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The Carver County Sheriff’s Office says they were dispatched on a medical call at Paisley Park Studios at 9:43 a.m. When deputies arrived on scene, they found an unresponsive man in an elevator. First responders performed CPR but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m. and identified as Prince Rogers […]
Bryshere Y. Gray of “Empire” is among the stars of BET’s drama about influential boy band New Edition. BET said Wednesday that Gray will play band member Michael Bivins in the three-part “New Edition: The Movie.” He will be joined by Elijah Kelley (“The Butler”) as Ricky Bell; singer-songwriter Luke James as Johnny Gill; Algee […]
Family Christian is partnering with local churches across the nation to offer hundreds of free screenings of War Room, a movie about prayer that became a #1 movie in US theaters last year, and is driving record-breaking DVD sales. The event leads into National Day of Prayer on May 5. “Family Christian is grateful for the […]
Article By Paige Collins // EEW Magazine Entertainment News Stars Karen Abercrombie and TC Stallings from Fall 2015’s surprise box office number 1 hit “War Room” reunite in a new project titled “God’s Compass,” releasing on DVD May 3, 2016. Filmed in partnership with Liberty University’s Cinematic Arts department and WTA Group, God’s Compass will […]
Director Antoine Fuqua knew he’d have to pull out some stops to convince Denzel Washington to saddle up for The Magnificent Seven. After all, Washington had never done a Western. And there are big shoes to fill: Yul Brynner led an immortal cast (including Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson) in the original 1960 tale of gunslingers banding together to save a Mexican village from marauding […]
Toni Braxton is known as a highly successful R&B singer and songwriter. She has many accolades in the music industry selling over 67 million records, 41 million records and her accomplishments also include acting on Broadway and being a highly successful Executive Producer of several reality shows. But, even with all of the successes […]
Doris Roberts, who played the tart-tongued, endlessly meddling Marie Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has died, a family spokeswoman said. She was 90. Roberts died overnight in her sleep, spokeswoman Janet Daily said Monday. Daily was told of the death by Roberts’ son, Michael Cannata. The cause of death was not immediately known. Roberts had […]
The hit musical about Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is coming back to Broadway this summer led by an actor who actually met the music icon long before he won the part to play him. At a party celebrating the opening of “Motown the Musical” in Los Angeles last summer, Chester Gregory shook hands with the […]
Ciara is delighted by living in the moment, having accomplished things she remembers dreaming of as teenager: Becoming a world famous singer, selling millions of records, becoming a mother and creating a family. In her interview with Essence for their May 2016 where she covers the mag in floral, the 12-year R&B vet explains how […]
Police say Diana Ross was injured when an SUV ran a stop sign and crashed into a limo taking her to a performance in Pennsylvania. Bethlehem police say the 72-year-old singer complained of head and neck pain after the crash on Wednesday afternoon. She was treated at the scene by paramedics and indicated she would […]
Film, television and stage actress Keke Palmer will receive the NAB Television Chairman’s Awardduring the NAB Show Television Luncheon. The luncheon will be held Monday, April 18 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. Palmer began her career with a breakout role in the 2006 film “Akeelah and The Bee,” for which she won […]
If you remember the dramatic story of the DeBarge singing family from their Unsung episode, it should be no surprise that the network has decided to produce a DeBarge biopic. That’s just one of the scripted TV movies and shows that the network announced at this week’s upfront presentation, where TV networks announce their plans […]