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Mission: Impossible 7 is set to feature Tom Cruise pulling off an extremely dangerous stunt which includes driving a motorcycle off of a cliff and parachuting down. Cruise discussed the upcoming film in an interview with Ella Kemp for Empire.

Kemp describes the stunt as “the single most dangerous thing [Cruise had] ever done.”

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“If the wind was too strong, it would blow me off the ramp,” Cruise explained. “The helicopter [filming the stunt] was a problem, because I didn’t want to be hammering down that ramp at top speed and get hit by a stone. Or if I departed in a weird way, we didn’t know what was going to happen with the bike. I had about six seconds once I departed the ramp to pull the chute and I don’t want to get tangled in the bike. If I do, that’s not going to end well.”

Throughout the Mission: Impossible franchise Cruise has built a reputation for doing his own stunts, but the motorcycle stunt is arguably beyond anything he’s done before.

Production on Mission: Impossible 7 has been in the works for some time and faced numerous delays. Earlier this year, the UK’s Sun reported that it was “a nightmare” behind the scenes due to Tom Cruise’s obsessive behavior.

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Diddy has been hinting at a name change for a while. There’ve been a few false alarms but last week, he finalized it. He shared a photo of his Florida driver’s license which now reads, “Sean ‘Love’ Combs.” Diddy’s had a few name changes over the course of his career but Love was the least expected. 

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If you’re wondering where the inspiration behind the name came from, Diddy’s allowed the wise words of Kendrick Lamar to explain it. The music mogul took to Instagram where he shared footage from an old Kendrick Lamar interview where the Compton star explains what he feels is the meaning of life.

“When are we going to understand that we are put on Earth to love,” Kendrick says in the clip. “That’s all it’s about. Everybody want to figure out how complicated life is and break it down. This is what I truly think. I really think that it’s going to keep going on, war’s going to keep going on, frustration’s going to keep going on, anger’s going to keep going on until we finally go back down to the simplest word. Love.”

Diddy, or Love, if you will, declared that the name change marks a new chapter in both his career and his life. “Welcome to the LOVE Era!! Have a love filled day! LOVE,” he wrote. 

Check out Diddy’s post below. 

Celebrities regularly share images and videos of their homelife experiences, but every Mother’s Day, the world receives an intimate look at the parents and guardians who helped raise our favorite stars. Over the weekend, millions of people tuned in to watch SWV and Xscape jam on Verzuz, and just as many famous faces took to social media to share pictures of their mothers. From chart-topping Rap artists to well-known movie stars to our favorite television actors, pictures of celebrities showing off Ma Dukes took over timelines.

As much as many moms relish in the attention, Fredo Bang fired off a friendly warning about sharing certain images online.

“Street Guys, Be Smart On Posting Y’all Mother. Make Sure Y’all Not Putting Her In Harms Way for a Post,” tweeted the rapper. “#HappyMothersDay [gorilla emoji] [red heart emoji].” Fredo soon received an onslaught of co-signs, especially considering we’ve received news about rappers, especially, being located, extorted, robbed, and even killed for revealing too much information about their families or movements online.

Many artists, instead, will show their wives or girlfriends and tend to keep moms offline. Do you agree with Fredo that if you come from the streets you should keep your parents’ identities lowkey? Check out his post and a few responses below.

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown will miss the remainder of the season after tearing a ligament in his left wrist.

“This past weekend Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was diagnosed with a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist,” the team announced in a statement. “Brown is expected to have the torn ligament surgically repaired later this week, and will be out for the remainder of the 2020-21 season. Further updates will be provided as appropriate.”

The team did not detail how the injury occurred but Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald reports that the All-Star forward has been dealing with a wrist issue since mid-April. While Brown is missing time with an ankle sprain regardless, the Celtics decided to go ahead with season-ending surgery.

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Brown missed the last three games for the Celtics while nursing the ankle injury.

The 24-year-old is in the midst of a career season, averaging 24.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.

The Celtics are currently 35-33 and in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings; however, they are just 4-6 in their last ten games and will face an uphill battle with Brown now out for the season. If the team’s place in the standings holds, they’ll likely have to face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round.

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The Verzuz Mother’s Day virtual event was the talk of the weekend as Timbaland and Swizz Beatz delivered another successful walk down music’s memory lane. Millions of people tuned in to watch SWV and Xscape relive some of their greatest musical moments on an Atlanta stage as the two successful groups performed their greatest hits. Kandi Burruss’s DJ, DJ-AOne, was on the ones and twos for Xscape while DJ Spinderella held things down for SWV.

When things kicked off, SWV singer Coko seemed out of sorts and people took to the Verzuz comment section on Instagram Live to make note of her low energy. Some called her out for being shady or having an attitude, but the award-winning singer revealed that she witnessed the shooting death while at her hotel before the show.

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In a caption to an Instagram photo, Coko detailed her experience. “Last night as I’m preparing for Verzuz, a lady was shot outside my hotel window. To see & hear the four shots, see her laying on the ground and all the blood was unbelievable!!” Coko wrote. “Thennnn…I get to the venue and had a really bad anxiety attack! Literally crying & screaming.”

“Yeah y’all saw me looking uncomfortable & irritated during the first half but, if it wasn’t for my son @jayyemichael @ynottamiya & @mrljb I probably wouldn’t have been out there at all,” she added. “Thank you for calming me down & understanding my mental. I love y’all to the fullest!! [red heart emojis] I always say most won’t care to understand but when you get those that do cherish them!!”

Such a tragedy, especially during a weekend celebration where families are coming together. Check out Coko’s post about her pre-Verzuz experience below.

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