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Ashley Darby Speaks On Her Separation

“Real Housewife of Potomac” Ashley Darby is speaking on her separation. The 29-year-old Oz restaurant co-owner shocked fans during the RHOP reunion when she confirmed that she and her husband Michael Darby have separated.

Now she’s speaking further on why.

Ashley tells PEOPLE magazine that they’re working on “repairing” some things but she’s certain that her Aussie husband, 57, is “her person.”

“He’s my person,” she said. “We’re taking the time to evaluate exactly what we expect from our relationship and if both of us can give each other what we need. We still really care about each other, so the foundation is there. It’s just a matter of repairing some of the faults in the foundation.”

Michael also added that their HUGE age gap played a factor in their split.

“She’s in her 20s,” Michael, 57, said on the reunion. “She’s feeling out who she is going into her evolving life and future. And I’m at my age, coming through the end of my career, looking to all kinds of things that are very different from some of the things I am looking for.”

SHEESH, do YOU think it’s a wrap for Ashley and Michael’s swirly matrimony-dom???

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Hilary Duff’s Mansion Was The Target Of The Latest Celebrity Robbery

It’s hard out here for rich people these days…okay, not really. But as always, they continue to get robbed of their precious jewels.

Celebrity robberies are seemingly always happening (because everyone knows how loaded they are, duh) and Instagram might be the culprit for why the criminals are getting away with it so easily.

Lil Lizzie McGuire  has been posting away on her Instagram, letting her 8 million followers know she’s out and about on vacation. To thieves, that’s a green light to go and grab some loot from the “Younger” star’s unoccupied mansion.

Apparently, those who robbed her Beverly Hills house got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and other items. No alarm went off when the burglars entered the residence, and the extent of the robbery is not yet made clear since Duff and her family are still away on vacation in Canada.

Hilary is just the latest in celebrity robberies, her recent counterparts include Nicki Minaj, Michael B Jordan, and Scott Disick.

Recent South Burlington High School Grad Arrested For Spraypainting Racial Slur

A recent South Burlington HS graduate is facing felony unlawful mischief charges for spray-painting a racial slur on the school’s AstroTurf field.

18-year-old Tyler Austin was identified as the suspect during a news conference Friday, according to the Burlington Free Press:

“I hope that this will send a message, as have other actions we’ve taken in this community, that we take these things really seriously. Our entire community is offended by this type of behavior. It’s not acceptable,” Chief Trevor Whipple said at a news conference.

Whipple chose not to speak on the exact slur that was painted and who it may have been directed at, saying, “”It’s my feeling that to repeat them, re-inflicts harm on someone and I choose not to do that.”

Whipple also explained why the incident was not considered a hate crime.

“Clearly the law was written to apply to an individual, a crime against a person, and in this case we have a crime against an object, that being the field, and the victim being the school district,” Whipple said.

News of the incident broke last month on June 6, when the South Burlington Police Department received a complaint of vandalism regarding the graffiti in a field behind the high school and middle school during a school budget revote.

While Whipple wouldn’t speculate about the motive for the slur, Seven Days VT reported that another 2017 graduate, Isaiah Hines was the target of the graffiti because he successfully led the push to change the school’s “Rebels” nickname.

Seven Days profiled Isaiah Hines last month, highlighting his campaign to drop the “Rebels” team name from South Burlington High School.

“I was horrified. Horrified,” his mother, Krishna Hines, said after hearing about the graffiti. “When the school called me to tell me what was written, I was in tears.”

Hines says that despite graduating with Austin, he wasn’t familiar with the suspect at all.

“I don’ t know him at all,” Hines said. “I never really had any sort of interaction with him.”

Whipple also told the media that the investigation is still open and the prosecution has the option to add more charges after reviewing the findings.

Austin has been issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court Criminal Division on Thursday, Aug. 24.

Jada Pinkett-Smith showed up to the Angela premiere at the Toronto Film Festival yesterday rockin’ the same backless white zipper dress that Kim Kardashian wore to the BET Awards.

Aside from wearing the same exact Tom Ford dress, it seems as Jada rocked the same hair style as well. SMH.

You already know we gotta ask…Who Looked More Bangin???

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Rita Ora and Rihanna were both spotted sporting these Supras. Who’s fit looked better with the Vaiders, though?

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When we saw Bieber his shirtless slouch, we definitely had deja vu. But Bieber ain’t the only one.

