Jessica Alba In Talks To Sell Her Honest Company For $1.7 Billion

Posted on Fri Sep 16th, 2016 8:20am PDT       By X17 Staff


Jessica Alba's gonna be richer than you are! And by rich, we mean really, really, really rich.

Gone are the days of Sin City, this actress-turned-entrepreneur made a REALLY smart decision to launch a line of environmentally-friendly baby and cleaning products in 2011 with some savvy business partners and has grown it to $300 million in annual sales with an expanded line of health and beauty products and some major marketing campaigns.

So just WHO would make a bid for Honest, huge conglomerate Unilever, that's who -- they make Dove soap and that smelly Axe stuff. But the deal is far from done ... the Wall Street Journal report Unilever is offering well below the $1.7 billion market valuation for Honest on which the company's last round of funding was based. That means Alba and her partners could turn down the offer and go public with the brand, which could potentially raise a billion dollars in an IPO.

Either way, we're betting Alba's made waaaaay more money with Honest than she ever did with acting!

 

Nick Gordon Found Responsible In Bobbi Kristina Brown's Death

Posted on Fri Sep 16th, 2016 7:55am PDT       By X17 Staff

After being ordered by an Atlanta judge to appear in court, Nick Gordon’s failure to appear in Bobbi Kristina Brown's wrongful death civil suit and his absence has rendered him responsible in the $50 million lawsuit. To be clear, this is a default judgement because Gordon did not show up.

Reporter Jennifer Leslie tweeted, "#BREAKING - By ignoring court, Nick Gordon found responsible for wrongful death of Bobbi Kristina Brown. #11Alive."

R. David Ware, a lawyer for Brown’s conservator, said after the ruling, “In court today, we finally finished a long journey for justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown." The lawyer continued, "The court agrees with us, by striking Mr. Gordon’s answer that he is legally responsible for her death. The only thing left to prove is the value of her life. We intend to do that."

Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said because Gordon has failed to appear twice, that anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission.

Brown's attorneys cited Gordon’s April 28 interview with Dr. Phil as evidence that the 26-year-old openly flouted and “ignored this lawsuit and its consequences.”

In the interview, Gordon alleged that Brown had turned to drugs after the death of her mother, superstar singer Whitney Houston.

One week after Gordon's interview with the celeb doc, Brown’s father, Bobby Brown, added his name to the wrongful death lawsuit.

In the interview he hit back and those who have accused him in the death of both Houston and Brown, saying, "Regardless of what everybody thinks, I made Krissy and Whitney's last few years on earth as happy as they would be." Gordon also said, "I gave them somebody to trust to, to talk to, to be there, someone genuine."

Gordon’s shocking interview also led the conservator for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate to file a renewed motion against Gordon for his choice to speak on television about the ongoing case.

“The defendant ignores this Court's mandates but freely discusses his role in the incident which led to the horrific injuries to decedent Bobbi Kristina,” the court document stated.

Brown died in August 2015, after being found unresponsive in her bath tub several months earlier.

 

Jessica Simpson Wishes Her Husband A Happy Birthday With A Naughty Instagram Post

Posted on Fri Sep 16th, 2016 7:00am PDT       By X17 Staff


Seeing as Jessica Simpson has posted Instagram photos where she looks like she's about to get naked with her hubby, this next bit shouldn't come as much of a surprise...

The starlet wished her husband, Eric Johnson, a happy birthday on Instagram yesterday, and she posted the sexy photo above and wrote, "Happy Birthday Eric Johnson!!! Thank you for giving me the sexiest porn star name. Love, your wife, Jessica Johnson." Um, haha? At least she tried...

Earlier this year Jess dished to People that the secret to her happy relationship was "making out," adding, "Don't forget to kiss. It's more intimate sometimes for a lot of people and if you forget that, you forget why you fell in love in the first place. It always begins with a kiss." Actually, she might be onto something there...

Jessica and Eric started dating in May 2010 and got engaged just six months later. In 2014 they got married, and they're proud parents to daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson, born in May 2012, and son Ace Knute, born in 2013.

 

Kendall Jenner Takes A Walk On The Wild Side At New York Fashion Week

Posted on Fri Sep 16th, 2016 6:30am PDT       By X17 Staff


Kendall Jenner, along with fellow supermodels Gigi Hadid, Stella Maxwell and Karlie Kloss was spotted leaving the Marc Jacobs fashion show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Thursday. The brunette bombshell wore not one, but two sexy animal-print ensembles. Rawr!

Kendall worked the catwalk in sky-high heels, colorful clothes and funky dreadlock extensions, and while she opted to remove the pieces after the show, Karlie and Stella seemed to keep them in for a bit longer. While Jacobs said the hairstyles were meant to be inspired by rave culture, London fashion from the 80s and Harajuku girls, he received some major flack for only including only two black models in his show.

A number of users on social media slammed the designer for the lack of diversity, but stylist Guido Palau defended the look. "Style comes from clashing things," Palau told The Cut after the show. "It's always been there — if you're creative, if you make food, music, and fashion, whatever, you're inspired by everything. It's not homogeneous. Different cultures mix all the time. You see it on the street. People don't dress head-to-toe in just one way."

