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Florida woman who shot up Rihanna’s house gets bail reduction

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Florida woman who shot up Rihanna’s house gets bail reduction
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The Florida woman who shot up Rihanna‘s house with an assault rifle had her bail reduced from $10.2 million to $1.8 million.

Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, is charged with attempted murder and other felony counts. She pleaded not guilty during a court appearance on Wednesday, March 25, TMZ reported.

Her public defender asked the judge to lower Ortiz’s bail from $1.8 million, but the judge refused. Her bond is set at $1,875,000, TMZ reports.

Ortiz was seen behind glass in a custody area in court. She only spoke to waive her right to a speedy preliminary hearing, the Associated Press reports.

Ortiz’s lawyer entered a not guilty plea then withdrew it during an arraignment hearing on March 11.

Ortiz drove from Orlando, Florida to Beverly Glen, California, to confront Rihanna. She fired at least 10 rounds at the house. Multiple rounds pierced a wall.

The “We Found Love” singer and her children were not harmed in the attack.

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Rihanna and her family fled California after the shooting. She was spotted with A$AP Rocky in New York City about 2 weeks later.

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Livestream videos on social media in the weeks leading up to the shooting show Ortiz suffering from paranoid delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking. She made death threats against Rihanna in one video in which she seemed to be hearing voices.

Mental patients in police custody are routinely seen by a state psychiatrist who prescribes psychotropic drugs.

Rapper Desiigner arrested in SC on domestic violence charges

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Rapper Desiigner arrested in SC on domestic violence charges
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“Panda” rapper Desiigner was arrested in South Carolina on third-degree domestic violence charges. The rapper, real name Sidney Selby III, was taken into custody by Horry County deputies on Monday, March 23.

He was released on $1,500 bail on Tuesday.

Investigators did not identify the alleged victim, who is the mother of his child.

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In the police report, obtained by TMZ, the alleged victim told deputies things got out of hand when Desiigner, 28, returned home on March 2.

She said he came in the house angry, yelling, and tossing car keys before the situation turned violent. She told police when she tried to leave to retrieve luggage he left at the airport, Desiigner ripped the keys from her, tearing her sweatpants.

Desiigner has been on the comeback trail after his breakout hit “Panda” in 2016. But mental issues derailed his rap career.

In April 2023, he was detained by the FBI in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after exposing himself on an international flight from Japan.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, he was charged with one count of indecent exposure.

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The documents stated he pleasured himself in first class in front of flight attendants who told him multiple times to stop.

He was taken to the back of the plane, where he was monitored by 2 of his friends. The FBI affidavit says a jar of Vaseline dropped into the aisle when he got up.

Desiigner allegedly told FBI agents that he “didn’t really get much cootie” while in Japan.

In a statement, Desiigner said he had been suffering from mental health problems for months and he was hospitalized in Asia.

According to VladTV, sources claim Desiigner’s mental issues are due to a chemical imbalance in his brain caused by prescription medication.

In 2018, Desiigner was caught on video exposing himself twice during a traffic dispute with another driver. According to TMZ, he told other driver to “suck my d—” after the driver called Desiigner a homophobic slur.

Ted Cruz asks Senate to hold his paychecks until TSA is fully funded

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, is doing his part to support the men and women of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Cruz asked the Senate clerk to hold his paychecks until the TSA is fully funded.

In a post on X.com on Tuesday, Cruz wrote: “Due to the Democrat’s Shutdown, I’ve asked the Financial Clerk of the Senate to hold my salary. It’s not right for Members of Congress to be paid if the working men and women of DHS aren’t.”

X.com users praised Senator Cruz for his consideration of the TSA workers.

TSA’s funding is included in the SAVE America Act, which Democrats refuse to approve because “undocumented citizens” won’t be able to vote.

The SAVE America Act requires proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in elections. But Democrats claim the bill will make it harder for Black people to vote because we can’t get IDs or we don’t know what the word “computer” means.
 
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TSA workers have not been paid in weeks amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. At least 400 TSA workers around the country have quit their jobs, while hundreds more refused to show up for work at the nation’s airports.

The chaos has caused massive lines and 4-hour wait times at airports.

President Trump provided some relief on Monday by deploying federal ICE officers to assist TSA workers at airports.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport saw significantly shorter lines by Monday afternoon.

Chaka Khan reveals secret to looking 60 at age 73: “I’ve never been cut”

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Chaka Khan reveals secret to looking 60 at age 73: “I’ve never been cut”
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Chaka Khan shared the secret to her youthful looks in an appearance on the “Table Manners” podcast with Jessie Ware.

Chaka, who turned 73 on Monday, denied going under the knife.

“I’ve never been cut, never been snitched or snatched. I don’t believe in it,” she said.

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As for her skincare secret: The Queen of Funk revealed she oils and moisturizes her face every night before going to bed.

“You can use anything from baby oil to your favorite lotion… Just pop that sht on and go to sleep. Excuse my French.”

Chaka said facial masks help especially in the winter time when the air is so dry. The “I Feel for You” singer said she doesn’t have time for face massages.

