Gossip

A delusional DMX is out to get Oprah and OWN. Apparently DMX still can’t get over the recent interview/intervention fail by Iyanla Vanzant that was televised over OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). If you saw his episode of “Iyanla Fix My Life,” you know he came off like a raving maniac. But he keeps insisting that […]

Gossip

Iyanla Vanzant’s debut with DMX, as crazy as it was, happened to be a very successful show. According to reports, “Fix My Life” has seen an overall 22 percent increase in ratings since it’s debut in the fall. But what took the show over the top last weekend was DMX’s interview with the life coach. […]

Entertainment

If you missed the DMX episode of Iyanla Vanzant’s OWN show, “Fix My Life,” you missed some real drama and a harsh reality. The rapper made a big fuss on the show when he and the life coach went at each other’s throats and he also blew up at his son, Xavier. The show didn’t […]

Entertainment

“It is easier to raise strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass Douglass said those words years ago, but their wisdom is timeless. Watching DMX on the latest episode of “Iyanla, Fix My Life,” I was reminded of them. The rapper/actor, born Earl Simmons, agreed to appear on the show at the urging […]

If You Missed It, Originals

Chris Paul on Diddy’s bed-wetting, Iyanla and DMX’s blowup and black folks’ love for social media. ————— This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. I just saw a preview for the upcoming season of Iyanla Vanzant’s Fix My Life.  And Iyanla sits […]

TV & Film

Iyanla Vanzant has been a catalyst of change for many celebrities. Her next clients include troubled rapper DMX and seemingly lost reality show star, Sheree Whitfield. The celebrities will be the focus of the show’s first two episodes of it new season on OWN. In the season opener on April 13, the life coach will […]

Sweetie Pie’s is saving Oprah Winfrey’s television network. Actually, a more strategic effort to offer exclusive black programming is significantly boosting ratings for OWN, Winfrey’s struggling two-year-old network that has caused major headaches for executives of Discovery Communications, the company that leveraged a reported $300 million to get OWN up and running. But today, OWN […]

TV & Film

Just call her the fixer. Iyanla Vanzant has helped regular people and celebrities on her new show “Iyanla, Fix My Life.” But on the next edition, Vanzant takes on one of her biggest challenges in troubled actress Maia Campbell. The former “In the House” actress that once had a record deal with Atlantic Records was […]

Just call her the fixer. Iyanla Vanzant has helped regular people and celebrities on her new show “Iyanla, Fix My Life.” But on the next edition, Vanzant takes on one of her biggest challenges in troubled actress Maia Campbell. The former “In the House” actress that once had a record deal with Atlantic Records was […]

TV & Film

The reality star sat with Iyanla Vanzant to chat about her life, love and now failed marriage. From her tragically childish behavior on “Basketball Wives” and her broken union with former bestie Jennifer Williams; to the family history of violence and division, Iyanla helped break down all the baggage Evelyn’s been holding on to from […]

Iyanla Vanzant isn’t just the woman who offers support to people in trouble on her new OWN show “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” debuting September 15 at 10 p.m. with Evelyn Lozada. (A second follow-up show with Lozada airs on September 22 at 10 p.m.) The author/teacher/healer knows of what she speaks – having overcome domestic […]

TV & Film

Iyanla Vanzant isn’t just the woman who offers support to people in trouble on her new OWN show “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” debuting September 15 at 10 p.m. with Evelyn Lozada. (A second follow-up show with Lozada airs on September 22 at 10 p.m.) The author/teacher/healer knows of what she speaks – having overcome domestic […]