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Before Beyonce killed in onstage during her On The Run tour performance in Paris(with surprise guest Nicki Minaj!), she decided to do a little shopping at Topshop before the show. Pretty normal, right? She’s just like us! Well… not exactly. Bey was vacationing in the French Riveria, and she decided she didn’t want to go to the nearest location, but instead to the flagshipall the way in London. So, what’s the quickest way to get there? By private jet. She straight-up walked into their Oxford Circus store all NBD (that’s the UK equivalent to Times Square, people), while the commoners—very appropriately—freaked out. Hours later, she was back at the airport to meet up with Jay in Paris, and honestly, we gotta give it up for her serious brand dedication.

Miley Cyrus may claim her twerking days are in the past, but her mom, Tish, says otherwise. “Every Saturday morning when we are making breakfast, we twerk in the kitchen. It is so much fun,” she says at Sunday’s Noble by William Rast presentation at the Paramount Hotel’s Diamond Horseshoe in Midtown, home of “Queen of the Night.” “Oh yeah, she has taught me.” As for her feelings on the heat Miley takes in the press, Tish says, “I think that anybody that is interesting and takes risks is always going to be a target. They talked about her cutting her hair off, and now everybody is cutting their hair and shaving half their heads.” But will she follow the trend? “Oh, I would if I wasn’t so old and my hair did not take so long to grow back!” she admits. “I would do it in a second.”

                                                                     Sepp Blatter has taken another inexorable step towards the certainty that he will declare his formal candidacy for a further spell as president of FIFA. The 78-year-old Swiss would tell his executive committee later this month that he will stand for a fifth term at the world federation’s congress in Zurich in May next year. Blatter set out that timescale in a recorded address to open the Soccerex Global Covention yesterday in Manchester.                                  He said: “A mission is never finished and my mission is not finished. I have told this to FIFA Congress and the congresses of the confederations in Sao Paulo [in June]and then I got not only the impression of, but the support of, the huge majority of national associations asking me: ‘Please go on to be our president in future.’ “Now I will make an official declaration in September when we have our next executive committe meeting. This

We all know that Drakeis pretty popular with star athletes — although he might’ve lost a few friends after that “Side Chicks” sketch at the ESPYs— but this weekend, he added a couple more star pals. He’s already got plenty of NBA and NFL athletes on speed dial, so it was time to branch out into soccer. While hanging at the Versace Mansion in Miami this weekend, the Toronto rapper ran into members of the Brazilian national football team. Champagnepapi was “honored” to meet Marcelo Vieira and Neymar Jr., posting photos with them individually, plus a group shot. Drizzy is currently on the road for the Drake vs. Lil Wayne Tour.

The Pittsburgh rapper is celebrating the milestone today (September 8), and although we’re assuming that Amber Rose has a special dance in store, she’s not letting us see it this time. Instead, she decided to share a cute photo from their wedding night. The picture shows them wrapped up in a hug, with the caption, “Happy 27th Birthday @mistercap I’ll love u forever…. Hope this year is an amazing one for u sweetheart ❤️” Awww.

                                “It is with great sad­ness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Riv­ers,” Melissa Rivers, said in a written statement last week. “She passed peace­fully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by fam­ily and close friends. My son and I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital for the amazing care they provided for my mother.” Melissa Rivers added that she and her son, Cooper, “have found ourselves humbled by the outpouring of love, sup­port and prayers we have received from around the world. They have been heard and appreciated. My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”

                                Governors, law­makers and other eminent Nigerians yester­day paid glowing tributes to veteran journalist and Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, Pastor Dimgba Igwe, describing his death in a hit-and-run auto accident as a huge loss to the country and the pen trade. Chime Expressing shock at Dimgba’s passing in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chukwudi Achife, Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, described the incident as tragic and unfortu­nate. He described the deceased as a consummate professional and celebrated writer whose contributions to the develop­ment of modern journalism in the country were remarkable and exemplary. Governor Chime condoled with the family of the de­ceased, the management and staff of The Sun as well as the media community over the sad development. He urged them to take sol­ace in the worthy legacies the late journalist left behind. Mimiko Also speaking, Ondo State Governor, D

Oprah Winfrey and a team of guests on Saturday completed the first stop of an eight-city U.S. tour of "Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend," rocking an Atlanta arena where thousands danced, applauded and sought inspiration for transforming their lives. Atlanta was the opening city and featured Oprah and such guests as authors Deepak Chopra and Elizabeth Gilbert, inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant and pastor Rob Bell. A statement released by organizers said the arena tour was intended as a catalyst for a wider movement to engage, encourage and empower women. Winfrey spoke about identifying one's life purpose and led exercises on taking actions to reach those goals. At times there were funny reflections on life while other soul-searching moments led to crying as people considered areas in their lives they wished to change.

