Kim Kardashian’s friend said people were suspicious of Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods’ relationship before cheating scandal broke

Kim Kardashian’s close friend Larsa Pippen was reportedly the first one to spill the tea and tell the reality star all about Tristan Thompson cheating on Khloe with Jordyn Woods and now Scottie Pippen‘s ex says things didn’t start there.

Twitterverse drags Khloe Kardashian for ‘fat a**hole’ comment directed at Jordyn Woods

Larsa sat down with Hollywood Unlocked and revealed that even though the story dropped in February that Woods had kissed Thompson after spending the night at his home after a late night party and lots of drinking, many in their inner circle believed that the two had already hooked up before because of questionable interactions the two had previously.

When the story started to circulate earlier this year that Thompson and Woods, who was Kylie Jenner’s best friend, had gotten a little too close for comfort, Pippen said she told Kim Kardashian who initially didn’t believe her, PEOPLE reports.

“I called Kim. She didn’t believe me — she was like, ‘No way. There’s no way,’ ” Pippen said. “Then we called Kourtney and Kourtney was like, ‘Yeah, I believe it.’”

Pippen explained that Kourtney had felt something was amiss with Thompson and Woods.

“There were other situations where [Jordyn and Tristan] were in the same room together and it was like, a weird feeling. And Kourtney was in that room.”

—Jordyn Woods on feeling like a ‘Black woman for the first time’ after being bullied over Tristan Thompson cheating scandal—

The scandal was recently aired out on the new season of Keeping up with the Kardashians.

According to reports, Khloe who shares a child with Thompson, doesn’t plan to reconcile with the NBA star.

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Egypt to sue Christie's to retrieve £4.7m Tutankhamun bust

The artefact was sold for £4.7m last week, despite Egypt warning it was probably stolen.

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Trees Emit a Surprisingly Large Amount of Methane

Figuring out trees' net emissions is becoming an urgent priority as countries and companies adopt tree-planting programs to offset their carbon footprints.

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What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide

It's super secure and slightly hard to understand, but the idea of creating tamper-proof databases has captured the attention of everyone from anarchist techies to staid bankers.

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5 Best Slow-Motion Video Apps: How to Shoot Slo-Mo on Phones

How to manipulate time and space to get the most out of your phone's camera. Our slo-mo advice, and the best smartphones for recording in slow motion.

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Wendy Williams reveals chronic illness and vows to beat lymphedema

Wendy Williams has been living her best life since breaking up with her husband but admits that in the meanwhile her body is taking a beating due to a chronic condition called lymphedema.

—Wendy Williams sheds tears over divorce drama, but then gets real about it—

On Monday, Williams revealed on her show that the acute condition causes her body tissue to bloat, which explains why ankles appear to be badly swollen in recent pics holding hands with her new boyfriend, The Daily Mail reports.

“So Marc [Tomlin, the man is in the pics with] is new to New York and he’s having panic attacks,” Williams said.

“I’m unsteady on my feet. I’ve got the vertigo. And lymphedema, by the way. I’ve been diagnosed,” she said.

“It’s not going to kill me, but I do have a machine,” which Williams said she uses 45 minutes a day.

“And how dare you talk about the swelling of it all! It’s lymphedema. And I’ve got it under control.

—Viral video captures boy begging dad not to call cops on Black man for ‘trespassing’—

Williams also suffers from Graves disease and hyperthyroidism, which are two conditions that are also reportedly caused as a result of having breast implants.

Williams filed for divorce from Kevin Hunter after months of speculation and rumors that he was cheating and had fathered a child with his mistress.

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Global literacy targets already off track - Unesco

The UN's education agency says global targets on improving education are going to be missed.

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The Real Challenge for the Green New Deal Isn’t Politics

Generating clean energy is easy. Getting the transmission lines to pipe it to the cities is the hard part.

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How a Blockchain Could Help Roll Out Berkeley’s Next Fire Truck

Berkeley is considering a plan to finance big projects with "minibonds" that would be sold, and interest credited, via a blockchain system.

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Nokia Beacon 1 Home Mesh Router: Specs, Price, Release Date

The Finnish tech company has a new home networking device that could help improve its business customers' internet service.

