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A Black Broadway star is sharing his pride after purchasing a home built by slaves.
“I wish I could’ve told my ancestors when they were breaking their backs in 1820 to build this house that 200 years later a free gay black man was going to own it and fill it with love and find a way to say their name even when 200 years later they still thought I would be ‘off the table,'” Robert Hartwell wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of himself in front of the home. “We are building our own tables.”
Hartwell is the founder of The Broadway Collective, a training program for young artists. His LinkedIn profile describes him as the “only African American CEO in the professional musical theatre education space in [New York City].
Hartwell wrote that he saw his new home less than a month ago online and reached out to the seller who told him it was a cash-only offer. The seller, according to Hartwell, then told him, “I’m sure that takes you off the table”.
Hartwell told his Instagram followers, “Don’t you ever underestimate a hard working black man.
“I saw the house last week and when I walked in I knew I was home,” he said. “The house was built in 1820 for the Russell family who owned the cotton mill in town. Slavery was still legal.”
“When the agent asked me why I wanted such a large house I said it was ‘a generational move,'” added Hartwell. “I know this house is bigger than me.”
Hartwell ended his Instagram post by writing, “I’ve never been prouder to be a black man. Come to my White House any time. I can’t wait to have you! Glory to God in the highest. I’m a homeowner.”
Hartwell’s emotional announcement came as the nation both celebrates Pride month and is facing a cultural reckoning amid protests against racism across the country.
His post was met with comments congratulating his accomplishment.
“CONGRATS!! The ancestors are dancing,” wrote one follower.
“I cannot wait to see where this story goes!,” wrote another. “Right now it’s exactly the type of transition we need to get away from the darkness of the last and into the light of the future. Congratulations and thank you for taking this on.”
“This fills me with so much joy, tears in my eyes to read your words, to feel your pride. Love you, friend,” commented Hartwell’s fellow Broadway star Kelli O’Hara.
BY NANDI HOWARD
Summer is officially here, meaning, it’s time to grab your favorite looks that show a little skin.
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Ariana Grande cuddled up with her boyfriend Dalton Gomez in a cute photo shared late Thursday night ahead of her 27th birthday – going Instagram official in the process.
The pop singer also included a hodgepodge of photos and videos from her quarantine at her Beverly Hills home.
She captioned the photos, ‘almost 27,’ and had comments turned off, preventing anyone from send her birthday wishes.
Lovebirds: Ariana Grande cuddled up with her boyfriend Dalton Gomez in a post celebrating her 27th birthday party. ‘Almost 27,’ she wrote
Ariana’s photo with Dalton featured the high-end real estate agent wrapping his arm around the singer, who had her hand partially obscuring her face.
She looked cozy in a white sweatshirt and had her brunette locks running down her back and also held up in a top knot.
Dalton wore a black sweatshirt with a matching black baseball cap and a silver luxury wristwatch.
Although Ariana has reportedly been dating Dalton since February, his appearances on her social media posts are rare.
She previously signaled they were together with a clip of the two dancing that was featured in her Stuck With U video with Justin Bieber.
Slow dance: She took their relationship public when she danced with Dalton in the video for her Justin Bieber collaboration Stuck With U
Mix and match: The Rain On Me singer also included two versions of the same selfie, one in black and white and the other in color
Chilling: She wore a white Ralph Lauren Polo crop top and shorts as she gazed into the camera while her dog Toulouse basked in the sun off to the side
The Rain On Me singer also included two versions of the same selfie, one in black and white and the other in color, showing her in a white Ralph Lauren Polo crop top and shorts as she gazed into the camera while her dog Toulouse basked in the sun off to the side.
Ariana has been spending plenty of time in quarantine hanging out with her best friend Doug Middlebrook.
She filmed a short clip featuring him using a black and white filter that added mascara and long lashes.
The Thank U, Next singer started to giggle as he blocked his face with his arm to thwart the filter, though he relented after a second.
She stuck to the black and white theme with an older photo, presumably showing her as a child.
She wore a long dress in the cute snap, along with a wide-brimmed dark hat and matching sneakers.
Playing around: Ariana filmed a short clip of her best friend Doug Middlebrook using a black and white filter that added mascara and long lashes
Giving up: The Thank U, Next singer started to giggle as he blocked his face with his arm to thwart the filter, though he relented after a second
Cute: She stuck to the black and white theme with an older photo, presumably showing her as a child. She wore a long dress, along with a wide-brimmed dark hat and matching sneakers
Ariana’s Dachshund–German Shepherd mix Coco starred in a short clip in which it bit down into a bit of dried seaweed her owner offered to her.
