CHICAGO (AP) — He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his “fate was sealed” when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant […]
Roland Martin talks with sports and popular culture commentator Bomani Jones about Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
LONDON (AP) — On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: He was stripped of a bronze medal won at the 2000 Sydney Games. The International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to […]
Essence will honor Hollywood heavyweights Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard and Gabrielle Union in a ceremony next month. The sixth annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon will recognize women in the film industry on February 21, 2013. The popular magazine will present media mogul Oprah Winfrey with the Power Award while honoring Alfre Woodard with the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — GLAAD has named the film “Cloud Atlas,” AMC’s reality show “Small Town Security,” and the New Yorker magazine among its nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced on Wednesday 120 nominees in English-language categories and 33 nominees in Spanish-language categories. Other nominees […]
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 […]
Oprah Winfrey has booked disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong for his first interview since he was stripped of seven Tour de France titles over doping allegations. On a special 90-minute Thursday night episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” airing Jan. 17 (9 – 10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on OWN, Armstrong will address the his entire scandal, including years […]
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced four new unscripted series for 2013, including a reality show surrounding comedienne Kym Whitley and her friends. Additionally, the network has set May 29 as a premiere date for its first scripted series from Tyler Perry, drama “The Haves and the Have Nots” and half-hour comedy “Love Thy Neighbor.” “Raising […]
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 […]
MVEZO, South Africa (AP) — A couple of decades ago, Nelson Mandela grew withdrawn while feasting with his family on Christmas Day in the part of rural South Africa where the anti-apartheid leader lived as a child. Alarmed by the patriarch’s silence, some relatives looked at him and asked if anything was wrong. “‘I’m just […]
MVEZO, South Africa (AP) — A couple of decades ago, Nelson Mandela grew withdrawn while feasting with his family on Christmas Day in the part of rural South Africa where the anti-apartheid leader lived as a child. Alarmed by the patriarch’s silence, some relatives looked at him and asked if anything was wrong. “‘I’m just […]
The Hollywood Reporter sat down with Oprah Winfrey to chat about the huge reversal in fortune of her OWN cable channel and the lessons she’s learned. “I’m not doing the hula yet …but compared to a year ago, it feels like a sigh of relief,” says Winfrey between sips of iced tea on her sprawling […]
