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Cynthia Erivo Criticizes Edited ‘Wicked’ Poster. ‘It’s Offensive’ and ‘It Degrades Me’

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Cynthia Erivo called out fans who used AI to generate their own versions of the “Wicked” movie poster.

The actress expressed her disappointment in one poster that featured her eyes covered and her lips painted red.

Pop signer Ariana Grande stars as Glenda, the good witch, while Erivo plays the green witch Elphaba.

The original movie poster shows Erivo’s eyes and green lips to match her green skin.

But in the fan version of the poster, Erivo’s eyes are covered by the brim of her black hat and her lips are red.

Erivo took offense to fans “erasing” her in the movie poster.

“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen equal to that awful AI of us fighting, equal to people posing the the question ‘is your p—- green?'” Erivo wrote on her Instagram stories. “None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.”

She continued: “The original poster is an Illustration. “I am a real life human being, who chose to to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer …because, without words we communicate with our eyes. Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me. And that is just deeply hurtful.”

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The response to Erivo’s rant was mixed. Some fans defended her, but others said the fan’s AI poster was an improvement over the original movie poster.

Part 1 of the movie “Wicked” opens in theaters Nov. 22 from Universal Pictures. Part 2 will arrive in theaters in 2025.

Outrage as Lakers Bench Rookie Phenom Quincy Olivari for Embarrassing Bronny

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L.A. Lakers rookie sensation Quincy Olivari was benched by coach JJ Reddick on Tuesday after he apparently dissed LeBron James’ son, Bronny James.

Quincy scored 11 points to lead the Lakers in a come-from-behind win over the Milwaukee Bucks on October 10.

Quincy trended on X after the game, as fans finally put a face to the “WHO’S #41?” memes that trended after LeBron took a selfie with the then-unknown player.

Lakers fans finally had something to cheer about. The Lakers are 1-3 in the pre-season. But fans see a future star in Quincy after he led the Lakers to their only win in the preseason.

But Quincy did not play in Tuesday’s loss against the Golden State Warriors.

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Fans believe Quincy was benched for saying his success in last Thursday’s game was “Earned, not given.”

His comment may be in reference to the nepotism allegations when Bronny was given a guaranteed 4-year, $8 million contract.

Quincy is signed to a 10-day contract with the Lakers. The Lakers probably won’t re-sign Quincy because he made Bronny look bad.

Lakers fans were furious when the Lakers benched him on Tuesday.

Bronny James scored 2 points and 1 block in 9 minutes in the game while Quincy was on the bench.

Compare Bronny James to Quincy Olivari below.

Rapper Joe Admits Using Ozempic to Lose 200 Pounds: ‘We Cut Carbs & Try to Be Smarter’

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The rapper formerly known as “Fat Joe” admits taking Ozempic to help him lose 200 pounds in 6 months.

Joe has been a diabetic since he was a teenager. Ozempic is one of the drugs he uses to control his diabetes. In addition to diet and exercise, Joe credits Ozempic with achieving his weight loss goal.

The 54-year-old Bronx rap legend says he also eliminated sugar and carbohydrates from his diet.

“We just try to eat everything with the least carbs as possible,” Joe exclusively told Us Weekly. “So we try to stay away from the bread, the pasta, the rice. That’s the smartest way to eat.”

“Ozempic says you may only have two pieces of your favorite stuff,” he explained — referring to carbohydrates.

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The new and improved Joe was on display when he hosted the BET Hip Hop Awards which aired on Tuesday night. He is pictured on the red carpet with his wife, Lorena Catagena. (The couple share daughter Azariah, 18. Joe also has two sons from previous relationships.)

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Joe joins other celebrities who successfully lost weight on Ozempic. The list includes Oprah Winfrey, Lizzo, Tracy Morgan, Lil Rel Howery, Kelly Osbourne, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Earlier this year, fans confused actress Jada Pinkett Smith for Joe.

“Fat Joe on Ozempic” trended on X (formerly Twitter) in January as fans confused Jada’s New Year selfie for the once portly rapper showing off his Ozempic weight loss.

Sources say the mix up inspired Joe to really work hard to lose the extra weight.

Georgetown mourns former women’s basketball player who was fatally shot by cop

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A 6-5″ woman who was fatally shot by a Fairfax County (Virginia) police officer is a former Georgetown women’s basketball player.

