Bump Watch: Kerry Washington has Been Sticking with a Mainly Black Style Pallete

Posted on August 16, 2016

Since announcing her pregnancy at the 2016 Met Gala, Scandal star Kerry Washington has been laying low, but not as out of the spotlight as with her first pregnancy. She has made a few public appearances and in most of them, she looks to have selected to stick with a mainly black color pallete.

For example, at producer Jennifer Klein‘s 19th annual Day of Indulgence party held in the LA home of the Pearl Harbor associate producer, Washington donned a black HATCH Chloe jumpsuit to the Los Angeles, California event held on August 14, 2016. According to the YBF, or other bump watch alums, Kristen Bell was at the even as well. So were alums Jennifer Lopez and Anna Farris, InStyle magazine reports.

Washington and her husband, former NFL player Jimmy Kimmel LiveNnamdi Asomugha are expecting their second child. She decided to not film her hit ABC show while pregnant and succumb to all of the crazy ways show producers attempted to hide her bump. The show will return for its 6th season in the middle of the fall season, and on election night to be precise.

“We are basically going to start out the season on election night,” how creator Shonda Rhimes has said. “Yes, it is going to play into our season, but we’re not going to spend our time playing an election.”

She had to also get out of the house this past June 13 to collect her Actors Inspiration Award given at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation 7th annual L.A. Golf Classic Fundraiser in Burbank, California. She went with a floral light and airy Giambattista Valli bohemian dress with black and white heels from Sarah Jessica Parker‘s collection.

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The next day, she broke up the black with white and was there for her friend President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama when she spoke at the White House Summit on the United State Of Women June 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. it was the White House’s first ever summit to push for gender equality.

Out of all her looks, I love the black ribbed flare dress she wore during a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ on May 12, 2016. And I also adored the Brandon Maxwell cape dress she wore paired with Gianvito Rossi pumps in April at an event (see first image in above collage.)

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REVIEW: Bands of Moms Organized “Bad Moms” Movie Nights this Weekend

Posted on July 31, 2016

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This weekend, groups of mom friends across the nation gathered en masse to see the new Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell movie Bad Moms which also stars two other of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums, Jada Pinkett Smith and Christina Applegate.

(Moms’ Night Outings included this one and here and even here where someone rented out the entire theater)

The film is about Amy (Kunis), a suburban mom who is married to her college sweetheart, and has two great kids including entitled son Dylan (Emjay Anthony) and an overachieving soccer star daughter, Jane (Oona Laurence) who dreams of getting into an Ivy League school even while still in Middle School. Amy is also married to an immature real estate mortgager who is a parenting slacker and leaves Amy to do all the work at home even though she also works part time at a trendy coffee company owned and managed by millennials. At age 32, she is the oldest worker. Oy vey!

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As the film begins, Amy relays how she is overwhelmed, underappreciated and constantly late. (We can all relate, well I know I can) Amy has to also battle against meeting up to the high expectations and standards of a trio of perfect moms, led by the PTA President Gwendolyn(Applegate), the Queen B who runs the school, and her sidekick moms Stacy (Pinkett-Smith) and Vicky (Annie Mumolo).

Eventually, she just gives up on trying and befriends frazzled mousey stay-at-home mom KiKi (Bell) and single mom Carla (Kathryn Hahn), the break out star in the film and they cut up.

For a few days, they sleep in, stop making the kids’ breakfast, skip work, go out to pubs and dance clubs and act out in a supermarket in the most hilarious scene of the film.

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That scene is second only to (SPOILER ALERT) the one in a bathroom when Carla and KiKi preps Amy to start dating again after she and her husband take a break from her marriage and Carla uses Kiki to show Amy how to manage an uncircumcised man’s member. It is utter hilarity!

I too attended a Bad Moms outing my law school girlfriend Marcie organized. It included happy hour drinks before (which I missed but borrowed a photo from) and night of dancing at a local concert hall to an 80s cover band after. I’d dare say 98% of our theater was filled with women. There were probably several groups of mom groups out. There was lots of talking, popcorn throwing and cutting up in the theater before and the antics were aplenty.

