Jamie Foxx was leaving the famous Tao restaurant in Hollywood, California Monday night when TMZ caught up with him to ask him his thoughts on the passing of Kobe Bryant.

Foxx first started out by saying “God bless” his family, before going deeper and talking about Kobe’s transition from being a “legend” in life to what he can be now. He also said that Kobe made us think about love and family more.

“He lived legendary. And his transition will be legendary man. He literally like he made us think about love more. You can’t put your mind around it, but I will say this, it’ll be looked at as something of legends man. Like I said it made me want to embrace life, family more. Just God bless him and his family.”

Jamie ended his comments by saying we shouldn’t second guess God’s plan, although we’re all hurting at the moment. “They say God don’t make mistakes so we got to go with God’s plan man even though we don’t understand it. It’s sad but at the same time its of legend.”

With emotional held back, watch Jamie talk about Kobe’s legendary life (below).

While Kobe Bryant had already given so much to the world, with his untimely passing comes the imagining of all that still lay ahead for him. After retiring from his legendary NBA career, Bryant dove into the world of children’s literature. He conceptualized stories for authors to bring to life on the page: Legacy and the Queen (Annie Matthew), Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof (Ivy Claire), The Wizenard Series: Training Camp (Wesley King). 

Another author that Bryant had a children’s book in the works with was Paulo Coelho, who is well-known for his novel, The Alchemist. Coelho revealed in an Instagram post that, in the wake of Bryant passing in a helicopter crash on Sunday, he will be scrapping the draft of the book they were co-writing. He posted a screenshot of Bryant messaging him to collaborate in August of 2019. “Let’s [write] that book together,” Kobe pitched. To which Coelho replied, “Anytime.” 

“You were more than a great player, dear Kobe Bryant,” Coelho wrote in the caption of his post. “I learned a lot by interacting with you. Will delete the draft right now, this book has lost its reason.” 

Coelho explained his decision to not move forward with the project to The Associated Press: “I deleted the draft because it didn’t make any sense to publish without him. It wouldn’t add anything relevant to him or his family. That doesn’t stop me from writing someday about things I learned from Kobe and how much of a larger-than-life person he was. But the children’s book did not make sense anymore.”

Coelho also spoke on what he learned about Bryant’s character from their interactions: “I saw him enough times to assure he had much more than sports on his mind, it wasn’t all about competition. His tragic death has shown already how he was important to the world, not only to the United States. We will discuss his legacy for many years, much beyond sport.”

This is the kind of thing you should really just keep to yourself. If you feel the need to celebrate somebody else's death, you're likely pretty screwed up and, in Ari Shaffir's case, he's receiving the backlash he rightfully deserves. Over the weekend, Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were named among the fatalities in a Calabasas helicopter crash. The entire world -- not just the basketball community -- has been mourning his tremendous loss, remembering all the incredible feats he achieved and sending love to Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's longtime partner. Comedian Ari Shaffir decided to take the opportunity to actually gloat about how happy he was that the legend passed away, tweeting that it should have happened during his rape trial in 2003. As you would expect, he's being cancelled as we speak.

Last week, Mr. Peanut became a trending topic as Planters started promoting ads on social media apps that announced the death of its 104-year-old mascot. The marketing campaign was intended as a lead-up to the Kraft-owned snack company’s Superbowl commercial, starring Wesley Snipes and Matt Walsh. While the 30-second clip of Mr. Peanut and the actors experiencing a car accident is still set to air during this Sunday’s event, Planters has decided to dial back the ads of Mr. Peanut’s demise in light of the passing of Kobe Bryant. 

On Sunday afternoon (Jan. 26), it was reported that the NBA legend was killed in a helicopter crash while he was travelling with his daughter Gianna to her basketball game in Thousand Oaks, California. Seven other passengers also perished in the crash, including John Altobelli, his daughter Alyssa Altobelli, his wife Keri Altobelli, Mamba Academy coach Christina Mauser, Sarah Chester, her daughter Payton Chester and pilot Ara Zobayan.

In the wake of this tragedy, Planters has revised their plan to advertise death-related posts on people’s social media feeds. Planters said in a statement that it will “evaluate next steps through a lens of sensitivity to those impacted by this tragedy. The company added that “at this point, the pause impacts only paid advertising on channels like Twitter and YouTube, and some other outreach in the immediate wake of this tragedy. No change has been made to our plans for Super Bowl Sunday.”

