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*Phylicia Rashad does it again with “Joe Turner’s Come & Gone” at the Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles. The production is a breathtaking, full house success! EURweb associate LaCora Stephens of the “YES! Show” was there in full effect amongst the star studded audience. Original Broadway cast member Angela Bassett described “Turner” as [...]
“American Horror Story: Coven,” the third season of FX’s “American Horror Story” series, has added Angela Bassett and Patti LuPone to the cast, per a tweet from Ryan Murphy. They’ll join previously announced newbies Gabourey Sidibe and Kathy Bates, and returning regulars Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy and others. There’s no word on who [...]
*It was a night of nights at the Mark Taper Forum last night when the stars came out for the opening of the August Wilson classic “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” directed by Phylicia Rashad. Stars in attendance included Angela Bassett, Dawn Lewis, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Harry Lennix, Lamman Rucker, Lynn [...]
It’s one of my favorite times of the year–Kentucky Derby! Over the weekend, the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs went down. The annual event is known as much for hats and high fashion as it is for fast horses. We caught a few candids of some of some celebs like Star Jones, Angela Bassett, Tiki [...]
*Jennifer Hudson’s son David is set to make his film debut in his mother’s upcoming holiday movie musical “Black Nativity.” The Oscar winner plays a single mom in the retelling of the Nativity story with an all-black cast. David, her 3-year-old with fiancé David Otunga, will make a cameo. “He put himself in the film [...]
*It’s been a banner year for Black filmmakers thus far beginning with the great film “Broken City” directed by Allen Hughes from a story written by Brian Tucker, then “Stoker,” written by Wentworth Miller and now “Olympus Has Fallen” directed by Antoine Fuqua. All of these stories, of course, have appeared on these pages. Also [...]
*Angela Bassett, in theaters later this month with “Olympus Has Fallen,” could’ve also returned to Broadway later this month opposite the legendary Cicely Tyson in The Trip to Bountiful. As previously reported, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat co-star in the revival directed by Michael Wilson and set to begin a [...]
*It’s never too late, or early for that matter, to tell the Black version of any story. “Black Nativity” is a contemporary film adaptation of Langston Hughes’ play, about a street-wise teen from Baltimore, raised by a single mother, who journeys to New York City to spend his Christmas holiday. “‘Black Nativity’ has a been [...]
*Beyonce literally sparkled Tuesday night at the New York premiere of her HBO documentary, “Life Is But a Dream.” The singer wore a shimmering, sheer, greige, embellished Elie Saab gown with a floral applique. Oprah Winfrey also attended the screening. Earlier Tuesday, she interviewed Bey for an episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter” that airs at [...]
*On the homestretch! Amber Rose takes in a prenatal yoga class. Meanwhile, Wiz and Amber’s pooch, show’s their future sibling some belly kisses. That sure ain’t Olivia Pope! The real Kerry Washington was peeped, scurrying through LAX, sporting a snatch-back, fashionable coat and nerd glasses. Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker was on set in NYC, [...]
The inspiring life of Betty & Coretta, starring Mary J Blige and Angela Bassett, airs on Lifetime February 2, 2013 *She was the one…who tried being – through all the trails – she tried to be positive and happy when bad things happened…Betty was like that,” said nine-time Grammy Award winning Mary J. Blige, who [...]
*Star Jones, Angela Bassett and gospel singer Yolanda Adams are the latest stars to join the Inauguration festivities in D.C. The Presidential Inaugural Committee said Tuesday that one of the week’s events — the “Service Summit” — will feature addresses by Jones, Bassett and Adams as well as inaugural committee co-chair Eva Longoria, Chelsea Clinton [...]
*They may not be together, but that doesn’t mean Chris Brown can’t show Karrueche Tran some (business) love. The “Don’t Judge Me” crooner has been supporting her new clothing line, The Kill, in a major way! He was recently spotted wearing one of her hats while out in Paris, but he took the brand love [...]
*Angela Basset is headed back to the small screen. Following her role in Fox’s Karyn Usher (untitled) spy drama pilot last season, she is set to co-executive produce and star in the NBC drama, “Vanishing Point,” penned by “Source Code” writer Ben Ripley. The project is described as a character-driven legal franchise revolving around two [...]
*Wood Harris is back on the radar with a new role. He’ll be playing Malcolm X in the Lifetime film, “Betty and Coretta.” Blackfilm.com reports that the film is a story of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz as they wore the crown of mother, wife, and civil rights activists before and after the [...]
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