Sad news Gleeks! Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed that Glee will be ending after Season 6, which has been rumored for quite some time.

He's been planning how to end the show for a while, and had originally wanted it to end with a focus on Cory Monteith and Lea Michele's characters, Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry. However, after Cory's tragic death in July, he had to re-think things.  "The whole [last] year of the show -- which will be next year -- was really designed around Rachel-Cory/Finn story," Ryan said, according to EW. "I always knew that. I always knew how it would end. I knew what the last shot was -- he was in it. I knew what the last line was; she said it to him. So when a tragedy like that happens you sort of have to pause and figure out what you want to do." However, Ryan thinks that the new ending is "very satisfactory" and still honors Cory.

I'm a little sad, but it was to be expected. All good things must come to end. Plus, I'll be honest and say that the new Glee kids on the block have not had as great of a connection as their predecessors. That might be a little bias talking since I've been watching the show since the very beginning, but it's true. I'm interested to see how the show will end, but I have until 2015 to think about that.

What do you think of Glee coming to an end?

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11:30:00 AM

My girl Ashley Chin is always on the move! She shot me over some pics last week, showing off her modeling skills and promoting upcoming brands! The "Rebel Just Because" tee shirt to the left, which you'll see in a few different poses, is designed by clothing brand SoCiaL Rejectx. 

Ashley is also starting her own fashion blog, Style House Mob, which will hit the web in November. With this upcoming designer planning to get video interviews with various members of the fashion industry, as well as painters, rappers, and more, this new blog is definitely going to be one to be on the look out for! She's also steadily working on her own brand, Odd Century by Vane For Decades, which I can't wait to see more of!


The photos were all taken by Seifer Films. Check them out below!

SoCiaL Rejectx

Crop Top--Cake & Company by Ashley Rae
Skirt by Target

Crop Top--Cake & Company by Ashley Rae
Skirt by Target

Madam Yatir of Yatir Clothing

H&M x Target

H&M x Target

9:28:00 AM

"Forgive me, I'm a rider. Sure I'm just a simple man. All I want is money, f**k the fame. I'm a simple man lawd."-Wale, "Simple Man," The Gifted

Wale has officially dropped his video for "Simple Man," track 13 from his third album, The Gifted. Shot in Toronto back in August after Drake’s 4th annual OVO Fest, the video shows Wale performing for the people, as well as rolling through the city. Nothing grand or flashy, and it was better that it wasn't. It was a pretty chill video, as Wale raps on his career and life now that he's signed and making his way up in this industry. Drake and J. Cole also make small cameos in the visual as well. Check out the video below!




What do you think of the video for "Simple Man?" 

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9:30:00 AM

Sunday night was the season finale of Hollywood Exes and it definitely wasn't one to miss! Picking up from last week, Nicole takes her mom Ellen out for drinks with Mayte and Jessica for a night of fun. Jessica asks how Shamicka's party went, and, of course, the "hood rat" thing is brought up. Jessica automatically goes off because Sheree was the only one who knew about and said that she wasn't going to say anything. Jessica explains herself, saying basically that she didn't mean it in a mean way. Now, she's mad at Sheree, which I can understand. Of course, Shamicka plans to talk to Jessica, but Jessica feels betrayed by Sheree. All in all thought, this is a whole bunch of unnecessary drama right before Vegas for Nicole's bachelorette party!


The next day, Mayte and Nelly prep for the final hearing for Gia's adoption. They're all dressed up and a little nervous, obviously, because they see Gia as theirs now!  Even though there's a lot of traffice (which only heighten Mayte's stress), they get to court for the hearing. Though the cameras aren't allowed in, the ladies come out afterwards and it's official! Gia Janelle Garcia is Mayte's daughter forever! Mayte is a mom and I'm so happy for her! She's wanted to be a mom for so long after suffering the loss of her baby years ago. Gia is definitely in great hands!

Later, Shamicka and Sheree go get their nails done before Vegas. Shamicka is nervous to go on the trip because of the Jessica situation. She doesn't know how she's going to address it, but it will definitely be addressed. Sheree tells her to just watch the approach and not be condescending. Sheree hasn't seen or talked to Jessica since their dinner, so she doesn't know what to expect either.

The next scene shows Nicole, Mayte, Andrea, and Jessica making it to the Palms Casino in Vegas!!! Shamicka and Sheree plan to come on another flight later. The ladies are showed to their suite, which is absolutely amazing! Jessica really did it up for them! While they talk, eat and drink, Jessica admits that she's not all too thrilled about Shamicka and Sheree coming because of the whole "hood rat" thing. The ladies break it down to her, that black women don't want to be called hood rats. In Jessica's mind, strippers on a pole are hood rats, which is what she jokingly thought of seeing Shamicka on the pole.. Mayte calls Jessica out in a second, saying that she's contradicting herself because she did Playboy back in 2005. Some people think that that's degrading like Jessica thinks of stripping. Jessica reacts badly and starts crying because of it!

