Whitney Houston will have new music and a hologram tour
Article via CNN
Seven years after she died, Whitney Houston is set to go on tour.The singer, who died in 2012 at the age of 48 after an accidental drowning, will get the hologram treatment, her estate announced Monday.
Pat Houston, the pop star’s sister-in-law, former manager and now president and chief executive officer of her estate said in a statement, “Whitney prided herself on her family and that included her fans.”
“She adored her audiences and that’s why we know she would have loved this holographic theatrical concept,” Pat Houston said. “An event at this level is something special and Base Hologram’s track record to be fully authentic and respectful made them the perfect partner. This upcoming tour will allow audiences to experience Whitney’s amazing voice and passion for music for a long time to come and help them share that magic with future generations.”Base is the company behind another planned celebrity hologram tour.Last year Amy Winehouse’s estate announced plans to produce a hologram concert tour to celebrate the singer’s legacy.
Grammy-winning singer Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning in 2011. She was 27.Brian Becker, chairman and chief executive officer of Base Entertainment and Base Hologram said in a statement that “Whitney Houston was unquestionably one of the most important singers of any generation.”
“She was a talent beyond words, and her influence and artistry transcended all boundaries – music, fashion, and film,” he said.
“Her career inspired so many musicians across all genres and generations and we are honored that her family is entrusting part of her legacy to us. We look forward to working with them and helping to share her magnificent gift with audiences of all generations.”
The announcement comes on the heels of news last week that Houston’s estate signed a deal with Primary Wave Music Publishing to acquire 50% of the estate’s assets including royalties from music and film, merchandising and the rights to her name and likeness. There are also plans for other projects including a new album and a possible Broadway musical.Pat Houston told the New York Times she’d been approached about other deals in the past and turned them down.
“Everything is about timing for me,” she said. “It’s been quite emotional for the past seven years. But now it’s about being strategic.”
Toy Story 4 | Official Trailer 2
Watch the final trailer for Toy Story 4, and see the film in theaters June 21. Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Azealia Banks Sides With Alabama: “Abortion Is A Luxury Provided By Modern Science”
Article via HotnewHipHop
Azealia Banks voiced her controversial remarks in response to Munroe Bergdorf’s personal stance on the abortion topic.
Azealia Banks is the latest public figure to address the issue of Alabama’s change in legislation governing abortion. For the sake of objectivity, I’ll refrain from criticizing her opinion, mostly due to the fact that as a woman of color, Azealia Banks has more to gain/lose from this ongoing debate. That said, Azealia Bank’s decision to stand behind what other’s perceive as oppressive measures by the Alabaman senate (and other caucuses in the Confederate States) is riddled with nuances and contradictory statements.
For starters, Azealia Banks stands on two fronts. She stands behind the criminalization of Abortion, but only as it pertains to control the Pharmaceutical Industry maintains over the practice itself. In the closing sentence of her public address, Banks defines abortion as a “modern luxury provided by modern science,” while altogether showing a semblance of solidarity with the anti-establishment and pro-choice movement in America.
As she clearly states in the caption of the Instagram posting, her PSA was written in response to Munroe Bergdorf dedicated efforts on the same platform. For added context: Bergdorf is an English transgender model and activist who was herself ejected from a lucrative L’Oréal sponsorship after her racial commentary was taken out of context.
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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Slammed For Promoting Costly ‘Transformative Workout’
Article via CheatSheet
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are huge advocates of healthy living. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the royal couple took to Instagram to promote a variety of workout programs, including one that is marketed as a “transformative workout of the body and mind.” The only problem is that the program comes with a hefty price tag.
Fans slam Harry and Markle for promoting costly workout plans
According to NBC News, the class that came under fire is by Taryn Toomey, who is well known for putting together expensive getaways. As an example, Toomey organizes one fitness retreat in Mexico that goes for $3,500. Classes in The Hamptons sell for $42 a pop. Toomey hosts classes in other locations around the country, including venues in Los Angeles, New York City, Vancouver, Canada, and Miami.
Given the exorbitant costs, fans asked Harry and Markle why they would promote such classes instead of focusing solely on charities. Some royal experts also cautioned the couple about promoting various causes that might make it look like they were giving friends a special shout out.
Despite the backlash, it is good that Harry and Markle are promoting health and fitness, though they could have been a little more selective about how they went about it.
How did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle respond to the criticism?
