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Is Kim Kardashian Still Plumping Her Pout Freezing Her Features With Botox During Pregnancy #2?

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Kim Kardashian On Having Cosmetic Procedures While Pregnant

Is Kimmy Cakes still getting nipped and tucked while toting her second gut full of Yeezy? As a source recently revealed to InTouch magazine, it’s totally possible that perfection-obsessed Kim Kardashian is still keeping up with her regular filler and injection schedule to be sure she looks her best, especially while carrying around all the extra baby weight over the next few months:

“She [normally] gets Botox and fillers every three months. She got injectables all the time [before her pregnancy], so she never gets a wrinkle or a crease and so she has full lips and high cheekbones. It’s her signature look.”

The source even went on to hint that this is something she kept up with while pregnant with Nori, so she can’t quite see what the big deal is this go around:

“She sees a healthy child when she looks at North. So why would she worry that getting [it] done during pregnancy hurt anyone?

[Plastic surgery procedures] are second nature to her. She’s modified each and every part of her body — with a nose job, Botox and cheek injections, breast implants, chemical peels, liposuction and face work.”

Wow, that is a LOT to maintain, especially while expecting. So what does Kim have to say to the rumors? Hit the flip…

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Double Puff: Miley Cyrus Blazes Up With Uncle Snoop

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Miley Cyrus still needs as much attention as possible, and she’s still got Black music industry heavyweights vouching for her. The twerk-enthusiast shared a snap to Instagram today of herself puffing up with king cheefer Snoop Lion Dogg while the two were taking a break from a recent studio session. Via MailOnline:

They say where there is smoke, there is fire, but when there is hip hop’s and pop’s biggest weed enthusiasts in one room there is certainly a lot of smoke too.

Miley Cyrus and Snoop Dogg appear to be collaborating on some new music – and a joint or two.

On Friday afternoon, the 22-year-old songstress posted an Instagram picture of herself and the D.O.G.G partaking a marijuana smoke session.

Of course neither of these two stars are shy about their taste for the drug – which is legal for medicinal use in California where they both live – so it can come at no shock that the pair may be found in a cloud of smoke.

Miley – who was recently snapped sharing a kiss with rumoured girlfriend Victoria’s Secret Angel Stella Maxwell – wore a tank which brought into question whether gender is a social construct.

The star’s tank said, ‘Gender is over’ in big writing with ‘If you want it’ in smaller point.

Snoop meanwhile posed up in a cloud print Adidas tank and wore a pair of retro frame glasses.

In addition to the candid smoking snap, Miley also shared a picture of the pair in which the singer was smoking a join and Snoop had one photoshopped into his mouth.

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Hmmm….what do you think a collab between these two is going to sound like?

Was NeNe Leakes Actually Forced To Resign From ‘RHOA’ By Pissed-Off Bravo Producers?

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Did Bravo Push NeNe Leakes Out Of ‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta?’

NeNe Leakes announced last week that she’s leaving RHOA for better opportunities, and no matter how much money she’s offered by Bravo, she has no interest in going back. The reality diva swears this was a decision she made for herself…but was it really NeNe’s nasty attitude and refusal to show up to work that actually pushed Bravo execs over the edge? An insider source claims that’s the case, and that the network pretty much forced her resignation through pay cuts. Via RadarOnline:

The highest-paid Housewife in the franchise was “actually being pushed out by Bravo,” a source close to the situation told Radar.

Leakes “was alienating everyone on the show and refused to do so much. Sometimes wouldn’t do publicity for the show and even when she did film she would sometimes just storm off,” the source claimed.

Her season-long protest tantrums lead producers to try and axe her from her full time spot the source said. “They didn’t want to pay her as much since she kept storming off and not saying anything on camera,” the source said.

So instead of raking in well over $1 million a season, “They told her they were going to pay her half as much and cut her time back,” claimed the source.

In order to save face, the source told Radar, “Bravo allowed her to say that she wanted to leave but really Bravo was the one cutting her.” The RHOA star was sanguine when talking to friends about leaving, but the source said she was covering up for what Bravo was really forcing her to do.