It was clear in that moment that something else is going on with Jessica. She reveals the stress she's going through in dealing with Josie. In fact, Josie's ski trip fell through right at the last minute before Jessica got on the plane to Vegas. Josie is supposed to go stay with her friend, but Jessica is unsure if she will really go. Jessica calls her, and the girl is still at home! From that conversation on the phone (which Jessica had on speaker), Josie needs her behind whupped! She talks to Jessica any old kind of way, and even hangs up on her. The ladies all tell Jessica that she needs to go crazy on that little girl one good time, which I agree with! Jessica ALLOWS Josie to stress her, when she needs to be a parent and put Josie in her place.

Right in the heat of everything, Shamicka and Sheree walk in. Jessica walks away in seeing them, because the last thing she wants to do is deal with them. However, she pulls them aside after she calms down a little bit. They talk about Jessica calling Shamicka a hood rat, and Shamicka explains why it's so offensive. She apologizes, but admits that she's upset at Sheree for telling Shamicka when she said she wouldn't. Sheree apologizes, but she did want to buffer the situation before someone else told her. It's good that they are able to get through it, and hopefully now they'll be able to enjoy the trip!

The ladies then go gambling, but Jessica is still out of it because of Josie. Josie did go to her friend's house. Nicole tells Jessica that she needs to have a good heart to heart with Josie when she gets back home. Now that Jessica is a little bit more relaxed, the ladies can have a good time! They sit down and have some drinks later, where Mayte shares that the adoption's final! Sheree also reveals that she went to her son Trey's gig, and her ex Will Smith was there. However, they were able to talk and laugh with no problems! Andrea doesn't think that she'll ever have a good relationship like that with her ex, but she needs to figure out how to keep going. She admits in a confessional that she thinks that it's best for her to be in Chicago with her babies right now. They all get emotional at the  table for a second, but they find a way to laugh through it.

That night, the ladies go to the club. All of a sudden, Jessica starts yelling at Mayte, as they're walking in! I don't know if Jessica was drunk or what, but she went off! She tells Mayte not to compare her to a stripper ever again, which Mayte denies (though, in a sense, she did). It hurt Jessica's feelings, but Mayte calls her crazy and tells her that she's naked all the time anyway! Jessica basically says their friendship is done and walks off. It was terrible, because Nicole is trying to have a good time at her bachelorette party, and Jessica is being really dramatic. Even if you had a problem with Mayte, you could've brought that up AFTER the trip. Nicole tells Mayte and the other ladies to  have a good time regardless. Minutes later, Jessica texts Mayte to come upstairs to talk, and she promptly says no. Andrea tells her to just let it go, and even takes her phone from her. Meanwhile Jessica pouts in the room, saying in her confessional that she doesn't know who her friends are anymore. The Vegas trip turned into a mess, but the ladies still toast to Nicole at the end of the episode. It ends on a higher note as the girls party and laugh, celebrating Nicole's pending nuptials! It still sucked that Vegas ended the way it did, though.

I honestly never know if this show is going to be renewed for a new season. What I love most about it is that it offers humor with a side of drama. Through everything, what separates Hollywood Exes from some of the other reality shows feature women cast is that they always seem to work through their issues. It's for that same reason though that I always worry that the show won't be renewed. People love drama, and a lot of it. I'm not sure if Hollywood Exes will be coming back for a third season just yet, but I definitely hope they do!

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9:59:00 AM

Looks like I owe two recaps of Hollywood Exes (last Sunday's and last night's season finale!). Picking up from Episode 11, Nicole goes with her daughters and Ellen to pick out a dress at Panache. There are a lot of beautiful gowns. Ellen picks out a simple, elegant dress that's perfect for a beach wedding. It's absolutely amazing on Nicole, but Nicole ends picking another dress that is comfortable yet gorgeous! She is completely in love with it. Whenever she and Michael decide to walk down the aisle, she'll look absolutely stunning!

Later, all of the girls except for Nicole go to a pole dancing class for Andrea's birthday! Nicole couldn't make it because she had to meet with her lawyers to discuss her prenup. Jessica shows up a little later, even though she's not a big fan of pole dancing. The instructor teaches them some sexy moves that they can maybe use another time, and the girls have fun trying. Shortly after she leaves the ladies to their fun, and Andrea shows them some more moves, and everyone takes a turn. Jessica ends up calling Shamicka a "hood rat" as she's on the pole. Sheree seems to be the only one who really heard it though. Though it wasn't meant in a bad way, Jessica definitely needs to know that that's not something you say about anybody, let alone a black woman!

