Tracy Morgan Shows Off His Baby Girl Maven Sonae In Her FIRST SHOOT
Tracy Morgan is a proud papa once again. And he just showed off his brand new baby girl to his fans. How precious! Comedian & actor Tracy Morgan posted a sweet pic of his brand new baby girl at 2 weeks old. Maven Sonae Morgan's first photoshoot is complete with a floral headpiece, a swaddled blankie and she's definitely got her dad's eyes.
Tracy & his fiancee' Meagan Wollover welcomed the little cutie into the world a month ago. It's his fourth kiddie and Megan's first.
We're sure this little one is going to be spoiled with laughs & gifts. And she's already her daddy's mini-me...
UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules
In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in New York, and called for a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms.
In a blistering decision issued on Monday, the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, found that the Police Department had “adopted a policy of indirect racial profiling” that targeted young minority men for stops. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said the city would appeal the ruling, angrily accusing the judge of deliberately not giving the city “a fair trial.”
The mayor cited the benefits of stop-and-frisk, crediting the tactic for making the city safer and for ridding the streets of thousands of illegal guns.
But in her ruling, Judge Scheindlin found that in doing so, the police systematically stopped innocent people in the street without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing.
The stops, which soared in number over the last decade as crime continued to decline, demonstrated a widespread disregard for the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, as well as the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, according to the 195-page decision.
Judge Scheindlin’s criticism extended beyond the conduct of police officers; in holding the city liable for a battery of constitutional violations, the judge found that top police officials acted with deliberate indifference. She said that police commanders were content to dismiss allegations of racial profiling as “a myth created by the media.”
Citing statements by the mayor and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Judge Scheindlin accused the city of using stop-and-frisk as a checkpoint-style policing tactic, with the intent of deterring minorities from carrying guns on the street.
“I also conclude that the city’s highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence that officers are conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner,” she wrote.
The judge designated an outside lawyer, Peter L. Zimroth, to monitor the Police Department’s compliance with the Constitution.
Judge Scheindlin also ordered a number of other remedies, including a pilot program in which officers in at least five precincts across the city will wear body-worn cameras in an effort to record street encounters. She also ordered a “joint remedial process” — in essence, a series of community meetings — to solicit public input on how to reform stop-and-frisk.
The decision to install Mr. Zimroth, a partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter LLP, and a former corporation counsel and prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will leave the department under a degree of judicial control that is certain to shape the policing strategies under the next mayor.
The Supreme Court had long ago ruled that stop-and-frisks were constitutionally permissible under certain conditions, and Judge Scheindlin stressed that she was “not ordering an end to the practice.” But she said that changes were needed to ensure that the street stops were carried out in a manner that “protects the rights and liberties of all New Yorkers, while still providing much needed police protection.”
The judge found that the New York police were too quick to deem as suspicious behavior that was perfectly innocent, in effect watering down the legal standard required for a stop.
“Blacks are likely targeted for stops based on a lesser degree of objectively founded suspicion than whites,” she wrote.
She found that in their zeal to identify concealed weapons, officers sometimes stopped people on the grounds that the officer observed a bulge in the person’s pocket; often it turned out that the bulge was caused not by a gun but by a wallet.
“The outline of a commonly carried object such as a wallet or cellphone does not justify a stop or frisk, nor does feeling such an object during a frisk justify a search,” she ruled.
She emphasized what she called the “human toll of unconstitutional stops,” noting that some of the plaintiffs testified that their encounters with the police left them feeling that they did not belong in certain areas of the cities. She characterized each stop as “a demeaning and humiliating experience.”
“No one should live in fear of being stopped whenever he leaves his home to go about the activities of daily life,” the judge wrote. During police stops, she found, blacks and Hispanics “were more likely to be subjected to the use of force than whites, despite the fact that whites are more likely to be found with weapons or contraband.”
The ruling, in Floyd v. City of New York, follows a two-month nonjury trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan earlier this year over the department’s stop-and-frisk practices.\
Judge Scheindlin heard testimony from about a dozen black or biracial men and a woman who described being stopped, and she heard from statistical experts who offered their conclusions based on police paperwork describing some 4.43 million stops between 2004 and mid-2012.
