Entertainment
What happens when you mix the formula from “The View” with five successful African-American women in entertainment? You get Magic Johnson’s new talk show “Exhale!” The business mogul has just greenlit a new series on his Apsire network, which will star producer and “Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl” creator Issa Rae, former ESSENCE editor-in-chief Angela Burt-Murray, […]
It’s prom season and two of Hollywood’s most successful businessmen recently wished their daughters off to a great night. Magic Johnson’s daughter Elisa and LL Cool J’s daughter Samaria went to their senior prom last Friday. The two girls are not only attend the same high school, but called each other BFFs. Magic shared a […]
GSN announced that they have another Christian-based show in the works. The new program will be called ‘It Takes a Church’. The new show slated to join the GSN titled ‘It Takes a Church’ will be a dating show with a twist. It’s not like the Dating Game of decades ago where a woman or man blindly […]
Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis in Sony’s forthcoming reboot of “Annie.” The update of the classic comic strip-turned-musical would see Foxx as a character named Benjamin Stacks, a variation of the Daddy Warbucks personage, who takes in the spunky orphan girl being played by Wallis. Foxx has received […]
Cicely Tyson, Patina Miller, Billy Porter and Valisia LeKae are among the nominees up for a 2013 Tony Award. Tyson received a nod for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her starring role in “The Trip to Bountiful,” which itself was nominated for Best Revival of a Play. Pippen and its star Miller each […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson‘s words and music rang through a courtroom once again on Monday — this time at the start of wrongful death trial — as a lawyer tried to show jurors the pop singer’s loving relationship with his mother and children. Jackson’s praise for his mother brought tears to her eyes, […]
Sheree Fletcher is telling all the business about season two of “Hollywood Exes.” In an interview with Sister 2 Sister, the reality show star described it as “fire and ice” saying fans are going to be in for a lot of drama. “You kinda have to watch to understand what I’m saying, but it gets […]
If ever there was a time to be private, childbirth would be appropriate. Ain’t no body got time for that! But Tamar Braxton wants to share the experience with her fans and followers via the next season of “Tamar & Vince.” Maybe this episode should be called, “Tamar” because she’s moving forward with the taping […]
Fantasia is back out on the scene with a new album, new attitude and new slimmer figure! In a recent interview with Essence.com, the “Lose to Win” singer revealed how she was able to drop 50 pounds after the birth of her son and get back in shape in time for her album’s release. “Working out […]
Ray-J “I Hit It First” [BHS] Stevie J may have a bus but that’s no comparison to Ray J’s jet, which makes an appearance in the behind the scenes footage for his controversial video “I Hit It First.” Ostentatious as usual, Ray-J finds himself in the midst of beautiful women and fancy cars while enjoying his current […]
Vibe magazine has seen better days. According to the New York Times, the 21-year-old R&B and hip-hop magazine has been brought out by SpinMedia, the company that houses websites like TMZ, Gawker, BuzzFeed and JustJared. The sale, which was for a disclosed amount, also included Vibe.com and Vibevixen.com. Steve Hansen, SpinMedia’s chief executive, described the magazine […]
We don’t know much about Chris Brown’s father except he still lives in their hometown of Tappahannock, VA and apparently he really disapproves of his son’s on-again off-again relationship with Rihanna. “I personally really didn’t want him and Rihanna back together,” Clinton Brown said in a recent interview with the Daily News. “You have to have a balance […]
