Entertainment

Okay Beyonce, you’re starting to get on my nerves a little. As regular readers know, I try not to acknowledge the existence of Beyonce Knowles-Carter whenever possible. I do this for two reasons: one, because the only piece of her music I have on my I-Tunes library is one that I was forced to download…

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In 2006, Terrence Howard received an Academy Award nomination for his lead role in John Singleton’s Hustle & Flow, and the song which he performed in the film became the first rap song ever to receive an Academy Award. That same year, he was also a member of…

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Grief-stricken Lazlo Kerick (Colin Farrell) never recovered from the gruesome murder of his wife (Beata Dalton). It came on orders from a vicious mob boss intent on preventing her from testifying in court. Amoral Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence Howard) also had the couple’s only child (Accalia Quintana) slain….

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The Weinstein Company holds the fate of three black films this year – The Butler, Fruitvale and Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. A release date for Mandela has already been set for November 29. And while Fruitvale was original set to debut on October 18, The Weinstein Company has…

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Three episodes into the new CBS drama “Golden Boy” and it’s already apparent that the show’s main storyline – a young NYPD officer’s road to becoming the city’s youngest police commissioner – are at times upstaged by the relationship between the cop (Theo James) and his partner, played by Chi McBride.

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Jimi Hendrix recorded everything. More than 40 years after his death, though, the tape is finally running out. “People, Hell & Angels,” out Tuesday, will be the last album of Hendrix’s unreleased studio material, according to Eddie Kramer, the engineer who recorded most of Hendrix’s music during his brief career.

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A “smoking gun” e-mail allegedly connecting a concert promoter to Michael Jackson’s death was revealed this week as a judge unsealed documents in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother and children, reports CNN.

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Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers died about 6 AM in Southfield. Rogers had been ill for several years.

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What an interesting turn of events! Fans who’ve been calling for a Jesse L. Martin/Marvin Gaye biopic just might be getting their wish! It’s been a long journey for the various Marvin Gaye projects that we’ve been following since this site was created almost four years ago.

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Dick Gregory visited Universal Bluford Charter School (UBCS) in West Philadelphia last Friday. Universal Bluford Charter School (UBCS), located at 5720 Media Street is a community enriched educational institution serving West Philadelphia students in grades K through 6th.

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