The Pasadena Playhouse Selected for Wallace Foundation Audience-Building Initiative – Awarded $460,000
PASADENA, CA – The Pasadena Playhouse has been selected for the New York-based Wallace Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability effort – a new, six-year, $52-million initiative aimed at developing practical insights into how exemplary performing arts organizations can successfully expand their audiences, the foundation announced today. The Playhouse will receive $460,000 for the first cycle […]
Dick Gregory and Crew of Star Comedians to ‘Catwalk 4 a Cause’
*Hollywood, CA – What do you get when you mix a room full of comedic talent? Comedians that rock, that’s what! Funny lady Hope Flood is taking over the stage once again with her 4th Annual Comics Rock! Convention, April 23 through 26, 2015, in the comedy capital, Los Angeles! The Comics Rock! Convention (CRC) will […]
Jackie Christie’s Advice on Being a Good Wife; Stripping Works! (Watch)
*Jackie Christie, has some advice for all the women out there married or dating a pro baller in order to keep him happy. The “Basketball Wives” star has experience on her side. She’s married to the now retired Doug Christie who was in the NBA for 15 seasons.
Marco Rubio May Like Hip Hop, But Doesn’t Live it – Rap Legend (Watch)
*Rap legend Ali Shaheed Muhammad needed to clarify something — liking hip hop isn’t the same as living hip hop as he blasts Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio, the Republican presidential candidate said one of his favorites right now is Nicki Minaj, but also he loves legends Biggie and Tupac.
Lalah Hathaway Records First Live CD at LA’s Historic Troubadour
*Just as Morris Day taught us that gigolos get lonely, too, the incomparable Lalah Hathaway recently taught me that amazing singers get nervous, too. That’s just one of the things I learned about the daughter of the legendary Donny Hathaway during an interview I conducted with her regarding her sure-to-make-your-ears-tingle “what’s next.” To make sense of […]
Video of Suge Knight Running Over Victims Released by Judge (Watch)
*Video of Marion “Suge” Knight plowing into two men with his pickup truck and other key evidence in the former rap music mogul’s murder case was released Friday by a Los Angeles court – more than a month after TMZ posted footage of the incident that it had obtained independently. Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen […]
Jamie Foxx Says a Self-Centered Ex Inspired Track ‘Hollywood’ (Watch)
*Jamie Foxx says he was inspired to write the title track of his upcoming album “Hollywood” by an ex-girlfriend and her stank behavior. He tells “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that the woman, a celebrity, was more interested in hitting up red carpet events than looking after him when he was under the weather. “This is what you […]
Singer Johnny Kemp (‘Just Got Paid’) Dies after Fall
*UPDATE … Via RadioFacts, we’ve learned that an inside source on the Tom Joyner/Fantastic Voyage Cruise says Kemp was unable to board the ship during a stop in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Wednesday because he didn’t have his Residency Card. Other celebrities like Jennifer Hudson and Earth, Wind and Fire boarded in Montego Bay for […]
John Ridley to Reinvent Marvel Superhero for New ABC Series
*ABC wants more of John Ridley. While his anthology series “American Crime” has not been a breakout hit, the network likes his work and has signed up the Oscar winning writer of “12 Years a Slave” to team with Marvel on a new TV series, reports Entertainment Weekly. The deal supposedly has Ridley reinventing an […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Undergoes Quadruple Coronary Bypass Surgery
*UCLA Health is issuing this statement at the request of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this week with cardiovascular disease, and he underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery on April 16. The operation was performed by […]
Uncle of Toddler Killed By Car and Suspect of Double Homicide, Commits Suicide
*No one was watching as little Damani Terry tried to cross the street to join the girls who were dancing in the park on the other side. So the 2-year-old proceeded to cross — right into the path of an oncoming van. The van struck the toddler. And shortly after driver Archie Brown, Jr. jumped […]
New ‘Braxton Family Values’ Clip: Trina’s Keeping a Huge Secret (Watch)
*In a new trailer for the upcoming season of “Braxton Family Values,” Traci, Tamar, Toni and Towanda can be seen rallying around their sister Trina who is facing some sort of crisis that appears to last the entire season. Fans of the show are aware of the troubles that have plagued Trina’s marriage to Gabe, […]
Tracy Chapman Moves ‘Letterman’ With ‘Stand By Me’ Performance (Watch)
*David Letterman is in the final weeks of his “Late Show” gig, and made a point to invite Tracy Chapman on to deliver one of his favorite songs – Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.” Letterman explained there were two songs that he loved as a kid, Simon & Garfunkel’s “America”, and King’s 1962 classic. […]
Mad Mother, Niece & Students Administer Beatdown to NY Teacher in Hallway (Video)
*In New York a 34-year-old woman and her teenage niece have been accused of beating a middle school teacher to the point of unconsciousness on Wednesday. Annika McKenzie finds herself charged with second-degree assault and strangulation. Meantime Her 14-year-old niece is facing second-degree assault charges as a juvenile, according to ABC 7. McKenzie allegedly became […]
Jay Z is Personally Calling Tidal Subscribers to Thank Them
*Jay Z has taken customer service to another level for his music streaming service Tidal. The rap mogul has been personally calling people who use the site, according to Tidal executive Vania Schlogel. Jack White and several other high-profile musicians have also been hitting up their fans up to chat. Musicians involved in Tidal have […]
