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*Whitney Houston had a special bond with her mother Cissy. She and Bobbi Kristina seem to share the same bond. And while Cissy Houston was grieving in a way that may have been too deep for words, she still managed to put together very beautiful words for the Homegoing program. Her words, so eloquent, are [...]
*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 [...]
*Be glad you’re not Terrence Howard. That’s because the actor has been ordered to write a big ol’ fat check to a woman he’s accused of being an evil racist … his wife Michelle, according to TMZ. Howard was in L.A. County Superior Court (on Tuesday) to deal with his exceptionally nasty divorce from Michelle [...]
*On Bravo’s late night talk show, “Watch What Happens Live!” actress Jackée Harry admitted she was the one who introduced Whitney to Bobby Brown. It was at an after party for the 1989 film “Harlem Nights” and both ladies were hanging out. Houston spotted Brown from across the room and begged her friend to introduce [...]
*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, [...]
*A judge has thrown out Joe Jackson’s wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray and AEG, but only because his wife Katherine Jackson already has a similar suit pending – both on her behalf, and on behalf of Jackson’s three kids, reports TMZ. The judge said you can’t have two suits that allege the exact [...]
*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 [...]
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