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Producers at ABC’S Good Morning America have created a firestorm with their over the top promotion of Katie Couric filling in on GMA. Robin Roberts took a week off for vacation, and Katie Couric substituted for her. Well the promotion of her was everywhere, and many felt it was a slap in Roberts’ face. In the battle for morning ratings dominance, GMA is creeping up on top-rated The Today Show, and that’s largely due to Robin Roberts. Now this is no slight against Couric, who did mornings for many years at The Today Show. Couric is excellent at what she does, but why would producers create this environment. The promotion for Couric was over the top, but why not the same for Roberts and George Stephanopoulos? Many staffers were unhappy with the ways things unfolded. Robin Roberts returns from vacation next week, and Couric’s much anticipated daytime talker debuts in September.
The Mighty O, Winfrey is feeling the pressure of owning her OWN cable network. She recently admitted in an interview with CBS This Morning that if she had to do it all over again, she would do it differently. For example, waiting to kick off her network once she finished her own daytime show. The losses have been staggering since the start of the OWN channel. There have been many misses: The Rosie Show, The Judds, The Gayle King Show, The O’Neals and Shania Twain, but there have been some bright spots including Oprah’s Life Classes, Oprah’s Next Chapter and Welcome To Sweetie Pie’s. Launching a new network is a daunting task. In an age of instant everything, hopefully the network will grow in the ratings and find its footing. Another bright spot to come may be Iyanla Van Zandt getting her own show on OWN. Iyanla: Fix My Life debuts later this year. The paperback version of Van Zandt’s latest book, Peace Through Broken Pieces, is out now in bookstores.
Speaking of Think Like A Man, the April issue of Essence magazine features dual covers of the film’s stars. The movie, based on the Steve Harvey’s best-selling book, opens in theatres on the 20th. One Essence cover features Taraji P. Henson and the other features Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy and Taraji. In more Michael Ealy news, his new TV show, Common Law, debuts this summer on the USA network.
Congrats to Producer Shonda Rhimes. Rhimes, the force behind Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and the new Kerry Washington show Scandal, is a mommy again. Rhimes adopted a second baby girl. She adopted her first daughter in 2002.
Usher is getting ready for the big screen. He will be playing Boxing Great Sugar Ray Leonard in an upcoming movie. He is currently training in London. Usher has a new CD, Looking For Myself, coming out on June 22nd.
This Saturday we celebrate the music and legacy of Marvin Gaye. Had he lived, he would have been 73-years-old. He died April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday.
Congrats to Actress Meagan Good. Good is one of the stars of the movie Think Like A Man, and he’s getting married. Good is engaged to DeVon Franklin. Franklin is an executive at Sony Pictures, and he is a Seventh Day Adventist Preacher. He co-produced the movie Jumping The Broom, which co-starred Megan and where the couple began dating. Franklin also worked with Bishop T.D. Jakes on the upcoming Sparkle movie.
Niecy Nash’s reality show based around her family life is doing double duty. The show airs Sundays at 10pm on the TLC network, but you can also catch the re-runs 11pm Saturday nights on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network
Actress Zoë Saldana is mending a broken heart. Saldana is best known for her roles in Avatar, Drumline and Columbiana. Saldana had been dating a Hollywood heartthrob, Actor Bradley Cooper, for the past few months, but Cooper recently ended the relationship. The former couple has a new movie called The Words coming out later this year. It was on that movie set where their romance began.
It’s going to have to be a change of lifestyle for Reality Star Tami Roman. Roman suffered a mild heart attack early last week. Roman is one of the stars of the VH-1 reality show Basketball Wives: Miami. Roman has been a reality star for years starting with MTV’s The Real World in the 90’s. On Basketball Wives, there is lots of drinking and fighting, and Roman is going to have to cut down on both. Roman says she is battling heart disease, and she realizes she must make a change in her life.
Mary Mary’s (sisters Tina and Erica) new reality show debuts on the WE Network next week. Thursday March 29th is the debut of their show called Mary Mary. The show will feature the gospel stars as they juggle their careers and their ever growing families. The ladies have a new song out called Go Get It, which is the title track to their new album due out in May. Congrats to Tina Campbell from the duo. She is expecting her fifth child. Tina’s sister Erica gave birth to a baby girl a few weeks ago.
In more gospel news, BET is gearing up for the fifth season of Sunday Best. Joining Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin at the judges table will be CeCe Winans. Winans is replacing Mary Mary
A Detroit business deal has gone belly up for Singer Keith Sweat. Sweat has some real estate in the motor city, but the homes went into foreclosure. The banks took the homes saying he defaulted on the loan, and now he still has to pay $250,000.