Our friends at GQ compiled a list of contemporary hip-hop stars who’ve also been caught jockin’ Vanilla Ice’s steez.

Hit the flip to see who else “borrowed” from Robert Van Winkle.

These two really do have so much in common, don’t they?

Karrueche was spotted rockin high heel Timbs during a lunch trip to The Grove in LA over the weekend. Meanwhile Rihanna sported a more traditional style of Timbs after returning to NYC following a trip to her native Barbados.

So which of Breezy’s exes did it best?

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Eddie’s little girls are all grown up. Looks like Eddie’s two oldest kids with ex-wife Nicole Murphy have inherited their mother’s banger proportions.

Eddie Murphy’s Daughters Shayne & Bria Get Sexy In New Photo Shoot

19-year-old Shayne and 24-year-old Bria have been aspiring models for a few years, but it seems they’re upping the ante in their latest shoot. The Hollyweird heiresses put their slimmy-trimmy cakes on blast in a few Instagram posts through LA Photographer I AM EPIC. We’re not clear if the shoot was for anything specific or just to have on-hand for their portfolios…but we aren’t complaining either way.

So we have to ask…which of these two lovely ladies could get the business? Hit the flip for more pics of these banging sisters showing off what their Mama gave them.

Heyyyyy LaTavia!

‘R&B Divas Atlanta’ Reunion Photos

The ladies of “R&B Divas Atlanta” recently sat down with Wendy Williams for their reunion show taping. LaTavia Roberson, Monifah, Syleena Johnson, Angie Stone, KeKe Wyatt and Meelah Williams joined Williams on the couch for girl chat and an explosive recap of the highs and lows of the season.

They also ALL happened to look well put together for the taping…….so we have to ask…..who looked more bangin?????

“R&B Divas Atlanta” reunion part one airs Wednesday, July 2 and part two airs Wednesday, July 9, both at 10:00 PM/ET on TV One.

Check out a teaser for the show and and another photo below.

“These hoes wanna be me…”

Lil Kim Disses Nicki Minaj On “Flawless” Remix

Lil Kim isn’t letting motherhood slow her down one bit. The first new track from the rap queen since she dropped Royal Reign, she jumps on the ending bars of Beyonce and Nicki’s Flawless remix to call out the Queens rapper for her claim of being the “Queen of Rap,” and accusing Miss Minaj of wanting to be her.

Looks like we may have a little bit of a battle here. We wonder what Nicki’s response will be… maybe Remy Ma may want to hop in on this too?

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Sam Smith Sings Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love” In Shower

Cover tunes in the nude.

Sam Smith’s newly revealed model boy bae, Jonathan Zeizel, recently caught some clandestine footage of the UK blue-eyed soul singer crooning a cover of BGKC’s intoxicated tune “Drunk In Love” while gettin’ his rub-a-dub-dub on in the shower.

Can’t lie, the white boy is giving some of y’all lord and savior a run for her money.

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Nick Jonas has jacked Kanye West. Pause.

The former boy-bander took a stab a Señor West’s dedication to Dr. Donda and daughter North, “Only One”.

Press play and let ‘er rip.

Welp, whaddya say? Did lil’ Nicky give ‘Mari a run for his money? Toss ya two pennies in the comments section!

Chris Brown Says He Didn’t Steal Hit Tune “Don’t Wake Me Up”

Chris Brown is blasting the songwriter who accused him of stealing her music for his hit song “Don’t Wake Me Up,” explaining he never even heard of the woman or her track, and is demanding her lawsuit be thrown out of court.

Earlier this year, Nayeri Gregor aka Nayri filed a federal lawsuit against Chris Brown, Sony Music and Benny Banassi accusing them of stealing her music.

Gregor explained that back in 2009 she wrote and recorded a song entitled “Don’t Wake Me Up.”

Then in 2011, she met a man named Brian Kennedy through a publicist friend. Her friend told Kennedy that she was a great songwriter and she played for him that night. He liked the music so much he set up a meeting with her at a later date.

Gregor explained that she created a playlist of her work to bring to the meeting which included the song “Don’t Wake Me Up.” She said that at the meeting he placed her CD into his computer and he said, “Don’t worry, I’m not downloading it.”

However, she said Kennedy failed to inform her that he could hear a song once and remember everything from the melodies to the scales after one listen. She claimed he not only downloaded the music she played for him at the meeting but memorized it with his ability to recall melodies.

She said that Kennedy praised her music at the meeting … despite him knowingly full well he was never going to call her again or compensate her for her work. Gregor says she never heard from Kennedy again following their meeting about her work.

