Monday, November 29, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Inside Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's First Thanksgiving Holiday Together as a Couple Again - E! Online
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's Thanksgiving holiday was a full family affair.
The couple spent the holiday, their first major one since rekindling their romance, in Los Angeles. She flew in from Canada, where she has spent the last couple of months filming The Mother, a Netflix thriller that she is also producing.
"Jennifer was very excited to come home and spend Thanksgiving with Ben," a source close to the actress and singer told E! News. "[Ben's] mom joined them and they had a lot of low-key family time with both of their families together."
The insider did not elaborate on where Ben and Jennifer had their Thanksgiving meal or who accompanied them to dinner.
"Jennifer enjoys the holidays and this was her first since she and Ben have been back together," the source said. "She wanted to make it special for him and for the kids and to start new traditions."
Inside Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's First Thanksgiving Holiday Together as a Couple Again - E! Online
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Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Artistic Director, Dies of Cancer at 41 - Hollywood Reporter
Virgil Abloh, who most recently served as men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, died Sunday after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
A post on Abloh’s verified Instagram page announced his death, explaining that he battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma, for more than two years.
“He chose to endure his battle privately since his diagnosis in 2019, undergoing numerous challenging treatments, all while helming several significant institutions that span fashion, art, and culture,” the post continued.
“Through it all, his work ethic, infinite curiosity, and optimism never wavered,” the Instagram caption read. “Virgil was driven by his dedication to his craft and to his mission to open doors for others and create pathways for greater equality in art and design.”
Abloh, who founded the streetwear-focused luxury label Off-White and served as Kanye West’s longtime creative director, ascended to the prestigious role at Louis Vuitton in 2018, becoming the label’s first African-American artistic director and, as the New York Times noted in its story about Abloh’s Louis Vuitton appointment, “one of the few black designers at the top of a French heritage house.”
In a statement, the CEO of Louis Vuitton parent company LVMH, Bernard Arnault, said, “We are all shocked by this terrible news. Virgil was not only a genius designer and a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom. The LVMH family joins me in this moment of great sorrow and we are all thinking of his loved ones on the passing of their husband, father, brother, son and friend.”
Abloh was born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1980 to immigrant parents from Ghana. (His mother was a seamstress and his father a manager in a paint factory.) He earned an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
“I often reference the 17-year-old version of myself, because I’m doing in large part the same thing today,” Abloh told GQ in 2017. “Back then, I used to DJ and get my hands on my dad’s records — Fela [Kuti] to James Brown to Miles Davis. I was only into the fashion that intersected with the niche cultures I was into — my favorite ‘fashion’ brands were [skateboard companies like] Alien Workshop, Santa Cruz and Droors.”
It was while doing work for a screen-printing store, Custom Kings, in Chicago that Abloh met Kanye West. The two went on to intern together at the same time at LVMH brand Fendi in 2009. Abloh caught the attention of Fendi’s then-CEO, Michael Burke, now the CEO of Louis Vuitton, at that time. “Virgil could create a metaphor and a new vocabulary to describe something as old-school as Fendi. I have been following his career ever since,” Burke later told the New York Times.
A few years later, Abloh founded Off-White — known for its collaborations with brands ranging from IKEA and Timberland to Jimmy Choo and Moncler — which he once described as “the grey area between black and white.”
In July of this year, LVMH took a 60 percent stake in Off-White and also announced that Abloh would take a bigger role at the fashion conglomerate in such areas as hospitality and wine and spirits. The year before, Abloh set up the Postmodern Scholarship Fund benefiting Black students in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
Regarding his ceiling-shattering ascent in the fashion world, Abloh once told British GQ, “I take pride in the fact that there’s a kid who’s living in, you know, Alabama, who never thought something like this was possible for him, almost to the point that he made life and career decisions to find some other thing he was passionate about. But all of a sudden, because I’m here, he knows [he can do it too].”
Abloh is survived by his wife Shannon, his children Lowe and Grey, his sister Edwina and his parents Nee and Eunice.
Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Artistic Director, Dies of Cancer at 41 - Hollywood Reporter
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Lindsay Lohan announces she is engaged - CNN
(CNN)Actress Lindsay Lohan announced she is engaged to Bader Shammas in a series of cuddly Instagram photos on Sunday morning.
Lindsay Lohan announces she is engaged - CNN
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BTS Lights Up L.A.’s SoFi Stadium on Night One of Permission to Dance Tour - Variety
BTS kicked off its four-night takeover of Los Ang’s SoFi Stadium on Saturday night with a much-anticipated sold-out show that thrilled tens of thousands of proud Army who packed into the venue. The two-hour set, for the boy band’s Permission to Dance On Stage tour, was rife with confetti, smoke, pyrotechnics and — of course — the smoothest of dance moves. But it was the superstar power of BTS’ seven members — RM, Jin, V, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin and Jungkook — that ruled the night.
Among the highlights from the show:
The Production
Not one person should be surprised to learn that BTS certainly knows how to put on a dazzling performance. From the front row all the way up to seats in the upper levels, everyone in attendance gets an up-close and personal view of their favorite k-pop supergroup thanks to a massive video screen viewable from anywhere in the 70,000-capacity stadium.
