Lifetime is making a name for itself when it comes to R&B singer biopics. Earlier this summer, the network announced its Whitney Houston biopic, which will have award-winning Angela Bassett as the director and Yaya DaCosta portraying the R&B singer. On the heels of the Houston biopic announcement, Lifetime has released information about its forthcoming…

Dave Chappelle hadn’t discussed his decision to leave his Comedy Central sketch series Chappelle’s Show in 2005 since his sit-down with Oprah in 2006. But all of that changed Tuesday night when he appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman. During the appearance to promote his upcoming shows at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall,…

Halle Berry was dealt a lesson in child support after a Los Angeles court ordered the actress to pay $16,000 per month to her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, father of their daughter Nahla, who’s 6. The payments will be made until Nahla turns 19 or graduates from high school. According to an Associated Press report, in…

Last month it was reported that Angela Bassett would make her directorial debut with the Lifetime movie Whitney Houston, a biopic chronicling Houston and Bobby Brown’s relationship. According to a press release, the movie will tell their story from “the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and…

There’s nothing worse than catching a cramp while you’re in the middle of doing something, especially if that something happens to be Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Apparently the air conditioning system broke down at the AT&T Center, where Thursday night’s game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs was being held. The…

TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas seem to have a problem with Rihanna’s see-through clothing after her #FreeTheNipple CFDA Awards dress. In an interview with Channel 7’s Sunrise in Australia, before their Sydney performance, T-Boz said, “Every time I see you you don’t have to be naked. It’s hard for us to say…

According to Don Lemon, black people are to blame for Justin Bieber’s early-onset racism that was brought to the public’s attention earlier this week. In two separate videos that were released, a young Biebs was seen throwing around the n-word like it was second nature. Biebs also spoke about the Ku Klux Klan and pondered…

Don Cheadle is asking for the public’s help to get his Miles Davis movie funded. On Wednesday Cheadle launched his Indiegogo campaign; the goal is to raise $325,000 by July 6 to go toward principal photography for Miles Ahead. In an interview with USA Today, Cheadle made sure to point out that the movie isn’t a biopic but…

Ministers nowadays are younger and more in touch with pop culture and secular music, but one pastor may have crossed the line during a recent sermon. Pastor Jamal H. Bryant, of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, evoked not only the gospel of Jesus Christ in his sermon but also the gospel of Chris Brown. Bryant…

In 2005 an unknown singer from Barbados stepped on the scene with Pon de Replay. Little did people know that nine years later, Robyn Rihanna Fenty would become not only one of the world’s top-selling recording artists but also a fashion icon. On Monday night Rihanna was honored at the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers…