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*Former “That’s So Raven” star Orlando Brown, who briefly went missing in 2008, was taken into police custody on Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, reports the Los Angeles Times. The 25-year-old actor, who played Raven-Symone’s friend Eddie Thomas on the Disney Channel series, was arrested late Sunday night while driving on [...]
TV One ‘Life After’ continues with the spotlight on Regina Belle November 19, 2012 *“I’m glad they did not focus entirely on my brain tumor, there’s more to my life than what happened in 2009,” said Grammy Award winning Regina Belle about her episode on TV One’s fourth season of “Life After,” which airs Monday, [...]
*The new hit children’s television movie, “Let It Shine” premiered on Disney this past weekend with 5.7 million viewers glued to the screen. It now ranks as this year’s No. 1 movie with a core child demographic. Starring Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson, Brandon and Mychal Smith, “Let It Shine,” is a re-imagining [...]
*Tyler James Williams has just secured his first series since starring in “Everybody Hates Chris.” The young actor has been made a series regular on NBC’s recently picked up new comedy series “Go On,” according to Deadline.com. Matthew Perry stars as an irreverent-yet-charming sportscaster who tries to move on from loss with the help of [...]
*Actress Dawnn Lewis, perhaps best known as the college coed Julissa on “A Different World,” has been quietly keeping busy with voice over work in multiple television roles. But next month, viewers will get to see her on screen in the Disney Channel movie “Let it Shine.” The gospel-themed musical stars Tyler James Williams (Everybody [...]
*Disney Junior premieres new animated television series, “DOC McStuffins,” for kids ages 2 – 7 on March 23, 2012 starring the voices of Kiara Muhammad as DOC; Loretta Devine as Hallie (stuffed hippopotamus); Lara Jill Miller as Lambie (the stuffed lamb); Jess Harnell as Chilly (the stuffed snowman); Robert Rist as Stuffy (the stuffed dragon); [...]
*“Gospel is influenced by so many genres. We have to allow that influence for the youth,” said Queen Latifah about the Praise & Worship music used in the Warner Bros’ distributed Alcon Entertainment presentation Joyful Noise, which stars Queen, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan and Courtney B. Vance. “It’s a new generation. I don’t [...]
*Tyler Perry fans already know about China Anne McClain, the 12-year-old actress-singer who starred alongside her older sisters in the director’s “Daddy’s Little Girls” and as Jazmine Payne on his TBS series “House of Payne.” The Disney Channel caught wind of the budding star in 2009, and promptly got her feet wet as a guest [...]
*Fayrene (Faye) Treadwell, one of the first female African American entertainment managers in history, died last week in Burbank, CA where she lived with her daughter. She was 84. The entertainment pioneer passed away after a lengthy illness, according to her daughter, Tina Treadwell, president of Treadwell Entertainment and former VP of Talent and Music [...]
*Born in Los Angeles on May 29, 1989, Brandon Mychal Smith is a charismatic young actor best known for playing ladies man Nico Harris on the Disney Channel sitcom “Sonny with a Chance,” which was renamed “So Random” earlier this year. Brandon discovered his love for acting at a young age when he stood in [...]
*The Disney Channel celebrates Black History Month with the music video premiere of “Anything Is Possible,” an original rap song performed by Roshon Fegan of the network’s new hit series “Shake It Up,” The clip is set to premiere on Friday (Feb. 4) at 2:12 p.m. ET/PT. It will also be available on DisneyChannel.com and [...]
*The Disney Channel has ordered a live-action comedy series titled A.N.T. Farm starring China McClain, best known for her role as Jazmine Payne in Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” and as China in “Daddy’s Little Girls.” McClain will play Chyna Sparks, a middle school music prodigy who gets into a special high school program. The series [...]
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