Haitian Celebrity News

Japanese Tennis star Naomi Osaka cannot believe there is no Haitian restaurants in Los Angeles California where she is now a resident. "Food spots," she calls them.

Born to a Haitian father, Naomi Osaka made it clear, she cannot live without her Haitian legumes and plantains.

Osaka tweets: "Does LA really not have any Haitian food spots or am I not searching correctly? Cause I'm about to go back to Miami asap...bye LA it was cool while it lasted but I can't live without legume and plantains"

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Here is the complete list of Haitians and American Football players of Haitian descent playing in the NFL, the National Football league:

JOSH GORDON, No. 10 - Seattle Seahawks. Position: Wide receiver.

Gordon is of Haitian descent. Josh Gordon was born in Houston, Texas.Jeff Gordon also played for the Cleveland Browns (2012-2018) and The England Patriots (2018-2019).

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Here is a photo of Naomi Osaka like you never seen her before. Naomi Osaka in a bikini.

The Haitian-Japanese Tennis champion created a buzz on Instagram late November 2019 when she posted this photo of herself posing for the camera in a bikini and a sexy top.

Having known her when she was just a little girl, I have to say without prejudice, Naomi is all grown up now!

Pa fache non Maxime! Belfim is just making an observation. (inside joke between me and Naomi's dad)

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Haitians in Tennis - After picking up back to back titles in Osaka Japan and in Beijing China, Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka moved back into the Top 3 of the WTA Rankings.

Related: Naomi Osaka's Haitian father is coaching her once again

Osaka fell out of the Top 3 for the first time since January at the beginning of September but she made a rapid return.

As the No. seed, Naomi Osaka overcame WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, in Beijing to win the championship.

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Haitian-Japanese tennis champion Naomi Osaka just purchased a house in Bervelly Hills California for a whopping $6.91 million.

According to TMZ, Osaka made the purchase back in early August in an off-market deal from singer Nick Jonas.

Naomi Osaka's new home is 4,129 square feet, it has 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. it is located high in the mountains above Beverly Hills, California, in a semi-remote corner of the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Beverly Hills Post Office.

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Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka picks up her 5th career title and knocks out the world champion Ashleigh Barty in the process at the China Open Women's Singles WTA in Beijing Sunday.

Related: Naomi Osaka bought a $6.9 million dollar Mansion in Los Angeles California!

This is Naomi Osaka's third title of 2019 and her fifth career title so far.

Before reaching the China open final, Naomi Osaka beat title holder Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals to reach final

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Wyclef Jean reunites with Luckett Walker (Destiny's Child) on the Red Carpet after 21 years

ESSENCE caught a rare reunion moment between Haitian rap superstar Wyclef Jean and LeToya Luckett, one of the founding members of Destiny's Child, 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.

"I even got married and everything, I am all grown now," LeToya Luckett said to Wyclef having now seen him for so long.

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Last year, Haitian-Japanese Tennis player Naomi Osaka made history when she beat Serena Williams to win her first US Open title. This year, Osaka is back as defending champion.

The knee injury that forced her to retire during her quarterfinals match against Sofia Kenin in the Western & Southern Open is no longer is so painful.

Naomi Osaka is ready to kick some ass at the 2019 US Open in Flushing Meadows.

A very comfortable Naomi Osaka told reporters Friday she feels comfortable "not because I won last year. It's because I have been kind of hitting on these courts since I was a kid. I used to train here."

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It's over between former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and his girlfriend, American actress and model Kiera, 37, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin.

"We broke up two weeks ago, but we're staying good friends," Kiera told a journalist of the Daily Mail.

"It was the second time we tried dating, but we both travel so much and it was just too hard," she said.

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On May 18, 2019, Haitian Flag day, Haitian hip hop superstar Wyclef Jean announced on his Twitter account that he had received an honorary doctorate from Five towns college, a private college he once attended.

"I became A Doctor of music," Wyclef Jean wrote on his twitter page. "It was an honor to be recognized by the college I attended in my early years of my life... Five towns college."

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