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BEYONCE TEAMS UP WITH NAACP: Beyonce‘s BeyGOOD’s Black Business Impact Fund is partnering with the NAACP to assist Black-owned businesses impact by COVID-19. Grants of $10,000 will be offered. “Over the last couple of months, the pandemic and outpours for justice throughout the Black community and across the country has been felt in every imaginable area of our lives, including in how our local businesses continue to operate,” an official statement reads, in part. “The challenges of Black business owners navigating in the climate cannot be understated, as the effects of uprisings across the nation have led to many businesses being placed in dire straits due to damages and other small business needs.” (ET)

BRITNEY SPEARS SPARKS CONCERN: Britney Spears is creating mayhem once again on social media after posting a photo of herself in all black. Fans think it’s a secret signal that she’s in danger. “SHE’S WEARING BLACK!!!!” one follower wrote. “Omg there was a comment on her last post telling her to wear black if she’s in trouble… and here she is wearing black,” explained another. (The Blast)

IS J. LO WHAT BASEBALL NEEDS? Sports insiders are counting on Jennifer Lopez to give the Mets a much-needed dose of glam, Page Six reports. Lopez and her partner Alex Rodriguez are bidding to buy the team, and many believe she’ll do for the Mets what Jay-Z did for the Nets. “Forget about any other owner, or even any player. One thing Jennifer has is the No. 1 social media following,” pointed out a sports source. (Page Six)

GIGI HADID SHOWS OFF BELLY IN IG LIVE: Gigi Hadid went live on Instagram Wednesday to address rumors that she’s been hiding her bump. She said: “There’s my belly y’all. Like it’s there, it’s just from the front it’s different,” she laughed. Hadid added that she has been quiet on social media because there’s so much going on in the world between COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. She and Zayn Malik are hanging in solitude at their farm in Pennsylvania. Their baby girl is due in September. (Page Six)

AISHA DEE CALLS FOR MORE DIVERSITY: Aisha Dee wants to see more diversity behind the camera. The Bold Type star shared a message on social media detailing her concerns. “We got to tell a story about a queer Black woman and a lesbian Muslim woman falling in love, but there have never been any queer Black or Muslim writers in the room,” she wrote, referring to her character Kat’s romance with Adena El-Amin (played by Nikohl Boosheri). “In four seasons (48 episodes) we’ve had one Black woman direct two episodes.” Dee added that it took until season three for the show to hire “someone in the hair department who knew how to work with textured hair.” (ET)

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