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It’s a new year and Aretha Franklin has plans to start fresh with trying to conquer her fear of flying. The Queen of Soul is gearing up for her first trip in the air during the first week of February. The trek, which will take Franklin from Detroit to Chicago, will be her first flight […]
During a live stream event observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day in New York, Creed director (who is a hottie himself) Ryan Coogler sat down with Roc Nation’s hottest rapper for an in depth interview and accidentally revealed that the North Carolina native was married. Ryan’s first question to J. Cole was “How has your life changed since you’ve been […]
“Straight Outta Compton” was nominated for best picture at the Critics’ Choice Awards, but the N.W.A. biopic was snubbed from the picture and acting categories in at the Oscars. Co-star O’Shea Jackson Jr., who plays his father Ice Cube, told USA Today he didn’t really “stress on” the Oscar omission at the Critics’ Choice carpet. […]
LONDON (AP) — A lack of diversity in films and television is not just an American problem, according to actor Idris Elba. Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is facing boycott calls and promising change after nominating an all-white roster of performers for the Oscars for the second year running. Elba, the London-born […]
It seems like most folks are feeling Jada Pinkett Smith as far as boycotting the Oscars (watch her response to the “white-out” here). Well, “most people” doesn’t include Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” TV series. Immediately one would wonder why Hubert would come out against Pinkett Smith. All […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley formed one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hits as “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” has died. Frey, 67, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative […]
Halle Berry‘s beauty is ageless. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t feel the pressure in Hollywood to go under the knife like her counterparts. Berry opened up to Yahoo! Beauty about these struggles with aging. “It is pressure,” Berry said. “When you see everybody around you doing it, you have those moments when you think, […]
You may not have heard, but Mo’Nique and her husband Sidney Hicks have created a podcast. According to Essence, in their new podcast titled “Open Relationship,” the couple is detailing their “open marriage” situation to the world. In the past when Mo’ spoke about their relationship as being “open,” it gave the impression that they […]
You probably won’t be surprised to learn that a pregnant Draya Michele and Orlando Scandrick are no longer an item … again. Sources connected to the couple say Draya broke things off with Orlando on January 1st. Among other problems, the couple had been spending too much time apart — with Orlando in Dallas […]
Yep, there’s a new champ at the box office. “Ride Along 2” roared into theaters and drove off with the top spot, overtaking the latest chapter in the space saga from the top spot it’s held for four weeks. The follow up to the 2014 hit starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube took in […]
MONTREAL (AP) — Daniel Dion, the older brother of pop singer Celine Dion, died Saturday, just two days after the death of the entertainer’s husband, Rene Angelil. Celine Dion’s representative Kim Jakwerth released a statement that Daniel Dion, 59, died Saturday surrounded by his family after battling cancer for several years. The statement said he […]
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Hannibal Buress calls it a weird surprise that his Bill Cosby “rapist” joke precipitated the star’s fall from grace. “I was doing a joke in my show and that shouldn’t influence public opinion. I don’t know if it should go that far,” Buress said Sunday. “It’s weird to me that a […]
