THIS WEEK

A$AP Rocky And Rihanna Spotted Being Doting Parents During A Recent Family Outing In New York City.  BOSSIP reports…The rapper and his other half are back in NYC after spending some family time in Rihanna’s home country of Barbados.

They were spotted leaving the Four Seasons Hotel with their three children — sons RZA and Riot and daughter Rocki Irish Mayers recently.  Rocky was fully locked into his fatherly role as the Fenty founder followed behind, making for an adorable photo op. Rihanna followed nearby, but she let her partner handle the transportation of their little ones.  

This sighting comes just over a week after Rihanna and Rocky enjoyed a tropical getaway with their children. The “Diamonds” artist made sure RZA, Riot, and Rocki got a taste of Bajan culture, enjoying fresh coconut water and taking them for a ride on one of the island’s local minibuses during their time on the island. Rihanna  also took her kids to the Bridgetown neighborhood where she grew up, visiting Rihanna Drive,, formerly Westbury New Road–which was renamed in her honor in 2017.

Jamie Foxx Is Expecting A Baby With His Co-Star  Girlfriend.  BOSSIP reports…Jamie Foxx is preparing to become a father for the third time, and he’s being honest about how mixed his emotions were when he first found out. The Oscar winner, who is 58, is expecting his first child with girlfriend Alyce Huckstepp, 31, and admitted he wasn’t immediately sold on the idea of starting over with diapers and sleepless nights at his age.

“Being my age, I was a little on the fence, being 58,” Jamie Foxx said in an interview with E!. It’s an understandable reaction, but according to Foxx, an unexpected run-in with a fellow Hollywood veteran helped shift his perspective entirely. Foxx explained that he ran into his Any Given Sunday co-star Al Pacino, who greeted him with a knowing comment. “Ah, Jamie! I was worried about you!” When Foxx asked what he meant, Pacino revealed he was expecting a baby of his own, prompting Foxx to jokingly ask if Pacino, now 86, was headed “back in the drop-off line.”

Pacino’s response, simply confirming that he was in fact heading back into that world, gave Foxx some much-needed reassurance. Pacino welcomed his fourth child back at 83 years old with then-girlfriend Noor Alfallah, who was 29 at the time. Hearing that someone nearly three decades older than him was navigating new fatherhood helped put things in perspective for Foxx, who summed up his reaction simply: “I said, ‘Oh man, shoot, I’m good.’”

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Single Sketches

The Date You

Don’t Forget

by Cheryl Lakes

When you’re single and dating, some moments happen you wish to forget.  Here are a few moments these singles wish they could forget.    Candy – “On a first date with a very exciting guy that I had been working hard to impress all night, I removed my eyeglasses for vanity purposes.  Forgetting that I could barely see without them, I struggled to order from the menu and got lost coming back to the table from the ladies’ room.  But the worst thing happened when I ended up getting in the wrong car, with the wrong guy, when my date pulled up to retrieve me in front of the restaurant.  My excuse was that the two cars were the same color. But apparently, he didn’t buy it, because he never asked me out again.”     MORE

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The Dating Chronicles

The Stakeout

Glenda, who was a cop by day and a stalker at night, was off duty and had been watching the house for over an hour.  She was parked down the block so her car wouldn’t be seen. She’d first seen her boyfriend’s car there two weeks ago on a night when she had followed him.  It was bad enough when he took time away from her to play poker with those stupid friends of his, but now she suspected he was seeing another woman.   MORE

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8 Steps To

Spectacular Skin

by Gloria Gibson

The way to beautiful skin begins with what you eat.  You are truly what you eat, and certain foods enhance the appearance and texture of your skin.  They are Spinach, Peaches, Eggs, Broccoli, Bananas, Okra, Cabbage, Green Peppers, Lettuce, Yellow Turnips, Brussell Sprouts, Zucchini, Carrots, Peas, String Beans, Apricots, Corn, and Potatoes with the skin.   At least two of these foods should be included in your daily diet.  A vegetable a day does wonders for your skin.    MORE

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SingleScenes

by Sarah Smart 

Q.Two months ago, I made a serious mistake. I drank too much at a party one night and ended up sleeping with an aggressive co-worker who had been after me for months. Immediately, after it happened I regretted it, because I knew she liked me and I didn’t like her in the least. Since that time, I have tried avoiding her, but she has accosted me at work and on the street about “playing” her, and that was not the case. She’s making my life miserable at the office. What can I do to turn this thing around? I’m about to get engaged and I don’t want to be harassed.  MORE

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18 Life-Changing

Moves For The Better

by Jan Pitt

Spend Smart: Don’t spend ridiculous amounts of money because of the designer label. Remember, no one can see the label but you.Reach: Extend a smile to a stranger.  It means a lot.  Restrain: Don’t socialize regularly with people who reflect an image or value system different than your own.  Skid To A Stop: In relationships, don’t go along for the ride and then complain all while you’re ridin  Button Up: Don’t tell anyone something that you really didn’t want them to know. If you can’t think of an answer to a question you don’t want to answer, ignore them.  …   MORE

 

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Unblemished:

A  Portrait Of

The Perfect Match

by Bonita Bennett

I have a friend, whose good looks and charisma are so striking that whenever he walks into a room, both men and women turn to stare.   I’ve witnessed women of all shapes and sizes hang off the rafters with bated breath hoping to be chosen, and he tried to accommodate as many who fit his criteria.  But as I watched him from afar, I always held the thought that he was searching for something, and he knew what he was looking for.   MORE          

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Lost Without A Lover?

Read This!

by Joanna Sands

I was head over heels in love with a guy who was the master of innuendo, and I was always convinced by all his hints about marriage that I would be the one he chose.  But I was not.  He texted me on a Friday night and informed me he was leaving on his honeymoon.  It took me a whole year to get over the pain of rejection after spending hours trying to figure out what she had that I didn’t.   MORE

 

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