Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Tyler Perry   BlackAmericaWeb.com Tyler Perry dropped a shocker during an intimate interview with Cathy Hughes at the Women’s Empowerment Expo 2014. The media mogul revealed a shocking family secret. “I love my mother to death, but she lied to me”, Perry who is popular for the ‘Madea’ movies told Radio One founder…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Russell Simmons   Interview with Kam Williams Master entrepreneur and visionary Russell Simmons has influenced virtually all aspects of business and media; music, with the cofounding of the immensely successful Def Jam Recordings; the fashion industry with the trailblazing Phat Pharm, Baby Phat, Run Athletics, and Def Jam University clothing lines; television with…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Strahan  (JStone / Shutterstock.com)   By David Bauder Associated Press NEW YORK — Nickelodeon is looking to slime some athletes. The network said Thursday it is starting a sports awards show modeled after its popular Kids’ Choice Awards honoring the highs and lows in entertainment. “Kids’ Choice Sports 2014,” with former football…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Andre Benjamin in a scene from All Is By My Side.   By Zeba Blay shadow and act.com A little over a decade ago, VH1 premiered one of its many mediocre television biopics, Hendrix. Playing well against type, Wood Harris starred as the iconic guitarist, alongside Vivica A. Fox (as girlfriend/groupie Faye Pridgeon),…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Nia Long in The Single Moms Club.   Interview with Kam Williams Stunningly-attractive leading lady Nia Long returned to the big screen last fall in the highly-anticipated sequel The Best Man Holiday where she reunited with original cast mates Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau. Early last year, she joined…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Singer Erica Campbell, one half of the duo Mary Mary, poses for a photo in Atlanta. Campbell is promoting her first gospel solo album, “Help,” releasing March 25, 2014. It will get some good attention thanks to Mary Mary’s hit WEtv reality series, airing Thursdays, which season three debut pulled in nearly one…

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Teach Anti-Bullying, the Philadelphia-based national non-profit foundation dedicated to working with educators and parents on the bullying crisis in the classroom and our communities, has joined forces with the Philadelphia 76ers to organize the first Teach Anti-Bullying Fun Walk at the Sixers, Saturday, April 5th at the Wells Fargo Center. Both a fund-raiser and an…

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By Sergio shadow and act.com Sometimes when you’re a filmmaker it takes so long to make a film, that you wonder if it still will be relevant, or if anyone will care about it, once it’s finally finished. Well, according to Brooklyn-based filmmaker Mya B, speaking on her new documentary feature film, Afraid of Dark,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Ice Cube, left, and Kevin Hart in a scene from “Ride Along.”  (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)   By Jessica Herndon Associated Press LOS ANGELES — In the 20-plus years since Ice Cube decided to focus on movies, he’s taken on key roles in filmmaking – acting, writing, even directing. But it’s his work as…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jay Z performs on stage at the o2 arena in east London, as part of his Magna Carta World Tour. Jay Z and Kanye West joined forces Wednesday night, March 12, 2014, during SXSW in Austin, Texas.  (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)   By Chris Talbott Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas– Samsung got its…

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