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Actor Tyler Perry has obtained a pilot’s licence so he can personally fly his pals to his private island in the Bahamas. Perry purchased his own island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean a few years ago, but getting there was a problem. Perry soon realised he would have to board a single-engine seaplane, […]
Former talk show host/author Star Jones returned to The View Wednesday, almost six years after she left the show under unpleasant circumstances. “It was ugly, everything around was ugly,” Jones reflecteded. “It was a bad, emotional time. Nasty things were being said in the media. It was just not a good emotional time.” Jones, who […]
Actresss Angelina Jolie has written the foreword to ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton’s new memoir, The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts, a rep for the book’s publisher, HarperCollins, confirms. Jolie, 36, and Thornton, 56, were married from 2000 to 2003. During their intense, highly-publicized marriage, the couple famously wore vials of one another’s […]
Late rap pioneer Heavy D’s life will be chronicled in a documentary airing Sunday on Centric TV. “Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D” will feature interviews with the Jamaican-born rapper’s family and artists including Will Smith, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah, according to Centric TV, the 24-hour channel that is part of the […]
Talk Show Host Wendy Williams had a tumultuous relationship with Whitney Houston, whom she never met, and former “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actress Janet Hubert is criticizing her for crying over the singer after her untimely death. Huber has addressed Wendy in an open letter. “Celebrities are not topics; we are people just like everyone […]
CBS This Morning has started a new segment titled “Note to Self” and Dr. Maya Angelou has kicked off the series by imparting some words of wisdom to her younger self. The writer and civil rights activist wrote a letter to a 15-year-old Maya and encouraged the teenager to appreciate her senses and find beauty […]
Singer Whitney Houston’s family attorney is addresssing Bobby Brown and what really happened when he decided who to leave the funeral of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, before it started on Saturday. Mark Trigg, who was Whitney’s attorney, and now represents the Houston family, claimed on Tuesday, that Brown did not adhere to guidelines set up […]
The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future. The surprise performance by President Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing “Sweet Home Chicago.” Buddy Guy prodded the […]
Years after the peak of her success, Whitney Houston’s unparalleled voice was “gone” and it took years of coaching sessions to get even part of it back, her one-time vocal coach revealed to “20/20,” during its two-hour Tuesday night special, “One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston.” “It appeared to be so damaged […]
Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and NBA great Magic Johnson. Two of the networks are majority black-owned Comcast said. It was unclear how much of an on-camera role, if any, Combs and Johnson might play […]
Actor Terrence Howard has been ordered to pay $50,000 for his soon-to-be ex-wife’s expenses and keep up her car payment until the feuding couple meet again in court in April. Howard’s representatives claimed that he was low on cash and that Michelle Ghent Howard’s allegations of mistreatment were harming his reputation. The judge obviously didn’t […]
Roland Martin is back in good standing with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) following his on-air apology Sunday in the wake of Super Bowl tweets the group called homophobic. Martin was suspended by CNN earlier this month for a pair of tweets that appeared to advocate violence against gays. “If a dude […]
