Thursday, May 19, 2016

This May Be Our Favorite Kanye West Rant of All-Time

It"s been way too long since we"ve had ourselves a classic Kanye West rant, hasn"t it?


Fortunately, the rapper taped an appearance on Ellen this week and came through with crazy, shining colors for us.


Big time.



It all started when the host asked Kanye why he didn"t reach out to Mark Zuckerberg via Facebook, instead of publicly asking the billionaire to help him with his $ 53 million debt.


"I understand Mark Zukerberg doesn"t use Twitter, even though I have had dinner with him and his wife and told them about how I wanted to help the world, and he said he"d help me, and blah blah blah," Mr. Kim Kardashian replied.


"That"s how it feels, though, it"s like the pursuit of happiness, it"s like you"re trying to sell that bone density machine, you know in that movie…." 


Yes, that"s a reference to the Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness.


But Kanye was only just getting started.


"I feel like if I had more resources, I could help more people," he explained.


"I have ideas that could make the human race"s existence within our country better. Period. The paparazzi, whatever perception you have of me, starting with the truth, started with what everyone"s thinking, start there, put some dope sh-t with it."


Okay then. We guess. Go on, Kanye…


"I care about people. My dad lived in homeless shelters less than five years ago, to find out…he"s a psych major.


"My mom was the first black female chair of the English department of the Chicago State University. I was raised to do something, to make a difference."



For this reason, West says he took the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite campaign very, very seriously.


"I didn"t take the Oscars as a joke. You know, "All black actors can talk about the glass ceilings we"ve dealt with, talk about how many times you"ve been blocked from being able to excel."


"It ain"t no joke."


Kanye went on to say that he"s the only celebrity still alive who can actually have a cultural impact.


"Picasso is dead, Steve Jobs is dead, Disney is dead. Name someone living that you can name in the same breath as them.


"We"re one race, the human race, we"re a blip in the existence of the universe and we"re constantly trying to pull each other down. It"s like I"m shaking talking about it, I feel I can make a difference while I"m here, I feel I can make a difference through my skill set."


After stating he has a condition called "synaesthesia," which means he can see sound, Kanye concluded with a story:


"I"m sitting with [President] Obama, and Leo [DiCaprio]"s talking about the environment, and I"m talking about clothes, and everyone looks at me like, that"s not an important issue.


"But I remember going to school in fifth grade and wanting to have a cool outfit. I want to take away bullying."


The crowd gave Kanye a standing ovation by the end of his rant.


How can you not?!? Check out the whole thing now:


Kanye west rants about dead people says he stands alone

This May Be Our Favorite Kanye West Rant of All-Time

It"s been way too long since we"ve had ourselves a classic Kanye West rant, hasn"t it?


Fortunately, the rapper taped an appearance on Ellen this week and came through with crazy, shining colors for us.


Big time.



It all started when the host asked Kanye why he didn"t reach out to Mark Zuckerberg via Facebook, instead of publicly asking the billionaire to help him with his $ 53 million debt.


"I understand Mark Zukerberg doesn"t use Twitter, even though I have had dinner with him and his wife and told them about how I wanted to help the world, and he said he"d help me, and blah blah blah," Mr. Kim Kardashian replied.


"That"s how it feels, though, it"s like the pursuit of happiness, it"s like you"re trying to sell that bone density machine, you know in that movie…." 


Yes, that"s a reference to the Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness.


But Kanye was only just getting started.


"I feel like if I had more resources, I could help more people," he explained.


"I have ideas that could make the human race"s existence within our country better. Period. The paparazzi, whatever perception you have of me, starting with the truth, started with what everyone"s thinking, start there, put some dope sh-t with it."


Okay then. We guess. Go on, Kanye…


"I care about people. My dad lived in homeless shelters less than five years ago, to find out…he"s a psych major.


"My mom was the first black female chair of the English department of the Chicago State University. I was raised to do something, to make a difference."



For this reason, West says he took the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite campaign very, very seriously.


"I didn"t take the Oscars as a joke. You know, "All black actors can talk about the glass ceilings we"ve dealt with, talk about how many times you"ve been blocked from being able to excel."


"It ain"t no joke."


Kanye went on to say that he"s the only celebrity still alive who can actually have a cultural impact.


"Picasso is dead, Steve Jobs is dead, Disney is dead. Name someone living that you can name in the same breath as them.


"We"re one race, the human race, we"re a blip in the existence of the universe and we"re constantly trying to pull each other down. It"s like I"m shaking talking about it, I feel I can make a difference while I"m here, I feel I can make a difference through my skill set."


