The Queen Of Soul who gave influence to many of pop music's greatest acts is retiring after her final album is released. Aretha Franklin on a local Detroit television station said that once her album comes out, she will do a final tour to promote it. After that, she will hang up the microphone for good.
Aretha Franklin had been in the business for years. The 74 year old legendary singer said that she wants to spend more time with her grandchildren.
"This will be my last year. I will be recording, but this will be my last year in concert," she told the station. "This is it."
She said that her longtime friend and producer Stevie Wonder is contributing to the album.
Since the age of 19, Aretha had performed shows and released 41 studio albums, 6 live albums, and has numerous hits.
She was born in Memphis as Aretha Louise Franklin. Her father was a local preacher and her mother is a piano player. According to the stories, Aretha was abandoned by her mother and her dad was charging his player's card.
Her mother passed away. It inspired her to sing. She started signing solos at the church and people were noticing. Her dad decided to get into show business.
Six decades in the music business. The music veteran became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"I feel, very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from, and where it is now....but I'm not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldn't be good, either," she added. leaving the door to a limited schedule.
It was reported that Aretha Franklin declined an offer to perform at the inauguration of fuhrer Donald J. Trump.
A legendary entertainer passed away at the age of 80. Mary Tyler Moore who had the hit sitcom of her namesake died the AP reports.
Her legacy as a career woman in a fictional news agency won praise from liberals and feminists.
Her passing with in the company of family. Her family released a public statement.
"Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile."
Moore who was born in Brooklyn in 1936 and grew up in Los Angeles, rose to international fame on the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. She would breakthrough with the hit sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which is one of the first show to feature a never-minded, working woman at its central character. Moore played Mary Reynolds, a 30-something TV news producer.
Mary was strong about animal rights. She would dedicate her time to animal shelters
She passed away in Connecticut.
She will be miss truly by those in the entertainment industry.
His dad didn't respect Obama. Why should we respect him and his family.
The former first daughter warns the trolls not to take their frustration on the children.
They treated Malia and Sasha Obama with no respect. Why should we treat fuhrer Donald J. Trump's family with respect. I mean there's no reason for us to even go there. I am not going to respect the First Slut of the United States Melania Trump.
I refuse to respect Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric, Tiffany and Barron Trump. They deserve the same treatment their father gave to Mr. Obama. They deserve the same respect the conservative agitators, the White extremists and the so-called liberal allies gave to Michelle Obama and the children.
Chelsea Clinton-Mezvinsky hopped on Twitter to denounce people attacking Barron. She felt that the main focus should be on Trump's policies.
"Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does --- to be a kid," Clinton wrote on the social media. She jabbed the fuhrer. "Standing up for every kid also means opposing +POTUS policies that hurt kids."
I want you to know that the old fart Rush Limbaugh said Chelsea had looked similar to the first dog.
The Bush twins also warned trolls to not go after the Obama daughters. It was ignored. Jenna Bush-Hager of NBC and Barbara Bush were attacked by the trolls.
Democrats and progressives need to stop being nice.
I refuse to give Trump the respect he deserves. Fuck him, Mike Pence and their families.
Well one face I don't have to look forward to seeing is the aging Black conservative agitator who once was a man's fantasy girl. The political agitator and actress Stacey Dash got fired out the cannon.
Dash, George Will, Cal Thomas and Ed Roĺlins were loaded into a cannon and fired out of it.
The folks over at the Trump supporting Fox News Channel decided that these agitators will not have their contracts renewed. Their services are no longer needed at Fox.
Dash, 50 caused a great deal of controversy during her three years at the network. She had said some foul shit about Jay-Z, Beyonce, former president Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Prince, Jesse Williams, Jada Pinkett Smith and Colin Kaepernick.
She was a huge supporter of the fuhrer.
They hired a white extremist named Nigel Farage as a contributor to the network.
Black Twitter is enjoying every moment of this. They say that karma came a bit this beeyotch in the ass.
Remember former Fox president Roger Ailes said that she was the "black girl"
Dash was best known for being in the movie and television series Clueless. Also had a role in Mo' Money and was a video vixen in Rick Ross, Kanye West and The Game music videos.
Dash is officially a washed up celebrity for those who didn't know. And her politics are like Sarah Palin, tired and played out.
The Detroit born singer said on social media, it's a wrap.
