crunch27: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Watch Episode 4 of Stephanie Linus' Make Me Fabulous

Immaculate and Peter Ezedinma were one of the most lively and fun couples we had on the show!

Do you know what it’s like to be at home alone and bored for a really long time? Not a good feeling I tell you.

Immaculate was newlywed and new in the city. Soon after her wedding, she became pregnant and was bored of staying home alone all day when she first heard of the Make Me Fabulous show.

Click to watch the episode.

With today, June 30th, being the initial deadline and many bank customers still not had their Bank Verification Number (BVN) and no clear process to accommodate customers in diapora who still have their Nigeria bank accounts, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the BVN registration till October 31st, 2015.

Nigeria Newsdesk broke the news on Twitter.

New Music: DJ Xclusive Ft. Davido – Wole

Superstar DJ Xclusive dropped his much anticipated album – “According To X” yesterday and here's bringing you one of the standout songs from the album – WOLE featuring O.B.O Baddest and HKN Boss; Davido. Take a listen.

Photographer Paul Ukonu Reacts to Kate Henshaw’s Made Magazine Cover Controversy

I totally agree this cover photo of Kate Henshaw looks nothing like her. Made magazine just released their latest issue a few hours ago which has a double cover with newly revamped sitcom ‘Do Good’ stars, Kate Henshaw and Basorge Tariah.

The photos for the magazine were shot by Paul Ukonu with Tokyo James as the Creative Director and stylist for the shoot.

The cover has gotten quite a reaction as plenty people stated that Kate Henshaw’s photos were especially photoshopped and made to look nothing like her.

Paul Ukonu shared his thoughts on controversy via social media.

Click to read his post and more photos from the photo shoot.

Caitlyn Jenner's glam team must be working overtime to make her look like this.

On Tuesday, the former Olympic athlete and staunch Republican stepped out in New York City wearing a conservative leopard-print wrap dress that fell below the knee.

The 65-year-old parent to six styled her hair with loose waves and wore simple makeup.

Jenner accessorized the fiery and ferocious number with a plain black bag, diamond studs and pink nail polish.

The absurd things you hear people do. Is he for real??

Sleep really is important. Just ask Andre “Christ Bearer” Johnson, the rapper who chopped off his penis due to a lack of shut-eye last year.

Well, exhaustion and a whole lot of drugs, he revealed in an interview with VladTV.
Watch the video. It starts from the 11:30min mark.

Noo!! Now it's going to be a boring show without NeNe!

NeNe Leakes is moving on from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and the Bravo channel said that Leakes won’t return for the reality show’s eighth season this fall. She’s been with the series about the lives of women in Atlanta since it began in 2008.

In an Instagram post Monday, Leakes called the show an “amazing platform,” adding that she’s decided to step out, in her words, “on faith and not fear.”

Andy Cohen, executive producer of the “Real Housewives” franchise, tweeted that Leakes is a “Real Housewife forever” and is always welcome back.

The 48-year-old Leakes parlayed her reality TV fame into an appearance on “Celebrity Apprentice,” roles on shows including “Glee” and “The New Normal,” and a fashion collection.

This is so hard for me to type! I cry as I do so! I am so Grateful for all the love and laughs! Thank you so much to everyone that has watched and supported me over the years on this amazing platform! With lots of thoughts and prayer I've decided to step out on faith and not fear😥 #nomoRHOA4me

A photo posted by NeNe Leakes (@neneleakes) on Jun 29, 2015 at 5:06pm PDT

Paris Hilton Pranked on Egyptian TV in Fake Plane Crash

The television show has coordinated a fake plane emergency to scare hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who has a fear of flying.

In United Arab Emirates to attend the opening of a new hotel in Dubai, Ms Hilton was offered a 15-minute joyride of the city in a small plane.

Watch the video. This isn't even funny! Damn!

Dencia Is A "Hello Kitty" Queen At The 2015 BET Awards

Ok Dencia, I love you but what do you have on?! She sure does know how to taunt her haters, Lol!
Click for more photos and a 360 video of the full outfit.

BET Awards 2015 List of Winners

The BET Awards are kicked off on Sunday, with Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce and Lil Wayne leading the nominations in the network’s 15th annual show.

“Black-ish” stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross are serving as hosts. Brown had five nominations, and is double-dipping in categories of best collaboration and video of the year with his hits “Loyal” and “New Flame.” Minaj has four nods, and will compete with Brown in the competitive video of the year category with “Anaconda.”

