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Lee Daniels Reflects on 25-Year Friendship with Mo’Nique

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Lee Daniels Reflects on 25-Year Friendship with Mo’Nique
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Director Lee Daniels sat down with actress/comedienne Mo’Nique for dinner after attending the first press day for The Deliverance.

Lee shared a photo on X, formerly Twitter, after Mo’Nique showed up to promote the film.

In his post, Lee reflected on his and Mo’Nique’s 25 year friendship.

He wrote: “At dinner here on our first press day for The Deliverance, it got me reflecting on the 25-year friendship I’ve had with the actor @moworldwide. Like any REAL friendship, it’s one that’s stood the test of times. AND BOY HAVE OUR TIMES BEEN TESTED.”

If you recall. Mo’Nique and Lee fell out because she refused to promote their 2009 movie, Precious.

At the time, Mo’Nique complained that she didn’t receive compensation to promote the movie overseas.

Later, Mo’Nique accused Lee, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey of blacklisting her in Hollywood.

In 2022, Lee and Mo’Nique kissed and made up. The director apologized to Mo’ publicly and announced he was casting her in his next film.

The Deliverance is in theaters on August 16, and August 30 on Netflix.

Kamala Harris plans to take assault weapons off the streets

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Kamala Harris plans to take assault weapons off the streets
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Vice President Kamala Harris plans to take assault weapons out of the hands of gang bangers. The presumptive Democratic nominee focused on assault weapons and abortion rights at her first campaign rally on Tuesday.

Harris ripped Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying “Donald Trump wants to take the country backward”.

The former prosecutor took shots at President Trump.

“I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own game. So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type,” she said.

Then she announced her plan to ban assault rifles on the streets of America.

Harris said every person in the nation should have the “freedom to live safe from the terror of gun violence.”

“We’ll finally pass red flag laws, universal background checks, and an assault weapons ban,” she said, as the crowd cheered.

Harris, 59, announced her campaign for president after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race Sunday night.

She broke a donation record, raising over $100 million.

Fani Willis approves YFN Lucci’s release from jail

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Fani Willis approves YFN Lucci’s release from jail
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote a get-out-of-jail letter for rapper YFN Lucci.

Lucci is best known for dating rapper Lil Wayne’s only daughter Reginae Carter.

Lucci, real name Rayshawn Bennett, is among a dozen gang bangers charged in a RICO indictment in 2021.

Lucci, 33, is accused of murder, racketeering, violating the state’s anti-gang law, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

WSBTV reports Willis submitted a letter to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles approving Lucci’s early release.
 
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In January 2024, he cut a deal in exchange for a guilty plea. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with 10 years to be served on probation. He received credit for time served (about 3 years).

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In her letter, Willis wrote, “the State does not object to Defendant, Rayshawn Lucci being released from Department of Corrections the first time he becomes eligible for parole or after serving one-third of his prison sentence, whichever comes first.”

That means Lucci could be out of jail and back on the streets of Atlanta within weeks.

It’s interesting that she referred to Lucci by his gang name instead of his government name in the letter.

WSBTV published surveillance video that shows someone shooting from the backseat of Lucci’s white Mercedes Maybach SUV.

The opp shot back and Lucci’s associate was hit. The mortally wounded gang banger was dumped out of the Maybach and left to die on the side of the road.

Willis apparently has a soft spot for drill rappers. She also dropped an attempted murder charge against drill rapper Lil Durk in 2022.

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Willis later explained why she dropped murder charges against the millionaire rapper.

RIP: Chad Dillon, Owner Of The Boiler Seafood in Atlanta, Shot Dead

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RIP: Chad Dillon, Owner Of The Boiler Seafood in Atlanta, Shot Dead

Chad Dillon, owner of the popular The Boiler Seafood & Crab restaurant in Buckhead, Atlanta, was shot and killed on Tuesday.

According to Atlanta News First (ANF), police responded to a person shot call near the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, just before 3:50 p.m.

Police found Dillon suffering from “apparent gunshot wounds” near a Rolls-Royce in the middle of the street. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he died.

Dillon, 33, opened his first restaurant, Seafood & Crab Boil, during the pandemic in 2021. He earned over $8 million in sales in his first year of operation.

Following the success of Seafood & Crab Boil, he opened three additional seafood restaurants in the Atlanta area.
 
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Police say Dillon was killed during an apparent carjacking/robbery attempt. He was ambushed near a new Jamaican restaurant he planned to open soon.

