Levi Strauss plans to hit the public market for the first time in 34 years, a promising sign for a troubled retail sector.The 165-year-old company, which invented the blue jean, filed for an IPO on Wednesday. Levi’s said it could raise up to $100 million in the public offering, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LEVI.”The announcement shook up the retail industry Wednesday as investors scrambled to prepare for Levi’s re-appearance on the public market. Levi’s move signals that the future still looks bright for many legacy players, despite Amazon’s success in retail and the wave of bankruptcies the last few years. The company hopes that going public again will help it fund efforts to expand in the United States and overseas, as well as buy up trendy brands.”We have significant opportunity to grow by expanding beyond our core business,” the company said in filing.

So for all the Lev’s Lovers, they are BACK with something bigger and better for you all. That is going to make the company trend and possibly see more people in Levi gear.

Will that put other jeans and clothing stores out of business? Will Levi’s not be a hit like it once was? Those two questions are going to be the most two talked about and revealing as time goes by. Who has it Grandpa Levi’s or the new world trend?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/business/levi-strauss-ipo-jeans-retail/index.html

Cook County grand jury charges Smollet with 16 counts of disorderly conduct. Mark Geragos, one of Smollett’s attorneys and a CNN legal analyst, said the actor maintains his innocence and called the indictment “prosecutorial overkill.” For the attack late January Smollett reported to detectives in February it was a homophobic and racial attack by two men. After police detained two brothers who were “persons of interest” in mid-February, police sources revealed that authorities suspected Smollett knew the men and allegedly had paid them $3,500 to stage the attack. The men were released without being charged.Smollett has denied any involvement in orchestrating an attack. Smollett was charged in February with felony disorderly conduct. The judge granted a $100,000 bail, and Smollett paid a $10,000 bond. He was ordered to give up his passport and will remain under supervision until his case is adjudicated. He remains out on bail pending an arraignment Thursday. Producers behind “Empire” decided to remove Smollett’s character, Jamal, from the final two episodes of the season. The decision was made to “avoid further disruption on set,” producers said.

This case has been going forth for some months. For Smollett to plan this attack out is hard to believe. The whole situation just does not make sense. A lot of Empire fans are going to be upset because Smollett played a big role in Empire. He is out right now on bail so further information should be released soon.

Will he ever get to come back to Empire? Why do people think he is lying? Why is he being harassed so heavy?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/entertainment/jussie-smollett-indictment/index.html

Janice Freeman who was a contestant on The Voice back in 2017 has died at the age of 33-years-old. A spokesperson for Freeman stated that Freeman had a bad case of pneumonia and a blood clot that traveled to her heart. Freeman’s husband, Dion performed CPR until ambulance took her to a local hospital, where she died Saturday. A survivor and fighter Janice gained notoriety through her success on The Voice. Her story inspired fans having successfully battled cervical cancer and living her life to the fullest while fighting lupus. Celebrities such as Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus paid tribute on Instagram stating how much of an impact she was to the world and how she is going to be missed. Freeman is survived by her husband, her daughter Hannah, her mother Janice, siblings and extended family.

Janice Freeman’s death is definitely a great impact and a sad impact all in one. Everything that she has suffered was sad but she fought like a survivor fights and kept pushing through. Her story is sort of similar to my siblings because all three are battling with Lupus but I look at them everyday and see how much of fighters they are. Freeman’s light definitely shined not only through her surviving but through her voice.

There are no questions to be asked because death is not questionable. Everybody dies but not everybody lives. Freeman will definitely live through her family and her voice will still be heard throughout the world.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/03/entertainment/janice-freeman-the-voice-contestant-dies/index.html

Actress Regina King wins Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” playing a matriarch whose spirit is as strong as her love for her family. King is just one of three black actresses who have on their mantels both an Oscar and a Prime time Emmy Award. In her acceptance speech she thanks God and calls herself someone who is an example of what it looks like when love and support is poured into someone. King told CNN that she had been preparing for the role of her life, she felt like then and there it paid off.

Regina King definitely deserved the Oscar she won. Most people do not know who Regina King is but she is definitely a phenomenal actress that have played many great roles. Winning this Oscar was a blessing to her and she deserves many more.

What other awards have Regina King won? What all has she been nominated for? Why is she so underrated?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/24/entertainment/regina-king-oscar/index.html

Former star from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Alfonso Ribeiro has decided to be involved in a lawsuit with publisher of NBA 2K and publisher of Fortnite because of the avatars in the game doing his dance he popularized in the hit 90s sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. A letter from a supervisory registration specialist with the US Copyright Office to Ribeiro attorney, corresponding, saying the moves are a simple dance routine and that the single dance step is not registered as a choreographic work.

The “Carlton Dance” has always been a hit since it was popularized on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the 90s. I understand where Ribeiro is coming from with wanting to protect his dance from any usage without him getting credit for it because he technically did make it. Trying to take it to higher authority and sue the people that used it without permission was a fail and a slap in the face all in one. The specialist basically said his dance was not good enough or even worth him having that type of authority over it. Although she called it a simple dance routine, it was “simply” popularized by Ribeiro and he has the right to own it. The dance is significant and he has every right to tame his moves.