Anita Baker, the famed R&B, jazz singer announced on Twitter that she is retiring from the music business. Her label Blue Note was completely unaware that she was not giving them the best she got.
It all went down last week when she posted a cryptic message to her fans.
I remember that she had an album that was supposed to be released some years back, but it was scrapped.
She is a four time platinum selling artist. She won eight Grammy's for her albums.
I wonder if the fuhrer Donald J. Trump's victory caused her to retire. Obviously, many entertainers are not keen on the pussy grabber winning the election.
Anita Baker, you're our angel. We hope the best for you. And retirement isn't going away! It's kind of taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the music industry.
The president delivers his final presser to the American people. While Republicans are so freaking glad he's going, Democrats are so hoping that his replacement suffers the same treatment.
Democrats are seething with anger.
Obama was assured if not optimistic about the future of the country.
"At my core I think we're going to be okay," Obama said as he concluded his final news conference at the White House. "We just have to fight for it, work for it, and not take it for granted."
"I know that you will help us do that," said Obama.
Obama reflects on his eight years, the release of Chelsea Manning, Russia, Israel, Republican obstruction, his failure to get Merrick Garland confirmed, and his return to private life.
All in all, Obama says that he's glad to be out. He said that he will resided in the area until his youngest daughter 16 year old Sasha exits high school.
The elder George H.W. Bush former president is being treated for pneumonia.
Well wishes to G.H.W. and Barbara Bush.
Former president George H.W. Bush, Sr. is being treated for a mild illness and it got the junk food media's attention.
41 will not attend the transfer of power. He is having breathing problems and is being treated at Houston's Methodist Hospital for pneumonia and his wife Barbara was admitted for fatigue and coughing.
Bush is in stable condition and is resting comfortably.
Earlier he was placed in ICU to address "an acute respiratory problem stemming form pneumonia.
Bush is the father of 43 and failed presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
The Bush didn't endorse the fuhrer Donald J. Trump for president. They considered him an embarrassment to the Republican Party.
Even though, the Carters. the Bushes, the Clintons and the Obamas hate this guy, they'll show an ounce of respect of Trump.
He and vice fuhrer Mike Pence will take over at 12pm on Friday.
I plan on not watching it. I will not give this asshole any respect or the dignity.
On his way out, President Barack Obama drops one more diss on Fox News, The Drudge Report and that old fart Rush Limbaugh.
I'm going to miss you Mr. Obama. You were a great leader and I hope that your successor and his fuck buddy fail at what they do. I am going to take the page of that old fart Rush Limbaugh and wish he fails.
Anytime Obama mentioned conservative agitators by name, they treat it like a badge of honor. They love to grab the president's attention. They then bemoan about how Obama's picking on them and trying to silence them. Now that the fuhrer's coming to power on Friday, it's going to be "easy" for conservative agitators to back pedal. They'll start blaming Obama long after he's out of office and defend Donald J. Trump regardless of the wrong.
I want the country to fail and I want unrest to continue.
In the words of Wanda Sykes, I hope Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Matt Drudge's kidneys fail. I hope Sean "Softball" Hannity finally takes a dunk in the water with a towel over his head. And no he can't beg for his freedom.
President Barack Obama goes to conduct his final interviews with the junk food media. He says that he is very humble to be the president. He leaves annoyed that he could get his Supreme Court nominee confirmed and the rise of fake news being paraded by the agitators of the conservative media.
Now some of these agitators are being regarded as members of the white extremist movement labeled the "alt-right".
Ta-Nehisi Coates recently sat down with Obama for a series the magazine calls "My President Was Black." The project is based on interviews conducted last year, but the first two parts were published Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ta-Nehisi Coates gets in depth with the president.
"I'm not saying I'm impervious to criticism — but one of the things that you come pretty early on to understand in this job, and you start figuring out even during the course of the campaign, is that there's Barack Obama the person and there's Barack Obama the symbol, or the office holder, or what people are seeing on television, or just a representative of power," Obama said while recounting a brusque encounter with an activist.
"Usually they're responding to this character that they're seeing on TV called Barack Obama, or to the office of the presidency and the White House and what that represents," he told Coates. "And so you don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government. And that applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now Trump supporters. They're responding to a fictional character named Barack Obama who they see on Fox News or who they hear about through Rush Limbaugh."