Dillon showed off his prized Rolls-Royce collection in videos on his Instagram account.

He captioned one video: “Laid the foundation 2023.. 2024 we coming for it all!! All Gas!! NO BRAKES!!”

Dillon’s friends told Atlanta News First that he was working at the restaurant, Dipped N Butter, and was gunned down when he went out to his car.

Police said the shooting was targeted.

Dillon spoke with ANF in 2022 after donating $15,000 to help convicted felons open their own businesses.

“Some of these guys are really good guys that made one mistake,” Dillon said at the time. “These people still have skills, they still have talent, they still have a lot of knowledge, and they’re still creatives. And we don’t want to forget about our creatives.”

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns: ‘We fell short of our mission’

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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns: ‘We fell short of our mission’
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle turned in her resignation after a failed attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.

Trump was shot during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. A bullet grazed his ear and he will require plastic surgery.

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According to reports, only 3 Secret Service agents were assigned to Trump on July 13. Homeland Security agents were also assigned to him.

First Lady Jill Biden, who was in Pennsylvania that same day, had 12 Secret Service agents protecting her.

Trump’s request for more Secret Service agents was denied.

Lawmakers grilled Cheatle and called for her resignation during a House committee hearing on Monday.

According to CNBC, Cheatle resisted, saying she was the best-qualified person for the job.

On Tuesday, Cheatle wrote in a letter to Secret Service staff, “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that, I have made the difficult decision to step down as your Director.”

“The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders and financial infrastructure. On July 13th, we fell short on that mission,” said Cheatle.

“As your Director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she wrote.

Cheatle was recommended for the job by Jill Biden. She served 30 years in the agency.

Cheatle previously managed Global Security for PepsiCo.

Pete Buttigieg Leads List of Kamala Harris’ VP Picks

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Pete Buttigieg Leads List of Kamala Harris’ VP Picks
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According to reports, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is is at the top of Vice President Kamala Harris’ list of running mates.

President Joe Biden, 81, announced he was withdrawing from the race on Sunday. He endorsed Harris, 59, as the Democratic nominee.

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Buttigieg, 42, would be America’s first openly gay vice president in history. Buttigieg has said he is open to being Harris’ vice president.

During an appearance on MSNBC, Buttigieg was asked about possibly being Harris’s running mate.

“She’s going to make that decision. She’s going to do it based on what’s best for the country, best for the party and best for the ticket. I will do everything in my power to make sure that she is the next president,” Buttigieg said. “I’m excited to be out there on the trail whenever there’s an opportunity to remind people of that they already agree with Kamala Harris and Democrats, and disagree with Donald Trump and Republicans on issue after issue after issue from taxes to gun safety to a woman’s right to choose.”

Buttigieg described Harris in glowing terms.

“She represents a different generation, she represents a different style. We heard her talk about how, in her background as a prosecutor, part of what she did was defend the public from people who ran scams at for-profit universities, people who were responsible for sexual assaults — in other words, people like Donald Trump. And, at the same time, we heard this positive vision, this really energizing vision. You could see it,” Buttigieg said. “When my daughter, who’s about to be three, pointed to the TV and said, ‘What’s that?’ I just felt goosebumps, as I heard myself saying, ‘That’s Kamala Harris, she’s going to be the next President.'”

Buttigieg ran a failed presidential campaign in 2020. Buttigieg and his life partner Chasten Buttigieg adopted newborn fraternal twins in 2021.

Larsa Pippen spotted at Bronny James’ Summer League game

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Larsa Pippen spotted at Bronny James’ Summer League game
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Rumor has it that Larsa Pippen has the hots for 19-year-old LeBronny James Jr.

According to gossipmongers, Larsa, 49, has admitted to having a crush on the Lakers rookie.

Cell phone video making the rounds shows Larsa at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

The video shows Larsa, wearing mom jeans and a black crop top, posing for pictures with her friends at one of Bronny’s games.


 
READ ALSO: Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan Are Back On the Market
 

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One X user reminded his followers that Larsa’s son plays in the G League.

Larsa is the ex-wife of Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen. She recently broke up with Marcus Jordan, the son of NBA icon Michael Jordan.

If you recall, years ago, a rumor circulated that Bronny slid into Larsa’s DMs.

Well, LeBron and his wife Savannah James shut that rumor down quickly.

