Season five “Sunday Best” finalist Danetra Moore has inked a recording contract. The standout singer from the BET competition show has signed a new deal with Tyscot Music. The Atlanta-based vocal powerhouse honed her skills as a vocalist singing background on tour with artists like Ledisi, Ne-Yo and Angie Stone; as well as providing backup [...]

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 [...]

AlwaysAList.com reported back in January that there was speculation that Black Entertainment Television had ended T.J. Holmes’ late-night series “Don’t Sleep” – though they refused to acknowledge it at the time. READ: T.J. Holmes: “Don’t Sleep” Is Taking A Nap Now, BET has confirmed that the show will not return. Holmes has also acknowledged that he [...]

Comedian Chris Tucker is on tap to host the 2013 BET Awards. Black Entertainment Television revealed today that Tucker, who is having a career resurgence after his role in last year’s “Silver Linings Playbook” after many years of being reclusive, will host the June 30 telecast. This is the first time the 41-year-old funnyman has [...]

A few weeks ago, AlwaysAList.com caught wind that there was trouble on the set of BET’s hit series “Real Husbands of Hollywood.” We didn’t report what we learned at that time because a BET rep asked us to hold off on the story because they were working to provide us with detailed insight. Unfortunately, it’s [...]

“Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready” for Bishop T.D. Jakes new talk show on Black Entertainment Television. BET will launch the renowned televangelist’s show, “T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul” on Sundays starting this fall. The network is describing the show as “better talk” and the show will explore a wide range of issues [...]

Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin’s empire continues to grow. The Grammy-winning has partnered with House of Blues to revamp its brunch with a new menu and a mix of traditional and contemporary Gospel music. To culminate the 20th anniversary of the House of Blues brunch, Franklin and the entertainment venue will kick off the rebranded brunch [...]

Black Entertainment Television is re-launching its long running series, “Comic View.” The announcement was made during BET’s annual Upfront presentation, which is the event where television networks present forthcoming programming to media. The reboot of the series will be produced by James Dubose and premiere in the fourth quarter of 2013. The original version of [...]

Her character Tasha Mack is considered by many as the MVP of “The Game,” and like most team leaders, actress Wendy Raquel Robinson wants to keep spirits high regarding her BET dramedy. There has been a lot backlash and fan scrutiny of the series because of the departure of the show’s lead actors Tia Mowry [...]

Don’t look for Pooch Hall to resume his character of Derwin when “The Game” returns on BET for its sixth season. Last summer, it was reported that both Hall and his co-star Tia Mowry would be leaving the series. Fans of the show were outraged at the idea that both Derwin and Melanie would no [...]