But the stops were not the end of the problem, Judge Scheindlin found. Officers often frisked these people, overwhelmingly young black and Hispanic men, for weapons or searched their pockets for contraband, like drugs, according to the decision. Those encounters typically ended with the police letting the person go for lack of evidence of criminality.
Blacks and Hispanics were stopped about 88 percent of the time, a disparity that the Police Department has sought to explain by saying that it mirrored the disproportionate percentage of crimes committed by young minority men. In severe language, Judge Scheindlin dismissed the Police Department’s rationale.
“This might be a valid comparison if the people stopped were criminals,” Judge Scheindlin wrote, explaining that there was significant evidence that the people being stopped were not criminals. “To the contrary, nearly 90 percent of the people stopped are released without the officer finding any basis for a summons or arrest.”
Rather, Judge Scheindlin found, the city had a “policy of targeting expressly identified racial groups for stops in general.”
“Targeting young black and Hispanic men for stops based on the alleged criminal conduct of other young black or Hispanic men violates bedrock principles of equality,” Judge Scheindlin ruled, finding that the Police Department’s practices violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
Jennifer Hudson Spotted Leaving New York Hotel; Stars As Winnie Mandela In New Film [Pics+ Trailer]
Jennifer Hudson waved to fans while stepping out of her New York hotel. The 31-year-old singer stars as Nelson Mandela‘s wife, Winnie Mandela, in the upcoming biopic – Winnie Mandela. The film chronicles the life of the iconic leader’s wife, as she fights for her husband’s freedom during his long incarceration, endures 18 months of solitary confinement of her own and battles to help end apartheid.
Terrance Howard joins her as Nelson Mandela in the film, which is set to hit theaters next month (Sept. 6).
In case you missed the movie’s trailer, check it out following the pics below..
Winnie Mandela Trailer:
I’m not so sure about this film!.....Thoughts?
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Desperate To Have Twins, Getting Ready For IVF Treatments
What kind of fan fiction is this? The new issue of OK! Magazine declares that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are so ‘desperate’ to have kids that they don’t even want to wait to conceive naturally, they’re just going to go right ahead with IVF treatments. Um, ok.
A source explains to OK!, “Angie’s on a mission. She knows she doesn’t have a lot of time to safely make this happen. She and Brad would love to get pregnant naturally, but because they’re on a time crunch they’ve pretty much accepted that IVF will be the way to go. It will cut out a lot of time and they can greatly increase the chance of twins, which is the goal.”
The source adds, “Angie has told friends she’s so determined to have twins, she’s taking every precaution necessary, including, she says, gaining at least 10 to 15 pounds because the best range for fertility is a body-mass index of 20 to 24, and Angie is below that right now.”
Ok, first of all, I don’t think Angelina and Brad care about having more twins. I’m sure they want more kids, but why would they be so desperate for another pair of twins? If anything, I would they’re more desperate to adopt, especially if they are on this so-called ‘time crunch’. Also, both Angelina and Brad are going to be insanely busy with their careers for the next two years, and I can’t see them adding to their brood when they’re barely going to get a chance to spend time with their existing six children.
Chuck Smith’s Wife Mynique Joins Cast of Real Housewives of Atlanta
Chuck Smith’s wife, Mynique, must be bored with her life as a football coach’s wife and she needs some attention.
Mynique, pictured left with Nene Leakes, was spotted in Savannah, GA., filming an upcoming episode of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta”. Mynique has 4 kids with Smith, the former defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons. I’m sure she has a story to tell about her husband’s wandering eye and all the scandalous rumors surrounding their marriage.
Hopefully Mynique has thick skin to withstand the pressures of having her husband’s rumored extramarital affairs exposed for the world to see. The gossiping hags over at Lipstick Alley and Baller Alert will have no mercy on her.
New couple Alert: Erica Dixon Has A New Boyfriend, and Joe Budden Has A New Girlfriend
Word on the internet curb is that Erica Dixon (Lil Scrappy's baby mama) has moved on to the next one!! The man in question goes by the name of O'Shea who was spotted on Instagram snapping pictures of Erica showing him some love as seen in the photo above.
