TGIT...SHONDRA RHIMES CHATS ABOUT HER 117 POUND WEIGHT LOSS!

Hmmm...did she get lighter too? Or is this just a good filter?  Aside from delivering high quality television content, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder creator SHONDA RHIMES has been excelling in her personal life.

RHIMES recently revealed that she’s lost over 100 pounds.

While chatting with Extra, RHIMES explained, “I just decided I was gonna get it together and get healthy; I have some little kids and I want to be around for them.”

The doting mother of two went on, “Once I decided it wasn’t gonna be fun, like, I lowered my expectations; it got kind of easier.”

Crediting her drastic weight diet modifications and exercise, the Shondaland creator continued, “I changed everything I ate — and I hated all of that — and then I hate exercising and I did that, too, and I hated it the whole time.”

Not straying away from her favorite meals, SHONDA RHIMES concluded, “I try to make it much less and smaller portions, but you change what your palate wants. I’m suddenly craving fish and salad.”

Click here to check out SHONDA RHIMES dish on her 110 pound weight loss.

GABRIELLE UNION TO STAR AND PRODUCE A NEW CHRISTMAS FILM SHOT IN ATLANTA

Actress Gabrielle Union is ready to spread her wings and has signed on to star in and executive produce the seasonal flick A Meyers Christmas. The upcoming Universal production will center on a divided family brought together over the Christmas holiday by the passing of their matriarch.

Baggage Claim writer-director David E. Talbert will helm the production, while Will Packer and Gabrielle handle things on the distribution end. Gabby and Will previously worked together on the Lifetime flick With this Ring, which starred Jill Scott, Eve and Regina Hall.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, A Meyers Christmas (which was initially titled A Meyers Thanksgiving) will center around an estranged family who is brought together over Christmas for the first time since their mother passed away. This is a far cry from Gabby’s last holiday film, 2007’s The Perfect Holiday.

The film will be shot on location in Atlanta, Georgia, with production set to kick off in January. Outside of Gabrielle no other casting decisions have been announced.

The film is set for release in November 2016. In the meantime you can catch Gabby in the third season of Being Mary Jane which kicks off on October 20 via BET.

RIHANNA COVERS VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE &TALKS ABOUT WHY SHE'S ABSTAINING FROM SEX!

Vanity Fair has snagged Rihanna as their November cover star. Shot by Annie Leibovitz, Ri-Rih dishes on relationships (along with taking Chris Brown back for a second time), her “bad girl” reputation, and why some men are afraid of being men. Peep a few of our favorite excerpts.

The public’s perception of her:

I honestly think how much fun it would be to live my reputation. People have this image of how wild and crazy I am, and I’m not everything they think of me. The reality is that the fame, the rumors—this picture means this, another picture means that—it really freaks me out. It made me back away from even wanting to attempt to date. It’s become second nature for me to just close that door and just be O.K. with that. I’m always concerned about whether people have good or bad intentions.

Her relationship With Matt Kemp:

We were still dating … we were just three months in and I liked his vibe, he was a good guy, and then paparazzi got us on vacation in Mexico. He handled it well; I didn’t. I got so uncomfortable because now what? He’s not even able to be seen with [another] girl, because I’m dragged back into headlines that say he’s cheating on me, and I don’t even [really] know this guy. Some guys … I don’t even have their number. You would not even believe it.

 Being uberly protective about who she dates or allows close to her romantically:

I’m the worst. I see a rumor and I’m not calling [them] back. I’ve had to be so conscious about people—what they say and why people want to be with me, why people want to sleep with me…. It makes me very guarded and protective. I learned the hard way.

Some men being afraid to be men:

I hope for the best, and I always look for that little bit of good, that potential, and I wait for it to blossom. You want them to feel good being a man, but now men are afraid to be men. They think being a real man is actually being a p-ssy, that if you take a chair out for a lady, or you’re nice or even affectionate to your girl in front of your boys, you’re less of a man. It’s so sick. They won’t be a gentleman because that makes them appear soft. That’s what we’re dealing with now, a hundred percent, and girls are settling for that, but I won’t. I will wait forever if I have to … but that’s O.K. You have to be screwed over enough times to know, but now I’m hoping for more than these guys can actually give.

Why she’s abstaining sexually:

That’s why I haven’t been having sex or even really seeing anybody, because I don’t want to wake up the next day feeling guilty. I mean I get horny, I’m human, I’m a woman, I want to have sex. But what am I going to do—just find the first random cute dude that I think is going to be a great ride for the night and then tomorrow I wake up feeling empty and hollow? He has a great story and I’m like … what am I doing? I can’t do it to myself. I cannot. It has a little bit to do with fame and a lot to do with the woman that I am. And that saves me.

If she’s lonely:

It is lonely. but I have so much work to do that I get distracted. I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

WILL SMITH TEASES NEW MUSIC &TOUR WITH DJ JAZZY JEFF

Will Smith took the world by surprise last week when he returned to rap on a remix to Bomba Estéreo’s Colombian electronic hit “Fiesta.” In a new interview with Beats 1, he revealed that he’s got quite a bit more up his sleeve.

“I’m pretty much poppin’ in the studio everyday and I’m looking for artists to collaborate with,” Smith told Zane Lowe. “I’ve probably recorded 30 songs. I have six or seven that I really like.”

Getting back into the studio hasn’t been entirely easy for the iconic rapper-actor. “I have so many things I wanted to say,” he noted, when asked about the challenges he faced while recording new music. “I’m struggling with saying them in a way that fit the flavor of music that I tend to like.”

Time to get jiggy wit it! Will Smith is "pretty certain" that he'll be heading out on tour with DJ Jazzy Jeff in summer 2016. The Bad Boys 3 star announced on Oct.5. 

"Jeff and I actually have never done a full tour. I was always on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or making a movie," Smith, 47, said. "I’m looking this summer to be the first time we go out on a full world tour." 

He added: "I'm terrified."

Well when they hit the road, "we are here for that". Watch the proud dad gush about Jaden and Willow, and confirm plans for a third Bad Boys movie.