Yes, there was a baby tossed in a washing machine. Late last week, a clip starting floating around which featured a man putting a toddler into a front-load washing machine at a laundromat in Camden, New Jersey. In a poor attempt to play with the child, the unidentified male shut the door, not realizing that the machine would automatically start (VIEW VIDEO).. The baby tumbled in the machine for about five minutes and was luckily rescued by a laundromat employee who successfully turned off the machine.
Sakia David, the mother of the 1-year-old toddler, Saimeir Bush spoke out about the situation on MSNBC’s Today show explaining that she wasn’t aware of the event happening, how she didn’t know the man in the clip and had in fact left her son to be babysat by her female friend, Sandra who was also in the clip. The 24-year-old single mother made it clear that she will be pressing charges against her friend:
I just want to tell Sandra, ‘This is not over because everybody said on the news that I wasn’t pressing charges and I am.’ [...] I left my child in her custody. She sat there and watched him put my baby in a washer. So it was both of their fault. I don’t care how much they say it’s not her fault. That’s her fault, too.
I bet you didn’t know singer Sade Adu is a lowkey tattoo artist? Yeah, neither did we. The 53-year old beauty admitted in an interview with Associated Press how she gave people tattoos on tour to help relieve stress and performance butterflies before hitting the stage:
“It was giving me something to divert me from the chaos of getting ready psychologically to go out there. I think I was more stressed about giving that tattoo than I was (doing) the show that night. [...] That impression that you give onstage is what people go away with … and remember you, and I feel in a way that’s what that tattoo was. I was going to mark him for life. I had to get it right.”
The singer-songwriter chatted about her newest DVD, Bring Me Home – Live 2011 which features performance footage and music from her 54-date U.S. tour following the release of her 2010 studio album, Soldier of Love. Ms. Adu also talked about how she manages to look younger than her age and whether we can expect any new music from her and the band any time soon…
ON HOW SHE MANAGES TO LOOK YOUNGER:
“I do move a lot. I’m always doing stuff. I don’t lounge around much. … I’m always moving and I’m always active. … I’ve tried things and I’ve tried exercise because I know it’s good and I’ve tried to do yoga, but my life just doesn’t seem to allow it.”
ON WHEN WE CAN EXPECT A NEW ALBUM:
“I’d like it to be sooner and I always think that. It’s not like I go off of music or I go off the feel of it, but there’s a lot to it. I can’t work unless I go and I have to find the right moment to cut off. I’m not someone who can just sit in the middle of chaos of my life and write songs. I have to go away somewhere and cut off … I would love to make an album soon, but it just doesn’t happen that way.”
ON WHY FANS RESONATE WITH THE SADE SOUND:
“The key is probably the songs — they come from the heart, and when we’re making an album, we put our whole heart in and everything we’ve got. And it isn’t about making a hit album; it’s not about second-guessing and predicting what people want to hear or what they want to buy. There’s sort of integrity in that. Continue
Let’s give it up for black love! After two children and seven years of marriage, actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker are still going strong! The beautiful couple celebrated their seventh year anniversary earlier this week and Boris partnered up with Essence.com and surprised Nicole with a beautiful poem entitled, ‘My Seven Year Itch.’ In the free-verse piece, Boris professes his undying love for his lovely wife. READ THE HEARTFELT POEM BELOW. Continue
Just days after giving a reporter his back hand for trying to kiss him, Will Smith stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman and gave his side of the story. The Men in Black actor recalled how the event took place and shared how awkward that situation was for him. He said that after the fact, people told him, ‘Oh, we’re sorry, you know it’s just his shtick.’ Will then said he responded with, ‘Well that’s why his a** just got shtuck!’ LOL
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“It was giving me something to divert me from the chaos of getting ready psychologically to go out there. I think I was more stressed about giving that tattoo than I was (doing) the show that night. [...] That impression that you give onstage is what people go away with … and remember you, and I feel in a way that’s what that tattoo was. I was going to mark him for life. I had to get it right.”
