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Jada Pinkett Smith not returning for another season of ‘Gotham’

March 12, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO: Jada Pinkett-Smith By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Too bad! As I’ve said on this blog in the past, she’s one of the best things about the show. But the actress Jada Pinkett-Smith revealed on “Live! with Kelly and Michael” this morning that she will, in fact, not be returning for season…

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R&B singer Angie Stone arrested in DeKalb County

March 12, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Angie Stone  (Source: DeKalb County Police Department) By Phil Benson CBS46 LITHONIA, GA –CBS 46 in Atlanta reported that R&B singer and songwriter Angie Stone was arrested Tuesday in DeKalb County on suspicion of hitting her daughter in the face with a metal stand, police said.Stone was booked into jail on a charge…

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WGAW Releases 2015 Diversity Report: In short, it’s not getting any better

March 7, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO: Taraji P. Henson as “Cookie” in FOX’s ‘Empire’ By Tambay A. Obenson A companion piece to the UCLA Ralph Bunche Center’s own rather extensive, comprehensive report on diversity in the American film and TV industry, here’s the Writers Guild of America West’s own report on its findings on the state of diversity in writing…

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A ‘Legend’-ary day at Audenreid

March 7, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Businessman and Audenreid High founder Kenneth Gamble and Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC talk  about success to their young audience.  (Photo Bill Z. Foster) By Kharisma McIlwaine What do you get when you put Philadelphia International founder Kenneth Gamble and Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels of Run DMC in the same room? The answer is…

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Brownstone singer Maxee Maxwell dies in freak accident

March 7, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Maxee Maxwell associated press LOS ANGELES — Maxee Maxwell, a member of the 1990s girl group Brownstone, died in a freak accident over the weekend. She was 46 years old. Her representative say she was at her home in Los Angeles Friday when she fell backward at the doorway between the house and…

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The Talented Mr. Ridley

March 1, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  John Ridley  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) By Patty Gopez You may know John Ridley best for his work on 12 Years a Slave, which won the Oscar last year for Best Writing for an Adapted Screenplay. However, being an Oscar winner is just icing on the cake for the accomplished writer. Ridley also…

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