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F ollowing a stirring appearance on American Idol in May, Fantasia hopes to release a new single and fourth studio album by year’s end. Already in the studio with producers Chuck Harmony and Jerry Wonder, Fantasia has been writing a lot. Following her Grammy Award winning single Bittersweet and reality series Fantasia For Real, the American […]
Howard Rosenman, the producer-writer of the original 1976 “Sparkle” and executive producer of Sony’s 2012 remake starring Whitney Houston, tells The Hollywood Reporterthat a novelization of the movie’s story was sold six weeks ago to Simon & Schuster. The book will be released Aug. 7, 10 days before the film opens. The forthcoming “Sparkle” remake […]
A pig-tailed girl whose favorite accessory is a pink stethoscope has become a symbol of pride and hope for black women in medicine and the daughters they want to inspire. Doc McStuffins, the African-American title character of an animated TV series for children, dreams of becoming an M.D. and, for now, runs a cheerful home […]
Singer turned actress Mary J. Blige will play civil rights leader Malcolm X’s wife in a new TV drama. According to WENN, Blige will co-star as Betty Shabbazz in Parallel Lives, a film about the similarities of the lives of Coretta Scott King and Shabazz, the wives of two of the most prominent figures in […]
Tamar and Trina Braxton (“Braxton Family Values”), Cee Lo Green (“The Voice”), Anthony Anderson (“Law & Order”), Sherri Shepherd (“The View”), Robert Forster (“Jackie Brown”) and Kim Coles (“Living Single”) to guest star on the first season. *Going boldly after its target audience, TV Land has chosen specific African American websites to preview its “Hot […]
Alicia Keys and renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz were honored for their “artistic vision and passion” by the Gordon Parks Foundation, a non-profit group set up to preserve the work of the pioneering photographer and “Shaft” director, who died in 2006 The pair, along with HBO executive Richard Plepler, were feted Tuesday at the foundation’s charity […]
*With Black Music Month here, we decided to take a look at some of the most stylish female musicians alive. One of our partner sites, Essence.com, decided to create a list where they take a look at the likes of Rihanna and Mary J. Blige and the great fashion dos in their career. Besides Solange […]
Pharrell Williams is known for taking music to the next level, but typically in the studio alongside the rest of his production team–The Neptunes. The musical genius has taken on a new project as an executive producer, called i am OTHER–a company that explores music, film, television, apparel, tech and multimedia. The video series is called […]
Kim Kimble is the woman responsible for making Yolanda Adams‘ hair look so good in the “Open My Heart” music video, and Kim Kimble is…
Her revolutionary music and style gave her the title Queen of Soul. So it seems only natural prestigious Ivy League college Princeton University would Respect Aretha Franklin by giving her an honorary doctorate.She was one of just six people to receive the prestigious award at the New Jersey educational establishment’s graduation ceremony on Tuesday. […]
Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, talks about her late father in an interview with Oprah Winfrey airing Sunday. Paris Jackson, 14, will be featured on “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” the channel said Tuesday. She and Winfrey discuss how the teenager is faring three years after the 2009 death of her pop star father. “It never gets […]
Whitney Houston’s triumphant, heartbreaking life is being remembered in a book by her mother, singer Cissy Houston. Houston has a deal with HarperCollins for a memoir it says will reveal the “unabridged and unbelievable story” of her Grammy Award-winning daughter, who died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel bathtub in February at age 48. HarperCollins […]