Royal Baby #2

Well, it’s official! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, or William and Kate if you will are expecting their second child. Their son George was born in July of 2013 and became the third in line for the throne behind Prince Charles and his father William. The birth of George pushed Prince Harry down to the fourth in line for the throne. 

The news of their pregnancy was announced on Monday, September 8th via Twitter that they were expecting another child. Although the baby is not passed the 1st trimester yet, the royal household made the announcement because Kate had to cancel an appearance scheduled at an event in Oxford for that day. They said that the Duchess suffers from acute morning sickness as she did in her 1st pregnancy. Her condition from the first pregnancy hospitalized her forced her to be hospitalized just weeks into her pregnancy.

The condition, referred to as Hyperemesis Gravidarum is the case of extreme and persistent nausea during the pregnancy that can often times lead to dehydration, weight loss and a build up of toxins in the blood and urine called ketosis. It requires much hydration, nutrients and medication to be treated. The condition affects 3.5 of 1,000 pregnancies. The Duchess of Cambridge is being treated for her condition by doctors at Kensington Palace, but it calls into question her future attendance to events. 

The impending birth of this young royal has generated so much excitement from so many people around the country. With the announcement of another royal baby on the way, many people have already started bets on the gender, hair color and name of the new baby. Both Prince Charles and Prince Harry have commented that they are overjoyed by the news of the new baby and both hope that the Duchess has a girl. 

Although this pregnancy has excited so many people, the one thing it will lack will be the constitutional significance that the birth of Prince George had and it is also said that the pregnancy of this second child might put a stall on the Duchess’s plan to take her first solo overseas tour to Malta for two days later this month.

Dancing With the Stars Is Back!

Dancing With the Stars is back! The fan favorite ABC show that puts celebrities with professional dancers to compete for the mirror ball trophy is finally back for it’s 19th season. The show has 13 contestants this year, all paired up with one of the show’s professionally trained dancers. The celebrity contestants this year are from a wide range of jobs. From actresses to athletes they have just about everyone.
Lolo Jones, an Olympic track star was the first to go on this season of the show. She was partnered with Keo and they received the low score of 22 out of a 40 possible points. They performed a cha cha that started off with the exchange of a few text messages but the dance was a little rocky after that with Lolo forgetting her moves and not being able to recover.
Tavis Smiley and partner Sharna were the second to go home after the week 2 theme of #MyJamMonday. The celebrities and their partners had to pick a song that they considered “their jam” and then had to perform to the song. Tavis and Sharna brought it back to the disco days with their cha cha dance to Boogie Wonderland. Unfortunately the judges felt that it was an off week and the fans didn’t vote in the direction so the duo was sent home.
The other celebrities for this season include Jonathan Bennett, an actor who is best known for playing Aaron Samuels in the 2004 movie Mean Girls. Jonathan is partnered with Allison Holker. Partnered with Peta Murgatroyd is comedian Tommy Chong who is most known for his marijuana themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums. UFC champion and actor Randy Couture is partnered with Karina Smirnoff.  The famous fashion designer Betsey Johnson is paired with dancer Tony Dovolani.
Youtube sensation Bethany Mota was partnered with Derek Hough and Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish was matched with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Alfonso Ribeiro, the sitcom actor dances with Witney Carson. Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson dances with Mark Ballas and Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is paired with Cheryl Burke. Lea Thompson from ABC Family’s Switched at Birth is partnered with Artem Chigvintsev and auto racing champion Michael Waltrip dances with Emma Slater. 
While the celebrities of the show perform new dances each week to compete with one another to win the mirror ball trophy and not be sent home, the professional dancers of the show also have an ongoing competition between themselves to see who can win the most mirror ball trophies. Derek Hough is in the lead currently with a total of 5 mirror ball trophies and no one is close behind him.

Dancing with the Stars is on ABC every night Monday night at 8/7 central.

Orange Is the New Black is Coming Back

Orange Is the New Black, the Netflix Original Series that has taken the world by storm is based off of the book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison written by Piper Kerman about her experiences in prison. The 1st season of the show was released on July 11, 2013 and has been a big hit with everyone since then. The show is revolved around Piper Chapman, a bisexual woman who is sentenced to 15 months in a women’s federal prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money for her girlfriend at the time Alex who was an international drug smuggler.

Piper Kerman, the author of the book the series is based on was in a romantic relationship with a woman who dealt heroin for a West African kingpin. Kerman got involved in the ordeal by laundering money for the drug operation. In 1998, she was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking and pleaded guilty. She then served 13 months of her 15 month sentence in 2004.

