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Saturday, January 19, 2019
Trump on Gov. Shutdown Give me the Wall, You Get DACA Relief ... D.O.A. with Dems
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Jennifer Lopez Auctioning "Shades of Blue" Wardrobe for Puerto Rico Relief
Jennifer Lopez’s TV turn as dirty cop Harlee Santos might technically be over, but she’s about to do a lot of good in the real world … particularly for Puerto Rico. J Lo is partnering up with the Hispanic Federation and the UNIDOS Disaster Relief…
Thursday, May 10, 2018
The Real Housewives of New York Season 10 Episode 6 Recap: Grief and Relief
Dorinda Medley has always been a fan of a drink throughout her time on The Real Housewives of New York City.
With her witty one-liners and lack of self-awareness, she’s one of the funniest cast members.
But that all changed on The Real Housewives of New York City Season 10 Episode 6 when she was put on the spot after a night of drinking.
Bethenny Frankel had asked Dorinda to accompany her along on one of her relief efforts to Puerto Rico.
Say what you want about Bethenny, but you can’t deny that she’s using her time on the show to make a change in the world.
When Dorinda showed up for dinner with Bethenny and other people associated with the cause, she was all over the place.
Dorinda was slurring her words, and acting like she had been drinking since the day before, and it prompted Bethenny to tell her she was out of the trip if she did not get her act together.
“Good. Then I won’t come,” Medley said, before getting up and leaving the table.
“Thank you so much. Then I won’t I was excited. I was happy to be here. And you did this. I was so happy. Good. I’m done. You always ruin everything. S— show. Whatever.”
“It’s sad because Dorinda seems to abuse alcohol,” Bethenny admitted to viewers.
“I would say acting this way at 7:00 at night to people who only have good intentions would indicate that there might be a problem.”
“Before this dinner, Dorinda and I sat in my room talking about [boyfriends John Mahdessian and Dennis Shields] and drinking wine,” Bethenny continued.
“And then right before walking into the restaurant, we were sitting in the hotel bar having another drink while we waited.”
“And I think Dorinda did a little pregame before she got there. She [was] wasted,” the Skinny Girl boss continued.
Despite Bethenny being disappointed in Dorinda, she was not ready to let their relationship go the way of the flip phone.
“She likes to drink. I think it gets the best of her,” Frankel explained.
“And I think she’s aware of all of this. I think she’s beating herself up way more than we ever could. So I’m feeling compassion for her. She does really want to come and help. She’s going to regret this tomorrow. She is a wonderful, amazing person.”
“The first feeling that I have is compassion for her. Honestly. She won’t even know what she’s done. I know she’ll wake up tomorrow and be on time and dressed and we’ll have a good experience. I’m forgiving.”
Bethenny admitted to Dorinda the next morning that she was not going to hold it against her, but she wanted her to be more mindful of her surroundings.
But Dorinda was quick to say she was not a drunk.
“I’m not,” she told Frankel.
“I just can’t not eat and drink early, I can’t. I should have gone to bed last night. I shouldn’t drink at 4. I’d been up since like 5.”
“I think there’s a lot more going on,” she continued.
“I’m frustrated. I have a lot more going on in my life. It’s not an exclusive; I’m just saying, my frustrations come out very quickly. It intensifies. And I’ve got to work on that.”
We then found out that Dorinda was still struggling to get over the death of her husband, Richard, who passed away in 2011 with liver failure.
“I have a life now that’s not the life that I expected,” Medley said.
“I’ll always miss that. … I was doing so well for five years, and I’ve gone a little backward and I can’t get my head around it.”
“What it is that’s triggering it. Is it all my major jobs in my life that I really enjoyed and appreciated are over? Like motherhood and being a wife. I liked being a wife, I was really good at it.”
Dorinda’s big concern was that she was going to die while being lonely.
“I’m okay living alone, but you know there are still mornings where I wake up, and I say, ‘Is this it? If I die here is anyone going to find me?’ ” she revealed.
“I fell down a ladder one day and almost hit my head … what, are they going to smell me before they find me?” “Life’s hard,” she added.
“You’re always trying to keep it all together and show good faith and be a strong woman and be a strong mother, and sometimes it’s hard. And you miss that old life. I had a life where you could come home at night, and the person had my back.”
Elsewhere on this emotional episode, Sonja Morgan went a little too far when she tried to put her townhouse up for rental.
There were various issues with the house. It was not up to the standard it needed to be, and Sonja was mad.
She had a photographer attend the house, and she could not resist flirting with him. The man was married … to a man, but that did not stop her.
She was not taking no for an answer and persisted to the point the man looked like he wanted to run for the hills.
Finally, Carole Radziwell learned that Adam was not a one-woman kind of man and that he had indulged in a date with a woman who he liked very much.
Could Carole’s time with Adam finally be coming to an end?
