Wendy Williams files for divorce from husband Kevin Hunter - Page Six

After persistent cheating rumors and breakup buzz, it’s over for Wendy Williams and Kevin Hunter.

The talk show host is divorcing her husband of nearly 22 years, Williams’ attorney confirmed to Page Six Thursday. The split comes amid renewed rumors that Hunter has been cheating on Williams, 54, with a woman named Sharina Hudson, who gave birth to a baby suspected to be Hunter’s last month.

The divorce news comes after Williams notably flaunted her lack of a wedding band early Thursday on her hairstylist’s and makeup artist’s social media.

Rumors of infidelity have plagued the couple for a few years, though Williams never confirmed them. She vaguely addressed her marital woes on her show earlier this year, cryptically telling viewers after she returned from a two-month hiatus that her wedding ring would always stay on her hand.

“I’m still very much in love with my husband,” she said. “Don’t ask me about mine.” Pointing to her wedding ring, Williams added, “It ain’t going anywhere. Not in this lifetime.”

However, her ring apparently did go somewhere. On March 25, upon leaving the sober living facility where she has been staying after receiving help for addiction in Florida (though she previously told viewers she was seeking treatment for her Graves’ disease), the morning show host was spotted without her flashy jewelry. She appeared to put it back on to tape her show later that day, but an insider had told us it wasn’t her real ring.

Infidelity wasn’t the only rumor to swirl about Williams and Hunter’s marriage. Sources previously told The Post that Hunter’s allegedly abusive behavior ultimately led to the unraveling that prompted Williams to relapse.

“She would hide in the bathroom and tell me to knock on the door when he left the office so she wouldn’t have to see him,” an intern from Williams’ former radio show told The Post, adding that it was common for Hunter to pull Williams into a private room and for staff to hear them fighting.

“You’d hear slaps or some type of tussling going on,” said the intern.

Williams has been open about her past addiction to cocaine and crack.

Friends of Williams have publicly expressed concern for her and her poor health as she remained in her seemingly tumultuous marriage, with longtime pal Paul Porter previously telling The Post that divorce was her only hope.

Porter, who said he’s talked with Williams a hundred times in the past two years, said Williams’ husband, the executive producer of “The Wendy Williams Show,” is a “control freak” and “a terror.”

He said they went to couples counseling, but “for some reason, she can’t break away.”

Former friend Charlamagne Tha God expressed concern on his radio show “The Breakfast Club,” saying Hunter was “sucking the life out of” Williams.

He also admitted he introduced Hunter to his alleged mistress 10 years ago, but it was solely for business purposes.

“Just because I introduce you to someone doesn’t mean 10 years later you need to be in a picture with them showing all your teeth and her throwing up duck lips and a peace sign,” Charlamagne said.

Williams and Hunter met at a skating rink in 1994, tied the knot three years later and welcomed their son, 19-year-old Kevin Hunter Jr., in 2000.

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2019-04-11 17:06:00Z
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How to get caught up on Game of Thrones — fast - The Verge

Game of Thrones is nearly back after almost two years off the air. That’s a long time for any TV show, but it’s especially problematic for a series that has become famous for its massive cast of characters, branching storylines, and complicated plot. What else would you expect from a show based on George R.R. Martin’s 4,228 pages (and counting, theoretically) of books?

Fortunately, the internet is full of resources to get caught up for the final season premiere on Sunday. We’ve rounded up the best of them here, for everyone from die-hard Thrones veterans to fresh-faced summer children. (Don’t worry, series newcomers. You’ll get that reference soon enough.)

I just want a refresher

It’s been a while, and even though Game of Thrones spent the last season or so contracting into just a few main storylines, there’s still a lot going on, and a quick catch-up never hurts.