The incident occurred at an apartment complex in Reston, Va. on Sept. 16 when a doctor asked police to conduct a welfare check on a mental patient.

The Fairfax County, Virginia Police Department released footage of the officer-involved shooting incident on Monday, Oct. 14.

In the bodycam video, Asian American officer Peter Liu knocked on the apartment door. Without warning, a woman opened the door and slashed at Liu with a kitchen knife.

The woman, later identified as Sydney Wilson, refused repeated commands to drop the knife and back up.

Liu drew his service weapon and retreated down the hallway with Wilson in pursuit. She caught up to him and slashed him in the face and arm.

Wilson continued to pursue Liu down the hall before he opened fire, killing her.

Despite the video evidence, Black Lives Matter called for Liu to be fired for using deadly force. Antifa referred to the shooting as a “murder”.

Wilson’s friends and family Wilson are mourning her loss on X (formerly Twitter).

The official X account for Georgetown women’s basketball team tweeted:

Others accused certain groups of politicizing Wilson’s death so close to an election.

MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Said Breast Cancer Has Spread After She Refused Mastectomy

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Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis says her breast cancer has spread following her diagnosis in 2020.

Ananda, 51, announced her breast cancer diagnosis in a 2020 Instagram post. She said she had stage III breast cancer and she’d refused mammograms for years due to fear of radiation exposure.

But during a discussion on cancer with CNN’s Stephanie Elam and CNN anchor Sara Sidner — who was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer early this year — Ananda said she refused her doctors’ recommendation for a double mastectomy.

“My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,” she explained.

“I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way,” she said. “Looking back on that, I go, ‘You know what? Maybe I should have.'”

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Ananda improved her diet and tried homeopathic treatments as well as medication and radiation. She also got more sleep.

Last year, she discovered her cancer had spread to her lymph nodes.

“My lymph system really flared up,” Ananda said. “It was the first time I ever had a conversation with death because I felt like: This is how it is.”

“I was just like, ‘Fudge man, I really thought I had this.’ I was frustrated, I was a little angry at myself, and I said, ‘Man, listen. I know you’re coming for me at some point. But I don’t want it to be now. And if you could just wait, I promise when you do come, I’m gonna make it fun for you.'”

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Ananda hosted BET’s “Teen Summit” in the early 1990s before she was hired as one of MTV’s first video jockeys. She was an immediate hit with MTV network’s young viewers.

Ananda received praise after she berated rapper Q-Tip for casting scantily clad girls in one of his music videos.

Bob Kusbit, MTV’s senior vice president for production, told The New York Times, “In the past our talent was sometimes just pretty people who could read cue cards. But when we brought Ananda to MTV, we decided we were going to do a lot more live television.”

Ananda also hosted other MTV shows and specials.

She was abstinent for most of the late 1990s. In 2011, Ananda gave birth to son Langston, her first child, with Harry Smith.

Police Say Kansas Nurse Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Son

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A Wichita, Kansas mother is charged with fatally shooting her 16-year-old son at his brother’s apartment.

Wichita police found 16-year-old Robert Florence “with a single gunshot wound,” inside the the East Harry Street apartment on October 9.

Robert’s mother, Tesha Florence, allegedly called 911 Wednesday morning to report that she had shot her son, according to police.

Robert was rushed to the hospital in “extremely critical condition” where the teen succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, Oct. 11, according to a statement.

Florence, 46, was booked into Sedgwick County Jail and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated battery. She was later charged with first-degree murder and is being held on a $1 million surety bond.

“This is a tragic incident that has forever altered a family,” Chief Joe Sullivan said in a statement. “Gun violence affects our entire community and cannot be tolerated.”
 
READ ALSO: Police release body cam video of Sonya Massey shooting
 
The family had financial problems for years, according to Robert’s older brother, Kurtis Florence. Kurtis said Robert, another brother, and their mother lived with him in his apartment.

He says their mother – who previously worked as a certified nursing assistant and raised her sons as a single mother – had struggled financially in the last few years and eventually took an overnight factory job for $10 an hour.

With just one car between them, the 20-year-old regularly drove his girlfriend to work, then took his brothers to school before dropping off his mother at the factory and going to his own job.