According to the source, “producers were scratching their heads about her leaving because it is really easy money. She just needs to show up and participate but she wasn’t even doing that.”

Her family was also pressuring her to quit the show. “Her husband and kids were warning her about the bad press she’s getting,” the insider claimed. “And her son’s arrest didn’t help things.”

Leakes hasn’t completely severed all ties with RHOA the source told Radar. “If she would want to be an active part of the show that would be a completely different story,” the source claimed. Do you think NeNe should go back to the Real Housewives of Atlanta?

This sounds feasible…NeNe was out of town for half of last season and at odds with the rest of the cast for the other half. Who do you believe?

Mexican Hospital Leaves Baby Blind After Removing Wrong Eye During Tumor Surgery

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Parents Outraged As Mexican Hospital Accidentally Blinds Baby

Two Mexican parents are outraged at their child’s surgeon for accidentally taking their baby’s good eye when he was supposed to be removing one with a tumor. Via MailOnline:

A surgeon has been suspended and placed under investigation for leaving a baby blind after he removed the wrong eye during surgery.

The parents of Fernando Jonathan Valdez Ayala, from Mexico, have been left horrified after the incident and are now suing on the grounds of medical negligence.

Their son was having chemotherapy to treat a tumour in his left eye, but when Armando Cisneros Espinoza decided the treatment was not working he chose to operate to take the eye out – but instead removed the child’s fully functional right eye.

The mix-up happened at the Medical Unit of High Specialty Mexican Social Security Institute in Ciudad Obregon, in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora.

The operating Doctor says that he saw an issue with the baby’s other eye, and decided to remove it on the spot…but still left the problem eye intact, for some reason:

Fernando’s distressed mother Maria Marlene Ayala Quijano said: ‘Doctors started to treat him and decided that they were going to remove the left eye when it was not working, but they removed the right one.

‘The doctor told us that he had removed the right eye because he had seen a tumour in that eye as well.

‘But we cannot believe a tumour is going to suddenly appear in just a few hours in our son’s good eye, and the left eye, that was supposed to be removed, is still there.

‘The doctor said that he wanted to save his life and therefore he decided to remove the right eye.

‘They say that they will look at the eye to check that there was a tumour there, but we plan to get an independent test.

‘I feel impotence and anger because my baby does not have a working eye anymore, and nobody can put it back, it was his only healthy eye.’

SMH! That hospital is going to owe them a LOT of money…

Bae Beef: Russell Wilson Reveals What Caused The First Fight Between Him And Ciara

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Russell Wilson Reveals The Subject Of The First Fight Between Himself And Ciara

Via Complex

Ciara might be dating Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson right now. But back in January, the R&B singer took to Instagram and insinuated that her favorite NFL quarterback was Tom Brady. Shortly after the Patriots beat the Ravens to advance to the AFC Championship Game, Ci-Ci posted a video to IG and proclaimed that she would rep Brady “all day, every day” in it

Wilson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and, while most of the interview featured him giving bland answers about his current contract situation and his baseball career, Jimmy Kimmel managed to get a little bit of a reaction out of him when he played Ciara’s video. Wilson laughed when Kimmel played it before admitting that he hadn’t seen the clip until recently.

“That was our first argument,” Wilson said. “I saw that about a week ago.”

Wilson also revealed that Ciara offered up a pretty lame excuse for why she made the video when he asked her about it.

“Her response was, the following week she was cheering for the Seattle Seahawks and that she was rooting for us the whole time,” he said. “I don’t know.”

Ratchet Take: Go #Patriots!! #Tombrady All Day Er Day 😝 #FootballSaturday

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Flip the page to see Russell and Ci-Ci show off their athletic prowess as a couple

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Free At Last: President Obama To Grant Clemency To Dozens Of Convicted Nonviolent Drug Offenders

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President Obama To Set Nonviolent Drug Offenders Free From Federal Prison

Obama flexin’ on the feds…

Via NYTimes

Sometime in the next few weeks, aides expect President Obama to issue orders freeing dozens of federal prisoners locked up on nonviolent drug offenses. With the stroke of his pen, he will probably commute more sentences at one time than any president has in nearly half a century.

