Virginia Sherwood/NBC While the story of Annie is a classic one, NBC’s Annie Live! was able to add their own pizazz and create some very memorable moments on Thursday. The beloved story about an orphan who is adopted by a billionaire saw newcomer Celina Smith bring the titular role to life, andRead More →
ABC News Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the producers of a new ABC news docuseries about the murder of Emmett Till. Let the World See will tell the story of Ms. Mamie Till-Mobley‘s quest for justice after her 14-year-old son Emmett was lynched and fatally shot in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after being accusedRead More →
Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) In Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan‘s battle-scarred alter-ego Erik Stevens/Killmonger famously faces off with Chadwick Boseman‘s T’Challa, saying, “I’ve lived my entire life, waiting for this moment!” In real life, Jordan is saying the same thing, in a feature piece with The Hollywood Reporter. The actor, producer andRead More →
Katharine Lotze/Getty Images Record breaking gymnast Simone Biles is one of the People of the Year! The seven-time Olympic medal winner joins Dolly Parton, Sandra Oh from Grey’s Anatomy, and National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey, on the list of People Magazine’s 2021 People Of the Year At the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Simone withdrew from severalRead More →
MichaelSchwartz/CBS A familiar face will host next year’s 64th Annual Grammy Awards. The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah will return in the role and induct a new class of Grammy winners on January 31. Next year’s award show will be held at the newly renamed Crypto.com Arena — formerly the Staples Center — in LosRead More →
JOHN BAER/NETFLIX © 2021 Following the streaming release of her directorial debut, Bruised, on Netflix, Halle Berry has inked a multi-film deal with the service, serving as both producer and star, according Variety. Bruised, in which Berry plays an MMA fighter who reclaims her power both in the ring and inRead More →
Santiago Felipe/Getty Images Hamilton stars Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones won’t be getting their storybook ending, because their relationship has reportedly come to an end. The former couple, who met in 2015 and became engaged in 2018, reportedly “previously ended” their engagement prior to the official split, sources tell Page Six. A specificRead More →
Taraji P. Henson as Miss Hannigan in “Annie Live!”; Paul Gilmore/NBC Taraji P. Henson is one of the stars of Annie Live! airing Thursday, and she’s enjoying being cast in the role of Miss Hannigan, which was was portrayed by Carol Burnett in the 1982 Annie film. “As a young, Black artist, studying in college all thoseRead More →
Courtesy ABC and MRC Live & Alternative Billy Porter, Ciara and Liza Koshy have been announced as co-hosts for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022. Porter will co-host from New Orleans, ushering in the Central Time Zone countdown. He previously co-hosted from Times Square last yearRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame After a fundraiser to name a theater after Dave Chappelle at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington, D.C. was rescheduled, the controversial comedian is now asking his critics to donate money to the school. “If you object toRead More →
