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*Rush Limbaugh whined Tuesday about what he calls the lack of “tolerance” for anti-gay reactions to Jason Collins’ coming out. NBA center Jason Collins revealed his sexuality in a Sports Illustrated piece published Monday – becoming the first openly gay male U.S. athlete in a major professional sport. The NBA, the White House and Bill [...]
*On Mother’s Day weekend, actress S. Epatha Merkerson will present fresh work on both the New York stage and in movie theaters nationwide. Friday, May 10, brings the former “Law & Order” star to the big screen in “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples,” where she plays the mother of Kerry Washington’s bride-to-be character who must meet [...]
*We sat down with Ray J so he could explain the reason for maintaining this odd charade that “I Hit It First” is not about Kim Kardashian. The video, released online today, has resuscitated buzz about the tune thanks to the Kim Kardashian lookalike starring as his love interest. Throw that in with the pixelated [...]
*Amy Winehouse’s father has already said he feels Beyonce “brings nothing to” the cover of her song “Back to Black” for “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack. Now that the full song has officially been released, he’s gotten a chance to listen to Andre 3000′s part — and he’s not pleased with the rapper either. “I [...]
*Beyonce and Andre 3000′s version of Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black,” from the upcoming soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” adaptation, hit the web yesterday after its debut on Mark Ronson’s EastVillageRadio show. Scroll down to listen. The “Back To Black” cover is the latest track to be released from the Jay-Z-produced “Gatsby” soundtrack, [...]
*Sal Masekela is pretty much the Howard Cosell of extreme sports. The 41-year-old son of South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela segued from being an NBA sideline reporter for ESPN to covering its annual X Games and Winter X Games, which features elite competitors in various action sports. NBC wanted in on the “action” and [...]
*In the February issue of Ebony magazine, cover girl Kerry Washington made a comment about her ABC megahit “Scandal” that was picked up by blogs and eventually stretched into something completely foreign to its original intent. The actress, who has campaigned for President Obama and is a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts [...]
*Earlier this month, the biggest headlines coming from early tapings of “America’s Got Talent” referred to the vicious booing of new judge Melanie “Mel B” Brown, the former Spice Girl who joins Howie Mandel and Howard Stern on the panel this summer along with fellow newcomer Heidi Klum. Boo-birds attacked Scary Spice in New Orleans during the first day of filming, when she [...]
*Will.i.am has admitted confusion over whether he ever had the rights to use the backing track on his new song “Let’s Go,” featuring Chris Brown, reports Billboard. Arty, a Russian producer and DJ, last week accused the Black Eyed Pea of stealing his song, “Rebound.” A comparison of the two songs confirms they are identical, [...]
*It was “The Voice” host Carson Daly who first put a bug in Usher’s ear about occupying one of the red chairs. “I had conversations with him on his radio show and he really spoke very highly of it,” said Usher during a press conference for the show held Monday (April 22) in Los Angeles. [...]
*So what did it take to bring veteran television, stage and film actress Diahann Carroll back to the big screen for the first time since “Eve’s Bayou?” “Money,” she said with a straight face during interviews for “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples,” her first theatrical film in 16 years. “You think I’m joking, but I’m not.” [...]
*With “42” looking down on all competition at the box office this week, its breakout star Chadwick Boseman is looking forward to joining another sports-themed pic…this time, taking place on the gridiron. The actor is reportedly in talks for “Draft Day,” an NFL-set project from director Ivan Reitman. Kevin Costner stars as the general manager [...]
*Please, don’t ever ask Morgan Freeman to sign anything…unless it’s a contract or a check. The veteran actor and co-star of the Tom Cruise film “Oblivion,” in theaters Friday (Apr. 19), has some strict guidelines when it comes to his fans, based on a comment made long ago by one of his “movie heroes” on [...]
*Audra McDonald has been hosting this season’s “Live From Lincoln Center” series on PBS, but she’s set to command center stage next month for the show’s season finale. The special, titled “Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home,” will see the “Private Practice” star and five-time Tony Award winner performing a gala concert at Lincoln [...]
*Building buzz for director Baz Luhrmann’s reimagining of “The Great Gatsby,” the powers that be have released a sampler for the soundtrack overseen by Jay-Z. Both Jay Z and his wife Beyonce have tracks on the album, but they are not included in the sampler posted to YouTube yesterday by Interscope/Geffen/A&M. As previously reported, Beyonce [...]
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