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Lisa Vanderpump Sent Restaurant Tab to Archenemy Kyle Richards' Table

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'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Host Kirk Fogg Dishes on New Reboot

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HHW Gaming: PS5 Production Will Be “Ramping Up Over The Summer” According To Sony Boss Jim Ryan

May 12, 2021 6:00pm

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Earlier this week, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki dropped some bad news for those still trying to buy a PS5. Wednesday (May 12), Jim Ryan is offering a small glimmer of hope.
In an interview with Wired about the highly sought-after PS5 console which has amazingly sold 7.8 million consoles since March 31st, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan spoke on the steps the company is taking to rectify the stock issues.
“We’re working as hard as we can to ameliorate that situation,” Ryan revealed to the website. “We see production ramping up over the summer and certainly into the second half of the year, and we would hope to see some sort of return to normality in terms of the balance between supply and demand during that period.”
Despite the annoying lack of consoles on the market that has gamers literally virtually camping out on retailers like GameStop and Best Buy’s websites in hopes of purchasing one, the PS5 has still managed to outperform its predecessor. According to Sony, from the PS5’s November launch to the end of March, PS5 owners have spent 81 percent more time playing on the console than those on the PS4 in its first months on the market in 2013-2014.
We expect that trend to continue as more highly-anticipated titles like Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launching June 11, God of War: Ragnarok, and Horizon Forbidden West are in the pipeline. On top of that, PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst confirmed that Sony has 25 first-party PS5 games currently in development, with just about half of them being new IP.
Now, we hope more gamers can get in on the next-gen fun over the summer.
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Pop Smoke Fought Back Before Being Shot & Killed During Botched Robbery

May 12, 2021 1:48pm

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Over the weekend it was revealed that last year’s February murder of Pop Smoke was carried out by a 15-year-old kid over a Rolex watch and as shocking as that fact is, more information (or lack thereof) is coming out about that now fateful day in Hip-Hop history.

According to Vulture, police had trouble finding cooperation during their investigation of the murder and while the internet ran with their own theories and assumptions, the truth was still yet to be realized. Then finally on July 9, LAPD announced that they had arrested five people in connection to the rapper’s murder and charged four of them for the crime: Corey Walker, 19, Keandre Rodgers, 18, and two minors whose names were withheld due to their age.
Now that we’ve learned that it was one of the minors who pulled the trigger that ended the young life of the 20-year-old rapper, the question is, why? Though the crew of five are alleged gang members, police say it wasn’t gang-0related but a robbery gone wrong. LAPD detective Carlos Camacho says that the young crew drove out to Pop Smoke’s rental to rob him of his Rolex watch and iced out Cuban-link chain, but were met with resistance once they found him.
“The accused shooter, who faces murder and robbery charges, allegedly “admitted that they asked for the jewelry” and then got into “a confrontation” with Pop Smoke, Camacho said. “They got into a fight, and he shot [Jackson] three times, Camacho claimed. “[The accused] said he shot him on the back.” These revelations came in a “recoded” jailhouse interview between the teen and his cellmate in May 2020, The New York Daily News said.”
After all of that the teens ran off with Pop’s Rolex watch which they sold for $2,000.
19-year-old Corey Walker also revealed his role in the murder (which he pled not guilty to) to an informant that was placed in his jail cell. Saying they used ski masks and a police scanner to carry out the scheme, Walker’s recalled how found Pop Smoke in the shower with his jewelry next to him in the bathroom.
“The teen robbers remarked “Thank you” when it seemed like Pop Smoke would comply, Walker allegedly said in his chat with the informant. However, Pop Smoke ultimately fought back against the robbers, at which point the intruders “pistol-whipped” him. the shooter proceeded to open fire, hitting Pop Smoke in the chest, according to Camacho’s account of Walker’s alleged confession.”
Police got more help painting the scene from a young woman who was with Pop the night of his murder and she explained how the crew “stormed through the curtains of a second-story balcony.” One of them put a gun to her head while the others ran up on Pop while he was in the shower.
After he was shot and on the floor, two of the attackers began kicking Pop Smoke before letting off two more shots.
Though Walker’s defense lawyer, Christopher Darden, insists that his client wasn’t at the scene of the crime and remained in the car where he “urged the younger suspects not to open fire.”
Still, Walker is expected to go to trial for his role in the murder and is due back in court on June 3rd for “re-arraignment.” If convicted for the crime, Corey Walker faces the death penalty.
Ex-Girlfriend of Soulja Boy Suing Him For Allegedly Beating Her Leading To Miscarriage

