Blac Chyna Enjoys the Winds of Freedom After Being Bailed Out of Texas Jail

 

Blac Chyna is enjoying the sweet, sweet winds of freedom.

The 27-year-old glamour model and new girlfriend of Rob Kardashian was arrested Friday evening after allegedly causing a disturbance after boarding a connecting flight set to fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, police said. Chyna, whose real name is Angela Renee White, was charged with misdemeanor public intoxication and has pleaded not guilty, Texas court records show.

A lawyer later posted an $8,000 bond on her behalf. On Saturday, Chyna posted on her Instagram page a selfie video showing her sticking her head out of a moving car, smiling as her hair whips in the wind.

Chyna, who flew to Austin from Los Angeles the day of her connecting flight, also posted on her Snapchat Saturday, just after noon, a photo of her standing beside a black Bentley, the same type of car Rob, 28, has been spotted driving around in L.A., with her as a passenger. The image bears the words, "Bye Texas," and an address that shows it was taken near a highway about 240 miles north west of Austin.

 

She later posted more videos of her riding inside a vehicle, as Vanessa Carlton's 2001 song "A Thousand Miles" plays. One shows a female friend sitting in the backseat behind her, while another shows Chyna looking at the person sitting beside her, appearing to try to coax them into making an appearance. They are not shown.

 

Early Saturday morning and hours after Chyna's arrest, Rob Instagrammed a screen grab of a FaceTime session with her. It's unclear when the chat took place.

Chyna is due back in court in Texas at the end of February.

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Sofia Vergara & Joe Manganiello Get Photobombed on SAG Awards 2016 Red Carpet

 

One of Hollywood's hottest couples had an unexpected third wheel during their 2016 SAG Awards date Saturday. While posing for a selfie on the red carpet, Sofia Vergara and new husband Joe Manganiello were photobombed by her Modern Family co-star, Eric Stonestreet, who posed behind the couple and displayed a playful, silly face as they cozied up to each other.

"Unnecessary @ericstonestreet," the actress wrote, alongside an Instagram photo. Stonestreet posted the same pic, saying, "The beautiful people always seem to flock to one another. @joemanganiello @sofiavergara @ericstonestreet #sagawards."

Also on the red carpet, Susan Sarandon photobombed the cast of Straight Outta Compton.

At the event, Vergara showed off her signature curves in a strapless, hot pink Vera Wang gown. Manganiello looked dapper as ever in a black tux.

 

The two got engaged in December 2014 and wed this past November after an 11-month-engagement. Their extravagant wedding took place in Florida and was attended by Stonestreet and more Modern Family co-stars, as well as celebs such as Channing Tatum, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Reese Witherspoon

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Uzo Aduba Took Her High School Prom Date to the 2016 SAG Awards—See Their Adorable Reunion

 

Second-time SAG Award winner Uzo Aduba celebrated Saturday night's big win with a blast from the past.  The Orange Is the New Black actress typically opts to strut the red carpet of award shows with her sister Chioma Aduba, but for this particular ceremony, she elected to return a decades-old favor. 

After accepting the award for Best Actress in a TV Comedy, she shared the moment back out on the red carpet with a teenage friend—her former prom date, Mark Crowley. 

"He asked me to the prom, I said yes. I asked him to SAGs, he said yes," she captioned a split shot of herself with Crowley on the SAG Award red carpet next to an adorable throwback photo of the pair before the high school party. 

Can this lady get any cooler? Some of us can't even remember our high school prom date's name—or we just choose to forget.  Not only did she take her high school date to one of the biggest nights of her career, but now we also now know how truly elegant she looked when she was just a young high school student and Hollywood unknown.

Though, she's certainly only continued to blossom since her teenage years and last night's emerald gown was clearly proof of her glamorous fashion evolution. The award-winning actress sparkled in a sequin number by Zac Posen, making the rest of us viewers a bit green with envy over Aduba's picture-perfect night.

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Vanessa Hudgens is mourning the loss of her father, hours before she is set to take the stage in an anticipated live musical production. The 27-year-old High School Musical alum said on her Twitter page Sunday morning that her father, Greg Hudgens, has died after battling stage 4 cancer. He was 65 years ago. Vanessa had revealed his ailment last August.

"I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer," she wrote. "Thank you to everyone who kept him in your prayers."