O'Shea even left a comment like "They say shes just my best friend, and to that I'll say my mom and dad have been best friends for 34 years so…..why are they so mad?… @msericadixon #MYLIFE #GOODTIMES #ROAD2RECOVERY" Another photo of the two below:
Moving right along to Joe Budden who has a history of waiting on NO woman. Joey was recently spotted at Six Flags hanging out with a very beautiful lady who goes by the name of Mia.
You can check out a picture of the two chilling below Joey even posted up a photo of his new girl on his bed with her ass out! That picture below:
WOW!
Kim Kardashian & Family Sued By Ellen Kardashian
Kim Kardashian, her sisters and brother along with their mother Kris Jenner are all being sued by Ellen Kardashian for defamation. Ellen is Robert Kardashian’s widow and she’s got some pretty nasty claims against the Kardashian machine.
She claims that the Kardashian/Jenners hired a detective who reached out to her and tried to sell her “damaging information” about herself and Jenner. The information was said to be during investigations that were ordered by her late husband.
She revealed that she didn’t discuss the matter with the detective. So, he threatened to give the information over to the Kardashian family.
The plaintiff says it was all an alleged attempt to “entrap” her “into the drama” of the Kardashians’ reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The lawsuit claims, “The Kardashians developed and deployed a ‘spin’ designed to neutralize the exceptionally negative opinion that Robert had of Kris Jenner.”
Ellen Kardashian is seeking unspecified damages for her claims of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Aaron Hall (Guy) & Chauncey Black (Blackstreet) Beef with Teddy Riley
*Despite previous reports of a possible reunion, it looks like the R&B group Guy will not be getting back together anytime soon.
AlwaysAList.com reported on March 1 that Teddy Riley had reunited with brothers Aaron and Damion Hall during a concert performance in Chicago last year.
But Aaron went on the “Skip Murphy Show” to express his frustration about Teddy and why he’s has been M.I.A.
“This is what I want to tell the Guy fans, the original Guy fans from ’88. I own 100% of Guy. So being that I started it and everybody thinks its Teddy, what person leaves a group that the fans are saying they want to hear to do Blackstreet number 19,” Aaron said to the co-hosts. “Why would you do that many Blackstreets when everybody wants to hear Guy?”
Aaron and his brother have still been performing Guy concerts regularly even in Teddy’s absence.
“My whole thing is this, I wrote em, I’m still singing them, I’m still on tour, I look the same and I ain’t putting any of group members in it but me and my brother,” he expressed. “If he wants to leave and do Blackstreet, let him. If he wants to do songs about us, do it. I don’t care. The thing is that me and my brother love my fans.”
In the past Aaron hasn’t spoken publicly because he suffered from a speech impediment. But now he has overcome his impediment and has vowed to speak more often and openly about the challenges with his former group member.
“Now you’re hearing it from the oldest one’s voice and the person who couldn’t talk before. You remember when I had a speech impediment? Now I don’t have a speech impediment and now everyone is nervous cause he’s gonna tell the truth,” he acknowledged.
Aaron said that he’s “going to speak the truth,” because “God didn’t allow me to talk to lie.” He said despite their being a demand for Guy from concert bookers and fans, Teddy wants to do his own thing.
“The fans can not be confused. I don’t want the fans to think I did ‘Teddy’s Jam 1, 2 & 3′ for me. I did that to boost him up. He didn’t do no ‘Aaron 1, 2 & 3′ for me. And he left Blackstreet, Chauncey and everybody like 100 times. Now he got Blackstreet number two with Dave and whoever else. They could never be us,” he added.
Speaking of Chauncey , as in Chauncey “Black” Hannibal, besides Aaron Hall, Teddy Riley’s got to deal with him and Blackstreet, too.
Earlier this year it was reported that Chauncey “Black” Hannibal, one of the founding members of Blackstreet, was suing Teddy for using the name Blackstreet to perform concert dates with new members. Chauncey claims that he is the rightful owner of the name, and that Teddy has been illegally using it. Teddy originally owned the name, however, when his trademark expired Chauncey secured it before anyone else could.