Dysfunctional households in the music realm is extremely commonplace for artists within the industry. And Ariana Grande has had a similar upbringing in regards to the relationship with her father, Edward Butera. Following her parents’ divorce, Grande has publicly stated that she and her father’s relationship hasn’t been the best, but recently the two settled their differences. To honor her parents, the “god is a woman” singer invited both her parents, Edward and Joan Grande, as her guests to the 62nd annual Grammy Awards. 

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Ariana Grande was granted the honor to perform during the award show. The 26-year-old singer/songwriter’s performance set included her hit singles, “Imagine,” “7 Rings,” and “Thank U, Next.”

During her performance of “Thank U, Next,” Ariana changed her controversial lyrics to, “I’ll be thanking my dad because he is so awesome,” instead of the original, “I’ll be thanking my dad, ’cause she grew from the drama.”

In a 2014 interview with Seventeen magazine, Ariana discussed her struggles with her then-estranged father stating:

“Falling out of touch with my dad. It’s private, but it happened last year, It took me so long to be okay with it. The thing that got me there was embracing the fact that that I am made up of half my dad, and a lot of my traits come from him. So much of me comes from my father, and for so long, I didn’t like that about myself.” 

Since then, the “Boyfriend” singer has reconciled with her father and even shared Thanksgiving with both of her parents this past year. The ex-girlfriend of the now deceased, Mac Miller, was nominated for five Grammys this year but took home none but was able to share her success in the presence of both of her parents at this year’s ceremony.

Check out Ariana Grande’s 2020 Grammy performance in its entirety below. 

With Selena Gomez‘s, Rare (2020), displacing Roddy Ricch from the top spot on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart this past week, the 27-year-old should be celebrating the success of her first solo album in five years since 2015’s Revival. However, that might not be the case as the “Same Old Love” recently sat down with NPR to discuss the creative process and inspiration behind her latest musical offering. Unfortunately, some of the aspects behind her artistry were inspired by the emotional abuse she suffered in her past relationship with pop phenom and ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber. 

When discussing Gomez’s lead single, “Lose You To Love Me,” the interviewer eluded to the fact that Justin Bieber was the inspiration to the song, leading to Selena Gomez dropping a bombshell revelation about the couple’s relationship that came to an end in March 2018. Gomez revealed that during their stint together, the “Yummy” singer was emotionally abusive towards her. An excerpt from the interview reads:

“Interviewer: “Lose You To Love Me” is your first No. 1 song off this album — tell me about this song.

Gomez: I’m very proud of it. It has a different meaning to me now from when I wrote it. I felt I didn’t get a respectful closure, and I had accepted that, but I know I needed some way to just say a few things that I wish I had said. It’s not a hateful song; it’s a song that is saying — I had something beautiful and I would never deny that it wasn’t that. It was very difficult and I’m happy it’s over. And I felt like this was a great way to just say, you know, it’s done, and I understand that, and I respect that, and now here I am stepping into a whole other chapter.

Interviewer: Saying goodbye to Justin Bieber, who I’m assuming you’re speaking about.

Gomez: You had to get the name in, I get it.

Interviewer: Do you look back on that time, and when you think about the parts of your life that were painful, that you’ve kind of moved on from, is that one of the harder parts?

Gomez: No, because I’ve found the strength in it. It’s dangerous to stay in a victim mentality. And I’m not being disrespectful, I do feel I was a victim to certain abuse —

Interviewer: You mean emotional abuse?

Gomez: Yes, and I think that it’s something that — I had to find a way to understand it as an adult. And I had to understand the choices I was making. As much as I definitely don’t want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I am really proud that I can say I feel the strongest I’ve ever felt and I’ve found a way to just walk through it with as much grace as possible.”

While some personalities within the culture believe that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez conspired to remove Roddy Ricch from the Billboard throne, this discovery of emotional abuse in the Bieber/Gomez relationship might put those rumors to rest. Check out the full interview where Selena Gomez and NPR discuss her latest LP, Rare, mental health, Justin Bieber, and more below. 

The 62nd annual Grammy Awards took place last night, with J. Cole, 21 Savage, and Tyler, The Creator all taking home awards in their respective nominee divisions. While the ceremony was eventful and full of inspiring performances, one extremely well-known couple rarely acknowledged each other during the event held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes did not walk the red carpet together, sit alongside each other, or cross paths during the entire 2020 Grammy ceremony. 

Instead of bringing her significant other as her date to the celebratory function, the “Havana” songstress opted to bring her father to the ceremony, despite the couple being nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their collaborative efforts on Cabello’s chart-topping  single, “Señorita.” Camila Cabello also got the opportunity to perform her song “First Man” during the event, dedicating her performance to her father. 

While Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes seemingly ignored each other during the 2020 Grammys, all is well in their relationship which is currently in its honeymoon phase. In the Oct. 2019 edition of ELLE Magazine, Cabello spoke on how the two which their relationship was more private stating:

“I don’t know; people can say whatever they want to say. They can speculate, but at the same time, we are going to live our own lives, enjoy it, and fall for each other like nobody is watching. That is how I want to live. I never want to open the door for people to feel like they are involved. Like I said, I want it to be mine and [his]. That’s why I’m so tight-lipped about it: because I want to protect it.”

Following the formal Grammy Awards presentation, the real festivities began when the couple reunited and turned all the way up drunkenly singing One Direction’s 2014 hit single, “Steal My Girl,” atop of a table at a private Grammy after-party. Despite Camila Cabello still being under scrutiny for her recently resurfaced racist rant, she and her boyfriend have quietly moved on from the incident. Check out Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes singing “Steal My Girl” while standing on tables in the video provided below. 

The Grammys took place last night during a very controversial time for the Recording Academy. At the beginning of the Grammy week, explosive reports about the Academy made its way to the frontline of newsfeeds. The CEO of the Recording Academy essentially claimed the Grammys were rigged — an allegation that’s been made on numerous occasions by Black artists for years yet have never been acknowledged.

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During the Grammys, Tyler, The Creator took home the award for Best Rap Album, a feat he even had mixed feelings about. IGOR was an incredible album but to classify it as rap is a major reach. The rapper even explained that being described as an “urban” artist, as opposed to a pop artist for this album, was a backhanded compliment.

“On the one side I am very grateful that what I made can be acknowledged in a world like this… but it sucks that whenever we, and I mean guys that look like me, do anything that’s genre-bending or anything, they always put it in a rap or urban category. And I don’t like that ‘urban’ word. It’s just a politically correct way to say the n-word, to me,” he said. 

Off-White Founder and Louis Vuitton Artistic Director Virgil Abloh relates to those sentiments. As he took to Instagram to praise Tyler for the award, he made it clear that terms like “urban” and “streetwear” come with connotations that prevent Black artists especially from being able to reach a wider audience because of how they’re categorized.

“oung, wise, and gifted @feliciathegoat. exact sentiment when I hear the word ‘streetwear’,” he wrote. Check the post below. 

The tributes keep on pouring in for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the seven other people aboard the basketball legend’s helicopter after the fatal crash yesterday. Details continue to be unveiled regarding the cause of the crash with most reports pointing to high levels of fog in the area. Kobe Bryant famously used helicopters to bypass the busy Los Angeles traffic, noting that he uses the extra time to bond with his family. The city of Los Angeles and the entire world are grieving the loss of Bryant, and the news is hitting Kylie Jenner especially hard. She posted her tribute on social media, revealing that she used to frequently use that same helicopter.

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“Rest in peace..and prayers to these families,” wrote the billionaire make-up mogul. “I still can’t believe this. That was the helicopter I would fly on from time to time with that pilot, Ara. He was such a nice man. Hold your loved ones close.”

As reported by TMZ, Jenner was on the helicopter with Dream Kardashian on the little one’s birthday in November 2019. That appears to be the last time she took flight with Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the chopper. 

When the news first broke, Kylie posted a photo of Kobe Bryant and Gianna, praying for their family. This has to be hard for her to process, much like it is for the rest of us.

Gabrielle Union previously announced that her contract was not renewed to be a judge on America's Got Talent and it all went down after she reported a racist joke that Jay Leno made on set. The one comment by Jay was apparently an example of racist and sexist behaviour that went down behind the scenes. The host of the show, Terry Crews, recently went on live TV and told the world that while he can't share an experience with Gabrielle on the sexist matter, he doesn't agree with her experience with racism on set. "It was the most diverse place I have ever been in my 20 years of entertainment," he said. 

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Clearly, Terry never got word that the case (that's still ongoing) was not to be discussed. "Maaaaaan... We all agreed to let the investigation be completed before speaking but if we doing this... ohhhhh baby let's gooooooooooo!" Gabrielle tweeted in a series of upset tweets. "Why anyone would gleefully get up on TV and tell lies that NO ONE disputed... But we already know."

Terry clearly got word of Gabrielle's reaction to his words and he's since followed up with a message of his own that's seemingly aimed at the ordeal. "There is only one woman one earth I have to please. Her name is Rebecca. Not my mother, my sister, my daughters or co-workers. I will let their husbands/ boyfriends/ partners take care of them. Rebecca gives me WINGS," he wrote of his wife.