Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Chris Brown  (AP Photo/Lori Shepler, Pool)   Associated Press Chris Brown on Friday admitted a probation violation over an altercation last year outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., and was sentenced to remain on probation and serve an additional 131 days in jail.  Brown appeared in court Friday and admitted he committed a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Solange Knowles, Jay-Z at last week’s Met Gala 2014. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)   Associated Press NEW YORK — The Standard Hotel in New York City says it is investigating the leak of a security video that appears to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange, attacking Jay Z. Asked about the video on Monday by The Associated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Romany Malco (‘Keep It Together’,)  Viola Davis (‘How to Get Away With Murder’,)  Octavia Spencer (‘Red Band Society’,)  Boris Kodjoe (‘The Club’,)  Nicole Beharie (‘Sleepy Hollow’,)  Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson (‘Empire’.) By Vanessa Martinez shadow and act.com In rather early anticipation for 2014’s Fall Season TV’s slate – official announcement on actual pilots that…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Gugu Mbatha-Raw Interview with Kam Williams Born in Oxford, England on June 30, 1983, Gugu Mbatha-Raw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first professional role was as Celia in an open air production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” Mbatha-Raw subsequently landed roles at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre…

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By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com Starz’s highly anticipated new original series Power will debut a month from now, on Saturday, June 7th at 9pm ET/PT. Executive produced by Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Power tells the story of a crime drama set in two different worlds – the glamorous New York club scene and…

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Tweet it: Join CBSPhilly and the City of Philadelphia for the 35th Annual Broad Street Run cbsphilly.com/broadstreetrun The City of Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation and CBS Radio Philadelphia are proud to announce a partnership for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run, taking place May 2-4. The five local radio stations will provide marketing,…

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Review by Kam Williams Born in the West Indies in 1761, Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) was the product of the taboo union of Mary Belle, an African slave, and John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), a British ship captain. Upon Mary’s death, the concerned father brought his 8 year-old daughter to England to see whether his well-heeled…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  cartoonist Jackie Ormes – born Zelda Mavin Jackson.   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com Thus far, since I launched the “Consider *This Story* For Your Next Film Project” series of posts a year ago, two suggestions I’ve made have been set up for development in Hollywood. Most recently, just yesterday, it…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  McCall could provide action franchise fodder for Denzel Washington. “The audience will decide that,” he says. “The Equalizer” will be in theaters Sept. 26. By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com Director Antoine Fuqua is featured in a USA Today profile of Sony Pictures’ adaptation of the TV series, The Equalizer, starring Denzel…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Ebony Magazine has announced that Mitzi Miller (pictured) is their new editor-in-chief, according to a recent press release.   By Hannington Dia news one Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) CEO Desiree Rogers announced that Miller will overtake the position in a Tuesday press release, according to The Huffington Post. “Mitzi is a gifted editor…

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