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Arimah's 'naked until married' story wins Caine Prize

Lesley Nneka Arimah's story imagines a parallel Nigeria were women go unclothed until they are married.

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First ever opera in Pidgin comes to Lagos

Composer Helen Epega says Pidgin is a uniting force in Nigeria, a country with hundreds of languages.

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What’s next for Ryan Destiny after ‘STAR’ cancellation?

When FOX announced that it would be cancelling Lee Daniels‘ STAR, tons of fans were crushed that they wouldn’t be seeing Ryan Destiny grace their small screens every week. any longer.

Luckily, the talented beauty who played Alexandra on the series that also featured Queen Latifah, Luke James, Brandy, Jude Demorest, Brittany O’Grady and Quincy Brown has already landed her next gig and we couldn’t be happier.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Destiny on colorism and learning to love her dark skin

Ryan Destiny will have a recurring role on the third season of Grown-ish alongside Yara Shahidi, Trevor Jackson, Luka Sabbat, and Chloe x Halle.

According to Deadline: 

Destiny will play Jillian, a transfer student from an HBCU who has come to study filmmaking at Cal U. Smart, worldly, and cultured, Jillian can talk art and music with Luca (Luka Sabbat), politics and activism with Aaron (Trevor Jackson), and also fits right in with Zoey (Yara Shahidi) and her eclectic crew of girls.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Destiny gushes over “selfless” boyfriend, Keith Powers

The black-ish spinoff executive produced by Kenya Barris for Freeform has already begun production for the show’s third season.

Following news that the Fox Network cancelled the music drama STAR after three seasons, comes word from producer Lee Daniels that the series will be making a comeback as a televised movie.

“The bad news is that ‘Star’ is not getting picked up for series,” Daniels said in an Instagram video post on Friday, captioned “Get ready for a two-hour gag!!”

In the clip, he calls the circumstances surrounding the cancellation “too long of a story to cry about.”

“The good news is: we’re doing a movie of the week to wrap things up for you all,” he said.

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The World Cup Was a Prime Target for Amazon Counterfeiters

The ecommerce giant was flooded with fake US women's soccer merchandise the day after their historic World Cup victory.

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AfroFuture Fest Organizers Change Decision to Charge White People More for Tickets

The AfroFuture Fest Detroit-based music festival came under scrutiny when its organizers announced that it would charge $10 tickets to people of color and $20 and up to ‘non-POC’ people. The ticket prices have since been changed to reflect one price for all.

One of the event’s organizers, Francesca Lamarre, said that the initial pricing structure was put in place “to ensure people of color have a chance to experience joy and pleasure within the same spaces as their white counterparts” and to allow “white people to show themselves as allies and use their wealth and privilege to increase equity, joy, and pleasure for black life in Detroit,” according to reporting by Detroit Metro Times.

The group received backlash. One rapper who was scheduled to perform, Tiny Jag, pulled out of the concert because of the race-based pricing.

“I was immediately enraged just because I am biracial,” she said to Detroit Metro Times.

Additionally, Eventbrite, the website from which people could purchase tickets for AfroFuture, threatened to take down the event’s ticket page.

In a statement to CNN, Eventbrite outlined its policy to not “permit events that require attendees to pay different prices based on their protected characteristics such as race or ethnicity.”

“In this case, we have notified the creator of the event about this violation and requested that they alter their event accordingly,” the statement continued. “We have offered them the opportunity to do this on their own accord; should they not wish to comply we will unpublish the event completely from our site.”

Race-based pricing came to light last year after Nigerian chef Tunde Wey, said he had given white people the option to pay $12 or $30 at his New Orleans lunch spot, Saartj. At the time Wey said the pricing model was to highlight the gap in racial and wealth disparity in America. He said the higher cost paid by white people would be redistributed to people of color and called the move a “social experiment.”

The reviews site Yelp currently reports Saartj as closed.

But, the question remains—is race-based pricing constitutional? Tiffany Ellis, a Detroit-based civil rights lawyer told The New York Times, that such a pricing structure as AfroFuture was offering could result in lawsuits.

“We have constitutional rights as an individual, and the 14th Amendment provides that we cannot be discriminated against because all people are created equal,” she told NYT, although she said that private businesses have a little more leeway in choosing whom to do business with.

