VH1 has moved quickly to renew “Hip Hop Squares” for a second season following record ratings, including giving the network its highest-rated premiere in more than a year. The series, produced by Ice Cube and hosted by DeRay Davis, revisits the classic game show format with celebrity players drawn from the world of hip hop, […]
The current season of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” is in the books which means the show’s post season, better known as the reunion season, is just about ready to kick-off. Normally the reunion season of “RHOA” and other “Housewives” shows consist of 3 shows, but because this past season served up so many lies and […]
CHICAGO (AP) — An actor on the television show “Empire” has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago. Police say 46-year-old Morocco Omari was arrested Wednesday afternoon. They say officers were called to the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side by a 24-year-old woman who identified herself as Omari’s girlfriend. She […]
TLC took to Kickstarter again to announce a release date for its upcoming crowdsourced album, and to take suggestions on what they should call the release. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of the R&B group will drop the highly anticipated comeback album on June 30, per the new Kickstarter post by their […]
“Empire” star Terrence Howard has been cast in the teen romantic drama “Life in a Year,” directed by Mitja Okorn for Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment, reports Deadline. Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars as Daryn, who falls for a punkish girl Isabelle, who has been diagnosed with cancer and given a year to live. He sets […]
Each week things heat up and Wednesday’s episode was no different! Let’s jump in. Cato hosts a prestigious party in Philadelphia attended by Frederick Douglass (played by the show’s Executive Producer, John Legend) and other prominent abolitionists to discuss the cause, but not before chaos ensues. Back at the boarding house, hunters arrest Georgia for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube TV, Google’s new streaming package of about 40 television channels, is the tech industry’s latest bid to get cable-shunning millennials to pay for live TV over the internet. It offers intriguing advantages over rivals, but it remains hobbled by a limited channel selection. Don’t confuse the YouTube service, which debuts […]
TMZ was among a gaggle of paps who swarmed Nia Long in Beverly Hills Tuesday and asked about her beef with Taraji P. Henson that went down on the set of “Empire.” The actress insisted there was never any beef with Henson, and that reports of her threatening to sue the show over an improper goodbye were false. “There was no […]
The Brooklyn Museum held its seventh annual Brooklyn Artists Ball on Monday, and the seated dinner reception included a special tribute to Alicia Keys and museum trustee (and Keys’ husband) Swizz Beatz. According to Billboard, attendees — including Lenny Kravitz and Fab 5 Freddy – were asked to wear blue as a nod to the […]
The judge in Bill Cosby’s criminal sex assault case expects the trial to last about two weeks and hopes to seat a jury before the proceeding opens June 5 in suburban Philadelphia, according to The Hollywood Reporter. During the pretrial hearing Monday (April 3), Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill said he hopes to pick jurors […]
Tyra Banks is bringing a big change to “America’s Next Top Model” when she returns as host for the upcoming 24th cycle. The model and producer announced via Twitter that the show will do away with the contestant age limit, which means folks older than the previous age limit of 27 may now apply. Additionally, […]
R&B songstress Keke Wyatt has confirmed recent reports that she is expecting her ninth child…and fourth child with husband Michael Ford. “My family is excited. We come from big families where I’m from,” the “R&B Divas” star said in a statement released by her team. “Everyone knows my work doesn’t stop when I’m pregnant so […]
