Entertainment
Chicago is grabbing the TV spotlight with two new series, the comedy “Superior Donuts” and the drama “The Chi.” The CBS sitcom, based on a Tracy Letts play, stars Judd Hirsch as a doughnut shop owner who refuses to change along with his gentrifying neighborhood. Jermaine Fowler plays the young employee who tries to […]
11-time Grammy nominee Charlie Wilson is going on tour with Johnny Gill and Fantasia! Charlie, Johnny Gill and Fantasia talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what to expect from their tour, new music and much more! Johnny Gill explains what to expect from the show: “There is no better way to start […]
Will Rihanna, Bruno Mars and the Weekend be part of the Grammy’s Prince tribute? According to Billboard.com, those are the artists that have been approached to do a tribute for the upcoming music awards show airing on February 12 at 8 p.m. This comes along with news that Prince’s estate may announce new streaming deals […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement to handle their divorce in a private forum and will work together to reunify their family, the actors announced in a joint statement Monday. Their statement released Monday night to The Associated Press said that they will keep future details of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With an ongoing taste for space, moviegoers propelled the NASA drama “Hidden Figures” past “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at the box office. “Hidden Figures,” which tells the true story of three black female mathematicians integral to the early success of the American space program, sold $22.8 million in tickets […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A story shared on social media that claims President Barack Obama pardoned rapper C-Murder is false. The story shared on gummypost.com claimed Obama issued a pardon for Corey Miller, the rapper’s real name, on Dec. 7. It also quoted lyrics from “Dear Supreme Court/Under Pressure,” a song in which Miller pleads for […]
#HiddenFences became a hilarious hashtag during the Golden Globes red carpet last night and continued well into the show and beyond after NBC’s red carpet correspondent Jenna Bush Hager mistakenly mixed up the titles of two current African American films. Bush Hager was covering her first red carpet for the network Sunday when she said […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Color Purple” had a special guest in the audience as it bid farewell to Broadway — Hillary Clinton. The former presidential candidate and her husband attended the matinee performance Sunday at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the show’s last after a run of 482 performances. According to theater-goers, the Clinton’s […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Actress Meryl Streep earned a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes on Sunday and in accepting turned the spotlight away from herself and took shots at President-elect Donald Trump, without mentioning his name. Streep said a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail, noting […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg is being targeted by a North Carolina county commissioner over her comments about President-elect Donald Trump. Local media reports New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White used Facebook to criticize Cape Fear Community College for hosting Goldberg’s concert June 23. White asked if taxpayers were […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The performing rights organization BMI is the latest group to distance itself from gospel singer Kim Burrell after video surfaced of her referring to gays and lesbians as perverted. A statement from BMI released Friday said Burrell will no longer be honored and she was pulled from their annual BMI Trailblazers […]
Those who are interested in the running beef between Chris Brown and Soulja Boy should be interested in learning how all the stupidity began. To that end, Soulja Boy is spilling the tea about the situation. The ATL rapper says his beef with the R&B singer was caused by his relationship with Rihanna. Soulja, along […]