In the 1st season of the show, Piper Chapman lives in New York City with her new fiancee Larry Bloom. Larry takes Piper to prison where she will serve her 15 month sentence for laundering drug money for her then girlfriend Alex Vause. When Piper gets to prison, Piper attempts to learn her way around the place and in midst of that insults the cooking right in front of the prison’s chef Red. Red then retaliates and cuts Piper off by not giving her any food. Piper then finds out that her ex girlfriend is also an inmate at the same prison. This calls in to question Piper’s feelings for Alex and her relationship with Larry.

Season 2 was filled with just as much drama. It really put a lot of focus on the things going on inside the prison that many people on the outside wouldn’t know about. A problem at the prison in the show was money not being distributed around the prison the way they said it would be. Like the new gym that was supposed to be opened but was never built or the track that they shut down because they “didn’t have enough money to support it.” It also puts focus on a new character Vee, who is vindictive and takes advantage of other prisoners. She starts dealing drugs throughout the prison by use of tampon boxes. 

As many people are happy to hear, they have announced that there will be a third season that will be released onto Netflix in the near future. It has been slotted to come back sometime in June or July of 2015, so for everyone waiting, they will have to wait a couple months until they can binge on their beloved Orange Is the New Black.

Celebrity Baby News

Over the past months, the announcements and deliveries of many celebrity babies have been a major topic in the world of celebrity world. 
Music mogul Simon Cowell shocked many people when he and his girlfriend Lauren Silverman announced that they were expecting  a child. Well, the day came on Valentine’s Day when Lauren gave birth to a boy, their son Eric. The creator of American Idol and the X Factor was not someone that I would have pinned for the father type, but it looks like I was wrong. Cowell’s girlfriend Lauren has a son Adam from a previous marriage.
Reality star Melissa Rycroft, a former Dallas Cowboy’s Cheerleader, 2 time Dancing With the Stars performer and is most famous for her appearance on Season 13 of the Bachelor when she was proposed to by Jason Mesnick, then he later called off the engagement to be with 2nd place bachelorette Molly. After Melissa’s appearance on the Bachelor and her breakup with Jason, she got back together with ex-boyfriend Tye Strickland and have been together ever since. They recently welcomed their 2nd child, Beckett Thomas on April 20.
Season 1 winner of American Idol Kelly Clarkson just had a daughter on June 14 of this year. She and husband Brandon Blackstock announced on Twitter that they had had their daughter River Rose and that both were on cloud 9.
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans now has increased her family to 4. She and her boyfriend Nathan Griffith welcomed their son Kaiser into the world on June 30. Kaiser has 2 half-siblings, Jenelle’s son from a previous relationship Jace, and Nathan’s daughter Emery. The couple tricked their fans on the big day by telling everyone that they were spending the day at the beach by tweeting about it. Fans were later bombarded with pictures of their son Kaiser followed by tweets from both about the prank.
On August 16, Christina Aguilera and her husband Matt Rutler gave the news of their daughter Summer Rain’s arrival. The couple met on the set of Aguilera’s movie Burlesque in 2010, where Rutler was a production assistant. The announcement was made by Christina when she tweeted to her fans about how overjoyed she was to announce the arrival of her first child Summer Rain.

Power couple Kevin and Danielle Jonas had their first child Alena Rose Jonas on February 2. Their life with their new child can be seen on the their reality TV show Married to Jonas!

Kim Kardashian Attacked at Paris Fashion Week

On September 25,2014 Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West were stepping out of their car at Paris Fashion Week for the Balemain show when a someone thought to be a crazy fan lunged at her legs, shoved her up against the car and began to take her down to the ground. Mother, Kris Jenner was getting out of the car behind Kim and began to yell at the assailant when the bodyguards stepped in and pried the man off of her, pinned him down and subdued him.

            After the bodyguards were able to pry the assailant off of Kim, Kanye came around from his side of the vehicle and rushed to his wife’s side to bring her into the building.  No one has received any comment from neither Kim nor Kanye on the subject, but both have posted pictures throughout the week from their time in Paris, so they must be doing fairly well after the attack.

            News have been released about who the Kim’s attacker is, prankster Vitalii Sediuk who is famous for “attacking” celebrities on the red carpet. Last May, he showed up to the Maleficent premiere in Los Angeles and assaulted Brad Pitt on the red carpet, something that he was sentenced to 3 years on probation, a year of psychological counseling and 20 days of community service for. Brad Pitt also got a restraining order so that he could prevent any future issues from Vitalii to him or his wife Angelina Jolie. Sediuk said that  he chose Kim Kardashian as his target as revenge to the United States for banning him from entering the country. Vitalii has also been caught attacking multiple other A-list celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Adele, Madonna, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio and America Ferrera.

