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The voice of God has come to Waze. Google’s free navigation app has added Morgan Freeman to its lineup of voices designed to gently guide you around local traffic toward your destination. The actor, who has played God multiple times on the big screen, follows previous celebrity voices Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kevin Hart, among others. […]
Terry Crews has made a series of confession videos on Facebook this week regarding his longtime porn addiction. The Brooklyn Nine Nine star revealed that he’s been addicted since the age of 12, and had to go to rehab to kick the habit. He said the addiction nearly cost him his wife, Rebecca King-Crews. “For […]
MGM is doubling down on its “Creed” star Michael B. Jordan. The studio has attached him to star in its remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair,” the 1968 Norman Jewison-directed film that starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The story follows a debonair, adventuresome bank executive who believes he has gotten away with the perfect […]
When fans noticed that Ne-Yo’s kids were absent at his wedding over the weekend, they immediately took to social medial to ask his ex, ‘what’s up with that?’ Ne-Yo married model Crystal Renay at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. on Feb. 20, and his ex, Monyetta Shaw, was compelled to explain that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Creed” director Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae and other Hollywood celebrities have big plans for Oscar night. But they have nothing to do with the Academy Awards. Coogler and company will be 2,300 miles away in Flint, Michigan, participating in a benefit for residents affected by the town’s lead-contaminated water […]
Love it or hate it – “The View” is coming back for a 20th season. In addition to the renewal, ABC also announced this morning that Candi Carter has been promoted to executive producer, becoming the first African-American to hold the title at the daytime talk show. “This season ‘The View’ has once again been […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ava DuVernay has been set to direct an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 fantasy classic “A Wrinkle in Time” for Disney. A studio source confirmed the collaboration on Tuesday, but was not authorized to discuss the deal publicly and requested anonymity. The Newbery Medal-winning book follows the interdimensional adventures of a […]
In a cover story for Variety ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards, Oscar winner Mo’Nique reveals that she received just $50,000 and an inconsequential back-end deal for starring in Precious which went on to gross $47.5 million at the domestic box office. “There was a backend, in all fairness. But the end it was behind, it […]
Epic sagas, magical tales, historical novels, and multi-generational stories of love, loss, and family abound in this spring’s crop of prose and poetry by Black women writers. Usher in the season of rebirth, renewal, and reawakening with these great reads!
Filmmaker Spike Lee is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president in a South Carolina radio ad. Arguing, in Sanders’ words, that the “system is rigged,” Lee praises Sanders for not taking money from corporations in the ad. And in a reference to one of his early films, Lee says that once in the White House, Sanders […]
Kelly Price, the R&B icon who recently lent her chops to Kanye’s West’s “Ultralight Beam,” graduated as valedictorian with a Doctorate degree in Philosophy over the weekend.
Janet Jackson announced via Twitter that she is bringing her Unbreakable World Tour to the Dubai World Cup on March 26. Access to the concert, set for 10 p.m. at the Apron Views concert stage that evening, is exclusive to day ticket holders for the annual horse race. “I am excited to perform for the […]
