Wednesday, February 3, 2016

The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: The Juice is Loose!

Tuesday night marked the series premiere of FX’s star-studded, 10-part miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.


It did not disappoint.



The tense episode was 90 minutes of murder, suspicion, intrigue and more big-name actors bringing it to life than you can even count.


To those who remember the 1994 saga, The People v. O.J. Simpson Season 1 Episode 1 will bring back the memories in chilling detail.


If you weren’t old enough to live through it or fully appreciate the scope of the trial, this retelling is enthralling, if somewhat dramatized.


Producer Ryan Murphy set the stage with real footage of the notorious beating of Rodney King by the LAPD, followed by the L.A. riots.


Two years later, retired NFL great O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) emerged from a house, apologizing to a cab driver for being late.


Soon enough, we first see Nicole Brown Simpson’s slain body along with that of unidentified man, along with a hat, glove and envelope.


While we know how the story unfolds, Murphy’s reenactment was riveting, and some of the details left viewers particularly unsettled.


The scene in which O.J. kisses Nicole Brown Simpson in her casket at the funeral perhaps sparked the most debate on social media.


Did that happen? According to Vanity Fair, Nicole’s mom testified at O.J.’s civil trial that it did indeed, and he kissed his dead wife on the lips.


O.J. actually did contemplate suicide in Kim Kardashian’s bedroom, as well, according to the late Robert Kardashian (David Schwimmer).


He also failed a lie detector test about as bad as you can fail, yet at the same time, O.J. told Robert Shapiro (John Travolta) he didn’t do it.


Needless to say, others were skeptical. While O.J. was screaming about the inaccurate test, others were whispering behind his back.


Kris Jenner (Selma Blair) attended Nicole’s funeral and quietly asked Faye Resnick (Connie Britton) if she thought O.J. really did do it.


Elsewhere, Marcia Clark (Sarah Paulson) got confirmation that DNA evidence – then a relatively nascent concept – implicated Simpson.


He was charged with double murder, after which he flew off the handle, popped a bunch of pills, hastily wrote a will and put a gun to his head.


Friend Al Cowlings (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) went to see him followed by the cops, who came to arrest O.J. after he did not surrender.


By the time authorities arrived, O.J. had escaped out the back of his Brentwood estate, with A.C. driving the infamous white Ford Bronco.


To be continued …


Ivanka Trump Strokes Donald Trump"s Face In Creepy Throwback Pic

W. T. F.



Donald Trump has said some pretty inappropriate things about his oldest daughter, Ivanka, but this photo takes the cake.


This throwback image of dad and daughter from a 1996 Vanity Fair article is all over the internet, and it has us looking away almost immediately.


Ivanka’s outfit is straight out of Contempo Casuals (flammable pale blue skirt a la Kelly Taylor circa ’96), and the way she’s posing with the presidential hopeful is…not something a daughter would or should normally do.


I don’t know what the photographer was thinking, or if it was Donald’s idea, but NO.


Making things worse, Trump’s comments about his daughter’s beauty in the past have been complimentary, but not the kind of complimentary “She’s the best! I’m so proud!” you’d expect to hear from a parent.


It’s more like this:


“Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one,” Trump told Rolling Stone in a September 2015 interview.  “If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father . . . ”







In 2006, When asked if he would approve of Ivanka posing for Playboy, Trump kept the creep training going:


“I would be really disappointing — not really — but it would depend on what’s inside the magazine,” Trump said.


“I don’t think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”


Nope.  Nope.  Shut it down.


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Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa End Feud with "Great Convo"

Much to the chagrin of celebrity gossip sites everywhere, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa have settled their feud.


The rapper are no longer enemies, making us wonder what the heck we’ll write about over the next few days.




Following a misunderstanding in which Khalifa Tweeted about “KK,” a type of marijuana that West believed was a reference to wife Kim Kardashian and which prompted him to on an epic rant in response, the stars have made up.


On Tuesday afternoon, West alerted his followers know to a chat he had with his former enemy, revealing that the artists had decided to squash their week-long beef.


“Me and Wiz spoke yesterday,” Kanye shared on social media. “Great convo. All positive.”


Wait… that’s it? Those are all the details we get?


Fortunately, Khalifa opened up a tad bit more during an interview with Angie Martinez for Power 105.1 yesterday.


“It’s cool, everything’s cool, we spoke it’s all good,” Khalifa told the host, adding: “ I accept his apology.”


Yes, Kanye West actually apologized for something.


That’s what happens when you bring someone’s young child into a public argument.


Amber Rose, Kanye’s ex-girlfriend and Khalifa’s ex-wife, was forced to jump in and slam Kanye for his remarks, which led to another surprising moment:


Rose going over to Kris Jenner’s house and making peace with Kim Kardashian via a selfie no one saw coming.


It’s been a whirlwind week for all involved in this feud, but Wiz also confirmed to Martinez that the two large-breasted women hashed out their differences.


“Her and Kim spoke and they’re all good, too,” he said. “They spoke and it’s all good.”