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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women and minorities are largely shut out of the ranks of TV series directors in a stubbornly unchanged pattern of hiring, according to a Hollywood guild study released Wednesday. The Directors Guild of America report said that employers have made no significant improvement in diversity among TV directors in the last […]
We can all agree that Sherri Shepherd has had a tough year. Not only did she leave The View after 7 years, she and her second husband, Lamar Sally, broke up and then became embroiled in a battle over their unborn surrogate. He claimed that she wanted nothing to do with the child, while she […]
A controversial new book, “Cosby: His Life and Times” by Mark Whitaker, claims that Bill Cosby had a sordid life when not playing the devoted family man on the small screen. The book alleges that Cosby repeatedly cheated on his wife, Camille, while enjoying a hard-partying, lavish lifestyle afforded his hit series “The Cosby Show,” […]
There are few public figures in any facet of our culture who are as out-spoken, controversial, and attention-grabbing as MC/producer/designer/director Kanye West. When he says something,…
Beyoncé sings about society’s pressure to be thin and pretty in her song “Pretty Hurts”. The lyrics point out how our culture, including the media, put a lot of pressure on women to be perfect. She mentions how “Vogue says, ‘Thinner is better'” and in the chorus, she concedes “pretty hurts”, before singing, “we shine […]
Movie mogul, playwright, director and actor extraordinaire Tyler Perry (pictured with kids) is known for being generous with his fortune. Perry has supported such causes as…
Kandi Burruss revealed that one of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” newbies will be slinging shade with the best of them this season! The recently married…
The Real” is apparently not a real draw for TV viewers Media sources report the Monday premiere of the syndicated talk show, featuring Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon, kicked off with less than great start. Preliminary numbers reveal “The Real” attracted a disheartening 0.9 rating/3 share in primary run […]
Queen Latifah wears many hats – rapper, actress, singer, producer and now talk show host with her own self-titled show heading into its second season. The New Jersey native says so far, she’s enjoying the ride. “I’m having fun,” she told the Tom Joyner Morning Show. “It’s almost like I left for the summer and […]
When it comes to roles for black women in Hollywood, Viola Davis says that there just aren’t that many quality parts for her and her acting sisters to sink into. “I don’t see anyone on TV like me in a role like this … a woman of color, of a certain age and a certain […]
The Daily Mail is reporting that the Doctor that performed the life-threatening procedure on the late Joan Rivers, took a selfie of the comedian before she went under the knife. The doctor performing a biopsy on Joan Rivers’ vocal cords stopped to take a selfie in the procedure room while the comedian was under anesthesia […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Tim Dog, who was accused of swindling women out of thousands of dollars, was dead when a warrant was issued for his arrest last year, according to a death certificate filed in Georgia. The rapper, whose real name was Timothy Blair, was best known for the 1990s song “F— Compton” that […]
