Whitney Houston’s mother has spoken, and she’s not pleased with Lifetime’s decision to go through with the biopic about her late daughter’s life. Cissy Houston spoke to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday and begged the network and others to “please let her rest.” “Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of…

Last week’s death of Eric Garner, who was killed after a New York police officer apparently used an illegal choke hold during his arrest, has sparked outrage not only throughout New York City, but also throughout the country and online. The violent arrest, which was captured on a cellphone video, was called “very troubling” by…

Two weeks ago, news about the sexual assault of 16-year-old Jada from Houston went viral. #JusticeforJada trended across the country and overseas as the brave young girl didn’t hide behind her story but chose to speak publicly about it. As a sign of support, actress Jada Pinkett Smith posted the following message on her Facebook…

Zendaya Coleman took to Instagram to dispel rumors and explain why she left the controversial Aaliyah biopic. On Friday, after it was announced that Wendy Williams was the executive producer of the Lifetime film and that Alexandra Shipp had been tapped to play the late R&B singer, Coleman posted a series of videos explaining her…

Universal Pictures and the filmmakers behind the planned N.W.A biopic have released a statement regarding the offensive and racist casting information that was released Thursday. The company said in a statement late Thursday that “the filmmakers … did not approve and do not condone the information in this casting notice. We regret and sincerely apologize…

The Lifetime network hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to its recently announced Aaliyah biopic. When the network made the announcement about the film, Aaliyah’s family immediately threatened legal action. In an interview with TMZ, Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah’s uncle and former manager, said the family had already hired a lawyer and would…

It looks as though production is under way for Universal Studio’s N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Last month it was announced that former group member Ice Cube is producing the movie with fellow member Dr. Dre and Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright. Director of the film F. Gary Gray described the script as a “dramatic story that…

Captain America is black, and social media is having a field day with possible scenarios involving the newly crowned captain. One has to wonder, will Captain America have to battle police brutality? Or even stop and frisk? These are just a few hypothetical scenarios being tweeted about.  https://twitter.com/TheCosby/status/489763033154342912https://twitter.com/SorayaTWP/status/489762625912586240https://twitter.com/HeathCliffStark/status/489761298662445056https://twitter.com/DearLeader10/status/489758769531088896https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/489750124906549249 But of course, with all of this…

Lifetime’s upcoming Whitney Houston biopic is in production in Los Angeles. Over the last two weeks, we’ve gotten a glimpse of Yaya DaCosta in her “Whitney Houston” look, as well as Arlen Escarpata as Bobby Brown. But there’s one more important detail that needs to be addressed. Who will sing Houston’s music? Although Lifetime previously…

The unspeakable happened to Vanessa Williams at the age of 10 and changed her life forever. While on a vacation to California with a friend and her family, the soon-to-be fifth-grader was molested by a friend of the girl’s family. “We ended up staying with a family friend of theirs. They had an older daughter,”…