Vanessa made her sad announcement hours before FOX's Grease: Live musical special. The program airs at 7 p.m. ET.

Vanessa plays Rizzo in the production.
"Tonight, I do the show in his honor," she tweeted.

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Vanessa Hudgens' Dad Greg Dies of Cancer, She Will Perform in Grease: Live "in His Honor"

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Vanessa Hudgens is mourning the loss of her father, hours before she is set to take the stage in an anticipated live musical production.
The 27-year-old High School Musical alum said on her Twitter page Sunday morning that her father, Greg Hudgens, has died after battling stage 4 cancer. He was 65 years ago. Vanessa had revealed his ailment last August.
"I am so sad to say that last night my daddy, Greg passed away from stage 4 cancer," she wrote. "Thank you to everyone who kept him in your prayers."
Vanessa made her sad announcement hours before FOX's Grease: Live musical special. The program airs at 7 p.m. ET.

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Vanessa plays Rizzo in the production.
"Tonight, I do the show in his honor," she tweeted.

In addition to the actress, Greg is also survived by her mother and his wife Gina Hudgens and Vanessa's 20-year-old sister Stella Hudgens.

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'That is why we let Dzeko and Jovetic go' - Pellegrini hails Iheanacho hat-trick

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a hat-trick and earned praise from manager Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City crushed Aston Villa in the FA Cup.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick against Aston Villa proves the club were right to allow established stars Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic to leave. The 19-year-old striker took full advantage of Sergio Aguero being rested to score three times in the FA Cup fourth-round tie at Villa Park on Saturday, with Raheem Sterling netting the other in an easy 4-0 win.

Dzeko and Jovetic joined Serie A sides Roma and Inter respectively at the start of the season and Pellegrini believes Iheanacho is showing that allowing the more experienced pair to go was the right decision.

"Kelechi is a very good young player," the Chilean told BBC Sport.

"We let Jovetic and Dzeko go because I see Kelechi every day and know what he can do. I am very happy.

"We made some important changes because it is important to rotate with so many matches to play. Bacary Sagna played well at centre-back, he didn't make any mistakes and [Willy] Caballero was solid in goal."

Sterling wanted to take the penalty which put City two goals up, but it was Pellegrini who insisted on Iheanacho doing the honours from 12 yards. The manager added: "I told Bacary Sagna to tell Kelechi to take the penalty. I see him take penalties every day, so he was in charge."

The win means City, who are back in action at Sunderland in the Premier League on Tuesday, are still in contention to win all four major trophies they are competing for this season.

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Boko Haram burns kids alive in northeast Nigeria: witness

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children among people burned to death in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night's attack on Dalori village just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in the northeast, according to survivors and soldiers.

The shooting and burning continued for four hours, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping on a telephone call to The Associated Press. He said several of his family members were killed or wounded. The violence continued as three female suicide bombers blew up among people who managed to flee to neighboring Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to journalists.

It was not known how many scores of people were killed because bodies still were being collected, including from the surrounding bushes where the insurgents hunted down fleeing villagers, according to Abba Shehu, a security guard helping collect corpses.

Boko Haram has taken to attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria. The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.

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Surgery for Bangladesh's 'Tree Man' to remove warts

A Bangladeshi father dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet will finally have surgery to remove the growths that first began appearing 10 years ago, a hospital said Sunday. Abul Bajandar, from the southern district of Khulna, was undergoing preparations for the surgery to cut out the growths weighing at least five kilogrammes (11 pounds) that have smothered his hands and feet.

"Initially, I thought that they're harmless," the 26-year-old told AFP at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

"But slowly I lost all my ability to work. There are now dozens of two to three inch roots in both my hands. And there are some small ones in my legs," said Bajandar who was forced to quit working as a bicycle puller.

A team of doctors has been formed to perform the operation at DMCH, Bangladesh's largest state-run hospital, which has decided to waive costs of the treatment. Tests are underway to ensure Bajandar's root-like warts can be removed surgically without damaging major nerves or causing any other health problems.

 

The massive warts, which first started appearing when he was a teenager but began spreading rapidly four years ago, have been diagnosed as epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic skin disease that makes the person susceptible to skin growths.

"Popularly it is known as tree-man disease," DMCH director Samanta Lal Sen told AFP.