Get ready for more Rapper/Actor T.I. on TV. His reality show, The Family Hustle on VH1 with his wife Tiny, has been renewed for another season. Plus, he has signed on for the Showtime series The Boss with Kelsey Grammer and Sanaa Lathan.
Braxton Family Values has been renewed for another season. Yes! It’s the further adventures of Toni and her sisters. Plus the breakout star Tamar is getting her own spinoff with her husband Vince.
Katie Couric’s new daytime talk show debuts September 10th.
Niecy Nash is getting a reality show based around her family life. The show, Leave It To Niecy, debuts Sunday at 10pm on the TLC network.
Mike Tyson…. the entertainer?
The former boxer is putting together a Las Vegas show, and he hopes to take it to Broadway.
It’s another baby for Real Housewives Of Atlanta Star Kim Zolciak. Zolciak is four months pregnant. Nine months ago, she gave birth to a baby boy. This is her second child with Football Star Kroy Biermann.
Tiger Woods’ former Swing Coach Hank Haney is writing a book about his days with the golf great. Before infidelity destroyed his marriage and image, Tiger Woods was on top of the world. Now those who were closest to him are making money off of his life. In the book, Haney talks about Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren. He claims she wasn’t allowed to smile on the golf course when Tiger won, and that Tiger wouldn’t let her be openly affectionate in public. So what was the reason for the no smiling? Haney says Woods told her you don’t have to smile and be happy for a win because he is supposed to win; that’s their way of life.
So what did you think of week one of Dancing With The Stars?
Empress Of Soul Gladys Knight surprised everyone with her fancy footwork. Other standouts included Actor Jaleel White (Urkel) and Disney Star Rashon Fagan. Sherri Shepherd of The View also did her thing.
Former Basketball Star Shaquille O’Neal is getting a reputation as a heartbreaker. O’Neal recently dumped longtime girlfriend Nikki “Hoopz” Alexander. Hoopz became famous as the first season winner of the VH1 reality show Flavor Of Love with Flavor Flav. Since winning the show, she had gained quite a reputation. Then she hooked up with Shaq, and they appeared to be in love. Despite her past, he was very open about their relationship. Well, Shaq recently turned 40, and he showed up to his party with a new woman. What happened to Hoopz? Apparently, he had his security detail put her out of his home. He felt it was time move on with another woman. What will Hoopz do now? She was hoping to marry Shaq. Maybe Basketball Wives will contact her…oops…uh oh…. that won’t happen! Shaq’s ex-wife Shaunie O’Neal is the producer of that show. This world is too small!
In the next few weeks, you are going to see Will Smith everywhere.
He’s hosting The Kids Choice Awards on Nickelodeon on the 31st. His new Men In Black movie is opening in theatres Memorial Day weekend. The past few weeks have been rough for Will and his wife Actress Jada Pinkett Smith. The tabloids have been running wild with stories of marital strife, but the two appeared at a recent 76ers’ basketball game kissing, hugging and spending family time with their children.
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Tamar Braxton is getting ready for her new reality show with her husband Vince. Tamar was the breakout star of the Braxton Family Values show, and now she is getting her own spinoff, which will show her as a successful wife. She is also embarking on her solo career. She just signed a deal with a record label for her own album. Tamar’s husband Vince is a very successful producer. He is the force behind Lady Gaga.
Idol Winner Ruben Studdard is back with a new album called Letters From Birmingham. The first single, June 28th I’m Single, is causing quite a stir. Is there a message in the music? Studdard is no longer with his wife of three years Surata Zuri McCants. Studdard wants a family, but she didn’t want any more kids. This has been a tough time for Studdard. He is working out his tax troubles and is trying to lose the weight he regained. Yes! He lost weight and gained it back. He blames it on eating out and stress. Studdard says he is losing weight and happily single.
Lionel Richie is coming to TV. Richie will be one of the hosts of ABC’s new reality singing show Duets. Richie will star along with American Idol Winner Kelly Clarkson and Singer Robin Thicke. They will be traveling across the country looking for undiscovered talent. The show debuts this summer. This summer is going to be exciting for Richie. He is also being inducted into the Apollo Theatre Hall Of Fame. The late Etta James will also be inducted with Richie. They are in good company with previous Inductees Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson and Patti LaBelle
Football Star Deion Sanders is teaming up with Producer Tracey Edmonds for a new reality show. Sanders is building a charter school, and he wants to show his life as a single dad. Sanders wants to be known for the good that he is doing and not the nasty divorce he is going through with his current wife Pilar. Pilar has accused Tracey Edmonds, the former wife of Babyface and former fiancée of Eddie Murphy, of having an affair with Sanders.
Fresh from the Broadway stage, Angela Bassett is set to return to TV. Bassett will be one of the stars one of a new spy drama on FOX. Bassett was last on TV in the final season of ER in 208-2009.
