Khloe
Kardashian says she's looking forward to fans seeing her relationship
with ex-boyfriend French Montana play out on Kourtney & Khloe Take
the Hamptons; "I still talk to him," she tells
Khloe Kardashian ain't worried about nothin' when it comes to ex-boyfriend French Montana. Though the reality star, 30, broke up with the rapper, 29, back in September, they're still on friendly terms, she told Us Weekly in an interview to promote Kourtney & Khloe Take the Hamptons.
Asked whether it'll be weird to see their relationship play out on
the show now that they're no longer together, Kardashian said, "It
doesn't bother me at all. I think it's cute."
She noted, too, that they've kept in touch since their split, telling Us, "I love memories...and I still talk to him. There's no bad blood or anything."
In fact, she thinks it's great that fans will get to see Montana's
personality apart from his image. "I think it's cool, and I like that
people get to see a part of our relationship," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star
said. "I think people are so quick to judge...and I don't think it's
fair to judge people by appearance or what you think you know about
them."
Her oldest sister Kourtney
added that the "Don't Panic" rapper "felt totally comfortable" on
camera, and was fine with having a crew follow him and Khloe around the
Hamptons — and beyond.
"We went to South Africa in the first episode," Khloe told Us
of her trip with Montana to the MTV Africa Awards. "I had so much fun,
and I really love how...we were only there for like 48 hours, but he
planned so many things. I might be like, 'Ah, I need some time to let my
jet lag kick in.' I like that he pushes me to do things that I probably
wouldn't do."
The Dash mogul started dating the Moroccan-born musician earlier this year, after her split from estranged husband Lamar Odom. Kourtney & Khloe Take the Hamptons premieres Sunday, Nov. 2, at 9 p.m. ET.
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Kim Kardashian turned 34 recently and
they threw her a birthday party last night at TAO Nightclub in Las
Vegas. She showed off massive side boobs in a white plunging wrap dress
as she partied with her husband Kanye, sister Khloe and friends.
See more of her birthday pictures:
For centuries black people appeared in art as slaves or exotic novelties – and the painter Kerry James Marshall wants to challenge these racist ideas. He talks to Alastair Sooke
“When I go to the movies, I’m expected to identify with all of the characters, and most of them are white,” says the African-American artist Kerry James Marshall, sitting on the top floor of David Zwirner’s immaculate gallery in a Mayfair townhouse in London, where his new exhibition of paintings Look See has just opened. “But when you put a black character in there, somehow the white audience isn’t expected to identify with them. That’s a problem.”
He smiles, before continuing: “If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women because that’s still the ideal of beauty. When a black or Asian figure shows up in a fashion magazine, she’s the exception, not the rule. So what does that mean when we talk about equality? To me, equality means that I would be as likely to see black figures as anybody else.”
Kerry James Marshall in 2014 (Felix Clay. All rights reserved/Courtesy David Zwirner, London)
Now 59, Marshall may have little sway in the world of moviemaking or the fashion industry, but he is doing his damnedest to ensure equality for black people in contemporary art. It is more than three decades since he painted Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self (1980), a caustic, subversive work in which the whites of a schematic black man’s eyes, as well as his bright teeth and shirt, float against a dark background. “That grin referred to a joke people used to tell about black people,” he says. “That they are so dark you couldn’t see them at night unless they were smiling.”
Since then, he has earned acclaim for placing black figures centre-stage within his complex, beautiful paintings – and his new exhibition continues this campaign. From the victorious beauty queen and the happy couple enjoying cocktails in a nightclub, to the models in an artist’s studio and the woman holding up a pink towel against her chest, every figure in the show is black.
Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Studio), 2014 (All rights reserved/Courtesy David Zwirner, London)
Not only that, but their skin tone is strikingly uniform: ebony-dark, with an attractive, satiny sheen. “The blackness of my figures is supposed to be unequivocal, absolute and unmediated,” Marshall explains. “They are a response to the tendency in the culture to privilege lightness. The lighter the skin, the more acceptable you are. The darker the skin, the more marginalised you become. I want to demonstrate that you can produce beauty in the context of a figure that has that kind of velvety blackness. It can be done.”