“I don’t have time for any of that. I’ve got kids – the kids are grown, but I’ve got the grandkids and the great grandkids.”

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Chaka’s career spans more than 5 decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist for the funk band Rufus.

The band’s biggest-selling hits include “Tell Me Something Good”, “Sweet Thing”, “Do You Love What You Feel”, and the platinum-certified “Ain’t Nobody”.

Chaka’s solo hits include “I’m Every Woman”, “What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me”, “I Feel for You”, “Through the Fire” and “Higher Love”. She has won 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Arrest warrant issued for reality TV star Chrisean Rock

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Arrest warrant issued for reality TV star Chrisean Rock
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Chrisean Rock is heading back to jail. The troubled reality TV star has a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to show up for a court hearing in California last month.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, Chrisean missed a hearing in traffic court on Febuary 26. Los Angeles prosecutors filed two misdemeanor charges against Chrisean for driving on a suspended license in Hermosa Beach, CA, in December 2025.

A bench warrant was issued for the single mom after she blew off the arraignment hearing.

TMZ reports the warrant is still active. Police are not looking for her since she’s not wanted for a serious crime. But she will receive handcuff bracelets, courtesy of the police department if she gets pulled over.

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Chrisean was arrested in June 2024 as she arrived at a jail to attend ex-boyfriend Blueface’s trial. She was arrested on a felony fugitive warrant related to drug charges and an assault with a deadly weapon.

In August 2024, she was extradited to Oklahoma to serve a 30-day sentence.

Chrisean was released from jail on a $25,000 bond in September 2024.

Rapper Blueface was released from prison late last year. The couple briefly reunited before going their separate ways.

Woman who called health department on Tina Knowles breaks her silence

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Woman who called health department on Tina Knowles breaks her silence
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A Houston woman who said she vomited blood after eating Tina Knowles’s gumbo is speaking out about her health scare.

The health department briefly shut down Mama Tina’s Gumbo stand at the Houston Rodeo after multiple complaints of food poisoning.

In a livestream video, the unidentified woman said her eyes are still swollen days after suffering apparent food poisoning. “I got the bubble guts,” she said. “I done took all type of diarrhea medicine, like all type of medicine to get better and I’m not better.”

She said she experienced nausea and vomited blood hours after eating the gumbo.

The woman tested positive for a potentially deadly bacteria called Clostridium difficile, aka C. diff. in her feces.

C. diff causes inflammation in the large intestine (colitis) and can damage the colon.

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Health inspectors cited Tina Knowles for multiple food safety violations, including food stored improperly in orange Home Depot buckets and no logs indicating temperature of stored food.

After correcting the violations, Knowles was allowed to reopen her gumbo stand one day later on March 17.

Knowles has not spoken publicly about the incidents at the Houston Rodeo. She previously claimed she has been making her family recipe for four decades.

But health inspectors said the gumbo was made off-site at an unlicensed location and transported to the rodeo in non-food grade containers.

Inspectors found thawed seafood in orange buckets and thawed shrimp and crabs marked “Keep frozen.”

Fans avoided Mama Tina’s Gumbo stand on the last day of the rodeo. Cell phone video shows a lone worker who looked bored as people walked by.

Tommie Lee, 41, denies dating Beyonce’s nephew, Julez, 21

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Tommie Lee, 41, denies dating Beyonce’s nephew, Julez, 21

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Tommie Lee, 41, denies dating Solange Knowles‘s 21-year-old son, Daniel “Julez” Smith Jr. The former reality star cleared the air after viral video showed Julez giving her a piggyback ride – and she referred to him as “my baby.”

Social media users reacted with ridicule and mockery to their potential May-December romance. One X.com user asked, “Don’t she got a daughter his age?”

After rampant speculation online about “Cougar” Tommie Lee chasing after down-low boytoy, Julez, Tommie cleared the air in a post on her Instagram Stories.

“Lol this was fun. Hate to break it to ya, I’m not that typa Girl [sic],” she wrote.

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Julez also posted a cryptic denial on his Instagram Stories. “Just me and me only,” he captioned a photo of himself standing near a thug with a braided hairstyle.

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Tommie, real name Atasha Jefferson, is best known as a former cast member on the VH1 reality TV series “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” and later for appearances on the Zeus Network reality show “Baddies.”

Julez is best known as pop star Beyoncé‘s nephew. He recently addressed “misconceptions” about his sexuality.

“People think I’m gay,” he said in a livestream video. “Look, you know, like, the first time I ever heard of myself in the media was I was in seventh grade, and my mom had posted this picture of me,” he explained. “I was dressed as LL Cool J. I had, like, this red jumpsuit. I was 13 at the time. Mind you, I had a girlfriend at the time. I went to school and my girlfriend showed me a picture that my mom posted… Some grown ass adults was calling me gay at 13,” he complained.

Julez added, “They was sayin’ I’m pretty, I’m a pretty boy… I went from bashing women to automatically now I’m gay… Listen, I just declined an interview at the spot, so now I’m homophobic.”

One X.com user wrote: “I’m starting to think Julez is fighting the closet door.”