Teddy has not responded to either one of his former members with a formal statement, but did release a diss record called ‘Teddy’s Jam 4′ addressing both.
“Chauncey, I made you,” he rapped on the track, where he also claims Chauncey lived with him rent free and accused him of filing bankruptcy so that he didn’t have to pay him. He also makes fun of Chauncey’s ill-fated solo attempt.
Good grief, this is messy and … juicy! So, you want more right? Get it all at AlwaysAList.
Dressing Michael Jackson’ by Fashion Designer Michael Bush Wins Again at PubWest Book Design Awards
*Los Angeles, California — “The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson,” authored by fashion designer Michael Bush who served as Michael Jackson’s longtime personal designer for 25 years has won the Gold Medal at this year’s PubWest Book Design Awards for Best Gift-Holiday-Specialty book.
The PubWest Design Awards were developed to recognize superior design and outstanding production quality of books throughout North America. The PubWest Design Awards is now in its 29th year and will recognize the winners at PubWest 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 7-9, 2013. The PubWest Design Awards is judged annually in the spring by a diverse panel of the industry’s top professionals, concentrating on cover and interior design, materials, typography, content and format. The prestigious award recognizes winners in 23 different categories.
“The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson” by Michael Bush is the first art-driven book about the costumes, apparel, shoes and accessories created and worn by Michael Jackson. It is published by Insight Editions. The book includes hundreds of lavish photographs and a behind-the-scenes look into the process of collaborating with the world’s most legendary and powerful entertainer of our time. The book also includes personal stories from the author who also was a true friend of Michael Jackson. It is a fascinating look into the world of music and fashion that only Jackson could have created. Fans from around the world have made it a must-have book.
“I am beyond thrilled that the book has won the Gold Medal at the PubWest Design Awards this year,” said author Michael Bush. “Working with Michael Jackson for as long as I did was inspiring, fascinating and remarkable. Having now received two Gold Medal Awards in the last few months from two different award programs only reiterates what a tribute this book is to Michael’s enduring legacy.”
“The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson” also won the Gold Medal (top honor) in the Pop Culture/Leisure category of the awards at the Independent Publishers Book Awards earlier this year. This award from the PubWest Design Awards marks the second Gold Medal the book has received. For more information on the PubWest Design Awards go to www.pubwest.org.
The book is currently available at www.dressingmichaeljackson.com or wherever popular books are sold across the country. A German edition was launched earlier in the year and in 2014 a Chinese version of the award-winning book will become available across China. For more information go to www.dressingmichaeljackson.com
Too Fat For Fame? Kelly Price Says She’s Looking for You
Singer Kelly Price has always struggled despite her enormous vocal talent because of her weight.
Even after losing over 100 pounds some years ago, her success has been limited by perceptions about her size. Now the reigning diva on “R&B Divas L.A.,” Price wants to use her newfound reality TV platform to help other overweight-by-Hollywood standards talent get discovered. She is now casting for a new reality series “Too Fat for Fame.”
“I’m really excited about it. I’ve always and to talk about my weight in this industry no matter what it always comes up,” Price told The Tom Joyner Morning Show. “Too Fat for Fame” is a reality platform that’s going to be giving plus-size people an opportunity through various challenges to make their way to their own platform. “There are a lot of singers and dancers, actors and actresses, models and television personalities all around who can’t get a yes because they’re plus-sized. So the first prerequisite of the show is that you’ve got to be plus sized but you’ve got to be really talented, too.”
Price is not just looking for singers. She is interesting in seeing anyone who is overweight and looking to showcase their talents. Her aim with this show is to find people whose talent transcends the notion that being plus-sized means a Hollywood career is out of reach, and she’s looking to cast men or women who fit the bill. For more go HERE
Rihanna Shows Off Her New Grill
Rihanna rocks an AK47 grill...
WOW…Not sure how I like this. But her as long as the Navy likes it…OH WELLS!
DMX Lands ACTING GIG With Chris Rock AFTER DUI Arrest
The last time we saw DMX, he was passed out in the back of police car in South Carolina (and it wasn’t pretty). But now….the rapper has cleaned up his image (thanks to a few makeup artists) and landed a role in Chris Rock’s new movie (which has undergone SEVERAL names changes).
