Traci Otey Blunt Named President of RLJ Entertainment’s Urban Movie Channel
*Robert L. Johnson, Chairman of RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) today announced the appointment of Traci Otey Blunt as President of Urban Movie Channel (UMC). UMC is the first premium subscription-based streaming service created for African American and urban audiences that features quality urban content across all genres, including feature films, original series, stand-up comedy, documentaries, […]
Miguel Accused of Sexual Assault; Woman Says He Pulled Her Breasts Out of Her Top [Photo]
*R&B singer Miguel has gotten himself into a messy situation if the young lady accusing him of sexual assault is telling the truth. The woman we’re referring to is Xian Bass, a student at University of New Mexico. She says it went down at a club where Miguel was appearing. She asked him for a […]
Soulja Boy’s Family Accuses Him of ‘Leaving Them in the Hood’
*Soulja Boy has gotten himself into yet another feud… this time it involves his family, oxygen.com reports. While he can’t be bothered dropping any hit records, the rapper has been making headlines for another reason lately… for his beefs with rappers and people within the industry. You recall that he sparked a feud with singer Chris Brown […]
Tamar Defends Husband Vince Against His Alleged ‘Baby Mother’ [WATCH]
*Tamar Braxton and her husband, Vincent Herbert, have been a hot topic for the past year because of rumors about their strained marriage, the singer’s exit from “The Real,” Herbert’s weight loss journey and now, there’s a woman claiming that he father her child. The reality TV couple stopped by “The Wendy Williams Show” to […]
Tupac Murder ‘Confession Letter’ Surfaces in New Doc ‘Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton’
*(Los Angeles, CA) – Tupac Assassination franchise Film Director RJ Bond does it again with his upcoming documentary entitled “Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton” on MVD Entertainment, this time with “American Federale” director Michael Douglas Carlin. The film not only stands by its claim of a controversial new theory regarding the murder of the late […]
See Kong and Brie Larson’s Tank Top On As Big A Screen As You Can Find
*Back in the old days, you had to wait for summer for a cinematic summer blockbuster. Sounds reasonable, right? Well, thanks to Kong: Skull Island, summer has arrived — at the movies, at least — a few months early. It only took 84 years for Hollywood to make a worthy successor to the original King […]
T.I., Bow Wow Viciously Drag Trump for Bashing Snoop Dogg; Threaten to ‘Pimp’ Melania
*After Snoop Dogg found himself the target of President Trump’s latest tweet flurry this morning, two of his allies have come out to defend the rapper via social media. T.I. was first, with a scathing attack against the Commander in Chief for bashing Snoop’s latest video “Lavender,” in which the rapper uses a fake gun […]
Sharon Leal to Lead Cast of Untitled CBS Procedural from Katie Couric
*Sharon Leal has been tapped to star in an untitled CBS drama pilot for CBS from writer Jenny Lumet and producers Katie Couric, David Marshall Grant, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Richard Shepard, who also directs, reports Deadline. The character-based procedural centers on an elite team of investigators for the Northeast Regional U.S. Hate Crimes […]
Michael B. Jordan Reportedly Eyed for ‘Matrix’ Reboot at Warner Bros
*Michael B. Jordan is being considered to star in a reboot of “The Matrix” at Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zak Penn in talks to write a treatment updating the groundbreaking 1999 sci-fi movie. At this point, the Wachowski siblings, who wrote and directed the original and its two sequels, are not involved. […]
Barack Obama Reveals His 2017 March Madness Bracket
*It may not be covered by ESPN anymore, but Barack Obama filled out his bracket for the 2017 NCAA tournament and has just shared it with fellow fanatics. POTUS 44 gave us his picks each of the eight years he was in office. The moment was dubbed Baracketology by ESPN, which covered both his men’s […]
Azealia Banks Takes Plea Deal in Breast-Biting Case
*Just as Azealia Banks was about to begin her trial Wednesday (March 15) for biting a woman’s breast, the rapper agreed to a plea deal to avoid any threat of jail time, reports Page Six. Banks, 25, copped to third-degree assault, the top count against her, in exchange for a deferred no-jail sentence for a […]
‘Power’ EP Courtney Kemp Says Her Beef With 50 Cent Over Nude Scene was Staged
*The creator and executive producer of “Power” is coming clean about an August 2016 Instagram spat with the show’s producer and star 50 Cent, which was sparked after a full-frontal shot of his manhood was shown on camera. In the now-deleted post, 50 cursed out Courtney Kemp while accusing her of allowing his private parts […]
Veteran Go-Go Music Producer Maxx Kidd Dies at 75
*Maxx Kidd, a music industry veteran who helped pioneer go-go music and produced Chuck Brown’s “We Need Some Money,” died March 13 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, according to Billboard has learned. He was 75. Kidd passed away following a years-long battle with “a variety of health complications,” according to surviving family members. Born Carl Lomax […]
Chicago Public School Students Thank Chance the Rapper in Touching Open Letter
*After Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper donated one million dollars to Chicago Public Schools on March 6, three students who will benefit from the artist’s generosity have written an open letter of thanks on behalf of all CPS students. As previously reported, Chance’s donation came amid major funding and budget cuts for public schools in the city. In […]
TLC, Naughy By Nature, Montell Jordan Join 2nd Edition of ‘I Love the 90s’ Tour
*TLC, Naughty By Nature, Biz Markie, Montell Jordan and Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath are set for the second edition of the I Love the 90’s – The Party Continues Tour, set for this summer and fall. The tour will mark TLC’s return to the stage to play all of its beloved hits, as well as […]