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Monday, January 1, 2018
Snoop Dogg Performs, Brings Strippers to Hurricane Harvey Relief Party
Snoop Dogg may have been the headliner at a Hurricane Harvey Relief party, but the guy throwing the bash — Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee – got the VIP treatment … right there on stage. The famed attorney threw a huge holiday shindig this…
Saturday, December 16, 2017
KYLE"s Amazed by L.A. Wildfire Relief Efforts, But Pleads for More Help
KYLE’s deeply moved by his hometown of Ventura banding together amid raging wildfires … but says there’s still a lot to do to help victims out. We got the “iSpy” rapper at LAX Friday, and he tells us he’s been floored by the humanity people have…
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Chris Brown"s Andy Warhol Artwork Sale to Benefit Hurricane Relief
Chris Brown’s painting skills can claim high-society status, thanks to his collaboration with a famed artist that pays homage to Andy Warhol. Chris and renowned photographer Karen Bystedt teamed up to turn her iconic shot of Warhol into…
Monday, October 23, 2017
Bill Murray Savagely Turns Down $3 Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Donation
Bill Murray’s putting his foot down — want an autograph? Cough up a donation, and $ 3 is NOT gonna cut it. We got Bill out in D.C. on Sunday signing his John Hancock and noticed autograph seekers were also handing him cash. Turns out he was signing…
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Jennifer Lopez Shakes Her Ass at Benefit Concert for Disaster Relief
Jennifer Lopez is going all out to help raise money for recent hurricane and earthquake victims … by shaking her booty for a whopping 13 seconds (we counted)!!! J Lo just kicked off “SOMOS LIVE!” — a benefit concert airing on VH1 to aid those…
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Jay-Z Gets His Businesses Involved In Puerto Rican Disaster Relief
Jay-Z is getting all his businesses in the hurricane relief game … first his music sharing site TIDAL and now his 40/40 Club and cognac. We’ve learned Jay’s lending out his 40/40 Club Manhattan location Wednesday for Disaster Relief For Puerto…
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Jennifer Lopez Announces $1 Million Dollar Donation to Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Jennifer Lopez is opening her wallet A LOT wider than she did for Houston to help out her parents’ homeland of Puerto Rico … with a $ 1 million donation. J Lo made the announcement Sunday in NYC alongside the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, saying…
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Stevie Wonder Opens Hurricane Relief Telethon with Trump Jab
Stevie Wonder didn’t pull any punches in the opening of tonight’s hurricane relief telethon, blasting global warming deniers right off the bat …. including the Prez. Stevie kicked off the special with a touching speech about loving the planet and…
Stevie Wonder Opens Hurricane Relief Telethon with Trump Jab
Stevie Wonder didn’t pull any punches in the opening of tonight’s hurricane relief telethon, blasting global warming deniers right off the bat …. including the Prez. Stevie kicked off the special with a touching speech about loving the planet and…
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Hurricane Relief Telethon Set to Begin with Huge Celebs (LIVE STREAM)
The telethon to benefit victims of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey will be starting soon on just about every major TV network, and also right here … ‘cause TMZ will stream it live at 5 PM PT. As we reported … celebs like Al Pacino, Justin…
Saturday, September 9, 2017
J.J. Watt Harvey Relief Fund Passes $30 Million ... with Assist from Jimmy Fallon!
J.J. Watt’s Hurricane Harvey relief fund is still goin’ hard — blitzing past $ 30 MILLION as Houston begins its long road to recovery. After breaking $ 20 million on Tuesday, a couple HUGE donations came through for J.J. — $ 5 mil…
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Hurricane Relief Telethon Features Bieber, Drake, De Niro
The hurricane relief telethon set for Tuesday night will have a slew of huge stars, and even the partial list we got hold of is super impressive. Here they are: — Justin Bieber — Drake — Reese Witherspoon — Jamie Foxx — Blake Shelton — Billy…
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
J.J. Watt Harvey Relief Fund Hits $20 Million, "Truly Incredible"
Hurricane Harvey is thankfully calming down … but J.J. Watt’s relief fund for Houston is still goin’ strong — pushing past the $ 20 MILLION mark on Tuesday. J.J.’s crowdfunding campaign started off with a goal of $ 500K a little over a week…
Friday, September 1, 2017
Tyler Perry Gives to Houston Relief Efforts, is Wary of Scams
We"ve all witness the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. For millions who live in Houston and the surrounding areas of Texas to others along the gulf, this is a life-changing event. For the rest of us, we only need to check our phones or turn on the television to see the flooding and the suffering.
People from all over the country (and other countries) are volunteering their time, money, resources, and expertise to help in any way that they can. That includes a number of celebrities who have donated to Houston relief efforts.
Among these generous celebrity donors is Tyler Perry. We have his video below, and he"s pledging $ 1 million to help Houston.
Harvey has dumped a record-breaking amount of water on Houston.
Yes, Houston is designed to flood. The roads are absolutely designed to catch water.
But no city is designed for this much flooding. Especially not when it comes this quickly.
We"ve seen streets turn into rivers so deep that they cover the tops of cars and trucks.
