May 26, 2013

Keith Sweat’s New Book Shows You How to ‘Make It Last Forever’

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*Is Keith Sweat qualified to give relationship advice? Could be since the singer of famous R&B ballads and sexual healing, mood-changing songs like “Make It Last Forever” and “Hood Sex”has a new relationship book out called, would you believe, “Make it Last Forever.” In an interview with The Root, the singer turned author chatted about [...]




EUR Book Look: ‘Neglected But Undefeated: The Life of a Boy Who Never Knew a Mother’s Love’

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 “In a Mothers Love You’ll Find Everything – Everything’s alright To a Mother’s Love.”  — Kem *Popular singer Kem’s song A Mother’s Love is bound to resonate with most, but author Jonathan Anthony Burkett indicates in his profound and heartrending memoir, it was a love that he never knew. He speaks of emotional and physical [...]




The Pulse of Entertainment: Keith Sweat on Tour to Promote New Relationship Book

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Keith Sweat publishes relationship book, tour arrives in Maryland February 22, 2013 *“Me being in a relationship and me writing love songs my entire life,” said American Music Award winning Keith Sweat about what he based his information offered in his book “Make It Last Forever: The Dos and Don’ts” (Strebor/Simon and Schuster). “My first [...]




Rev. Run & Tyrese’s ‘Manology’ on Shelves Now

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*It’s here! It’s finally here! The book we’ve all been waiting for, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The ultimate book with all the secrets a woman could ever ask for – “Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed.” Tyrese and Rev. Run are probably the most hated men in the world right now, telling [...]




Eddie Long Victim (Centino Kemp) Publishes Tell-All Book

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*Out of the dusty caves of the past crawls the memory of that dreary time in Bishop Eddie Long’s life – “The First Lady,” the story of (and by) Centino Kemp, a young man who claims to have been led into the sexual secrets of the church leader. In the book he discusses the struggles he encounters [...]




How Viola Davis Escaped Another Maid Role in ‘Beautiful Creatures’

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*In “The Help,” Viola Davis famously played a maid who discovers her own power. Her new film “Beautiful Creatures” is based on a book in which her character Amma is also a maid – but with telepathic power. All dark magic aside, the maid part of the deal, for Davis, caused initial hesitation in moving [...]




Creators of Ving Rhames Drama ‘Monday Mornings’ Talk Premiere

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*TNT’s new medical drama “Monday Mornings” got an interesting bit of publicity last month when its co-star Ving Rhames told a room full of TV critics he was glad to have a TV gig “on a level a bit above some of the Tyler Perry shows.” Rhames owes half of his gratitude to David E. [...]




Book on Tupac, B.I.G. Murder Probe Headed to Big Screen

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*Miriam Segal’s Good Films has acquired rights to LAbyrinth, Randall Sullivan’s 2002 book that chronicles detective Russell Poole’s late-1990s investigation into ties between hip-hop, street gangs and the LAPD. The book, whose full title is LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates The Murders Of Tupac Shakur And Notorious B.I.G., The Implication Of Death Row Records’ Suge Knight, [...]




EUR Bits: Sweat’s First Book Tyrese in ‘Black Nativity’ Rihanna to Revel

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*Singer, songwriter and syndicated radio personality Keith Sweat shares his thoughts and advice on love and relationships in his first book, “Make it Last Forever: The Dos and Don’ts.”  Sweat offers advice to anyone seeking suggestions on keeping their relationships fresh and exciting. “I have experienced just about all aspects of relationships,” said the singer. [...]




Xscape Member Latocha Scott Gets a VH1 Show, New Music, and New Book

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*VH1 is no longer about anybody’s music videos or anything like that. The network is manufacturing music reality shows, and that’s it. What’s next you ask… Well, former Xscape member Latocha Scott was just given the green light for a new reality show set to debut in 2013. She’s got a lot going on. Along [...]




Tom Joyner Producer and New Author (Deya ‘Direct’ Smith) Wants You to ‘Touch Yourself’

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*DALLAS –– In this new and unprecedented book Touch Yourself , 30 Ways to Boldly  Live, Love and Let Go!, by Tom Joyner Morning Show producer and former Miss Black USA, Deya “Direct” Smith,  offers a provocative, spiritual, insightful and uniquely personal perspective that meets every woman right where she is in her life.  The [...]




EUR Book Look: ‘Where Did Our Love Go’

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“In an era where the decline of the African-American family and the estrangement of black women from black men are real and abiding dangers, this book reminds black folk of a simple, soul-saving truth: love is, still.” — Pulitzer Prize winner journalist Leonard Pitts.   *Atlanta, GA – With his new book, “Where Did Our Love [...]




Cissy Says Whitney Marrying Bobby ‘Wasn’t the Greatest Idea in the World’

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*Cissy Houston is on the interview trail to promote her book “Remember Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped.” Monday on the “Today” show while speaking with Savannah Guthrie she said, “good mothers and good fathers and good families don’t always have great children.” That’s an interesting comment. One we [...]




Cissy Houston’s Tell-All Book Tells a Riveting Story

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*Cissy Houston is telling all the business about her late daughter, Whitney Houston. The book has been described as “honest and heartbreaking, a mother’s story of tears, joy, and her greatest love of all – her daughter, Whitney.” She tells the story of her daughter from her first musical steps in the church choir, to her [...]




Cissy Houston Told of Whitney’s Death 2 Hours Later

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*Cissy Houston has revealed in her new memoir that she didn’t learn about the death of her daughter Whitney Houston until two hours after paramedics pronounced her dead. Whitney was found unconscious and submerged in the bathtub of her Beverly Hilton Hotel suite in Los Angeles on the eve of the Grammy Awards last year. [...]