“With everything going on in the the world right now, THIS is the s—t y’all talking about…,” Savannah wrote on Instagram. “At the end of the day y’all are talking about a minor. I don’t care what type of ‘celebrity’ y’all think he is, he’s a child and the bulls—t needs to stop. Y’all got the right one.”

LeBron chimed in: “Uh-oh y’all f—led with the wrong one now. Good luck. It won’t be cute!”

So why does Larsa always seem to show up wherever Bronny is?

Beyonce gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song “Freedom”

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Beyonce gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song “Freedom”
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Beyonce’s camp gave Vice President Kamala Harris permission to use her song “Freedom” for her presidential campaign.

President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from the presidential race on Sunday after testing positive for his third bout of Covid-19.

Biden endorsed Harris as the only woman who can beat Trump in November.

A source close to Harris told CNN that Beyonce’s representatives gave her team approval to use the song “Freedom” for her presidential campaign.

Via CNN — Beyoncé, who is known for maintaining strict clearance guidelines around her music, gave quick approval to Harris’ campaign when they sought permission to use “Freedom” on Monday — just hours before she walked out to the song, the source added.

While Beyoncé has not officially endorsed Harris in the days since President Joe Biden announced he would not seek a second term, granting her permission to use “Freedom” as a campaign song indicates that Harris has the superstar’s support.

Neither the Harris campaign nor a representative for Beyoncé responded to CNN’s requests for comment.

Beyonce’s mom, Tina Knowles, endorsed Harris in a post on her Instagram page.

Tina captioned the post:

“New, Youthful, Sharp, energy !!!! You asked for it and our President Biden did what was best for the country ! Putting personal Ego , power and fame aside . That is the definition of a great leader, . Thank you, President Biden for your service and your leadership . Go Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Let’s Go #kamala2024.”

Sage Steele speaks on Joe Biden withdrawing: ‘I’m so sad for us as Americans’

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Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele ripped President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race. She also disparaged Biden’s wife Jill Biden for letting the situation get this far.

Biden videoannounced his decision in a tweet on Sunday. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
 
READ ALSO: President Biden Will Not Seek Re-Election
 
Steele, a Democrat, said she knew Biden was in cognitive decline when she interviewed him in 2021.

“I think what we should be is disappointed and angry because it should never have gotten to this point in the first place,” she said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter. “And I don’t even mean since that debacle of a debate on June 27th when the mainstream media just magically decided to admit, ‘Wait, maybe he has some cognitive issues. Maybe he’s not fit to run for reelection. They were lying from top to bottom for years and covering up for him sadly.”

Steele continued: “We should be so disappointed in his family, in his wife. How, as a spouse, could you allow your husband or wife to go ahead and proceed with something so big (and) so important when you know that as a human being, they are not OK? That, to me, is disgusting. That’s what I’ve been saying since I interviewed Joe Biden just a month or two after he took office. That was 3 1/2 years ago and I noticed in my interview before the conversation began that he was struggling.

“Regardless of party, this is heartbreaking happenstance, all of the things that have gone down. But shame on his family for not protecting the man that they claim to love.”

Steele added: “The right thing for America would have been to stop this charade a long, long time ago. But for a variety of reasons, I’m going to say first and foremost ego and power, you decided to stay on until now which does what? It completely screws the Democrat Party. So, if you truly do believe that America comes first and that Americans come first, you would’ve stepped away a long time ago or Jill Biden in 2020 never allow it to get to this point in the first place.”

Louisville Judge Reprimands Teens: I’m not your momma; don’t play with me

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Louisville Judge Reprimands Teens: I’m not your momma; don’t play with me
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A Louisville judge stopped court proceedings to chastise two teenage killers who were fighting in the courthouse.

Demaurion Moore and Mekhi Cable are charged with killing Tyree Smith at a school bus stop in 2021. Moore and Cable were both 16 at the time of the shooting, WHAS11 reported.

They are also charged with other shootings.

Jefferson County Judge Tracy Davis said she received a phone call at lunch, informing her that Moore and Cable were fighting.

“That is one thousand percent disrespectful and it will not be tolerated, Davis told Moore and Cable.

“I’m not your momma; don’t play with me,” she said. “You all are in here for charges of murder, and you’re acting a damn fool fighting in the back. You know what a fight is? That’s an assault charge. You want another assault charge?”

She continued: “What you won’t do is have me talk to you like this ever again! Do I make myself clear?”

The mother of one of the teens burst into tears during the judge’s rant. The distraught mom told her son to address the judge more clearly.

The judge told the teens if they fought again, she would hold them both in contempt of court.

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