Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  The cast of “Orange is the New Black”  (Photo courtesy: msnbc)   By Frazier Moore associated press NEW YORK — An upper-middle class blonde from Brooklyn goes to jail for a drug-related screw-up years before. The women’s federal prison of “Orange Is the New Black” is a different world than Piper Chapman had…

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By Lynn Elber associated press LOS ANGELES — “The Arsenio Hall Show” has been canceled because of low ratings, ending Hall’s late-night comeback bid after a single season. Hall’s bid to recreate the success he enjoyed 20 years ago failed to find a big enough audience in the ever-crowded TV market. CBS Television Production had…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Omari Hardwick plays upscale club owner James “Ghost” St. Patrick in “Power.” By Kharisma Mclwaine STARZ is known for stand out shows that bring people back season after season.  Now STARZ teams up with Executive Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Series Creator Courtney Kemp Agboh, to bring us the original drama, Power. …

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Smokey Robinson  (Dan Steinberg/Invision for The Thalians/AP Images)   eurweb.com A claim filed by Claudette Robinson, ex-wife of Motown pied-piper Smokey Robinson, alleges that not only is she entitled to 50 percent of his compositions, but that her ex-husband has breached fiduciary duty, committed constructive fraud, and anticipatorily breached the terms of a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bessie Smith   By Jai Tiggett shadow and act.com On the heels of news that actresses Mo’Nique and Khandi Alexander have joined Queen Latifah in the cast of HBO Films’ Bessie Smith biopic Blue Goose Hollow, I had a chance to read the screenplay for the film, a February 2014 draft. Penned by…

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ABOVE PHOTO:   Herb Jeffries, a singing cowboy hero of the silver screen, right, is congratulated by jazz great Gerald Wilson following dedication ceremonies for Jeffries’ star on the Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on his 93rd birthday in 2004.  Herb Jeffries, the first African-American singing cowboy to appear in movies…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tracy Camilla Johns as Nola Darling in a scene from Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It.”   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com Announced four weeks ago, Spike Lee is teaming up with Showtime to develop a half-hour TV series based on his cherished, though problematic feature film debut, She’s Gotta Have…

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Review by Kam Williams X-Men: Days of Future Past represents the 7th episode in the storied mutant series, and is the third directed by Bryan Singer who also helmed X-Men 1 and 2. This installment is loosely based on the 1981 Marvel Comics (issues #141-142) of the same name, a convoluted tale in which one…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Yellow police tape seals off the home of actor Michael Jace (insert) on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. Jace, who played a police officer on the hit TV show “The Shield,” was arrested on suspicion of homicide after his wife was found shot to death in their Los Angeles home, authorities said….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jennifer Lopez accepts the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Las Vegas.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)   Mixed reviews for the Michael Jackson hologram performance   associated press The King of Pop and a likely successor, prince of pop Justin Timberlake, ruled…

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