After stating he has a condition called "synaesthesia," which means he can see sound, Kanye concluded with a story:


"I"m sitting with [President] Obama, and Leo [DiCaprio]"s talking about the environment, and I"m talking about clothes, and everyone looks at me like, that"s not an important issue.


"But I remember going to school in fifth grade and wanting to have a cool outfit. I want to take away bullying."


The crowd gave Kanye a standing ovation by the end of his rant.


How can you not?!? Check out the whole thing now:


Kanye west rants about dead people says he stands alone

Ben Higgins to Marry Lauren Bushnell... REALLY SOON!

Some time in the near future, Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell are getting married.


No, wait, the wedding between Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell has been called off!



Contrasting reports regarding the latest winner of The Bachelor and his chosen suitor have gone viral over the past few weeks, confusing fans desperate to see another successful relationship spring from this show.


So, which is it?


Are Ben and Lauren closer than ever to saying “I Do” or to saying “See Ya?”


According to Us Weekly, it’s the former, as that magazine claims the famous tandem “will get married very soon, probably this summer.


Yes, the tabloid adds, these nuptials would be televised as an “ABC special.”


Higgins rejected new Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher toward the end of his featured season, proceeding to propose to Bushnell during the finale’s taping in Jamaica.


They actually do seem like a very happy couple, but how often have you heard that about Bachelors and their fiancees before?


Just prior to the relationship coming to a not-so-surprising end?



Ever since his season concluded, though, Higgins and his 25-year old love have been “very happy,” a source tells Us Weekly, saying of Ben and Lauren:


“They’re making it work a lot better than past people have done in their shoes,” adds the source.


Why would they film their nuptials for a national audience?


Money. No… wait. That isn’t it.


“We want to share our life with everyone who’s been supportive,” says Bushnell, who recently moved into Higgins’ Denver home. “And that includes Bachelor Nation.”


If this wedding special makes it to air, Ben and Lauren would become the fifth Bachelor couple to exchange vows in front of network cameras.


Trista and Ryan Sutter started this trend in 2003 and were followed by:


Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney wed in 2010; Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum in 2012; and Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici in January 2014.


The Real Housewives of New York City Season 8 Episode 7 Recap: Bethenny DESTROYS Sonja!

After all they have been through o’er the years, for Bethenny Frankel and Sonja Morgan, is there still hope to have a long-lasting friendship?


Or even not-so-close-friends who mostly kind of get along? We found out on The Real Housewives of New York City Season 8 Episode 7 …



When you watch The Real Housewives of New York City online, trouble started brewing from the first minute over Sonja’s Tipsy Girl brand.


Countess Luann said she thought the moniker might hit Bethenny Frankel, founder of Skinnygirl, “a little close to home,” but Sonja disagreed.


Suffice it to say, Sonja is clueless and not self-aware.


“It’s a little too close for comfort,” Bethenny told Ramona. “If I had walked into that party and seen that, I think I would have just walked out.”


She compared it to watching your husband have sex with somebody else and told Carole Radziwill that she is now “done” with Sonja.


Well, in a manner of speaking. Naturally, Sonja was set to come into the Skinnygirl office for a chat later that week. Well done, producers.


When that meeting arrived, Bethenny cut right to the chase: “So you are saying that you are coming out with a brand called Tipsy Girl.”


Frankel told Morgan that her partners were “shady” and began grilling Sonja about who her distributors are, and talking way over her head.


“They call it a cheater brand,” Bethenny said, laying into her. “You’ve asked me for business advice. I’m actually just personally hurt.”



“I put my neck out for you, brought you into my world,” she went on. “I’m completely insulted, and I don’t want anything to do with you.”


“Well, I never would have thought that,” Sonja said.


Bethenny retorted, “Well, you thought wrong.”


“I think you’re a fraud. You’ve come up with six fake businesses, and no one buys any of it,” Frankel added. “Nobody believes any of it.”


Then Sonja played the bankruptcy card:


“Right now, the aftermath of that chapter 11 is really hitting me. I’m just trying to get back to where I was. I thought alcohol was a great idea.”


“I just thought I would have a couple of things, the rosé and the prosecco … certainly not what you did, not sell it for 10 million or 100 million.”


“Just sell what I can in their restaurants.”


Bethenny called for someone to get Sonja a tissue and wished her well, but still noted, “I don’t believe that you didn’t do this intentionally.”


Follow the links above to watch this play out in full, and to see whether the beef between Ramona Singer and Dorinda Medley escalates.


Spoiler alert: Of course it does. C’mon.