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Robert (pictured) was often late for school, which affected his grades. As a result, the junior varsity basketball player did not make the team this year.

On the morning of the shooting, Kurtis says that Robert stayed home from school because he did not have any clean clothes to wear.

After dropping off their other brother, Kurtis says he returned home to see police and emergency medical responders at his apartment.

“My mom wasn’t the type to go off the rail,” Kurtis tells PEOPLE. “I’m convinced that it was an accident and that [the shooting] wasn’t intentional.”

But police say detectives learned that Robert’s mother had allegedly threatened her ex-husband and his current girlfriend with a gun earlier this year.

Kurtis said he had no knowledge of that incident.

On Tuesday afternoon Kurtis told PEOPLE that he is looking for a lawyer to defend his mother.

“My mom raised smart, strong Black men. She let us know who we are. I’ve always tried to be strong for my mom.”

After the shooting, Kurtis and his brother were evicted from their apartment. They are living out of a hotel room until they can find another place.

Kurtis set up a GoFundMe page to help pay his brother’s funeral expenses.

“We are devastated by this loss and are trying to navigate life without him,” Kurtis wrote in the post.

V-103 Radio DJ Big Tigger, 51, is Expecting a Baby

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V-103 radio host Big Tigger announced he’s expecting his first child at age 51. Big Tigger made the announcement on his Instagram page on Tuesday.

He captioned the post: “So you’re having my baby. Super Proud to announce I gotta lil one on the way.. #BabyLoading #March2025 #Baby #Daddy #Father #Fatherhood #Blessings #BTMS.”

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Tigger didn’t name the expectant mom, but his followers say this is the proud mommy-to-be.

We don’t know why Tigger is trying to conceal her identity. The list of possible reasons include:

1. She’s married to someone else
2. She’s also 51
3. She’s young enough to be his daughter
4. She’s a stripper
5. She’s a co-worker

Big Tigger isn’t the only man waiting until his twilight years to be a first time dad.

A lot of men wait until they get their AARP cards to father their first child. Rapper T.I.’s late dad fathered him when he was in his 60s.

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And rapper GloRilla’s dad was in his 50s when he fathered her. It’s a blessing when older men are still able to sow viable seed.

Big Tigger’s followers were happy for him.

One follower wrote: “Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!!!”

A man wrote: “Welcome to the club sir.”

A third person wrote: “Big Daddy Tig!”

Big Tigger is best known as the former host of BET’s “Rap City” and “106 & Park” TV shows on BET. He was replaced by Terrence J as host of 106 & Park in 2006. Tigger got his first radio gig in Washington, D.C. while attending the University of Maryland.

Despite the plethora of teh ghey rumors that dogged him throughout his career, Big Tigger has been linked romantically to Keshia Knight Pulliam, Keyshia Cole, and Karrine Steffans.

Open Post: Regina King is Unrecognizable On Set of ‘Caught Stealing’

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Regina King looks unrecognizable in her latest role on the set of “Caught Stealing” in New York City. Regina is carrying a fake cat inside a red duffle bag.

The movie is about a burned-out ex-baseball player who unexpectedly finds himself caught in the middle of a dangerous treasure hunt in NYC. It turns out that the cat his neighbor left in his care is sitting on a secret. Hidden at the bottom of its cage is a key wanted by dangerous figures in NYC’s underworld.

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British actor Matt Smith plays a punk rocker who wants that cat Regina is holding.

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Regina is fresh off her role in her biopic, Shirley, in which she portrays trailblazing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

Regina, 53, was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2019.

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Here is a photo of the well-known actress in Paris, France last October.

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P*rnstar Gucci Third Leg retires after woman accused him of spreading STDs

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Popular Internet p*rnstar Gucci Third Leg has “retired” after a woman accused him of giving her herpes when she was 19.

The p*rn actor went viral over the weekend when another social media creator Danae Davis accused him of giving her HSV-2, the herpes simplex 2 virus.

In a viral video, a tearful Davis explained that she noticed a sore on Gucci Third Leg’s genitals. But he told her that he cut himself shaving.

Afterwards, Davis claims she tested positive for HSV-2, which she never had previously.

Her video went viral on all platforms, and Gucci Third Leg broke his silence by joining a livestream with influencers DJ Akademiks and Adin Ross. Both men grilled him about the allegations.

