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*Monica Raymund, whose recurring character on CBS’ “The Good Wife” just quit over a demotion at the DA office on Sunday’s episode, has been cast as one of the leads in NBC’s new drama pilot “Chicago Fire,” reports Deadline.com. On Wolf Films and Universal TV’s action-driven drama about the complex and heroic men and women [...]
*Poet Maya Angelou is said to be on the mend following a brief illness that forced her to cancel a planned speech in Texas. Angelou’s lecture agent David LaCamera said Tuesday the 83-year-old poet was scheduled to speak on Wednesday at Texas Women’s University in Denton, but came down with an illness that left her [...]
*CNN was the most watched network of all cable news competitors in the ratings for Whitney Houston’s funeral, averaging five million viewers during its coverage of the singer’s Baptist memorial on Saturday, according to Nielsen. The event was televised without commercial breaks from 12:15 to 3:45 p.m., resulting in a spike of 5.4 million viewers [...]
*As previously reported, Robin Thicke paid tribute to Whitney Houston by sharing a cover of the late singer’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” over the weekend, recording the song with just a piano and vocals. [Scroll down to listen.] Furthermore, he changed the lyrics – which were originally written in third person – to first, in order [...]
*Rachel Crow, the 14-year-old who famously went into hysterics when she was voted off of “The X Factor,” has scored a talent deal with Nickelodeon that includes starring in her own musical comedy series pilot. In addition, she has been signed by Sony Music-owned Columbia Records in partnership with her “X Factor” coach Simon Cowell’s [...]
*When Mick Jagger held out his mic to the President of the United States during a Black History Month blues jam at the White House last night, the audience in the East Room got another dose of Barack Obama carrying a tune. Obama’s surprise performance came at the end of the playlist when the concert [...]
*Maya Angelou was scheduled to appear at Texas Woman’s University, but canceled last minute due to an illness. Details about the poet’s sudden sickness have not been revealed, but the university hopes to reschedule her visit for sometime this semester. In the meantime, the activist and artist has been very busy lately with hosting a [...]
*Say you’re a gifted vocalist who has backed artists as great and diverse as Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Will Downing, Gary Taylor and Mary Mary, among others. What do you do for an encore? If you’re honey voiced singer/songwriter Bridgette Bryant, you do your own thing, of course. Soulmate Collection, Bryant’s [...]
*Television writer and producer Stacey Evans Morgan and her brother (writer/producer) Bentley Kyle Evans are taking their act on the road, so to speak. The team has been behind the scenes of some of television’s most popular TV productions such as Martin, The Parkers, One On One, The Jamie Foxx show and more. This weekend [...]
*Licensed therapist Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry is bringing her expertise to ABC daytime as the co-host of “The Revolution,” a show in which a team of experts help one female viewer per week lose weight and transform all areas of their lives. Fans of the VH1 reality series “What Chilli Wants” are already familiar with [...]
Actress Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire,’ has written an open letter to TV talker Wendy Williams. Auntie Viv is castigating Wendy for her past treatment of Whitney Houston. So whre did akll this come from all of a sudden? read on and see for yourself. Dear Wendy, [...]
*Roland Martin is back in the good graces of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) following his on-air apology Sunday in the wake of Super Bowl tweets the group called homophobic. The CNN commentator was suspended by the cable news outlet earlier this month for a pair of tweets that appeared to advocate [...]
*It’s incredibly hard to believe that only a few weeks ago, no one in the world (save for the hardest of the hard-core basketball fans) knew the name of Jeremy Lin. Now, he’s more ubiquitous on Sportscenter than annoying catchphrases. He’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time’s Asian edition. It appears that every [...]
*This season of “Basketball Wives: Miami” will be different for reality star Tami Roman. She tells the media she’s learned to control herself more and keep herself from fighting so much. “I have actually learned how to talk before launching,” Tami said with a laugh. “Before the left hand leaves my side, before the drink [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton is ready to take on the NYPD in a legal action lawsuit after a blogger alleged law enforcement figures placed spies in Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) headquarters in Harlem. According to Huffington Post blogger, Len Levitt, the police department’s purpose was to find out if the organization was planning any major [...]
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