The 2015 BET Awards are aired live from the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 28 on BET. Here's the list of winners for the BET Awards 2015.

Diddy dropped it like it's hot at the BET Awards, figuratively and literally Lol!

The entertainer fell during an exciting performance Sunday that celebrated Bad Boy Records' 20th year anniversary, one of the night's highlights. Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, 112 and The Lox joined Diddy as they performed a medley of past hits. A video montage of rap king Notorious B.I.G. played in the background as his verse from "Mo Money Mo Problems" played.

Click for more photos.

Bobbi Kristina Brown: Why Her Family Is Suing Nick Gordon For $40 Million

This is all going left. Bobbi Kristina Brown’s family filed a $40 million civil lawsuit against Nick Gordon, June 24, accused him of stealing money from her and savagely beating her. Now a top attorney is speaking out on the possible reason they waited 4 months to file this lawsuit.

Inspiring many with her weight loss journey from a size 32 to a size 14, Elvina Ibru comes out a champion and is cover girl for the Vanguard Allure amazing and colorful cover which is available this Sunday as she talks about her journey to where she is today and more.

Continue for more photos.

The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a Constitutional right to get married in any state in the country! President Barack Obama joined in the crowds celebrating this decision, giving a supportive speech where he said that today, ‘America should be proud.’

June 26 will go down as a historic day for marriage equality! The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states can no longer deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, meaning that same-sex marriage is the law of the land! President Barack Obama showed his support for the decision and same-sex couples everywhere in a powerful speech, calling the ruling “gratifying” and a “victory.”

Click to read his statement and his tweet.

Jimmy Fallon was hospitalized on June 26 after injuring his hand during a night out in New York City, and according to reports, he even spent time in the ICU.

Jimmy Fallon, 40, was hospitalized in the early hours of June 26, and reportedly got treated in the Intensive Care Unit, according to TMZ. The news comes after the talk show host spent what looked like a fun night out in Manhattan.

Google Wants To Give Free WIFI To The World

The internet giant,Google have already started rolling out Wifi in New York as a pilot phase which the company hopes will eventually span across the whole of the world.

YouTube celebrates Toke Makinwa as one of first and most successful vloggers in Nigeria. She shared this on instagram with the caption:

"Mama I'm a YouTube Star.... So much to be thankful for, YouTube is 10 and tonight I was celebrated at the "Evening with YouTube" event. I got to talk about my channel and share my growth on YouTube as a content provider. I feel really blessed, way up! God has brought so many of you into my life via my Vlog and it feels really good to be one of the very first Vloggers in Nigeria. Don't let anyone kill your dream, first they will laugh and at some point they will copy. Thanks to everyone who has ever watched, subscribed or liked any one of my videos, for the family I have built thru this ministry I say thank you God and thank you too. Yes, You. I think we should take TokeMomentsontheroad."

Mama I'm a YouTube Star.... So much to be thankful for, YouTube is 10 and tonight I was celebrated at the "Evening with YouTube" event. I got to talk about my channel and share my growth on YouTube as a content provider. I feel really blessed, wayyyyyy up! God has brought so many of you into my life via my Vlog and it feels really good to be one of the very first Vloggers in Nigeria. Don't let anyone kill your dream, first they will laugh and at some point they will copy. Thanks to everyone who has ever watched, subscribed or liked any one of my videos, for the family I have built thru this ministry I say thank you God and thank you too. Yes, YOU😘. I think we should take #TokeMomentsontheroad.

A photo posted by Toke Makinwa (@tokemakinwa) on Jun 25, 2015 at 1:27pm PDT

Beyonce & Jay Z Are Using A Surrogate For 2nd Child?

It looks like the Wests aren’t the only ones ready for baby number 2. Rumor has it that Beyonce and Jay Z are expecting their second child, and this time they will actually be using a surrogate. Allegedly, an inside source told InTouch Weekly that the power couple plans to be very upfront about the process. Supposedly, they are choosing this option so that Bey won’t have a high-risk pregnancy. Allegedly Bey-Z’s rumored marital issues had Jay pushing Bey to give Blue Ivy a sibling to strengthen their family bond.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Shows Off As He Tops Forbes' 2015 List Of The World's Highest-Paid Athletes Yet Again

They don't call him the Money Man for nothing. Forbes announced Floyd Mayweather was the highest paid athlete in the last year earlier this month, earning an eye-watering $300million.

