Grapevine: Detroit Lions player and wife open bakery in Troy
Correction: This story has updated the time Detroit techno legend Carl Craig will be on Red Bull Radio’s Interdimensional Transmissions show Friday.
Detroit Lions player and wife open bakery in Troy
Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones and his wife, Jazmyn Jones, are bringing their cake franchise Nothing Bundt Cakes to Troy next month. The first 100 guests at the grand opening party June 12 will win a free "bundlet" cake every month for a year. “I truly love people and with my cakes I can now bring together a diverse group around something that can bring them joy and happiness,” said Jazmyn in a news release, which also said that the Joneses are striving to be “the top bakery franchise in Michigan by 2019.” Nothing Bundt Cakes is at 780 E. Big Beaver in Troy. Once open hours will be 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun. Call (248) 918-2414 or visit nothingbundtcakes.com/bakery/mi/troy.
Leah Remini to produce a special on Jehovah’s Witnesses
Following Leah Remini’s Emmy Award-winning A&E series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” the actress will produce a special for the same network that focuses on Jehovah’s Witnesses, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The special will air between "Aftermath" seasons. The third season will focus on the Church of Scientology's tax-exempt status. “To go right after the heart of the church’s power and resources and challenge fundamentally the foundation upon which they stand,” Remini said during a panel discussion this month at an event in Los Angeles.
Josh Denny did himself no favors on Van Lathan’s podcast
Comedian and Food Network host Josh Denny came under fire after he said on Twitter that “’Straight White Male’ has become this century’s N-Word.” He went on Van Lathan’s podcast “The Red Pill” this week to discuss the controversy. (You may remember Lathan as the TMZ staffer who tangled with Kanye West when he came into the gossip outlet’s offices and said slavery was a choice.) During the interview, Denny used the racial slur multiple times, which Lathan asked him not to. Denny said his tweet was never intended to say the two words or phases hurt people the same way, but that "straight white male" to describe someone in a negative light is divisive. "There's a reason why the N-Word is the heavyweight champion of racial slurs," Lathan said. "It's a word that's used to dehumanize people."
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Detroit techno legend Carl Craig will be on Red Bull Radio’s Interdimensional Transmissions show as part of the outlets Live from Detroit programming, ahead of this weekend’s Movement festival at Hart Plaza. Tune in at redbullradio.com at 8 p.m. Friday.
Congratulations to Francesca Eastwood, 24, who is pregnant with her first child. The daughter of Clint Eastwood, she debuted her baby bump on the red carpet of the Environmental Media Awards Tuesday. She later confirmed the news on Instagram. She has not revealed the identity of the child's father.
Compiled by Melody Baetens
mbaetens@detroitnews.com
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