What's your take?

amazing show @marcjacobs

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Ariana Grande Gets Pissy With Ryan Seacrest When He Asks About Her Relationship With Mac Miller

Posted on Fri Sep 16th, 2016 6:00am PDT       By X17 Staff


Ariana Grande chatted with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show on Thursday, but rather than a nice gabfest, the interview turned ugly when he asked about her relationship with Mac Miller! (Actually, she was acting a bit testy before that, but apparently that's just how she is, right?)

Seacrest implied that the pop star made her romance with Miller public with an Instagram photo last week, and it REALLY rubbed her the wrong way. "Oh, is that what I did? Is that what Instagram means to you now?" she said. "All right world, let’s go." Seacrest replied that he didn't know, which is why he was asking. "What are you asking? You said a sentence, there was no question," she sniped.

"It's like, 'Good morning, On Air With Ryan Seacrest,'" she continued. "It’s too early for this kind of tea. It’s too early, man." Seacrest wouldn't let up -- and we love him for that! "That's what we do," he said. "If you post something — even in my life — if I post something, it becomes something."

Grande replied, "If I post something, then that’s what I’m willing to share at the moment. That doesn’t mean that you, Ryan Seacrest, with millions of listeners, are entitled to more information." Haha! Clearly she doesn't understand how it works...

Grande and Miller attended the MTV Video Music Awards together, and last month they were spotted kissing during a dinner date in Encino. And yeah, there's the whole Instagram photo Seacrest is referencing, where she calls him her "baby."

 

Report: Rob Kardashian Is Not The Father Of Blac Chyna's Baby

Posted on Thu Sep 15th, 2016 1:39pm PDT       By X17 Staff

E! Entertainment

Blac Chyna may be on the way out -- Kris Jenner must be over the moon!

Rob Kardashian may not actually be the father of the couple's unborn daughter -- and that's because the former stripper has been seeing someone else, according to Radar.

A source told Radar that the 28-year-old has secretly been cheating on Rob with former Glee star Pilot Jones for months. OMG! Rob is going to freak -- especially when he sees Pilot's studly banana hammock photos!



Apparently, Radar viewed a series of sexy snaps between Chyna and the performer. A rep for Jones told Radar, “They’re definitely great friends and they’ve known each other for a while.”

Radar also reported that Chyna and Pilot have been texting a lot in the past few weeks. Ooooh bad girl!

The insider told the gossip site, “When that baby comes out, it’s going to be brown! The truth will come out eventually. Pilot is the dad.”

Jones’s rep declined to comment on the paternity rumors -- but more will be revealed when Chyna gives birth next month.

Oh and BTW: back in March, Pilot and Chyna were clubbing together during a time when she and Rob had suddenly split. Jones later posted a vid from their rumored night out. MMM ... HMM ...



Poll

Do you think Rob is really the father of Blac Chyna's baby?
Do you think Rob is really the father of Blac Chyna's baby?
Definitely - Kris probably made Chyna do a DNA test.
No way, Rob is screwed! Chyna cheated with Pilot!

 

Jay Z Calls "The War On Drugs" An "Epic Fail" In New York Times Op-Ed

Posted on Thu Sep 15th, 2016 12:36pm PDT       By X17 Staff


Jay Z is using his fame to talk truths!

In an op-ed video for The New York Times, the former drug dealer-turned-rapper called the war on drugs an "epic fail." Ouch!
The four-minute clip, which is narrated by the music mogul, details how Richard Nixon's "war on drugs" has predominately affected African Americans and Latinos in a negative way.

Jay says in the sort-of spoken word piece:

    “Judges' hands were tied by tough-on-crime laws, and they were forced to hand out mandatory life sentences for simple possession and low-level drug sales. My home state of New York started this with Rockefeller Laws. Then the feds made distinctions from people who sold powder cocaine and crack cocaine, even though they were the same drug. The only difference is how you take it."

Bey's hubby added, "Even though white people used the sold crack more than black people, somehow it was black people that went to prison. The media ignore actual data to this day."

The truth teller continued in the Molly Crabapple-animated video that, "Crack is still talked about as a black problem. The NYPD raided our Brooklyn neighborhoods while Manhattan bankers openly used coke in impunity."

Jay also talked about how the war on drugs has led to the rise of imprisoned minorities. According to his words, around 200,000 Latinos and African Americans were locked up for drug arrests in 1971 -- today that number has hit 2 million.

 

The American Horror Story Season Six Theme Revealed!

Posted on Thu Sep 15th, 2016 12:15pm PDT       By X17 Staff


American Horror Story's six season debuted on Wednesday, but it wasn't until after the show that the series' highly anticipated theme was revealed, which is: My Roanoke Nightmare, about the so-called Lost Colony. Sounds a bit out of left field but it's a reference to the first season.

Previously we've been to "Murder House," "Asylum," "Coven," "Freak Show," and the "Hotel." Season six explores North Carolina's Outer Banks on Roanoke Island, where 117 colonists mysteriously disappeared back in 1590. CREEEPY!

While many have speculated what the theme would be about given the teasers put out prior to the show's premiere, it appears as though the show will actually use a docuseries style narrative to follow Matt (played by Andre Holland in the documentary and Cuba Gooding Jr. in the dramatization) and his wife Shelby (played by Lily Rabe in the “real” interviews and Sarah Paulson in the dramatization) after they move to a farmhouse in rural North Carolina.

We spied Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, and Kathy Bates playing spine-tingling characters. And of course we noticed a very absent Lady Gaga, whose role in season 6 has been kept under wraps.

American Horror Story: My Roanoke Nightmare airs on FX Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET. 

 

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