And the pound-for-pound king has taken it with typically good grace. The 38-year-old was pictured standing in front of a display at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas to commemorate his huge earnings.

The exhibition shows the 'skim room' where mobsters would steal some of the cash in a casino counting room and reads '$300 million easy'.

A drunken naked woman scared pregnant Kim Kardashian by trying to kick in the star’s hotel room door in the South of France.

The reality star and businesswoman, appearing at Cannes Lions festival on Wednesday, said she’d had no sleep: “There was a woman knocking on a hormonal pregnant woman’s door, namely me, at 4 in the morning — not knocking but banging and kicking, and I couldn’t go back to sleep afterwards, and she was naked,” Kim said.

She added, “So I screamed profanities at her and told her to put some clothes on and get off my door, but she kept using her AmEx as the key. She had no idea it was my room.”

Kim had tweeted in the early hours, “Thanks to the drunk naked woman banging on my door, I have now been up since 4am…I took a fun video of her as a reminder of why I never tolerated drinking 2 much!…She thought her Amex was my room key lol.” She told the Cannes audience that she decided not to post the video, adding, “I hope she’s not here in this room.”

Thanks to the drunk naked woman banging on my door I have been up since 4 am! I'm so sleepy now but have to work! It's gonna be a long day!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 24, 2015

I took a fun video of her as a reminder of why I never tolerated drinking 2 much! Slob kabob! I won't post it but it's funny!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 24, 2015

Credit:Twitter

Mariah Carey & Billionaire James Packer Getting Married?

According to TMZ, Mariah Carey is wasting NO time in her new relationship with James Packer. The singer and billionaire are even already planning marriage, though they’ve only been dating for a very short period of time! (Read here)

It’s been only five months since Nick Cannon filed for divorce, but Mariah Carey is already getting very serious with a new man! As the 45-year-old and her billionaire boyfriend, James Packer, continue their romantic getaway, a new report says they’re already making wedding plans…and that James may have already even proposed!

Holly Madison’s shocking memories of her time in the Playboy Mansion just keep on getting crazier. In her new book, she even reveals that Hugh Hefner tried to blackmail her into staying with him by promising to leave her a nice chunk of change in his will!

Money can’t buy Holly Madison’s, 35, love! In her tell-all memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures & Cautionary Tales Of A Former Playboy Bunny, the former Girls Next Door star admits that even $3,000,000 couldn’t entice her to stay at the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner!

After years of feeling ‘used’ by Hef, Holly writes in her autobiography that she finally decided to end things for good. But as she was packing her things and moving out of the master suite, she noticed some fishy documents sitting on her bed in a file folder — and Hef was always careful not to leave stuff like that lying around, she notes.

Rapper Rick Ross is facing kidnapping and assault charges after a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force and deputies arrested him at his mansion south of Atlanta early Wednesday.

Club Owners & Reps Enjoy Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Trip to Tennessee & New Orleans

Fun times for club owners and reps as Jack Daniel‘s invited 6 guests to not only tour Tessessee but to get a full-on Jack Daniel’s experience and explore Lynchburg, Tennessee.

The 6 club owners and reps invited are: Frank Okamigbo (The Place Lounge, Lekki), Charles Okpaleke (Play, Abuja), Shina Peller (Quilox Night Club), Niran Odulana (Road Runners Night Club, Yaba), Abubakar Atodo Isah (Caribbean Lounge, Abuja) and Chris Ubosi (CEO/Chairman Megaletrics Limited), departed Lagos on June 1st 2015. They were pumped and excited for their trip to Lynchburg Tennessee for a one of a kind Jack Daniel’s experience, and the purchase of their individually selected and personalized barrels of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel.

Click to see a videos of their experience and lots of photos.

She was seen over the father's day weekend leaving a tattoo removal clinic (Read here), and now she's shown off the new tattoo of roses which replaces the face of her ex husband Wiz Khalifa on her arm.

Another picture after the cut.

Pastor Tony Rapu’s Heartfelt Piece Titled ‘Letter From a Father’

It was father's day yesterday and everyone had a heart felt sayings to their fathers and father figures. And Pastor Tony Rapu of This Present House wrote a piece titled "Letter from a father". Very nice one! Please read.

Hi son,
I remember the indescribable joy in the labour ward on the day you were born, and it seems to me that almost overnight, you have grown into a strapping young man. I have so much to say to you as you navigate your path towards manhood: what it feels like to fall in love with the woman you will marry; what it feels like to earn your first paycheck; what it feels like to buy your first house…The list of my experiences are no doubt varied and numerous, but I want to share just a few thoughts with you this Father’s Day 2015.

