By Danny Bakewell Jr. Special to the NNPA from the LA Watts Times The Motown sound began with Berry Gordy as a dreamer in Detroit and...
(The Daily Beast) – Raven-Symoné is just months away from turning 30. That might be shocking if you’re the type who freezes actors at the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West and Nicki Minaj have been added to the list of performers for Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. Dick Clark Productions also...
(Patch) – Last year during a testy exchange between “Real Housewives of Atlanta” stars NeNe Leakes and Kenya Moore, Leakes challenged Moore to give $20,000 to...
(Patch) – Last year during a testy exchange between “Real Housewives of Atlanta” stars NeNe Leakes and Kenya Moore, Leakes challenged Moore to give $20,000 to...
ALICIA RANCILIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former executive producer of “American Idol” who helped bring the show to the U.S. said Monday he...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The swan song of “American Idol” and heavy doses of comedy and sci-fi will mark Fox’s 2015-16...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ACLU is asking federal and California civil rights agencies to investigate what it calls “the systemic...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ACLU is asking federal and California civil rights agencies to investigate what it calls “the systemic...
(The Guardian) – The red carpets are being unrolled, tuxedos retrieved from the dry cleaners, stepladders set up by the paparazzi; Cannes is getting ready...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist The drama went to the next level during Part 2 of the RHOA reunion. Phaedra and Kandi finally had it...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist The drama went to the next level during Part 2 of the RHOA reunion. Phaedra and Kandi finally had it...
Evan Serpick, ROLLING STONE BALTIMORE (Rolling Stone) — Two weeks after protests in Baltimore brought national attention to the death of Freddie Gray while he...
Evan Serpick, ROLLING STONE BALTIMORE (Rolling Stone) — Two weeks after protests in Baltimore brought national attention to the death of Freddie Gray while he...
Emily Langer, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The tempo marking for “We Shall Overcome” reads “moderately slow with determination.” Slowly but with determination...
Merrill Barr, Forbes (Forbes.com) — Two years ago, NBC released the first trailer for The Blacklist to enormous fan fair mostly fueled by the gravitas...
James Hibberd, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (EW.com) — Uncle Buck is officially coming to TV. ABC has greenlit to series a reboot of the 1989 John Candy...
Daniel Kreps, ROLLING STONE (Rolling Stone) — Prince will perform at his special Rally 4 Peace event Sunday night in Baltimore, and before he takes the stage,...
(USA Today) – ABC is adding six new dramas next season, including projects from Shonda Rhimes, a Biblical epic and a thriller about the mysterious reappearance of...
(USA Today) – ABC is adding six new dramas next season, including projects from Shonda Rhimes, a Biblical epic and a thriller about the mysterious reappearance of...
MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Starring on Broadway in “Chicago” has turned into a fountain of youth for Brandy Norwood. “I have...
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — More than 600 people filled a church in northern New Jersey to pay final respects and celebrate the life of singer Ben...
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Noted blues man B.B. King — his health failing at age 89 — is in the middle of...
KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — It only took Mariah Carey placing her hand to one ear for everyone inside The Colosseum at Caesars...
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ chief law enforcement official called Snoop Dogg a “dope smoking cop hater” before reprimanding a state...