She also dozed peacefully in a sweet photo of the singer petting her on her sofa.
Another short video featured her Beagle–Chihuahua mix Toulouse out by the pool as he led out a surprisingly long howl.
Earlier this week, Ariana was spotted going for a stroll with Doug around her Beverly Hills neighborhood with Toulouse in tow.
Hungry: Ariana’s Dachshund–German Shepherd mix Coco starred in a short clip in which it bit down into a bit of dried seaweed her owner offered to her
Sweet: She also dozed peacefully in a sweet photo of the singer petting her on her sofa
Calling out: Another short video featured her Beagle–Chihuahua mix Toulouse out by the pool as he led out a surprisingly long howl
On the move: Earlier this week, Ariana was spotted going for a stroll with Doug around her Beverly Hills neighborhood with Toulouse in tow
On Sunday, Ariana wished her father Edward Butera, who has been staying at the 7 Rings singer’s mansion amidst the ongoing pandemic, a happy Father’s Day.
‘i am so proud to be your daughter @edbutera! i don’t think i’ll ever really be able to articulate the depth of joy and wholeness i have felt thanks to these moments together. i’m so grateful every day!’ she gushed.
‘i can’t wait for more adventures and am so incredibly proud of our journey. every part of it !! thank u for making so many trips to see me when i am on the road and just need a hug. thank u for always knowing what to say and making me laugh on facetime, for communicating only via “best in show” quotes sometimes and for being such a light in my life. happy father’s day !!!!!’
Special relationship: Ariana wished her father Ed Butera a happy Father’s Day with a series of photos posted to Instagram on Sunday
Daddy’s girl: ‘i am so proud to be your daughter @edbutera! i don’t think i’ll ever really be able to articulate the depth of joy and wholeness i have felt thanks to these moments together. i’m so grateful every day!’ she gushed
Earlier this week, Instagram golfer and influencer Paige Spiranac shared a story about an unfortunate event that happened back in her college days.
In Monday’s episode of her “Playing A Round” podcast, Spiranac opened up about the time she got a black eye from her roommate. She admitted she’s not much of a fighter and the “fight” only lasted one punch.
“I am not a violent person,” the 27-year-old said via the New York Post. “We’ll loosely use that term fight because I did not participate in it, I just got completely destroyed by one punch.”
Spiranac told the story of when she tried to help her roommate, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound softball player, after night out drinking. “I get her in the car and she was totally fine. We drive back, and all of a sudden, we park right in front of our house … and she like passed out, I have to get her from the car, up a small flight of stairs, into her room and change her,” Spiranac said.
“All the sudden I come back out and I go to lift her up, and she just sprints straight into her room and shuts the door. And again, she’s blacked out, she has no idea what’s going on,” she continued.
That’s when things went South. The Instagram influencer tried to open the door to her roommate’s room and it did not go well.
Here’s the result of that action.
“I’m like, ‘Open the door, open the door,’ and she thought I was one of her ex-boyfriends, and so she opens the door and decks me as hard as she possibly could,” Spiranac claimed. “I woke up the next day with a massive black eye.”
She rocked the black eye to class and then practice afterwards.
Demi Lovato is one of the most easily recognizable TV & Movie actresses of this generation. Her time on Disney Channel, and in movies like the famous “Camp Rock” collection propelled this 27-year-old singer/actress into international stardom.
Although Lovato’s career appeared to have no limit, Demi has come forward recently detailing how she has actually battled with depression for some time. While on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” with “The Voice” judge herself, the “Heart Attack” singer shared how Kelly inspired her to be more transparent about her inner demons.
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The “Sober” singer continued talking about how Clarkson had been a massive influence for her and idolized her from a young age:
“I looked at you as my idol growing up. You are fearless and courageous and real as f–k, you know? I love that about you. When I was younger I always thought to myself, ‘If I make it, I want to be like her because she’s real and she’s genuine.'”
This is also a profound revelation because it comes after Demi had experienced a dark period in her life due to drug usage.
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This is also a profound revelation because it comes after Demi had experienced a dark period in her life due to drug usage.
Since her initial revelation about her drug addiction in 2012, she overdosed in 2018 and claimed it was directly related to her struggles with bulimia and abandonment issues with her biological father.
