National

Via My Houston Majic According to a new report, a Hollywood private investigator named Pat Huebl says he has video evidence that proves pop icon Whitney Houston was murdered. Huebl told the National Enquirer: “I have evidence that points to Whitney being a victim of a high powered drug dealers who sent thugs to collect a huge debt she […]

National

It’s obvious that there’s some difficulty in being Black in Hollywood. We’ve seen cynics and critics alike go against Zoe Saldana as the legendary Nina Simone. And when there’s a second Black Bond girl who makes more headlines than Bond himself, it makes me question Black Hollywood. Being Black in Hollywood is almost like a spectacle that is sometimes marveled, […]

Entertainment

On Sunday a remake of the film Steel Magnolias premieres on the Lifetime network, starring an all-black cast featuring Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad. The original 1989 movie was about the lives of a group of Southern women portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl […]

What the?????   Does every family have someone who is out for the cash grab when someone passes away?   Duncan apparently took a DNA test to check the validity  of the woman’s paternity claim, and here she comes again.

Little Known Black History Fact

African-American actor Frank Silvera starred in many top-tier Hollywood shows and films as a white man. The Kingston, Jamaica native held his strongest roles in the 1950’s and 60’s. With a fair-skinned complexion, Silvera usually played the leading white man on Broadway. He wasn’t able to play a black man until he financed his own […]

I remember hearing Nina Simone’s music in my house growing up.  Maybe it had something to do with her being from North Carolina, the state both my parents were born in.  May have been that she was just really talented.  Her story is very interesting and will now be told without the singing voice of Mary J, but […]

Dr. Dre has made a bunch of money making music.  He started a movie production company in 2007  and now he’s ready to take a step into the world of television.

Ice Age: Continental Drift beat all comers last weekend and look who is behind that movie and many other animation films that have been released since she took over in 2007 when she was named president of the Fox  animation division.  Check out  her other big money films for Fox.

Cube and Kevin are staying busy.  Hollywood can be a fickle place, so, make your money while you can fellas.

Becoming a star does not guarantee stardom for life.  See if you remember these wannabee criminals from their younger days.

Come on, who falls for this type stuff?   Come on Penny, put the drinks down, you should have known better.  Check out the scam pulled on Penny Marshall.

Movies

A year ago, Tim Story’s filmmaking career was in deep freeze. Even though the director had enjoyed a groundbreaking hit in 2002 with “Barbershop” and had a pair of successful “Fantastic Four” superhero movies, he ran aground in 2008 when he directed “Hurricane Season,” an inspirational drama about a high-school basketball coach whose ragtag team […]