Waves run across the surface of the water. That"s how much we"re talking about.
We"ve seen homes and neighborhoods consumed by floodwaters.
People have been swept away. People have drowned. People have been electrocuted.
Some people are doubtless still isolated, or waiting to hear from loved ones.
To say nothing of the countless heartbreaking stories of dogs who were separated from or abandoned by their humans.
(Some dogs were even tied to posts, which you shouldn"t do even when you"re not condemning your dog to drown to death)
This is a natural disaster but also a humanitarian crisis.
Tyler Perry, the actor, writer, director, and producer who honestly doesn"t need us or anyone else to explain who he is, took to Facebook yesterday to announce his pledge to help with the relief efforts.
In the video, he talks about how much he"s giving and how he"s choosing to share his money.
"This is about helping people, so if you want to give, I challenge you to find someone who has boots on the ground."
Note that he isn"t suggesting something easy, like donating to the Red Cross.
A number of people are leery of donating to the Red Cross after criticisms that Haiti still hasn"t seen much of the money donated after their devastating earquake back during Obama"s first term as President.
The Red Cross has also been unable to clarify how much of what"s donated to them right now will go directly to Houston.
"I"m sending $ 250,000 to Lakewood, to make sure they can get all the supplies that people need, and I know for sure that they will. Also, I"m working with Beyonce"s pastor [Rudy Rasmus], giving another $ 250,000 to Bread of Life to make sure that things are immediately getting to the people."
Tyler Perry also says that he is "saving $ 500,000 for other charities right now."
That is smart, because you don"t always know what is immediately necessary.
Some places have plenty of food, but need diapers or clothing.
Other places have plenty of supplies, but need people with medical training.
In addition to working hard to avoid charity scams (seriously, con artists will come out of the woodwork when there"s a disaster and people want to donate), you need to see where the chips fall before you can determine where your money will do the most good.
People physically on the ground (or in the water, in most cases) may be the best equipped to determine what needs to be done.
Some celebrities, like Miranda Lambert, are just running their own relief efforts. Miranda has been rescuing dogs by the truckload and taking them to the safety of dry shelters outside of Texas.
We"re not going to pretend that Tyler Perry isn"t problematic.
He has a history of, especially through his films, making some alarming suggestions about things like HIV (which seem to be a curse).
And though Tyler Perry himself is an abuse-survivor, he sometimes features abuse in his comedy.
(Different people process their traumas in different ways, to be fair, but by using it for "physical comedy" he sends mixed messages)
Even in this video, Tyler Perry defends Joel Osteen for not immediately opening the doors of his megachurch as a shelter.
That"s bound to be controversial.
But we"re going to give credit where credit is due, and Tyler Perry is putting a lot of money towards relief efforts and he"s doing it in a very smart way.
Tyler Perry Donates $1 Mil for Harvey Relief to Various Charities, Including Joel Osteen
Tyler Perry’s joining the Hurricane Harvey million dollar club … donating his own cash to relief efforts and spreading it around to charities that have boots on the ground. Tyler commended the massive relief efforts in Houston ……
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Hurricane Harvey Relief: Which Celebrities Donated?
Hurricane Harvey was a Category 4 storm when it first made landfall in Texas.
We have all seen the photos of the flooding. We"ve seen highways that have flooded so high that the water above them has waves.
We"ve seen people standing on rooftops, people riding boats between houses, and heard the horrifying stories of people who were swept away by the water.
Celebrities have heard this, too, and they have been using their considerable platforms and their own personal resources to help with the relief effort.
As climate change continues to destabilize what were once more temperate weather patterns, these "500 year storms" will be coming more and more frequently.
Many believe that we need a better coordinate governmental response when these disasters strike. It"s good to hear stories of private citizens acting as heroes, but it"s better if they never have to.
In the mean time, however, boat owners have been taking time off of work and traveling with their boats towards Texas where they hope to help distribute supplies and reach people who are still stranded.
Celebrities are donating money to the relief effort, but some stars are doing even more.
1. JJ Watt
JJ Watt’s relief fundraiser had an initial goal in the six digits. It has currently raised over $ 10 million and the amount continues to clim as donations pour in.
2. Jennifer Lopez and Alexander Rodriguez
J Lo and A-Rod have each donated $ 25,000. They have also used their celebrity status to encourage their followers to donate to the Red Cross.
3. DJ Khaled
In addition to sending his prayers to the people of Houston, DJ Khaled has also donated $ 25,000 to aid those ravaged by Harvey.
4. Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj announced that she was donating $ 25,000 when she shared Kevin Hart’s message.
5. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Dwayne Johnson donated $ 50,000 and shared Kevin Hart’s plea.
6. Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart is said to be the first major celebrity to donate, putting up $ 50,000. He’s also encouraged other celebrities to do the same.
President Trump Pledges to Donate $1 Million of His Money to Hurricane Relief
President Trump is pledging $ 1 million of his own cash toward the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the donation Thursday, but it’s still up in the air where exactly the…
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