At a funeral befitting a superstar, the New York City Gay Men's Chorus sang Broadway hits including "Hey Big Spender" before six-time Tony Award-winner McDonald sang her tribute to Rivers, a champion of theater for decades. Tributes and reminiscences were delivered by TV anchor Deborah Norville, close friend Margie Stern, columnist Cindy Adams and Rivers' daughter, Melissa, who spoke about how she respected her mother and appreciated everyone's support. Hugh Jackman sang "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" at the end of the ceremony and bagpipers from the New York City Police Department played on the streets as mourners filed out of Temple Emanu-El, many dabbing their eyes.

"Guardians of the Galaxy" continues to rule the box office universe. The cosmic Marvel adventure arrived in first place at the box office for a fourth weekend with $10.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The domestic haul for "Guardians," which features Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana as intergalactic do-gooders, now stands at $294.6 million after six weeks of release. "Guardians" furthered cemented itself as the top grossing film of the year in North America, eclipsing the $259.8 million earned by fellow Marvel movie "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." The sci-fi romp earned an additional $11.5 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $586.2 million. Paramount's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sliced off second place in its fifth weekend with $6.5 million, bringing the domestic total of the live-action superhero reboot starring Megan Fox and Will Arnett to $174.6 million. The Warner Bros. young-adul

                                                              

                                   Although it was an inti­mate ceremony filled with only close family and friends, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were missing one important guest at their nuptials: the mother-of-the-bride. Marcheline Bertrand died in 2007 after a long battle with ovarian cancer but even though she couldn’t physically be at her daughter’s wedding, she was there in spirit. “Brad had a dedication to Marcheline engraved inside the chapel where we stood,” Jolie told PEOPLE. The newlyweds also said their I Dos atop a stone etched with a tribute to Jolie’s late mother. The humanitarian, 39, and her brother, James Haven, also wore some of her mother’s jewellery during the ceremony. “I also wore a little flower ring that was hers and Jamie wore an angel pin from her jewellery box,” Jolie said. Bertrand was only 56-years-old when she passed away, and Jolie said that after her mother died she lost her best friend.

                                                       The Supers Eagles have been speaking with confidence ahead of today’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Red Devils of Congo Brazzaville at the UJ Esuene Stadium in the city of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. Some of the players that spoke in separate interviews with Saturday Sunsports vowed to defy the crisis currently rocking the nation’s foot­ball administration as well as the dreaded Ebola virus epidemic in some African countries, with Congo Brazzaville among the worst hit, to ensure victory for Nigeria and set the part to a successful defence of the ti­tle they won last year in South Africa in Morocco next year. Kenneth Omeruo (Middles­brough FC of England) “We are all aware of the [adminis­trative] crisis, but we’re all focused on playing to make Nigerians proud. We lack no support and so we won’t bother ourselves with such matters, as long they don’t affect us. “We have the usu

According to Billboard, the legendary Detroit rapper will be added to the record books for spitting an insane 1,560 words in 6 minutes and 4 seconds on the standout track from his The Marshall Mathers LP 2album Congratulations, Eminem, you’ve blazed yet another trail for rap Stans to follow!.

In France, The Guardian reportsthat a 33-year-old man will serve time in prison for texting and calling his ex-girlfriend approximately 21,807 times over a 10-month period. After his girlfriend, a unnamed 32-year-old schoolteacher, broke off their relationship in 2011, the defendant was unable to cope with her decision. The unnamed defendant has been previously hospitalized for depression, but at the hearing in Lyon on Thursday (September 4), he took responsibility for his actions. He was calling and demanding that his ex-girlfriend thank him for the repairs or offer compensation for the work he did on their shared apartment, but now, even he must admit that “it was stupid.”

