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TLC Partners With ‘Real Housewives’ Producers for “Preacher Wives”

Elev8 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:09:05 +0000

The network announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with True Entertainment, the production company behind The Real Housewives of Atlanta, for a new reality series with the working title Preacher Wives. It will follow the “First Ladies” of Atlanta area churches.

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“We are excited to work with TLC to profile the lives of these strong-willed women,” True Entertainment president Steven Weinstock says. “With most praise in religious communities directed towards male preachers, we are thrilled to give these remarkable ladies the spotlight they crave and deserve.”

The series will not only follow the women as they play out their role as preacher’s wives in the congregation, but also give a view of their home lives and how they balance both roles.

True Entertainment’s Weinstock and Glenda Hersh will serve as executive producers. The production company’s projects also include OWN’s Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes and Unfaithful, Logo’s The A-List, and Bravo’s Platinum Hit. TLC did not announce a projected airdate.

The series marks the network’s entire into the type of programming that has become the half-billion dollar reality gold of the Real Housewives franchise for Bravo, a formula that has been picked up by several other networks like VH1 and its Basketball Wives.

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Chris Christie Sorry for Civil Rights Remark

Tom Joyner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:47 +0000

According to the AP, Gov. Chris Christie has apologized for a remark he made about civil rights but says he's not sorry for using a slang term to describe a lawmaker who compared him to segregationist Southern governors. http://www.blackamericaweb.c... Read more..

Should A Candidates Religion Matter?

Elev8 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:43 +0000

The latest polling by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows that Mitt Romney maintains a substantial lead nationally in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. The survey, conducted Jan. 11-16, finds few differences among GOP voters from various religious groups in terms of the candidate they would most like to see get their party’s nomination.¹

During the race for president, a candidate’s religion can make or break them in the eyes of the voter.

Romney’s strongest support in a matchup against Obama continues to come from evangelical voters; three-quarters of evangelicals (76%) say they would vote for Romney, compared with 19% who favor Obama. When this question was asked in November, 70% of white evangelicals expressed support for Romney while 26% favored Obama.

Obama’s strongest support among the religious groups analyzed comes from voters who are religiously unaffiliated; nearly two-thirds of this group (64%) support Obama while 28% prefer Romney. These figures are little changed over the past two months. (The current poll included too few interviews with black Protestant registered voters to permit analysis of their voting intentions.)

Whenever he was asked about the impact of his race on the 2008 election, President Obama would often say that he presumed his race would cost him some votes, and maybe gain him some votes too just like a lot of other characteristics over which he had little control such as how he looked and where he was from. Of course as we all later learned there was another trait President Obama also had little control over that had, and continues to have, the potential to cost him and other candidates even more votes than race: perceived religious beliefs. The fact that 1 in 5 Americans believe President Obama is not a Christian and view that as a justification for questioning his leadership and patriotism represents a political land mine for the President, and increasingly for his 2012 GOP opponent as well.

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Twelve-Year-Old on Mission to See Slave Honored

Tom Joyner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:10:28 +0000

Jackson Davis V is on a mission. The 12-year-old great-grandson of a postal worker is lobbying the U.S. Postal Service to commission a commemorative stamp next year honoring York, an enslaved man who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific coast. Read more..

Kim Kardashian Tweets That She Is A Church Girl!

Elev8 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:09 +0000

Several hours before the season finale of “Kourtney and Kim Take New York” aired last night, Kardashian attended a service at Life Change Community Church in Agoura Hills, Calif. Prior to the service she stated via Twitter, “I want to start a bible study group with my friends!”

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The events leading up to Kardashian’s widely publicized divorce of New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries became the focus of her show’s season finale, in which she could be seen frequently shedding tears over her unhealthy marriage.

But while the model and reality star’s Tweets on Sunday revealed her angst to see the season come to a close, she seemed excited to learn more about the Bible.

“On [my] way to church with the girls!” she posted on her way to the service in Southern California. Afterward she said that she “can’t wait” for next week’s service, which she indicated will feature a lesson about angels.

Kris Jenner, Kardashian’s mother, was also in attendance for the Sunday service. She Tweeted a message of thanks to the church’s pastor, Brad Johnson, for sharing a helpful sermon about “Toxic Family Members.

Stacey English’s Parents Plan Feb. 4 Service

Tom Joyner — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:02:12 +0000

The family of a missing woman whose body was found in southeast Atlanta earlier this week said the medical examiner has yet to determine the cause of death, but foul play has not been ruled out. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/mo... Read more..

Carjack-Hoax Mother Gets Eight Years for Fraud

Tom Joyner — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:19:35 +0000

According to the AP, the in-vitro treatments. The suburban house. The lavish trips and dinners out. None of it was worth it, a soccer mom-turned-"abduction hoax" mom told a federal judge Thursday before she was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a $1 million swindle. Read more..

Missing Man’s Eight-Year-Old Case Stumps Family

Tom Joyner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:42:07 +0000

Eight years have passed since 27-year-old Terrance Williams disappeared between Jan. 11 and 12, 2004 after going to a party in Bonita Springs, Florida and having last been seen with a Collier County sheriff’s corporal. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=arti... Read more..

Oprah’s “Next Chapter” To Feature Bishop TD Jakes

Elev8 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:26 +0000

The Oprah Winfrey Network confirmed Tuesday that as part of her new prime-time series, “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” Winfrey will interview Bishop T.D. Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas.

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“The series, which features Oprah as she steps outside of the studio for riveting, enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders and real-life families, will expand to air part two of her in-depth interviews starting Monday, January 30,” the network announced.