Gucci Third Leg produced a screenshot of his STD test results from 2023 that revealed he was positive for HSV-1, but not HSV-2.

He is adamant that he did not infect Danae Davis with herpes. However, in a new livestream, Adin Ross admitted he contracted herpes from a model who slept with Gucci Third Leg.

Gucci Third Leg says he’s working on a condom brand and other products to earn an honest living. Adin Ross exploded in anger and accused Third Leg of “trying to profit” off of the drama.

In an unrelated video (below), Gucci bragged that he slept with 3,100 women over his career. He said his ex, Diamond the Body, has a “body count” of 2,000.

Gucci Third Leg now reveals he is retired from p*rn.

“I’m done with everything,” he said. “It’s affecting other people around me… I’m personally like, I don’t care how much money I’m making off this. I would rather just leave more peaceful life where it’s, like, you know, something real.”

Be safe out there ladies.

Justin Bieber’s mom ‘unknowingly’ sent him to live with Sean Combs – after she battled with drug issues

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Justin Bieber’s mom regrets sending her 14-year-old son to live with Sean Combs during the height of his pop star fame.

In her book, Pattie Mallette says she had no doubt her son would be a star when she accompanied him from Canada on his first trip to Atlanta to meet music manager Scooter Braun and singer Usher Raymond.

Pattie was a teenage mom when she gave birth to Justin a month before her 19th birthday. She worked 3 jobs and abused drugs while raising him.

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“I worked odd jobs to get money for rent and to fuel my drug habit,” Pattie wrote in her book, Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom, published in 2012.

She said Justin’s sudden rise to fame — and the money that came with it — felt like a “reward” to her for all the years she struggled as a single mom.

Pattie writes: “Things were happening so big and so fast with Justin. I was responsible for signing contracts that could affect a large portion of Justin’s life.”

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But being young and naive left Pattie vulnerable and unable to realize she was handing Justin over to some of the industry’s most dangerous and predatory stars.

Just a year after being signed to Island Records, a 15-year-old Justin was sent to live with Sean Combs, who bragged that he had legal guardianship over the pop star.

Justin’s “mentor” Usher Raymond brought him to music mogul L.A Reid as a “gift” when he was a “beautiful” 14-year-old boy, Reid wrote in his tell-all memoir in 2016.

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After he signed Usher to a record deal, Reid sent him off to live with Combs for a year to record his first album.

In a now-infamous video that’s still live on Justin’s YouTube page, he is left seemingly unsupervised at the rapper’s home.

The elder Combs said he couldn’t detail their activities that weekend, but “it’s definitely a 15-year-old’s dream.”

Combs added, “We’re gonna go full, buck full crazy,” as Justin looked on nervously.

There are allegations that Usher played a huge role in introducing young Justin to people who were not appropriate for a teenager. While their relationship has always been seen as professional, in 2016, the “Yeah” singer revealed that Justin was more like family to him.

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Earlier this month, a video resurfaced of Combs, 54, and Justin, now 30, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the pop singer was only 16-years-old.

Jimmy asked Justin: “You know, Diddy bought his son a Bentley, maybe he could buy you one also while you’re at it.”

Justin responded: “He got me a Lamborghini. I haven’t gotten it yet, though.”

Jimmy asked Combs: “When is that coming? That Lamborghini. We talked about this last time.”

Combs responded: Justin had “the Lamborghini for a day or two and he had access to the house.”

“And he knows better than to be talking about the things that he does with big brother Puff on national television. Everything ain’t for everybody.”

In 2015, Justin told Billboard that his relationship with his mother was “pretty non-existent”, adding: “I was distant because I was ashamed. I never wanted my mom to be disappointed in me and I knew she was. We spent some time not talking.”

However, Pattie, now 49, frequently posts gushing messages about her son to Instagram, as well as sweet photos of the two of them together.

In March, she wrote in a post on Instagram for Justin’s 30th birthday: “30 YEARS! Just like that. Happy birthday Justin. I’m not going to lie I’ve had a few good cries this week looking back through photos reminiscing.”

She added: “Time goes by so fast. It’s been amazing to see you become the man you are today. I’m so honored to be your mom. I love you more than you know. I can’t wait to see the great things God has planned for you ahead. You ain’t seen nothing yet!”