Prominent Chicago-based preacher Bishop Larry D. Trotter has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The Senior Pastor of the Windy City’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church disclosed the medical challenge to his congregation and associate churches this week. Bishop Trotter’s initial diagnosis came during his annual physical in March and was confirmed by follow-up tests. Doctors told [...]

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 [...]

Talk show host Wendy Williams will make her Broadway stage debut this summer in the long-running, Tony Award-winning musical “Chicago.” Williams will take over the role of Matron “Mama” Morton in “Chicago” at the Ambassador Theatre for a seven week run starting in June. “I can’t wait to sing and dance while still doing the [...]

Don’t dare comedienne Sheryl Underwood! On Friday’s episode of the daytime talk show “The Talk,” co-hosts Julie Chen, Aisha Tyler, Sara Gilbert, Underwood and guest co-host Donny Osmond were interviewing actress Kristin Chenoweth who began joking about her hair extensions. Chen then unhooked a piece of her own hair extensions and started waving it. Chenoweth [...]

Iconic 70′s sitcom “Good Times” is being adapted into a feature film. The show, which originally starred Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ja’net Dubois, Bern Nadette Stanis, Ralph Carter and Johnny Brown, is being turned into a movie by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin. According to Deadline.com, the studio has tapped writer Phil [...]

R&B stars Angie Stone and Brian McKnight have joined the national tour of three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle’s play, “Love Lies.” The musical, which made its debut last summer at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, is based on three women who arrive at a funeral only to discover they were all engaged to the [...]

Concertgoers at Chicago’s Arie Crown Theater got a special treat this weekend when the members of Guy reunited during the New Jack Swing Valentine’s Jam. Guy, made up of Aaron Hall, Damion Hall and Teddy Riley, last appeared together during a performance with Ne-Yo on the BET Awards in 2009. Creative differences between the Hall [...]

BET’s top-rated music competition series “Sunday Best” is returning for a sixth season this summer. The show will begin the audition process for the new season later this month. “Sunday Best” will audition contestants seeking to become gospel music stars in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and Houston. The show, which is the number one gospel/religious program [...]

Financial guru Mellody Hobson has been named a Contributor and Analyst on Finance and the Economy for CBS News. A former financial contributor for ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Hobson will began her new post at CBS beginning Jan. 20, according to an announcement made by CBS NEWS Chairman and “60 Minutes” Executive Producer, Jeff Fager [...]

Veteran gospel singer Inez Andrews has died at age 83. Andrews was a member of the pioneering gospel group The Caravans, where she sang alongside the late Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Shirley Caesar, Cassietta George, Delores Washington, Josephine Howard, the late James Cleveland, and others. She died on Wednesday from complications of colon cancer at [...]