Winfrey will be visiting Jakes at his 30,000-member church, but the network did not reveal when the visit will be made nor when the recording of her visit with the megachurch pastor would air. Jakes, also an author and filmmaker, broadcasts his sermons on “The Potter’s Touch,” which airs on a variety of Christian broadcasting networks, including Trinity Broadcasting Network and Black Entertainment Television.According to the Dallas pastor’s official website, Jakes has been named “America’s Best Preacher” by Time Magazine and ranks among the 25 Most Influential African-Americans.

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Winfrey previously interviewed televangelist Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

If Jakes’ interview is anything like Osteen’s, viewers will be discussing the episode long after it airs. In their Jan. 8 interview, Winfrey questioned Osteen on his ego, the criticism he receives from both nonbelievers and believers, and his monetary income.

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Man Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Kill Obama

Tom Joyner — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:40 +0000

According to the AP, an Idaho man accused of firing shots at the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he tried to assassinate President Barack Obama.

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GMC Seeks Faith & Family Screenwriters For Screenplay Competition

Elev8 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:30:58 +0000

GMC, America’s favorite channel for uplifting music and family entertainment, announced today that it is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on the second annual GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition. The competition, promoting the development of faith friendly family entertainment screenplays, with a focus on the American Black cultural experience, is a component of GMC’s “Official Sponsorship” of Film Life’s 16^th annual ABFF event, which is the pre-eminent festival promoting cultural diversity within the film and television industry. The 2012 ABFF will be held June 20-23 in Miami.

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Submissions for the GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition are being solicited now through March 15 by the ABFF through the organization’s web site (http://abff.com/festival/) and newsletter. All eligible screenplays received will be sent to GMC for review by a select panel, which will choose three finalists. The three finalists will have portions of their screenplay performed by actors in attendance at the festival and in front of a live audience of festival attendees and industry tastemakers. One Grand Prize winner will receive $5,000.

“We are thrilled to renew our partnership with ABFF to present the GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition for a second year,” said Wendy McCoy, vice president of marketing at GMC. “The response to last year’s competition was extremely successful generating over 130 submissions across various genres such as family, adventure, romantic comedy and drama. We look forward to producing and premiering last year’s winner Raising Izzie and finalist Somebody’s Child on GMC this year and to finding additional exciting projects in this year’s Competition.”

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Brad Siegel, vice-chairman of GMC, added, “We take pride in the fact that the GMC’s Faith and Family Screenplay Competition is a natural extension of our network’s commitment to showcase inspiring multicultural themed faith friendly family stories. As we begin production on last year’s winning screenplay, Raising Izzie, it solidifies that our partnership with ABFF and this Competition is a valuable proving ground to bring these stories to life.”

Entries for GMC’s Faith and Family Screenplay Competition should: be formatted for a two-hour television movie, or approximately 88 minutes of content excluding commercials; center around faith-friendly, family-friendly topics with a focus on the American Black cultural experience with a wide audience appeal, and; focus on genres/formats that tell these inspiring stories like romantic comedies, comedies, dramas and family adventures. All submissions should be a non-period piece, and; submitted in a printed form only. Electronic entries will not be accepted. Submissions should be mailed to: GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition 2012, c/o Film Life, Inc., 116 West 23^rd Street, 5^th Floor, New York, NY. All submission materials must be received no later than 5 p.m., Thursday, March 15^th.

In the inaugural GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition the Grand Prize was presented to writer David Martyn Conley for his original screenplay Raising Izzie, a story of two young orphaned sisters and the caring teacher who changed their lives. Raising Izzie, which starts production in March in Atlanta, will be produced and directed by former ABFF award winner Roger M. Bobb (For Colored Girls, “House of Payne”). Bobb is the only two time winner of the Best Film Award at the ABFF. Raising Izzie will premiere on GMC in July and have its premier at this year’s Festival.

Last year’s runner-up winner, Somebody’s Child, an original screenplay written by Siddeeqah Powell, is in pre-production and will premiere on GMC in August

Body Found Awaiting ID, Could Be Stacey English

Tom Joyner — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:57 +0000

Police said a body discovered in southeast Atlanta near the spot where the abandoned car of a missing Buckhead woman was found was "consistent with the age" of the missing woman. Read more..

Ohio Wrestler Gets 32 Years in HIV Assault Case

Tom Joyner — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:41:40 +0000

According to the AP, A former professional wrestler was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for having sex with women without telling them he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Read more..

Georgia Man’s Disappearance Shocks Kin, Friends

Tom Joyner — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:10:47 +0000

The family of a Walton County, Georgia man who has been missing for a week has announced a $10,000 reward for information that will help them find him. Read more..

Fort Lauderdale Police Need Help For Sex Case Against Pastor

Elev8 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:25:56 +0000

Fort Lauderdale Police said Thursday they arrested a 41-year-old man after he lured a young girl into his home with the promise of food, then groped her. Raymond Vincent of Fort Lauderdale groped the girl Sunday, but she told detectives that Vincent also molested her two other times in 2011, police said. Fort Lauderdale Police arrested Vincent on Tuesday, and he has been charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a person under 12 and is being held at the Broward County Main Jail, they said.

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When he was being interviewed by detectives, Vincent claimed that he is a youth pastor at a Pompano church, police said. Because of that, “investigators are concerned that there may be other victims who have yet to come forward to the police,” and detectives are also seeking the public’s help in “identifying the church where Vincent is a youth pastor,” police said.

Police urge anyone whose children may have had inappropriate contact with Vincent to call Detective Felicia Barnwell at 954-828-5533 or Detective Lorette Innocent-Doles at 954-828-513

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