May 25, 2013

Jawn Murray Joins Super Bowl Gospel Celebration as Official Social Media Ambassador

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*NEW ORLEANS – The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, an NFL sanctioned event currently in its 14th year, joins together NFL players, Grammy Award-winning artists, and special guests, on one stage to kick off Super Bowl Weekend. The show will take place on February 1, 2013 at 7:30 PM, at the University of New Orleans, Lake [...]




Music Matters: TV & Radio Personality Jawn Murray To Release First CD

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*Media personality Jawn Murray is venturing into new territory by releasing a CD compilation in partnership with EMI Gospel. The former Tom Joyner Morning Show entertainment reporter, who resigned from the syndicated radio show in June, will release his debut CD, “Jawn Murray presents Untapped” in stores and online on September 13, 2011. “This project [...]




Tony Harris and Jawn Murray Wave Goodbye to CNN and Black Voices

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*Jawn Murray and Tony Harris are both celebrated journalists from two ends of the same extreme…NEWS! Murray has been breaking entertainment news for a very long time via his Jawn Juice enterprise.  Then he decided to bring the Juice to Black Voices.  And he has for the last six and a half years. There has been a major upheaval of a lot of [...]




Sorry, but Donnie Simpson Ain’t Comin’ Back

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*Oops. Unfortunately, the Jawn Murray/BlackVoices.com report isn’t true about Donnie Simpson. Jawn and the site said that the green-eyed radio personality and former BET (“Video Soul”) host would be back in front of a mic this year. Well, according to Donnie, via his Facebook page, it’s news to him: “They quoted a source who said [...]




Star Jones Responds to NeNe Leakes

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*NeNe Leakes’ new gig is on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” … along side Star Jones. Can we say drama?! As we’ve reported, the two had a tiff, so to speak, during the tapings and it looks like there’s more to come. But Jones spoke out recently about her issue with Leakes, and naturally it comes [...]




‘I Aint Gay or Bisexual’: Omarion’s Response to Fake Press Release

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*It’s damage control time for Omarion. The 26-year-old singer/dancer has had to interrupt his Saturday to make a special announcement to counter and earlier bogus announcement that said he was coming out of the closet. Several blogs took the bait and published the phony release that claimed he was formally announcing that he is “bisexual” [...]




Columnist Jawn Murray Apologizes for ‘Nappy Headed’ Joke That Fell Flat

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*According to publicist Patti Webster, entertainment columnist Jawn Murray, most notably known for his daily column in AOL Black Voices and as entertainment correspondent for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, offered, today, a public apology for his joke that many people feel offended Black women. On Wednesday, October 20, 2010, Murray posted a comment on [...]




Kleopatra Girl’s Ringside Report: Norwood Young Hands Out Media Awards

Tanya Hart (accepted award on behalf of Jawn Murry), Eugenia Wright (award recipient),  Norwood Young , Koi Sojer (award recipient), Lee Bailey (Publisher of EURweb.com) were all well-entertained, feted and fed (photo: Vinny Ratcliff).

*If you are in the entertainment industry’s inner circle in Hollywood then you must know about Pop/R&B singer, humanitarian and philanthropist Norwood Young aka King of Hancock Park, because he is the consummate entertainer and ultimate host. His parties are inimitable, but what is so special about Norwood is that he treats everyone like a [...]




We Remember: Gospel’s Walter Hawkins Dies at 61

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*Gospel music icon Bishop Walter Hawkins passed away in at his home in Ripon, CA on Sunday after suffering with pancreatic cancer, according to online reports. He was 61 According to  his older brother Edwin, Walter fought a brave battle with the disease. “Today, I lost my brother, my pastor, and my best friend … [...]




We Remember TV Personality Bo Griffin

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Radio and television personality Bo Griffin has died following a short battle with intestinal cancer. She was 51. According to BV Buzz’s Jawn Murray, “Griffin apparently was unaware she had cancer and after feeling some pain back in January, she went to the hospital to have it checked out and received her grim diagnosis.” The [...]