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De La Soul’s Kickstarter for New Album Surpasses Goal
It’s been over 10 years since the last De La Soul album was released, but thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, the trio will begin recording its eighth album, And the Anonymous Nobody. The group’s goal of $100,000 was met within 24 hours and surpassed by $67,000. “And the Anonymous Nobody really plays on two ideas,”…
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Jay Z and Friends Launch 1st Artist-Owned Music-Streaming Service
Jay Z and a group of his really rich musician friends have launched Tidal, the first music-streaming service owned and operated by artists. The first music-streaming service that aims to make artists richer. The first music-streaming service that isn’t called Spotify or any of the other pre-existing music-streaming services out there. Jay Z was…
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NBC Announces Live Version of The Wiz
In December, when the live version of Peter Pan aired on NBC, some people wondered what the network had up its sleeve regarding another musical. I had my own ideas and shared them on Twitter, with several people in agreement: https://twitter.com/YeshaCallahan/status/540718314931359745https://twitter.com/huny/status/540719602163286016 As irony would have it, on Monday NBC announced that a live version of…
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Deadline Issues Apology for White-Tears-Filled ‘Ethnic Casting’ Article
Last week, entertainment news site Deadline came under fire after posting an article penned by TV editor Nellie Andreeva. Andreeva’s article, titled, “Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings—About Time or Too Much of Good Thing?” was basically a pool of white tears and whining about how there are just too many nonwhite actors taking…
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South African Comedian Trevor Noah Will Be the New Host of The Daily Show
The Daily Show has found its new host to replace Jon Stewart at the end of the year. According to the New York Times, South African comedian Trevor Noah will take over hosting duties on the popular late-night talk show. In December Noah made his first appearance on the show and discussed being biracial and…
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Jamie Foxx Blasted for ‘Transphobic’ Bruce Jenner Jokes
Sunday night, Jamie Foxx hosted the iHeartRadio Music Awards, but he got off on the wrong foot when he made a joke about Bruce Jenner. “We got some groundbreaking performances here too tonight,” Foxx said. “We got Bruce Jenner, who will be doing some musical performances. He’s doing a his-and-her duet all by himself. “I’m…
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Patti LaBelle Confirms Return to Empire
Although Empire’s first season is complete, there’s one guest star who has confirmed her return to season 2. Patti LaBelle made a brief appearance before Empire’s season ended, and in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, she confirmed her return. “Patti LaBelle will return,” Labelle told reporters. “At first Lee [Daniels] had me playing an angel.…
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Homeless Veteran Who Appeared on Oprah Is Now a Harvard Student
In 2010 Oprah Winfrey met Alicia Watkins, a retired Air Force staff sergeant who was living out of her car. After spending 10 years in the Air Force, Watkins was left with very little money and tons of health issues. Watkins told Winfrey she was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain and spinal injuries.…
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Atlanta Man With 34 Kids Will Star in Reality Series on OWN
Someone, please tell me where the “Here’s a TV show for you” line forms, because apparently they’re giving them out like hotcakes. Jay Williams is an Atlanta father of 34 children by 17 different women. Yes, you read correctly. Last year Williams appeared on Iyanla Vanzant’s Fix My Life and was scolded for not getting…
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Kirk Franklin vs. Creflo Dollar: When the Diddy of Gospel Shades the Lyor Cohen of Ministry
Weeks ago, when Creflo Dollar asked his congregation to buy him a G6 jet, the minister felt the wrath of millions online. There was so much wrath, Dolla-Dollar Bill dismantled his online fundraising campaign within hours. The audacity of Dollar’s asking his congregation to pay for a jet. Especially when his church sits right in one of…