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We all agreed afterwards that we have to go see the movie again because we missed so many lines because we were laughing so hard throughout the film.

And what can you expect when the writer/director of The Hangover, Jon Lucas, was behind the film? There is plenty of raunchy and hypersexualized over-the-top slapstick humor that works and a very generous use of the F-bomb. It is rated R for a reason and you should definitely not think of taking your kids with you to see this.

Again, as I stated above, Hahn is the most memorable. Every line that comes out of her mouth elicited belly laughs. It’s because she doesn’t give a kitty about what others think, is sexually free and liberated and is that ride-or-die pal that has your back. She’s that friend from college who would hold back your pony tail while you hurl in the throne after a wild night out, but who has grown up and is now solo-parenting a 6 feet tall middle school jock kid.

Hahn steals ever scene she is in.

My girl Bell does a phenomenal job as a docile mom with a controlling husband who eventually grows some cohones and stands up to him by the end of the movie. She delivers some zingers that are effective because they are unexpected but delivered with perfect comedic timing.

The movie climaxes as Amy decides to compete with Gwendolyn for PTA President after Gwendolyn does something that negatively impacts Jane.

The movie is The Hangover meets Mean Girls. It has the usual comedy movie tropes but it is successful.

I recommend you get your mom pals together and organize your own Bad Moms movie outing. The last time I attended a movie that got so many groups of women out was when Sex and The City movie came out. I wasn’t a fan of Fifty Shades so I missed all the Fifty Shades movie night outings.

But Bad Moms is definitely a must-see! Fun times!

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#PhilandoCastile and #AltonSterling: Celeb Moms Who’ve Spoken Out About Killings

Posted on July 8, 2016

Tonight, we’ve reached a tipping point in America as several Dallas police officers were killed during a rally to protest recent police shootings. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those men and women who put their lives at risk daily to protect and serve.

Here is a rundown of what sparked the rally followed by solidarity messages from celeb women we’ve featured on the blog:

Within 48 hours, two black men in “concealed weapon license to carry” states exercising their rights to have guns in their pockets were nonetheless shot and killed by police officers. Both killings, one execution style and the other in front of a 4-year old child during a routine traffic stop, has sparked outrage.

Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside of a grocery store in a high crime neighborhood and exercising his Second Amendment rights as an American, carried a weapon to protect himself. Someone reported to the police that Sterling had it out waving at people and after scuffle with the officers who arrived at the scene and eventually took Sterling down, another took out his revolver and emptied a couple of rounds into Sterling’s body before falling off the man’s chest and shooting a few more shots. The store owner and another eyewitness filmed the shootings on their smartphones and circulated it on social media. The outrage has been swift.

That same night, another man, Philando Castile, was driving with his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year old daughter in the backseat when he was pulled over for a busted tail light. Diamond turned on her Facebook Live and shared the incident as it happened with her followers on the social media site. The world was witness to the moments immediately after one officer shot him as he reached into his pocket to pull out his driver’s license as asked to do so by the officer, per Reynold’s account. The officer can be overheard on the video saying “ignorance”.

As with other past police killings of unarmed black men and boys, many parents have been shaken by the incident especially parents of young black boys. In social media, many have expressed fear that when their children grow up, they will be seen as menacing threats simply for being in the skin they were born in and could be the next hashtag.

I know personally, I’ve talked to my kids again as my husband and I do periodically throughout their lives to make sure they are aware what they need to do to escape a possible police encounter alive. My father in law is a retired veteran police detective and my husband’s uncle was a police officer. We fear for the lives of blue and believe Blue Lives Matter as well, but at the same time, we are frightened by the pattern of brutality among some officers.

To Kiyan ? #philandocastile #altonsterling ??
A photo posted by LaLa (@lala) on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:36pm PDT

We checked in on several of the celeb moms we’ve profiled on the blog before and noticed that some of them spoke out about the shootings in social media.

Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Kristen Bell, Olivia Wilde, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tia Mowry, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Tamar Braxton, Ellen Pompeo, busy Philipps,Eva Marcille, Phaedra Parks, Rasheeda, Yandy Smith,Toni Braxton, FAntasia, Brandy all shared posts and Kim Kardashian West and Vanessa Simmons rt’d others.

