DaBaby Dropped From Two More Festivals, Despite Latest Apology

Johnny Brown, best known for his role as the housing project superintendent Nathan Bookman on the TV show Good Times, has died. He was 84 and no cause of death was given by his family, who announced his death on Instagram.

Leighton Meester is opening up about the mom guilt she experienced while filming her new Netflix movie, The Weekend Away.

The cast of The Bubble scream for their lives while filming a movie inside a movie for Netflix.

Clare Waight Keller, then the hugely successful designer at French house Chloé, to help her select a worthy student to intern with her, and we were both struck by how oversized and shroud-like the designs on display were. “That’s because most of the students are scared to death of women’s bodies,” the tutor sighed.Swipe right to now, and the chickens are well and truly roosting.

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Center for Innovative Medicine Models, part of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), so scientists can look into ‘the generation, characterisation and implementation of large animal models in biological and biomedical research’.The lab’s 40-odd staff use animals to look into everything from genetic diseases to reproduction, but a chief concern is xenotransplantation: moving living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another – usually humans. In this developing scientific field, leading the pack is the prospect of genetically modified (GM) pigs looking like 12428 being cut open, their hearts (or possibly kidneys, lungs and livers) removed and carefully but hastily given to a desperately ill human.It is difficult to fathom, watching the piglets play in their pen, but the science is more than encouraging.

echlinlondon.com) agrees: “Where once these rooms were generally ‘not seen and not heard’, parents are now bringing them out into the light in order to improve the quality of these areas and spend more time with their children.”The self-contained games room has long been a feature of the high-end home, where it will often occupy a basement space: interior designer Katharine Pooley (katharinepooley.com), who has seen “many more” requests for games rooms in the past year, recently worked on one for a young client in Notting Hill with bespoke poker, billiards and ping-pong tables (complete with monogrammed bats). “I find clients are prioritising security, privacy and entertaining within the home due to the restrictions we have all lived with these past two years,” she says.But the current trend isn’t limited to those who have a vast subterranean space to meet home entertainment needs.

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Nurse Jamie Instant Uplift 1 facial tool, £55 to help her clients contour their face at home.Of course, any new beauty concern is a marketing opportunity for the anti-ageing industry. Enter a new wave of jaw-tightening treatments that resculpt the angles that age has eroded.

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woman claims that her tipple of choice is the secret to a long life, and that it makes her feel younger. Violet Shipp celebrated her birthday milestone this week having been born during the First World War.

Jaime King looked glamorous while meeting Evan Ross and friends for lunch in Los Angeles on Friday.The model and actress, 42, modeled a shaggy two-toned coat while stepping out with the 33-year-old actor and musician.The Out of Death star wore large white sunglasses and showed off her short and edgy blonde haircut. Fashionista: Jaime King looked glamorous while meeting Evan Ross and friends for lunch in Los Angeles on FridayThe Nebraska-born star wore a pair of black flared pants with pointed-toe white heels.She added a large statement-making necklace made of big black beads.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West has apparently removed a remix of his song “Nah Nah Nah” featuring DaBaby from streaming services. The remix, which was released last year and also featured 2Chainz, was disappeared from Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal over the weekend and was first reported by HotNewHipHop.DaBaby is entering a third week of negative reaction to homophobic comments he made onstage at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on the weekend of July 23.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEleven national LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS organizations on Wednesday released an open letter to rapper DaBaby in the wake of his recent homophobic statements and awkward attempts at apologies, requesting a private meeting to discuss the facts about HIV and how it is a preventable and treatable condition, and discuss a long-term opportunity for him to pass on the education to his large fanbase.The organizations are: Arianna’s Center, Black AIDS Institute, GLAAD, The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Prevention Access Campaign, Relationship Unleashed, The 6:52 Project Foundation, and leaders from the Gilead COMPASS Initiative including Southern AIDS Coalition, Emory University, the University of Houston, and Wake Forest

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorShowtime has released a trailer for “Bitchin’: the Sound and Fury of Rick James,” a new documentary directed by Emmy-nominee and hip-hop journalist Sacha Jenkins (“Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men”). Judging by the trailer the doc aims to present an accurate look at one of the most controversial and confrontational figures in the history of R&B and popular music.James, who died in 2004, is known for his 1980s hits like “Super Freak” and “Give It to Me”; his prison term for a sexual misconduct; and of course Dave Chappelle’s famous parody.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLegendary songwriter, guitarist and singer Johnny Marr — formerly of the Smiths, the The, Electronic and Modest Mouse and a veteran solo artist as well — has signed a new worldwide album deal with BMG. The deal is an expansion of Marr’s relationship with BMG as a publisher, which includes his three U.K.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter his headlining sets at Lollapalooza and the Governors Ball Festival were canceled within 24 hours of each other, DaBaby has issued another, more articulated apology to the LGBTQ community.While it starts off defensively, his statement posted to Instagram does include a more thorough apology than the half-baked ones he offered last week in the wake of his homophobic comments about AIDS and the gay community at the Rolling Loud festival and afterward.“Social Media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate, and learn from your mistakes,” he wrote.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA day after DaBaby was dropped from the Lollapalooza lineup for his homophobic comments last week, New York’s Governors Ball canceled his performance at the festival, which takes place in September.In a tweet labeled “Stay tuned for a lineup addition,” the festival’s promoter wrote in a social media message: “Founders Entertainment does not and will not tolerate hate or discrimination of any kind. We welcome and celebrate the diverse communities that make New York City the greatest city in the world.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinead Harnett, Snail Mail, Ambar Lucid, Paris Texas and 23 other acts are members of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2021, which focuses on independent artists.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a clearly provocative move, rapper Da Baby brought out Tory Lanez during his set at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on Sunday night — right after a set by Megan Thee Stallion, who accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot last year.Lanez was brought out onstage during Da Baby’s set wearing an oversized costume, according to livestreamed video footage. “I’ll give somebody out here a million dollars if they can guess who in here,” Da Baby said as Lanez emerged from the costume; the rapper also made an appearance during Kodak Black’s set at the festival.Details about the alleged shooting emerged gradually after it took place last July and it remains unclear exactly what happened.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTravis Scott premiered a new song apparently titled “Escape Plan” during his headlining set at Day Two of the Rolling Loud Miami festival on Saturday night. Scott had teased the song and video earlier on Saturday with a minute-long clip — lensed in a wide variety of locations, including a private jet, a yacht and a number of expensive-looking tropical locales — with the caption “Hmm someone [asked] me how I’m starting I said this is how.