The next day, Sheree and Jessica have dinner and talk about the party. Sheree asked Jessica if she remembered what she said about Shamicka. Jessica didn't even realize how offensive that was. Sheree thinks that she's the only one who heard it, but tells Jessica that she doesn't plan to say anything.

Later in the episode, Mayte and Jessica go to Mayte's breast operation. Mayte's definitely afraid of the pain but goes through it anyway. Once she gets some drugs in her, she quickly calms down. The surgery goes really well, Garth tells Jessica. Jessica then decides that that's the perfect time to try to confess her feelings for Garth. She tells him that he looks happy and asks if he's going to get married again. He says that's personal, but she thinks they should talk later. However, she gets the sense that he's moved on and she needs to make a dignified retreat. Later, Mayte asks what they talked about, and Jessica admits that the conversation was very awkward. She thinks it was truly closure and she needed that. I've been saying that Jessica needs to focus on herself and Josie for a while, so hopefully she does. Love will come in time.

Meanwhile, Sheree and Andrea go out looking for possible boutique locations for Sheree. She has been running her boutique basically out of her house, and definitely needs a new place. They find the perfect spot for Sheree Elizabeth, and Sheree jots down the info to call later. In the car, she opens her big mouth and tells Drea that Jessica called Shamicka a hood rat. Jessica probably should've known not to say that but, then again, she might not have. Andrea jokes about developing a book of things that white women don't say to black women. After the convo, Sheree thinks that she should tell Shamicka rather than her hearing it from any of the other ladies.

Later, Jessica invites the girls over to her house because she has something to tell them. No one knows if it's good or bad, so they're all a little on edge. They do a toast and Jessica reveals that she wants to throw Nicole a bachelorette party in VEGAS, just in case Nicole decides to elope! Lucky! That will be so much fun for the ladies to have a wild weekend out on the town!

At the end of the episode, Shamicka hosts a girls' night, inviting her new friends, as well as friends from back in the day. Drea and Sheree arrive early to help her set up, and asks if Shamicka happened to hear any observation from Jessica while she was on the pole. When she says no, they try to pull away from the conversation, but, of course, Shamicka wants to know now! Sheree tells her that Jessica called her a "hood rat," but that she didn't say it in a mean way. Shamicka gets annoyed at the "That's just Jessica" train that everyone seems to be on. The news quickly spreads to the rest of the ladies. Lucky for Jessica, she can't make it because she had to take to Josie to a modeling agency, because she probably wouldn't have been torn apart with all of those ladies coming.

Many of Shamicka's friends eventually come through which makes her so happy. It's nice that Shamicka has those down to earth friends that have been there for her. Nicole says that Jessica is missing out even though she called Shamicka a hood rat! It got real quiet outside, with the ladies having to try to explain it to Shamicka's friends. Shamicka says that Jessica doesn't have any boundaries, and this whole hood rat debate continues without Jessica being able to defend herself. Shamicka definitely plans to have a conversation with Jessica about this. Here's my thing. Yes, Jessica was in the wrong for what she said. However, Sheree, my issue with you is that you said that you weren't going to say anything at all. If you were going to go back on that promise, then you could've picked a better time to do it. Not at a party with a bunch of Shamicka's friends around! Two, to sit and have a debate about it with everyone while Jessica wasn't there, wasn't fair to her.

The next day, Mayte's dad comes in to help with Gia while she recovers from her operation. Mayte has bruising and knows that she has to be careful. While in bed, she gets an email to submit her request for a court date, but it might take several weeks to put the case on the calendar and then the actual date may be weeks from then. Mayte sees herself as Gia's mother and couldn't stand to lose her! Hopefully, she won't, because that would be very saddening to watch.

The season finale of Hollywood Exes was last night, and I'll be posting the recap in a bit! Definitely a lot of drama so stay tuned! 

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10:07:00 AM

A big congratulations goes out to Naya Rivera and Big Sean who are officially taking that next step in their relationship! That's right, the couple is engaged, six months after first stepping out as a couple!

Naya's rep confirmed the news to Us Weekly. The couple walked the red carpet at Latina Magazine's Hollywood Hot List party at the Redbury Hotel in Hollywood and the Glee star was rocking a very nice engagement ring on her finger!

Check out the ring below!

Naya was wearing a beautiful outfit from Giorgio Armani, but stayed quiet about her engagement even though she was wearing the ring! However, she loved talking about Sean. When asked what she loved most about him, the actress said, "Everything! He's my best friend." Aww how cute!

Though this engagement is a pretty quick one, I wish Naya and Sean the best. I think they are a very cute couple. And Sean, that ring? INCREDIBLE. Congrats guys!