And some may call it type-casting, but Chris knew exactly where to put DMX….in jail. But apparently DMX is in on the joke. Domenick Nati of Nati Celebrity Services (X’s talent agency) said,
“The scene is comedic which allowed X to show off his versatility as an actor. X and Rock played well off each other and Rock’s character even gets DMX to lead the inmates in a song. There are more acting roles to come and DMX is also planning on attending the Sundance Film Festival in January.”
Good luck with that
Tyra Banks has Flix Of Her ANTM 20 Party
Yes, Tyra Banks has curves and she’s no longer the rail thin model that use to walk Paris Runway shows. And guess what? She’s okay with that. In an interview with US Weekly, the 39-year-old spoke candidly about why she’s not a fan of dieting and prefers to have more meat on her bones (my words, not hers).
I don’t believe in diets. Detoxing might work for a red carpet or a wedding, but the minute you bite one piece of real food, you’re going to gain [the weight] right back. To me, it’s like, I lost weight a couple of years ago and that just changed the way I ate, it changed the way I thought. I actually got too thin because I have tunnel vision. So when they said this is what you have to do, I was too strict, and I realized I needed to cheat way more because it didn’t look good. I didn’t realize I was too thin until I started seeing pictures and I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t like that. That doesn’t look good.’ I need some *ss.
She added,
I was at the height of my success when I was at my biggest. So then I go, ‘Why am I shedding weight for press when, like, I told the world to kiss my fat ass and had Emmys and Top Model was at its peak and I was on Time magazine’s top influential people two times in a row — all with a big *ss!
In more Tyra news, this week she celebrated the 20th cycle of American’s Next Top Model. It’s the 10th anniversary of the show and Ms. Banks, models and party-goers celebrated with a big bash at Los Angeles’ Supperclub. We spotted folk like The Game, Luenell, Omarosa and some other fancy folk. Peep the pix.
LOL!!!
Joseline Gets CooCoo for Cocoa Puffs In ROLLING OUT, Slams Tamar Braxton
Joseline Hernandez is more “gone” than we thought. Check out her latest interview with ROLLING OUT where she truly believes she’s a pop icon, she slams Tamar Braxton for “not having a career” and more.
Oh, and more pics of her Arabian pilot chic look we assume she was going for below.
On her music career and being a pop icon:
“I’m excited that I can go from being a stripper to a pop icon. I’m actually a pop icon because little girls were dressing like me for Halloween. I thought they only dressed like Michael Jackson for Halloween.”
On Stevie J:
“I think Stevie and I are infatuated with each other. Because things go right but I curse him out and I slap him; everybody knows that. I think he’s like my boyfriend. I guess it’s like a relationship. I guess we go together. […] I mean we do go together — it just works. I never met a guy that everything just works out. I’ve had a lot boyfriends but that one — we just work out.”
On Tamar Braxton:
“Well, I’m the baddest b—- out there in the streets. [They say] ”how dare this little immigrant girl come from Puerto Rico [and] just become a star.” You know I hate that s—! They’re jealous. Shout-out to Tamar Braxton, she wants to be a bad b—- like myself but she can’t be. She’s been trying to come out with music for how many years? [It’s been] f—–g 20 years since her sister [Toni] was a star. They don’t understand how a girl like me can come out and be this, but I have talent. It’s not my fault. When you got talent, you got talent. Shout-out to the haters; I love the haters. I do it for your amusement.”
Check out her full interview if you’d like over at RO.
Diddy's Stalker Is Back
Last year Queens resident Quamine Taylor was convicted of trespassing, sentenced to 3 months in jail and ordered to stay away from Diddy's house for five years after he spent 24 hours kicking it at Diddy's Hampton Estate
Well guess who came for dinner?
According to reports Quamine was picked up near Diddy's estate by East Hampton police last Friday carrying a bag of weed.
Because he wasn't actually on Diddy's property no new charges were filed but Quamine was warned to keep his distance.
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘Push The Bush’
Yeah rock on man! And by rock on I mean someone should let you know bush hasn’t been cool since the 70′s. Way to let us all know the last time you got into a woman’s pants.
HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!
EFREM
