30 Sep 2016
Posted by jmurray 
Sophistication, safety and smooth are the first words that come to mind when I think of the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. This updated model gets some fresh tweaks, among them new wheels, new headlights, a new grille, and new front and rear bumpers. Another new feature, its third-row offering, made the Santa...
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29 Sep 2016
Posted by jmurray 
Back in the 1990’s, I was a teenager in high school with aspirations of working in the entertainment industry. At that time, I was cutting my teeth in gospel music and volunteering for a Washington, DC area production company called HawKings Productions. I helped them organize the Youth & Young...
Read more → 19 Sep 2016
Posted by jmurray One of Atlanta's most-prominent couples, singer/actress Demetria McKinney and TV and film producer Roger Bobb have called it quits. The two, who were featured prominently on season seven of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" when McKinney joined the cast, got engaged this past January after nearly nine...
Read more → 13 Sep 2016
Posted by jmurray Grammy winner Faith Evans has confirmed what has been suspected by many for months now: she's dating "Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta" star Stevie J. In an Instagram post she did on Monday evening, the First Lady of Bad Boy Entertainment wrote under a split image of she and Stevie J: "Well I guess it's...
Read more → 15 Jun 2016
Posted by jmurray After 71 years in the media business, the iconic Johnson Publishing is getting out of publishing. The financially-strapped business founded by the late media mogul, John H. Johnson has sold its iconic magazine Ebony and its digital-only publication Jet magazine to an Austin, Texas-based private equity...
Read more → 14 Jun 2016
Posted by jmurray While Kevin Hart has been on a whirlwind promotional tour promoting his upcoming film, "Central Intelligence" with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, his home was burglarized. The Hollywood funnyman returned home from Miami on Monday to discover that the backdoor to his home in Tarzana, Calif. had been pried...
Read more → 10 May 2016
Posted by jmurray Actress Audra McDonald may not win a Tony this year, but she may give birth to one. The six-time Tony Award winner is pregnant with her second child at age 45. This will be the first child for McDonald and second husband, Will Swenson. McDonald has a daughter, Zoe, from her previous marriage to first...
Read more → 06 May 2016
Posted by jmurray Former "American Idol" finalist Rickey Smith has died in a car accident. The singer was 36 and would have turned 37 on his birthday May 10. Smith, who appeared on season two of the long-running Fox competition series, was killed when an alleged drunk driver was headed the wrong way on a freeway...
Read more → 03 May 2016
Posted by jmurray More than a dozen or so magazines just became casualties of the digital era, as Harris Publications abruptly announced it was closing last week. The latest digital disruption brings an end to urban print titles like Juicy, XXL, SLAM and Rides; as well as Celebrity Hairstyles, Guitar World, Revolver,...
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Muhammad Ali: My Two Unforgettable Encounters With “The Greatest of All Time”
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More than a decade ago, I was driving down Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, California in a red Cadillac on loan from General Motors. I had the windows down, as it was a beautiful sunny day in L.A., and I was blasting my Syleena Johnson CD, "Chapter 2: The Voice." I was on my way to the E! Entertainment...
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