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Essence Festival: TV One Out, MSNBC In

Posted  May 22, 2013  by  jmurray

Don’t look for the “TV One Night Only: Live From The Essence Festival” this year on TV One. The annual music and cultural festival usually packages some of its main stage performances from the Essence Festival with backstage interviews for a two-hour television special for those unable to make it to New Orleans. After four [...]

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Added Value: VH1′s “Single Ladies” Gets New Cast Members

Posted  May 21, 2013  by  jmurray

VH1′s “Single Ladies” is currently in production on its third season. The hour-long drama, starring LisaRaye McCoy, Denise Vasi and Charity Shea, will add three new cast members when the show returns later this year. Singer LeToya Luckett, Damien Wayans (“Next Generation Wayans”), and South African actress Lesley-Ann Brandt (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”) have [...]

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Debt Dilemma: Sinbad Files Bankruptcy

Posted  May 21, 2013  by  jmurray

Hollywood funnyman Sinbad has filed for bankruptcy for a second time. In April, the 56-year-old comic (real name: David Adkins) filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy claiming he owes $10,991,715 in debt with only $131,000 in assets. The one-time late night talk host – who most recently starred in the WE TV reality series, “Sinbad: It’s [...]

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Kelly Rowland
TV

Deal Done: Kelly Rowland Joining “The X Factor”

Posted  May 20, 2013  by  jmurray

AlwaysAList.com previously reported on April 18 that Kelly Rowland was being looked at to possibly replace Britney Spears on “The X Factor.” READ: Kelly Rowland: Replacing Britney Spears On “The X Factor?” Fox has now announced that the former Destiny’s Child member will join the judging table on the Simon Cowell-produced competition series. Rowland and [...]

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Movies

Ready For Release: Jennifer Hudson’s “Winnie Mandela” Coming To Theaters

Posted  May 20, 2013  by  jmurray

Image Entertainment has acquired the United States rights to “Winnie Mandela,” the bio-film about the ex-wife of civil rights activist Nelson Mandela. Shot in 2011, the film adaptation of Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob’s biography, “Winnie Mandela: A Life” stars Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard. Image Entertainment secured the rights to [...]

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Chris Brown
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Chris Brown: Is Someone Trying To Kill Him?

Posted  May 20, 2013  by  jmurray

Apparently someone has made serious threats about killing Chris Brown. The Los Angeles Police Department is currently conducting an investigation of death threats made against the controversial singer. Law enforcement officials are looking into calls made to the office of the 24-year-old’s attorney, Mark Geragos. During the calls, there were threats made against Brown’s life [...]

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TV

Mary Mary: Reality Show Promo Clips Spark Controversy

Posted  August 29, 2012  by  jmurray

The second season of gospel duo Mary Mary’s self-titled WE TV reality series doesn’t premiere until Dec. 13, however two promotional clips for the forthcoming season have already been released. Looks as though things will be a little racier on the sophomore season of “Mary Mary,” as the first clip features Erica and Tina Campbell’s [...]

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Niecy Nash & Cedric the Entertainer (Photo: TV Land)
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TV

Not So Funny: Christian Group Wants Cedric The Entertainer’s “The Soul Man” Canceled

Posted  August 2, 2012  by  jmurray

Is TV Land’s “The Soul Man” blasphemeth? A Christian conservative watchdog group called One Million Moms sure thinks the Cedric The Entertainer and Niecy Nash fronted sitcom is! The 30 minute comedy, which became TV Land’s second-highest rated series premiere behind only the series launch of “Hot In Cleveland” with its June 20th premiere, “blasphemes [...]

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Black & Republican: 9 Celebrities Down With The GOP

Posted  August 28, 2012  by  jmurray

After being postponed a day due to Tropical Storm Isaac, the Republican National Convention is officially in full swing in Tampa, Florida. A who’s who roster of Republican leaders and politicians will be giving speeches at the convention this week. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, House Speaker John Boehner, New Hampshire [...]

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Gospel

“Sunday Best:” BET Competition Show Renewed For Another Season

Posted  June 24, 2012  by  AlwaysAList.com

Season five of Black Entertainment Television’s hit faith-based competition series “Sunday Best” doesn’t premiere until July, but fans of the show were excited to learn that BET has already renewed the show through season six. During the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers inLos Angelesin April, BET revealed that “Sunday Best” would be returning in 2013 [...]

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TV

Evelyn Lozada: Working With Iyanla Vanzant To Change Her Life

Posted  July 17, 2012  by  jmurray

Evelyn Lozada Johnson has faced tremendous backlash in recent months over some of her actions on the hit VH1 reality series “Basketball Wives.” Acknowledging the wrong of her ways and meeting with “Basketball Wives” detractor, TV host Star Jones to address the matter, Johnson is now working with author and motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant on [...]

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Exclusive

Isaac Carree: Singer Addresses The Deitrick Haddon Accusations

Posted  January 22, 2013  by  jmurray

FULL DISCLOSURE: I know all of the parties involved in this story personally. I’ve even spent intimate time with Deitrick Haddon and his ex-wife Damita. Typically I would have refrained from reporting on a story where all three of the subjects happen to be friends of mine, however, over the weekend I was contacted by [...]

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Radio

George Willborn: Former Michael Baisden Co-Host Back On Radio

Posted  April 24, 2013  by  jmurray

Comedian George Willborn is coming back to radio. The Chicago-based funnyman is returning to afternoons as the new co-host of “The Doug Banks Radio Show” starting on Thursday, April 25. On “The Doug Banks Radio Show,” Willborn replaces comedian Rudy Rush.  The former “Showtime at the Apollo” host, who co-hosted with Doug Banks and sidekick [...]

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TV

Kenya Moore: Her Reality TV Debut Just Got Real

Posted  December 11, 2012  by  jmurray

Things just got very real for reality TV star Kenya Moore. The former Miss U.S.A., who made her debut on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” this season, is caught in a reality show scandal now that her on-camera “boyfriend” Walter Jackson has revealed they weren’t seriously dating. On last Sunday’s episode, the entire “Real Housewives [...]

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Shaunie O'Neal, Tatyana Ali & Mona Scott-Young
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TV

Tatyana Ali: Takes Digs At Shaunie O’Neal & Mona Scott-Young On Reality Show Spoof

Posted  August 8, 2012  by  jmurray

Actress Tatyana Ali takes aim at “Basketball Wives” executive producer Shaunie O’Neal and “Love & Hip-Hop” executive producer Mona Scott-Young on a web series that spoofs reality shows called, “It’s My Show.” “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” star plays a character named Mona O’Neil on an episode of “It’s My Show” titled “The Producer.” [...]

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Michael Baisden, Skip Murphy & Jasmine Sanders
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Radio

In With The New: Skip Murphy Show Replacing Michael Baisden

Posted  April 1, 2013  by  jmurray

On March 20, 2013, AlwaysAList.com reported that Michael Baisden’s syndicated afternoon radio show was ending. READ: Michael Baisden: Radio Show Ending Starting on Monday, April 1, Baiden’s former syndicator Cumulus Media Networks will debut a new afternoon drive show called “Skip Murphy in the Afternoon Show.” The show, which will air from 3pm to 7pm, [...]

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