Oscar winner Halle Berry announced she’s engaged to longtime boyfriend Van Hunt. She shared the happy news Thursday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Halle said there’s been some confusion about her response to her boyfriend of 6 years asking her to marry him, TMZ reported.
She said “yes,” but they didn’t pick a date for the nuptials. The marriage will be Halle’s fourth.
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She was previously married to David Justice (1993-1997), Eric Benet (2001-2005), and Olivier Martinez (2013-2016). Halle told TODAY.com in 2025 that Van had been married once before. But he has never spoken publicly about his prior marriage.
In September 2020, Halle and Van first stepped out as a couple, and have been going strong ever since.
President Trump’s Truth Social app shared a controversial video of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
Trump unknowingly shared the shocking video on his Truth Social app on Thursday, Feb. 5. It is unclear if the president posted the video himself or if someone else posted it.
The video clip was appended to the end of another video discussing a suspicious spike in votes for former President Joe Biden after the vote count stopped in 2020.
Trump lost to Biden, but he argued that the race was stolen from him during the night.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the clip in a statement to TMZ, saying, “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom called the video “disgusting” and urged all Republicans to condemn it.
FYI: The video below contains a scene that may be disturbing to viewers.
It’s pretty clear that the Obama Monkey video was a seperate reel that was auto played at the end of an election fraud video Trump shared.
Someone failed to edit the end of the screen capture.
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TMZ posted the video following another incident involving Holcomb and Anton Daniels during the Jan. 13 episode of the 5150 show.
Tensions flared when Holcomb challenged Daniels to a fight during a verbal altercation.
The two incidents together portrayed Holcomb as a troublemaker and woman abuser. Social media users roasted him for attacking a female.
During the Feb. 4 episode of 5150, Holcomb complained that he can’t book comedy shows because TMZ ruined his life.
Sponsors are also distancing themselves from the problematic radio host.
“You know, I haven’t been working a lot of my gigs. I lost a lot of my gigs. So, by the way, thank you TMZ. I lost another gig today,” he said.
“I’m about to be out here on welfare. Somebody got to explain why I ain’t got nothing no more.”
Holcomb, 56, accused TMZ founder and lawyer Harvey Levin of ruining the lives of Black men in California.
He added: “And a life I’ve been building 30 some years was destroyed because everybody think TMZ is square business. They not square business, homie. That was ran by this lady named Shawn Holley and Harvey Levin. It’s so many brothers in jail right now because of that tag team. And they was trying to get me by pushing the narrative of a gun. And it’s so many people out there. Ain’t nobody see me with no gun.”
So far, TMZ has not commented on Holcomb’s allegations.
Christopher “Kid” Reid, one half of the Hip-Hop duo Kid ‘n Play, underwent a heart transplant last summer after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
Reid opened up about his life-saving surgery during an interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America” on Thursday.
Reid said he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure after experiencing fatigue, shortness of breath, excessive sleepiness and water retention in his body.
“Over the last year or so, [I] maybe just starting feeling more fatigued than before, shortness of breath, sleeping more than normal,” said Reid. “I think sometimes you chalk it up to, ‘I’m getting older, the road is harsh, doing the old kick step.'”
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The 61-year-old comedian is pictured performing in Pasadena on April 9, 2025, shortly before his heart transplant surgery.
Reid’s signs and symptoms soon intensified. He went to the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where a doctor diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. His doctor put him on heart medications, including a diuretic to help his body eliminate excess fluid.
But at his follow-up appointment 3 weeks later, his cardiologist, Dr. Erika Jones, noticed he was still retaining water.
“He came in very swollen again and that is a little unusual in somebody who’s been started on treatment, for the swelling to come back that quickly,” Jones told “GMA.”
Dr. Jones said Reid’s blood work showed his heart and other organs were failing.
“The blood work confirmed my suspicion,” she continued. “It showed that his heart was failing and it was starting to affect his other organs.”
Reid’s cardiac surgeon told him that a heart transplant was his only option and placed him on a transplant waiting list.
“When we think about status for heart transplant, he was high on the list because of how ill he was and really kind of dealing with a life-or-death situation,” his surgeon, Dr. Laura DiChiacchio, said.
Within nine days, doctors found a heart for Reid and they prepared him for surgery.
“They’re saying, ‘Yeah, we got the heart and we want to put it in tomorrow night at 10 p.m.,'” Reid recalled. “We are like, ‘Excuse me?’ But that’s how it is. So the next night, 10 p.m., we go in and about seven hours later, I have a new heart.”
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Reid, pictured with Christopher “Play” Martin, said he hopes his experience will inspire other men with symptoms to get evaluated for heart disease.