Why is it so difficult to put ownership to something that belongs to you? That is pretty much the only question that I have.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/entertainment/alfonso-ribeiro-carlton-dance/index.html

Paramount confirmed on Monday that Coming to America sequel will be in theaters next year 2020. Not much has been revealed about the upcoming sequel but in the first Coming to America Eddie Murphy, star of the movie goes to America to avoid marriage. In the upcoming sequel according to the deadlines Akeem, Murphy’s character in the movie learns about a long lost son that he wants to take back to his country to reveal to him the throne of Zamunda. The untitled sequel is scheduled to hit theaters August 7, 2020.

I’m interested to see how this new Coming to America sequel is going to aspire being that the first one came out in 1988. This movie should be very interesting because with Eddie Murphy avoiding marriage he went to America and met somebody so years later of him having a long lost son this movie should be different.

What made them wait so many years to make another Coming to America? How do you think the ratings will turn out for the movie? Will the quality be interesting? How are they going to make it similar to the 1988 Coming to America?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/entertainment/coming-to-america-2020-sequel/index.html

Well known rapper 21 Savage has been the topic of discussion for a few days now. Rapper is reportedly not supposed to be in the US because he was born in the United Kingdom. Singer Demi Lovato states “21 Savage memes have been the best part of the Superbowl.” Ouch Demi, a little too soon. Some celebrities didn’t take that too well. While Wale gave it to Lovato light by stating “why is somebody’s freedom funny?” Lovato then tweets back “Wale just salty I never replied to his desperate tweet years ago.” Wale later says to shorten it glad to hear she saw his tweets he’s not going to kick somebody when they are down, go queen. I bet Lavoto wish she would have never went so hard because unlike Wale, she got people like Lil Boosie stating on Instagram “was it funny when social media was calling you a career junkie a couple months back? You laughing, well we laugh at junkies in the hood smh #spendsomething #cluckheadasshoe heroin a helluva drug baby. Reports have it after a couple of those statements Lavoto deactivated her social media accounts.

Just to elaborate off that if anybody that feels Lil Boosie’s statement was taking it too far should probably think again. Yes his words were harsh but so were hers when she was referring back to Wale’s comment. I feel no sympathy for people like that because they put that upon themselves.

Questions are definitely in the air. As to why she deactivated her social media accounts? Why did she disrespect Wale like that? How can she get mad when she’s disrespecting somebody else? I definitely have more questions but I will save them.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/entertainment/demi-lovato-21-savage/

According to news around Actor/Singer, one of Empires’ very own Jussie Smollett gets attacked. Nobody really knows too much or any major details or are touching base on any information but reports tell it Jussie Smollett got attacked by a homophobic person. With not that much information going around a lot of celebrities are posting on social media how they feel and the love that goes out to him.

Reading this description I wonder what are going through peoples’ heads. I posted about this because there are people out there going through the same situation. I want people to know that things like this happen, why do they happen? We may never know. Jussie Smollett is human just like everybody else. If the case was him being attacked by a homophobic person is true how are the people of his kind is supposed to be safe in a world like this? Some people just do not think about other people feelings and what they stand for.

Questions are definitely wandering because I want to know what really happened for somebody to have attacked him? How is his condition so far because nobody have said much? Have the already caught the attacker? What was the story behind the attacker attacking Smollett? Questions are in the air as I stated previously, more information will be brought to the table later.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/entertainment/jussie-smollett-attack/index.html

On February 3, 2019 the LIII Superbowl will be held and our very own Gladys Knight will be performing the National Anthem which is being held in her hometown. Many rumors are going around and tweets are being tweeted that she should be silenced and being criticized for taking the gig and how can she perform when Kaepernick took a knee for our racial rights. Knight allegedly said she understood what Kaepernick did and what he stood for, but this opportunity is for her to give the National Anthem its voice back so she says.

Why does this affect us as people? The tweets that were being made just were not called for, not understanding Gladys Knight’s reasoning of taking the gig. One tweet actually made sense because they stated why are we silencing Gladys Knight but the ones trying to silence her are watching the game? People just want to talk and have something to say when they don’t know the true meaning behind anything. By Gladys Knight singing the National Anthem is actually a honor because she gets to give back to her community by expressing through her voice our freedom.

My only question for this whole topic is, why are people handling it in such a childish manner? Yes Kaepernick did the right thing in my opinion by kneeling for our injustice rights and him losing his job after that was not fair but by Gladys Knight singing the National Anthem is paving a way to more freedom.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/entertainment/gladys-knight-super-bowl-anthem/index.html

On Thursday, January 17, 2019 two victims were shot and wounded in the parking lot of a church by the name of Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church. The shooting took place about 27 miles away from Houston, Texas. No suspect was taken in custody. As of 9:40 p.m. Thursday night one of the victims died and the second victim is in critical condition. The only video footage that is active at the moment is the police officers taping the scene, other than that no other videos are posted or found of the shooting.

Even though the event took place in Texas, I encourage everybody to be aware because it seems like these two victims were unaware of this situation occurring. A shooting outside in a parking lot of a church is a little sketchy. The fact that not much information was found is a little disturbing but the situation just occurred. Be aware of your surroundings at all times and make sure when going out of any place at any time you are surrounded by other people so that way you all can sort of protect each other.

This story is really a tragedy for two people to be in a situation like this. Questions are definitely in the air as why they got shot. How did one die and one end up in critical condition? If the church has cameras in the parking lot how didn’t they catch the suspect or even get an idea of who they could be? Were the victims in any type of situation? What was going on at the church on a Thursday night that they were there for? Are the victims females or males? My list could honestly go on and on because those questions are definitely in the air, but more information should be released shortly.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/us/texas-church-shooting-cypress/index.html