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Mr. Dalvin Confirms Jodeci Biopic Is Coming
On the heels of the success of BET’s New Edition miniseries, The New Edition Story, it looks like its parent company, Viacom, sees that R&B biopics are the way to go when it comes to ratings. According to Jodeci member Mr. Dalvin, a Jodeci biopic is in the works and will air on BET’s sister…
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BET’s The Quad Out to Prove Why HBCUs Matter
It’s been 30 years since we saw Denise Huxtable go to Hillman College, a fictional HBCU in Virginia, where she would meet Dwayne Wayne and the prissy Whitley Gilbert in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World. BET’s new show The Quad takes us on the campus of the historically black Georgia A&M University, home…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: Snatching Wigs With Cardi B
Mary Jane is in a quandary. How much of that is her own doing or that of a very cunning Ronda Sales? There’s room for debate here. Mary Jane’s little brother, Paul Jr., appears in New York City as a real estate agent lounging in a $15 million apartment and suited like a dashing grown…
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The New Edition Story: A Very Extraordinary Watch Party in DC | Thur, Jan 26th
The New Edition Story: A Very Extraordinary Watch Party Come out tomorrow night and join VSB and the Extraordinary Negroes (Alex Hardy + Jay Connor) to watch the last episode of the three-part series with some other folks at Johnny Pistolas in Washington, DC! There will be giveaways and shenanigans. PLUS, after the episode concludes,…
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8 Reasons We’re Grateful for New Edition
After more than 30 years in the business, Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Mike Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill are being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a highly anticipated, three-part biographical miniseries on BET that began airing Tuesday. As they promote the film, the members have been…
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Review: BET Does Right by New Edition and All of Us
Just when you thought this television season couldn’t get any blacker, BET raises a fist and busts through the door with the ultimate “for us by us” miniseries: The New Edition Story. Often described as their generation’s Temptations and Jackson 5, New Edition—Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown and, later, Johnny…
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The Members of New Edition Made Sure BET’s Biopic Came Correct With Their Story
In one of the most poignant scenes in the BET miniseries The New Edition Story, the young Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ralph Tresvant are fresh off their first major world tour. The tour bus, painted with the group’s name in graffiti letters on the side, pulls in slowly to drop the…
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Being Mary Jane, Season 4: Will a New City Bring a New Mary Jane?
The show Being Mary Jane did not necessarily require much in the way of revamping. However, with the show’s creators and executive producers, Mara Brock and Salim Akil, leaving for a production deal with Warner Bros. TV, a shift was likely unavoidable. Mara Brock Akil spoke for many when she told Fader earlier this year…
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Before Erykah Badu Hosted the Soul Train Awards Sunday, She Threw a Vegan Dinner: Explained
Upon my receipt of an email containing an invitation to a soul vegan dinner hosted by Erykah Badu that required the donning of a kimono, an immediate response came to mind: Of course Badu wants me to eat vegan food dressed like Kinu from A Different World. Badu doesn’t strike me as a Popeye’s Tuesday two-piece-special…