This weekend, Oprah Winfrey brings her interviewing talents to “Oprah’s Next Chapter” by interviewing her own co-star in The Butler, Forest Whitaker, along with Michael B. Jordan, Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor, all of whom turned in stellar movie performances this year. In the movies this week, Whitaker and Zoe Saldana are the only black folks […]
The Detroit-born crooner with the sultry voice has surely helped many couples with family planning. This winter, Kem, whose brand of soothing, sexy, jazz-laced R&B is already winning, released his latest Christmas CD entitled What Christmas Means. For Kem, a deluxe re-rerelease means five holiday classics and five original songs including a duet with Ledisi […]
Aretha Franklin is back, in good health and ready to rock and roll. After recovering from an undisclosed illness, The Queen of Soul returns to performing at the Motor City Casino in Detroit on December 21st and at Radio City Music Hall on January 17 and 18th and she wants her fans to know she’s […]
While recent awards shows have been a disappointment for R&B fans, there’s one show every year you can count on for showcasing the best in Black soul and R&B talent. The annual Soul Train Music Awards airs on Sunday, December 1 on BET and Centric at 8 p.m. and this year, Anthony Anderson does the honors […]
John Legend is a newlywed, but that doesn’t mean the show won’t go on. Just a few months after his marriage to longtime girlfriend Chrissy Teigen this summer, Legend’s back on the road. One of his most important tour stops, though is on theFantastic Voyage 2014 which sails down to St. Thomas from March 16-23. […]
Charlie Wilson will be on board the Fantastic Voyage 2014 and that’s good news for music fans. He took some good-natured ribbing from the TJMS team this morning, with the crew joking about how he performs in three cities a day, and with J. Anthony Brown saying he was so good he opens for himself. […]
Fantasia says that she’s enjoying this season in her life, starring as the featured guest in the new Broadway musical “After Midnight.” Along with host Dule Hill and some of the greatest dance and singing talent on Broadway, they recreate the feeling of the famed Cotton Club nightclub with an array of musical numbers. Fantasia […]
Chris Brown’s in trouble again? Given his recent history, that’s hardly a surprise. In his latest encounter, after partying into the wee hours in a D.C. nightclub, Brown allegedly got into a confrontation with two young men who wanted to take a picture. Accused of throwing both gay slurs and ‘bows that broke one man’s […]
For IPAD/IPOD users: The 90’s group TLC weathered its fair share of drama – everything from Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes torching her NFL boyfriend’s mansion to the group’s bankruptcy and subsequent fallout with manager Pebbles even while selling millions of records. And then, of course, Lopes’ untimely death in 2002 at the age of 30 […]
“12 Years A Slave’ opens nationwide this weekend. The movie, about free man Solomon Northrup‘s 12 years in slavery after he was abducted has received rave reviews, but as we say in our review and in our story about who might take caution before buying that ticket, it’s a difficult movie to watch. Thankfully we’ve […]
Singer/songwriter Lyfe Jennings is now in a good place. He says his fifth recording “Lucid,” comes from that more positive outlook. “Lucid” Is clarity. I’m sure it’s no secret; I had a lot of ups and downs,” Lyfe told the Tom Joyner Morning Show. “I got incarcerated again. I had a little situation but that […]
It will for sure be a fantastic voyage next year. George Clinton, the grandmaster of funk, will join Tom, Sybil and Jay on the 2014 Fantastic Voyage taking place onboard the Carnival Conquest March 16-24th. He may not look like the old George Ciinton, but the funk is still alive. Ciinton’s longtime style look of […]
