Beyond The Radio with MMR : 2015-11-15

Friday, November 20, 2015

MMR on Entertainment News: Jada Pinkett Smith shows it all

Leave it to Jada Pinkett Smith to make us do a double-take.

The gorgeous star arrived to the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas tonight in a look that demanded some attention. Jada stepped onto the carpet in a dazzling, embellished dress that was completely see-through on the top. Yep, Jada let her girls hang out and bared her breasts for the awards show, with nothing but some strategically placed silver designs stopping you from seeing everything.

The knee-length dress also showcased the actress' killer legs, and she gave the look a pop of color by donning some bright pink lipstick. Jada was joined by hubby Will Smith, who looked dapper as always in a navy blue and black suit, and the actor's eldest son Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith (from a previous marriage).

The former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will be taking center stage tonight when he joins Bomba Estéreo for a performance of their song "Fiesta."

"It's truly an honor for me to perform at the Latin Grammys," the celeb previously told People en Español. "To be surrounded with so many artists who have made such an impact globally is really exciting for me."

Let's just hope he doesn't get too distracted by his wife's show-stopping dress!

Thursday, November 19, 2015

MMR on News in your area: Hoverboards are illegal in NYC- WALK OR PAY

The NYPD’s 26th precinct, which covers Morningside Heights and parts of West Harlem, tweeted out Monday that electric hoverboards are illegal according to NYC Admin.The tweet was deleted because it contained the wrong code. Code 19-176.2made hoverboards arguably legal since it includes two key descriptions that prove hoverboards actually follow the law: "For purposes of this section, the term 'motorized scooter' shall mean any wheeled device that has handlebars..." "For the purposes of this section, the term 'motorized scooter' shall not include electric powered devices not capable of exceeding fifteen miles per hour..."Based on those descriptions it can be argued that since hoverboards do not have any handlebars and they don’t exceed 15mph — some can’t even reach 8mph — hoverboards, by definition, are actually quite legal. However, hoverboards do not fall under Code 19-176.2 and they remain illegal.

Read More: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ride-hoverboards-not-illegal-new-york-city-article-1.2439253

MMR on Entertainment News: Tracy is back better than ever

Seventeen months after a car crash that nearly left him brain-dead, Tracy Morgan has made a miraculous recovery and is now getting back to work — and we’re not just talking about how he hosted Saturday Night Live last month. He’s in this week’s The Night Before and next year, he’ll be touring the country with the aptly named Picking Up the Pieces Tour.

The 47-year-old also is stating outright that he’s back and better then ever in a set of new ads for Foot Locker’s Week of Greatness. Yahoo Celebrity sat down with the former30 Rock star to talk about being “back” and looking to the future.For you, what’s the definition of being back?

Being back, well, coming from out of a coma, to me being back means coming out of a coma. That’s being back. When you’re in a coma, you’re pretty much knocking on the door, so to ask me that is a different definition [of being back] than normal people who’ve never been in a coma. The most important part of my recovery: coming out of that coma. If I don’t come out of the coma, there is no recovery.

People have been amazed at how quickly you’ve made such progress…
I think people are more just amazed that I’m alive. You could look at it as me being funny and all those things, but, in my mind and in my eyes, people are just happy that I’m alive and that I survived that crash. Nobody wants to see anyone die like that. That was really terrible what happened to Jimmy Mack [Morgan’s friend James McNair who died in the same crash].

MMR on News around the world: Paris Attack

Abdelhamid Abaaoud - pic from Islamist website Dabiq, Feb 2015

The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been identified as one of those killed in Wednesday's raid in the suburb of Saint Denis, the Paris prosecutor says.

His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in a shattered apartment in the northern suburb.

The Belgian national, 28, was identified from his fingerprints.

Friday's gun and suicide bomb attacks in the French capital left 129 people dead and hundreds injured.

Eight people were arrested and at least two killed in the raid on the property in Saint Denis. Heavily armed police stormed the building after a tip-off that Abaaoud was in Paris.

MMR on Entertainment News: Charlie Sheen's big reveal

Sheen said he made the announcement to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts.

"I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, threatening the health of so many others that couldn't be further from the truth," he said.

READ: Charlie Sheen pens an open letter about his HIV-positive diagnosis

Sheen said he's trusted the diagnosis with people he thought he could confide in, but has paid out upwards of $10 million to keep the illness a secret.

"What people forget is that that's money they're taking from my children," he said about the "shakedowns" he has experienced. "I trusted them and they were deep in my inner circle, and I thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason."

He said appearing on TODAY will help put a stop to those payouts.

"That's my goal. That's not my only goal. I think I release myself from this prison today," he said.Sheen said he was diagnosed roughly four years ago, but doesn't know how he contracted the virus.

"It started with what I thought was a series of crushing headaches," he said. "I thought I had a brain tumor. I thought it was over."

He also insisted it was "impossible" that he knowingly transmitted the virus to others. While he admitted to having unprotected sex with two people since the diagnosis, both were informed ahead of time and have been under the care of his doctor. But Sheen dismissed the idea that he engaged in high-risk behaviors.

"You're talking about needles and that whole mess? No, definitely not," he said.

HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS, which has no cure. But "Charlie does not have AIDS," said the actor's physician, Dr. Robert Huizenga, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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