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BOSSIP’s ultimate July 4th cocktail guide is littered with libations perfect for celebrating the holiday.

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Fourth of July is upon us adn the hot dogs, burgers, and all the fixins’ are being prepared. The cooler is awaiting ice and the grill is ready for the day ahead. The most important part of hosting however is of course the drink menu, and we’ve got you covered with yet another holiday cocktail guide.

Source: DeLeón Prickly Pear Paloma / Deleon TequilaDeLeón Prickly Pear Paloma

Ingredients

1 ½ oz DeLeón Reposado Tequila
¾ oz Agave Nectar Syrup
1 oz Prickly Pear Puree
1 oz Freshly Squeezed Grapefruit Juice
½ oz Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
Splash of Sparkling Water

Glassware: Highball

Garnish: Sea Salt and Grapefruit Peel

Method: Add DeLeon Tequila Reposado, agave syrup, prickly pear, grapefruit, lime, and ice into a shaker. Shake and strain into the ice-filled rimmed glass. Top with sparkling water. Garnish with sea salt and a grapefruit peel.

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Pineapple Fizz Cocktail

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
.2 oz Pineapple Juice
Top with Hella Bitters & Soda

Method: Place all ingredients, except Hella Bitters and Soda, into a shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a collins glass and top with Bitters & Soda.

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D’USSÉ Freedom of Peach

Ingredients

750mL D’USSE VSOP Cognac
25 oz Peach Syrup
18 oz Lemon Juice
25 oz Cold-infused Green Tea
25 oz Champagne

Glass & Garnish: Stemless Wine & Peach Slices, Mint Sprigs

Method: Add all ingredients into a punch bowl. Add ice. Stir until well mixed. Top with peach slices and mint. The recipe makes 4 to 6 servings.

American Salute Martini

Ingredients
1.5 oz. American Harvest Organic Vodka
4 oz. Lemonade
1 oz. Blue Curacao
1 oz. Grenadine

Glassware: 1 oz. Grenadine

Garnish: Red, White and Blue sugar rim

Method: Pour grenadine in the bottom of a martini glass, combine lemonade and vodka in a shaker, shake then gently strain over the grenadine and float the blue curacao on top

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Strawberry Fields

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Grey Goose Essences Strawberry & Lemongrass
4 ½ oz Soda Water
+ Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth
+ Lemon Wheel

Method: Rinse wine glass with Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth. Build in a wine glass over cubed ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

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D’ussé’s The New Fashioned

Ingredients
2 oz D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Method: Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold. Strain into a rocks glass with a large-format ice cube. Twist orange peel over the cocktail to release the oils.

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Sunset Rose Cocktail

Ingredients:
3 oz Whispering Angel
1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
.5 oz Lime Juice
.25 oz Honey Water
3 Blackberries

Method: Garnish with Mint Sprig. Place Blackberries into a shaker and muddle. Add remaining ingredients into the shaker except for the Rosé. Shake with ice and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Top with Rosé and garnish with mint.

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‘Bombay For Real’ Basque in the Moonlight Cocktail Kit

Created by Andra “AJ” Johnson of DC, this cocktail draws on Basquiat’s heritage, harmonizing tropical flavors with Bombay Sapphire’s worldly botanicals for the flavor to shine as bright as the moon depicts in Basquiat’s “Untitled (Moon).”

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One thing we know about Wendy Williams is that she never stops getting to the bag and will always keep it real.

In the wake of her talk show’s abrupt ending, the purple chair icon finally let it be known everything that’s going on in her life. Wendy recently joined “TMZ Live” to reveal why she’s turning her back on TV and instead, choosing to produce her own podcast.

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According to Wendy, it all comes down to time and money.

“When you’re famous, podcasts will make more money for me, being famous, than doing the Wendy Williams Show.”

She also made it very clear that she’s “100 percent retired” from the grind of her daily TV show and we honestly didn’t think we’d ever see the day.

Wendy also opened up about her struggle with lymphedema, a condition that causes swelling in an arm or leg due to a lymphatic system blockage.

“You know I have lymphedema, you know what that is, correct?” Williams asked TMZ’s Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere, during her interview on TMZ Live, to which the pair responded, “No.”

