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ELLEN DEGENERES RETURNS TO STAND-UP COMEDY AFTER 15 YEARS

 

Los Angeles — Ellen DeGeneres is going back to her roots, launching her first stand-up comedy tour in 15 years in a limited run of shows on the U.S. West Coast in August.
The TV talk show host and actress will visit three cities over eight nights, promoters Live Nation said on Thursday.
DeGeneres, 60, began her career in the 1980s as a stand-up comedian in her home town of New Orleans before launching her comedy show “Ellen,” in which her character in 1997 came out as gay and became the first openly lesbian character on television.
Since then, the gay rights activist has become one of the most popular talk show hosts in the United States with her “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” winning 30 Emmys. She also twice hosted the annual Oscars ceremony and the Emmy awards show.
DeGeneres did not say why she had decided to return to stand-up after so many years but the shows will form the basis of a Netflix comedy special to be streamed later in 2018.
Her stand-up tour will visit San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle from

August 10-23

SHOULD I GO AHEAD AND MARRY ZARI RADIO HOST ASKS FANS

Tanzanian radio presenter Maulid Kitenge is “contemplating marrying” Ugandan businesswoman Zari Hassan.
Mr Kitenge, who works at EFM, recently posed a question to his fans, asking them if he should go ahead and marry the entrepreneur.
Mr Kitenge posted a video of him and Zari Hassan hanging out together, and captioned it with the question.
The radio host showered praise on Zari, saying she is a great cook.
His fans were divided on whether to endorse his bid, or oppose it.
Zari Hassan parted ways from her superstar boyfriend, Diamond Platnumz, on February 14 this year, citing unfaithfulness and disrespect as reasons for her decision to ditch the singer.
Zari Hassan, a mother-of-five, has since declared that she is not ready to get into another romantic relationship ‘this soon’.

COMEDIAN ERIC OMONDI BROTHER, JOSEPH ONYANGO OMONDI IS DEAD.

Joseph Onyango

The renown comedian Eric Omondi took his instagram page on Tuesday 19th June, where he shared the sad news, revealing that his brother Joseph Onyango succumbed to addiction.
Uploading an image of Joseph Onyango, Eric Omondi said: “This is not the last image I would have wanted to post of my brother… But this is definitely the image I want every young person in this country to see! Joseph Onyango Omondi passed on this morning around 3am, barely 12 hours after I found him in Downton River Road.
“He was addicted to cocaine and other substances; and was in and out of rehab for the past 19 years. May God, himself, take charge. Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to help.”

RAPPER JAHSEH DWAYNE ONFROY FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS XXXTENSION SHOT DEAD IN FLORIDA

Rapper XXXTentacion was shot and killed during an apparent robbery on Monday in Broward County, Florida.
The 20-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jahseh Onfroy, was leaving a motorsports store shortly before 4 p.m. when two men shot and killed him in an apparent robbery, said Keyla Concepción, Broward County sheriff department public information officer.
Broward County deputies are actively looking for the two men and asking anyone who witnessed the shooting to come forward.
XXXTentacion, rocketed to fame after his song “Look at Me” went viral on social media and audio distribution platform SoundCloud in 2016. He went on to be featured in XXL magazine’s 2017 Freshman Class alongside other up-coming artists.
His latest album premiered at No. 1 when it was released in March, according to Billboard’s website. The album’s single “Sad!” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks on the charts, according to Billboard.
At the time of his death, he was awaiting trial for a domestic violence incident involving his pregnant girlfriend, according to court documents. And he had been under house arrest for a time while he awaited trial on battery and harassment charges. The house arrest was lifted in March, according to Miami-Dade court documents.

KENYAN WOMAN TAKES “SIKOMI” HIT MAKER DIAMOND PLATINUMZ TO COURT

 

Diamond Platnumz has been taken to court by a Kenyan woman, who wants child support him.
The woman, identified as Gladys Butoto, claims she and diamond are parents of a daughter aged One-and-a-half years old.
She claims Diamond had, previously, accepted to conduct a DNA test, but when the day for the examination reached, he failed to show up.
Gladys says she has been reaching out to Diamond to help, but he would only issue fake promises.
Gladys says she will camp outside Oysterbay police post in Tanzania ahead of their case filed at a Dar es Salaam court. The mention will take place on Wednesday, June 20th.
Talking to Tanzanian newspaper Uwazi Gladys said, “I don’t think I would have gone to court had Diamond and I sorted issues out earlier. I have come to learn that Diamond disrespects me. He knows the truth. Had we hatched a plan on how this child’s welfare will be taken care of, I would not be here suing him for child maintenance; I would not be here troubling myself,”

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