TV & Film
The Cooking Channel’s Roger Mooking may be from Canada but he knows his way around a barbeque grill. The host of The Cooking Channel’s popular show “Man Fire Food,” he goes all around the world showing people how to cook with fire. He’s been known to grill even in the harsh Toronto winters simply by […]
Director Ava Duvernay can relate to her documentary subject Venus Williams. Both are from Compton, California and both emerged onto the national scene in areas where Black women are still scarce – film and tennis. So it’s fitting that Duvernay would helm the ESPN documentary “Venus Vs.” part of ESPN’s “Nine for IX” series celebrating […]
Former “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard is heading to “The Biggest Loser” according to People. The 34-year-old crooner will appear on season 15 of the popular weight loss show. The new season premieres October 18. Studdard has yet to officially comment on the report.
Let’s start with the positive. BET’s newest scripted show “Being Mary Jane,” which debuts July 2 at 10:30 p.m. as a 2-hour movie, has a huge upside. The show stars Gabrielle Union as Mary Jane Paul, the host of her own Atlanta-based TV show. Mary Jane has a solid career, a fabulous house and a […]
Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien will be joining Al Jazeera America to produce long-form documentaries and appear as a special correspondent on the prime time news magazine “America Tonight,” the network announced Monday. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that the former CNN anchor’s production company, Starfish Media, was in talks to produce documentaries for the […]
The BET Awards is heading into Oscar territory. Not just for it’s 3-and-a half-hour running time, but for a noticeable transition into a new direction. Aside from Nikki Minaj, whose performances were beeped so much they were unintelligible, Kevin Hart playing the role of court jester and some production glitches that left host Chris Tucker […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in “Enter the Dragon” with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67. Marilyn Dishman, Kelly’s ex-wife, said he died Saturday of cancer at his home in San Diego. Sporting an Afro hairstyle and sideburns, Kelly made a splash with his one-liners […]
Last night on “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” Viola Davis made a stunning accusation. The information that she divulged was not the shocking part of it…
Oh wow! Check out the Nick Cannon. Dude is getting ready to make another big move. He’s bringing back “Soul Train.” Yep, you read that correctly. At this weekend’s American Black Film Festival in South Beach, Cannon revealed that he recently struck a deal to bring the musical variety show to NBC, via his production […]
Jamie Foxx snd Channing Tatum seem like a comic match and in “White House Down” that potential is on display. Although it’s an action movie, the two actors manage to include a lot of laughs, mostly at Republicans expense. In “White House Down”, Jamie Foxx plays President Sawyer by way of President Obama and Channing […]
Rapper turned actor Ice-T is making more moves in the world of film production. After tasting some success with his documentary “The Art of Rap,”…
TV One recently released the superteaser for the premiere of “R&B Divas L.A.,” it looks like it’s going to be great TV! The “R&B Divas…