            Although Sediuk was ordered to stay 500 yards away from any red carpet event, movie event, or any celebrity event in general but that didn’t stop him from showing up at the Balemain show.  After the incident with Kim, Vitalii came out with a statement saying “I hope Kim is ok and won’t be mad at me as I didn’t mean any harm.” “Kanye is one lucky man as Kim is a goddess!” He got no response from Kim on his statement, and Kanye has yet to say anything as well.  In the end, the situation was controlled and although Vitalii did overstep with his “prank” he has reached out an apologized for his actions.

Should We Boycott the NFL?

 

                The NFL is one of the most well-known corporations not only in the United States but around the world. The NFL (short for National Football League) is made up of 32 teams around the United States equally divided up into conferences. Every year in February the teams that can win their conference and the playoffs will make their way to The Superbowl, one of the most watched sporting events of the year. Lately, there has been a lot of controversy towards the NFL. If you’ve been watching news at all, you probably have heard all of the negative comments towards two highly paid players in the NFL.

                Ray Rice is a running back for the Baltimore Ravens, one of the 32 teams within the NFL. He was signed to the Ravens in 2008 and has been playing for them ever since, up until a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago, a video was leaked of Ray Rice. The video was shot from within an elevator that showed Ray Rice physically abusing his then fiancée and punching her across the face, knocking her out cold. News of this domestic assault had been known, but the only evidence they had on Rice was a video showing him dragging his fiancée from the elevator. Now that actual footage had turned up, the NFL knew they had made a mistake and suspended Ray Rice from the NFL indefinitely.

                If Ray Rice didn’t put a strain on the NFL, on September 12, 2014 Adrian Peterson, also a running back for the Minnesota Vikings was arrested for child abuse. Over the summer, Adrian Peterson was visiting one of his many children when one of his children shoved another one. To discipline the child, Adrian took a stick and pulled his child’s pants down, repeatedly whacking him with it. When the child was returned to the mother, he had to go to the doctor’s due to serious injuries all over his body from the beating. When the NFL caught wind of this, they suspended Adrian Peterson as he went through court for child abuse charges. The Viking’s reinstated Peterson amid his charges, but 3 days later he was put on the NFL’s exempt/Commissioner’s Permission List and was asked to stay away from all team activities. It is unknown if he will ever return to the NFL.

                After the exposure of these 2 cases, many people have been saying that we should boycott the NFL. So should we? Some people think that the actions of these athletes are the fault of the NFL and believe that we should stop the program. Others believe that there is no reason to put this on the NFL. These athletes chose to make their own choices and the NFL wasn’t responsible for their actions. After the elevator video of Ray Rice was released, the NFL took a lot of heat for their weak punishment, but many people say that they gave Rice his punishment from the evidence that they had, while others say that they knew about the video but chose to ignore it and not release it. What do you think?

Kim Kardashian Hollywood Game

      The one thing that has been all the rage in the App Store this summer has been the new Kim Kardashian Hollywood game. The object of the game is to make your way up the social ladder and go from an E-lister to an A-lister. The game is said to be very fun and addicting and is extremely popular among middle age teens right now.
      When I heard about this game from my friends, they immediately told me that if I didn't have the Kim Kardashian game, I was missing out. So reluctantly, I got the game. The way the game works, is in order to make your way to that A-list status, you must make connections with other characters in the game. You can move up levels, based on the number of fans you have, who you are dating, who your friends are and who you model for.
      The game is centered in the city of Hollywood, but as you increase your levels you are able to travel to more places, starting with Beverly Hills and eventually being able to go places such as Paris, France. While playing the game, you have the power to constantly be changing your character's look. You may buy new outfits and change your hairstyle. The more you move up in levels, the more hairstyles and clothing the game unlocks.
      In the game, you're also very close friends with Kim Kardashian. She is the one person that really helps you out and helps you make connections so that you can move up in your status as quickly as possible. The more friends that you can make who run in the same circle as Kim Kardashian, the more famous and popular you will become.
      What would be a celebrity without an archenemy? Beware, if you decide to play this game, you will most likely make one. The gmae always creates that one character that will get mad at your character for anything from flirting with her boyfriend to stealing her style. Throughout the game, as you deal with getting new fans, as well as friends, you will also have to learn how to balance the "enemies" in your life.
      The game Kim Kardashian Hollywood became an overnight sensation. Although the app is free in the App Store, Kim Kardashian is making a fortune off this game. You can't blame kids for liking it. It allows kids to be able to feel like a celebrity with all the fans and the paparazzi as well as the status that comes with it. So go try out the Kim Kardashian game and become an A-lister as fast as you can!