Oprah Winfrey Network has postponed their planned documentary on Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL. “After careful consideration and discussion…

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Another Black celebrity family hits TV screens this month with actor Flex Alexander and his wife, 90’s R&B singer Shanice. Flex and Shanice premieres on OWN on Saturday, May 31 at 10 p.m. The one-hour special reacquaints fans with the singer best known for her Grammy-nominated hit, “I Love Your Smile,” and the actor from the hit TV show, […]

Russ Parr Interviews

Life coach and relationship expert Iyanla Vanzant is the star of the award-winning reality series “Iyanla: Fix My Life” on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Listen to the audio player as Vanzant and Russ Parr talk about the show’s 2014 NAACP Image Award win, her show’s upcoming fourth season, working with Love & Hip Hop’s […]

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OWN premieres a new season of Iyanla: Fix My Life next month with an episode featuring rapper/actor Saigon of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: NY and his on-again-off-again lover and baby mama, Erica. Bestselling author and acclaimed spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant tries to help them understand how years of fighting, resentment and a failure […]

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The Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that Toni Braxton is set to star as Darlene Love in the network’s first scripted TV film “My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story.” Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (“Twenty Feet From Stardom”), “My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story” features […]

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If you ever wanted to see Oprah in your city, you just may be in luck. Lady O has announced “Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend,” an eight-city arena tour featuring Winfrey and a team of special guests, sponsored by Olay and Toyota. Each tour stop will span two days. On Friday nights, Oprah will […]

Tyler Perry’s latest movie Single Moms Club puts him with Nia Long and Amy Smart but he’s been in good company for some time with Oprah Winfrey. The dynamic duo just saw record ratings on the Oprah Winfrey Network  for the season finale of Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots, which scored an OWN […]

It looks like Tyler Perry and pal Oprah Winfrey have been keeping a big secret up their sleeves! The dynamic duo appears to be working…

The nighttime soap, The Haves and the Have Nots, on OWN already has at least one prominent celebrity fan – our own Tom Joyner. His crush on actress Tika Sumpter, who plays Candace, is one of the reasons, but there’s plenty of acting talent on the show. Gavin Houston, who plays Jeffrey Harrington is another fan […]

Oprah Winfrey is coming for BET and any other Black network that wants to be relevant. Her OWN network has already signed another Tyler Perry series based on the upcoming movie Single Mom’s Club and now she’s got a reality show sure to please fans of Basketball Wives and The Game. Former WNBA player Pamela […]

The Tyler Perry takeover is in effect, at least on the OWN Network. Tonight at 9 p.m., the second season of Love Thy Neighbor kicks off. Palmer Williams is one of its stars. He plays Floyd Stanley Jackson, the co-owner of the restaurant that Hattie Mae runs. Williams is a veteran of Perry’s stage plays and […]

While Candace is on hiatus from her dirty dealings on “The Have and the Have Nots” until the show returns to OWN on January 7th, the actress that plays her, Tika Sumpter, has some other projects in the works. She’s starring with Tyler Perry in A Madea Christmas which comes to theaters this Friday. Listen […]