HOLLYWOOD (RNN) – Octavia Spencer won Oscar’s first acting award Sunday for her supporting turn in The Help. List of Oscar winners Best Cinematography – Robert Richardson, Hugo Best Art Direction – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Shiavo, Hugo Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges, The Artist Best Makeup – Mark Coulier and J. Roy […]
“The Help” star Octavia Spencer is planning to go under the knife later this year for breast augmentation surgery. “I am going to get my boobs lifted,” the Oscar-nominated actress, 41, tells Parade. “That’s going to be my first gift. I figured going into my forties I want my boobs where they were when I […]
Mack Avenue recording artist and soul innovator Rahsaan Patterson is proud to announce the release of his new original song “Don’t Touch Me.” Proceeds from the song will raise money for the non-profit organization RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Patterson, himself a victim of sexual abuse, is […]
Whitney Houston had a special bond with her mother. She and Bobbi Kristina seem to share the same bond. And while Cissy Houston was grieving in a way that may have been too deep for words, she still managed to put together very beautiful words for the Homegoing program. Her words, so eloquent, are a […]
Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by NBA great Magic Johnson and music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. Two of the networks are majority black-owned while two are majority American-Hispanic-owned, with all of them programming in English, the Philadelphia-based Comcast said. It was […]
Mariah Carey stopped by “Good Morning America” to discuss her Jenny Craig weight loss partnership, her forthcoming album and the health problems of her husband, Nick Cannon. “Nick is doing well. It’s a very complicated thing and I know he spoke on it himself,” she told Robin Roberts. “I feel a little bit awkward because […]
R&B singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild is stepping away from the limelight. But the Philadelphia native isn’t leaving music altogether.
When comedian Bernie Mac died an untimely death in 2008 at the age of 50, fans all over the world mourned. A native Chicagoan, Mac – born Bernie McCullough – was a renowned stand-up comic, the star of his own self-titled Fox sitcom and an actor who starred in several films, including the “Ocean’s 11” […]
Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive and was thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston. Hours after she canceled an appearance at Houston’s funeral because of spasms in her legs, the “Queen of Soul” (the “undisputed” Queen, the capacity audience was reminded by the show’s announcer) was quick on her feet, feisty in […]
Discussions are said to be in the early stages between Janet Jackson and the producers of “The X Factor” for her to join the judging panel alongside executive producer Simon Cowell and Antonio “L.A.’ Reid. According to The Hollywood Reporter, any talks “are currently in the preliminary stages, as Cowell holds meetings this week with […]
Police say R&B singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has been arrested on a minor drug charge in New York City. The 34-year-old is the son of Alan Thicke, who played patriarch Jason Seaver on the long-running ABC sitcom “Growing Pains.” He was arrested early Friday afternoon in Manhattan near Madison Square Park. Police say he was pulled […]
Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday strongly defended his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff on Saturday for Whitney Houston, saying he rejects criticism that she “forfeited the good things that she did” because of her struggles with substance abuse. “What I would say to everybody is, ‘There but for the grace of God go […]