Sierra Leone - one of the countries worst hit by West Africa's Ebola outbreak - has announced a three-day lockdown to try to tackle the disease. From 19 to 21 September people will not be allowed to leave their homes, a senior official said. The aim of the move is to allow health workers to isolate new cases to prevent the disease from spreading further. The outbreak has killed about 2,100 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria in recent months. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that health workers could be given vaccines as from November, when safety tests are completed. More than 20 health workers have lost their lives to the virus in Sierra Leone since the start of the outbreak in March.

The TV icon detailed an over-the-top plan for exactly how she wanted her funeral to go down in her 2012 no-holds-barred book “I Hate Everyone…Starting With Me.” “When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything’s in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action … I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene!” Rivers wrote. “I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don’t want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing ‘Mr. Lonely.’ I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. “And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyonce’s.” Her final sendoff will be less extravagant than what she described in her book. Rivers’ funeral will be private at

The blood of patients who recover from Ebola should be used to treat others, the World Health Organization has announced. A global group of experts have been meeting to assess the experimental therapies that could contain Ebola. The WHO also announced that Ebola vaccines could be used on the frontline by November. Dr Marie Paule Kieny, an assistant director general at WHO said: "We agreed that whole blood therapies may be used to treat Ebola virus and all efforts must be invested to help infected countries to use them. "There is a real opportunity that a blood-derived product can be used now and this can be very effective in terms of treating patients." She said that it was the one positive aspect of so many people being infected. "There are also many people now who have survived and are doing well. They can provide blood to treat the other people who are sick." Hope this will help finally put an end to this virus.

                                                          Couples fight a lot, sometimes one little argument goes out of hand, and may even lead to breakup for awhile or forever but for a boyfriend to bite off his girlfriend’s lips, disfiguring her face – That is just sad; Rhys Culley, 23, has been in a relationship with pretty Chanttelle Ward for over two years, bit his girlfriend’s upper lip after the attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her mouth.                         Culley, however denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a trial, as pictures seen by jurors at the New Castle Crown Courts showed angry teeth mark and will be sentenced next month and has now been remanded in custody. Jurors heard Culley, of South Shields, near Newcastle, bit down on the victim’s lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber. Miss Ward told jurors during the trial Culley had t

                                GOBE!! Usher Wants Ex-wife Tameka Raymond To Drop His Name Dellyma September 5, 2014 Entertainment 4 Five years after their divorce, Tameka Raymond is still using Usher’s last name. In a recent interview Usher says his Tameka needs to give it up. When asked how he feels about his ex-wife still using his last name in an interview with Dish Nation Usher admitted he felt some kind of way about it. Usher tells Dish Nation , “She married me…I’ll marry again…And when I do, I don’t want to have a harem. I just hope that when I do, it will be a departure.” - See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2014/09/05/gobe-usher-wants-ex-wife-tameka-raymond-drop-name/#sthash.eJcJjZje.dpuf Five years after their divorce, Tameka Raymond is still using Usher’s last name. In a recent interview Usher says his Tameka needs to give it up. When asked how he feels about his ex-wife still using his last name in an interview with Dis

                                                                                                     (ABUJA) In a bid to prevent the wide spread of the Ebola virus disease, The National Human Rights Commission has said it will ensure that appropriate punishment is imposed on persons, particularly private school proprietors, who flout the Federal Government’s directive that schools should remain shut till October 13. The NHRCsaid flouting the directive by government, which was aimed at preventing a further spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, would be viewed as “a violation of peoples’ rights” which the commission had the mandate to protect.                          Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Prof. Ben Angwe, issued this threat in Abuja on Wednesday, during an awareness programme it organised on ‘the rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS’. Angwe said the commission would recommend anybody who flouted the directive of the Federal Government on the closure of schoo

                                                                                        (CALIFORNIA, U.S.A)  Joan Rivers, a pioneering female stand-up comic and the queen of “Can We Talk?” gossip, has died, her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said Thursday. She was 81. Rivers was undergoing surgery on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York City on Aug. 28 when she stopped breathing and had to be transported to Mount Sinai Hospital .  Melissa Rivers and Joan Rivers’ 13-year-old grandson, Cooper, who live in Malibu, California, rushed to her bedside.                              “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” Melissa Rivers said in a statement. “Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.” Raspy-voiced and brassy, Rivers was always self-deprecating, foul-mouthed and politically incorrect. A master of reinvention, she endured in show business because of her tenacious work ethic —

