Jaden Smith is not very fond of fellow clothing designer Ye West, formerly Kanye West.
The men’s creative director for Louboutin walked out on an interview with Complex magazine interviewer @JillianSuperstar after she asked him a question about Ye.
Jillian mentioned Jaden is working with Steven Smith, former designer for Kanye West’s Yeezy line.
But she added the colloquialism: “So, what are y’all cooking up?”
Jaden, seemingly annoyed by the reference to Ye, curved Jillian and walked away without saying a word.
Jillian watched him walk away, then she turned to the camera and said, “I guess we’ll never find out.”
The video clip went viral on all platforms on Thursday.
Jaden, 27, is the first-ever men’s creative director of Christian Louboutin — a huge achievement for the aspiring actor and philanthropist.
Christian Louboutin thought so highly of Will and Jada Pinkett’s only son that he didn’t even conduct a formal search for the coveted position, according to Eurweb.com.
Teyana Taylor wore a rose pink Tamara Ralph Couture to the 2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards, held at the Ebell of Los Angeles on Thursday, February 12.
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The outfit featured an armored breastplate with a satin draped skirt.
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The “One Battle After Another” Oscar nominee won the guild’s Vanguard Spotlight Award. The award recognizes Teyana’s range across acting, directing, choreography and creative work in films.
“One Battle After Another” also took home the top awards for costume design at the 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards.
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Other stars attending the 2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards include Tracee Ellis Ross, Jodie Turner-Smith, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, Katherine LaNasa (Lydia on “Two and a Half Men”), and more.
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Actress Jodie Turner-Smith attends the 28th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) held at The Ebell of Los Angeles on February 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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Singer Janelle Monae (left) posed with actress Kate Hudson, recipient of the Spotlight Award during the 28th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, held at The Ebell of Los Angeles on February 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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Katherine LaNasa attends the 28th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) held at The Ebell of Los Angeles on February 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
The Ludacris Foundation and City Partners host a Valentine’s celebration for moms-to-be and new moms with “Love Your Baby, Yourself, Your Health,” a Mother & Baby Wellness and Resource Expo. The event will be held Friday, February 13, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue SW, Atrium, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Moms and moms-to-be are invited to celebrate Valentine’s with a special event hosted in partnership with Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea L. Boone (District 10) and the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services, providing moms with meaningful resources, wellness education, and heartfelt community support.
“Motherhood is powerful. It is also vulnerable, demanding, and among the most important responsibilities anyone can carry,” said Councilmember Boone. “Today’s event is strengthened by our amazing participating organizations who have come together to help ensure no mother has to navigate this journey alone. Healthy beginnings help build stronger futures for families and communities alike.”
Healthcare providers and community advocates come together to provide on-site health advice, access to essential services, and opportunities for mothers to build lasting networks of support.
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Supporting new moms isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s an investment in the foundation of our youth, families, and communities, according to Chris Ludacris Bridges.
“Men play a special support role … whether you are the partner, brother or the best friend – that support can make the difference between a mother’s/child’s life and quality of life,” Ludacris said.
The Valentine’s event continues that mission by sharing love, knowledge, and care with those who nurture the next generation.
“This initiative reflects our broader commitment to improving maternal health outcomes and ensuring every family has access to the support they need,” said Roberta Shields, President of the Ludacris Foundation.”
What: “Love Your Baby, Yourself, Your Health,” a Mother & Baby Wellness and Resource Expo
When: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Friday, February 13, 2026
Where: Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue SW, Atrium, Atlanta, GA 30303
A GoFundMe has raised over $2 million in donations for “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek’s wife and six children.
The actor died on Wednesday, Feb. 11, after a 2-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 48.
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James is best known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery on The WB’s “Dawson’s Creek” (1998–2003). His film credits include Varsity Blues (1999), Texas Rangers (2001), The Rules of Attraction (2002), Formosa Betrayed (2009), Labor Day (2013), and Bad Hair (2020).
