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Q&A: John Legend on his ambitious children's album, 'My Favorite Dream,' and new single, 'L-O-V-E'
Read full article: Q&A: John Legend on his ambitious children's album, 'My Favorite Dream,' and new single, 'L-O-V-E'Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory.
Chrissy Teigen graces cover of People's 'Beautiful Issue'
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen graces cover of People's 'Beautiful Issue'(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Chrissy Teigen will grace the front of People magazine’s “The Beautiful Issue” in a cover story that delves into her evolved definition of beauty, facing racism growing up and her heartbreaking miscarriage last year. The magazine revealed the cover Wednesday of the annual issue, which hits newsstands Friday. Teigen, who is of Thai-Norwegian descent, said she wants to follow her Thai tradition in remembering her son, Jack, who died at 20 weeks of her pregnancy. As Teigen grew older, she saw more racism occur during her modeling career. She wrote in a final series of posts that criticism she'd endured on the site had left her “deeply bruised.”
Chrissy Teigen deletes Twitter account, citing negativity
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen deletes Twitter account, citing negativityFILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Chrissy Teigen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life and has become a negative part on her life. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. “For over 10 years you guys have been my world,” Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. AdWhile her candor about the loss of their son won praise, some criticized her for putting such painful moments on social media. She wrote Wednesday that she’s experienced so many attacks from low-follower accounts that she’s “deeply bruised.”In one of her final posts, she told her followers to “never forget that your words matter.”Teigen’s Instagram account, with more than 34 million followers, remains active as does Legend's Twitter account, with 14 million followers.
Roku buys library of the short-lived streaming service Quibi
Read full article: Roku buys library of the short-lived streaming service QuibiFILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Roku on a remote control in Portland, Ore. On Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, Roku is buying short-lived streaming service Quibis content library to bolster content for its free Roku Channel. AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Roku is buying the content library of Quibi, the short-lived streaming service, to bulk up its own free ad-supported channel. Quibi, short for quick bites, raised $1.75 billion from investors including major Hollywood players like Disney, NBCUniversal and Viacom. Roku created its business solely as a hub for other streaming services, but has recently begun piling up content for its free Roku Channel. Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Liam Hemsworth, Anna Kendrick, Nicole Richie, Chrissy Teigen and Lena Waithe have all been in Quibi shows.
Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriage
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriageLOS ANGELES – Chrissy Teigen wrote a heartfelt message about the recent loss of her third child with husband John Legend. Teigen delivered the essay in a Medium post Tuesday. In Tuesday’s post, Teigen wrote that her doctors diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption. Teigen said her decision to take and post photos of the process was met with some support and criticism. She said Legend was “very hesitant” to take the photos, but she felt the need to share their story.
Post Malone owns Billboard Awards, Legend shines onstage
Read full article: Post Malone owns Billboard Awards, Legend shines onstagePost Malone accepts the top artist award at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)NEW YORK – Walking into the show with 16 nominations, Post Malone won nine honors at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, where John Legend gave a heartfelt performance that was dedicated to his wife. Garth Brooks accepted the Icon Award from Cher, who called the country star “a true music legend and my friend." Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen, who died last week, was honored as the show aired a clip of his Billboard Awards performance from 2015. This year’s Billboard Awards were originally supposed to take place in April but were postponed because of the pandemic.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend grieve their miscarriage
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend grieve their miscarriageChrissy Teigen said she and John Legend are in “deep pain” following her miscarriage, which she announced in a heart wrenching social media post. Teigen wrote that they were "driving home from the hospital with no baby. “We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before. It just wasn’t enough,” she wrote in a post late Wednesday, alongside a picture of herself in tears on a hospital bed. Legend retweeted her post, adding “We love you, Jack.”Teigen announced she was pregnant with her third child in August.
DeGeneres vows candor as clouded talk show charts its return
Read full article: DeGeneres vows candor as clouded talk show charts its returnLOS ANGELES Ellen DeGeneres says she'll be ready to talk when her daytime show returns this month after a staff shake-up prompted by allegations of a toxic workplace. And, yes, were gonna talk about it, DeGeneres said in a statement announcing the show's Sept. 21 start of its 18th season. Tiffany Haddish will join DeGeneres for the kick-off episode, with The Ellen DeGeneres Show to be taped at Warner Bros. minus an in-studio audience, which is commonplace during the pandemic. Stephen tWitch Boss, a longtime guest DJ on the show and among those who have publicly supported DeGeneres, will guest host some fall episodes. Last month, three of the show's producers exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks.
