Jermaine Dupri Got Beets: Producer Touts Going Vegan in New PETA Ad (Watch)
*PETA unveiled its latest ad aimed at meat-eaters on Thursday (8/23), with none other than Jermaine Dupri pleading with viewers to go vegan. “I want the world to know the vegan lifestyle, to me, is the best lifestyle,” Dupri says in the video. “I feel like anybody that has a problem with their energy level […]
Snoop Dogg To Publish First Cookbook This Fall
*Snoop Dogg is taking a page out of his homegirl Martha Stewart’s playbook. This fall, the rapper will release his first cookbook, titled “From Crook to Cook,” featuring “50 recipes straight from his own collection … [including] OG staples like Baked Mac & Cheese and Fried Bologna Sandwiches with Chips, and new takes on classic […]
Weekend Watch: John Cho Experiences a Parent’s Worst Nightmare in ‘Searching’
*Hey there Weekend Watchers, I’m just getting back from vacation and missed a bunch of screenings, but was fortunate enough before I left to see the gripping, thriller “Searching.” David Kim (John Cho) is the bereft father searching for his daughter who has vanished. This is not the first time the consummate actor Cho has […]
Janet Jackson To Be Honored at BET’s 2018 Black Girls Rock! Awards
*The accolades continue for Janet Jackson as producers for the 2018 Black Girls Rock! awards have chosen the singer to receive its Rock Star Award during the ceremony, to be held Sunday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. BET will air the show on Sept. 9. Organizers for the event, which was […]
Cardi B & Offset Share Sliver of Baby Kulture on IG; XXXTentacion’s Mom to Have a Grandson
*In hip hop baby news, Cardi B and Offset give fans a peek at their one-month-old daughter, and the mother of late rapper XXXtentacion reveals the sex of her grandbaby on the way. Cardi B, who teased Monday night’s (Aug. 20) MTV Video Music Awards audience when she came out with a bundle that turned […]
Icon and Activist Jane Fonda Gets Candid for HBO in ‘Five Acts’ [WATCH]
*HBO’s “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” will deep dive into the life, work, activism and controversies of the actress and fitness tycoon. As noted in the official synopsis, Ms. Fonda has been vilified as “Hanoi Jane,” lusted after as “Barbarella” and heralded as a beacon of the women’s movement. Directed by Susan Lacy, the documentary […]
Omarosa’s ‘Unhinged’ Tops Bestseller List Thanks to Trump’s Vicious Tweets
*Can anyone suggest the right wine to go with the Crow we’re having for dinner after reporting earlier that Omarosa Manigault Newman‘s book, “Unhinged” wasn’t a best seller. Yep, that was then. NOW we can report that Omarosa’s Trump tell-all is atop the New York Time’s best-seller lists. So yes, the news follows theories and speculation […]
Shaunie O’Neal Responds to Shaq’s Shocking Claim That He Wants to Remarry Her
*It’s been over a decade since Shaquille O’Neal and his ex Shaunie called it quits, but that didn’t stop the NBA superstar from taking to Instagram in a suit and proclaiming: “This is the same suit I’m wearing when I marry @shaunieoneal5.” The 46-year-old Hall of Famer just launched a suit line through JCPenney for […]
Must See Video: Tamar Braxton THROWS SHADE at Phaedra Parks & DOES NOT Want Her on Braxton Family Values
*We’ve also got hilarious videos from Regina Hall‘s visit “Conan” and LA DJ Big Boy getting his car rear-ended by an authority figure who is beyond sloppy drunk. Wait ’till you find out who he is and what he does. Talk about a shockling revalation! Tamar, Trina, and Towanda got on social media and CLEARLY […]
Lisa Benson Cooper: TV Reporter Shared ‘White Women’s Tears’ Article and Got Fired
*Well, ain’t this about blip as they say. We’re referring to what happened to Lisa Benson Cooper, a TV news reporter in Kansas City who claims she was was initially suspended and subsequently fired after sharing an article about white women’s privilege to her Facebook page. Cooper, who had already filed a racial discrimination lawsuit […]
WE REMEMBER: Robin Leach (‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’) Dead at 76
*“Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.” That was the catchphrase of Robin Leach, the man who will forever be associated with the 80s TV show that ogled the lavish lives rich and famous people otherwise known as “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” who passed away early Friday morning in Las Vegas. Leach had reportedly been […]
April Are U Sure?! White House Journalist Claims Omarosa Released ‘Unhinged’ to Upstage Aretha Franklin
*CNN political commentator April Ryan has come up with a wild theory regarding Omarosa Manigault Newman and Aretha Franklin. Ryan, the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, believes Omarosa floated the rumor that Donald Trump used the “N-word” in order to take attention away from Franklin’s death. The Queen of Soul died last Thursday […]
EUR Review: Ronnie Laws and Tom Browne: A Magical Combination at a Miracle Theater
*On Saturday, August 18, The Miracle Theater on South Market Street in Inglewood was the site for a concert billed as, “An Evening of Jazz and Soul,” which featured Eloise Laws, Ronnie Laws and Tom Browne, with special guest Yakira Ketchens. The theater was the perfect comfortable and intimate setting for the event co-promoted by […]
Nicki Minaj Believes Travis Scott’ Manager Irving Azoff Tried to Sabotage Her Tour
*Nicki Minaj continues to rail against any and all who speak ill about her new album “Queen” or its delayed tour, and her latest ire is directed squarely at Travis Scott’s co-manager Irving Azoff. The rapper has taken issue with Scott’s new album “Astroworld” topping hers on the Billboard 200 chart, and has accused the […]
Kenya Barris Sets ‘Bewitched’ Reboot With Interracial Family at ABC (Report)
*Before “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris left ABC Studios for Netflix, he sold one last project to ABC: an interracial version of the 1960s sitcom Bewitched, reports Deadline. The network has given a pilot production commitment to the supernatural comedy, from Barris and “Black-ish” writer/producer Yamara Taylor. The original version, which ABC aired from 1964-1972, starred […]