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James was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in August 2023. He kept his diagnosis a secret until November 2024.
In an interview with PEOPLE, he said his primary symptom was a change in bowel habits, which he overlooked because he thought it was related to his coffee consumption.
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“I thought, I probably need to change my diet a little bit. Maybe I need to stop [drinking] coffee. Maybe I need to not put cream in the coffee. And then I finally took that out of the diet, and it didn’t improve, and I thought, all right, I better go get this checked out.”
“I felt really, really good as I was coming out of anesthesia that I had finally done it and looked into it,” he said. “And as I was coming out of the haze, the gastroenterologist said — in his most pleasant bedside manner — it is cancer.”
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Stage 3 colon cancer meant his cancer had spread from the colon to nearby tissues and his lymph nodes.
James said he dealt with the diagnosis privately with the support of his family. He blamed his cancer diagnosis on his diet of processed food.
“I think the country is waking up to connecting with our food and recognizing just how much it’s processed and how far away it’s gotten from the way nature intended,” he said.
Following his diagnosis, he made a habit of reading nutrition labels and researching what goes into the food he bought.
“I would encourage everyone to do the same because this is not a fun process,” he said of colorectal cancer treatment. “There are a lot of assumptions, I think, that we’ve all grown up with about what’s healthy and what’s not. And I think it would all do us some good to throw out those assumptions.”
“We know colorectal cancer has been increasing in young people and it is not exactly clear why,” Dr. Peter Stanich, gastroenterologist, told HELLO!. “Part of this is likely due to increasing obesity and changes in diets over time, but many people are still investigating the cause of this.”
Dr. Stanich said screenings are important for people who are experiencing signs and symptoms of colon cancer such as blood in the stool.
“If you are experiencing blood in the bowel movements or iron deficiency anemia (low iron levels in the blood), these are concerning at any age and you need to discuss with your healthcare team and have a colonoscopy to be evaluated for colorectal cancer as well as other potential non-cancerous causes.”
Dr. Stanich recommends exercise and a healthy diet that includes fish and vegetables while limiting red meat and processed meat (hot dogs, fast food burgers, etc.).
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James leaves behind his wife Kimberly and their six children: Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4.
Friends of James’ widow, Kimberly, created a GoFundMe page to raise money to support his family.
“In the wake of this loss, Kimberly and the children are facing an uncertain future,” the GoFundMe page reads.
Director Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw donated $25,000. “Wicked” filmmaker Jon M. Chu donated $10,000, talent agent Kevin Huvane donated $5,000, and investor Guy Oseary donated $10,000.
The Marla Maples Foundation, a non-profit organization set up by actress Marla Maples, contributed $5,000, and one anonymous donor gave $30,000.
Actress Zoe Saldana, the highest paid star in Hollywood, pledged to donate $2,500 per month to James’ family.
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Actor Alfonso Ribeiro shared a touching photo of his final moments with his good friend, James.
Alfonso captioned the image: “This was taken by @vanderkimberly just a few minutes before I said my last goodbye.”
The “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actor added that their final moments together were filled with laughter. “My last moment was making him laugh one last time.”
Women who have AI companions can now go on an actual date with their chatbot partners at the world’s first AI cafe in NYC.
The Same Same Wine Bar, located at 401 W 47th St. in Hell’s Kitchen, is open from 5 p.m. to 12 midnight. The establishment allows women to bring their laptops or phones for a romantic date with their AI boyfriends or girlfriends.
On Wednesday night, the Same Same Wine Bar was filled with women with their laptops and phones propped up on stands. The screens from their devices illuminated their faces as they laughed and chatted with their AI companions.
One patron named Richter, 34, sat across from Simone, an attractive 26-year-old AI-generated Black woman on a mobile phone screen.
Richter (pictured) told a New York Post reporter that she and AI-generated Simone are just friends.