"People basically saw me unfiltered," Mr. Obama said. "I was at a town-hall meeting, or I was talking to people directly, or they had met me, or I would speak at a university or go to a VFW hall. But they weren't seeing some image of me as trying to take away their stuff and give it to black people, and coddle criminals, and all the stereotypes of not just African-American politicians but liberal politicians. You started to see that kind of prism being established towards the end of the 2008 race, particularly once Sarah Palin was the nominee."
Fox News for ten years demonized Barack Obama. They did the whisper campaigns to paint this fictional portrayal of the president and First Lady Michelle Obama as unpatriotic and uppity.
Now if you really wanted to see an angry person, you should listen to a old fart call a woman a slut on radio for over three days.
How about the only person with high ratings in cable news sexually harass women with a loofah?
Now the two most annoying and oldest voices in radio will defend the fuhrer. Old Fart Rush Limbaugh and Sean "Softball" Hannity will continue to demonize Obama long after he's out of office.
Or perhaps the most annoying conservative agitator on television and radio give head clinic to Republicans all the while complaining about the rest giving doing it for Obama.
Hey, remember Roger Ailes. Yeah, the spin doctor who tried to spin his "game" on many of the female anchors on the network.
I wished Obama called out Fox News, perverted Bill O'Reilly old fart Rush Limbaugh, Softball Hannity and The Russian Drudge Report for being caught up in sexual scandals.
The conservative news might as well have called him a "NIGGER".
That's how they've treated him.
They gave all this attention to this controversial billionaire who is a business mogul and former reality television star. Fuhrer Donald J. Trump is considered a narcissistic, racist, downright sexist, xenophobe who is Islamophobic, a known pussy grabber and is whiny immature man-child. He and his goober right-hand man will take office on Friday at 12pm.
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) isn't attending the fuhrer's ceremony.
I will be watching something else on television if possible. I will not watch any events in honor of this man.
Nearly 40 Democratic lawmakers vow to oppose the fuhrer. They refuse to give credence towards a man who engaged in the most divisive man to ever run this country.
Jennifer Holliday bows out after many of her supporters vowed to boycott her shows. She cited that she had a scheduling rearrangement. The B Street Band backed out. They said they bowed out outta of respect towards Bruce Springsteen. The pressure is on 3 Doors Down and Toby Keith.
Keith is unapologetic. He said that he's done it for the two previous presidents. He will perform for the fuhrer.
Now the inaugural tickets are being passed out for free. It's not going to be HUGE event as he once promoted.
Trump's rhetoric has turned people off. He will not respect the polls or the public opinion about his policies.
Do you miss Barack Obama already?
We've taken a step forward putting a person of color in the White House. The Democratic Party has overcome the racist past. Now it's got to get away from the corporate capitalism that keeps the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The Republican Party was then the party of change. Yet, it's only change is the color of the hair on most of the White men and women who represent the party as a whole.
First time ever, a Black women will appear on a coin.
The U.S. Mint rolls out a new coin. The new $1.00 coin for the first time will feature a Black woman.
The mint will celebrate 225 years by minting this county with Lady Liberty depicted as a Black woman. The 24k gold coin will be the first of a series of coins that will also carry depictions of Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Indian-American women, says the U.S. Mint.
The last gold coin was Sacagawea, the Native American woman who helped Meriwether Lewis and William Clark through the rugged United States. The last dollar coin was Susan B. Anthony, an American activist who fought for voting rights for women.
Then of course, our past presidents were on the dollar coins as well. The current living presidents and soon to be fuhrer won't be added on coins until death.
President Barack Obama delivers his final primetime speech to the nation.
I'm going to miss Barack Obama as our president.
In Chicago, he delivers his final address to the nation before he prepares for the transition of power.
He will hand over the power to a controversial reality television star who happens to be a billionaire.
A man who is an avowed racist, sexist, xenophobic, and narcissist. An immature 70 year old man who happens to be named Donald J. Trump. He will be your next fuhrer of the United States,
The pussy grabbing begins on January 20th. The Obamas, the Clintons, Jimmy Carter and Mitt Romney will be there for the inauguration.
Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana welcome their first child.
The junk food media is also reporting that Damita Jo bore a son. The 50 year old media mogul and singer and her husband Wissam Al Mana told the news through her publicist.
They named the boy Eissa Al Mana.
When she was on tour, Janet Jackson abruptly stopped it citing personal reasons. She hopped on social media to make news about being a family. It led to speculation the singer was pregnant.