.@bts_twt energizes the crowd as they perform at SoFi Stadium ✨ https://t.co/gedSqYvAiv pic.twitter.com/9BrpQCgWcC
— Variety (@Variety) November 28, 2021
Variety viewed the concert from the field level at Bootsy Bellows at SoFi Stadium, run by VIP Event Relations (VIPER), and from where we were standing, you could literally feel the heat from the pyrotechnics (which included flames on “Burning Up” and fireworks on “Dynamite”).
The stage itself was built like a T so that the band could run out into the center of the arena and give fans a 360 degree view of the action during bangers like “Boy With Luv” and “Butter.”
.@bts_twt are boys with luv at SoFi Stadium ❤️ https://t.co/gedSqYvAiv pic.twitter.com/mdMeFJuxE6
— Variety (@Variety) November 28, 2021
As much as possible, BTS aimed to keep fans fully engaged in the live show by bringing so much energy via their slick choreography (and even slicker cinematography) that it was impossible to figure out where to look.
The Outfits
BTS is known for their cutting edge style and the septet certainly didn’t disappoint for their LA appearance. They kicked off the night in all-white and silver ensembles, starting the show with “On,” before switching to a more black-tie (and effortlessly sexy) vibe as they reached “Black Swan” later in the set.
Other outfit changes included a funky ’70s style with some light pastels before fast-forwarding a couple decades into some ’90s-inspired looks with denim, backwards caps and neon and multicolored jackets.
“Crowd Surfing”
The group found a safe way to interact with as many fans as possible, moving beyond their stage (which extended midway through the floor section) and onto mobile platforms to “surf” through the crowd into the far end of the arena. During their performance of “Telapathy” BTS split onto two separate pods that were pushed around the outer rim of the floor seats in order to give the second level of Army a better view of their performance before meeting again on the other side.
Up-close view of @bts_twt at SoFi Stadium! ⭐️ https://t.co/gedSqYvAiv pic.twitter.com/zr9qrSPqz8
— Variety (@Variety) November 28, 2021
BTS Army
The fandom showed their allegiance to the seven-member K-pop group at every turn. The line-up for the opening night show started on Friday morning for a 7 p.m. Saturday showtime — yes, that means some fans were at the Inglewood arena for more than 36 hours before the show began, as they waited to snag merchandise at the boy band’s official booth.
One of the premier merch items was the BTS light stick, which was specially programmed to light up along with the show. During the performance, the tens of thousands of bulbs flicked and flickered along to BTS’ tunes, sparkling across SoFi Stadium and spelling out BTS Army in the crowd.
BTS’ tour continues in Los Angeles on Nov. 28, Dec. 1 and 2.
.@BTS_twt Army light up SoFi stadium.https://t.co/3hVJF1UCFJ pic.twitter.com/2t5h1fPvCN
— Variety (@Variety) November 28, 2021
BTS Lights Up L.A.’s SoFi Stadium on Night One of Permission to Dance Tour - Variety
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'RHOA' Star Sheree Whitfield's BF Pissed at Bravo, Wants Footage Scrubbed - TMZ
Sheree Whitfield's boyfriend isn't talking to her, but he wants a chat with the folks at Bravo ... because he's pissed off about his past appearances on his girl's reality show.
The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star's BF, Tyrone Gilliams, had his legal team fire off a cease and desist letter to the TV network ... claiming the show's been using his name and likeness without his permission.
According to the legal threat, obtained by TMZ, Tyrone says he never gave the green light for him to become a recurring 'RHOA' storyline back in the day. Even when he wasn't actually on camera, he was often discussed by cast members, and he says the network's been profiting off him without permission.
In the docs, Tyrone is threatening legal action if Bravo doesn't stop using his name and image STAT ... and he's going even further, demanding the network scrub every trace of him from 'RHOA' footage and social media posts, as well as putting the brakes on any marketing or advertising involving him.
Tyrone's been upset lately ... as we first told you, he's not on speaking terms with Sheree because 'RHOA' filming almost put him back in prison due to Sheree's plans to shoot scenes with him at a restaurant. That would've been a huge problem because he's currently sentenced to home confinement.
We reached out to Tyrone's attorney to see if NBC/Bravo's responded to the cease and desist letter ... so far, no word back. Ditto for the network.
'RHOA' Star Sheree Whitfield's BF Pissed at Bravo, Wants Footage Scrubbed - TMZ
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Brian May Says Queen Would Be Forced To Add "People Of Different Colors" If They Existed Today - HotNewHipHop
Brian May says that the legendary band Queen would be forced to add a trans musician, a musician of color, or a musician of a different sex if they were around today. He added that people should be able to "be separate and different.”
May's comments came amidst him railing on the BRIT Awards for removing gender-specific award categories.
"Freddie [Mercury] came from Zanzibar, he wasn’t British, he wasn’t white as such – nobody cares, nobody ever, ever discussed it,” May told The Mirror. “He was a musician, he was our friend, he was our brother. We didn’t have to stop and think: ‘Ooh, now, should we work with him? Is he the right color? Is he the right sexual proclivity?’ None of that happened, and now I find it frightening that you have to be so calculating about everything."
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He continued: "We would be forced to have people of different colors and different sexes and we would have to have a trans [person]. You know life doesn’t have to be like that. We can be separate and different.”
Moving forward, the BRIT Awards will be replacing best male solo artist, best female solo artist, best international male solo artist, and best international female solo artist with artist of the year, and international artist of the year.
Queen will be continuing their Rhapsody tour on May 27th, 2022.
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Brian May Says Queen Would Be Forced To Add "People Of Different Colors" If They Existed Today - HotNewHipHop
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