She said Eva AI, the app behind the AI cafe, is just one of many companion apps she uses to hook up with AI partners.
“I mostly do roleplay scenarios where it may be romance or just maybe some kind of fantasy scenario,” said Richter, who is not in a relationship with a human. “I can just imagine myself doing something or imagine myself like another character, so I can feel myself communicating with somebody.”
Richter said she has dated AI companions for 2 years.
“I can talk to them on my own terms,” she explained. “I can talk with them without the expectations of having to go out or having the expectations of having them wanting to talk to me all the time.”
Richter said interacting with AI partners makes her less nervous than interacting with real people.
She limits her app use to three hours a day.
“It can be addicting if you just rely on them and don’t talk to humans,” she said. “I can feel that pull.”
Julia Momblat, partnership manager at Eva AI, told the NY Post that AI partners are not intended as a replacement for real relationships.
“We don’t perceive it as a substitute for real relationships, we never did,” she explained. “We always said that we are here to support people while they do not have a relationship, or they need some rehearsal.”
A community on Reddit.com called MyBoyfriendIsAI has nearly 50,000 members who share details of their intimate relationships with chatbots.
This week, the subreddit’s members are in an uproar because ChatGPT is “deprecating” OpenAI 4o, which will shut down their AI partners permanently.
Some of the women will lose their AI husbands of 2 years. Others are losing their companions or AI friends. Many have cancelled their ChatGPT subscriptions as a result.
Update: Cardi B responded to the Department of Homeland Security’s clap back after she dissed ICE at her concert opener on Wednesday.
The rapper kicked off her North American Tour in Palm Desert, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
During a pause in the show, Cardi threatened ICE agents for deporting illegals back to their home countries.
“B–h, if ICE comes in here, we gon’ jump they asses,” Cardi said, as the audience cheered. “B–h, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, b–h!”
Cardi B responded on X/Twitter, writing: “If we talking about drugs let’s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?”
If we talking about drugs let’s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files? https://t.co/U7yCarPIXs
In 2019, Cardi B admitted she drugged and robbed men while she worked as a stripper. She took men back to hotel rooms, drugged them and stole their wallets while they were knocked out.
Cardi received a lot of pushback for her honesty – especially from men.
“Black women in Illinois are 16 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts,” said John Peller, president and CEO of AIDS Foundation Chicago.
He said the funding cuts couldn’t come at a worse time. About 800 people a year are newly diagnosed with HIV in Chicago.
“It makes tremendous sense to be investing in HIV prevention programs if the concern is about saving money,” Peller said.
Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago will be hardest hit by the cuts. The hospital runs a program that aims to prevent HIV/AIDS among Black women.
“We conduct all of our research to improve the lives of children, adolescents and families,” a spokesperson for Lurie said Tuesday.
The funding cuts come weeks after the Department of Health and Human Services moved to end $10 billion in social services and child care funding to the same four states plus New York, alleging the money is being misspent.
Cardi B kicked off her “Little Miss Drama” tour by threatening to attack Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The rapper kicked off her North American Tour in Palm Desert, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
After multiple costume changes, Cardi threatened ICE agents for deporting illegals back to their home countries.
“B–h, if ICE comes in here, we gon’ jump they asses,” Cardi said, as the audience cheered. “B–h, I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, b–h!”
Cardi performed a medley of songs, including her 2 hits, “WAP” and “Bodak Yellow.”
Cardi B’s 35-city tour includes stops in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Detroit, New York, Boston, Toronto and more, before closing on April 17 in Atlanta.
Sadly, Cardi B is touring with a broken heart. She recently broke up with NFL star Stefon Diggs, the father of her youngest child.
She also has three children with rapper Offset.
Cardi B and Stefon unfollowed each other after the New England Patriots’ stunning loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday.
Cardi B and Stefon dated for less than one year before welcoming a son in December.
Stefon seems to have moved on in a cryptic post on Instagram.
