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Carrie Fisher, the iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, died Tuesday following a massive heart attack last week. She was 60. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” Simon Halls, a spokesperson for Fisher’s […]
“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” Simon Halls said in a statement released on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd. Fisher suffered a “cardiac episode” on a flight that was bound for Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. […]
Mary J. Blige says her “heart is okay” amid her emotional divorce from her husband of 12 years, Kendu Isaacs. The R&B singer opened up about the breakup during a Wednesday appearance on Good Morning America, saying, “I’m hanging in there.” “No one wants to go through this, and this is hard,” she told Robin […]
getty images: Comedian and actor Ricky Harris, who had a recurring role in Chris Rock’s “Everybody Hates Chris” sitcom and voiced several characters that appeared in Hip Hop albums, died Monday. He was 54. A cause was not immediately available but Harris’ manager, Cindy Ambers, said the comedian suffered a heart attack two years ago, […]
British pop star George Michael, the musician who first shot to fame with the 1980s duo Wham!, has died, his family said in a statement. He was 53 years old. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period,” […]
Just in time for the theatrical debut of Hidden Figures, the film’s stars are absolutely stunning on the February 2017 cover of Essence. In addition, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monàe each have their own covers Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson: Three African-American women who worked with NASA and were the brains behind the operation that […]
In an interview with Hollywood.com ‘Hidden Figures’ author Margot Lee Shetterly talked about the Black Engineers at NASA whom she met through her father, here’s a sneak peak of the interview: Though her father was a research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, writer, researcher, and entrepreneur Margot Lee Shetterly knew very little of the Black […]
Alan Thicke died after his aorta artery tore then ruptured last week, according to his death certificate released Wednesday. The details emerged after the “Growing Pains” star died Dec. 13 at 69. He was buried Monday in Santa Barbara, California. The Canadian actor had enjoyed a lengthy career on both sides of the border. He […]
The blue music of “Fences” sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington’s long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson’s masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow. Transfers from stage to screen often serve up only a pale reflection of the electric, live-wire theater experience. But Washington, in his good sense, has neither strained to make August’s Pulitzer […]
Singer Angie Stone is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, actress and mother. As a member of the cast of R&B Divas, she’s also topped the U.S. Billboard R&B and Dance charts One of her hit songs was “Brotha” which many play on Father’s Day as a salute to Black men. But there’s an interesting story […]
Tamar Braxton recently got real about “The Real” with talk show host Bishop T.D. Jakes. When asked about the show’s well-documented ratings dip since her firing in May, she quipped, “Whew Lord, ain’t that terrible. Lord Jesus. Pump em Lord. Save it. Resuscitate it.” But when Jakes asked her if she would come back to the show if asked, she […]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Journey, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra and Joan Baez will all join the class of 2017. Chic’s Nile Rodgers will be given the Award For Musical Excellence. The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April […]