The expansive use of his clemency power is part of a broader effort by Mr. Obama to correct what he sees as the excesses of the past, when politicians eager to be tough on crime threw away the key even for minor criminals. With many Republicans and Democrats now agreeing that the nation went too far, Mr. Obama holds the power to unlock that prison door, especially for young African-American and Hispanic men disproportionately affected.

But even as he exercises authority more assertively than any of his modern predecessors, Mr. Obama has only begun to tackle the problem he has identified. In the next weeks, the total number of commutations for Mr. Obama’s presidency may surpass 80, but more than 30,000 federal inmates have come forward in response to his administration’s call for clemency applications. A cumbersome review process has advanced only a small fraction of them. And just a small fraction of those have reached the president’s desk for a signature.

“I think they honestly want to address some of the people who have been oversentenced in the last 30 years,” said Julie Stewart, the founder and president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a group advocating changes in sentencing. “I’m not sure they envisioned that it would be as complicated as it is, but it has become more complicated, whether it needs to be or not, and that’s what has bogged down the process.”

Overhauling the criminal justice system has become a bipartisan venture. Like Mr. Obama, Republicans running for his job are calling for systemic changes. Lawmakers from both parties are collaborating on legislation. And the United States Sentencing Commission has revised guidelines for drug offenders, so far retroactively reducing sentences for more than 9,500 inmates, nearly three-quarters of them black or Hispanic.

POTUS is really lettin’ it all hang out in his last days in office. Gay marriage. Soul-reviving eulogies. Prison reform. Barack is BALLIN’ on these hoes!

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She’s Bossy: NBA’s First Female Coach Becky Hammon To Become Head Coach Of Spurs Summer League

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Spur’s Becky Hammon To Become Head Coach Of Summer League Squad

Time for a woman to take the reigns…

Via BleacherReport

San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon is getting a shot in the big chair, as she will be head coach for the franchise’s summer league team in Las Vegas.

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News reported the news of Hammon’s summer gig on Friday.

Hammon continues to break barriers for women in the professional coaching ranks. She became the first full-time paid female coach in NBA history when Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich hired her as an assistant last August.

In March, Hammon told George Willis of the New York Post that she wasn’t necessarily trying to use this gig as a stepping stone.

“I’m in a space where I want to keep learning,” Hammon said. “I’m learning from a really intelligent human being, not just in basketball, but in life. I want to continue to learn. I’ll make those decisions as they come. But I’m really happy where I am.”

Even though Hammon sounds content with what she’s doing for the Spurs, it would be hard not to look at this opportunity over the summer as a chance for teams around the league to see what she can do leading a group.

Things they are a-changin’. It’ll be very interesting to see how Becky’s performance affects her career going forward.

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The Internet Is Real Life: Milwaukee Teen Shot Dead After Facebook Feud Over Girl

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14-Year-Old Killed In Milwaukee After Facebook Fight Over A Girl

Can we PLEASE stop acting like the things that happen online don’t have real life consequences. The phrase “It’s just the internet” needs to be put to rest…

Via Fox6

A 14-year-old boy is dead after a fight over a girl on Facebook led to a shooting near the intersection of N. Lake and E. Wyoming on Milwaukee’s east side. The shooting took place at approximately 10:30 p.m. Friday night, July 3rd.

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn addressed the media and stated eight or nine shots were fired while officers were patrolling the U.S. Bank Fireworks on Milwaukee’s lakefront — just yards from the shooting.

The 14-year-old boy was found pulseless after being shot in the head. Five officers in relay teams worked to save the boy. The officers were able to get a pulse back but the boy later died at Children’s Hospital.

“Words can’t express our frustration,” said Chief Flynn in a news conference with reporters. “This is more than a crime wave, this is a social phenomenon.”

Authorities say they do have leads in regards to the suspect who shot the boy — but no one is in custody at this time.

R.I.P. to this young man, thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.

