TV is enjoying somewhat of a Golden Age. While the Oscars remains #sowhite in most of its prestigious offerings, there is a great swatch of diversity across TV including several shows where Black characters are either the main focus of the show or are the lead of an ensemble cast. In some of the shows […]
Deborah Joy Winans stars in OWN’s most talked about series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee and also performs the lead single from the show’s soundtrack, The Master’s Calling. Her role on Greenleaf: “My character is pregnant with twins. My husband is confused. He doesn’t know what he likes, so he’s got to figure that […]
Plus, St. Paul high school creates scholarship in honor of Philando Castile and a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in central Italy kills at least 159.
Tyrese Gibson announced on Monday (Aug. 1) that he and Rev Run will not be back on OWN for a second season of their talk show, “It’s Not You, It’s Men.” The singer/actor took to Instagram to share the news with his followers, in addition to revealing the advice Oprah Winfrey gave him following news […]
The new season of Flex and Shanice premiered last Saturday, July 9 and episode two shows the family dynamic between the husband and wife duo and their hilarious in-laws. The couple talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about moving past their financial issues, their in-laws and why season two will show the pair back on […]
OWN’s newest hour long scripted drama Greenleaf follows the lives of the incredibly wealthy and powerful Greenleaf family and their Memphis megachurch, Calvary Fellowship World Ministries. In her first reoccurring role in two decades Oprah Winfrey plays the role of Mavis McCready, a blues club owner and aunt to Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge) and sister to Lady Mae […]
Tika Sumpter‘s fiery character Candace returns to this season of “The Haves and Have Nots” and the girl you love to hate just may be getting back on your good side — maybe. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the new season and her role as Michelle Robinson in “Southside With You,” in […]
It’s on at OWN. Oprah Winfrey has dipped her toe into the controversial waters of the Black church with Greenleaf, set to debut tonight on OWN at 10 p.m. Saints, clutch your pearls. In the first episode, everything from possible incest to betrayal to murder to God’s purpose is touched upon. Greenleaf is best described […]
Oprah Winfrey is back acting on TV! The billionaire, philanthropist, actress, producer, and OWN’s HWIC (Head Woman In Charge) is one of the stars in the network’s latest scripted series’ Greenleaf. The show which centers around the inner-workings of a Mega Church in Memphis, Tennessee run by a family of saints… and sinners. It stars Lamman Rucker, Keith […]
While out doing promo for the second season of Livin’ Lozada, in an interview with Life & Style, Evelyn Lozada reveals that she lost another unborn baby in 2015. “I miscarried on Thanksgiving Day,” said Evelyn. “I was like, ‘This cannot be happening to my life again. I was literally miscarrying my baby,” but she kept it […]
For decades, my girl Oprah has spoken passionately about “intention.” She’s famously asked many guests what their “intention” was before sitting down to talk with them, and she seems grounded in a belief that if your intention is pure and significant, your work will bear fruit. So it was not really a surprise to learn […]
Oprah Winfrey once described “Raising Whitley” as one of the three shows that helped OWN “turn the corner” towards success. Now the network, which was recently named the “most-watched network for African-American women,” has decided to cancel a series. AlwaysAList.com has learned that OWN will not be renewing its popular reality series “Raising Whitley” for […]
