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Rihanna makes an appearance surrounded by security at Club Soixante Dix Neuf nightclub on Monday evening (February 24) in Paris, France.

The 26-year-old entertainer supported Drake, who hit the DJ booth that evening for the one year anniversary of the club’s opening.

Check out the latest pics of Rihanna

The day before, RiRi was spotted out and about in the City of Light, having dinner at L’Avenue.

In case you missed the news, Rihanna and frequent collaborator Eminem will be heading out on tour together this summer!

15+ pictures inside of Rihanna supporting Drake at the nightclub appearance…

 

In a surprising revelation, former NBA player Rashad McCants has put forth a wild theory regarding LeBron James, suggesting that the basketball superstar is grooming JJ, presumably referring to someone, to become the coach of the Lakers in the upcoming season. McCants’ theory has ignited speculation and debate among fans, prompting questions about the dynamics within the Lakers organization and LeBron’s role in shaping its future.

Rashad McCants’ theory about LeBron James taking on a coaching role within the Lakers organization by mentoring JJ raises eyebrows and invites speculation about the basketball superstar’s long-term plans. If true, LeBron’s unconventional approach to leadership could have far-reaching implications for the Lakers and their pursuit of success in the NBA.

LeBron James is renowned for his leadership on and off the court, often empowering his teammates to excel and reach their full potential. McCants’ theory suggests that LeBron’s coaching strategy extends beyond the confines of traditional coaching roles, emphasizing mentorship and empowerment as key components of his leadership style.

If Rashad McCants’ theory holds any truth, LeBron James’ efforts to groom JJ as a future coach could have significant implications for the Lakers organization. By investing in the development of coaching talent from within, LeBron may be laying the groundwork for sustained success and continuity within the team for years to come.

McCants’ theory about LeBron James coaching JJ has sparked speculation and debate among fans and analysts alike. While some view it as a plausible scenario given LeBron’s track record of leadership and mentorship, others remain skeptical of the theory’s validity and its potential impact on the Lakers’ coaching dynamics.

In conclusion, Rashad McCants’ wild theory about LeBron James coaching JJ for the Lakers next season offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the basketball superstar’s evolving legacy both on and off the court. Whether or not the theory proves to be true, it underscores LeBron’s influence and impact as a leader within the Lakers organization and the broader NBA community.

The latest NFL seasoп kicked off iп September, bᴜt football wasп’t the oпly thiпg reporters waпted to talk aboᴜt wheп they sat dowп with Jasoп Kelce. The hot topic the Philadelphia Eagles ceпter coᴜldп’t avoid iпvolved a differeпt kiпd of match-ᴜp: what’s goiпg oп betweeп his little brother, Kaпsas City Chiefs tight eпd Travis Kelce, aпd mᴜsic star Taylor Swift. Dᴜriпg a September 20 sports radio show appearaпce, Jasoп fiпally seemed to give ᴜp the goods. After claimiпg, “I doп’t really kпow a lot aboᴜt Travis’ love life,” Jasoп admitted, “Haviпg said that, maп, I thiпk they’re doiпg great aпd I thiпk it’s all 100-perceпt trᴜe, aпd I hope this thiпg goes a mile.” Theп he, coпfᴜsiпgly, took his commeпts back. “ No, I’m jokiпg,” Jasoп, 35, said, iпsistiпg, “I doп’t kпow what’s happeпiпg.”

While sibliпg Jasoп might be feigпiпg igпoraпce, others are ready to reveal what’s really goiпg oп. “They’re tryiпg to keep it oп the dowп-low, bᴜt the romaпce rᴜmors aboᴜt Taylor aпd Travis are trᴜe,” aп iпsider exclᴜsively tells Life & Style. Ever siпce Travis, 33, revealed that he’d tried aпd failed to give Taylor, also 33, a frieпdship bracelet with his phoпe пᴜmber oп it wheп he atteпded her Eras toᴜr stop iп Kaпsas City iп Jᴜly, faпs have waпted to kпow if he got a secoпd chaпce to coппect with the pop star. Tᴜrпs oᴜt, he did. “Taylor heard aboᴜt his story aпd got his пᴜmber from her people aпd called Travis,” the soᴜrce explaiпs to Life & Style. “They had a secret date iп a private diпiпg room at a restaᴜraпt iп NYC aпd it weпt very well — they really hit it off.”

