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Houston, TX –Music World Gospel Recording artist Le’Andria Johnson’s debut CD, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson debuts at #1 on multiple music charts, including both the Billboard Top Gospel Album and the Top Christian/Gospel Album charts. The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson also debuts at #1 on the Christian Music Trade Association’s (CMTA) Current Gospel Overall […]
If you don’t know the name of Shonda Rhimes, you should. She single handedly is bringing quality scripted tv back. Now comes hopes that a period piece not about struggling Blacks Gilded Lillys will aire on ABC. Gilded Lillys marks Rhimes’ fourth project with ABC: rookie legal drama Scandal is set for midseason; medical dramas […]
Mary Mary stopped through Praise 103.9FM Studio to chat it up with CeCe McGhee about how to survive in a world that seems filled with natural disasters and devastation. They attributed their new song “Survive” to all the fighters our their who have lived through tragedy. The gospel duo also discussed how to make it […]
LONDON (AP) — Jermaine Jackson says his family had secretly arranged to fly Michael to Bahrain if the pop icon was found guilty of child molestation. Jermaine was quoted as saying that a private jet financed by a friend was on standby to whisk his late brother to the Gulf emirate if the 2005 court case […]
And then there were two…but tonight, BET Sunday Best could only announce just one name as the winner of Season IV. So the winner is 25-year-old vocal phenomenon Ms. Amber Bullock of St. Louis, Missouri. BET Sunday Best Season IV finalists Andrea Helms (left) and Amber Bullock (right). from: http://thebuzzcincy.com Quickly becoming one of America’s […]
After rumors that Eddie Murphy was in talks to host the 2012 Academy Awards emerged last weekend, industry insiders have confirmed that he will be taking on hosting duties for the Oscars. The last time Murphy hosted an awards show was the 1985 Video Music Awards show, when his raunchy “Delirious” persona was drastically different […]
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of R&B star and budding actress Aaliyah Dana Haughton’s death in a plane crash. Just 22 years old at the time of her death, she was in the Bahamas heading back to the States after wrapping up her 2001 music video, “Rock The Boat.” The twin-engine plane crashed shortly after […]
Tia Mowry is on a roll this year, she recently gave birth to her first child Cree Taylor Hardict and returned to TV with a hit show, “Tia & Tamera” on the Style network. Tia recently sat down with our sister site The Urban Daily and dished on her relationship with newlywed sister Tamera Mowry-Housley, […]
Let’s go back down memory lane. Where are my Soul Train fans? Remember Jeffrey Daniel from the original members of Shalamar? He turns 54 today! Wow! Look at how time flies! Jeffrey Daniel is an American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria he […]
Legendary Motown songwriter Nick Ashford died Monday evening, but his legacy will forever live on. On Facebook status updates and Twitter feeds, commiseration and nostalgia was the order of the evening by music fans quoting old Ashford & Simpson lyrics. Part of his legacy will forever live on in the next generation. VIDEO: Ashford’s life […]
Update: Son of Will and Jada denies split on Twitter According to In Touch , actor Will Smith and his wife of 13 years Jada Pinkett Smith have decided to separate. Will and Jada have two children together, Jaden Smith who starred in “The Karate Kid” and “Willow Smith” who had a hit with “Whip […]
NEW YORK — Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, has died at age 70. His longtime friend and former publicist Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press that Ashford — who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits — died Monday in a New York City […]