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Family Feud: Widow Of Eric Garner Won’t Acknowledge Baby By Another Woman Who Is First In Line For Potential Settlement Scrilla

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Rappers and athletes aren’t the only ones out here with break babies. Apparently NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner also had a child outside of his marriage and his widow wants nothing to do with her.

According to Daily Mail reports:

She might be Eric Garner’s daughter, but she won’t be part of Garner’s family.

The chokehold victim’s widow, Esaw Garner, acknowledged Friday that a 16-month-old girl named Legacy is her husband’s daughter with another woman — but said she wants nothing to do with the tot or her mother, Jewel Miller.

“As far as her being accepted into our family, that’ll never happen,” Garner told the Daily News when asked about the baby.

Eric Garner had been living with Miller for three years before his fatal encounter with Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Staten Island last July.

The News reported Friday that a DNA test recently confirmed Miller’s assertion that Legacy is Garner’s daughter. That puts her in line for the largest share of any payout the Garner family gets from the city.

“They knew she was his daughter but they didn’t want the public to know so they could keep up the image of the happily married husband and wife together which was the farthest thing from the truth,” Miller said Thursday. “I think it was a public relations thing.”

“And Esaw is just money hungry,” she added.

An angry Esaw Garner kept mostly tight-lipped Friday.

“I know the truth. My kids know the truth,” she said. “We know that’s her baby and fine, that’s what she’s entitled to.”

She declined further comment, saying her lawyer had advised her not to talk.

Eric Garner had four biological children with Esaw, ranging in age from 15 to 25.

The family’s lawyer, Jonathan Moore, is preparing a wrongful death suit against the police officers involved in Garner’s death.

A notice of claim — the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city — filed last year listed Legacy as a potential beneficiary, in addition to Garner’s children with Esaw.

The filing said the family would seek up to $75 million for Garner’s death.

This is such a huge shame. We can understand Garner’s window’s feelings but at the same time — these women and their children are all mourning the same thing, it’s a shame they can’t come together over their loss.

“They Gonna Shoot This White Boy” Plies’ Music Video Shoot Almost Shot Up By Nosy Passerby

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Scared Passerby Calls Cops On Plies New Music Video Shoot

Last thing we need these days is a “good samaritan” (see, white) armed with a gun…

According to TMZ reports:

Plies nearly got sprayed with a real shotgun on his music video set — but lucky for him, a 911 operator convinced an armed passerby to let cops handle what he wrongly thought was a hostage situation.

We got the 911 call made by the guy who mistook Plies’ rap music video shoot for an armed standoff between a “white boy” and a bunch of black guys “with dreadlocks” and guns.

You gotta hear the terrified caller yelling, “They gonna shoot this white boy!” … right before offering to intervene with his own loaded shotgun!

As we reported … cops quickly responded and discovered the guns weren’t loaded, and the drama was all scripted.

He was SO hype to go over there and use his shotgun! Can you imagine if he just took it upon himself to intervene without calling the cops?? SMH.

Who Is She? Remains Of Toddler Girl Found In Boston Harbor Still Unidentified

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Girl Around Age 4 Found Dead In Boston Harbor

This is bone chilling. No child deserves this.

According to NY Daily News reports:

Authorities in Massachusetts are asking for the public’s help in identifying a little girl whose body was found stuffed inside of a trash bag in Boston Harbor last week.

The estimated 4-year-old child was discovered by a dog walker along Deer Island on June 25. Her body had no obvious signs of trauma, authorities said.

A computer-generated composite image, compiled by photographs of her remains, shows a cherubic little girl with big brown eyes and long brown hair.

She stood about 3 1/2-feet tall and weighed about 30 pounds.

Authorities say she was found wearing a pair of white leggings with black polka dots. Its brand Circo can be found at Target. A zebra-print fleece blanket, manufactured by Cannon, was also found wrapped around her body.

State and local police said they’ve since turned to the public for help after missing persons reports turned up empty for clues.

Tipsters may contact the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit at 617-727-8817, the State Police Communications Section at 508-820-2121, or Winthrop Police tip line at 617-539-5806.