• Watch “The Dragon and the Wolf.” To watch select episodes on your own time, you’ll need either the physical media (all previous seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray) or streaming access through HBO or a partner like Amazon. The season 7 finale is a good place to start if you want to remember where we left off. It’s less of a finale than a prologue for season 8, spending most of the time setting the table for the fireworks (and ice-works, presumably) to come.
• Season 7 recaps. The internet’s cottage Game of Thrones industry is booming, and YouTube is full of helpful videos to remind you of where everyone is and what they’re doing. This animated series recap from White Animation is one of my favorites, covering most of the main characters and major plot points accurately but with some humor. Plus, it’s only three and a half minutes long. Film Cram’s season 7 recap is 10 times as long, but it offers a much more comprehensive look at what happened last season.
• Wikis. When in doubt, check Wikipedia or the Game of Thrones Wiki, both of which have extremely in-depth recaps of individual episodes and entire seasons.
• Just watch season 7 again. This isn’t technically “quick,” but the previous season is only seven episodes long, which means you should be able to make it through pretty quickly before Sunday night’s premiere of season 8. If you want to make sure you don’t miss a single plot point, it’s your best bet.

I stopped watching a few seasons back

We get it. You gave up on the show, but you hate missing out on the hype. You’re probably familiar with the basics, like who the main characters are, but depending on when you stopped watching, a lot has probably changed in Westeros. Here’s how to get back up to speed.

• Who’s alive? First things first, you’ll want to figure out who’s still standing going into the final season and roughly what they’re up to. Time’s guide to the current batch of survivors is extremely comprehensive and concise.
• Wikipedia summaries. Wikipedia has comprehensive summaries of every episode, but the individual episode pages are super long. (If you had that kind of time, you’d just read the books, amirite?) You want the specific pages for each season, which give far more concise paragraph summaries of key events, perfect for skimming through to find out what you missed.
• Key episodes. If you want to dive a little deeper, there are plenty of online guides that list the key episodes and justify why they’re the ones to watch, including this concise five-episode guide at Polygon, this 10-episode list from Screen Rant, or Vox’s even more comprehensive guide. Just pick up where you left off and catch the important ones from there, or watch them all if you’ve really forgotten everything.

I have never watched Game of Thrones

So you’ve resisted this far despite all of the hype, or maybe you just awoke from a century of enchanted slumber. Welcome to the present! Apparently, you’re curious about this new Game of Thrones show people keep talking about. I’ll be honest: you’re starting your catch-up pretty late. But here’s your best shot:

• Full-show summaries. There’s no perfect way to compress more than 67 hours of content in so little time. Your best bet is to watch some of the full series recaps on YouTube, like this nearly hour-long one from Screen Junkies, or ScreenCrush’s shorter 12-minute one.
• The Game of Thrones wiki. Less useful for a binge catch-up, but chances are that all of these other lists and guides are going to be throwing weird terms, phrases, places, and character names at you. Keep the Game of Thrones wiki handy for quick consultations about which house is which and who that random dude wearing a dog-shaped helmet is.
• Wiki summaries and key episodes. See the previous section. These zoomed-out views of the series are a good place to catch up. You’ll just have to do even more reading and watching to get back up to speed.
• Watch the entire show. Depending on when you start, if you take zero breaks between now and the premiere, you can watch almost every episode. I wouldn’t entirely recommend that, but it is at least a conceivably possible strategy. But you might want to get started right now to have any hope of being done in time.

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2019-04-11 16:21:15Z
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Nipsey Hussle funeral: Memorial service at the Staples Center in LA, live stream - CBS News

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2019-04-11 15:48:58Z
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Reigns: Game of Thrones - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo

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Nipsey Hussle Memorial: Traffic Delays, Rolling Closures Expected For Memorial And Funeral Procession - CBS Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Drivers were warned to avoid a large swath of Los Angeles ahead of Nipsey Hussle’s memorial at Staples Center Thursday. Expect more traffic delays and congestion than normal in and around downtown Los Angeles and South Los Angeles ahead of Nipsey Hussle’s Celebration of Life at 10 a.m. at Staples Center.

The doors open at 8 a.m., and while cameras and recording devices will not be allowed at the memorial, the music subscription service Tidal will livestream the event to members and non-members alike.