It feels sad to write this in 2014, but seeing black people represented in paintings in this fashion remains unusual. In part this is the legacy of the way that they were traditionally presented within art history.
Western artists often cast a black figure as one of the magi when painting the stock scene of the Adoration of the Kings (Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance altarpiece on this theme in the National Gallery in London is a good example). Other than that, though, black people usually appear in Western art as peripheral servants: the Moorish page to the left of Van Dyck’s 1634 portrait of Princess Henrietta of Lorraine or the woman bearing flowers in the background of Manet’s famous nude Olympia (1863) are both typical of this trend. “Those are the two primary forms of representation,” says Marshall, “although you might also see images of black people in the process of being conquered.”
Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
Marshall, who was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in the South Central area of Los Angeles, first became aware of the invisibility of black people within what he calls “the visual field” not by visiting museums but by reading comic books. “There were no black superheroes,” he recalls. “When they did introduce the Black Panther in Fantastic Four [in 1966], I became acutely aware that the black superhero was a strange phenomenon – an exception to the rule. Then I started noticing the same thing everywhere else. Black figures were never the central subjects in art-history books.”
There is no rancour in Marshall’s voice when he says this: rather, it is obvious that he loves art history and hopes to emulate the Old Masters, not raze them to the ground. But he does lament the fact that black artists still have to negotiate a predominantly white art world.
Figuring it out
Of course, in recent decades, many black artists have enjoyed enormous success, from Jean-Michel Basquiat in the ‘80s to Kara Walker, Yinka Shonibare, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Steve McQueen today. But Marshall believes that there is still much work to be done.
“For black people,” he says, “everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces a kind of racial hierarchy where whiteness is the privileged position to be in, and ethnicity is problematic. But if you are always standing on the sideline as witness to other people achieving great things, then ultimately that has a damaging psychological effect because it undermines your sense of self-worth.”
Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Pink Towel), 2014 (All rights reserved/Courtesy David Zwirner, London)
This is why Marshall is so keen to thrust black figures into the limelight in his art. “The reason why I do figurative work is because I think the presence of those figures is really important,” he says. “What is of value in the work I have done is that I am bringing with me an image that a lot of other people are afraid to bring into the mainstream. Eventually, I want the presence of black figures in the art-history books to be commonplace.” Slowly but surely, he is rewriting art history, one picture at a time.
Stay hungry, Christian Bale, stay foolish. The American Hustle actor just booked a new big gig.
Bale, 40, will play the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic, screenwriter Aaron Sorkinconfirmed to Bloomberg on Thursday, Oct. 23.
"What we needed was the best actor," Sorkin explained.
"It's like the NFL draft. There are some people who make a science out
of exactly the guys [they need] to draft a middle, inside linebacker who
can do this… and other teams say, 'Who's the best athlete on the
board.' We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range,
and that's Chris Bale."
Bale, whose credits include his turn as Batman in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises, as well as his Oscar-winning role in 2010's The Fighter, has been rumored for the role in Sorkin's movie for months. The Social Network director David Fincher was originally attached to the upcoming film, but he was later replaced by Danny Boyle, the Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire.
Jobs, who passed away in October 2011 at the age of 56, was previously brought to life on the big screen by Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher played the acclaimed innovator in 2013's Jobs, which opened to mixed reviews from critics and less-than-stellar box office numbers.
"I couldn't be more excited about him," Sorkin continued of Bale. "He
really is a phenomenal actor… he didn't have to audition… It's an
extremely difficult part and he's gonna crush it."
Oh, Kimmy! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
headed to the movies on Sunday, Oct. 19, in Calabasas, Calif., and the
reality star was far from shy when it came to flaunting her ample
assets.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 33, gave onlookers
a show in a white backless Hanji top sans bra, and super-tight bermuda
jean shorts that were frayed and distressed at the knee. She paired her
sexy movie-night ensemble with wind-blown hair, dark sunglasses, and her
beloved Hermes gladiator sandals.