                                                              Cameroon’s military yesterday said some 400 Nigerian soldiers have sought refuge intense fighting against Boko Haram militants in Borno State. The Voice of America (VOA) quoted Cameroon state radio as saying that on Wednesday the soldiers ar- rived at the Cameroonian bor- der town of Amchide, where they handed their weapons to military officials.                                Cameroon military spokes- man Colonel Didier Badjeck told VOA the military accept- ed the soldiers as a sign of its commitment to fight the mili- tant alongside Nigerian forces Badjeck, who spoke in French, descibed challenging situations in war that cause troops to flee, and that Cameroon has demonstrated that it is a nation that assumes its responsibility to those in harm’s way. last week 480 Nigerian soldiers crossed over to Cameroon, ostensibly in “hot pursuit of Boko Haram militants.” Two hundred forty-six of them have  since

The 2014 Bet Hip Hop Awardsnominations have been announced, and Drizzy is leading the pack with eight nods. He’s up for awards in categories that include Best Hip Hop Video (for “Worst Behavior”), Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and Best Featured Verse (for his contribution to YG’s “Who Do You Love?) Iggy Azalea, who tied with Eminemfor seven VMA nominations this year, is nominated in categories that include Best Hip-Hop Video (for “Fancy,” of course) and Who Blew Up Award. Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj is up for four awards. The show airs October 14 at 8 p.m. ET. on BET and Snoop Dogg will be your host.Best Hip-Hop Video Here are the list of the awards and nominees:

About 120 million girls around the world - slightly more than one in 10 - have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20, a UN report says. The children's agency Unicef also says 95,000 children and teenagers - most of them in Latin America and the Caribbean - were murdered in 2012 alone. It notes that children around the globe are routinely exposed to violence, including bullying. The document draws on data from 190 countries. This makes report will make people, especially parents to ask questions about the safety of their children.

Comedy legend Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81. She went into cardiac arrest on Aug. 28, and had been on life support at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. "It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. She passed peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friends," her daughter Melissa Rivers said. "My son and I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital for the amazing care they provided for my mother." E!, where she headed up the snarky talk show "Fashion Police," released a statement of condolence. “She’s been a much beloved member of the E! family for over 20 years and the world is less funny without her in it," they said. "Today our hearts are heavy knowing Joan will not be bounding through the doors.” The NYC Medical Examiner's Office told FOX411 it will be investigating the cause and manner of Rivers' death. “The death has been reported to us

The United Nations and the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders each issued urgent appeals on Tuesday for international aid to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Senior United Nations officials urged diplomats to cable their capitals to send money, doctors and protective gear to the affected region. The doctors’ group called for countries to send civilian and military biohazard experts. Jan Eliasson, the deputy secretary general of the United Nations, said at a meeting of the General Assembly on Tuesday that the outbreak was “a test to international solidarity.” With more than 3,500 cases that has been confirmed so far, with more than 1,500 deaths, making the outbreak the largest and most complex since the disease was first identified in 1976. Three countries in West Africa — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — account for most of the cases, but there have also been confirmed cases in Nigeria and Senegal. I hope this appeal by the UN ad the Medical group will motivat

                               A former female security guard who worked at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas released a video recently claiming that rapper Kendrick Lamar was investigated for allegedly brutally beating a woman and leaving her bloody in a room in the hotel. The guard claimed the battered woman called them for help and when they got to the room, found her in a terrible state. But the guard never said she saw Kendrick lay hands on the woman. This happened in May. What she said below… “On Memorial Day Weekend . . . so I get dispatched up to one of the rooms to help some girl get down to the casino. She ends up being all bloody and things, so I had to call my supervisor, then I had to call my other supervisor, then I had to call my boss. And I was like, “We have a situation,” because half of her face was like blown out.” Come to find out that she was with a certain rapper, who had assaulted her . . . and his first name is [Kendrick]. [Audience aks if she