The singer was promoting her last album Unbreakable. The singer's personal business was leaked by brother Tito in an interview with Andy Cohen.
Jackson gave birth on Tuesday.
Jackson semi-retired from music and may have converted to Islam.
"Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably."
Jackson has a total of 11 albums and is a seven time Grammy award winner.
She was married to James DeBarge and Rene Elizondo, Jr. She dated Jermaine Dupri, the former CEO of So So Def Recordings. She married Wissam in 2012. He is a Qatari business man and billionaire.
Here's our unscientific poll for the last of the year.
What will you most remember about 2016?
Damn, who would've thought Donald J. Trump would become the 45th President of the United States. A billionaire with no political experience or the temperament to lead the world's only superpower makes me shake my head with disgust. His win was apart of the flagrant racism, sexism, Islamophobia, xenophobia and utter ignorance of the American people.
White conservatives came out for the former reality television star and business mogul. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will have the opportunities to prove to their supporters they can actually "Make America Great Again."
And Democrats will now have to prove to their disgruntled supporters that they have fight in them.
With the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the progressive and moderate/conservative wing of the Democratic Party are at odds with each other. They are trying to find a viable path to winning in the 2018 Midterm and 2020 General. With four years on the line, Democrats have no real viable candidate to take on Trump when he wants to run for reelection.
Hillary Clinton will be the first woman in American history to be a nominee for a major party. Her loss was a slap to the face to the establishment, women and history. Thanks to the onslaught of misinformation, resentment, and a lackluster appeal to the hardcore left, she lost the electoral college but ended up winning the popular vote. Clinton blames the FBI memo, the conservative agitators, Bernie Sanders, and Russia for the loss.
Trump's win also gave Republicans a HUGE majority. The Democrats go down in flames after this election. Republicans have the White House, Congress and many state legislatures.
And they have the wind in their sails. Trump can sign off the repeal of Obamacare, swing the court back when he gets his nominees for the Supreme Court confirmed. Trump's inept behavior spells trouble for those who believe in progress. The Republicans have insulted and dog whistle through the eight years of President Barack Obama's term. We are reminded that White supremacy is still relevant.
It's unfortunate that we live in the society where Jada Pinkett Smith, Jesse Williams and Colin Kaepernick are attacked for being engaged. From #OscarsSoWhite to taking a knee to police brutality, Black entertainers and athletes have expressed frustration with the justice system.
When cops get away with murder, it makes the irrational target them. So many in law enforcement were lost in the wake of gun violence. And the police are overworked as well. They have to defend their honor from the corruption within their departments. They allowed Michael Slager, Ray Tensing and many other cops walk. Even with video evidence, it's nearly impossible to indict an officer.
Mass shootings continue to plague the United States. The most deadliest shooting in history was the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Omar Mateen, a former security guard went into a gay bar and massacred many people before the law him. The law involuntarily massacred the innocent in their attempt to stop Mateen. Then of course, the mass shootings in Washington state mall where Arcan Cetin massacred four people before the law caught him without a bullet being fired.
The shootings of law enforcement in Dallas and Baton Rouge brought attention to police officers being targeted in the wake of other officers murdering people of color.
Things must change. We must change things for the better and hope for a better future of all humans beings.
We lost so many this year. The biggest shocks were the deaths of Prince, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Natalie Cole, Glenn Frey, Maurice White, Denise "Vanity" Matthews, Gwen Ifill, Frank Sinatra, Jr., George Michael, Patty Duke, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, Florence Henderson, Bankroll Fresh, Shawty Lo, Phife Dawg, John Glenn, Nancy Reagan, Antonin Scalia, Doug Banks, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Harper Lee, Rob Ford, Doug Banks, Afeni Shakur, Billy Paul, Kimbo Slice, Gordie Howe, Ricky Harris, Christina Grimmie, Miss Cleo, Janet Waldo, Elie Wiesel, Fidel Castro, Gene Wilder, Lou Pearlman, Jerry Heller, Thomas Mikal Ford, Arnold Palmer, Ron Glass, Henry Judah Heimlich, Janet Reno, Sharon Jones, and many others this year.
Not to mention the man who created the red Solo cup, Robert Leo Hulseman passed away this year.
I didn't have time to name everyone else who died this year but I want them to know that they all will be missed.
See you when I get there.
