“Extra’s” AJ Calloway started out at BET as the co-host of “106 and Park” then landed a gig as a correspondent on the entertainment show “Extra.” But before he achieved those successes in show business, he set a foundation for himself at Howard University. The 39-year-old TV personality wanted to pay tribute to the school […]
It’s Disability Awareness Month and Robert David Hall, 65, who has played coroner Dr. Al Robbins on the highly rated CBS show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” for the past 14 seasons is living proof that there is life after a disability. The popular character actor, who has appeared in several TV shows and and has […]
When some people have a good year, they have a really good year. That’s the case for singer Robin Thicke, who had one of the biggest hits of this or any recent year we can think of with “Blurred Lines.” Whether it was the naked uncut version of the video (the models were topless, not […]
“American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard has had a rough few years since winning Season 2 in 2003. He married and divorced, his career stalled and his weight fluctuated. This year, he returns to reality TV, joining the cast of NBC’s hit weight loss competition show “The Biggest Loser.” Instead of the 205 area code he […]
We already know Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins as a hip-hop star who made the hit records “Holla Holla,“Always on Time” with Ashanti, “Put It On Me” with L’il Mo and Vita and “I’m Real” remix with Jennifer Lopez, among others. At one time, he was one of indie hip-hop label Murder, Inc. ‘s (later, The […]
Montel Williams is best known as a talk show host during the 17 years from 1991 to 2008 that he hosted his self-titled daytime show. Now, he’s finding a new career as a health activist. When diagnosed with MS in 1999, he was told he would be in a wheelchair in four years. Over a decade […]
Actress Maia Campbell has battled her share of demons including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and her mother – author Bebe Moore Campbell – dying from brain cancer. Some time ago, videos of Campbell surfaced that showed her incoherent and out of it, which worried her family, friends and fans. But with the help of […]
Chris Tucker was chillin’ for a good while, but when the IRS came after him for millions in back taxes, he jokes that he had to start working again. We’re not sure if he’s serious but the good news is that he’s on the road again, touring all over the country from now until the […]
“Love That Girl” is back, but with a slightly different look. Original cast member Tatyana Ali elected to remain with “Next Generation Wayans” on BET so cast member Bresha Webb goes to front and center this season along with comedian Huggy Lowdown. (Ali remains a producer on the show.) “Imunique, played by Bresha Webb, was […]
Laila Ali may have hung up the boxing gloves for good but the working wife and mother is still finding ways to stay in the spotlight. She’s now the host of the new CBS Saturday morning show “All In,” a show geared towards inspiring kids with feats of personal or athletic achievement. While Ali will […]
In a now classic “Scandal” scene, Rowan Pope told his only daughter Olivia that he was both “the hell and the high water” and that it was time for her to hightail it out of Washington on the private plane he had at her disposal and disappear after it was revealed that she and the […]