                             Comedian Bright Okpocha better known as Basketmouth , says people who beg on the streets with two hands and legs are lazy people and should try to think of what they can do for themselves. Explaining his challenges through, Basketmouth revealed that if he was not a comedian, he would have done something else that could have made him better than who he is today. He revealed that he went as far as taking the job of a disc jockey just to survive in the street which is even the more reason why his jokes are street base. Basketmouth also disclosed that he had to take standing from Benin to Lagos in a Luxurious bus just to come to Lagos for shows, adding that he owes a lot to Ali Baba and 2Baba who always support him with the sum of N500. Furthermore, he explained that he earned N8.000 in his first show in Jos which he co-host with fellow comedian, Julius Agwu. He stated that he had no room to sleep and had to beg Julius to let him sleep i

                                                             The Federal Govern­ment has been im­plored to urgently recall the over 10,000 Nigerian soldiers alleged to have been unjustly dismissed from the military since 1979 to assist in combating the ris­ing insurgency in parts of the country. The affected former soldiers, in a letter, also appealed to the National Security Council to look into the issues leading to their dismissal and temper justice with mercy by recalling them into the service, saying they had much to offer in the security sector.                               According to the letter, the officers were trained in Nige­rian Army Drill School, Zaria and other military institutions after which they were dis­missed from service. “Some of us have under­gone several trainings in the Nigerian School of Artillery, Kachia, Kaduna State and ac­quired unquantifiable knowl­edge during these trainings,” the letter read in part. Meanwhile, a security ana­lys

                                                 Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie needs knee surgery and will be sidelined for a lengthy period of time, manager Mark Hughes said on Thursday.                  The Nigeria international injured his knee during Stoke’s 1-0 victory over Premier League champions Manchester City at the weekend and will have surgery when the swelling has gone down. “It’s a significant injury and unfortunately it’s a long-term one but Peter has a great attitude to work and life in general – he’s always got a smile on his face – and he’s going to need those qualities,” Hughes told Stoke’s website (www.stokecityfc.com). “It will be a long road back but we wish him well.                 “He’s going to have to wait a couple of weeks before it’s actually done but once the operation is done we know he will work extremely hard to get back,” Hughes added.

                                                  No fewer than nine babies including twins have been delivered at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Gombe by pregnant women who fled the Boko Haran crisis in Borno State. The women who delivered the babies are among the over 1, 624  displaced persons in Damboa Local Government Area  in Borno State  following Boko Haram insurgents attack.                     The Senior Relief and Rehabilitation Officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Gombe Operations office, Ali Kadiri Moses gave the figures in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi. Kadiri said: “There are a lot of pregnant women in the camp. I’m particular about a woman who gave birth to twins and eight other pregnant women that gave birth successfully in the camp and all the babies are doing well.”

                                                     Caroline Wozniacki adjusted and adjusted again, and finally found the secret sauce to  upset Maria Sharapova  at the United States Open on Sunday. Wozniacki, seeded 10th, defeated the fifth-seeded Sharapova, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, by employing two separate game plans to win two different sets and advance to the quarterfinals. Wozniacki won the first set by stretching the court and making Sharapova play as much as possible out of her strike zone. Sharapova committed 28 errors in the opening set, mainly out wide near the alleys reaching for the ball. Sharapova was not able to consistently get her energy behind the ball as her arms were trying to play catch-up for what her legs could not get to.                         Wozniacki had a decisive 19-6 winning edge for rallies between five and eight shots in the first set as she redirected and diffused Sharapova’s power out to the edge of the court. Wozniacki won more baseline p

                                               Islamist terror group ISIL has released a beheading video of detained American journalist Steven Sotloff. The video features the journalist in much the same position as fellow U.S journalist James Foley who was executed by the Islamist group two weeks ago. The executioner who spoke with a British accent addressed U.S President Barack Obama with the chilling words: ”Obama, I am back… back off and just leave us alone.”                 ISIL had threatened to kill Sotloff if the United State did not cease its current airstrike campaign against the Islamic State. The United States and the United Kingdom are developing strategies to combat the terror group that has carved out a quasi state in territories belonging to Iraq and Syria. ISIL has committed a litany of atrocities and war crimes that have enraged the international community. It has also attracted a host of local and foreign supporters into its ranks.