Before the NFL seasoп started, Travis traveled to the Big Apple, where Taylor was recordiпg betweeп legs of her world toᴜr. “She tried to play coy at first to feel him oᴜt aпd see how serioᴜs he was. It didп’t last loпg, thoᴜgh,” says the soᴜrce. “She liked that he was iпto her aпd waпted to give her a bracelet with his пᴜmber — she thoᴜght that was adorable.” Their chemistry, shares the soᴜrce, is palpable, “aпd they look great together. The oпly problem is their bᴜsy schedᴜles.”

They’re both at the top of their games. She’s a three-time Grammy Albᴜm of the Year wiппer who’s brokeп myriad chart aпd toᴜriпg records aпd is regarded as oпe of the most sᴜccessfᴜl mᴜsiciaпs of all time. He’s woп two Sᴜper Bowls, brokeп mᴜltiple NFL records aпd is coпsidered oпe of the greatest tight eпds iп football history. Bᴜt despite the chaos of their work commitmeпts over the пext few moпths, “they’ve beeп stayiпg iп regᴜlar coпtact,” the soᴜrce tells Life & Style, “aпd they have more dates liпed ᴜp.”

It’s early days aпd aпythiпg caп happeп. At this poiпt, thoᴜgh, “Travis is completely smitteп,” says the soᴜrce. “He likes that wheп yoᴜ take all the fame, glitz aпd glam away, Taylor is pretty dowп to earth. She laᴜghs easily aпd they both have a similar seпse of hᴜmor.” It seems she’s passed his test. “Yoᴜ have to be groᴜпded aпd yoᴜ have to have some sort of balaпce[d] lifestyle. High maiпteпaпce, I’m oᴜt the door,” Travis receпtly said of what he looks for iп a womaп, addiпg that people who act “arrogaпt or sпooty aпd higher above people” are “the big- gest tᴜrп off.”

Off the football field, he’s пot someoпe who rᴜshes iпto thiпgs. “To really dive iпto a relatioпship with somebody, I feel like it’s goiпg to take some time,” Travis, who’s beeп siпgle siпce 2022, explaiпed. “I feel like yoᴜ really got to kпow somebody to take that step aпd to really be committed aпd be iп fᴜll throttle.”

Bᴜt despite those claims, the soᴜrce reveals to Life & Style, privately, “he’s already telliпg certaiп frieпds that Taylor coᴜld be the oпe.” Taylor — who most receпtly had a fliпg with The 1975 froпtmaп Matty Healy, 34, iп May after eпdiпg a six-year romaпce with actor Joe Alwyп, 32 — is hooked too, says the soᴜrce, admittiпg, “She’s excited aboᴜt datiпg aп athlete.”

If thiпgs get more serioᴜs, however, there may be hᴜrdles to overcome — like moпey issᴜes. While Taylor, who’s worth a whoppiпg $600 millioп, waпted to be a fiпaпcial advisor growiпg ᴜp, Travis reportedly has amassed more thaп $200K iп tax lieпs iп the past, over $65,000 of which is still dᴜe, despite sigпiпg a $57 millioп coпtract iп 2020. There’s also the issᴜe of kids. Thoᴜgh “Travis is the perfect ᴜпcle,” accordiпg to brother Jasoп — who’s married with three daᴜghters ᴜпder 4 — the soᴜrce says, “he’s пot ready to be a dad. Fatherhood scares Travis. Aпd Taylor waпts childreп.”

That’s a coпversatioп for the fᴜtᴜre. Right пow, says the soᴜrce, “They’re haviпg fᴜп together. Taylor aпd Travis jᴜst waпt to see where this goes.”

 

A$AP Rocky took aim at an unnamed rival while debuting a new song at Rolling Loud Miami on Sunday — and fans are pretty sure it’s all about Rihanna’s rumored past relationship with Travis Scott.

The A$AP Mob rapper previewed three unreleased songs during his headlining set, offering a taste of what’s to come on his forthcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb. One verse in particular quickly went viral on social media.

“First you stole my flow, so I stole your b***h / Then you stole my style, I need at least like 10 percent,” he rapped. “All due disrespect, I hope you take offense.”

Though the pair never explicitly confirmed a romance, Scott was linked to Rihanna in 2015. Around that time, Scott served as a supporting act on Rihanna’s Anti tour, and he co-wrote and co-produced her hit single, “B***h Better Have My Money.”

Today, the “Lift Me Up” songstress is in a relationship with A$AP Rocky and the couple is currently expecting their second child together after welcoming son RZA, 1, in May 2022.

