By Hannah Jane Farron
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Alani Nicole “La La” Anthony (née Vázquez; c. 1979–1982) is an American television personality and actress. In the early 2000s, she worked as an MTV VJ on Total Request Live. She was the host of the VH1 reality television reunion shows Flavor of Love, I Love New York, For the Love of Ray J, and Real Chance of Love, and was a dean on Charm School with Ricki Lake.
Anthony appeared in Two Can Play That Game (2001), You Got Served (2004), Think Like a Man (2012), Think Like a Man Too (2014), November Rule (2015) and Destined (2015). She appeared as Lakeisha Grant in the Starz original drama series Power. She hosted the American reality television series La La’s Full Court Wedding and La La’s Full Court Life. She was married to NBA player Carmelo Anthony from 2010 to 2021.
Anthony was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents, who are of Puerto Rican heritage, were born and raised in New York City. Anthony (who describes herself as an Afro-Puerto Rican) has a younger brother and two younger sisters. As a young child, she was involved in many activities, but music was her main interest. She attended Howard University for three months.
On February 2, 2012, she launched a cosmetic line and in 2013 a clothing line. She has written several books, including The Love Playbook (2014). Anthony co-produced the Broadway production of Danai Gurira‘s Eclipsed in 2016.
On Christmas Day 2004, she became engaged to basketball player Carmelo Anthony, whom she met in 2003. Their son, Kiyan, was born in 2007. They were married by Michael Eric Dyson on July 10, 2010, at Cipriani‘s in New York. The ceremony was filmed by VH1 and aired as part of a reality series on the couple, titled La La’s Full Court Wedding. The couple’s life together was also chronicled on their continuation series, La La’s Full Court Life. In June 2021, she filed for divorce.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS TODAY
actress June Lockhart in 1925 (age 100)
civil rights advocate James Meredith in 1933 (age 92)
musician Carly Simon in 1943 (age 82)
actor Jimmie Walker in 1947 (age 78)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 1954 (age 71)
musician David Paich (Toto) in 1954 (age 71)
actor/writer Ricky Gervais in 1961 (age 64)
actress Erica Gimpel in 1964 (age 61)
actress Angela Kinsey in 1971 (age 54)
musician Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) in 1971 (age 54)
musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) in 1972 (age 53)
actress Linda Cardellini in 1975 (age 50)
actress Busy Philipps in 1979 (age 46)
actor Sheridan Smith in 1981 (age 44)
actor/TV personality La La Anthony in 1982 (age 43)
actress Annaleigh Ashford in 1985 (age 40)
musician Benson Boone in 2002 (age 23)
actress/musician Kylie Cantrall in 2005 (age 20)
actress McKenna Grace in 2006 (age 19)
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In 1876, U.S. Army Gen. George Custer and his force of 208 men were killed by Chief Sitting Bull’s Sioux warriors at Little Big Horn in Montana.
In 1942, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower became commander of the U.S. World War II forces in Europe.
In 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
In 1951, CBS aired the first color television broadcast. At the time, no color TV sets were owned by the public.
In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision interpreted as barring prayer in public schools.
In 1973, White House attorney John Dean told a U.S. Senate committee that U.S. President Richard Nixon was a part of the cover-up in the Watergate break in.
In 1991, Slovenia and Croatia both claimed independence from Yugoslavia, sparking civil war.
In 1993, Kim Campbell took over after being sworn in as Canada’s first woman prime minister, taking the post after the retirement of Brian Mulroney. Campbell was prime minister until November, leaving office after her Progressive Conservative Party was defeated in the federal election.
In 2009, entertainment superstar Michael Jackson, known as “the king of pop,” a vast influence on the music scene of his day, died of a heart attack at age 50 while preparing a comeback.
In 2021, a Minnesota judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 270 months in prison for killing George Floyd during an arrest in 2020.
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