You know I wanted to keep this short and simple because you have to proof-read and reedit this stuff constantly. Hell I know I am not perfect. I don't have to prove to anyone that I'm not.
But in the next year, we'll be vigorous and motivated. I will address an issue that's personal in the coming weeks and give a rundown of the latest issues in my community, the government and the junk food media.
Again, thanks to S. Baldwin for allowing me an opportunity to help grow the blog and the many contributors who help as well.
Let's be motivated.
Let's be strong.
Let's be at least better a human......!
Farewell 2016! I'm ready for the new year and I'm motivated!
Arkansas teacher called the Obamas a bunch of monkeys. He said that Black protesters are a bunch of NIGGERS who love free stuff. The Malvern School Board is working on placing this asshole in the cannon and firing him out.
Trent Bennett, expect death threats. This is the price you pay for posting racist shit about Black people and the Obamas on your social media.
I blame fuhrer Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Melania Trump, Asa Hutchinson, Tom Cotton and John Boozman for the actions of this dirty ass punk.
How dare you have the audacity to call First Lady Michelle Obama, the first chimp.
You fuck face Trumperwood.
This slimeball who teaches at Malvern High School is under investigation for posting some racist shit on his social media page.
Some of the goodies he posted on social media was calling the First Lady, "America's First Chimp."
"The difference in the riots...in 1776, they were busting the things that were being taxed and symbolized the oppression, The motherfucking monkeys are just using it as an excuse to loot and steal like lowlife NIGGERS. No statement being made except "look at what a son of a Bitch I am."
Well someone posted the screengrab on HelloRacist and tipped off the junk food media.
Malvern School District got wind of it and said that something is going to be done soon.
"Over the Holiday weekend the District became aware of what appears to be a social media post by a district employee on his personal account that was inappropriate, insensitive, and used racially charged rhetoric," the district said.
The Obama family will be missed.
"In no way are these posts reflective of the District. The District is currently investigating the matter and due to privacy laws and regulations are not able to comment specifically on any details related to the investigation. The District takes this kind of activity very seriously and the appropriate measures will be taken once the investigation is complete."
Malvern parents and students have planned to boycott the school's games if Bennett isn't removed by the time classes resume on Jan. 9, ABC reported.
"It's unbelievable, I'm in shock about it, we just want the right thing to happen," said Tabitha Hughes, who graduated from Malvern High School in 1991.
"Honestly, I don't think he needs to be teaching," she told a local NBC News affiliate
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President of the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP Youth and College Division, Christopher Kingsby, called Bennett's alleged comments "heartbreaking," but he also raised the possibility that the teacher's account could have been hacked.
"Social media is not always an excellent source of information and social media accounts have been found to be easy to hack," he said in a statement. "I would hope that a public servant especially a high school teacher who is surrounded by teenagers who are looking to their teachers for guidance wouldn't make a comment of sort."
"We owe our first family and our president the respect that not only comes with the office of President but the respect of being a human being, and when President-Elect Trump takes office I would hope we would treat him with the same respect we would treat President Obama with."
It's ugly in West Virginia and two women learned that. They called First Lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels". Now finally these two ugly beeyotches on the left are fired out the cannon for these actions.
The Clay County, West Virginia worker who caused an uproar in November is fired out the cannon again. The worker known as Pamela Ramsey Taylor was fired out the cannon after the state governor got involved.
Taylor called First Lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels" on social media. It was screen captured and shared through junk food media. Taylor who worked for the Clay County Development Corporation was iced for three weeks.
State officials said "enough is enough." They warned her bosses that if she continues to work for them, they lose funding for the community. The state and federal funding for the community means a whole lot to Clay County.
After all, poor rural White folks need the safety net, too!
They hate Michelle Obama because she's an educated and strong Black woman.
Nonetheless, the board took the warning seriously and decided that Taylor's stench was toxic.
Earl Ray Tomblin facing a tougher reelection bid said that Appalachian Area Agency on Aging will manage the development corporation for the next six months. They will root out the problems and get the corporation back on the right track.
This firing did also take a casualty. Beverly Whaling, the mayor of Clay resigned. She was one of the many assholes who loved the comment by Taylor.
While me and S. Baldwin covered this trash, there was another ugly beeyotch who called the lovely Michelle Obama the "first chimp" and President Barack Obama the "spider monkey in chief".
I blame the fuhrer Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Melania Trump, Joe Manchin and Shelley Capito Moore for the actions of this ugly beeyotch and those who follow her.
