Category Archives: Entertainment

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE The most common

MSNBC President Phil Griffin, ESSENCE President Michelle Ebanks, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation host Rev. Al Sharpton, ESSENCE Acting Managing Editor Vanessa Bush (Photo by Nathan Congleton/MSNBC) *Essence Festival, formerly “Essence Music Festival,” has teamed with MSNBC to broadcast live at the 2013 Essence Festival to take place in New Orleans July 4-7.

*Wendy Williams is the consummate celebrity gossip artist. The emerging “talk show queen” specializes in digging up dirt, and has made a career of sniffing out other people’s business, while staying mum about her own drama. It’s a recipe that works. But like anyone else, Wendys’ got skeletons, including a

*My, how the tables have turned. Brian Banks, 27, was once a promising young high school football prospect. His realization of playing at the collegiate level was just beyond reach. Then suddenly, the brakes we’re slammed on his future. Banks’ life as he knew it was brought to ruin by a young

*Will.i.am released an all-star album six weeks ago. Unfortunately for the leader of the Black Eyed Peas it’s an all-out flop. It doesn’t look like a solo career was the best move for the once chart topping artist. “Willpower” dropped on April 23rd and sits at 96 on the Billboard

*If you’re not familiar with  Sean Garret, don”t worry. We don’t really know who he is either. But soon we will all get a chance to learn more about this guy who apparently has penned hits for some pretty important music people, including Rihanna, Beyonce, and Usher among others. Garrett

*After being stalled in early development for a minute, production on Brett Ratner’s “Hercules: The Thracian Wars” began last week with Dwayne Johnson in the lead role. Paramount Pictures has slated an August 8, 2014 release for the film, which centers on the tormented son of Zeus. The story picks

*Kimberla Lawson Roby is a hit once more on the road as she meets and greets fans across the United States. The New York  Times bestselling author released her 19th novel “A House Divided” in May of 2013 and has since delighted her readers in person in Illinois, Arkansas, New

Singer Miguel attends The 2013 Clio Awards at American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 2013 in New York City *Drake And Miguel will hit the road together on a 41-city North American tour this fall. The trek launches Sept. 25 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon

*Bill Cosby says he wanted “The Cosby Show” to represent a parenting philosophy that would “take the house back” from kids. “I based the series on two important things: No. 1 … I hated those series where the children were brighter than the parents, and those parents had to play