Entertainment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and head of the film studio, nearly three months after a massive hack hit the company and revealed embarrassing emails. Pascal, one of the most powerful women in Hollywood and the force behind such critical and commercial hits as “The […]
Rapper Young Thug, at 22-years old, says Jay Z may be a good rapper and all, but he’s old. “I don’t want to rap forever… I don’t want to be 50 years old and rapping, man. I’m pretty sure nobody wants to do that,” he told GQ magazine. Jay Z is actually 45, but according […]
The Grammys have announced that Beyonce has been added to the list of performers, joining Madonna, Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and, as of this morning, Katy Perry. Don’t expect her to try and out-sexify last year’s steamy “Drunk in Love” chair performance alongside her husband Jay Z. This time, she’ll be singing “Take […]
Missy Elliott‘s amazing Super Bowl Halftime performance garnered much praise. Her record sales increased significantly, due to her guest appearance, according to Billboard. Industry sources confirmed Elliott’s sales increased by nearly 1000 percent for the week ending February 1, which equals to about 70,000 downloads sold. Elliott was missing from the music industry. She’s been […]
Dang, poor Bobby Brown is going through it these days. As you know, he’s dealing with the terrible situation of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, who is reportedly brain dead and fighting for her life. Now, on top of all that, according to TMZ, his wife is with child. We’ve learned Bobby’s wife, Alicia Etheredge, is […]
UPDATE: PEOPLE is reporting the family members of Bobbi Kristina Brown have been told to say their last goodbyes. The site reports, a “doctor told her family that nothing more could be done. ” This news comes after reports surfaced that Bobbi was found face down in a tub by her friend. Read about that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has been released from the hospital a day after complaining of chest pains. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Kelvin Moody says Knight was released and taken into custody around 9 p.m. Wednesday. The 49-year-old Knight complained of chest pains Tuesday about an hour after […]
Reports about Bobbi Kristina Brown, currently in an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive in a bathroom at her Roswell, Georgia home last weekend continue to be speculative and conflicting. It is unknown what condition Brown is in, though reports have said she is on life support while others have said she is improving. Her […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday for incorrectly claiming as recently as last week that he rode on a helicopter that came under enemy fire when he was reporting in Iraq in 2003. Instead, Williams said, he was in another helicopter trailing a Chinook that actually was hit. He […]
There are many reality TV options to watch these days and several Black families in a crowded TV landscape. If you can remember back to the days when there were only three major channels and Black folks were few and far between, you can appreciate all the exposure various types of Black families get these […]
If you’ve been near anything that produces musical sound lately you’ve heard the Motown- like sounds of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s infectious “Uptown Funk.” If you think their version is great, well, it is, but there’s a more presidential remix available. Yup, President Obama has taken his stab at “Uptown Funk” and we think […]
Socio-political funny man, W. Kamau Bell (pictured) was served up a side of racism when an employee at a Berkeley, California eatery mistook him for…