Credit: FameFlynet
While the top was certainly daring and eye-catching, it wasn’t
anything new for the fashion mogul. Back on June 23 in Los Angeles,
Kardashian wore the same top, teaming it with a white pencil skirt and showing off a white bra for another date-night look.
It takes a person with a true sense of self-awareness to pull off
this look — even in balmy California weather. Are you brave enough to
give Kim Kardashian’s backless ensemble a try? Vote in the poll above!
Dear every cat lady to ever exist, You just lost! Taylor Swift, mom to felines Olivia Benson and Meredith, is ruling all cat lovers everywhere courtesy of her latest airplane outfit.
“This is a good example of what I typically wear on planes, in front
of lots of people who all have eyes,” the “Shake It Off” singer, 24, captioned the picture shared Tuesday, Oct. 21, on Instagram.
Swift kept warm in flight wearing a hooded brown robe covered in
dozens of adorable kittens. The “Style” singer even had the back of her
robe personalized with her name emblazoned in a fancy gold stitching.
Swift’s love for her pets runs deep. The country-turned-pop star is
often seen toting her fluffy white cat around in New York City, and even
featured her in her sneaker collaboration campaign for Keds. What do you think of Taylor Swift’s cat ensemble? Tweet @iam_kingblazeusing the hashtag #taylorswiftcatlady!
In a new interview with Vibe Magazine, rapper Tyga slammed his label Young Money and his other label mate, Drake. He doesn't like Drake and he made his feelings known. Tyga said;
"I’m tryna’ go independent. I don’t really get along with Drake. I don’t really get along with Nicki. I don't like Drake as a person. He’s just fake to me. I like his music; you know what I’m saying? I think his music is good, but we’re all different people. We were forced together and it was kinda like we were forcing relationships together. It is what it is."
Well, Drake obviously didn't find his comments funny and handled Tyga last night. Continue...
Tyga continues...
But I been friends with Chris [Brown] for like six years. That’s my real genuine friend. We hang out all the time. He lives up the street from me, so we don’t just do music we hang. I think being signed to Young Money, everybody felt like they had to force a relationship ‘cause Wayne put us together. At the end of the day the reason why I signed to Young Money is because of Wayne. Not because of Drake, not because of Nicki. It was because of Wayne and my relationship with him. I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters. When you realize that, you realize that’s not a place where you want to continue to grow"
Immediately after the interview hit the net, Drake went on instagram and start 'liking' pictures of Tyga's baby mama, Blac Chyna. Round 1. Waiting for round 2
Money is a funny thing. One minute,
you've got a pocket full of the stuff; the next, you can barely gather
enough for a pre-made sandwich from the bus station's vending machine.
Then again, maybe that problem is specific to us — although it sure
doesn't seem like it. We've heard enough frightening financial anecdotes
to know that celebrities are susceptible to the very same money woes.
Except when they go broke, they go broke in a much bigger way.
We can learn a lot from the following 15 celebrities and their tales
of financial woe. At the very least, the probably know where the
cheapest bus station sandwiches can be found.
M.C. Hammer
Forbes once estimated M.C. Hammer's
net worth at approximately $33 million, but Hammer's luxurious
lifestyle and large staff ultimately put him in debt (to the tune of $13
million) and he filed for bankruptcy in 1996.
Burt Reynolds
In 1996, Burt Reynolds filed for Chapter 11 after a failed restaurant venture and a costly divorce from Loni Anderson put him in debt.
Kim Basinger
After backing out of a deal to star in the 1993 film "Boxing Helena," Kim Basinger
was sued by Main Line Pictures and made to pay damages of more than $7
million (she appealed the court's decision and eventually settled for $3.8 million). Basinger filed for bankruptcy the same year, and was forced to abandon plans of developing the town of Braselton, Georgia, which she and several investors bought in 1989.
Larry King
In the early- to mid-1970s, newspaper editor and radio personality Larry King
had amassed $352,000 in debt after publicly being accused of grand
larceny by a former business partner. He filed for bankruptcy in 1978,
which, coincidentally, was the very same year he was offered his
eponymous show.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
(aka Mark Twain) made a nice chunk of change as a writer. But after a
few bad investments — most notably, the Paige typesetting machine —
Clemens was deep in debt. With the help of a friend, he assigned his
copyrights to his wife and rid himself of his publishing house before
declaring personal bankruptcy in 1894.
