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*It will be a “Law & Order” reunion in the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic. S. Epatha Merkerson, who starred as Lt. Anita van Buren on the NBC drama from 1991-2010, has signed on to play Alberta, the mother of the late singer portrayed in the film by Jesse L. Martin. Martin played Detective Ed Green [...]
*Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife is reportedly urging Jesse L. Martin to follow in Lenny Kravitz’s footsteps by quitting an upcoming movie about her late husband. Janis Hunter, who was married to the singer from 1977 to 1981, is said to be furious about plans to document Gaye’s life in a new biopic called “Sexual Healing,” which [...]
*The Marvin Gaye biopic is on a roll now. But Jesse L. Martin has replaced Lenny Kravitz, probably a more suitable match. RELATED: Marvin Gaye Story Hits the Stage … In Spite of Ish/Drama from ‘The Other Side’ (Part I) He’ll play the starring role in the Julien Temple produced, “Sexual Healing.” According to Deadline, [...]
*”Flight,” “Django Unchained,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Red Tails” and “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” will battle for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The ceremony will [...]
*After Diana Ross emerged hobbling from an overseas birthday party thrown by Naomi Campbell for her boyfriend, the supermodel was herself on crutches at yet another birthday bash she hosted for her man – this time held stateside at the Florida home of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. On Friday, the British supermodel arrived at Diddy’s [...]
* Who knew that actress Demi Moore and rock star Lenny Kravitz were party BFF’s? The two partied together at the Chanel Beachside Barbecue, at Miami’s Soho Beach House. Visit theJasmineBrand.com for more celebrity photos.
*Marvin Gaye‘s son and Lenny Kravitz may be childhood friends, but it doesn’t mean the heir wants the rocker playing his father on the big screen. In fact, Marvin Gaye III and his family members are against the project altogether, according to TMZ.com. Kravitz will play Gaye in the biopic “Sexual Healing” (working title), which [...]
* Katt Williams may be in more legal trouble. Fans are suing the comedian after a disappointing performance at an Alameda County, California show recently. Williams apparently appeared on stage for just 10 minutes and left. Brian Herline is filing a suit on behalf of everyone attending that night. * Lenny Kravitz has signed on for [...]
*Lenny Kravitz is set to portray music icon Marvin Gaye in director Julien Temple’s upcoming biopic about the late artist. This will be Kravitz’s first leading role after having appeared in several other features, including “The Hunger Games” and “Precious.” The Evening Standard is reporting that Lenny will relive the last few years of Gaye’s [...]
*Alicia Keys is reportedly spending $12 million to purchase Eddie Murphy’s old New Jersey estate Bubble Hill, where she will live with her producer husband Swizz Beatz and their two-year-old son Egypt. The singer is reportedly on the verge of closing on the property as well as two acres of land behind the estate nestled [...]
*Actor Nelsan Ellis will go from a possessed gay Louisiana cook in HBO’s “True Blood” to the prince of peace on the big screen. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Director Lee Daniels has tapped the star to play Martin Luther King Jr. in “The Butler,” reports Deadline.com. Mariah Carey and Yaya DaCosta (“America’s Next Top [...]
*Colman Domingo has joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,” based on the life of Eugene Allen, a White House servant who worked for eight First Families over three decades. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Domingo will play a White House butler who works in the Executive Mansion. Forest Whitaker plays Allen and Oprah [...]
*Lenny Kravitz is getting into the footwear hustle. Perhaps inspired by his stylist role in “The Hunger Games,” the singer/actor is creating a new line of slip-ons for Toms Shoes, according to the AP. [Scroll down for pics.] Kravitz, son of the late “Jeffersons” star Roxie Roker, jumped at the opportunity after learning that the [...]
*Lenny Kravitz will release a Deluxe Edition of his platinum 1991 sophomore album “Mama Said” on June 5, reports Billboard.com, who spoke with the singer and “Hunger Games” star about the time period in which the CD was crafted. Just off touring to support his debut album, “Let Love Rule,” Kravitz told Billboard, “It was [...]
*Any film as pervasively popular as “The Hunger Games” will inevitably be infiltrated by politics. The movie raked in more than $155 million in its first weekend, but some conservatives circles are already shunning the story as pro “99 Percent” – the moniker taken on by a grass roots movement of U.S. citizens who are [...]
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