Entertainment

By Kendall Alexander Shonda Rhimes proves to be indestructible, constantly churning out small screen hits as Thursdays become dedicated to appropriately named ‘Shondaland’ from 8PM to 11PM.  The historic woman of the hour is shattering glass ceilings one sexy, multidimensional, and dynamic character at a time.  The scintillating new crime series “How to Get Away…

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By Tambay A. Obenson Above is a first-look photo at Common and Tessa Thompson in Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” – a film that’s already generating Oscar buzz ahead of its December premiere.  Rapper/actor Common plays James Bevel, the civil rights activist who helped set up 1963’s “Children’s Crusade” in Birmingham, Alabama, which was a turning point…

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By Karen E. Quinones Miller Roberta Jamison was always an avid reader, the kind who would sneak and read books under the blankets when she was supposed to be sleeping, and bump into things while walking down the street because her nose was buried in a book. Romance books were her favorites, but as she…

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Muhammad Ali—can do much more than float like a butterfly and sting like a bee By Kendall Alexander Rambunctious. Intense. Pretty.  These are just some of the words one might use to describe a legend of this man’s caliber.  No matter the age, everyone knows who ‘The Greatest’ is, and instantly associates the phrase with…

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By Kendall Alexander Outspoken filmmaker Sam White (Tessa Thompson) displays fervent tenacity in her attempts to raise hell for the greater good of her African American peers through repertoire that includes controversial college radio show ‘Dear White People.’  She struggles with the duality of being biracial and maintaining a relationship with beau Gabe (Justin Dobies)….

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ABOVE PHOTO: Stevie Wonder  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) By Evelyn Diaz BET Stevie Wonder and his fiancée Tomeeka Robyn Bracy are expecting triplets after secretly having a baby together last year, The National Enquirer reports. “Stevie never thought he’d be a father again so late in life,” a source says, adding “it may not have been…

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INDIE WIRE/THE SOURCE Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne Legacy”) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney in the “Selina Kyle” episode of GOTHAM on FOX. eurweb.com “Gotham”, which already had a larger-than-usual 16-episode original order from FOX, has been picked up for six more episodes to bring its total to a full-season 22, reports Deadline.com. Normally, shows get an initial order of 13,…

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eurweb.com Steve Harvey is taking things a step further for those looking for love with the launch of Delightful.com. The dating website, which targets relationship-minded individuals is the result of Harvey’s partnership with IAC, the company behind Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder. The syndicated talk/radio show host previously worked with IAC as a spokesman for one…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Terrence Howard  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) eurweb.com So, does Terrence Howard score points for coming up with a pretty crafty scheme to keep his ex-wife Michelle Ghent from getting her hands on nearly half a million dollars of his money? Or, is he at risk of going to jail for it? You see,…

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