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*After two years stuck in limbo, there is movement on a biopic about 1970s record icon Neil Bogart, who nurtured the careers of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Parliament, Donna Summer and The Village People among many others. The pic, titled “Spinning Gold,” is set up to be financed and sold at the Cannes [...]
*BET Networks announced today it has licensed over 100 episodes each of two sitcoms, “The First Family” and “Mr. Box Office,” from Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting April, 2013. Both first-run original series feature recognized and award-winning actors such as Bill Bellamy, Gary Busey, Gladys Knight, Christopher B. Duncan, Kellita Smith, [...]
*This month, Centric will premiere its new talent show “Apollo Live,” an update of the “Amateur Night” portion of the syndicated “Showtime at the Apollo” series – where the audience is encouraged to boo an act that’s not on point. Filmed inside of the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, “Apollo Live” will give its [...]
*Los Angeles based mega church, Faithful Central Bible Church, announced its partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. This October, the church is putting on a benefit concert that will include performances by Gladys Knight, and Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel. The partnership was created to help build [...]
*The Balboa Music Festival (in LA’s San Fernando Valley at Balboa Park) went down Saturday as advertised.Well, almost. Gladys Knight didn’t perform. She was supposed to close out. Instead we got Keyshia Cole. Needless to say, Keyshia Cole is no Gladys Knight. So yes, there were some problems, thankfully none of them involved anybody [...]
*BET’s sister station Centric and Jamie Foxx’s production team are joining forces to reboot the Apollo Amateur Night in the upcoming series “Apollo Live.” [Scroll down for a promo.] [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Premiering Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., the show puts a fresh coat of paint on the classic talent show and [...]
*Miami Heat star Chris Bosh thought he was going to get off easy with this whole baby daddy child support stuff. According to Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra, he was grilled by lawyers and the judge for two hours straight in an Orlando courtroom regarding his residency status. It was all bad. His stories didn’t add [...]
*Of course the Jackson family drama is just too juicy for a talk shows to pass up. And obviously everybody on them has an opinion about what’s going on. Legendary singer Gladys Knight is no different than the rest of us in that department, either. In fact, she was on CBS’ “The Talk” yesterday and [...]
*Gladys Knight has been announced as an addition to the judging panel for “Apollo Live,” a new singing competition series set to debut this fall on BETs sister network Centric. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Knight will work as lead judge” on the series, which is filmed at New York’s famed Apollo Theater and puts [...]
*Even in her golden years, Aretha Franklin is an active, innovative woman. Now that she’s got a new body, the diva said she’s ready to be a judge on any of the popular television competition singing shows. “I would love to be a judge on one of those shows,” she said. Other singers like Mary [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Where you will sit when you are old [...]
*As previously reported, Gloria Gaynor, Gladys Knight, Thelma Houston and Sheila E. were due to honor the late Donna Summer during Wednesday’s “American Idol” finale, but the all-star moment never happened – with zero explanation from producers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the salute, which also included Jennifer Holliday and Nelly Furtado, was scheduled for [...]
*“Dancing With the Stars” contestant Jaleel White found himself dancing for his life again on Tuesday’s results show, but this time, the footwork wasn’t enough to save him. Following a dance duel with Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan, White was ousted during the seventh week of the competition. The two performed rumbas side-by-side in [...]
*Gladys Knight was voted off of “Dancing With the Stars” last night, but she says the exit is bittersweet. The 67-year-old music legend started a health program shortly before partnering up with Tristan MacManus for the show and it’s resulted in a the loss of 60 pounds. “[Tristan] helped [by] wearing me out,” Knight told [...]
*Sherri Shepherd got emotional last night when she learned that her short-lived-yet-Cinderella run on “Dancing With the Stars” had come to an end. “The View” co-host teared up when her name was called among the lowest scorers. She said dancing on the show was a dream, and she urged viewers to tackle their fears the [...]
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