Television
Former NBA star and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose announced on Wednesday that he and “First Take” co-host Molly Qerim have filed for divorce. Jalen announced via social media: “After being separated for almost a year, Molly and I have officially decided to go our separate ways,” Rose wrote on his Instagram story. “We both agree […]
Immediately after Dave Chapelles’ “The Closer” was released on Tuesday, The Closer began receiving backlash over a series of anti-trans comments from the 48-year-old comedian. At one point during the gig, Chappelle says that he is a trans-exclusionary radical feminist a.k.a. TERF. Chapelle also expressed support for J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author who claimed trans women posed a threat […]
Premiere parties and interviews are taking up 50 Cent’s time as he prepares for the premiere of his show ‘BMF’ this Sunday on Starz following the season finale of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. 50 sat down with Billboard to discuss the show and why he cast Snoop Dogg for one of the episodes, and […]
China’s government has banned effeminate men from TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote a “revolutionary culture.” President Xi Jinping has called for a “national rejuvenation,” with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion in it’s effort of broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. […]
Peacock has announced the full cast for Bel-Air, the highly-anticipated reboot ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ with Will Smith serving as one of the executive producers that has two seasons already ordered. According to TVLine, the cast will be Jabari Banks as Will, Simone Joy Jones as Lisa, Will’s Season 5 girlfriend and eventual bride, Adrian Holmes as Philip […]
It has been made official, Mike Richards will no longer be the executive producer of both “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune,” after insensitive comments he made on his podcast in the past came back to bite him in the rear. The comments on the podcast resurfaced earlier this month and Sony Pictures made moves to remove […]
After the shakeup of ESPN’s ‘First Take’ and the exit of Max Kellerman, Stephen A. Smith is making moves to join forces with his friends Magic Johnson and Mike Wilbon for NBA Countdown. The show will still maintain its regular contributors but the focus would be on the big three. As far as the direction of […]
ESPN has confirmed that it is cancelling “the Jump” show hosted by Rachel Nichols and has pulling the longtime reporter from NBA coverage amid ongoing backlash to race-related comments she made about former colleague Maria Taylor, the network confirmed Wednesday. ESPN plans to replace “The Jump” with new NBA content while it is unclear when […]
Kevin Hart has been facing some backlash after clip from his Peacock show “Hart to Heart” has gone viral of his interview with Don Cheadle. According to TMZ, the reported feud was really just fun and games when Kevin responded “damn” when Don revealed that he was 56 years old. After a slight pause, Kevin […]
ESPN announced on Wednesday that sports reporter Maria Taylor will no longer work at the company after she and the network failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension, the company announced Wednesday. This comes after a rough patch during the NBA playoffs where a voice recording of Rachel Nichols was released to the public […]
Actress Taraji P. Henson will be the host of the 2021 BET Awards and Queen Latifah will be the Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. The award show will be live and in person for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Henson stated: “For more than 20 years, the BET Awards have been a celebration of Black […]
Only hours after the 17th season of The Bachelorette debuted, it was announced that longtime host Chris Harrison has exited the romance franchise permanently. Chris was the front man for for “The Bachelor” and all its successful spinoffs. Rumor has it that Harrison will receive an eight-figure payoff and promise to keep his mouth shut about the settlement. See […]