Where are her parents? Are they responsible. This is disturbing on so many levels. Also, everyone is talking about how much this little girl’s photo has been shared since the news was released bu we can’t help but to think about all the little black girls who suffer similar fate and receive little to no media attention.

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No Shock There: Only 17% Of White Republicans Think That Racism Is A “Very Serious” Problem In America

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A Staggering Majority Of White Republicans Don’t Think Racism Is A Major Issue In America</H2

Of course they don’t…

Via HuffingtonPost

While a large majority of Americans say racism is a serious problem in the wake of last month’s shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, Republicans are less inclined than others to say so.

According to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, 77 percent of Americans nationally say that racism is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem. Twenty-one percent say it’s a “not very serious” or “not at all serious” problem.

But just 57 percent of Republicans say racism is at least a somewhat serious problem, compared to 93 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of independents who say the same. Although Republicans are equally as likely as the rest of the country to put the problem of racism in the “somewhat serious” category, they’re far less likely to say it is “very serious”: 19 points less likely than Americans as a whole, 36 points less than Democrats and 14 points less than independents.

Even among white Americans, the gap in opinion persists between Democrats and Republicans. Fifty-two percent of white Democrats say racism is a “very serious” problem, compared to 17 percent of white Republicans and 26 percent of white independents.

A recent CNN poll that asked a similar question produced almost the same results, with Republicans 37 points less likely than Democrats to say racism poses at least a “somewhat serious” problem. The results mark the highest percentage of Americans to acknowledge racism as a problem that CNN has recorded since it began asking the question in 2008.

Just in case you’re wondering…

The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted June 24-29 among U.S. adults using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population.

This is exactly why Republicans are going to have a REALLY hard time beating Hillary Clinton in the next Presidential election.

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KKK Asks Families To Bring Kids To Labor Day Weekend Cross Burning Event ” Help Prepare Your Children”

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Guess we shouldn’t be surprised that hateful people want their children to be haters too.

According to RawStory reports:

The KKK wants its supporters to spend Labor Day weekend with them, according to its website — and they really want their children to come too.

The notorious hate group will be holding its “National Congress” in Harrison, Arkansas. Attendees are expected to wear “casual business attire.” Scheduled “fun” will include ping pong, foosball, folk dancing and a “cross lighting. The light of Christ dispels the darkness.”

The event organizers urged supporters not to leave young children behind, but bring them for some early indoctrination and fear mongering.

“Your children are the target! Those that hate our heritage and faith have targeted America’s children,” the event page says. “Schools are indoctrination centers for homosexuals and race-mixers. Even our churches aren’t safe. Television is full of filth!”

Accommodations for children, including a nursery for infants and toddlers, will be available.

“If you have children still living at home we urge you not to neglect this important opportunity to help prepare your children. We will have a wonderful program to help entertain as well as teach them old time values of our forefathers,” the website urges.

The group has made itself more visible since accused shooter and racist Dylann Roof gunned down nine unarmed African-American churchgoers in Charleston on June 17. The group praised Roof for the massacre, calling it a “victory.”

They launched a recruitment campaign that week, leaving bags with candy and flyers in people’s yards in at least six states, including California, Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia.

This month the Klan will holding a training camp to “train future leaders who can return to their communities with the tools to become actively involved in this struggle for our racial redemption.”

On July 18, they also plan to rally in South Carolina against the likely removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse, Politico reports.

Since the Charleston shooting, a string of black churches burned in the South and three were attributed to arson.

This is so alarming. We hoped that times were getting better but it’s obvious that hatred is still on the rise. We shudder to think of one of our kids encountering kids who are being raised like this.

Hate It Or Love It? Prince Drops Surprise New Jawn “HARDROCKLOVER” [Audio]

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Prince Releases New Song “HARDROCKLOVER”

Prince is back. Again.

You diggin’ it, or nah?

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Country Getaway: 10 Of South Africa’s Best Farm Stays!

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Farm stays in South Africa are a unique way to see hidden corners of the country, and sleep peacefully under starry skies.