John Legend is PEOPLE's 'Sexiest Man Alive'
Read full article: John Legend is PEOPLE's 'Sexiest Man Alive'And now, John Legend is PEOPLE's 2019 "Sexiest Man Alive." "1995 John would be very perplexed to be following 2018 @IdrisElba as #sexiestman alive," he said on Twitter. "Hell, 2019 John is about as equally perplexed but thank you @People for finding me sexy. Last year, Legend became one of the youngest people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony and the first African-American man to win all four. The social(media)ite -- who now calls herself on her Twitter bio a "de-motivational speaker currently sleeping with people's sexiest man alive" -- tweeted in response to the Elba comparison.
Chrissy Teigen clears space at home for her own award
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen clears space at home for her own awardJohn Legend and Chrissy Teigen attend the 2019 Baby2Baby Gala presented by Paul Mitchell on Nov. 9, 2019, in Los Angeles. (CNN) - Move over Grammys, Chrissy Teigen has her own award to put on the mantle. The model and entrepreneur was awarded the Giving Tree Award at the 2019 Baby2Baby Gala on Saturday night and removed not one, but two of her husband John Legend's Grammys to make room for her shiny new award. Teigen was honored for her dedication to Baby2Baby's mission, which is to help provide diapers, clothes and other necessities to children in poverty in the Los Angeles area and in disaster areas across the country. "I feel honored to be honored," Teigen said on stage.
Chrissy Teigen's daughter has an announcement: she's in love
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen's daughter has an announcement: she's in loveJohn Legend, Luna Simone Stephens, and Chrissy Teigen attend the Quay x Chrissy Teigen launch event at The London West Hollywood on Aug. 15 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Quay Australia)(CNN) - It may not be cuffing season yet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's daughter has already got her eye on someone. Luna, 3, dished all about her new crush in an Instagram video posted by Teigen on Friday. She tells her mom that he's not her boyfriend, he's her "cute, cute, boy friend!" Teigen, for her part, captioned the video: "oh mannnnn what the!?
Trump attacks Chrissy Teigen on Twitter; she fires back
Read full article: Trump attacks Chrissy Teigen on Twitter; she fires back(CNN) - The Twitterverse lit up Monday morning over model Chrissy Teigen's response to an attack from President Donald Trump, an exchange that was heated even by the standards of his routine social media fights. But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise," the President tweeted late Sunday night. Then Trump went after singer and activist John Legend (who appeared in the MSNBC town hall) and his wife Teigen. By Monday morning, Chrissy Teigen, #TeamChrissy and #filthymouthedwife were all trending on Twitter. Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's former communications director who has now disavowed the President, on Monday called the spat between Trump and the celebrity couple "despicable."
People on the internet can't get over this insane recipe
Read full article: People on the internet can't get over this insane recipeOne of the best things about the internet is the plethora of online recipes for delicious food. One recipe video caught the eye of journalist Yashar Ali, who shared it on Twitter with the caption, "I'm calling the FBI." Heres a simple 500 step 5 million calorie tortilla pizza that will send them straight to the other side. "Truly one of the most vile things I've ever eaten." Yes, we want creative recipes that will wow our guests (and our taste buds), but no one wants to eat a deep-fried BBQ chicken tortilla pizza.
Chrissy Teigen, David Chang getting their own cooking show on Hulu
Read full article: Chrissy Teigen, David Chang getting their own cooking show on HuluFans of Chrissy Teigen's two wonderful cookbooks rejoice: the model-turned-cooking star is getting her own food show on Hulu, alongside David Chang, the man behind the popular Momofuku restaurant company. Teigen and Chang's show will be called "Family Style," which will have "an emphasis on how food fosters familial and social connections." Fingers crossed that Teigen's mother will make apperances on the new show, just like she does in Teigen's cookbooks. Chang is also the perfect partner for the show, as he has hosted his own show on Netflix called "Ugly Delicious." We're not sure when we can expect Teigen and Chang's new show, or any of the other original cooking programs for Hulu, but we do know our stomachs will be ready when it premieres.