“A lot of people are walking around with heart disease because they don’t go to the doctor,” said Reid. “And you know, traditionally, people of color, we don’t go. We don’t go for a lot of reasons. Sometimes we don’t go because we don’t have insurance. A lot of times we don’t go because we don’t want the bad news or we too busy just hustling trying to make it from day to day and we feel we don’t got time or we’ll get over it. Well, you might not. So I’m urging all of my fans, all of your loved ones to get checked out.”
NFL reporter Janerika Owens showed up for the Seattle Seahawks media day wearing a shorts set with no bra and slingback heels.
This isn’t the first time Janerika has made a spectacle of herself while on the job. The 25-year-old journalist is known for drawing attention to herself wearing inappropriate outfits.
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A Fox News reporter who asked for anonymity said the company doesn’t enforce the dress code because doing so may result in legal action or accusations of racial discrimination.
X user @CelebriD wrote:
“Professional spaces come with professional standards. You can dress however you want in your personal life, but media day with athletes and staff is still work. If women want to be taken seriously in professional environments, the line between personal branding and professionalism matters. She isn’t wearing a bra. She looks tacky. If the wrong man compliments her, it can turn into sexual harassment real fast. Shame.”
X user @GMaseoGenesis wrote: “This is the type of outfit you see in Atlanta at the courthouse.”
User @VormirJune wrote: “They don’t want to be taken seriously they just wanna be taken.”
And @JDub0905 wrote: “Reporters should never make themselves the story.”
NBA/NFL sports journalist Janerika Owens got soaked in the rain at the latest game but was unfazed & still turned heads.? ??
A California man was arrested early Thursday and charged with sending a fake ransom demand to Nancy Guthrie’s family.
Derrick Callella was taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigations after he texted Nancy’s daughter, Annie, and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, and demanded Bitcoin.
Callella told the FBI he texted the family to see if they would respond.
“My next message is to those impostors who are trying to take advantage and profit from this situation,” said Heith Janke, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Phoenix division. “We will investigate and ensure you are held accountable for your actions. We have made one arrest related to an impostor ransom demand, and a complaint will be presented to a magistrate judge later today.”
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on Saturday night, Jan. 31, when her eldest daughter Annie Guthrie and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni dropped her off at her home in Tucson, Arizona.
In the video, Savannah Guthrie (center) spoke directly to the kidnapper(s) who may be holding Nancy hostage.
She acknowledged reports about ransom notes sent to TMZ and a local news affiliate demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin.
“We, too, have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk,” Savannah Guthrie read slowly. “However, we live in a world in which voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she’s alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us.”
The FBI increased the reward to $50,000 for information leading to the safe recovery of Nancy Guthrie.
“We’re going to start today by announcing a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance,” Janke said.
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he spoke to Savannah Guthrie, and he offered to deploy “all federal sources” to Arizona to help search for her mother.
Nancy Guthrie and her 2 daughters, Savannah and Annie, are Democrats who despised Trump.
In a 2020 post on Facebook, Nancy wrote: “I am so looking forward to seeing the Trump family in jail.”
Singer and actress Kelly Rowland was spotted arriving at “The View” to promote her new movie on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in New York City. Kelly wore a fabulous white fur coat to avoid frostbite. The temperature in Manhattan yesterday was 14-degrees with a wind chill factor of 6-degrees below zero!
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Actress Gabrielle Union braved the freezing weather in New York City. Gabby wore a fur coat, Nike hoodie and matching jogging pants, with a pair of Nike Air Jordan I Mid Fearless Melody Ehsani sneakers after making an appearance on “The View” on Wednesday.
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Actress Tisha Campbell was seen leaving a studio after making an appearance on “GMA3” on Wednesday in New York City. The “Martin” star wore a multi-color, floor length fur coat made from several different animals.
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Halle Berry carried her dress in a garment bag as she left a press junket for her new Netflix movie “Crime 101” in New York City on Wednesday. Halle wore a leather coat and leather pants to stay warm in arctic NYC. The wind chill factor in NYC was 6-degrees below zero when Halle left the venue.
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The freezing cold brought tears to actress Susan Lucci’s eyes. She wore a thick violet coat to protect against the arctic wind in Manhattan on Wednesday. Susan is best known for her role as Erica Kane on the soap opera “All My Children.” She finally won a Daytime Emmy Award after being snubbed 21 times.
R&B superstar Mary J Blige hosted a special screening for her Lifetime movie“Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy” at Hearst Tower in New York, NY on Wednesday, February 4.
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“Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy” stars Tisha Campbell and Houston native Cameron J. Ross, who also wrote the film.
The movie is the first of Mary’s 3-picture deal with Lifetime, as part of the network’s “Love of a Lifetime” winter series.
“Be Happy” is inspired by Mary’s critically acclaimed R&B album, My Life.