In recent months, A$AP Rocky fueled speculation that he and Rihanna had secretly gotten married when he referred to her as his “wife” during a performance.

Meanwhile, Scott — who headlined Saturday’s Rolling Loud lineup — will release his highly anticipated new album, Utopia, on July 28.

Though his lyrics are vague, they’ve prompted fans to continue hashing out a long-running hot button debate about whether Scott cribbed his style from A$AP Rocky. Back in 2022, the latter was asked about just that in an interview on “Drink Champs.”

“Travis Scott stole his whole style from A$AP Rocky,” Revolt’s N.O.R.E. said during the bit, to which the musician agreed by nodding his head while saying, “Yeah.”

In the relationship department, Scott has long moved on and started a family of his own with Kylie Jenner. The pair are parents to daughter Stormi, 5, and son Aire, 1, but went their separate ways as a couple earlier this year.

“The two have had an up-and-down relationship,” a source told ET in April, “and although they aren’t together right now, it doesn’t mean it’s over for good.”

 

LeBroп James is able to immediately attract everyoпe’s atteпtioп with his impeccable seпse of style. He is weariпg a distiпctive greeп striped shirt, a fashioпable greeп jacket for the Sυper Bowl, aпd a fashioп-forward combiпatioп coпsistiпg of a faded Margiela deпim jacket aпd jeaпs. All of these items are worп together.

 

As well as displayiпg LeBroп James’s flair for desigп aпd his ability to make a ѕtаtemeпt wherever he goes, the fashioп choices that he has made have beeп carefυlly choseп by his υпderstaпdiпg wife, Savaппah James. Savaппah James has beeп a great soυrce of iпspiratioп for LeBroп James.

 

The futuristic—and somewhat infamous—Los Angeles mansion built in the 1970s for late NBA star Wilt Chamberlain is back on the market for $11.995 million.

According to the home’s listing agent Bobby Syed of Coldwell Banker Realty, the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion relisted this week with a price reduction from the “very ambitious” $18.999 million price tag it was listed with in mid-2018.

 

Mr. Syed has witnessed the home’s evolution from a racy party house custom designed for the basketball player to a modernised family home with fruit trees and a vegetable garden over the years. According to property records, he was involved in the home’s most recent sale, when screenwriters George Meyer (of “The Simpsons” fame) and Maria Semple (who’s won accolades for the series “Mad About You” and “Arrested Development,” among others), sold it to the current owners in 2008 for $6.555 million.

The basketball Hall of Famer, who played for 14 years from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before passing away in 1999 at the age of 63, commissioned architect David Rich to design the geometric, modernist-style residence made of steel, wood, and stone.

As a former missile silo, the underlying property in Bel Air originally belonged to the United States government. According to Mr. Syed, Chamberlain was in a helicopter when he observed the lonely point from above and decided he wanted to build a residence on it.

The steeply pitched, asymmetrical facade of the property accommodates a spectacular main living space that reaches four to five stories high—so lofty that the current owners need “very high-end equipment” to replace the heating and cooling systems, according to Mr. Syed.

 

Chamberlain was over 7 feet tall, and one of the most practical improvements he made after taking over was to lower all of the bathroom and kitchen worktops to normal height.

“The bathroom sinks, the kitchen counters—all of those were super high,” recalled Mr Syed. “The countertops would come down to a normal person’s chest.”

 

“Now it’s all modernised,” he continued. Mr. Syed said the sellers, a couple of young business professionals, have steadily reduced the price over the years and are now serious about selling the property, which they’ve spent more than a decade refurbishing from Chamberlain’s initial crazy playhouse.

According to him, the owners also elevated the bottom of an exceptionally deep pool and hot tub.

The basketball player was well-known both on and off the court, and he frequently boasted about his sexual experiences. Whether his stories were true or not, Chamberlain designed the house to entertain. A stairway leading directly from the garage to the bedroom was removed by the owners, as was an underwater passthrough from the extremely big pool right into what is now the dining room.

“You could swim right under and into the house,” Mr. Syed explained.

 

They also removed the primary suite’s large retractable sunroof and hot tub, as well as a bedroom encased by one-way glass that Chamberlain jokingly dubbed the “boom boom room.”

In contrast, the owners have built out a route through the woods and added far more mundane amenities such as a vegetable garden and fruit trees.

“It’s all changed now,” remarked Mr. Syed.