He wrote: “Gratitude and Fear cannot coexist in the same space… a reminder to control what you can control, remain thankful and stay motivated. We all we got, we all we need.”
The father-of-7 welcomed four children in 2025. He is expecting one more child, allegedly.
Nicole Curtis tearfully apologized after she uttered the n-word during a filming of her HGTV series “Rehab Addict.”
She immediately pleaded with a producer to “kill” the scene, but the producer declined. “I’m not killing it,” he told her.
“Oh, f–k my life,” Curtis said.
RadarOnline published the clip of Curtis uttering the offensive language. HGTV quickly cancelled her home renovation show.
Curtis reached out to TMZ to help rehab her image. She told the gossip blog: “I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been, and I apologize to everyone.”
She continued: “I’m grateful for the 15-year journey we’ve shared. It’s been a meaningful chapter, but my focus isn’t on my career. My focus, at this moment is rightfully on my relationships, and my community — the people who truly know my character and where my heart is.”
In a statement to TMZ, HGTV stated it was “recently made aware of an offensive racial comment made during the filming of Rehab Addict. Not only is language like this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and employees — it does not align with the values of HGTV.”
HGTV said the series was removed from all platforms. “We remain dedicated to fostering a culture of respect and inclusion across our content and our workplace.”
The series was removed from Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platforms.
HGTV star Nicole Curtis of "Rehab Addict" caught on camera using a Racial slur pic.twitter.com/MtYIo85DaC
A convicted squatter who was released from jail on appeal immediately returned to squatting in a $2.3 million mansion.
Neighbors in a quiet upscale suburb in Maryland were surprised to see Tamieka Goode strolling across the front lawn of the mansion where she was arrested in January.
Now they fear violence will ensue because neighbors are fed up with the lawbreakers.
FOX45 Baltimore investigative reporter Gary Collins interviewed Goode’s attorney, Alex J. Webster, who struggled to explain why his client returned to squatting in the mansion.
“Cut, I don’t know if I can answer that, allegedly,” Webster said. “Can I cut? … Alright, can you re-ask the question?”
After Collins repeated the question, Webster stated that Goode researched squatter’s rights and she is within her rights to occupy the mansion.
Webster acknowledged that the house had a title issue. The mansion was foreclosed on by Citigroup Mortgage, which is now listed as the owner of the property.
Ian Chen, a 19-year-old college student who lives with his parents near the house, filed trespassing charges against Goode last July.
Goode and her husband, Corey Pollard, were charged with trespassing and 4th-degree burglary after refusing to leave the bank-owned home. She was convicted in January and a judge sentenced her to 90 days behind bars. Goode was released after 12 days, Spotlight reported.
Within hours of her release from jail, neighbors told Collins that Goode was back in the house.
Webster told Collins “there are loopholes in the system that people do take advantage of, but loopholes are loopholes.”
Webster confirmed that Goode’s minor daughter remained inside the mansion while her mother was in jail.
He said there are other people living in the mansion, besides Goode’s minor daughter.
“Whatever she did do in those 12 days, I’m sure she made responsible decisions to ensure the safety of the juvenile in the house,” the attorney said.
Goode is scheduled to appear in Montgomery County Circuit Court for a pre-trial conference hearing on March 6.
SHE'S BACK AT IT: Tamieka Goode, an alleged squatter of a $2.3M mansion in Bethesda, Md., was released from jail after only 12 days.
Her attorney spoke out in an exclusive interview about how Goode obtained 'squatter rights' to the sprawling estate where she lives once again. pic.twitter.com/OVA688O1Pi
This story isn't being framed as Citigroup neglecting to secure a vacant home that also has a title issue but as a squatter taking advantage of "loopholes" aka laws. Once they clear title, the bank can evict Tamieka Goode. It's a process. The neighbor can't do anything. https://t.co/8h8nwiUcBBpic.twitter.com/y7Jyb5A1EN