The Steve Harvey talk show will be filmed in Chicago. The show debuts in the fall. Alex Duda will be the executive producer. He formerly worked on The Tyra Banks Show, the Style network show Jerseylicious and its spinoff Glam Fairy.
It’s official! Halle Berry is getting married for a third time. Is the third the charm after failed marriages to Baseball’s David Justice and Singer Eric Benet? Berry is engaged to Actor Oliver Martinez. Her previous mates have all cheated on her. Let’s hope Martinez will stay faithful. Berry’s baby daddy Gabriel Aubry thinks the marriage is a ploy to get Martinez to adopt his daughter.
Usher says he will not pay his ex-wife’s lawyers’ fees. Usher is involved in a nasty custody battle with his ex-wife Tameka Foster. He has already paid $25,000 for her lawyers’ fees, and now she is looking for an additional $50,000. Usher says no way because enough is enough. Usher has had trouble with this woman from day one, but now the future of their two children is at stake.
The wedding is on for Football’s Chad Ochocinco and Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada. Their reality show for VH1 is getting them a lot of money: $300,000 each for two months’ work.
Roland is back! Roland Martin returns to CNN after a long suspension following tweets he made during the Superbowl that were called homophobic. The GLADD organization came down hard on him, but they have since met and had discussions. The CNN network subsequently suspended him for his remarks, but now his suspension has been lifted. Martin is known for his candid off the cuff remarks, and we will see a lot of him during the political season.
We remember Singer Jimmy Ellis. Ellis was the lead singer of the group The Trammps. It’s Ellis’ voice on their hits Love Epidemic, Where Do We Go From Here, The Night The Lights Went Out In New York City and their smash Disco Inferno. Ellis was 74-years old, and died after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
Raven-Symoné is headed to Broadway. Raven best known for her Disney hit That’s So Raven and for getting her start on The Cosby Show. Raven is joining the cast of Sister Act staring in the lead role. She takes over on March 27th. Raven started on Broadway with The Boys Choir Of Harlem at the age of five.
In more Broadway news, Blair Underwood makes his debut on the Great White Way in A Street Car Named Desire beginning April 3rd. The cast also includes Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris.
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Beyonce may be teaming up with Tom Cruise for her next movie role. Cruise’s name is being attached to the movie A Star Is Born to be directed by Clint Eastwood. Filming is supposed to start later this year, but they need a leading to star with Beyonce. This will be the fourth time this movie has been made: the 1937 original with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and 1976 with Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. In other Tom Cruise news, his new movie, with Mary J. Blige, Rock Of Ages opens in theatres on the first of June.
The husband and wife producing team of Mara and Salim Akil are gearing up for a new TV show for BET. The husband-wife team is the forces behind TV show The Game, The movie Jumping The Broom and the upcoming Sparkle movie. The new show is Single Black Female.
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After all what him and Whitney have been through, you would have thought at her funeral, he could have shown more respect. The invitation stated Bobbie Brown plus 2 period. He enters the funeral with an entourage of 9 folks. Ok no sitting available for his group, hince can your read, invitatiion stated clearly you plus 2. And you wonder why the family is being so protected of their daughter Bobbie Kris.
Needless to say, the family has had a toxic relationship with Bobbie, because of Whitney. Let’s not forget both of them are grown, and know right from wrong. Understood since Bobbie and Whitney’s divorce he now has another child with unknown woman. Damn does that make 6 kids, and how many baby Mama’s? Bobbie this is your opportunity while out on tour, to reflect, digest, make amends for your past behavior, and move forward now. Stop the b.s. you have been spitting out lately, and be the person you can be when your not wearing your “EGO” loud and clear.
Now is the time for you to try and be a Father to Bobbie Kris if the family allows you. You have enough children to start thinking reality time, be a father, and support all. Whitney is not here to pick up your child support payments (feel me). Evidently God has given you yet another chance to correct past mistakes, I suggest you stop and think, and grow the hell up, and man up!
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Did I Do That? Actor Jaleel White is getting more than he bargained for with his recent stint on Dancing With The Stars. White, 35, is best known for his role as “Steve Urkel” on Family Matters. White is downplaying the drama on the Dancing With The Stars set after word leaked out that was feuding with his dance partner Kym Johnson. Sources say he made her cry and called her an idiot. White also reportedly got into a shouting match with the show’s producers when they questioned him about his behavior. Last week, White’s babymomma, Bridget Hardy, came forward with claims that he called her w**te trash, beat and cheated on her. White says his babymomma is looking for publicity and is jealous of his success. He says no charges have ever been filed, and he has never been questioned by police. White also says he pays his child support. So far, White has been performing well on the show, but bad publicity could hurt him. Sources on the show are being quiet about the controversy.