The royal family has not commented on the backlash. Toomey’s representative allegedly released a statement following the couple’s Instagram post, thanking them for the support. Harry and Markle are involved in a larger campaign called Heads Together, which aims to promote mental health awareness. The campaign was organized by the Royal Foundation in partnership with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Harry and Markle hope that their campaign will help end negative stigmas associated with mental health disorders and open up conversations on the topic. This is partly why they posted in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
They may have received plenty of backlash for the organizations they promoted, but they undoubtedly had good intentions with the post. With over 7.6 million followers, the message was also heard by many.
“There are countless organizations doing amazing work for mental health — please consider the accounts we’ve highlighted as a small snapshot of this global support network,” the couple shared.
William and Harry could unite through family
Mental health controversies aside, Harry and Markle recently welcomed their first child into the world. Earlier this month, the pair had a healthy baby boy in Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The birth comes amid reports that Prince William and Prince Harry have grown apart in recent months.
Although royal staffers had hoped that two brothers would work together as they got older, those dreams were dashed as they started separate families and moved offices. But with the birth of Harry’s first child, there is a renewed hope that the pair will grow close once again.
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MTV star ‘felt pressured to have sex on screen’ – BBC News
(Via BBC): Stars of an MTV reality show felt under pressure from producers to have “lots” of sex on screen, Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told.
Ex On The Beach’s Jess Impiazzi said it had felt like being “in a brothel”. Meanwhile, Carley Belomonte, who stars The Valleys, also on MTV, said she felt the production team should have made her undergo counselling after her mother had died.
Both production companies said they took duty of care seriously. The women admitted the series had made them celebrities and led to many job opportunities.
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Willow Smith Reveals She Used to Cut Herself
Article via PopCulture
Willow Smith shared her story of self-harm in an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith‘s Red Table Talk, sparking conversations about mental health and coping mechanisms.
The Smith family has put some important topics into the public conversation in the last year on Red Table Talk, the generation-spanning talk show on Facebook Watch. They revisited some of their biggest moments on Thursday at an event in Los Angeles, celebrating the talk show’s upcoming second season. According to TooFab, Jada Pinkett Smith said that her daughter has done a lot of good by opening up about her history of self-harm.
“I’ve had a lot of young people come up to me about Willow as well,” she said. “In that particular episode when she kind of revealed about self-harm, we had people in our family that we didn’t even know that felt like now they could reveal what had been going on with them because Willow did.”
Pinkett Smith said that her daughter’s revelation opened up important conversations throughout their whole family, and now the world is having those discussions as well.
“That particular episode was a deeply healing episode within our internal family because there had been a few people who had been going through stuff that none of us knew about,” she continued. “Because of Willow’s strength and courage, we were able to connect on a different level. That was a really powerful episode for us personally as a family.”
Willow Smith told her story in one of the show’s first episodes, back in May of 2018. She recalled feeling like she has lost her “sanity” in 2010, after the explosive release of her song “Whip My Hair.”
“I had just stopped doing singing lessons and I was kind of just in this gray area of, ‘Who am I? Do I have a purpose? Is there anything I can do besides this?'” she explained. “After the tour, the promotion and all that, they wanted me to finish my album and I was like, I’m not going to do that,” she recalled.
“After all of that kinda settled down and it was like a kind of lull, I was just listening to a lot of dark music. It was just so crazy and I was plunged into this black hole, and I was cutting myself,” she went on.
That caught Pinkett Smith off guard, as she apparently heard it for the first time on air. Willow said that she had kept her self-harm a secret from everyone except for one friend.
“I never talk about it because it was such a short, weird point in my life,” she said. “I honestly felt like I was experiencing so much emotional pain, but my physical circumstances weren’t reflecting that. One night I was like, this is actually psychotic and after that I just stopped.”
Red Table Talk will be back for another season on Facebook Watch.
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Halle Berry admits she knew this movie she starred in was doomed to flop
Article via FoxNews
Halle Berry had a confession to make during an appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” this week.
On the show, the actress played “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” a game in which the contestant can choose to answer one of Corden’s questions or eat something unappetizing.
At one point, Corden asked Berry if she had ever worked on a movie she knew would likely not be a success.
In lieu of eating beetle nachos, the 52-year-old had a candid response.
“I’m sorry everybody who worked on this movie but I kind of knew it wasn’t going to be the greatest cinematic experience for the people,” she said of the 1996 film “The Rich Man’s Wife.” The movie, in which Berry played the character Josie Potenza, has a total lifetime gross amount of roughly $8.5 million, per Box Office Mojo.
“You go into these movies always with the best intention,” she continued. “But then sometimes you get on the set and then you realize, ‘What was I, high when I agreed to do this?'”
Berry’s honest answer came just days after she showed off her bold new hairdo at a special screening of “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.” The actress stars alongside Keanu Reeves in the new film.