Jennifer Brett, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION LOS ANGELES (AJC.com)—“Selma” was up for four Golden Globes awards Sunday night and while it claimed only one, for best...
Corinne Heller, E! ONLINE NEW YORK (EOnline.com)—Jennifer Hudson, an Oscar and Grammy winner, is set to make her debut in a Broadway show, The Color Purple,...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Queen Latifah was approached 20 years ago to play Bessie Smith, she had to do some...
LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Bill Cosby jokingly warned a woman in the audience during a show in Canada Thursday night to be careful drinking...
ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and...
HOUSTON (KTRK) — We’ve learned new information on the Houston-area gospel singer charged with assaulting his wife in Stafford. James Fortune was charged with aggravated assault...
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) — Bill Cosby said he had a “wonderful time” and got a standing ovation from polite Canadian fans at...
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) — Bill Cosby said he had a “wonderful time” and got a standing ovation from polite Canadian fans at...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three more women have accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them years ago. Attorney Gloria Allred held a news...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Netflix wants to make Sony’s “The Interview” available to its 53 million worldwide subscribers, the streaming service’s...
(CNN) – Phylicia Rashad says she was misquoted. She says she wasn’t being dismissive of the women who’ve accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault when...
(Showbiz 411) – It was just happenstance: I ran into Tony winner Phylicia Rashad today at Paramount’s super elegant lunch for the movie “Selma” at...
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) — A scandal-plagued Bill Cosby returns to the stage Wednesday night for the first time since November, with some...
(USA Today) – Kevin Hart is going to be Saturday Night Live‘s first host of 2015. As he told us on the red carpet for his movie The...
MIKE CIDONI LENNOX, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Colleagues and friends of Whitney Houston gathered Tuesday night to screen “Whitney,” a new telefilm...
by Kimetha Hill Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Nigger. A very abrasive word. A very volatile word. A very powerful...
(USA Today) – After her firing from Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday night for not calling Bill Cosby and asking him for money as part of the reality...
(Rolling Stone) – Oprah Winfrey’s Emmy-nominated Master Class series spotlights dozens of iconic African-American writers, actors, musicians and more discussing the civil rights movement. In the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its 26th annual awards, and the celebrated civil rights drama “Selma” isn’t...
By NICOLE EVATT, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Hart says the Sony cyberattack will not have lasting consequences on him or the entertainment industry....
SYLVIA LEE WINGFIELD, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual offenses decades ago have joined a defamation lawsuit, contending he publicly...
Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Celebrity Apprentice returned with a new season on NBC on Sunday night, and the episode wound up being all...
On the eve of a scheduled telephone interview with David Oyelowo (pronounced Oh-yellow-oh), star of “Selma” – the acclaimed Ava Duvernay directed feature film, I pondered...
Sandy Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Taraji P. Henson is driving down an LA street, chatting on her cellphone, when a billboard catches...
Jonathan Kaminsky, REUTERS SELMA, Ala. (Reuters)—Residents of Selma, Alabama, will next week be offered free screenings of “Selma,” a Golden Globe-nominated film some locals welcome...