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NEW YORK (AP) — Halle Berry made her small screen debut at a spot befitting an Academy Award winner — first place in the television ratings — but it’s too early to call her summer drama “Extant” a hit. The limited run series, in which Berry plays an astronaut who mysteriously returns from a solo […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tracee Ellis Ross says her upcoming role on the ABC comedy Black-ish allows her to be who she really is: a biracial woman. “I am both (black and white) and yet I identify as a black woman,” said the 41-year-old actress Tuesday at the Television Critics Association annual summer press […]
We were wondering what Chris Brown was going to do with his Heavy D-esque fro but we didn’t expect this! A conk, yup. Brown debuted his new look on Instagram (see below). He fittingly captioned the photo “Taking it back to the 30s! Lol!” What do you think of the new do? Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. […]
The mayor of Philadelphia is apologizing for the profanity used by rapper Nicki Minaj and comedian Marlon Wayans during a family-friendly July Fourth concert. Mayor Michael Nutter said Monday that cursing hasn’t been a problem at the show in recent years. He says performers are supposed to adhere to network TV standards. The free outdoor concert, which featured multiple […]
Media maven and celebrity host Claudia Jordan is bringing her insights and wit to one of the fastest growing urban contemporary morning radio show (Atlanta,…
Cee-Lo Green is no stranger to the spotlight. The singer has been a recording artist for some time and got into the reality TV genre as a judge on the hit NBC reality competition show The Voice. But what many of Green’s newer fans don’t know is that he started his career as a member […]
Is this a case of out with the old and in with the new? Well, if you’re referring to Fox’s NFL sideline reporters Pam Oliver, 53, and Erin Andrews, 36, it certainly looks like it. Apparently a few days before the last Super Bowl, Oliver had a feeling she would be working her last game […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Tupac Shakur fans, keep ya head up: The Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me that uses songs from one of hip-hop’s greatest artists is closing after less than two months. Producers said late Monday that the show will close Sunday at the Palace Theatre after playing just 17 previews and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Goldwyn has displayed a lack of ethics in the White House. As President Fitzgerald Grant on ABC’s hit melodrama “Scandal,” he has cheated on his wife right under her nose and even smothered a pesky Supreme Court justice on her sickbed. But in his behind-the-camera roles as producer, director and […]
In comments Saturday billed as a message to the American public, “Ray Donovan” actor Jon Voight aired his political grievances for several minutes in a televised statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Those grievances range from (but are not limited to) Benghazi, the IRS scandal, the “targeting” of conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, illegal immigration, the […]
Kandi Burruss and her new husband Todd Tucker set a new record for Bravo with their special “Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi’s Wedding”! The numbers…
Here’s Bobby! A week after the photos of Yaya DaCosta portraying Whitney Houston were released, photos of Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby Brown have surfaced online. Escarpeta, who is best known for his roles in “We Are Marshall” and “Final Destination 5”, was picked to play Mr. Brown in the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic back in […]