Kennedy then played her song for Chris Brown and Benny Banassi, and Brown recorded the tune and released on his 2012 album “Fortune,” and even copyrighted it.

Gregor explained her song and Brown’s song share identical titles, similar lyrics, both begin with spoken words by a female voice and the hook lyrics are identical along with both songs have the same rhythmical figure and overall beat. She sued Kennedy, Brown and Banassi demanding $150,000 for each infringement along with other damages for their alleged music theft.

Then on October 30th, Brown fired back at the songwriters legal battle blasting the allegations he stole music. The singer said all the claims that he took Grego’s track and used it for his own are lies. Brown does admit that the songs have the same title and use the lyric, “Don’t Wake Me Up.” However, he explains the title and the lyric cannot be copyrighted due to them being so common.

Brown said he did not steal anything and the woman’s lawsuit is a bunch of nonsense. He added that the woman also waited to long to even file a lawsuit accusing him of copyright infringement.

The singer even told the court that he never heard the songwriter’s track or even have access to hear it if he wanted. He says he did not wrong and never acted improper when creating his single.

Brown is demanding the entire lawsuit be thrown out and the woman awarded nothing from her complaint.

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Producer Guild Awards Photos

On Saturday a bevy of celebs flooded Hollywood’s Beverly Hilton Hotel for the 28th annual Producers Guild Awards.

Seen on the scene was Janelle Monae…

Kerry Washington who showed off her post-baby snapback in black…

and Taraji who looked ethereal in white.

All these ladies looked great, but YOU tell us; who looked more bangin’?

More photos on the flip.

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Celebrity Merch Done Right

Let’s be honest — just because you’re a popular celebrity with hit song or social media influencer with a popular saying, doesn’t mean that merch is cool enough for fans to spend their hard earned coins on it. Besides, some of the stuff that famous folks pass off as merch is downright insulting, or just lame.

But for every wack piece of merch, there’s a fire one selling out like hot cakes. Seeing celebs and listening to their music is damn near free now, so it’s only right that we support their products — the good, relatable, funny stuff at least. Like Keke Palmer‘s “Sorry To This Man” T-Shirts! We could all use one of those.

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If you sorry to your man, those men, or that man, this is the tee for you #linkinbio #availablenow

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There are very few examples of celebrities merch being just right. Something that’s dope, creative, archival and inspirational to the consumer in some way. Hit the flip for all the times celebs got it right when it comes to their merch.

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Beyoncée’s Trademark Dispute Over “Blue Ivy” Intensifies As The Situation Heads To Court

Blue Ivy is already 7 years old–the most popular 7-year-old on the planet, at that–but there is still a dispute over whether or not her parents should be granted the trademark over her name. If you polled everyone in America, fans or not, a majority of them would agree that Beyonce and Jay-Z should be able to trademark the name they made so famous. But according to wedding planner Veronica Morales, that just doesn’t cut it.

Since early 2017, Morales and The Carters have been at war over the trademark. At the beginning of 2018, Morales publicly stated that Beyonce could buy the trademark and her company for $10,000,000. Morales owns a wedding planning & event company named “Blue Ivy,” which was created and launched 3 years before Blue Ivy Carter was born. Morales’ claim is that consumers would somehow be confused and mistake the most popular 7-year-old in the world for her business.

It seems like the Queen Bey has had enough of this legal dispute as this case is finally headed to court. If you know anything about the Carters and how they handle their business, then you already know they’ve went to every length possible to try and handle this in private.

According to The Blast, two of Beyonce’s main arguments in this case are:

1. Morales runs a “small business, with just three regional offices and a handful of employees”, with weak online presence and poorly subscribed social media accounts.

2. “Blue Ivy Carter is a cultural icon who has been described as a ‘mini style star’ and has been celebrated for her ‘fashion moments’ over the years. Her life and activities are followed extensively by the media and the public.”

This dispute has been ongoing for years now and it’s surprising that Morales even thinks she has a case. Even more surprising is the fact that nobody on her legal team nor personal friends have pulled her aside and asked, “REALLY?!?

” Imagine being read by Beyonce in legal documents where she calls out your lack of online presence and small infrastructure. I’d rather just let the Carters prosper with the trademark and ask for that coveted invite to the Roc Nation Brunch and some Made In America tickets instead—but nope, Morales wants to be difficult.

See ya in court!

Hov had time this week!

