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Today’s Birthdays: Gospel Artist Judith McAllister NBA Vet Kevin Durant NFL Vet, Coordinator Ken Norton, Jr. NFL Hall-of-Famer Calvin “Megatron” Johnson Actress Kelly McCreary Singer, Songwriter, Producer Devante Swing Dancer, Producer Stephen “Twitch” Boss Writer, Director, Actor CJ Jones Lue Calhoun Is The Birthday Girl! […]
LiL Wayne, 39 Trick Daddy, 48 Gwyneth Paltrow, 49 Don Cornelius would have been 85 (Soul Train creator and host who died in 2012)
Today’s Birthdays Actress Shari Belafonte Harper Michael Rainey Jr, 21 (Tariq on Power) Mystikal, 51 Former NBA Commisioner David Stern would have been 79 (He died in 2020)
Birthdays Jason Derulo, 32 Billy Porter, 52 Wale, 37 Alphonso Ribeiro, 50 (Carlton from Fresh Prince) Momma Dee, 58 (Love and Hip Hop Atlanta) Bill Murray, 71 (Comedian, Ghostbusters) Ricki Lake, 53 (Talk show host) Nicole Richie, 40 (Lionel Richie’s daughter and one of first reality stars) Stephen King, 74 (Horror novelist)
Legendary choreographer, actress, director, producer and 21-time Emmy nominee Debbie Allen took home the Television Academy’s highest honor at last night’s Emmy Awards. Celebrated for her many contributions to television, and her philanthropic endeavors Allen also won two other statuettes – one for Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming and another for Outstanding Made for Television […]
Comedian Bone Hampton is battling kidney and congestive heart failure. Charlotte gospel music fans know Bone as the annual host of Joyfest that takes place at Carowinds each year. A recently launched GoFundMe page is asking for support as he is currently in the “fight of his life.” The campaign shares that “Because of the […]
In the first episode of Iyanla Fix My Life with gospel artist Leandria Johnson, Iyanla Vanzant begins uncovering years of pain and denial that have fostered an alcohol addiction. In response to a request for help from Johnson’s label head, Phil Thornton, Vanzant helps Johnson begin her journey to healing. Check out scenes from the […]
Veteran rapper DMX, stopped by Kanye West’s weekly service this past Sunday on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), and led prayer. Since the beginning of the year, West along with wife Kim Kardashian have been hosting “Sunday Service” which musician Tony Williams describes the purpose as “to be able to communicate the message of love […]
The Oscars saw a little more color than in years past. History was made last night as Ruth Carter and Hannah Beachler became the first African Americans to win best costume design and best production design, for Black Panther. Black Panther also won best original score. Spike Lee finally got his due, winning best adapted […]
R. Kelly’s attorney, Steve Greenberg entered a not guilty plea on his behalf as Kelly appeared in court for his arraignment this morning. Facing up to 14 years in prison, Kelly was indicted Friday on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims. three of whom were underage at the time of the […]
Jussie Smollett’s character has been cut from the rest of the fifth season of Empire. Smollett was arrested yesterday for allegedly faking a hate crime against himself last month. He posted bond last night and reportedly went straight to the studio where the hit tv show is filmed to thank the cast and crew for […]
There was much controversy about Jennifer Lopez leading the Motown tribute at the Grammys. Jlo along with a short moment from Neyo, was picked to tribute the legendary black-owned label and social media was not here for it. Noting that there are any number of black artists that could have also or instead of done it justice, […]