TV & Film
Queen Latifah gets a visit from a the Queen of Hip Hop Soul on today’s “Queen Latifah Show.” Guest Mary J. Blige talks about a number of topics, including her husband/manager Kendu Isaacs, and the fact that Latifah unknowingly acted as a guardian angel to her back in the day.
“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 […]
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 […]
During a recent screening of Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” in NYC, audiences were most surprised to see megastar Madonna in attendance but some people quickly grew upset with the pop icon. Page Six reports that a woman sitting in theater grew angry at “a mysterious blonde in black lace gloves who wouldn’t stop […]
“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 […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael B. Jordan wants it all — from a “Rocky” spinoff to a role in the next “Star Wars” movie. The 26-year-old actor is in discussions for key roles in several big-budget studio movies after his star turn in this summer’s indie “Fruitvale Station,” which won both jury and audience awards […]
There’s a new group of Atlanta wives coming to reality TV and they’re not holding anything back. During a recent interview with HipHollywood, Kevin Hart’s ex-wife…
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 […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kanye West and Jimmy Kimmel quickly dispelled the idea their so-called rap feud was a publicity stunt during a sometimes uncomfortable appearance on the comedian’s television show. Speculation that the rapper’s anger over a “Jimmy Kimmel Live” parody skit that mocked him was staged was immediate after West lashed out at […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys says she considered a role in “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete,” but decided she was comfortable as an executive producer. “It definitely came up once or twice,” Keys said with a smile. The film, in theaters Friday, tells the story of two inner-city children in New York […]
