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2 Live Crew alum Luther Campbell has jumped into the debate over Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” In an op-ed for the Miami New Times, the former rapper weighs in on Spike Lee, who has publicly taken issue with Tarantino’s repeated use of the n-word in “Django’s” script. “Screw Spike Lee,” Campbell begins. “Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django […]
Maybe all the Vitamin Waters inspired him. Rapper/actor/spokesman 50 Cent has just released a new book encouraging his fans to get and stay in shape. “Formula 50” is a 6-week workout plan designed to get you off the coach and into the sexy category, if of course, you follow the plan 50 has laid out. […]
Essence will honor Hollywood heavyweights Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard and Gabrielle Union in a ceremony next month. The sixth annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon will recognize women in the film industry on February 21, 2013. The popular magazine will present media mogul Oprah Winfrey with the Power Award while honoring Alfre Woodard with the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — GLAAD has named the film “Cloud Atlas,” AMC’s reality show “Small Town Security,” and the New Yorker magazine among its nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced on Wednesday 120 nominees in English-language categories and 33 nominees in Spanish-language categories. Other nominees […]
LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Conrad Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. His daughter says Bain died Monday of natural causes in his hometown of Livermore, Calif. He was 89. The show that debuted on NBC in 1978 was most […]
According to reports, the classic film “Blazing Saddles” could possibly be heading to the stages of Broadway. The film starred Gene Wilder and the late Cleavon Little, it centered around the life of an African-American sheriff named “Black Bart” who dealt with being in charge of a racist town before he won them over with […]
The premiere of BET’s “Real Husbands of Hollywood” is off to a hilarious start! With Kevin Hart as the lead character of a group of…
Photo By: Mike Morgan The 2013 BET Honors red carpet was nothing short of a star studded occasion, but in my opinion the most exciting “star” to talk to…
A Lady Gaga tune has come between Teddy Riley and his 21-year-old daughter Taja Riley. Last week, in California federal court, Mr. Riley filed a lawsuit against Taja for claiming a songwriting credit and partial ownership of a song that he says he developed with Gaga – and that Taja had absolutely nothing to do […]
Have you been missing old jams from the likes of Da Brat, Jagged Edge, and Xscape? Well. you don’t have to wait too much longer to hear from them. Jermaine Dupri announced this week that he will be holding a So So Def anniversary concert at the Fox Theater in Atlanta on February 23. Other […]
It’s taken a while to happen, but an August date for a trial by jury has been set in the battle over the use of name of former drug kingpin turned community activist Freeway Ricky Ross by high profile hip hop artist Rick Ross. Lawyers for (Freeway) Ross and Warner Bros. Records in Superior Court […]
That torture scene in last week’s episode of “Scandal?” Yeah, it didn’t sit well with the Parents Television Council. The watchdog group is criticizing ABC for not giving the Jan. 10 episode the proper rating. In the episode, Huck (Guillermo Diaz) is arrested under the Patriot Act and accused of attempting to assassinate President Grant […]