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The movie follows Val (Tisha Campbell), a 50-year-old empty-nester who struggles with feelings of loneliness and growing emotional distance from her husband Ross (Russell Hornsby). Val begins to realize that her marriage and the woman she once was, may be slipping away. She seeks a new spark in her marriage and finds it after her youngest daughter goes off to college. A chance meeting with a handsome photographer (Mekhi Phifer) in New Orleans awakens the passion and dreams buried inside her.
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The TV movie marks the television directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, Empire, American Horror Story ).
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Be Happy is produced by Mary’s Blue Butterfly Productions and Mona Scott-Young’s Monami Productions, in association with Motion Entertainment and Swirl Films.
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Angela White (pictured with Alusain “Al G” Sillah) and Mona Scott-Young serve as producers with Mary as executive producer.
“Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy” premieres on Saturday, February 7th at 8/7c on Lifetime.
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(L-R) Stephanie Gayle, Angela White, Zing Ashford, Tisha Campbell, Gabourey Sidibe, Mona Scott-Young, Bruce Miller, Mary J. Blige, Gayle King and Liz Wise Lyall attend Lifetime’s world premiere of Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy at Hearst Tower on February 04, 2026 in New York City.
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Tisha Campbell and Mona Scott-Young attend Mary J Blige Presents Be Happy premiere screening at Hearst Tower in New York, NY on February 4, 2026.
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DeVon Franklin and his wife Maria Castillo attend Mary J Blige Presents Be Happy premiere screening at Hearst Tower in New York, NY on February 4, 2026.
Rapper GloRilla responded to her stud sister’s claim that she doesn’t help their mother financially.
In a Facebook video on Wednesday, Scar Face Woods said their mom still works at FedEx and is struggling – while GloRilla helps her friends out financially.
Scar Face called GloRilla out for not helping her siblings financially. GloRilla is one of 10 children with the same mother and father.
“Y’all favorite rapper ain’t sh*t and I’m getting tired of it,” Scar Face said in her video.
“Y’all mad. F-k y’all talking ’bout she ain’t obligated. How the f-k she ain’t obligated when she gon’ sit here in all them interviews and talk about all the struggles we been though and ain’t reach back and help none of us out.”
GloRilla responded on Wednesday by sharing text messages allegedly from her mother thanking her for financial support.
“Thank You so very much!!! Really didn’t want to ask because you already do so much for us,” one text message read. “I thank you so much for all that you do. I don’t take it for granted at all.”
Another text from “Ma Nem” reads: “I Really Do Love and Appreciate You so very much! God bless you for your honor, respect, kindness and love shown to me! You’re such a blessing to me. When I become a millionaire, I GOT YOU!!! Meanwhile, I’ll prayerfully keep you in God’s hands continually.”
Glo’ also shared video of herself sitting courtside at boyfriend Brandon Ingram’s NBA game against the Timberwolves on Wednesday. The Raptors lost 126-128.
Glorilla attends the Raptors game to watch her man Brandon Ingram play unbothered and drops a screenshot of her Mom thanking her for all she’s done after getting accused of not helping by her older sister ?? pic.twitter.com/IuBw3MLHYy
It’s strange you got 9 siblings & they didn’t have the ambition to be your whole team. Hair, make up, styling, lawyer, manager, driver, and so many other things she needed in the business & not 1 of yall could be those things? Especially all yall growing up so closely!
NBC “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie (center) and her 2 siblings, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, appeared in an Instagram video on Wednesday, as the search for their missing mother continues.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on Saturday night, Jan. 31, when Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off at her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Sunday, Feb. 1, when she didn’t attend church service.
In the video, Savannah spoke directly to the kidnapper(s) who may be holding Nancy hostage.
She acknowledged reports about ransom notes sent to TMZ and a local news affiliate demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin.
“We, too, have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk,” Savannah Guthrie read slowly. “However, we live in a world in which voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she’s alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us.”
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Savannah Guthrie thanked her supporters: “We want to thank all of you for the prayers for our beloved mom, Nancy. We feel them and we continue to believe that she feels them too.”
Savannah said her mother “lives in constant pain” without her medicine.
“She lives in constant pain. She is without her medicine. She needs it to survive,” Savannah said. “Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God’s precious daughter. Everybody is looking for you. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again.”
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said he believes Nancy Guthrie is still “alive” and “we want to save her.”
“We have nothing else to go on but the belief that she is here,” Nanos said in an interview with NBC’s Liz Kreutz. “She’s present. She’s alive, and we want to save her.”
Investigative reporter Ashleigh Banfield continues to stand by her report that Nancy’s son-in-law is a “prime suspect” in the case.
On Wednesday, Sheriff Nanos released a statement on Facebook confirming that the department has not “identified a suspect or person of interest in this case.”
