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Friday, June 28


Meet Adele's baby, Angelo! Could little Angelo be any more adorable? We're finally getting a close-up look at Adele and her beau Simon Konecki's 8-month-old son's cute little face. The 25-year-old Grammy winner stepped out with Angelo this morning in NYC for a trip to the Central Park Zoo. Accompanied by five pals, Adele was snapped holding Angelo in one arm while kids played around the mother-son duo.


Aaron Hernandez Being Investigated for Two More Murders
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, who has been charged with a murder and cut from the team, is also being investigated in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed two men. Hernandez spent the night in jail after authorities led him from his North Attleboro, Mass., home on Wednesday and then charged him in the murder of Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's house.  police are also looking into his possible involvement in a July 15, 2012, early-morning ambush of a car in Boston that left the driver and one of the passengers dead of gunshot wounds. A third man was injured. ABC says Hernandez was spotted earlier that night involved in an altercation at a nightclub.


Serena Williams vs. Andy Murray: New battle of the sexes?

As Wimbledon rolls on, tennis star Andy Murray has challenged Serena Williams to a match, and she seems willing to accept. Inspired by a suggestion that came via Twitter, Murray -- currently ranked No. 2 in the world -- made the offer official in an online column for the BBC: "I have been challenged by someone on Twitter to taking on Serena Williams," Murray wrote. "I'd be up for it, why not? "I've never hit with her but she's obviously an incredible player and I think people would be interested to see the men play against the women to see how the styles match up. It's happened in the past with Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova. How about Las Vegas as a venue?" Murray was referring to a 1992 showdown in which Connors defeated Navratilova in Vegas. That event was promoted as a revival of two famed "Battle of the Sexes" showdowns between Bobby Riggs and female opponents Margaret Court and Billie Jean King. Riggs handily defeated Court, but lost to King in straight sets. Williams' response to Murray's challenge? "That would be fun. I doubt I'd win a point, but that would be fun," she told reporters in the UK. Williams previously faced off against a male opponent when she took on Karsten Braasch at the Australian Open in 1988. The 16-year-old Williams lost 6-1. "I was really young," she acknowledged. "I'm a lot more experienced now."


Lauryn Hill Partially Responds To Racism Accusations
With less than two weeks until her 3-month prison term begins on July 8th, Lauryn Hill has taken to Tumblr to address some of the accusations about her. From taxes to racism, she covers all territories. "The concept of reverse racism is flawed, if not absolutely ridiculous," Hill says at the opening of her Tumblr manifesto. While Hill has been taken to task in the past for her stance on racial issues, her most recent backlash has arrived from the release of her track "Neurotic Society." In the song she alludes to the notion that homosexuality has caused the fall of society. Not a good look, Lauryn. But back to the lecture at hand. She continues on in her piece titled "MLH On Racism" to hit race issues from a spiritual angle, stating that "Spirituality and morality were replaced by capitalism, and with it a conscious shift of focus toward the exploitation of the vulnerable." With capitalism clearly comes the desire to acquire capital, which is where her IRS issues arguably come into play. Here is her take on that: I shuddered during sentencing when I kept hearing the term ‘make the IRS whole’… make the IRS whole, knowing that I got into these very circumstances having to deal with the very energies of inequity and resistance that created and perpetuated these savage inequalities. The entire time, I thought, who has made black people whole?! Who has made recompense for stealing, imposing, lying, murdering, criminalizing the traumatized, taking them against their wills, destroying their homes, dividing their communities, ‘trying’ to steal their destinies, their time, stagnating their development, I could go on and on. Has America, or any of the nations of the world guilty of these atrocities, ever made black people or Africa whole or do they continue to sit on them, control them, manipulate them, cage them, rob them, brutalize them, subject them to rules that don’t apply to all? Use language, veiled coercion, and psychological torment like invisible fences to keep them locked into a pattern of limitation and therefore control by others. You have to remain  focused to cease from rage.

Terminator' reboot opening June 26, 2015: First in a new trilogy
"The Terminator" will be back in theaters in 2015. Paramount Pictures has announced a reboot of the beloved sci-fi franchise will open June 26, 2015. Arnold Schwarzenegger has already confirmed he will return in the title role, but the film is expected to launch a brand new standalone trilogy rather than continue where 2009's semi-disastrous "Terminator: Salvation" left off. Paramount will distribute and is financing the project in a partnership with Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures and David Ellison's Skydance Productions.  Laeta Kalorgridis ("Avatar," "Shutter Island") and Patrick Lussier ("Drive Angry") are attached to write the screenplay. "Terminator" co-creator James Cameron is not involved in any official capacity, although he will regain rights to the franchise in 2019 -- which could complicate bringing a full trilogy to fruition.

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Gets Aug. 1, 2014 Release
After taking its time finding a director to helm the ship, Universal and Focus are charging full-speed ahead and giving their adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey” an Aug. 1, 2014 release date. This news comes a week after the two studios named Sam Taylor-Johnson as the pic’s director after a long and thorough search. Universal and Focus also stalled in finding other elements of their adaptation of the popular E.L. James series, including lining up a writer and producers. Those jobs eventually went to Kelly Marcel and Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti respectively.

Matthew Morrison Proposes to Renee PuenteMatthew Morrison and Renee Puente Are Engaged| Engagements, Matthew Morrison, Glee, David Furnish, Elton John It must have been a gleeful moment for Renee Puente, whose boyfriend Matthew Morrison popped the question on Thursday. The Glee star, 34, has been dating Puente, 26 and a model, since 2011. The news of their engagement was reportedly announced at the White Tie and Tiara Ball in London by the event's hosts – and Morrison pals – Elton John and David Furnish. Coldplay's Chris Martin joined John to serenade the newly engaged couple with a duet of "Your Song."

Kat Von D, Deadmau5 Break Up: Deejay Responds to Cheating Rumors
Deadmau5 spoke out about the breakup on his Facebook page. "Kat and I split in November and I moved back home to Toronto. During this time, while we were broken up, I did have relations with another woman," he wrote. "Following that, Kat and I reconciled and I acknowledged being intimate with another person while we were estranged." "We did move past those issues, and I proposed to Kat in mid-December," he continued. "At the end of June, it was clear that the relationship was not working and we mutually ended the engagement. I was not, at any point, unfaithful to Kat during our time together."
























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