"As far as we know there are three such cases in the world including Abul Bajandar. It is the first time we have found such a rare case in Bangladesh," he said.

An Indonesian villager with massive warts all over his body underwent a string of operations in 2008 to remove them. Bajandar's elder sister, Adhuri Bibi, said hundreds of people have visited their home in Khulna over the years to see the "Tree Man". 

"Even here at the hospital, hundreds have already gathered," she told AFP.

Bajandar, a father of one, said he tried cutting the warts when they first appeared, but it was extremely painful. 

"After that I went to a village homeopath and herbal specialist. But those medicines only worsened my condition."

He also consulted doctors in neighbouring India, but he and his family could not afford the cost of the operation there.

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Djokovic's dominance continues, wins 11th Grand Slam title

MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic left no room to question his dominance on Sunday night. The 28-year-old Serbian defeated No. 2 Andy Murray in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6, en route to his third-straight Grand Slam title and 11th overall. This is his sixth Australian Open title, a record among the men's singles field. Four of those six have come against Murray. 

Djokovic has now won 21-straight matches in Grand Slams, dating back to the start of Wimbledon last year. He only lost one Grand Slam match in 2015, when Stan Wawrinka beat him in the French Open final. The only thing missing from Djokovic's trophy case is that elusive French Open crown.

Murray was playing in his fifth Australian Open title. The two-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medalist told the media Friday that he knew he had a huge task ahead of him, but anything could happen in any given match. Djokovic was 21-9 in their career head-to-head and had won 10 of his last 11 matches against the Scot, but Murray had twice beaten him in a major final. 

Those past matches really didn't matter, Murray said. But Sunday, he failed to figure out a way to put the ghosts of those past matches behind him. When he came to the podium afterwards, he managed to crack a joke about it. "I feel like I've been here before," he said. 

There was little he could have done. Djokovic was on his game from the first point. He won the first five games of the match, while Murray looked lethargic. Murray played a stronger second set, serving nine aces while hitting 21 winners, compared to two aces and eight winners from Djokovic. They stayed on serve to 3-3, then Djokovic broke. Murray broke right back. The crushing blow came at 5-5, when Murray let a 40-Love advantage slip away. Djokovic rattled off five straight points, breaking on an unforced error from Murray. Djokovic served out the set to take the two-set advantage.

He kept that momentum going into the third, breaking Murray in the first game. Murray broke back at 3-2. The set when to a tiebreak. There, Djokovic dominated. He sealed the win with an ace. The win moves Djokovic into a tie with Roy Emerson for most titles at the Australian Open and into fifth place on the list of all-time Grand Slam titles. He shares fifth place with Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver. Only Roy Emerson, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal have more. 

Asked in his press conference what had happened in the first set, Murray noted that'd he started slow in every match this week. There's been a lot going on, he said. His wife is more than eight months pregnant. He said throughout that he would leave if she went into labor. His father-in-law, Nigel Sears, was here, as he is coaches women's singles player Ana Ivanovic. Sears collapsed during Ivanovic's fourth round match and had to be taken to a hospital. Murray was also on court at the time, and went to see Sears straight after winning. Sears turned out to be okay.

An emotional Murray mentioned the difficulty of the week as he thanked the crowd on Sunday night. 

"And finally to my wife Kim, I'm sure she's watching back home," Murray said at the podium. "You've been a legend the last two weeks, thank you for all of your support. And I'll be on the next flight home." 

He later said he'd been on hold on every flight for the last five days. The press conference was short, as it was already 11:15p.m. and he was due to catch the 1a.m. out of Melbourne. 

As Murray rushed to the airport, Djokovic's celebration continued around the grounds.

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Brie Larson Wins For Best Actress in a Movie at SAG Awards 2016

 

Brie Larson has won big at the SAG Awards, after being named Best Actress in a movie for her work in Room.

It is the star's first SAG Award win. Larson beat out Cate Blanchett (Carol), Helen Mirren (Woman in Gold), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), and Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back).

"I feel like I was born questioning everything about reality, feeling lost and alone and always worried that I was deeply unlovable," said Larson, accepting her award. She added: "And watching your movies... made me feel less alone and made me feel like that was a safe place to explore my creativity."