 

 

 

 

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Idris Elba rushes off stage to help woman having seizure during new play, ‘Tree’

A theatre-goer has opened up about how actor Idris Elba rushed off stage to help her when she suffered a seizure during a preview of his new play Tree.

Idris, 46, was reportedly quick to aid Amanda Billington, 33, after she collapsed and lost consciousness at Upper Campfield Market Hall in Manchester on Wednesday.

Billington says she has regular seizures due to an undiagnosed condition, the Evening Standard reports. Elba stayed with her until paramedics arrived and escorted her to an ambulance. She was transported to a local hospital for a check-up and was later released.

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“I would love to thank him personally, but doubt I will cross paths with him, he’s very famous,” She told the Mirror. “I would love to thank him personally, but doubt I will cross paths with him — he’s very famous.”

Elba is starring in Tree, which he co-wrote with Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play is running as part of the Manchester International Festival.

As theGrio previously reported, two British women writers have accused the Hollywood heavyweight of not acknowledging their four years worth of contributions made on the project.

Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley published a statement on Medium outlining their gripes, which Elba called “frustrating.”

READ MORE: Idris Elba calls claims that two women were pushed from his play “frustrating”

“It’s worth mentioning that this whole process has been terribly upsetting and we’ve felt terrified about speaking out, but we want to be the change we want to see, and ultimately have been left with no choice because those involved fail to accept that we have a claim,” the duo wrote.

The Luther star responded to their accusations on Twitter, noting that he “will continue to offer opportunities and to support the next generation of writers and talent.”

“We wanted to offer an opportunity to support these new writers while creating a piece of work and scale and to a director’s vision,” Elba wrote “The outcome is an accusation of plagiarism and discrimination.”

Tree is running at the festival until July 13.

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Lil Nas X on why he didn’t intend to come out as gay publicly and the perfect way he deals with bullies

As Lil Nas X enjoys the fruits of his success, the Atlanta artist says it was bitter sweet opening up about his sexuality, something he thought he’d never come to terms with doing publicly.

— Racist country music fans boycott Wrangler’s new Lil Nas X’s collection—

In an interview with the BBC Breakfast, the ‘Old Town Road’ rapper admits that be wrestled with the decision to come out as gay and hopes it would help open doors for more people.

“It was something I was considering never doing ever … just take it to the grave,” he admitted. “But I don’t want to live my entire life… not doing what I want to do.”

Since coming out, Lil Nas X said he has experienced some bullying behavior but says he’s not mad at people’s reaction.

“I’m not angry… because I understand how they want that reaction,” the 20-year-old said. “So I’m just going to joke back with them.”

Lil Nas X has been making headlines ever since he burst onto the music scene with his runaway rap/country hit “Old Town Road.” Born Montero Lamar Hill, the artist whose single has spent 13weeks at the No.1 spot on the Hot 100 chart, had plenty of people believing he was gay after a series of social media posts seemed to suggest the news.

— Did Lil Nas X just come out?—

“some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he posted on Sunday along with a rainbow emoji.

In June during Pride Month, he made the official announcement. Plenty of Twitter fans have voiced their support and excitement while others started suggesting he should be canceled for coming out.

Hopefully he’ll continue to ride high and brush off the haters.

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'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Just Made Half a Billion Dollars

Yes, billion.

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Black man in Florida dies after a pack of pit bulls viciously bit him over 100 times

An autopsy revealed that a Florida man, who was mauled by a pack of pit bull dogs, was likely killed after they bit him more than 100 times all over his body.

—Detroit concert fights reverse racism claims after charging white people more money for tickets—

The vicious attack on 45-year-old Melvin Olds Jr., happened on July 4 in a wooded area behind a home, WFLA reports.

According to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, the stray pack of dogs are likely responsible for the man’s brutal death and the six pit bull mixes were found after authorities and animal services laid out traps to capture them.

According to reports, Olds’ took a shortcut home and wandered through the woods before the attack.

“I thought a dog was a man’s best friend,” his mother Cynthia Hill, told the outlet about the father of five.

“He was a good person, a good man. Just so hurt, deeply because it’s so unexpected.’

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The family has set-up a GoFundMe to help with Olds’ funeral costs.

The sheriff’s office continues to try to identify who the dogs belong to.

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