Jennifer Lopez to Host & Perform the ‘2015 American Music Awards’
*Los Angeles, CA – Dick Clark Productions and ABC announced today that international music superstar Jennifer Lopez will host and perform at the“2015 American Music Awards.” JLo is one of the most influential artists in music history, and the triple-threat will take on the role as host of a live broadcast award show. Lopez will […]
Instagram Users Post Pics of Male North West Look-alikes
*Ordinary babies who look like celebrities always prove to be a fascinating observation, and while some folks may find the Vladimir Putin look-alike baby more charming than the Gandalf baby, most agree that the John Legend baby is super adorbs. Matter fact, baby boy looks like John spit him out! Now, a mother and grandma […]
Sanaa Lathan Lands ‘Racially-Charged’ Drama, Hannibal Buress Debuts Unaired Pilot
*Sanaa Lathan has been cast as the lead in a racially-charged event series about the “dangerous aftermath” when an African-American cop kills a white teen in Tennessee. Lathan will star as an expert investigator who digs into the case, alongside a special prosecutor who is assigned to the investigation by the Department of Justice. The […]
GOP Gov Freezes Funds for Chicago’s ‘Operation CeaseFire’ As Homicides Rise
*A Chicago group, comprised of reformed gang members and felons who actively intervene in street beefs before they can escalate into fatal gunfire, had its funding shut down by Illinois’ Republican governor amid the state’s growing financial crisis. Gov. Bruce Rauner froze money for Operation CeaseFire, featured in the 2012 PBS Frontline documentary “The Interrupters,” as the […]
The Film Strip: Joe Wright on Diversity and Rooney Mara on Being Clothed in ‘PAN’
*When The Film Strip asked Rooney Mara (Tiger Lily) about her role in PAN at the Conrad hotel in New York City, she was very forthcoming and witty: “I really wanted to work with Joe [director Joe Wright], but I also wanted to do a movie my family could see where I’m not taking my […]
‘Blue Lives Matter’ Billboard Campaign Aims to Honor Cops … And Distract From ‘That Other One’
*What’s that you say? ‘Gag me?’ Oh. Well you are not alone. I don’t know if the “Blue Lives Matter” billboards came out of a need for love, a ploy for attention, or a cry for help, but its here. And the signs have crossed the nation. The #thankublu campaign was actually started by a branding agency […]
Snoop Dogg, Birdman, Jermaine Dupri, Damon Dash to Star in BET Reality Series
*Rappers Snoop Dogg and Birdman, producer Jermaine Dupri, and entrepreneur Damon Dash are among the stars of a still-untitled BET reality series, the network announced Friday. The show, to begin shooting in November for a late 2016 premiere, will film in Los Angeles and go inside their lives and their companies over eight episodes, investigating […]
Three 6 Mafia Rapper Koopsta Knicca Dies of Stroke at 40
*Rapper Robert “Koopsta Knicca” Cooper Phillips, member of Memphis group Three 6 Mafia, died Thursday (Oct. 8) in Memphis due to complications from a stroke he suffered on Sunday, reports Billboard. He was 40 years old. Phillips contributed to every Three 6 Mafia album through the early and mid-’90s, beginning with their 1994 debut “Smoked […]
Freshman, 18, Dies in Shooting at Texas Southern University; Obama Protested in Ore.
*An 18-year-old Texas Southern University freshman is dead and another person is wounded after shots were fired at an off-campus apartment – one of two school shooting to take place on Friday. Houston police say two suspects are in custody and they are looking for a third person, according to Houston’s ABC13. The victims were shot […]
Baltimore Mayor Compares Cop/Community Relations to Bad Marriage
*The relationship between police and the urban communities they serve is like a struggling marriage in need of better communication, the mayor of Baltimore said Wednesday, according to Reuters. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who is also president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, said in a speech to the group that both cities and their police departments […]
Malcolm Jamal Warner: ‘Cosby Show’ Legacy ‘Tarnished’ by Bill Cosby (Watch)
*Malcolm-Jamal Warner says the legacy of his former NBC sitcom “The Cosby Show” has been “tarnished” by the sexual assault allegations made against Bill Cosby. “My biggest concern is when it comes to images of people of color on television and film, no matter what … negative stereotypes of people of color, we’ve always had […]
Raven Symone Says She Wouldn’t Hire Someone With Ethnic Sounding Name; #BlackTwitter Pounces
*Raven Symone has again made comments on “The View” that have riled #BlackTwitter. The hot topic this morning was “Are you judged by your name?” The co-hosts discussed whether or not they, themselves, judge other people based on ethnic-sounding names. Symoné said she most certainly does. When another panelist said this could be considered racist, Symoné […]
What Happened to US Government Employee Kanika Powell?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Crime Watch Daily investigates the mysterious murder of Kanika Powell, a loving daughter and military veteran by speaking to her grieving mother, Judy Forrest. After returning from a tour of duty in Korea, Powell landed her dream job at the John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab working as a security contractor with […]
Danny Glover Joins Gabrielle Union’s ‘A Meyer’s Christmas’; Ernie Hudson Added to ‘Graves’
*A couple of veteran actors have lined up new employment. Danny Glover will join Gabrielle Union in the holiday feature “A Meyers Christmas,” while Ernie Hudson has been cast as a semi-regular on Epix original series “Graves,” a half-hour political satire produced by Lionsgate. In Graves, Hudson will play Jacob Mann, an Olivia Pope-type fixer […]
Detroit Woman’s ‘Dead Body on Lawn’ Halloween Prank Draws 911 Calls
*Detroit woman Larethia Haddon has gotten a kick out of the reactions to the fake dead body she places on her lawn every Halloween – wherever she has lived – for the past 25 years. The dummy positioned face down this October has prompted repeated visits by police. Haddon says cops rolled up three times […]