Here is a roundup of their shares, excluding Monica Brown’s who posted an excerpt of Reynold’s graphic video:

Click the link in my bio to go to Beyonce.com. Turn our anger into action. A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 7, 2016 at 12:42pm PDT

Praying for a more peaceful world for our children and our children’s children. ?? A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:44pm PDT

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. We are united by the reality that all colours and all cultures are distinct & individual. We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this earth by the same gravity. – C. JoyBell C. We must fix this… Racial injustice is not ok. #altonsterling #philandoCastile A photo posted by tameramowrytwo (@tameramowrytwo) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:40am PDT

My heart is heavy Illustration by- @nichollekobi
A photo posted by tiamowry (@tiamowry) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:51am PDT

We can’t be silent… I don’t care what you call me… I won’t be silent
A photo posted by Ellen Pompeo (@ellenpompeo) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:25am PDT

….what’s the excuse this time? This is ridiculous! Sad, ANGRY, and disappointed in a system that is suppose to protect…NOT kill.
A photo posted by kellyrowland (@kellyrowland) on Jul 6, 2016 at 9:55pm PDT

ENOUGH already!!!! When does this nightmare end? #philandocastile #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceBrutality A photo posted by PHAEDRA (@phaedraparks) on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:09pm PDT

‘Strange Fruit’ Billie Holiday. I keep hearing that song. No more. #FalconHeightsShooting #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #BlackLivesMatter
— Jaime King (@Jaime_King) July 7, 2016

NO. I DONT WANT TO WATCH. I WANT IT TO STOP.
A photo posted by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:29am PDT

OUR Fathers. OUR Brothers. OUR Sons. When will this end? I am heartbroken.
A photo posted by Fantasia? (@tasiasword) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:40am PDT

#live
A video posted by Nia Long (@iamnialong) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:04pm PDT

You are probably going to see this picture a lot today. I hope you do. Baton Rouge cops killed 37 year old #AltonSterling, father of 5, in front of a store where he was selling CDs. The owner of the store told @nydailynews that he openly allowed #altonsterling to sell his CDs in front of his store. #AltonSterling was the 154th black person killed by police this year(to date) Hands behind his back. Shot 5 times. There is a video. I don’t know what can be done but something needs to be. We are better than this. #altonsterling
A photo posted by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Jul 6, 2016 at 6:30am PDT

This. Is. Cray….. At some point we gotta STAND together? A photo posted by Taytay❤️ (@tamarbraxton) on Jul 6, 2016 at 10:34am PDT
We need to make a difference. #AltonSterling ? prayers to his family & to every other family who’s ever suffered these tragedies. Only thing we can do is be the difference. Use our voices and come together. #Onelove Have a good night and stay prayed up.
A photo posted by Christina Milian (@christinamilian) on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:30am PDT

A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:41am PDT

It is truly tragic when a vicious few turn a peaceful protest into a bloodbath. Horrific and sad. #nomoreviolence
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) July 8, 2016

Accountability is key. This is way past ridiculous. This is scary, & real, & it’s murder either way you look at it. https://t.co/TYTQnffr8q
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) July 7, 2016

A photo posted by kristen bell (@kristenanniebell) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT

Praying for a more peaceful world for our children and our children’s children. ??
A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jul 7, 2016 at 8:44pm PDT

A photo posted by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:21pm PDT

“Even with videotaped evidence of police destroying black people, many freedom-living Americans unconvinced of a systematic problem” #RIPAltonSterling #RIPPhilandoCastile I am Truly heartbroken ? As a mother of 2 young growing black men, I am devastated! This has to stop!
A photo posted by Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:23am PDT

Stand up, speak up. Stop Killing Us!!!! #blacklivesmatter
A photo posted by Eva Marcille (@evamarcille) on Jul 7, 2016 at 4:22pm PDT

#blacklivesmatter
A photo posted by Eva Marcille (@evamarcille) on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:10pm PDT

#altonsterling I am just heartbroken today for his family. We need change. ?
A photo posted by Jenna Dewan Tatum (@jennaldewan) on Jul 6, 2016 at 4:21pm PDT

