LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unprecedented security was in place for the “Straight Outta Compton” film premiere. Invited guests had to navigate various barricades and pass through...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New Edition will be the subject of a BET miniseries. The network and Jesse Collins Entertainment announced Monday that they are producing...
LUQMAN ADENIYI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker’s new book, “The Storm of the Century,” reads like a blockbuster movie script, but the “Today”...
(Reuters) – A speeding Wal-Mart truck driver who had been awake for 28 hours was held responsible on Tuesday for a 2014 highway crash that left...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist In the Braxtons’ world…I’m wondering why Traci is begging her very young son to not get married? Hear me...
Jay Boller, CITY PAGES MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CityPages.com) — Prince managed to make some headlines this past weekend. On Saturday, the Minnesota music legend’s Paisley Park...
Lindsay Zoladz, VULTURE (Vulture.com) — In so many ways, Dr. Dre’s new album, Compton: A Soundtrack, is a pleasant surprise. First, there is the fact that...
WXIA-TV Atlanta via USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — An amended lawsuit filed by the late Bobbi Kristina Brown’s conservator alleges that Nick Gordon gave...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A roundup of news Thursday from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting...
LOS ANGELES (UPI) – Margaret Cho and NeNe Leakes will be the first two guest co-hosts when the revamped analysis program Fashion Police returns. The E! show is scheduled to...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (UPI) – Uzo Aduba and Amber Riley have joined the ensemble of The Wiz Live!, NBC announced. Orange is the New Black Emmy winner Aduba is to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Busta Rhymes has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a protein drink at a Manhattan gym employee. Authorities say 43-year-old...
(The Root) – We didn’t know early on that David Simon was making honest television. Even the idea of it sounds like a lark. But David...
(The Washington Post) – Most of the people who hold jobs behind the camera in Hollywood are white and male, and despite the recent unflattering coverage...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Dre says he will donate royalties from his new album to the city of Compton for a new performing arts facility....
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Lee Daniels, co-creator of Fox’s mega-hit “Empire,” is developing a new pilot for the network about...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, has been discharged from the Brazilian hospital...
The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Here’s a roundup of news Tuesday from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has found the young woman who will ease on down the yellow brick road. The network Wednesday unveiled...
(CBS News) – This week, hip-hop legends and Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Public Enemy drop a new record, rockers Titus Andronicus release a...
By Jannah Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper J.J Hairston is the leader of a contemporary gospel choir known as Youthful Praise. The...
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Family and friends gathered at a cemetery Monday to pay their final respects to Bobbi Kristina Brown as she was buried next...
HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent says in a Connecticut bankruptcy court filing he spends $108,000 a month on his expenses, including $5,000 for gardening....
(Business Standard) – Record producer Andre Romelle Young, best known by his stage name Dr. Dre, will release his “Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre” album...