“All right, you don’t know lymphedema? All right, I’ll show you,” Williams said, reaching down to lift up what appeared to be a very swollen foot as a result of her ongoing battle with the disease. “Ok, lymphedema is this. Do you see this right here? Look. No, look closely. Do you see this?” Williams continued, still holding her foot up for the camera. “It’s up and down. I can only feel maybe five percent of my feet. Do you understand?”

The condition is bad enough, Williams said, that it could put her in a wheelchair but when it comes to how she’s feeling physically, Williams said she’s doing better.

“Better than you,” Williams quipped.

On a good note, Wendy is still in the planning stages when it comes to topics and guests for her podcast and reportedly has some celeb guests in mind.

According to PageSix, Wendy’s potential podcast guests include a member of former President Donald Trump’s family, though Wendy’s manager Will Selby did not reveal which relative. TMZ adds that she has already spoken to Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, and the Kardashians about potentially being guests.

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Would YOU listen to Wendy Williams’ podcast?

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The Day N’ Vegas festival featuring Travis Scott, SZA, and J. Cole has been canceled due to logistics and timing issues.

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Day N’ Vegas was scheduled to kick off this September and would mark Travis Scott’s first show in the United States since his Astroworld Festival last year. Since the tragedy that took place at Astroworld, Travis hasn’t touched a stage in almost a year and fans are ready to see him live again. The festival also featured SZA and J. Cole as co-headliners along with a strong list of supporters on the bill.

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Even with the hype of Travis Scott finally returning to the stage, the festival has announced it is canceling the two-day event. In a statement, the organizers blamed timing and logistics issues, but widespread rumors before the statement allegedly claim the festival only sold around 16,000 tickets. That number sounds like more than enough, but when you factor in the cost and other variables, you can understand how it could be true.

The majority of the acts on the bill you can see elsewhere and probably for cheaper. Plus, right now, hotel prices and flights are out of this world and that certainly has to play a part in this cancelation.

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Janet Jackson was the main event at Day 2 of Essence Fest!

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The music legend was in attendance at the her Be Bold Dinner party for AT&T Dream In Black at Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans. The dinner, which honored Janet, went down on Friday, July 1, making a donation of $100,000 to Jackson’s Rhythm Nation Scholarship Fund.

“What a fun night celebrating with u all at the #BeBold Dinner Party,” Jackson wrote in a tweet about the evening. “Thank U to @CocaCola #IfNotForMyGirls, @ATT#DreamInBlack, @PROPELCenter for your contribution to my Rhythm Nation Scholarship Fund #EssenceFest.”

What a fun night celebrating with u all at the #BeBold Dinner Party. Thank U to @CocaCola #IfNotForMyGirls, @ATT #DreamInBlack, @PROPELCenter for your contribution to my Rhythm Nation Scholarship Fund 🖤 #EssenceFest pic.twitter.com/8UmP5gC58w

— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) July 3, 2022

That event happened on Friday in preparation for Saturday, when Janet Jackson took the stage to headline Essence Festival, shutting it down just like she always does. As seen in her own Instagram video, the “That’s The Way Love Goes” singer wore a sparkly silver jumpsuit and some black boots, looking amazing as she dominated the stage for festival attendees and those watching at home on Hulu.

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If you missed Jackson’s performance, or if you just wanna see more from the icon, check out some photos from her Be Bold Dinner party down below:

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An Atlanta entrepreneurial couple is melting the internet with a public proposal.
Derrick Hayes, CEO and Owner of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks popped the question to Pinky Cole, CEO and Founder of popular vegan fast-food chain Slutty Vega,n during the 2022 Essence Festival.

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Hayes was on a panel at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with Cole who’s expecting his second child, and he got down on one knee.

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An emotional Cole was seen crying while Hayes thanked her for having his back and placed the ring on her finger.

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The couple’s engagement at Essence is especially serendipitous because the couple covered a recent issue of the magazine.

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Inside their “Hot In The Kitchen” cover story, the business owners discussed everything from food, community, their love for each other, second chances, and how they turned their multimillion-dollar businesses into a family affair.

“I think that our relationship is symbolic of what the world should look and feel like…It should look and feel like a place where there is no judgment,” Cole told Essence about their love story. “Just because you might not believe in the things that I believe in, doesn’t mean that we can’t come together in friendship, love and spirituality…”

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Congrats to the happy couple!

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