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As the story goes, Wesley Snipes was approached to play Lucious Lyon in Fox’s breakout phenomenon “Empire” before it was offered to its current occupant Terrence Howard. In January, creator Lee Daniels confirmed Snipes as an original casting choice for the Lyon patriarch, then, explained how star Taraji P. Henson strongly suggested that her “Hustle […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jay Leno says an unfair double standard is being applied to the dozens of women accusing Bill Cosby of decades-old sexual assaults. “I keep reading the comments, ‘liars,’ and ‘why didn’t they come forward before?'” the former “Tonight Show” host said Thursday. But men who delay sharing stories of abuse […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — TLC network has set an airdate for its new documentary to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. The film, “Breaking the Silence,” will air at 10 p.m. EDT Aug. 30, the network said Thursday. To be broadcast commercial-free, the documentary aims to shine a light on the challenges faced by those […]
We are not quite sure what Dwyane Wade was going for in his latest Esquire shoot or why the usual relatively conservative magazine cosigned it, but D Wade has come close to blowing up the Internet once his Instagram of the shoot hit the web. In the pic you see he has on some kind […]
The Straight Outta Compton movie is already brewing up quite a storm of positive reviews, and it hasn’t even officially hit theaters yet. Ice Cube and Dr.…
Affectionately dubbed The Queen of Talk, Wendy Williams has taken on a new challenge, one opposite of her daily hot topics and celebrity interviews as seen on her hit daytime show. These days she’s taking her comedic humor and undeniable wit and going on a 12-city comedy tour! Dubbed Too Real For Stand Up, Wendy is […]
Leonardo DiCaprio has gotten a French court to order the magazine Oops! to print a condemnation of its story alleging that he got Rihanna pregnant and then didn’t want the baby. The actor also received €8,000 in damages, but according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Eriq Garner, “the ruling was not based on a defamation claim […]
Citing the current unrest in Ferguson, Fox has opted to forgo the scheduled Tuesday stop of its “Empire” bus tour in nearby St. Louis, reports Billboard. The decision was reportedly made at the 11th hour on Monday night. The show announced that its “Next Empire Artist” bus tour will instead take place in Kansas City, […]
Aretha Franklin has had to reschedule her upcoming concert engagement at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas due to exhaustion, read a statement from her camp. Ms. Franklin regretfully must reschedule her August 14 show after driving 2,100 miles on her tour bus from her home in Detroit to the West Coast where she performed three […]
Leave it to Prince to give the media something to talk about. Or not. Citing TheWrap.com, the Star Tribune reports the entertainer’s Paisley Park Studios played host to almost 900 members of the National Association of Black Journalists Saturday (Aug. 8) during the organization’s annual convention. Despite it being billed as a dance party and […]