#philandocastile A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 9:45am PDT

A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:10am PDT

And this is our reality…… A photo posted by Rasheeda (@rasheedadabosschick) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:09am PDT

#ENOUGH ?????? #altonsterling??
A photo posted by @garcelle on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:47pm PDT

So I was advise to take my last two post down and edit my comment to protect my family that is behind the cement walls. I will not take my post down but I will edit my comment. Let’s stick together people. Rise above together. ✊? #Repost @tamikadmallory with @repostapp ・・・ #Repost @angelo_pinto_ ・・・ “I just want to thank them for being here, for teaching me to focus on comprehension over career, and that they made sure I learned what the schools were AFRAID to teach us.” – Jessie Williams (2016 BET Awards Humanitarian Award Speech) #woke #independenceday #altonsterling #blacklivesmatter #policebrutality #spilledink #axwell #meditation #skrillex #afrojack #tiesto #davidguetta #asap #blvck #beentrill #muse #ootd #jamaica #PerformanceArt #hypebeast #rastafari #unity #rasta #wutang #philly #afropunk #philadelphia
A photo posted by Yandy Smith-Harris (@yandysmith) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:33pm PDT

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard welcome 2nd daughter, Delta Bell

Posted on December 21, 2014

Congratulations are in order for Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell on the birth of their second child together, Delta Bell Shepard.

Yestrday, Friday December 19, the couple announced the birth separately on Twitter:

New dad again and The Parenthood star tweeted, “Delta Bell Shepard is here. She doesn’t look like either Kristen or me, but we’re gonna keep her anyway,” the proud papa announced.

Delta Bell Shepard is here. She doesn’t look like either @IMKristenBell or me, but we’re gonna keep her anyway. #christmascameearly

— dax shepard (@daxshepard1) December 20, 2014

Bell followed up with an equally fun announcement which featured a baby and mama gorilla.

The estrogen has now hit critical mass! Good luck, @daxshepard1. And welcome to the world DELTA BELL SHEPARD 🙂 pic.twitter.com/72AFmnjmoC

— Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) December 20, 2014

“The estrogen has now hit critical mass! Good luck, Dax. And welcome to the world DELTA BELL SHEPARD,” the actress tweeted.

Baby Delta joins big sister Lincoln, 21 months. The couple announced the baby news this past July.

h/t Celebrity Pregnancy

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Kristen Bell and bump featured in Samsung commercial w/husband Dax Shepard

Posted on December 13, 2014

Veronica Mars’ Kristen Bell and her husband Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard are super adorable in the new Samsung commercial about the Holidays. The long spot features Bell’s baby bump prominently as the couple are expecting their second child shortly. They welcomed daughter Lincoln last March 2013.

In the commercial, Shepard makes runs to get foods to satisfy Bell’s cravings, and seemingly seems unhelpful in helping her pick the choice of cute maternity looks. Bell summed it up in her tweet presenting the commercial calling it what life is like in the Bell/Shepard household, the Daily Mail noted. Funny!

Check out a few stills and the commercial below!

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#GivingTuesday: Celebrity Moms share their fave charity

Posted on December 2, 2014

A few of our Bellyitch BumpWatch alums also shared their fave charity for #GivingTuesday. Tiffani Amber Theissen, Melissa Joan Hart, 2nd time mom-to-be Kristen Bell, and Hilary Duff sent Twitter and Instagram messages of support of their preferred philanthropic organization.

As you pledge to one or more today, consider these too if you’re so inclined.

It’s #GivingTuesday! Please consider supporting #NoKidHungry to help make sure kids get the healthy food they need! http://t.co/gyobl36H1r

— Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) December 2, 2014

I’m helping Johnson’s ensure happy, healthy baby development on #GivingTuesday! #MoreHandsMoreHearts info: http://t.co/U2iERE7gia #Partner

— Hilary Duff (@HilaryDuff) December 2, 2014

#Repost @kingofhartskids ・・・ In honor of #GivingTuesday we are still having our 50% off sale. Use the code Thanks14 at checkout. All proceeds from our Louie thermal (yes that’s Olympic snowboarder @louievito on the shirt) go to benefit the children of @YouthVillages. #MadeintheUSA #giveback
A photo posted by Melissa Joan Hart (@melissajoanhart) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:47am PST

Thanks!!!

