To help tackle the nation’s growing mental health crisis, MTV Entertainment Group (MTVEG) has announced its new multi-year initiative, “Mental Health is Health.” The campaign hopes to de-stigmatize mental health through the use of powerful storytelling. To do so, the group will double the number of mental health storylines across …
Read More »That’s Baller: The $400,000 Foldable Television Drops In July
Ballers wouldn’t be ballers if they didn’t obtain the latest and greatest in technology. Now, an innovative new television is making its way to a mansion near you. Austrian-based C SEED Entertainment Systems has unveiled the world’s first-ever 165″ folding 4k MicroLED TV, referred to as the C Seed M1. …
Read More »Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance Launches ARRAY Crew To Promote Below-The-Line Diversity
Ava DuVernay has officially launched ARRAY Crew, a personnel database created to highlight women, people of color, and other underrepresented below-the-line crew members in Hollywood. Changing the narrative is one of DuVernay’s goals as a creative, and her latest movement in that mission is the launch of ARRAY Crew. ARRAY …
Read More »“Queen Sugar” Renewed For Season 6 Ahead Of Season 5 Debut
OWN has renewed Ava DuVernay’s drama Queen Sugar for a sixth season. The announcement comes a month before the show’s fifth season is set to air, Deadline reports. “What a joy and an honor to continue the stories of Queen Sugar with our partners at OWN and Warner Bros.,” DuVernay …
Read More »Taraji P. Henson Gets Emotional Recalling Telling Her Son His Father Was Murdered
Actress Taraji P. Henson opens up about telling her 9-year-old son his father was killed on an episode of her new talk show, “Peace of Mind with Taraji.” According to the Huff Post, a preview clip of Wednesday’s episode shows the “Empire” star in tears as she recalls the experience …
Read More »LeBron James To Produce Three-Part Showtime Docu-Series Titled “Shut Up And Dribble”
LeBron James will be producing a docu-series for #Showtime that focuses on how athletes have transitioned into political and social leaders. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On Monday, Showtime CEO & President, David Nevins announced the big news while attending a summer press tour. The three-part docu-series titled “Shut Up and Dribble” was …
Read More »Brandy Norwood To Be Series Regular On Lee Daniels’ “Star”
It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of #BrandyNorwood on “Star” as she’s been picked up to be a series regular. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In the show, Norwood plays “Cassie Brown,” sister to the main character “Carlotta,” who looks sweet but is actually gang-affiliated. “Star” is co-created by #LeeDaniels and …
Read More »Man Sues Jennifer Lopez and Al Roker Over Bounty Hunter Reality TV Show
A man is suing Jennifer Lopez and Al Roker after he says he was wrongly portrayed as a car thief on a reality show the two celebs produced many years back. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The former show was called “Big Easy Justice.” The man, Everette Draughn, says he was featured on …
Read More »Ballerific Woman: Mara Brock Akil-Hollywood’s TV Powerhouse
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In a perfect world, men and women would receive equal pay. African American women would be presented the same opportunities as their white counterparts. Rejection would be based on qualifications rather than race. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unfortunately, this world is far from perfect, however, there are people, more specifically women, …
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