The Academy Award winner and her husband are accused of failing to pay their taxes for two years, and now the government says they owe nearly $400,000.
Leonardo DiCaprio finally got the overdue recognition he deserves.
This year's #OscarsSoWhite controversy has sparked a lot of conversation about actors and actresses (past and present) who should have received acknowledgement from the prestigious award show.
Lonnie Rashid Lynn better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), was born March 13, 1972. A native Chicogoan, Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?. Common’s first major-label album, Like Water for Chocolate, received widespread critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success. His first Grammy Award was in 2003, […]
Alfre Woodard hosted her annual pre-Oscar party to celebrate African American women in film in the penthouse of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. HipHollywood was on…
Brides Against Breast Cancer Nationwide Tour of Gowns, VIP Unveiling of the gowns Reception, Saturday, February 23, 6:30-9:30pm, $20; general admission Sunday, February 24, noon-5pm, The Omni Richmond Hotel, 100 South 12th Street, www.bridesabc.org or 877-721-HOPE (4673). Neighborhood Resource Center “An Evening of West African Music” features Gambian Kora Master Papa Susso, Malian Belafon Wizard […]
UPDATE: The “Jerry Maguire” star Cuba Gooding JR turned himself into New Orleans Police, one day after disruption at The Old Absinthe Bar on Bourbon Street. Gooding faces battery charges for alledgely pushing a female bartender during a dispute at the Bourbon Street Bar on Tuesday around 3 a.m. Actor Cuba Gooding JR met with New […]
Gossip website Jezebel published an exclusive set of photos from a New Mexico woman who claims that actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. spent an evening in Albuquerque groping and harassing her and her friends. Four different women claim he was punching folks, grabbing butts and breasts, and pinching and twisting women’s nippless. And, they have photo […]
Somehow hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs got lost in the shuffle with all the Octavia Spencer excitement at the Academy Awards Sunday night. Combs surprised the world when he took home an Oscar for his involvement in “Undefeated.” Combs won his Oscar for executive producing the football flick for best documentary. The film opened in […]
Kevin Frazier co-anchor of “The Insider” and contributor on the Tom Joyner Morning Show takes us behind the scenes of Oscar Week. The Oscar’s ceremony is more than just the showing on Sunday night. Kevin Frazier is the first African American male to host a daily entertainment news show on a major television network. Frazier was invited to peep on […]
Oprah Winfrey says she understands why some complained when the film academy announced it would give her an honorary Oscar for her humanitarian contributions. The 57-year-old media mogul will receive the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Saturday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ third annual Governors Awards. When the announcement was […]
Oprah Winfrey and James Earl Jones have been picked to receive honorary Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says they will be honored with Oscar statuettes at the Governors Awards in November. Oprah Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which honors philanthropic and humanitarian contributions. Oprah, 57, who was nominated […]
