Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Beyonce Has Her Day In Court
Testimony from the latest hearing in Beyonce's $100 million breach of contract suit [click here if you missed that], indicate Beyonce only walked away from the deal after the company tried to diminish her stake in the franchise at the last minute...
Oprah's OWN Network Courting Black Audiences
After months of hemorrhaging cash [click here if you missed that], the surprise ratings success of "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" has executives at OWN confident they've found a way to get the network back in the black, literally...
Tyra Runs Off to Bali After Bad Break-Up
Tyra Banks just broke up with Brooklyn Businessman John Utendahl and ran off to Bali to find herself...
Jermaine Dupri Sued Over Repo
Earlier this year Jermaine Dupri was caught trying to sell his Bentley on Ebay [click here if you missed that]. Maybe he should have put his Lamborghini on Ebay too, because it just got repo'd and the financial broker is suing Jermaine for the difference...
Alicia Keys' Broadway Play Panned
Alicia Keys Broadway play, Stick Fly, starring Mekhi Pfifer and Dule Hill as two successful brothers, one of which surprises his family by bring home a white girlfriend for the holidays, has failed to win over critics...
Willow Smith - Knees and Elbows
Willow Smith named her debut album "Knees and Elbows" because, as Willow puts it, "Everybody falls down and scratches their knees and elbows, but eventually they get back up"...
50 Cent Movie Skips DVD Goes Straight to BET
Back in September rapper 50 Cent announced that the film he starred in and produced, "All Things Fall Apart", had gotten picked up by a major studio and would be headed to theaters sometime in 2012 [click here if you missed that].
I don't know what happened between then and now, but just so you know, "All Things Fall Apart" debuted on BET Dec. 3rd. Black star power indeed.