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5:40:00 AM

Last Wednesday was the FINAL for The Challenge: Rivals II! Picking up from last week, one of the guys’ boats had capsized, which definitely would suck up time in this kayak race! I thought that it was Johnny and Frank, but it turns out it was Jordan and Marlon, but they continue to push forward to try to win. Of course, though, Johnny and Frank make it to the boat. I knew that was going to happen. In fact, I think it might have been staged just so we can see the rivalry between them and CT and Wes play out in this last challenge. Jordan and Marlon finish the game in third place, taking home $15K to split. They honestly should be proud of themselves for getting that far, because rookies rarely do! That night, the teams spend the night on the yacht, relaxing and having a good time.  Looking at the final teams, I think the best of the best were there in the end. It's going to be a really great fight to the finish!

The next morning, T.J. introduces the next day's challenge. Today they are at “Nightmare Island” (Dream Island has been converted to what is sure to be a nightmare for the teams!). T.J. lays out the course for them. They are five checkpoints throughout the island, and the teams will collect an island at each one. When you finish one checkpoint, you have to race back to the starting point to deposit your idol and move on to the next one. In the end, the first guy and girl teams to finish will retrieve a golden elephant which they have to bring back to T.J. to get their check!  

Of course, they start with a swim (yay for Cara!). As the teams reach the first checkpoint, it turns out that, for every checkpoint, someone has to open a door or passage to get to the checkpoint itself. The team that’s in the lead at the time will have to open that door, which could take more energy out of them even though they’re winning. To get to the first obstacle, the teams have to get through a bunch of bamboo sticks to reach the checkpoint. That individual challenge is a puzzle which the teams have jump a bamboo stick over another until there is only one left (it's that annoying but addicting little game at Cracker Barrel). Surprisingly, CT and Wes, as well as Cara and Cooke are the first teams to finish, leaving the others behind! Frank and Johnny struggle along with Paula and Emily, but eventually get to the next checkpoint. 

In What's Mine Is Yours, the teams have to use the Pythagorean Theorem to figure out the X and cut the correct color of rope that holds the answer.  If a team's first answer isn't correct, they have to cut all of the ropes to get their idol. CT and Wes guess correctly, and Cara and Cooke look over at theirs to figure out their answer. Though they are late in getting there, Emily gets the answer right for her and Paula, as well as Johnny and Frank, and they move on.

What's a final challenge without a Food Test?! Though CT and Wes, as well as Cara and Cooke are ahead at this point, this could be the checkpoint that makes or breaks teams! The teams have to eat all of the food given in numerical order and they have a wonderful buffet, including chilies, crickets, maggots, and pickled fish soup. It's painful and sickening to watch, because, of course, the vomiting quickly starts. However, Paula and Emily fight through it, chugging it all down, while Cara is just sick to her stomach. Emily and Paula take the lead with this challenge, and CT and Wes move on first as well. 

The fourth checkpoint, Body Issues, the teams have to move 20 body bags to the opposite side of the enclosure and follow additional instructions. Even though Paula and Emily have a lead, it's small, and Paula is starting to freak out. However when Cara and Cooke get there, that lights a fire under Paula! Cara of course, is the weak link for her and Cooke and it shows. They are out in the burning heat, and she struggles to carry the body bags. Wes himself gets tired from the heat as well, but they pull through to the end.  

Tunnel Vision is the very last checkpoint! The teams have to open the gate with a crank then dig a tunnel under a cage to retrieve their last idol. Then we see that there is a trapdoor to get through they have to crawl under and get the idol. It's truly a game of who wants it more. Wes and CT are exhausted but they finish with a significant lead over Frank and Johnny. They grab the golden elephant on the beach, and kayak back to the yacht where T.J. is waiting to give the winners their checks! CT and Wes sound their alarm announcing that they finished, which signals to Frank and Johnny that they took second, splitting $35,000. They head back to the beach to see CT and Wes rowing in their kayak to CT. It kinda sucks because I love Johnny and wanted him to get his threepeat, but CT and Wes did deserve a win after all this time. CT himself has put in a lot of work (9 Challenges and 5 Finals without a win), so he deserved to get a win at some point, so I wasn't too upset. CT and Wes get to T.J. and get their check for $125,000, winning for the boys! 

Cooke and Cara were still stuck at Body Issues and don't quit, but it's clear that they wouldn't be winning this. I respect their determination though. They came into this game as the complete underdogs, acting as the scapegoats for basically the entire Challenge, and managed to win second place with $35,000. Not bad!  Emily and Paula were able to get to the beach first to get their golden elephant, and row to the yacht for their check, winning $125,000 for the girls!

I definitely enjoyed this season of The Challenge (one of the best ones yet!). It was lots of drama, but still very fun and entertaining to watch. The Challenges were definitely interesting and difficult for the teams. Plus they all had to deal with people they didn't really like so kudos to them all for being able to deal! Can't wait to see what MTV has in store for the next season! 

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10:11:00 AM