Wayne Newton
In the 1983 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, Wayne Newton
was listed the highest paid entertainer in the world. Within a decade,
Newton had amassed $20 million in debt following a slew of bad
investments and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992.
Dionne Warwick
In mid-2013, Dionne Warwick
filed for bankruptcy after accruing more than $10 million in unpaid
taxes. "Due to several consecutive years (the late '80s through the
mid-'90s) of negligent and gross financial mismanagement, Dionne Warwick
has realized the current necessity to file personal bankruptcy," her
publicist wrote in a statement.
Meat Loaf
Marvin Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, declared bankruptcy in the mid-1980s, around the same time that a former songwriting partner brought a lawsuit against him.
Janice Dickinson
In
2013, former model Janice Dickinson was reportedly over a million
dollars in debt — half of which was owed to the government. She
confirmed to RadarOnline
that she has filed for bankruptcy in April, saying, "I had some
trouble, so yes, it is true … I am upset and taking every step to pay
everyone back and I feel terrible about it."
Warren Sapp
Former NFL player Warren Sapp
filed for bankruptcy in 2012. According to his court documents, he owed
more than $6.7 million to creditors, but only had $6.45 million in
assets (including $6,500 in Air Jordans and a $1,200 lion-skin rug).
Ulysses S. Grant
After leaving office, President Ulysses S. Grant
settled down in New York and invested his money into a Wall Street firm
(which happened to count his son Buck as one of its owners). The firm's
other partner, however, wasn't as trustworthy and embezzled much of its
investors' money, leading it to declare bankruptcy. Grant did the same
soon after.
Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
has filed for bankruptcy twice: once in 2010 and again in 2013 (the
singer claimed to owe around $50 million during her first bankruptcy).
Just six months after her latest filing, however, Braxton purchased a $3
million home in a gated community in Calabasas, California.
Debbie Reynolds
In 1997, both Debbie Reynolds
and her Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino went bankrupt. Reynolds had
been trying to sell the property in the months before filing, but
ultimately couldn't unload the Las Vegas resort.
Mickey Rooney
At its peak, Mickey Rooney
once estimated his personal fortune at about $12 million. His
popularity eventually began to dwindle, however, and by 1962, he listed
the value of his assets at only $500 when he filed for bankruptcy.
Sinbad
Sinbad
first filed for bankruptcy in 2009, then again in 2013. The second time
around, he owed around $11 million ($8 million in back taxes), but
claims he didn't live outside of his means. "I didn't buy Bentleys. I
didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other
people. I would not change it; I would not go back," he told Oprah in a
2013 interview.
Last year,Kim Kardashian's birthday was an elaborate affair
-- with West going down on one knee to propose marriage, having rented
out an entire ballpark and hired an orchestra to create the perfect
romantic moment.
This year, the couple were a little more reserved when it came to
celebrating Kardashian’s 34th. But despite enjoying some peace during a
romantic vacation in the sun, flashy Kanye couldn’t let the day pass
without a bit of a fuss! So he took to Twitter on the evening of
Tuesday, Oct. 21, to pay a public tribute to the woman he loves.
Kanye, 37, shared a recent photo of Kardashian, dressed in a
figure-hugging white skirt and top, captioned, "Happy Birthday baby!
Thank you for being the dopest wife & mom!"
The rapper then followed up his first post with a more gushing
addition. "Sometimes I feel like just saying I love you isn’t strong
enough to express how much I love you..." he wrote.
Earlier in the day, Kardashian received other birthday messages from her family, including a sweet note from he mom, Kris Jenner.
"Happy Birthday to my precious daughter, best friend, and partner in
crime," the momager shared via Instagram. "You are the best daughter,
wife, and mother and you have the biggest heart. You amaze me every
single day and I am so blessed to have you to love. Enjoy your special
day."
Yesterday rapper Wiz Khalifa wished his estranged wife Amber Rose a
happy birthday and Amber responded by saying she will always love him no
matter what! These two should get back together…