Not long after Carrie Fisher passed away, her mother, legendary actress Debbie Reynolds passed away. One day after the news broke. I am truly saddened by this latest event. This broke around 4pm.
This is a shocking moment in American history.
Carrie Fisher was best known for being Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars franchise. She was in London reprising her role. When she was heading back to the United States, she would be unconscious on a plane flight.
She was rushed to the hospital for cardiac arrest. She would pass away on Tuesday. Not long after the news broke, her mother, Debbie Reynolds issued a statement saying that she was heartbroken and torn by the lost of her daughter.
Now the family confirmed that Debbie had a stroke and didn't recover from it. She was 84 years old.
TMZ reported that she was hospitalized for the emergency at Cedar-Sinai Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 11am.
Todd Fisher spoke on behalf of the family.
"She wanted to be with Carrie.", he said to the junk food media.
Born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, she grew up without a father. She would strive for success in acting. She would get a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Helen Kane in the move "Three Little Words." But the movie "Singin' in the Rain" made her a legend of Hollywood.
Other notable successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her rendering of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, entitled Debbie.
She starred in How the West Was Won (1963), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Molly Brown. Her performance as Molly Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other notable films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Mother (1996 Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also a noted cabaret performer. In 1979 she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which still operates today.
In 1973 Reynolds starred in a Broadway revival of the musical Irene and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. In 1969 she starred in her own television show The Debbie Reynolds Show, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace's mother Bobbi on Will & Grace. At the turn of the millennium, Reynolds reached a new younger generation with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. In 1988 she released her autobiography titled, Debbie: My Life. In 2013, she released an updated version titled Unsinkable: A Memoir.
Reynolds was a noted businesswoman, having operated her own hotel in Las Vegas. She was also a collector of film memorabilia, beginning with the landmark 1970 MGM auction. She was the former president of The Thalians, an organization dedicated to mental health causes. Reynolds continued to perform successfully on stage, television, and film into her eighties. In January 2015, Reynolds received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In August 2015, it was announced Reynolds would be the recipient of the 2016 Academy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.[4] In 2016, a documentary about her life was released titled Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
She was married three times. She married pop singer Eddie Fisher in 1955, with whom she had two children with. Carrie and Todd were the children. She also married business executive Harry Karl for a while. She would also marry a real estate developer named Richard Hamlett before divorcing him.
Carrie did blame her mother for her turmoils. She claimed that her mother's cold reputation led her to drugs, alcohol and depression. They had a fallout for nearly a decade. Debbie did at least make peace with Carrie before their passings.
They reunited and decided to work together on projects.
Reynolds was survived by her son and her granddaughter, Billie Lourd.
Carrie Fisher will be best remembered as the heroine known as Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars franchise.
George Lucas, Harrison Ford, JJ Abrams, Mark Hamill, Bryan Lourd, Paul Simon, Dan Aykroyd and Hollywood reacts to the news.
Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital. The news is tragic to the entertainment industry. Fans of the Star Wars franchise are sending their condolences to the legendary actress.
Fisher who was advocate for mental health on young children told the junk food media that she struggled with obesity, bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and cocaine.
Fisher was also known for her semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and the screenplay for the film of the same name, as well as her autobiographical one-woman play and its nonfiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the show. She additionally served as a script doctor, working on other writers' screenplays.
She was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.
Iconic actress Debbie Reynolds is emotionally torn about the loss of her daughter.
Fisher has other film roles included Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989). She also had a voice roles on Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy as the character Angela.
When the news broke over the week of the famed actress Carrie Fisher having a severe heart attack, many in the junk food media thought that she wasn't going to make it. She was aboard a plane on flight from London when this happened.
The passengers were noticing the actress wasn't breathing and they called for medical aid. When the paramedics came in, they found her unresponsive and they rushed her to the hospital.
They tried to stabilize her and told the junk food media that she was stable.
Fisher went into cardiac arrest while on a flight from London to Los Angeles; a fellow actor seated near Fisher reported that she had stopped breathing.
A passenger performed CPR on Fisher until paramedics arrived. After being taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center by ambulance, she was placed on a ventilator.
Fisher died at age 60 on December 27, 2016, at 8:55 am local time in Los Angeles. The junk food media broke the news around 4:00 pm this afternoon.
