Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Common Says Blackface is Never Appropriate, Even for Hollywood Stand-ins

Common says if a stand-in for a movie or TV show requires makeup to match skin complexion with the actor … the director better find a new stand-in. We got the rapper/actor leaving Equinox Wednesday in WeHo, and he weighed in on the controversy…


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David Hasselhoff and Hayley Roberts: Married!

It’s been a little over two years since David Hasselhoff became engaged to Hayley Roberts.


The famous actor is 66, and his fiancee is 38. 


But she’s no longer his fiancee — she’s his wife. The two are now officially married!



Us Weekly reports that David Hasselhoff’s rep confirmed to them that he and Hayley have married.


The two tied the knot on Tuesday, July 31.


The long-awaited nuptials took place in the southern region of Puglia, Italy.


Italy is easily one of the most romantic places to have a destination wedding.


And we also have a few details about the ceremony itself.



According to The Blast, the 66-year-old actor and the 38-year-old model did not have one of those huge productions of a wedding, but they did invite guests.


The guest list was limited to close friends and, of course, family, giving the ceremony an intimate feeling.


Among the guests, of course, were David Hasselhoff’s daughters Taylor, 28, and Hayley, 25.


(No, that is not a typo — in case it has slipped your mind, his wife and daughter not only have the same first name, they spell it the same way)


We’re sure that they were overjoyed at getting to witness the loving union between these two longtime lovers.



This romance has been blazing for years — ever since David and Hayley (his wife, not his daughter) met in a random encounter at a hotel, way back in 2011.


Hayley asked him for his autograph. He agreed — and asked for her number in exchange.


That’s probably not the response that she expected from the Baywatch and Knight Rider alum, but they started dating.


Then, in 2016, on a romantic picnic lunch in Malibu, he proposed to her.


And she said yes.



David knew that marrying someone new — especially someone so much younger than he is — was going to be a little different for his daughters.


“I told my girls what I was going to do,” he actor shared after announcing the engagement in 2016. “And they were both really supportive.”


“It’s tough,” he said. “No one wants to see their parents split up.”


That is mostly true.


“But they love Hayley,” David said. “And they’re just happy for me.”



The age difference isn’t the hugest in the world. Unlike some celebrities, he’s not marrying a woman as young as or younger than his daughters.


We imagine that the only real awkward part of this relationship is that Hayley (his wife) and Hayley (his daughter) have the same name.


But plenty of families have multiple people with the same name, and they’ve had seven years to become accustomed to it.


Our heartfelt congratulations go out to the newly married couple.


We hope that their marriage brings them many years of blissful happiness.



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Canelo Alvarez and GGG Clashed During Promo Shoot

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golvkin had real beef when they came together to shoot a promo for their upcoming fight … sources tell TMZ Sports there was “real hatred” and real trash talk on the set.  The two had to be in the same room at the…


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Tiffany Haddish: I Was Raped by a Police Cadet

Tiffany Haddish may be the funniest woman on the planet.


But the rising superstar shares a story in the latest issue of Glamour that is as serious and as sad as it gets:


She was raped at the age of 17.



The Girls Trip star shared her very personal story with the aforementioned magazine this month, tearfully explaining that she still struggles with the reality of the situation to this day.


“That whole experience put me in such a messed-up place for a long time, and I ended up going to counseling,” Haddish says.


Haddish said that she did report the incident shortly after it transpired, but it continues to be something that takes a heavy toll on her. It’s still something she thinks about constantly.


All the star will really say about the situation at this point is that the rapist was a police cadet.


She won’t really get into any other specifics, for understandable reasons, of course.


However, Haddish does admit that the assault colors her personality a bit and plays a role into how she approaches the opposite sex.



“I notice that men are afraid of women that are aggressive. So to protect myself I become semi-aggressive,” she says.


“You hear about, ‘Tiffany always hitting on somebody,’ but that’s to keep them from hitting on me.”


In that same context, Haddish tells Glamour that she has been as forceful as possible when faced with directors and producers who try to exchange acting roles for sexual favors.


Yes, this really has happened to her.


Just as it has happened to so many women in Hollywood.



“I’ve had experiences where directors or producers are like, ‘You want this job?’ I might get real bossy and say, ‘First off, don’t nobody want to see your little dick!’ I get loud, all that,” she told Glamour.


Classic Tiffany Haddish, right?


Except now we comprehend a little more why the star can come across as so loud and abrasive.


The result is often hilarious.


But the backstory behind it is anything but.



Haddish went through a divorce from William Stewart In 2013.


He denied claims that he also physically abused her (in her 2017 memoir, the actress wrote that Stewart “got violent” and that Stewart “choked” her)… but Tiffany isn’t about to allow her past experiences keep her from dating and finding the right man.


Which is not to say she’s spoken for at the moment. She’s very single and she’s open to mingling. It’s just…


“I don’t really have time. And I’ve had enough somebodies,” she tells Glamour, hilariously concluding:


“I done ran through 38 dudes, OK? Body count, yeah. Mine is 38. Write it down. Let them know. I’ve had 38 experiences.”



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