Bobby Brown’s sister, Leolah Brown, is speaking out about BET’s two-night biopic The Bobby Brown Story, and judging by her choice words of war, she wasn’t ready for its portrayal of her brother’s current wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown. “THE FAKEST MOVIE I EVER SEEN!” she wrote on Facebook (via Essence). “THAT IS NOT ALICIA! PALEEEEEEEEEZ! SPARE ME THAT LAUGH! SUCH A LIAR! I’M WONDERING […]
Bob Johnson, B.E.T’s co-founder, was refused access to his room at a luxury hotel in Florida last week because he was wearing sunglasses, RawStory reported. Johnson was checking into his room at the Eau Palm Beach hotel on August 24 after a fishing trip when a receptionist asked him to remove his sunglasses. The media mogul, who became the […]
NEW YORK, NY — Executive produced and narrated by Alani “LaLa” Anthony, the BET Truth Series documentary, Killer Curves: Bodies to Die For, investigates the increasingly popular and sometimes fatal trend that is globally impacting the lives of many women of color: black market cosmetic surgery. For decades, the ideal female body type was said to be tall and thin. In […]
The King is here! Well, not just yet. But the supertrailer for BET’s The Bobby Brown Story has hit the web it appears Bobby Brown and the creative team aren’t leaving any controversy out. Played again by actor Woody McClain, who portrayed Brown in the successful 3-part New Edition Story last year, the actor gets […]
BET has reached the end of an era. Former CEO Debra Lee, who moved aside for Scott Mills this year, has announced that she’s leaving the company altogether. Lee, who was at BET for over 30 years, spearheaded the channel’s move into scripted content and specials, moving away from the music video staples and music […]
Richard Lawson, Beyoncé’s step-dad, wears a lot of hats. The producer, director, actor, and author married Tina Lawson and says life has been great getting to know the family and continuing his career. “Listen, I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to you know to have the collection of an incredible human being. We have […]
Rapper T.I. is getting it in with BET in a new reality show designed as a business competition. The Grand Hustle, a new reality show created and produced by T.I. will feature him and 16 self-made hustlers competing for a six-figure grand prize of a six-figure salary position working at T.I.’s Grand Hustle Productions according to […]
Within a week of BET’s The Quad second season première, the network canceled the show. A drama set at a fictional Black college starring Anika Noni Rose as its president will not have a third season, according to Deadline. The show followed Dr. Eva Fletcher, played by Rose, as the newly elected president of Georgia A&M University. Ruben […]
Robert Johnson, the founder of BET and the nation’s first Black billionaire, gave Trump supporters something to crow about after he incorrectly credited the president for improving the job outlook for African Americans.
Well here’s some interesting, hot tea you sip on. It seems BET and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robin Givhan are not on the same page. No, not at all. In fact, they are so far apart that the network kicked her out of the BETher conference featuring Michelle Obama, that it produced in Florida. So why […]
BET has announced the full cast of its highly anticipated miniseries about Bobby Brown. When BET aired The New Edition Story last year, it was ratings gold for the network. It broke records! Execs took that success as a cue to produce a follow-up about Bobby. Woody McClain, who is reprising his role as Bobby, […]
If you haven’t heard, Roland Martin got a part on the hit BET show The Quad and can’t stop talking about it. He’ll be in the February 13 show playing himself, but representing the Tom Joyner Morning Show! Excited for the première of this episode, Roland talks with creator of The Quad Felicia Henderson and actors Zoe Renee […]
