Jason Lee Ready to Provide Culturally Conscience Content with or Without Viacom
*Jason Lee’s grit, determination and unwavering passion have made him one of Hollywood’s most sought-after entertainment visionaries. The entrepreneur has been CEO, event producer and brand ambassador for more than a decade. His sideline as celebrity relationship connector for The Conglomerate Group included big names like Chris Brown, Kris Jenner, Rob Kardashian and Jamie Foxx. […]
John Legend & Creative Team Behind ‘Jingle Jangle’ Set for ‘Paley Front Row Presented by Citi’
*The Paley Center for Media today announced the latest selection to its Paley Front Row Presented by Citi series: Making Holiday Magic! A Look Inside Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. This behind-the-scenes look at Netflix’s latest holiday hit will premiere on the Paley Center’s dedicated channel on Verizon Media’s Yahoo Entertainment on Monday, December 14, […]
Oh God, Another One! Country Music Superstar Charley Pride Dead At 86 from COVID: Report
*This has been a rough week for people in general, and celebs in particular as far as the coronavirus is concerned. Earlier this week the virus seemingly took the life of Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister. Today comes news of the passing of Charley Pride — the first Black man to a breakthrough and dominate the country […]
Regina Hall is 50 Today & She Dropped This Hilarious B-day Ditty: ‘A B*tch is Old Today’ / WATCH
*With some folks, getting older is something to NOT celebrate. Well, actress Regina Hall is NOT in that category. Combined with that attitude and her wicked sense of humor, she’s showing errr-body how to celebrate a b-day. We witnessed her leaning into her 50th, which is TODAY, Saturday (12-20) with a hilarious home video […]
Maya Angelou Once Explained Why She Married the Same White Man THREE Times!
The late Dr. Maya Angelou was a legendary poet, author, and civil rights advocate. As an author she is perhaps best known for her 1969 memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” She made history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. While Angelou was a fierce advocate of the Civil […]
Tayshia Adams: This Season’s Bachelorette on ABC / EUR Exclusive (WATCH)
*The rumors came to an end last month when Tayshia Adams replaced Clare Crawley in the extraordinary 16th season of “The Bachelorette.” While shooting this season has been completely different from what Tayshia experienced in her past seasons of the franchise as a contestant, the excitement and the drama is just as thrilling- if not […]
TONIGHT on The HistoryMakers: An Evening With Berry Gordy with a Special Tribute Performance by Smokey Robinson!
*The HistoryMakers Year in Review—2012. This was the year that Berry Gordy agreed to be honored by The HistoryMakers. And with that fateful yes, after twelve years of pursuit, came the most anticipated program in The HistoryMakers An Evening With…PBS-TV series in history. The year had begun with the organization in full swing. There was […]
Anthony Hamilton Talks Bounce Trumpet Awards, Social Justice, New Music and More / WATCH
*Grammy-award winning artist and record producer Anthony Hamilton is set to perform new music during a Donnie Hathaway tribute at The 29th Bounce Trumpet Awards, which will premiere on Bounce TV tomorrow, Sunday, December 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The event will honor individuals who have risen to fight social injustice for Black Americans including […]
BWA Holds First Black in Animation Awards
*The first Black in Animation Awards Show was a spectacular and festive event. The trailblazing inaugural tribute, “Honoring Our Stories,” streamed live—as is the case with most shows during this pandemic. The virtual Black in Animation Awards ceremony was the closing event for the third annual BWA (Black Women Animate) Studios Boot Camp training event […]
Tiny Lister Showed Signs of COVID-19 … He Struggled to Breathe in Final Interview Before Death / WATCH
*It’s looking more and more like COVID-19 is the reason for the seemingly sudden demise of actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister. In fact, just days before his death, he told interviewer Brandon Jay that he was looking forward to taking the vaccine for COVID. Also, when you listen to him talk (via the video above), it’s […]
Lil Wayne Strikes Deal with Feds by Pleading Guilty in Handgun Case
*Lil Wayne just showed that being guilty of illegally possessing a loaded weapon while traveling (to Miami) on a private jet is no big deal. Why do we say that? Because yesterday, he pled guilty to doing just and feds are looking to let him slide, for the most part. He was busted in the […]
The Pulse of Entertainment: ‘Rudolph’ Christmas Song Released with a Gospel Twist by Jubilation / LISTEN
*“It’s a re-release. It is on Jubilation’s Christmas album,” said Rev. Stefanie R. Minatee about the release of the “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” single from Grammy Award winning Rev. Stef & Jubilation. “This song is re-released because I thought it spoke to a wider audience….with everyone at home.” The “A Jubilation Christmas” album was […]
Modern Day Santa Claus Delivers Toys, Bikes to Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Harrisonburg, VA
*HARRISONBURG, Virginia – Adam Armstrong, dubbed “Santa Armstrong” by many in Harrisonburg, Virginia, pulled into the Harris Gardens Apartment Complex in a 26-foot Penske box truck loaded with $15,000 worth of bikes, toy scooters, stuffed animals and board games. More than 100 parents and children lined up on a cold Saturday afternoon to receive […]