Furthermore, it wasn’t until March of this year that Demi revealed that she had started a new romantic relationship with Netflix actor Max Ehrich. One that continues to develop positively. A pleasant surprise for most since her past two relationships ended negatively.
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Demi has had nothing but incredibly loving things to say about Ehrich on social media. In fact, she just posted a fantastic post with romantic pictures and a long caption sharing how much she appreciates him being in her life:ADVERTISEMENT
“Being with you makes life SO MUCH FUN ?? We literally act like hooligans on the daily and don’t give a F**K if we’re embarrassing ourselves if others are around!!”
Fans immediately took to this super romantic post and shared how they want to see them together! Many say she “deserves” to be with someone who loves her.
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Oh it gets better, Demi went on to pour out her head over heels emotions for Max in one of the most transparent and loving statements she’s ever written about someone special in her life:
“I feel unconditionally loved and accepted by you in a way that I’ve never felt before.. I can’t explain it or you.. you’re indescribable, you beautiful, man. Inside and out you are jaw-droppingly gorgeous..You’re also such a positive lil beam of light in my life and I can’t wait to make more birthday memories together.. here’s to the future baby. I love you @maxehrich ????”
https://theblast.com/134777/demi-lovato-reveals-depression-struggles-after-celebrating-birth
By Meaghan Wray
Lifestyle and parenting blogger Myka Stauffer has broken her silence following the controversial placement of her adopted son Huxley in a new home.
The YouTuber, who shares four biological children with husband James Stauffer, posted a lengthy statement on her Instagram on Wednesday, apologizing for the scandal. The Stauffers decided to give up Huxley, the four-year-old boy they adopted from China, after he was diagnosed with autism.
“This decision has caused so many people heartbreak, and I’m sorry for letting down so many women that looked up to me as a mother,” the 32-year-old wrote. “I’m sorry for the confusion, and pain I have caused, and I am sorry for not being able to tell more of my story from the beginning.
“I could have never anticipated the incidents which occurred on a private level to ever have happened, and I was trying my best to navigate the hardest thing I have ever been through,” she continued, adding that she was “naive” about the process of adoption.
“I can’t say I wish this never happened because I’m still so glad Huxley is here and getting all of the help he needs,” Myka continued. “I also know that even though he is happier in his new home and doing better that he still experienced trauma and I’m sorry, no adoptee deserves any more trauma.
“I wanted to help so bad I was willing to bring home any child that needed me,” Stauffer said. “For this, I was naive, foolish and arrogant.”
She also addressed accusations that she adopted Huxley to make more money through her YouTube channel.
“While we did receive a small portion of money from videos featuring Huxley and his journey, every penny and much more went back into his care,” she said. “Getting Huxley the care and services he needed was very expensive, and we made sure he got every service and resource we could possibly find.”
She confirmed that her family is not under any investigation by the authorities.
“We love Huxley and know that this was the right decision for him and his future,” she concluded. “Praying that Huxley only has the best future in the entire world.”
The Stauffers first announced they’d be giving up Huxley last month due to the child having “a lot of special needs that we weren’t aware of and that we were not told.”
They appeared in a tearful, since-deleted video posted on her YouTube page on Tuesday in which they announced that their “journey” with Huxley had come to an end.
That journey started in 2016 and helped them build — and monetize — a channel with more than 700,000 followers, many of whom were outraged by the announcement.
“I didn’t adopt a little boy to share these things publicly,” Myka Stauffer said in the new video, which has been watched more than 687,000 times to date.
It’s also one of more than two dozen videos about Huxley on her channel.
The couple said Huxley has been moved to a new “forever family” and alluded to “issues” and “special needs” that led to their decision. They refused to go into detail on those issues, citing the boy’s privacy.
Stauffer says she stopped featuring Huxley in her videos while the process took place, and she only shared an update on his status after it had been resolved.
“Do I feel like a failure as a mom? Like, 500 per cent,” she said.
Stauffer has spent the last three-plus years building a profile as a mommy blogger and media personality, but her experiences with Huxley helped catapult her to her current fame.
Brittany Banks and Yazan’s relationship just keeps getting crazier and crazier. The 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couple has been going through trouble both on and off-screen. On-screen, they just had their first big blow up. In real life, Banks posted a picture on Instagram claiming that Yazan was a cheater. Now, Banks is backtracking on her past statements, saying that she wasn’t the one who made those claims at all.