Another user wrote: “If that’s the hardest part about being yourself as a ‘straight man’ u need to go back to the drawing board.”

A third person commented: “His body movements give sassy. His tweets give sassy. Sassy is sassy. We call u sassy not gay ocean eyes.”

A fourth person wrote, “He Gay like EJ Gay tho… I guess.”

The last comment is in reference to Magic Johnson’s cross-dressing son, EJ Johnson, who recently revealed he only dates “straight men.”

Army Veteran says we’re being lied to about those meteors

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Army Veteran says we’re being lied to about those meteors
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There have been reports of multiple “meteors” hitting American cities in the past 2 weeks. Meteors and fireballs have lit up the night sky in Michigan and Ohio.

On March 17, a 7-ton meteor flew across the skies over northeast Ohio at 45,000 miles per hour. The sonic boom was heard as far away as Maryland and Virginia. A second fireball streaked across the night sky in Ohio on Monday, March 23.

Meteors were also spotted over Texas and California.

The pattern of “fireballs” and “meteors” streaking across America are raising alarms, particularly since America is at war with Iran.

Americans are left wondering if they’re really meteors or missiles that are being intercepted by our air defense systems.

Now an Army veteran says “You all are being lied to about these meteors.”

“This isn’t to fearmonger,” TikTok user Dara Lee said in a livestream video. “This isn’t to scare anybody. This is to get you to start asking questions and start paying attention to what your government is doing.”

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@daraleestarr #meteorshower #justmyopinion #themoreyouknow? #askquestions ? original sound – Daralee ???

Tommy Sotomayor Hates Serena Williams’ New Barbie Doll

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Tommy Sotomayor Hates Serena Williams’ New Barbie Doll
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Vlogger Tommy Sotomayor is highly critical of the new Serena Williams Barbie doll. Tommy criticized toy manufacturer Mattel for making Serena’s doll skinny and outfitting her with a blonde wig, aka “blonde Luka Doncic wig!”

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic leads the NBA in scoring with 33.4 points per game.

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Tommy wrote in a post on X.com:

“Look At How Mattel not only had to make the Serena Williams Doll as skinny as Barbie but also gave her a blonde Wig! Fellas, Imagine the Lebron James doll having a blonde Luka Doncic Wig! lol. The World would laugh and so would black women, Let that sink in! Yet this is how they want the world to see them, always with a hair hat on! SMH Everyday is Halloween for these ShallowQueens!”

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Serena headlines the upcoming Barbie Dream Fest, which takes place from March 27–29 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The retired tennis champ will receive the inaugural Barbie Dream Fest Icon Award.

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“This prestigious recognition celebrates individuals who break barriers, redefine expectations, and inspire others to dream without limits,” Mattel announced. “Icon Award recipients represent the heart of Dream Fest: empowerment, authenticity, and the fearless courage to lead the way.”

“Barbie has always stood for dreaming without limits,” Serena said in a statement. “She shows girls everywhere they can be athletes, leaders, creators, anything they imagine.”

Serena added: “I’m so excited to be part of the first-ever Barbie Dream Fest, where it’s all about celebrating the legacy of Barbie and inspiring the next generation to believe they can be anything.”

In addition to Serena, Barbie Dream Fest’s Instagram announcement confirmed that WNBA player Angel Reese will also take the stage as a “featured speaker and special guest.”

Fans of Beyond the Gates Beg CBS “Please Don’t Kill Off Anita Dupree”

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Fans of Beyond the Gates Beg CBS “Please Don’t Kill Off Anita Dupree”
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Rumors are spreading that CBS plans to kill off Anita Dupree, the matriarch of the Dupree dynasty on “Beyond the Gates.”

Anita (Tamara Tunie) was diagnosed with the deadliest form of breast cancer, Stage 4 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC).

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TNBC is a very aggressive form of breast cancer with a high chance of reoccurrence even if chemotherapy shrinks the tumor to zero.

Last week, Anita’s health took a turn for the worse. She was hospitalized and she requested a Do Not Resuscitate order (DNR) meaning she doesn’t want doctors to save her life if she has a cardiac arrest in the hospital.

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Anita’s family, including her husband Senator Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis), is preparing for the worst.

Meanwhile, insiders say the cast held a farewell party for Tamara Tunie recently.

Fans of the daytime soap opera took to social media to beg CBS not to kill off their favorite soap character.

One cancer survivor wrote: “Please don’t kill Anita off the show please. I battled through cancer. Chemotherapy is no joke…”

Another person wrote: “I hope they don’t kill Anita off the show because I enjoy watching her playing her part on the show.”

A third viewer commented: “Every family like the Duprees need a strong Matriarch leading the way. It makes the drama less because of the RESPECT they All have for her. Her husband is a great 2nd and they are a Phenomenal team. Unless you’re ready to lose your audience.”

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Other viewers said that if Anita dies, Beyond the Gates will die with her.

Unfortunately, insiders say CBS is going in a different direction by giving more air time to the show’s most hated character, Dana Leslie Thomas (Trisha Mann-Grant).

Fans threatened to boycott the show if Anita is killed off.

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