Larson thanked her costars, including the adorable Jacob Tremblay, who plays her onscreen son, who she called her "inspiration." "Everything that is this movie is because of you," said Larson, as Tremblay smiled in the audience.

Larson won a Golden Globe for her work in the film and has also been nominated for an Academy Award for her role. After learning of her Oscar nom, the actress said: "I thought, 'Holy s--t!' It's that, mixed with a total flat line."

"I didn't realize how strong my reaction would be," she continued. "My whole body was shaking. I started crying."

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SAG Awards 2016: Swoon-Worthy Red Carpet Trends

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Gorgeous gowns and accessories flooded the red carpet at this year's SAG Awards 2016. Among them, major trends surfaced and they might just make you rethink your whole wardrobe.

Daring enough to take the plunge like Rooney Mara, Marisa Tomei and Eva Longoria? Or maybe you're feeling the florals like Rachel McAdams, Kristen Wiig and Kiernan Shipka. Whatever your style, there was definitely something on the red carpet for you.

For more SAG Awards 2016 red carpet trends, keep clicking.

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SAG Awards 2016: The 5 Biggest Jaw-Droppers

 

The 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards, while not a rip-roaring laugh fest (well, actually the Tina Fey- and Amy Poehler-helmed tribute to Carol Burnett was a real rib-tickler), was for the first time in a while full of surprises!

Well, there were at least five, and here they are:

 

1. SAG Doubled Our Pleasure: Idris Elba is just so...cool. And him doubling the number of actors to win two SAG Awards in one night (yes, now there are two) was the best possible revenge against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which passed him over for a Best Supporting Actor nod for Beast of No Nation. Elba's second win came for BBC America's Luther, which, if you've ever seen it, should not surprise you in the least.

 

2. Spotlight on the Oscar Shuffle: Some years there isn't a lot of variety when it comes to who takes home the Globe, the SAG and the Oscar for a particular category (see the Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Hudson, et al. juggernauts of seasons past). And while you just can't argue with some performances, fellow actors decided to crown Alicia Vikander for her supporting role in The Danish Girl, giving her more momentum than Kate Winslet ahead of the Oscars, and Elba's win leaves Best Supporting Actor slightly up in the air, considering Golden Globe winner Sylvester Stallone wasn't even nominated for a SAG. In the Oscar ring with Stallone are Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and Christian Bale, though we'll meet again in the Oscar edition of the jaw-droppers if Sly doesn't score a knockout in the final round.

Furthermore, Spotlight's ensemble win, coupled with its Critics' Choice victory a couple weeks ago, reasserts its place in the Best Picture Oscar conversation alongside the Producers Guild's best film winner, The Big Short, and Leonardo DiCaprio's one-way ticket to Oscar, The Revenant.

 

3. Oh SAG, Those Anglophiles...: Even the cast of Downton Abbey looked shocked to be winning their third round of Actor statues for best performance by an ensemble in a TV drama. Not that the British series, whose final season is now airing on PBS' Masterpiece Classic, isn't superbly acted. It's just...um, so is Game of Thrones...and if Mad Men isn't the sum of its parts, then we don't know what is!

 

4. Really? Kevin Spacey?: What's the deal, SAG? No win for Jon Hamm for the final season of Mad Men? Is that some sort of wink-wink in an election year at just how screwed up real politics are along with the TV politics, so why not honor a performance that's...all...about...shadiness...? 

See, we're just rambling at this point. We really don't get it.

 

5. "Welcome to Diverse TV": There goes that Idris Elba again, being all dashing 'n' stuff. That was his quip when he returned to the stage after making history as the first man to win two SAG Awards in one night and only the second actor to ever do it. (Alas, he couldn't be the first Brit, because that first actor was Helen Mirren.) And that seemingly off-the-cuff remark indicated that even Elba may have been pleasantly surprised by the way in which the usually pretty stiff SAG Awards tackled the diversity issue (that's always plagued Hollywood but has finally boiled to the forefront), and perhaps he wanted to stick a little joke in there to acknowledge his fellow winners but also keep the mood light.

Actually, frankly, we were at first surprised that the need for major change in the movie-making business (not that the business of television is perfect but it's way ahead of the movies) didn't factor into more acceptance speeches. But then we remembered that the members of SAG were just going about their usual recent business of honoring each other for some damn fine performances. No platitudes, and the only promises made were of more good work to come.

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