(Entertainment Weekly) – After receiving criticism and even threats from a group of hackers, Iggy Azalea has responded to her fellow rappers’ comments about her...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Essence will kick off a yearlong commemoration of the 45th anniversary of its magazine in 2015 with a...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic On the surface, there is absolutely no reason to update the classic Broadway show Annie, which was already adapted for the...
(The Grio)—Actor James Woods appears to have gone full crackpot on Twitter this morning, blaming the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers on Al Sharpton...
(BBC.com)—The condition of boxing legend Muhammad Ali has “vastly improved” since he was taken to hospital with a mild case of pneumonia, his spokesman has said....
Yohana Desta, MASHABLE (Mashable.com)—Some messiahs take their time. It took 14 years, but D’Angelo’s third album, Black Messiah, finally landed on Dec. 15. And its...
Noelle Talmon, STARPULSE.COM (StarPulse.com)—Will Idris Elba be the next 007? Leaked emails reveal that Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal was pushing for the actor...
Jennifer Peltz, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Ashanti is appalled by the prospect of facing her accused stalker again in court, but the Grammy-winning R&B...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An up-and-coming rapper pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he moonlighted as a gun-toting member of a...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony’s decision to cancel “The Interview” in the face of terrorist threats is already affecting the way...
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert is dead. Stephen Colbert is immortal? Long live Stephen Colbert! Nine years of Comedy Central’s...
(The Washington Post) – The premiere of VH1′s controversial new reality show “Sorority Sisters” was met with an overwhelmingly negative reaction on Twitter. Now, after pressure from the show’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — An up-and-coming rapper who performs under the name Bobby Shmurda will face gun and drug trafficking charges when an arraignment is unsealed...
(The Root) – Like many people, I waited so long for D’Angelo’s new album that I stopped waiting. Its title, Black Messiah, partly mocks the idea...
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers and with the nation’s largest multiplex chains pulling the...
LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of “The Interview” in the wake of threats...
(Deadline) – MGM’s Rocky spinoff Creed has found its female lead in Tessa Thompson, the actress who broke out this year in the Sundance hit Dear White People and also can be...
JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ashanti faced a fan accused of stalking and harassing her family for years, telling him and a jury...
ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday declined to file any charges against Bill Cosby after a woman recently...
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Filming is underway on James Bond thriller “SPECTRE,” despite the leak of a draft script in a huge hack...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, comic books have been in color, but now they truly reflect all the hues of American...
JOHNNY CLARK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Seventy-five years after the premiere of the movie “Gone with the Wind,” research is shedding light on the racial...
LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After three weeks of box office dominance, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1” ceded its reign...
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Actor Mark Wahlberg’s plea for a pardon has focused fresh attention on excusing criminal acts — something governors rarely...
ALICIA RANCILIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At Sunday’s premiere of “Selma” in New York, the cast acknowledged parallels between their film about the African-American...