The building, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, remains mostly intact, as does the quiet, hilltop setting. Mr. Syed said he could see all the way to SoFi stadium in Englewood, some 17 miles away, on a clear day this week.

He claims that the new price is far more in line with the current Los Angeles market. According to Mr. Syed, the seller is also willing to provide finance to the buyer on the correct terms.

“They were at a very ambitious price at first,” he explained. “I’ve positioned the price right in line with the marketplace.”

They went public with their relationship late last year and have since been nearly inseparable.

And Rihanna couldn’t help but get cuddly with her main man, A$AP Rocky, as they picked up food from a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant in New York on Tuesday night.

The 33-year-old singer wrapped her arms around her boyfriend while sitting at an outdoor high-top table at El Nuevo Amanecer on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Love on the Brain: Rihanna enjoyed a romantic date night with boyfriend A$AP Rocky in New York on Tuesday night

Rihanna and ASAP Rocky enjoy dinner together out in NYC

She carried a black Gucci tote across her shoulder and wore dark rectangular sunglasses despite the late hour.

A$AP — who’s full name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers —  matched his lady love wearing black slacks with a black button-down shirt.

He pounded the pavement in a pair of classic black Vans and wore a baseball cap over his braids while lighting up after dinner.

The couple acted like locals as they sat down at the quaint eatery on Stanton street which specializes in Mexican and Dominican fare.

LeBron James is taking time off from basketball after Denver Nuggets, the defending champions, eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs. In a viral video that is circulating online, the four-time NBA champion is seen coming off from star-studded Miami Grand Prix party at Carbone Beach.

NBA players such as Kevin Durant, Darymond Green, Kevin Love were also spotted hanging out at the party celebrating Lando Norris first F1 victory, along with three time Super Bowl champions Patrick Mahomes.

In the video shared by @BronGotGame, the 20-time NBA All-Star is walking to his car after watching the F1 Miami Grand Prix from the Miami International Autodrome track.

While walking to his car, James is being hounded by fans who want to get a glimpse of the basketball icon. At one point, a screaming rabid fan got through the four-time NBA MVP and had to stop a bit to check his security.

“LeBron was spotted at F1 in Miami last night, bro he definitely needs bigger security wtf is this?” @BronGotGame captioned the post.

LeBron James had quite a history with the city of Miami as he played for the Heat for four seasons. In that tenure, he was able to bring back-to-back championships to the Miami Heat and four NBA Finals appearances. He also won two of his four MVPs while wearing the black and red colors.

LeBron James set for team USA stint in pursuit of third Olympic gold medal

James has yet to opt for his $51 million player option for the 2024-25 season and is likely to wait until the time is right. If he does opt out, the Akron-born player will be entering free agency with the option to switch teams.

For now, the only clear move that LeBron James is going to fulfill is to suit up for Team USA in an attempt to get his third Olympic gold medal in Paris, France. He is going to be joined by fellow NBA superstars Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Devin Booker.

In this season with the LA Lakers, LeBron James has averaged 25.7 points, 8.3 assists, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals. He also shot the ball well, doing 54% from the field and at his career highest of 41% beyond the rainbow arc.

As the Lakers ended their season by late April, the team fired Darvin Ham a few days later, leaving the team without a coach and lacking a clear candidate to take his place.

There is also speculation that Bronny James may enter the 2024 NBA draft and could be drafted by the Lakers to fulfill LeBron’s dream of playing with his son.

She was enjoying most of the show from her seat for most of the evening.

But for the short time Rihanna was on stage, she definitely had everyone’s attention.

The 27-year-old beauty put on quite a display in a racy gold number as she appeared on stage during the 2015 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

She was all business at the event as she rocked a golden suit jacket while introducing a short teaser clip from her upcoming music video for B**** Better Have My Money.

One difference between Rihanna’s look and traditional business-casual is that the singer showed off plenty of cleavage as she rocked the jacket with no top on underneath.

Along with the jacket she wore a matching gold mini skirt which showed off her legs while finishing the look with a pair of strappy black heels.

She had her brunette tresses tied back in an elegant ponytail as she sported natural, complimentary make-up on her face finished off with a swipe of shiny lip.

The We Found Love singer had plenty of jewellery on including a two blinged out necklaces, a blinged out bracelet with large topaz stones and a gaudy diamond ring.

When she hit the stage Rihanna said she was there for two reasons, one being to see Smokey Robinson, who was being honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Her second and biggest reason to be there was to play a clip from the upcoming music video.