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*The Oprah Winfrey Network is doubling down on its Saturday night lineup of original content. According to Deadline.com, OWN will air six new episodes of “Iyanla: Fix My Life” beginning July 20, and also ordered 10 more episodes of “Raising Whitley” and 12 more of “Life With La Toya.” The new half-hours of “Whitley” and [...]
*Discovery Networks had been promising that OWN, its joint venture network with Oprah Winfrey, would at best break even on a cash flow basis in the second half of 2013. But CEO David Zaslav slightly raised the stakes this morning, promising those attending Sanford C. Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions Conference that “we’ll be making money on [...]
*Is OWN the new BET? It looks like Oprah Winfrey has struck gold with black female viewers, and is happily feeding the demographic with shows that are helping to right the ship. The network announced today that its primetime Saturday (April 20) lineup featuring “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” “Raising Whitley” and Life With La Toya” [...]
*You’ve probably seen Kym Whitley recently on “2 Broke Girls,” CBS’ top rated comedy show, and the comic actress regularly appears on BET’s laughathon series “Let’s Stay Together.” She’s about to get up close and personal with viewers in a different and compelling way in “Raising Whitley,” her new docu-series that premieres tonight, Saturday, April [...]
*Kym Whitley has been doing her thing as an actress and comedian for more than a decade. But she really hasn’t had time to settle down and build a family. But her world completely changed with a simple phone call. It’s all documented in her new OWN reality show, “Raising Whitley,” premiering tomorrow, Saturday, April [...]
* KYM WHITLEY. Personality. Actress. Comedienne. Entrepreneur. Producer. Mother. Being a true veteran of show business, she’s been all over the circuit. However, what interested me the most was the Kym Whitley that we don’t know much about. And that is Whitley as a mother, a kid growing up and now, as a debuting personality on [...]
BET unveils its new and recurring programming at their annual Upfront Presentation *et Networks, a Viacom company, the nation’s leading cable provider for African-Americans unveiled its new and recurring programming for 2013’s third and fourth quarter, and the first quarter of 2014. The BET Network unveiling included programming for Centric, a 24 hour entertainment channel [...]
*OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced four new unscripted series for 2013, including a reality show surrounding comedienne Kym Whitley and her friends. Additionally, the network has set May 29 as a premiere date for its first scripted series from Tyler Perry, drama “The Haves and the Have Nots” and half-hour comedy “Love Thy Neighbor.” “Raising [...]
The Long Beach Jazz Festival returns to Rainbow Lagoon Park for its 25th year *“I’ve been coming here for ten years,” said legendary Jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum about his performance at the three-day Long Beach Jazz Festival held at the Rainbow Lagoon Park near the ocean. “It brings the heart and soul to Long Beach…that [...]
*NBC presented eight of their new fall shows today at the TCA Summer 2012 Press Tour, with seven of the eight programs containing at least one African American cast member. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Anthony Anderson and Tempestt Bledsoe play husband and wife in the comedy “Guys with Kids,” while Kim Whitley stars opposite [...]
*Hollywood celebrity stylist, Kim Kimble, is well known around the industry, due to having earned the status of go-to stylist for high-profile celebs such as Kelly Rowland, Brandy, Beyonce’ and others. Her expertise in “all things hair” have made her a household name among A-Listers when it comes it comes to preparing for Tinsel Town [...]
*Style Network cameras will be rolling at Sherri Shepherd’s upcoming wedding. The cable channel will follow “The View” co-host and her man Lamar Sally to the altar and present the footage as a special titled “Wedding Fabulous: Sherri Shepherd Gets Married,” to premiere Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9 p.m. According to the Hollywood Reporter, viewers [...]
*Our sympathies go out to actress/comedian Kym E. Whitley who’s mother, Kaysonia “Kay Kay” Whitley, passed away peacefully on July 3. According to a press release, Kaysonia Whitley born on February 6, 1936 died peacefully at 2:15 p.m., July 3, 2011 at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio as her beloved friends and family accompanied her [...]
*Celebs from the world of music, film and television attended the Third Annual Valentine Romance “Sneak Peek” Oscar Suite, held recently at Café La Boheme. They all came to eat, drink, schmooze and get showered with gifts ranging from Coleman Luggage®, to Twisted Silver® jewelry to footwear, designer purses, calendar charms by Not Just Any [...]
*Hot chic comedienne Luenell reports that she has arrived safely in chilly Baltimore. Lu is on the East Coast for the premier of the film ’35 and Tickin’ Luenell co-stars in the flick with Meagan Good, Keith Robinson, Mike Epps, Clifton Powell, Jill Marie Jones, Nicole Ari Parker, Tamala Jones, Darius McCrary (partial star studded [...]
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