Actress Zendaya has exited the Lifetime TV production of the Aaliyah biopic, the network confirmed on Sunday. “We are sad Zendaya will no longer portray Aaliyah. Production is currently on hold,” Lifetime’s public relations department said on Twitter. It was confirmation of a statement that Zendaya’s representative to E! News earlier on Sunday saying the 17-year-old Disney star “is […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Merry Clayton (pictured second from right) the veteran backup singer who was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, is recovering after being seriously injured in an automobile accident. Clayton’s manager, Alan Abrahams, said in a statement Monday that the 65-year-old singer suffered “severe injuries to her lower body, including […]
Disney Channel star Zendaya Coleman will portray Aaliyah in a Lifetime Original Movie about the life of the actress and R&B star who, at the height of her fame, died tragically in a plane crash. The film, with the working title Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, is based on the bestseller Aaliyah: More Than a Woman by […]
Get ready. The fourth season of the WEtv reality show Braxton Family Values is headed back to your TV screen in August. And to get you ready for the hit reality TV series, WEtv has released what many are describing as a “shocking” trailer for the series. “BFV” viewers know it’s no secret that the Braxton sisters don’t always […]
If you’ve been wondering what happened to former cute couple NBA player Daniel “Boobie” Gibson and his estranged wife, singer Keyshia Cole, well, Cole hinted at it in a radio interview and through a few songs and of course, social media posts. But now Cole’s estranged husband has come forth with his view of things […]
Kelly Price is back doing what she does best – singing. The former star of TV One’s hit reality show, R&B Divas, a show that threatened to derail her career, has a new release Sing Pray Love out on June 3. The big-voiced singer known for classic songs like “Friend of Mine” and as the voice […]
Toni Braxton’s new book Unbreak My Heart details the real struggle behind her glamorous life. In her book, Braxton spares little detail about the challenges she’s faced, from getting an abortion while engaged to her future husband Keri Lewis, to her numerous health challenges to growing up in a restrictive church. But on the Tom […]
Kelly Price is coming into the “greatest season” of her life and she is celebrating lessons learned with a new album, appropriately titled Sing Pray Love. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat, Pray, Love,” Price sat down with ESSENCE.com to talk about the new music, her own “Eat, Pray, Love” moments, and healing from her season on […]
Give R&B Divas: Atlanta star Keke Wyatt a little credit. If she was confronted with a scepter and provoked, she would at least pray afterwards. But if you watch R&B Divas: Atlanta you know she wouldn’t run from a confrontation. “First I would be human and respond the same way and then pray and say Oh […]
Don’t mess with the Queen. That’s what a satirical website is learning after a story they published went viral and people believed it was true. Website Thenewsnerd.com published a story that said that Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle came to blows at a concert in Atlanta on March 20th. In the story the website says […]
Twenty years after Brandy’s debut single “I Wanna Be Down” was remixed with rappers Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Yo-Yo – all four ladies will celebrate its anniversary on Tuesday’s episode of The Queen Latifah Show. Also, MC Lyte and Yo Yo tell Queen how they are still involved with empowering young women artists through […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The fellas love Aretha Franklin: Denzel Washington helped the Queen of Soul celebrate her 72nd birthday in style, and Andre 3000 and Babyface are working on new music for the icon. Franklin held an exclusive and small party Saturday in New York City for her birthday, which is on Tuesday. Washington […]