Now you see it...

Now you don't!

It looks like Amber Rose is not all about celebrating her ex-husband (current baby daddy) Wiz Khalifa this Father's Day weekend. TMZ is reporting that the blonde bombshell visited Dr. Tattoff, a tattoo removal clinic in the San Fernando Valley, and by the looks of her bandaged arm upon leaving, most likely had Wiz's face removed from her body. It looks like this split is for real. Buh-bye, bb. (And Happy Father's Day, Wiz!). See the video of Amber leaving here.

Kim Kardashian Reveals the Sex of Her Second Baby

It’s official – Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are having a boy!

The 34-year-old pregnant reality star announced the exciting news on Father’s Day (June 22) as she praised her 38-year-old rapper husband on Twitter.

“Precious moments like this when we were traveling on tour with you are what I live for,” she captioned a photo of Kanye and their daughter North, 2.

Then she added, “You’re such a good daddy to North & you will be the best daddy to our new son too! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦”

Congrats to the happy family on the exciting news!

You're such a good daddy to North & you will be the best daddy to our new son too! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 22, 2015

Saturday, June 20, 2015

WTH? Judge Calls On Community To Support Dylann Roof’s Family

In what was a shocking moment, the judge preceding over Dylann Roof’s bond hearing asked the community to support the accused killer’s family.

“We have nine victims but we also have victims on the other side,” the judge remarked in an opening speech. “There are victims on this young man’s side of the family. No one would have thrown them into the whirlwind of events that they were thrown into.”

Is this judge even serious!! The actual victims killed by Roof should be the sole priority!

Victims of Charleston shooting

Needless to say, the judge’s words didn’t sit well with a lot of people who took to Twitter to offer commentary. Click to see their tweets:

"Words cannot express our shock, grief and disbelief as to what happened that night. We are sad and devastated" They said.

The family of South Carolina shooter Dylann Roof expressed shock and grief in their first public announcement since Roof allegedly drew a gun on a bible study group, killing 9 people. I still wonder why he has to wear a bullet proof vest. Sigh!

The statement supplied to the press on Friday reads:

This will send chills down your spin. I still don't get why he is being worn a bullet proof vest while he is being transported by the police.

Charleston killer Dylann Roof apparently left a ranting, racist manifesto on the internet calling for a new civil war in America before staging his massacre in a church.

A website seemingly written by Roof not long before the killings at the Emanuel AME Church in the South Carolina city emerged Saturday, in which he pinpoints Charleston as his target because of its high proportion of blacks and bemoans that there is 'no real KKK' to help him.

The site was also stuffed full of images of Roof burning the America flag, posing next to symbols of the Confederacy and posing menacingly with a gun pointed at the camera.

Click to read the rest of this entry and see more photos.

Terrence Howard's newborn son, Qirin Love, is all kinds of adorable. The actor, who stars as record label mogul Lucious Lyon on the hit drama Empire, shared the first photo of his little one via Twitter on Friday, June 19.

Prince Harry Is Kicking Off His Summer Romance

Prince Harry, who recently mentioned he's "very happy without a girlfriend" (Read here), may not be so single after all. The royal is currently "wooing" fellow Brit, Doctor Who actress Jenna Coleman, according to Us Weekly, who bears a bit of a resemblance to Kate Middleton with those locks.

Contrary to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the immediate disposal of nine of the 11 VIP transport aircraft in the presidential fleet, the presidency on Friday denied knowledge of any such directive.

Taraji P. Henson didn’t have to look far for inspiration to play Cookie on “Empire.”

The actress, 44, told Allure magazine that she based the popular character on someone very near and dear to her heart: her late father, Boris.

“She’s based on my dad,” Henson told the magazine. “He shot straight from the hip. He said whatever came to mind, and most times it was the truth. You either love or hate a person like that.”

Kris Jenner Writing Tell-All Book About Marriage To Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner

First of all, look for a minute..don't they kinda look alike, Lol!

Kris Jenner is going to do a Tell-All allegedly about Caitlyn Jenner and it's going to be New York Times bestseller. Ok out of curiosity i'm going to read this when it's eventually published. I mean after living with a man for 28 years and then he suddenly transitions into a woman, any normal wife would be pissed.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was married to gold medal winning Olympian Bruce Jenner, who is now known as Caitlyn Jenner after gender reassignment surgery, for so long. So, she probably has a lot of stories to tell.

