In 2009, a young man named Oscar Grant III was headed home to Oakland from New Year’s Eve partying in neighboring San Francisco. He never made it. After a fight in a subway car, the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train was stopped and officers responding to the scene detained and handcuffed several young men […]
Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Wanda Johnson, the mother of the slain Oscar Grant, about the film “Fruitvale Station” and her son’s death. Plus, Ms. Johnson expresses the fears she had about the film being created, gives her take on Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer‘s Oscar worthy portrayals of she and her son. […]
Octavia Spencer has been added to the cast of “Black and White,” a project that mixes racial tension with a bitter custody battle and reteams star Kevin Costner with his “Upside Of Anger” director Mike Binder. The drama focuses on attorney Elliot Anderson (Costner) who is widowed after the car crash death of his wife. […]
Octavia Spencer is 20 pounds lighter and looking more fabulous than ever! The Oscar Award-winning actress shows off her new slim figure in a promotional video for Sensa, a powder-like dieting product that is sprinkled on food to decrease appetite and make you feel full faster. Spencer is the new spokesperson for the brand and […]
Jennifer Hudson and Octavia Spencer will be sharing the screen in the soon-to-premiere Lifetime original movie event Call Me Crazy: A Five Film. The Oscar Award-winning actresses are joining an all-star cast for the project, which is a remake to last year’s critically acclaimed film Five. According to Broadway World, Call Me Crazy will focus on themes of mental health […]
Huggy Lowdown announces this week’s “Bama of the Week” but in this case one special celebrity is named “Bama for Life” and after his recent jail sentence it’s not hard to guess who it is. ———————- TOM JOYNER: And now it’s time for the Celebrity Snitch, Huggy Low Down. Huggy! HUGGY LOWDOWN: What’s the deal, […]
I guess E! thinks all black people look-alike, because during last night’s pre-Oscar red carpet festivities the network mixed up two actresses who look nothing alike. The mix-up occurred on “E! Live From the Red Carpet” when the network flashed “Viola Davis: Won’t Back Down” across the screen in front of an image of actress […]
Sadly, many of this year’s entertainment stories dealt with loss. From the very beginning of the year, death would set the tone for 2012. In this year we lost some legends. There was one definite high note for the year, though, in President Obama’s reelection. Here were some of the most talked about entertainment stories […]
