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*Right after Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and other legends finished filming the theatrical version of the Broadway phenomenon The Wiz, released in 1978, Motown Records sent Ross back to the studio to record an album of all of the musical’s songs — including those sung by her cast mates. The album was to […]

Family time is right around the corner. Some of us are not big football fan. Now is the perfect time for television viewing. Here is…

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  Two-time Acadamy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is best known for his roles in “Glory,” “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Remember the Titans” and “Training Day.” But the Hollywood A-lister has sounded more like a pastor when he took to the podium at recent events. The New York native first made headlines when he appeared as the […]

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  Tamar Braxton has had to pull out of the Dancing with theStars competition because of illness. While she had previously fought through what she thought was pneumonia in order to be able to perform on Monday so that she was not disqualified for not performing, on Wednesday, Braxton announced that she would no longer be able to […]

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It has been said that “religion is box office poison.” Mel Gibson disproved that 11 years ago with The Passion of the Christ. But what about Noah? What about Exodus: God and Kings? They did badly, but they were not faithful to the Bible — neither in letter nor spirit. Meanwhile low budget Christian films […]

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Jada Pinkett Smith is headed back to television. The actress will follow up her one-season run on Fox’s “Gotham” with a starring role in ABC’s upcoming drama pilot “Murder Town.” Jada plays a beautiful and complicated prosecutor who makes history as Wilmington, Delaware’s, first African-American district attorney. There, she finds herself confronted by old loyalties […]

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The SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2015 took place on Friday, November 6 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The hippest trip was led by the illest chick Erykah Badu and featured incredible performances by Jill Scott, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Fantasia, Bobby Brown, Tyrese, Jeremih, Brandy, Boyz II Men, R.Kelly, Jazmine Sullivan, V. Bozeman, Cameo, Erica […]

National Geographic‘s forthcoming scripted miniseries, “Saints & Strangers,”will spark discussion about America’s history and revitalize interest in the country’s ‘founding’ by its first European settlers…

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Halle Berry may be reeling from her third divorce, but she’s still Halle Berry and she’s got to go to work. This week, she appeared at a special Black Women Of Bond event sponsored by Essence Magazineand at a benefit for the Jenesse Center, the battered women’s shelter she’s been associated with for years. When […]

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The Wiz Live! Family friendly program, The Wiz Live! is coming to television Dec. 3 and NBC has released the very first promo. Starring David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion, Shanice Williams as Dorothy, Queen Latfiah as The Wiz, Ne-Yo as the Tin Man and Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow, the teaser gets you ready […]

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getty: “When you’re happy and healthy, you can let your inner glow out.” says Gina Neely, the TV host best known for her hit Food Channel Network show “Down Home with the Neelys.” “I don’t know about everybody, but my [daughters] and I are happy. We are no longer operating as a group. But I’m […]

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Fox has put in development an untitled mystery megachurch family drama project from writer Julian Breece and 20th Century Fox TV. This marks the first network sale for Breece, who created webseriesBuppies and sold it to BET where his dramedy spec What Would Dylan Do? went to pilot starring Kelly Rowland. In the untitled Fox project, when a celebrity […]