She’s one of the industry’s most prominent celebrity journalists, starting her career in the mid-80′s covering entertainment news and offering Hollywood insight long before the days of the blogosphere. After years of covering everyone and everything from the late Michael Jackson to the incarcerated O.J. Simpson, Florence “Flo” Anthony continues to be a force in [...]

New York Times best-selling author, motivational speaker and licensed psychologist Dr. Robin Smith was a fixture on the nationally syndicated “Oprah” show and then abruptly disappeared. A go-to expert on the talk show – she appeared on the show 35 times – Dr. Robin, as she was affectionately known, appeared with Oprah Winfrey for the [...]

La Toya Jackson’s reality series on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network will premiere on April 13 at 10:30pm ET. The show, titled “Life With La Toya,” will show the 56-year-old entertainer working to carve out her own niche in the entertainment business outside of her family. Once considered the black sheep of the Jackson family – [...]

After five seasons on the CW, “90210″ is coming to a close. The series will air its final episode on Monday, May 13. “The CW has had five great seasons with America’s favorite zip code, 90210,” said CW president Mark Pedowitz. “I’d like to thank the talented cast, producers and crew for all their hard [...]

This week in Atlanta, Brownstone singer Nicci Gilbert-Daniels appeared on radio personality Egypt’s mid-day show on V-103 to announce that the group would be reuniting for a tour. This is Brownstone’s second attempt at a reunion effort. On Oct. 1, 2009, I reported exclusively for my “BV Buzz” column for AOL Black Voices that the [...]

On Dec. 27, 2012, AlwaysAList.com reported that Janet Jackson and her billionaire boyfriend, Wissam Al Mana were engaged. READ: Janet Jackson: Engaged To Billionaire Boyfriend Well, for the third time, it looks like the youngest of the Jackson Family siblings has fooled us yet again. The “Control” singer has confirmed in a statement to “Entertainment [...]

Black Entertainment Television recently announced its inaugural BET Experience in Los Angeles—a three-day “music, entertainment and Black culture” festival nearly identical to the Essence Festival. The idea that BET would be expanding into the festival business doesn’t really raise eyebrows! Some wonder why they hadn’t tried their hand at it a long time ago. What [...]

Singer/actress Janet Jackson is reportedly engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana. The “Why Did I Get Married?” star accepted the proposal of the 37-year-old luxury-brand mogul earlier this year and he apparently “gave her a huge, expensive ring,” according to US Weekly. The celebrity weekly also reports that Jackson keeps her [...]

In part one of this series, I detailed how my “celebrity feud” with Brandy Norwood began in 2004. If you missed that, read it now: “Brandy: Where Did We Go Wrong – Part One.” Following my initial column story, the single-named entertainer’s team sought revenge on me (it wouldn’t be the last time either). In the [...]

One of the hardest things for consumers who are fans of celebrities, recording artists, Hollywood stars and other high profile personalities to come to terms with is the reality that the person that they idolize and adore may have a real personality that does not line up with their persona! My first bad encounter with [...]