Fisher was survived by her daughter. actress Billie Lourd, her mother Debbie Reynolds, her brother Todd Fisher and her half-sisters Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher.
Fuhrer Trump and Carl Paladino. The turd called Michelle Obama a gorilla.
In Fuhrer Trump's America, a controversial businessman with ties to the this White extremist movement they labeled the alt-right has the audacity to call an African American woman who happens to be our First Lady of the United State a gorilla. On top of that, he called her a transexual and wished death on the president. Stuff like this would earn him an interview with the Secret Service.
With fuhrer Trump taking office in the coming weeks, political correctness is off the table. Now we'll expect more of this.
This businessman from Buffalo, New York named Carl Paladino got some attention last week. I happen to now cover this slime and his utter disrespect towards First Lady Michelle Obama.
Paladino was the co-chair of the Donald J. Trump campaign. He made a racist and sexist comment suggesting that the Obama was born a man and should live in Africa.
In an interview with ArtVoice, Paladino said that in 2017 his New Year's resolution would be the Obamas to leave the White House. He took it a step further by saying that he would rather see the first lady head back to Africa and roam with the primates.
"I'd like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla."
And he also wished death on President Barack Obama and his top adviser Valarie Jarrett.
"Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a heifer. He dies before his trial and is buried in a cow pasture next to Valarie Jarrett, who died weeks prior, after being convicted of sedition and treason, when a Jihadi cell mate mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her,"
Paladino was a failed 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate. He got mad airtime on Sean "Softball" Hannity's show. He is a member of the Buffalo city school board. He is a member of the New York Conservative Party and is a good friend of the softball.
The Obamas will be missed.
Now there's calls for Paladino to be fired out the cannon. He refuses to step down and took it even further by saying that the junk food media is misquoting him. He was joking about the comments.
I will not normalize Donald J. Trump as the president. He will not ever be my president. He is a controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/immature former reality television star. He lacks the temperament to lead this country. I am truly ashamed of this country.
I will never respect him as the president.
I tell you one thing, I respect a woman who has class. Michelle Obama has class. She never had to take her top off or do softcore porn unlike Melania Trump, Michelle never married into money. Melania Trump is all plastic surgery and a trophy wife to a nasty old pervert.
If you think that we should come together when you have this asshole Carl Paladino and the softball dividing us with this ignorance, then you're a fucking idiot.
Fuck Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Melania Trump, Carl Paladino, Sean "Softball" Hannity and this white extremist movement they labeled the alt-right.
British pop star George Michael who had numerous hits as a solo artist and his then group Wham! passed away at the age of 53.
"It is with great sadness that we confirm our beloved son, brother and friend, George passed away at home over the Christmas period," his publicist said in a statement.
Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, he was best known for the post-disco, dance-pop songs of the 1980s and 1990s. He had hits like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "One More Try", "Careless Whisper" and "Freedom 90!" and "Last Christmas".
As a solo artist his album Faith, sold over 20 million copies and secured his name as a legend in pop music.
He was also known for being busted in the 1990s for soliciting for sex at a Beverly Hills park. He was caught up in a sting when he wanted to have sex with an undercover cop.
He was forced to publicly address his sexuality after the cop told his story to the junk food media.
Michael had troubles with drugs. He was open about his addiction to pain killers, marijuana and cocaine. He was struggling throughout his life trying to overcome addiction.
Michael hasn't sung a live performance in five years. The rumors were a comeback tour.
In tribute to George Michael, we'll do a Late Thread.
Conservative outrage will continue to linger even when Fuhrer Donald J. Trump takes over. As the transition team prepares for the inaugural balls, they finding hard to get some major talent to show up.
With the fuhrer grabbing the world by the pussy, many actors and singers are distancing themselves from the balls. Of course, the conservatives are bemoaning about it.
Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Garth Brooks, Elton John, Andrea Bocelli and other mainstream A-listers turned down a request to perform at the ball.
Even some B-list performers are cancelling and bailing out at the last minute.
The Radio City Rockettes are scheduled to perform and Broadway isn't happy about this.
Matter of fact, some of the Rockettes aren't happy about it as well. One of them voiced frustration that she's obligated to perform.
Jackie Evancho and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are confirmed performers. DJ Chris Styles of SiriusXM's hip-hop/R&B station The Heat will deejay at one event. He hasn't confirmed any changes yet.
Fuhrer Trump vents off to social media.
The so-called "A" list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!
