Entertainment
Fans of radio legend and Hall of Famer Tom Joyner were saddened to learn, albeit late, that the “Fly Jock” has divorced Donna Richardson, his wife of 12 years. The New York Daily News reported that the famous couple parted ways weeks ago in a “mutual but not exactly amicable” separation, while eurweb.com states that the Joyner […]
*Legendary sexy man, Denzel Washington, dawns the cover of GQ’s October Style Playbook issue, where he chats about his eldest daughter’s accomplishments. Hustling at 9 years old was the actor’s first job. He said learning to tell stories and act, while working in a barbershop in his teens, were times of pride and independence. Now that […]
Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad will be joining Cicely Tyson on “The Trip to Bountiful.” Producers said Thursday that the trio have signed up to star in a revival of Horton Foote’s moving play about acceptance and coming home. It first appeared on Broadway in 1953 and became a 1985 film […]
BET plans to start the new year on a high note. Today, the network announced that its 2013 honorees will include Hollywood heavyweights like Halle Berry, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Chaka Khan, Clarence Avant and Lisa Leslie. Berry is set to be honored for her humanitarian and philanthropic work; Bishop Jakes for his leadership and educational […]
GMC TV, Light Records and Roland Corporation will participate in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 4th annual Most Powerful Voices gospel competition. The online…
If you haven’t gotten the memo, Jurnee Smollett-Bell is all grown up now. The 26-year-old actress caught our eye as a youth in “Eve’s Bayou” and “The Great Debaters,” but has blossomed into a lovely young (and married!) woman. In the upcoming Tyler Perry film, “Temptation” Smollett-Bell gives us her full on adult face as a professional woman named […]
HBO has chosen Stick Fly as their latest Broadway to cable-movie venture. The drama that opened in 2009 in Los Angeles, is about a wealthy African-American family who vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, and issues they are exposed to while on vacation. Stick Fly made its way to Broadway in 2011. Playwright Lydia Diamond is set to adapt […]
Congratulations were in order for many of our favorite celebrity moms this year. Whether it was Beyonce welcoming baby Blue Ivy Carter (which induced collectve gasps around the world), Tamera Mowry’s first birth, or Mary Mary’s double pregnancies, we kept up with our famous moms as they added more bundles of joy to their […]
What happens when you mix some of entertainment’s most talented and hottest acts in one show? “VH1 Divas,” that’ what! A show designed to celebrate that inner fierceness that is diva and let it shine. It’s a star-studded night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles where celebs like Ciara, Kelly Rowland, Jordin Sparks, Melanie Fiona have […]
Radio One founder Cathy Hughes recently interviewed “Django Unchained” stars Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington and director Quentin Tarantino about their Golden Globe-nominated and highly-anticipated film. See “Django…
Two months after inking Tyler Perry to an overall deal and announcing its move into scripted fare, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has announced the pair of series to be overseen by the multihyphenate. Perry will write, direct and executive produce a comedy and a drama for the Harpo and Discovery Communications joint venture, with both series […]
Late actor Michael Clarke Duncan is set to star in his last film, “In the Hive” which will debut December 14. According to BET.com, the film, produced and directed by Robert Townsend, is based on a true story of an alternative school for troubled North Carolina youth. The story centers around a street character called […]