May 12, 2021 11:36am

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Problematic rapper Soulja Boy could be dishing out that money he’s making off that TikTok song if this lawsuit doesn’t go in his favor.
TMZ exclusively reported an ex-girlfriend of Soulja Boy is suing him because he allegedly couldn’t keep his hands and feet to himself, which led to her suffering a miscarriage. Documents obtained by the celebrity gossip site detail the physical abuse the woman identified as “Jane Doe” endured at the hands of Soula Boy in separate incidents in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
The woman claims that while she was pregnant in 2015, Soulja Boy became irate and violent after a “simple conversation” and began “to punch her in the face and the chest until she could no longer stand on her feet.” She alleges the strikes caused her to fall to the ground and curl up to protect her stomach while she shielded her face with her hands. She claims that Soulja Boy kicked her all over her body, specifically in her belly, subsequently leading to her suffering a miscarriage.
In other incidents, she alleges Soulja Boy was extremely violent, even forcing her to engage in sexual acts threatening her with physical harm if she doesn’t.
Per TMZ:
She claims there were other violent incidents. Like in 2017 … Jane says Soulja flew into a violent rage … punching her in the face and breasts. She says things got so bad Soulja’s security had to pull him away from her. She claims Soulja was pissed because he thought she was leaving him.
She says a 2018 incident was caught on camera. Jane claims a conversation turned violent as he stood over her and began to physically attack and yell at her. She claims the night vision cameras used on the show captured the incident, which later aired on the WeTV network in early 2019.
She also points to an alleged incident in 2019 when she claims he “tightly gripped” her neck and choked her while threatening her life after she rebuffed his efforts to rekindle the relationship.
Jane claims during the course of their relationship, he would coerce her to engage in sexual acts through the threat of physical violence. She claims he subjected her to physical assault if she refused.
Damn.
She is not the first person to accuse Soulja Boy of such violence. His other ex Nia Riley also accused him of kicking her in the stomach while pregnant during a dispute.
Jane Doe is suing for assault, sexual battery, gender violence, and more, plus seeking damages.
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Jay-Z & Tina Turner Lead Inductees To 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

May 12, 2021 10:39am

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The 2021 class for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially been announced and while there are many well-deserving artists you won’t be too familiar with on the list (no shots), there are a few whose music probably gets burn to this day.

According to The New York Times, music icons such as Jay-Z, Tina Turner, and LL Cool J, lead the inductees to be enshrined into the walls of the museum in Cleveland, OH. While we expected Jay and Tina to get the votes to make it into the hall, this would mark LL Cool J’s sixth nomination and he once again missed the votes to be immortalized. However, he gets inducted thanks to a music excellence award granted to artists “whose originality and influence creating music have had a dramatic impact on music.”
Uncle L has definitely had an impact on the culture and no award out there can really capture what he’s meant to Hip-Hop culture. Just sayin.’
Unfortunately the more than 1,000 journalists, artists and industry heads decided against including other culture icons such as Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige because, well, we don’t know.
Still a little progress was made this year as far as gender goes as seven of the 15 inductees are women. In previous years the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been called out for not including enough women.
“In past years, when women have been inducted, they have been far outnumbered by men. In 2019, for example, Stevie Nicks and Janet Jackson may have stood triumphant, but their earnest speeches — Jackson: “Please induct more women” — did not seem to last as long as it took to name every male bass player of the rock bands that joined alongside them.”
The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set to go down on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio and will air on HBO and HBO Max at a later date.
J. Cole Reveals He Would Be “Super Comfortable” Stepping Away From The Rap Game

May 12, 2021 10:28am

Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83
J. Cole is prepping to hit us with his next album, The Off-Season, but could it be “Grown Simba’s” last roar as a rapper?
The North Carolina Hip-Hop star made history on Tuesday (May 11), becoming the first rapper to cover the basketball bible, Slam Magazine, which makes sense that he is currently moonlighting as a hooper. In the cover feature, the “No Role Modelz” crafter hinted at the idea of retiring from the Rap game.
The 36-year-old Dreamville general revealed that everything he is doing is laying down the groundwork, so if he does decide to put down the microphone, he will have no qualms about it while also saying he won’t ever put a period on his “retirement.” “Oh, bro, I’m super comfortable with the potential of being done with this sh*t. But I’m never going to say, Oh, this is my last album,” Cole states. “Because I never know how I’m going to feel two years, three years, four years down the line, 10 years down the line, but please believe, I’m doing all this work for a reason.”
He further revealed, “I’m doing all this work to be at peace with, If I never did another album, I’m cool. That’s the reason for all of this, so I know that I put everything on the table. I left everything on the table, and I’m good with that. Because there’s a lot of shit I want to do with my life and in my life that, because I have such an intense love and passion for the craft, if I don’t let that go, I’m not going to be able to get to these other things that I also want to learn and grow and be good at. So it’s like, No, let me get everything out on this craft, to where I feel at peace. And then, guess what? If I’m inspired, and I feel like doing it again, cool. But if not, I know I left it all on the table.”
It sounds like Cole isn’t going to make the same retirement claims as his mentor JAY-Z did, who had his fans going through the motions telling them his Black Album would be his last and even had a farewell concert documented in the classic Fade To Black docufilm before subsequently coming back to the game.
J. Cole has been the talk of the internet lately, specifically when it comes to pursuing his hoop dreams. He now has his own popular signature basketball sneaker with PUMA and will hoop professionally in the Basketball Africa League.
Cole’s priorities are definitely shifting.
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Photo: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83

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