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Hip-Hop mogul Dame Dash tried to cash in on the new wave of blockchain-based sales by auctioning off Jay-Z’s groundbreaking debut album “Reasonable Doubt” as an NFT, or non-fungible token. TMZ reports that Roc-A-Fella Records filed an unprecedented lawsuit against its co-founder for attempting to mint and sell the NFT without permission from the company. According to Page Six, attorney Alex Spiro filed new paperwork on behalf of the label Friday stating, “Dash had planned to sell at a SuperFarm Foundation online auction on Jun. 23… the copyright to Jay-Z’s album Reasonable Doubt, recognized as one of the greatest recordings in history.”

NFTs are often described as virtual trading cards, holding value for their digitally certified rare or one-of-a-kind status. However, NFT auction platform SuperFarm’s listing for the platinum album promised much more than bragging rights, “This marks a new milestone in the history of NFTs, entitling the new owner to future revenue generated by the unique asset….The newly minted NFT will prove ownership of the album’s copyright, transferring the rights to all future revenue generated by the album from Damon Dash to the auction winner.”

Roc-A-Fella already succeeded in shutting down next week’s sale, but also claim in the filing that “Dash is frantically scouting for another venue to make the sale….The sale of this irreplaceable asset must be stopped before it is too late, and Dash must be held accountable for his theft.” The album is a corporate asset that Dash shares equal ownership of with label co-founders Jay-Z and Kareem Burke.

Jay-Z is notoriously about his business when it comes to protecting ownership and controlling his image. This week he also sued photographer Jonathan Mannion., who shot the 1996 “Reasonable Doubt” album cover as well as other iconic images of Hov throughout the years. Although the images are Mannion’s creative work, the lawsuit asserts that the long-time collaborator had no right to use Jay-Z’s name or sell his image without permission. When asked to stop using these images, Mannion allegedly demanded millions of dollars in return.

It doesn’t matter if you were with Jay-Z shooting in the gym. He’ll see you in court!

That’s a damn shame…

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You can’t put a price on what friends and family lost when hip hop legend Earl Simmons passed away, but a battle is brewing over what he left behind. At the time of his sudden death in April, the rapper known as DMX had been engaged to Desiree Lindstrom since 2019. She is the mother of his 5-year-old son Exodus and according to Page Six, she recently applied to be legally declared DMX’s common-law wife. A judge denied the request, which might have secured her more control over the rapper’s assets and future earnings than his 15 children. Five of his adult children were already fighting amongst themselves in court since May, just a few weeks after the funeral.

DMX did not have a written will or established estate. His daughters Sasha Simmons and Jada Oden petitioned the court to become administrators of his estate. Shortly after that his sons Xavier, Tacoma, and Sean Simmons petitioned the court separately to be the estate administrators instead. Despite the Ruff Ryders rapper’s incredible career including 20 movies and more than 74 million records sold, the sons’ filing estimates the estate is worth less than $1 million and the daughters estimated less than $50,000.

In addition to financial struggles from decades of drug addiction and supporting 15 children in 9 households, the IRS reportedly imposed a tax lien on DMX for $663,554.55 and in 2018 he was convicted for $1.7 million of tax fraud. Millions of mourning fans streaming classic DMX albums and new posthumously released album Exodus may provide a much-needed financial boost as the legal fight continues.

A judge will review the rivaling petitions and determine the estate administrators on July 15.

Between prowling for that baller schlong and biting styles, Ciara sure has been busy these days. But, recently she has been drawing comparisons to Rihanna bleach blonde new look.

Via Hellobeautiful:

Ciara’s been known to swagger jack the looks of her more talented counterparts and with the tweeting of her newest (pushed over to the side) look, I’m convinced that she’s biting on Rihanna’s black and blonde style.

However, Rihanna is indeed a trendsetter and could just be setting the tone for summer hair with her blond ambition. Nah–Ciara’s biting. If only she spent as much energy as she spends on her hair on her career and she could actually rival Rihanna.

We have to credit Ciara for at least hooking up her new growth, cuz RihRih’s roots seem like they have nowhere to hide under her wigpiece. Who do you think rocks the locks better?

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When we saw Bieber his shirtless slouch, we definitely had deja vu. But Bieber ain’t the only one.

Our friends at GQ compiled a list of contemporary hip-hop stars who’ve also been caught jockin’ Vanilla Ice’s steez.

Hit the flip to see who else “borrowed” from Robert Van Winkle.