Season six of BET’s “Sunday Best” is currently shooting in Atlanta and a who’s who of gospel luminaries will be performing on the popular competition series. This week, some of gospel’s younger superstars were on hand to tape appearances on the show, which will premiere in July. Gospel artists James Fortune, Jonathan Nelson, Kierra Sheard, [...]
Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique began losing weight prior to winning her Academy Award for her starring role in Lee Daniels’ “Precious” in 2009. The “Queens of Comedy” funny woman—who released two best-selling books, “Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World” and “Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted”—built a great portion of [...]
It’s the Super Bowl of professional wrestling and it took place Sunday night at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. WWE‘s WrestleMania 29 played to a sold out crowd of 80,676 fans in New Jersey and grossed $12.3 million. The professional wrestling extravaganza was broadcast around the world on pay-per-view in more than 100 countries [...]
AlwaysAList.com recently traveled to New York City to attend the CD release concert of The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral. The famed mega church, located in Jamaica, New York, released their debut album, “Rev. Floyd Flake Presents the Worship Experience” on RCA Inspiration. Within 24 hours of its release, the CD was ranked #1 in iTunes Christian/Gospel [...]
Music superstar Ne-Yo was recently in Lake Buena Vista, Florida for an appearance on the daytime talk show, “LIVE! with Kelly and Michael.” The show was live from Walt Disney World and the R&B crooner took a little time to enjoy the park. Ne-Yo took had an encounter with Princess Tiana from Disney’s animated feature [...]
Actor Anthony Anderson has been on the media rounds promoting his hosting stint on the United Negro College Fund’s “Evening of Stars” fundraiser that will premiere nationally on January 26 and air on BET on January 27. The UNCF telecast, which was taped in December 2012 in Pasadena, Calif., features performances and appearances by Chaka [...]
More than 20 million people watched President Barack Obama’s second inauguration on television Nielsen announced on Wednesday. A combination of the ratings across 18 different networks, the total viewership for his second inauguration 20.552 million people. CNN was the top-rated cable news network airing the inaugural, and NBC topped the network broadcasts. While the numbers [...]
This past weekend, celebrities like “Scandal” star Columbus Short, “A Haunted House” star Essence Atkins, gospel stars Mary Mary, OWN Network host Lisa Ling, comedienne Cocoa Brown of Tyler Perry’s “For Better or Worse,” and actress/talk show host Rolonda Watts, and “Moesha” star Shar Jackson were just some of the celebrities that attended mommy maven [...]
Fans continue to wait on Dr. Dre to release his third solo CD, “Detox.” After being talked about for nearly three years, “Detox” is tentatively slated for April 20 release date. Part of the reason Dr. Dre hasn’t been focused on his music, however, is because the hip-hop mogul has gotten even richer from his [...]
NBA superstar Chris Paul hosted his fifth annual Chris Paul PBA All-Stars Invitational in Los Angeles recently. The 27-year-old athlete uses proceeds from his PBA All-Stars Invitational to benefit his CP3 Foundation. The LA Clippers star point guard and five-time NBA All-Star is an accomplished bowler as well. Celebrities and PBA Tour stars joined Paul [...]