Banks and Yazan come from two completely different cultures, which has made it hard for them to be on common ground. The two met by chance when Banks went to visit her sister who lives in the same apartment building as Yazan’s sister. Banks happened to walk in the room while Yazan and his sister were FaceTiming and the two met virtually. Four weeks later, Yazan sent Banks money to visit him. After a week in Jordan together, Banks and Yazan got engaged.
There are a few problems that are huge roadblocks for Yazan and Banks. The biggest one, perhaps, is that Banks is still married. Yazan’s family is expecting Banks to marry Yazan within days of arriving in Jordan but that is impossible because Banks’ divorce is expected to take up to 10 months.
In addition to that huge issue, Yazan wants Banks to convert to Islam but Banks has repeatedly told the cameras that she has no plans of converting.
Things came to a head for Banks and Yazan just minutes after she arrived in Jordan. When she greeted the production crew there, she hugged them and showed them some liquor that she had in her bag. Yazan got angry at her actions and lashed out.
“I’ve never seen him act like that and it was scary to me,” Banks told the cameras.” I’m not proud of his behavior at all. I’m actually very disappointed.”
To Yazan, Banks hugging the production team and bringing liquor was disrespectful.
“This is exactly what my parents warned me about,” he said. “Brittany either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the traditions or the country I live in.”
On June 24, Banks posted a photo of her and Yazan and wrote some pretty serious accusations about her fiancé in the caption.
“Fun facts about us,” she captioned the now-deleted picture. “Yazan’s favorite drink is Jack Daniels. Yazan loves hashish, tramadol, and gaslighting women. He also loves to cheat with ’90 Day Fiancé’ fans. He’s on his third one. His favorite pastime is blaming others for his actions. Enjoy @yazan_abuhurira did I miss anything? Should I honorably mention your out of control temper?”
She also posted a shady message on her Instagram story.
“Woke up in a f*ck you mood,” she wrote. “Tired of misogynists who think they can groom women. Ima kill all that on behalf of my ladies. F*ck misogynists. Women are queens.”
Later, she deleted the picture and posted a video of her looking glammed up with the caption, “I was hacked or whatever.”
TLC makes the cast of the show sign nondisclosure agreements before they appear on 90 Day Fiancé. While the details of the NDAs are not public, Banks’ post calling out Yazan almost certainly broke the agreement. So, Banks could have been hacked or she could just be claiming that that’s what happened in order to avoid the fallout of breaking an NDA with TLC.
Another day, another Cardi B drama.
In case you didn’t know, Cardi B is the rap sensation who started as an Instagram personality before landing a spot on Love and Hip Hop New York.
Her actions on the show proved that she wasn’t there to play, but her reputation has only grown as she transitioned into the music world.
Now, the star is facing allegations of bullying. According to Twitter users, Cardi is the likely culprit behind the profile @nobudgethoe on Instagram. The profile regularly posts less than flattering remarks about other females in the business, including Cardi’s arch-nemesis, Nicki Minaj. So, where’s the proof?
The since-deleted profile was followed by Cardi’s hairstylist Lil Kym, her sister Hennessy Carolina, and a few of the rapper’s personal friends. Looks a little suspicious, no?
For her part, the mother-of-one vehemently denies the allegations:
I’m like, ‘What the f**k…I didn’t even do anything, what I did? I guess they’re editing…or they’re claiming I have a fake Instagram, like I don’t know, these people must think I’m a 15-year-old girl.
It might just be the proof that we needed that the music maker loves the drama. Cardi B may have you believe that she’s just a woman trying to make her way in the game. But she hides a ruthless and calculating side.
The 27-year-old admitted herself that she was a member of the Bloods since the age of 16, while Tekashi69 named her as a member of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang when he landed in hot water himself.
So Cardi’s rap sheet is pretty long. Throwing a shoe at Nicki Minaj in 2018 was just the tip of the iceberg.
She admitted to her past mistakes as a stripper, telling publications that she used to drug and rob men. In June of last year, she pleaded not guilty to sending the order out to get two women beaten up who she believed were having an affair with her husband.
If she’s capable of this, is it unreasonable to think that she would set up a fake Instagram?
She wouldn’t be the first celebrity to take to the internet under a fake profile, and she probably won’t be the last either.
Will it be Cardi Bye, or will her Bardi Gang back her up, even though the evidence seems damning?
https://www.ccn.com/cardi-b-swears-that-fake-instagram-isnt-hers-but-who-is-she-kidding/