Madonna hosts the most A-list dance party of all time in her new, fast-paced music video for "B**ch I'm Madonna." And while looks terrific in the video people are saying she's trying to copy Taylor Swift's Bad Blood, which is the most viewed video in the history of music in 24hours.

Here's a look at all the stars, sons and glow-in-the-dark puppets that are featured in the video, in order of appearance.

Madonna debuted the video on Tidal on Wednesday and while the music service's founder Jay Z doesn't croon the title lyrics," his leading lady Beyonce during a quick cameo.

Continue to see the photos and watch the video.

It's been an emotionally turbulent period for the On Air Personality Toke Makinwa and she has managed to stay strong (Read here) after the news about her husband, Maje Ayide got his long time girlfriend pregnant.

Toke who has a weekly vlog where she talks relationships and more has just released a little while ago a new video titled "The show must go on" on her vlog, and you can't help but notice her wedding photo to her husband has been taken off the wall. How sad! In the new video she rants off on the news about her cheating husband and more. Watch the new episode of TokeMoments by Toke Makinwa after the cut.

The FBI has just identified the suspected gunman who shot nine people in a South Carolina church Wednesday night as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, from Columbia, South Carolina, Reuters reports.

Roof was identified by his uncle from a photo released by police, according to Reuters. The suspected shooter reportedly received a .45-caliber pistol from his father as a birthday present in April, the uncle said.

More pictures after the cut.

Iman Covers Vanity Fair Italia And Talks On Natural Botox

Slay Iman, Slay! Believe it or not this woman right here is 59 years old. If you want to look this amazing at 59 better start saving your money now.

A few days ago, we were getting nuggets of advice from the beauty entrepreneur and Somalian supermodel’s Essence feature and now she is slaying on the cover of Vanity Fair Italia‘s Exclusive issue.

continue for more photos.

For her recent Glamour magazine cover and feature, the ‘Queen of Selfies’ – Kim Kardashian West was asked to write a letter to her future self in 2025.

Sitting in front of a laptop, she types away and gives herself body image & kid advice, shares her hopes and dreams for her family and asks if she is still ‘on fleek’ 10 years from now.

Read the rest of this entry for the video and more photos.

Ok so i came across this article about successful Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji and it caught my attention. Written by Onyeka Nwelue, an Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of Manipur, Imphal and Visiting Lecturer of African Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He wrote about the real Linda and her blogging lifestyle and more. I guess you can never judge a book by its cover until you read it. You can never really judge a person until you've met and known them. Read the article after the cut.

Bobby Brown’s sister Leolah has unleashed a furious rant against Pat Houston, accusing her of wanting Bobbi Kristina Brown to die.

“So-called Pat Houston,” wrote Leolah Brown in a lengthy Facebook note Tuesday. “Real name: ‘Marion Patricia Watson Garland,’ wanted so badly and had the nerve to sarcastically say to my brother Bobby, ‘why don’t you just pull the plug on Bobbi Kriss, because it’s costing too much money to keep her alive!’”

Pat Houston is the late Whitney Houston‘s sister-in-law and longtime manager.

Despite having a hot NBA star on her arm and the world at her feet, Iggy Azalea is struggling in the confidence department.

“Some days I want to crawl into a cave because I don’t feel confident at all, and then other days I feel great,” she told Today Australia on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old “Fancy” rapper has been the subject of tabloid scrutiny after coming clean about breast enhancement surgery last fall.

In a video posted by The Shade Room, Peter appears like he's just pulled back from kissing a woman. He also seemingly has his hands on her neck.

While the video looks incriminating, Reality Tea, which first reported the release of the video of Peter with another woman at a club, thinks this might just be a plot to stir up Cynthia Bailey's storyline for the upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. It also doesn't make sense that Peter would cheat on his wife in a very public place. But then again, Peter has been accused of being a cheater for years and was even a topic of discussion between Porsha Williams and Phaedra Parks last season.

Shortly after his latest cheating scandal broke, Peter took to Instagram to issue an apology to his wife and his daughters.

Click to see the video where he's kissing a woman and his apology video.

The Golden State Warriors have won their first NBA championship since 1975, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6.

Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala each had 25 points for the Warriors, who won the final three games after Cleveland had taken a 2-1 lead. Andre Iguodala becomes the 2015 MVP.

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