Put On Blast: Breezy Fans Accuse His Baby Mama Of Spending Child Support Checks In Miami

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Nia Guzman Criticized By Chris Brown Fans

Amid reports that she’s asking for $15,000 a month for child support, Chris Brown’s baby mama recently caught flack from fans.
Nia Guzman whose mother got blasted by Chris on Instagram over baby Royalty, apparently enjoyed her 4th of July with friends in Miami and soaked up sun in a crotchet bikini.

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Unfortunately for her however, several Chris Brown fans wondered how she paid for the holiday vacay and hinted at her being a golddigger.

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Poor thang.

Following that she posted a festive photo of Royalty…

 

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and fans accused her of not being with the toddler for the holiday.

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SMH…

What do YOU think about Breezy’s fans blasting Nia???

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Savage Season: Thirstiest Reactions To Drake’s New Beard

It’s Official! NBA Baller James Harden Is Smashing Khloe Kardashian’s Fake Cakes To Smithereens

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Khloe Kardashian And James Harden Are Dating

Looks like everyone in the Kardashian Klan must have a thing for Amber Rose’s leftovers because it has been confirmed that Khloe is dating Rockets baller James Harden

Via The Daily Beast:

For weeks, there have been tabloid rumblings that reality star Khloe Kardashian has been trying to rekindle her relationship with estranged husband—and former NBA player—Lamar Odom, with very dubious reports that she had a “meltdown” during Kanye West’s basketball-themed birthday party because it allegedly reminded her of her ex. This comes on the heels of tabloid reports in April that the youngest Kardashian sister isn’t ready to divorce Odom.

There have also been rumors that Kardashian has moved on from her NBA-playing ex to a new, better NBA star: MVP candidate and perennial All-Star James Harden, who’s known for his prodigious beard. Well, The Daily Beast can now confirm that Kardashian is dating the Houston Rockets star Harden. The two were seen partying and looking quite couple-y together at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas on July 4th, taking in a DJ set by Zedd.

The event, held at the poolside Encore Beach Club at the Wynn’s Encore Hotel, was also attended by Rumer Willis, former NBA player Rick Fox, rap producer Jermaine Dupri, and DJ superstar Deadmau5.

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Khloe just loves the dark meat, huh??

Moving On Up: Hotels Are Going Up Like Crazy In These African Countries!

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There are almost 50,000 hotel rooms at 270 hotels in the pipeline for development in Africa, which is good news for both business and leisure travelers.

Fair Or Foul: Photographer Of Gay Pride Recreation Of Iwo Jima Photo Receives Death Theats

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Gay Pride Recreation Of Iwo Jima Photo Gets Backlash

How far can you take gay pride??

Via NBC Washington:

Joe Rosenthal’s historic photograph depicting five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the flag on Iwo Jima is one of America’s most iconic war-related images. It is also one of the most parodied images, but a recent depiction of the event sparked fury on social media.

On June 26, photographer Ed Freeman posted a picture he took more than a decade ago for the cover of Frontiers, a gay magazine, that shows four male models planting a gay pride flag similarly to how the six soldiers planted the flag at Iwo Jima 70 years ago. Freeman’s Facebook post celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision to allowing same-sex marriage nationwide.

“Altering the American flag colors && trying to remake the “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” photograph with the gay pride flag is degrading,” one user said.

“I get all that gay marriage stuff but to replace the American flag from the iconic Iwo Jima picture, just no,” another post read.

Freeman, whose studio is in Los Angeles, told the Post he even received a death threat that he reported to the FBI.

“This picture was just a flashpoint for a lot people who are looking for a reason to lash out, so I guess I get to be the whipping boy,” Freeman told the Post about the backlash. “I’m fine with that if that’s what it takes.”

The Iwo Jima motif has appeared elsewhere, including to sell beer and promote the Hard Rock Cafe, and its use has been similarly criticized. In 2008, Time magazine was criticized for using an altered version of the Iwo Jima photograph showing soldiers planting a tree. That cover, which was meant to compare the struggle to win the war to the struggle to combat climate change, even drew condemnation from some fellow journalists.

Do you think the photo is disrespectful to America??

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