Immediately following the service, a 25.5-mile funeral procession will wind its way through Inglewood, South Los Angeles and Watts.

Rolling street closures will be implemented along the funeral procession route, according to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. The route will start in Exposition Park, going by USC, make its way by Hussle’s childhood home, pass by The Marathon Clothing store, Hussle’s store and the site of his murder, and end at the Angelus Funeral Home.

Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, will be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery.

The 33-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper was shot and killed in front of his clothing store on March 31. His murder sent shock waves through the music industry and the South LA community, which he had been investing in the form of his clothing store, an apartment building for low-income families and a barbershop. The day after he died, he had also been scheduled to meet with LAPD officials to discuss ways to end gang violence.

A gang member, Eric Holder, has been charged with Hussle’s murder. Police say Holder shot Hussle over a personal dispute.

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2019-04-11 15:07:00Z
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Pregnant Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reveal royal baby birth plans - Page Six

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are continuing to stray away from royal traditions.

On Thursday, the Kensington Palace announced that the parents-to-be intend to keep the upcoming birth of their first child private, appearing to forgo the traditional photo-op outside the Lindo Wing in London, where Kate Middleton and Prince William unveiled their children, Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 3, and 11-month-old Prince Louis, to the world.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very grateful for the goodwill they have received from people throughout the United Kingdom and around the world as they prepare to welcome their baby,” the Palace said in a statement.

“Their Royal Highnesses have taken a personal decision to keep the plans around the arrival of their baby private. The Duke and Duchess look forward to sharing the exciting news with everyone once they have had an opportunity to celebrate privately as a new family.”

In the days following the royal baby’s birth, Meghan, 37, and Harry, 34, will participate in a small press engagement, according to People, which will take place on the Windsor Castle grounds.

The couple has also asked fans to donate to charity in lieu of baby gifts, posting a message to their official Instagram account last week.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are immensely grateful for the outpouring of love and support in anticipation of the birth of their first child,” the note read. “If you already made a donation, the couple send you their greatest thanks.”

Baby Sussex is due within the coming weeks.

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At Nipsey Hussle’s Memorial, Los Angeles Comes Together to Mourn - The New York Times

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of mourners are expected to gather in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday to honor the life of Nipsey Hussle, the Grammy-nominated rapper who was fatally shot last month and whose success and commitment to redeveloping South Los Angeles made him a local hero.

The funeral, billed as a “celebration of life,” will be held at the Staples Center. All tickets for the event, which were free, were claimed online within minutes of being made available earlier this week. The arena’s capacity is 21,000.

Tens of thousands of fans are expected to gather around the venue, where a public memorial for Michael Jackson was hosted in 2009. The two-hour service will begin at 10 a.m. local time and will be followed by a procession from the Staples Center through South Los Angeles.

Hussle, born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, channeled his upbringing and adolescence as a gang member into music that spoke powerfully to many who live in Los Angeles’ most vulnerable neighborhoods. As his star rose in recent years, Hussle brought investments and attention back to the area, earning the adoration of his neighbors and fans.

Though he developed a following far beyond Southern California, his death last week struck a particularly painful chord among residents of the Crenshaw District, where he grew up. His clothing store on Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles, The Marathon Clothing, had become a potent symbol of local success and black entrepreneurship, a theme he addressed regularly in his music. His fans clung to lyrics that melded familiar rap bombast with exaltations about self-discipline and long-term financial planning, a break from a music culture that often emphasizes flashy spending.

The store transformed into a makeshift memorial on March 31 after Hussle was gunned down there over a “personal dispute,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspect, Eric Holder, was apprehended by authorities two days after the shooting.

For days outside the store, fans prayed, lit candles and left hand-written letters addressed to Hussle. One of the mourners was Candace Cosey, 32, who remembers him as Ermias from their time attending Hamilton High School together in the early 2000s, a magnet school on the West Side of Los Angeles. She recalled how Hussle would sell mix CDs to her and others at school, and how he later started selling music in the neighborhood out of his trunk.

