it was the mistaken condo. After Brown and the jury have been dismissed, cameras caught Choose Kemp holding again tears.  Guyger, who’s white and likewise lived on the condo advanced, claimed she thought she was getting into her condo when she shot Jean, a Black man.  The deceased lived precisely one ground above Guyger’s unit, NBC reviews.   Dallas police Officer Michael Lee’s bodycam video was additionally proven in court docket Tuesday (September 24) and appeared to align with Brown’s testimony.  “I believed it was my condo,” Guyger may very well be heard saying repeatedly within the video, NBC reports.  She then replied, “High Left. High Left,” when arriving officers requested the place Jean was shot. His physique might be seen mendacity on the ground in a pool of blood round his left shoulder.  Officer Lee testified that, on the time, Jean nonetheless had a pulse however was unresponsive. The officer additionally testified, “For those who open a door and understand somebody’s inside, you have got two decisions: Presume you possibly can safely reposition, or shoot and determine it out later.” A 911 name recording of Guyger was additionally performed on Tuesday. Guyger may very well be heard on the 911 name audio saying, “I believed it was my condo,” practically 19 instances, reviews NBC. Whereas Guyger, 31, insisted she thought she was getting into her condo, the prosecuting group, which incorporates lead prosecutor Jason Hermus, says her story doesn’t add up.  As an illustration, she parked on the mistaken ground and didn’t discover the pink doormat in entrance of Jean’s condo earlier than she tried to open the door with a key that didn’t work.  Prosecutors additionally argue Guyger’s declare of being exhausted after a 13½ hour shift additionally didn’t add up when investigators discovered textual content messages between the accused and fellow Dallas Police Officer Martin Rivera that day, which indicated they have been planning to fulfill later that night time as the 2 have been having a sexual relationship, NBC reviews. The protection group, which incorporates legal professional’s Robert Rogers, Toby Shook, and Michael Mowla, contends Guyger feared for her life when she noticed Jean and she or he shot with out the prison intent of homicide.  Jean was an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, who dreamed of someday returning to his native St. Lucia to change into prime minister, Dallas News reported.  “He was actually handled like an animal,” the deceased’s mom, Allison Jean, stated after she first heard the 911 name in April, CNN reports. The homicide trial continues on Wednesday (September 25).  “My hope for the trial is for my son to get justice,” Jean advised CNN, including, “… that the one who inflicted hurt on him will get punished for the crime that she dedicated.” Guyger, who pleaded not responsible to homicide, was fired from the Dallas Police pressure and, if convicted, faces as much as life in jail. http://feeds.guess.com/~r/AllBetcom/~3/XH6AL54jPUs/judge-in-amber-guygers-murder-trial-gets-emotional-after-witness.html The post Choose In Amber Guyger’s Homicide Trial Will get Emotional appeared first on Kartia Velino.

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