Alfonso Ribeiro Claims His Beloved Carlton Banks Character Ended Acting Career

Will Smith, Tatyana Ali and Alfonso Ribeiro

*Alfonso Ribeiro disclosed in a recent interview that his acting career stalled after his iconic role as Carlton Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” “Playing Carlton on Fresh Prince became a sacrifice. I used to always say doing Carlton was the greatest and worst thing that ever happened to me,” he told Closer Weekly. […]

Alfonso Ribeiro Tapped to Co-Host DWTS with Tyra Banks

Alfonso Ribeiro Joins Tyra Banks

*Alfonso Ribeiro is returning to “Dancing with the Stars” to serve as co-host alongside Tyra Banks. Word on the street is that show producers are slowly pushing Banks out and paving the way for Ribeiro to take over. His return to DWTS comes eight years after he won the Mirrorball Trophy, Urban Hollywood 411 reports.  […]

Alfonso Ribeiro Rejects Requests From Fans Asking Him to Do Carlton Dance | VIDEO

*If you run into Alfonso Ribeiro in public, don’t ask him to the Carlton Dance for you because you might get your feelings hurt.  “I’m a Black guy, I’m just not dancing for you. It’s not gonna happen,” the former “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star, 50, told Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday. Ribeiro said he gets […]

Alfonso Ribeiro Explains Why He Refuses to Read Will Smith’s Memoir

*Alfonso Ribeiro and Will Smith remain lifelong friends since starring together on the hit 90’s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” just don’t expect the actor to read Smith’s memoir anytime soon. “For many, many, many years, people speculated about them as a family. They are laying it out there in a way that is […]

Alfonso Ribeiro Wants Fans to Know they Have the Power to Free Him from His Past

Alfonso Ribeiro

*If you’ve lived long enough you’ll know Alfonso Ribeiro from the hit Broadway play “The Tap Dance Kid,” in which he dazzled in the starring role. Others still will remember him dancing in the style of Michael Jackson in that old Pepsi commercial from the 80s. But most of you slack jawed mofos simply remember […]

The Pulse of Entertainment: Eunice Moseley Highlights Her Most Read Columns in 2018

*The year 2018 for The Pulse of Entertainment was donated by interviews again, added to that was event coverage and movie reviews. The year started with an interview with 12-time Grammy Award winner CeCe Winans-Love during the red carpet arrivals at the1st Ladies High Tea Awards which honored her for being the First Lady of […]

Alfonso Ribeiro Sues Fortnite and NBA 2K for ‘Stealing’ His Famous ‘Carlton Dance’

*“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actor Alfonso Ribeiro is suing two video game developers for selling a dance popularized by his Carlton character, TMZ reports. In two lawsuits filed Monday, Ribeiro said Fortnite developer Epic Games Inc., and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., creator of the NBA 2K series, have “unfairly profited” from using his likeness and […]

The Pulse of Entertainment: The Caucus Honors Those That Make Television and Film Happen

“The Caucus was founded on the premise of celebrating those folks who make television and film happen,” said actor James Pickens, Jr. (“Greys Anatomy”) about The Caucus for Producers, Writers and Director’s 35th annual “Caucus Awards Dinner” he was co-hosting with actress Aimee Garcia (“Dexter”) recently at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. “To […]