She came close to tears as she pulled out a picture of him from the high school yearbook. “If you grew up here, you either knew him directly or you knew someone who knew him,” she said.

Even as his career took off, Hussle remained approachable and “big hearted,” she said. As he amassed fame and wealth, he continued living modestly while making investments in businesses in the neighborhood. And he could be very generous. When a colleague passed away several years ago, Ms. Cosey approached Hussle’s team to see if he could help with the funeral expenses. He contributed several thousand dollars, she said.

“He was about uplifting us. He hired people from the neighborhood who wouldn’t have had a job otherwise. He took care of so many people, and he invested in what he believed in, here, because he grew up here,” she said. “We have to keep that work going. It’s what he was about.”

[Read more about the community’s reaction to Hussle’s death.]

Hussle’s death has drawn attention far beyond the Crenshaw District. Celebrities and political leaders across the country have offered their condolences to Hussle’s family and friends. In an interview last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti praised Hussle’s contributions to South Los Angeles, a community that he acknowledged has been historically overlooked by the city’s political establishment.

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Nipsey Hussle performed at a pre-Grammy Awards party on February 7 in Los Angeles.CreditMatt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

Mr. Garcetti said Hussle embodied the very idea of black entrepreneurship, a critical component of lifting the community and its residents.

“He represented redemption and hope. He had come from the world of gangs and gotten out,” he said. “This is a devastating shock to the stomach. He was really ambitious — he wanted to get African Americans into tech, on top of his music game, on top of his businesses.”

“Then to be killed in such a clichéd way, by guns, for a beef in South L.A., it feeds into too many stereotypes,” he said.

Velma Sanders, 60, said she did not listen to Hussle’s music but, as a lifelong resident of South Los Angeles, she felt pride watching his career grow in recent years. His presence, she said, was felt by everyone.

“He would be out here. He showed you that he didn’t fear where he grew up. He was proud of it,” she said. “He was building up this community, giving back to this community. He took that money and instead of buying something luxurious, a big home or whatever, he put it back in his community so these would not be vacant buildings. It’s just beautiful.”

[Read an assessment of Hussle’s music and its place in hip-hop.]

Manuel Pastor, a professor of American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California who has researched the demographics and culture of South Los Angeles, said Hussle’s killing “felt like a kick in the stomach.” He described Hussle as “a hometown guy lifting up his hometown.” Nothing illustrated this more, he said, than when Hussle and his girlfriend, the actress Lauren London, posed for a photo shoot in GQ in February at locations around South Los Angeles — not Hollywood, not downtown Los Angeles, not New York.

“This really hit hard. This was a hometown guy who stayed home,” said Mr. Pastor.

Mr. Pastor said Hussle had left the gang life but never rejected the culture of the community. Alienation and the search for identity amid violence and poverty often feed into gang culture, something Hussle spoke about openly.

“He did what many people ask of black celebrities, to come back to their community,” said Najee Ali, an activist in South Los Angeles who knew Hussle. He said the community is accustomed to feeling left behind when one of its own makes it big and finds fame.

“They all leave,” he said. “Hussle was the only one to stay in the community. He believed in the slogan, ‘Don’t move, improve.’ That’s what made him special.”

Hasani Leffall, 35, who knew Hussle, once worked for the rapper’s stepfather at a South Los Angeles restaurant called Bayou Grille. To emphasize the depth of feeling over Hussle’s murder within the black community of Los Angeles, he mentioned the murders of Tupac, Biggie Smalls, even Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Even with his fame, money and the support of the community, Hussle couldn’t escape the violence of the streets he rapped about.

Mr. Holder, the suspect in the killing, is an aspiring rapper who knew Hussle when he was younger. Mr. Holder, Mr. Leffall said, “represents a dark side about L.A., and a dark side about just men in L.A., in Crip life. There’s always somebody that just doesn’t like you, doesn’t like the fact that people love you.”

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