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How come Kristen Bell is enjoying a Paparazzi-free 2nd pregnancy

Posted on September 25, 2014

Second time mom-to-be Kristen Bell reports that since she launched her “No Kids” Policy earlier this year, she has been having a paparazzi-free pregnancy this round.

Bell and her husband Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard got their celebrity friends involved to agree to not do interviews with tabloid and news outlets that publish photos of celebrity children taken without permission. It worked as several outlets stopped publishing the images.

“The response has been so overwhelming that it’s really almost a moral stance that the consumer demanded their publications take,” Bell told the Associated Press in an interview. “We’re all consuming healthier media now.”

And the effect has tricked down to other celebrities who also report not being photographed as much when they are out with their children.

“I feel a lot safer because I’m not followed at all now,” Bell said. “It makes me feel like we all rallied and did something — the good people that were on the side of responsible parenting and passionate about child welfare spoke up and made a difference, and that is a really invigorating feeling.”

photo: Starcast

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Bump Round up: Kristen Bell, Kelly Rowland, Zoe Saldana and more

Posted on September 6, 2014

Kristen Bell rocked a colorful print jumpsuit while attending the screening of the movie The Judge during the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Bell and Parenthood actor Das Shepard are expecting their second child. (HuffPo)

Zoe Saldana looked super cute in a print collared dress while on the red carpet to the premiere of Cantiflas on August 27th. She’s reportedly carrying twins yet is managing to steer clear of the usual maternity wear

Meanwhile, Gwen Stefani told talk show host Seth Meyers during an appearance this week that her son Kingston prayed for her to get pregnant again after she had already told him tha tthe family is “complete”.

“I brought out a cake after we found out it was really going to happen and it said, ‘We’re having a baby!’ I made him read it … and he goes, ‘Ahh! I prayed for that!’” (People)

Mom-to-be Kelly Rowland looked stunning at the media launch of her new watch, the Signature Kelly Rowland Canteen Bracelet Watch by TW Steel in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday (September 4). (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Former Pussycat Dolls member and current Got to Dance judge Kimberly Wyatt went with a mini maternity dress under a black leather motorcycle dress while spotted outside the ITV studios in London, England on August 29. She totally aced the rocker preggers chic look. (entertainment.ie)

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Kristen Bell, Kerry Washington meet up at Hollywood Foreign Press event

Posted on August 16, 2014

Current Bellyitch Bumpwatch mama Kristen Bell and recent alum Kerry Washington met up this week at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association‘s Grants Banquet, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.

Washington was in a strapless paisley patterned silk Mary Katrantzou resort 2015 dress and blue pumps.

Bell, who is expecting her second child with her actor husband Dax Shepard, looked radiant in a bump-hugging midnight blue Andre GN sequinned dress with Rupert Sanderson heels and Antonini jewels. The Veronica Mars actress is mom to 15-month old Lincoln.

Washington looked to be down to her pre-baby size already after giving birth to her first child, a daughter, with hubby NFL‘s Nnamdi Asomugha in April.

Of the encounter, Bell tweeted compliments to Kerry:

If I hadn’t married @daxshepard1 I probably would have proposed to @kerrywashington. Because she is simply the best. pic.twitter.com/000MAlpV2k

— Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) August 15, 2014

Bell told US Weekly that for this pregnancy, she has learned to reign in the cravings by avoiding refined sugars.

“I mean, I still crave food in general but I’m not like waking up with a starve, going, ‘I need dark chocolate!'”

She also shared that this pregnancy is precisely like her previous one only this round, she is chasing a toddler at the same time.

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CONFIRMED: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard expecting 2nd child

Posted on June 24, 2014

Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell and hubby Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard are expecting their second child, a rep for the couple told Entertainment Tonight exclusively.

“I can confirm that Kristen and Dax are expecting their second child and a sibling for Lincoln [the couple’s 15-month old daughter],” the rep said. “The whole family is beyond excited.”

Awww! Congrats!!

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