Category: TV/Film

50 Cent to Launch Docuseries Chronicling Celebrity Legal Woes

A new show is in development by 50 Cent‘s G-Unit Film & Television Inc.. Its aim is to analyze the legal events surrounding celebrities like Tekashi 6ix9ine, Snoop Dog, producer, Scott Storch, Rafer Alston (former NBA point guard), as well as Fitty himself. The scripted docuseries titled, A Moment In Time, will feature two stories… Continue reading 50 Cent to Launch Docuseries Chronicling Celebrity Legal Woes

Lupita Nyong’o Joins Michael Kors To Watch Hunger Stop

Michael Kors is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong‘o has joined Watch Hunger Stop, the brand’s global philanthropic campaign against hunger. Now entering its seventh year, Watch Hunger Stop supports the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its school meals program. The Watch Hunger Stop campaign has helped WFP deliver more… Continue reading Lupita Nyong’o Joins Michael Kors To Watch Hunger Stop

Aretha Franklin to be Played by Cynthia Erivo

Meet one of Hollywood’s freshest faces if you haven’t already: Cynthia Erivo. Her recent role as Hariett Tubman is surpassed by her upcoming role playing Aretha Franklin. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-Winning Erivo will portray Grammy Award holding/musical icon, Aretha Franklin, in the next installment of the Emmy-Winning anthology series, GENIUS: ARETHA.  The new season… Continue reading Aretha Franklin to be Played by Cynthia Erivo

America’s Most Musical Family? Premieres Friday, Nov. 1

Nickelodeon has set the premiere date for its brand-new music competition series, America’s Most Musical Family: Friday, Nov. 1, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). 30 talented family bands performing in all genres take center stage in front of celebrity judges Grammy Award-winning global superstar Ciara, digital media sensation David Dobrik, pop icon and Broadway star Debbie… Continue reading America’s Most Musical Family? Premieres Friday, Nov. 1

Byron Allen Agrees To Purchase Eleven Television Stations For $290 Million

Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 64 shows on the air, and owner of nine 24-hour HD television networks now serving nearly 160 million subscribers — including The Weather Channel television network and its streaming service Local Now — proudly announces it has reached an agreement to… Continue reading Byron Allen Agrees To Purchase Eleven Television Stations For $290 Million

Family Time Returns for Season Seven on October 9th

Family Time, Bounce’s popular original comedy series, returns for an all-new season of laughs on an all-new night – Wednesday – this fall starting with two new episodes back-to-back on Weds. Oct. 9 at 9:00 p.m. (ET). New episodes will also be available on Thursdays on Brown Sugar, Bounce’s subscription video-on-demand service, along with complete… Continue reading Family Time Returns for Season Seven on October 9th

Oprah Winfrey Invites Loni Love to Join ‘2020 Vision’ Tour

  Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey Invites Loni Love to Join ‘2020 Vision’ Tour with WW (Los Angeles, CA) September 25, 2019 –  It was nearly a year ago, The REAL Daytime Talk Show paid homage to influential talk show hosts for their Halloween special. Loni Love channeled one of her favorites Oprah Winfrey and yesterday… Continue reading Oprah Winfrey Invites Loni Love to Join ‘2020 Vision’ Tour

Harriet Tubman Biopic, Harriet, Opens the 15th Montreal Intl Black Film Festival

MIBFF celebrates a milestone year welcoming and paying tribute to: Euzhan Palcy, Isaach De Bankolé, Jimmy Jean-Louis,The Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam & Kevin Richardson and Jean-Claude Lord Canada’s biggest black film festival returns for a breathtaking 15th year that promises to inspire through a strong, diverse, and bold programming. Full program and tickets: www.montrealblackfilm.com… Continue reading Harriet Tubman Biopic, Harriet, Opens the 15th Montreal Intl Black Film Festival

Verizon Fios Launches THE IMPACT NETWORK

The Impact Network, the only African American owned and operated Christian television network in the United States, is now available on Verizon Fios, channel 787 in High Definition (HD) and channel 287 in Standard Definition (SD).  The network features programming on urban ministries and gospel lifestyle entertainment. “Verizon’s dedication to diversity is evident, and we’re… Continue reading Verizon Fios Launches THE IMPACT NETWORK

2019 Black Music Honors Paid Tribute To Xscape, Freddie Jackson and Others

The highly anticipated 4th Annual 2019 Black Music Honors hosted by television and radio personality Rickey Smiley and Grammy® Award-winner and actress LeToya Luckett-Walker is currently airing in national broadcast syndication. The star-studded show was taped live at The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA. ATLANTA, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 05: Kandi Burruss, Tameka “Tiny”… Continue reading 2019 Black Music Honors Paid Tribute To Xscape, Freddie Jackson and Others

CLEO TV Announces Debut of Travel Series, ‘LENS OF CULTURE’ September 21

CLEO TV INTRODUCES NEW MILLENNIAL TRAVEL SERIES LENS OF CULTURE PREMIERING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 12PM ET/11C Series Hosted by Lifestyle Influencer Tai Beauchamp and Celebrity Photographer Elton Anderson LENS OF CULTURE Co-hosts Tai Beauchamp and Elton Anderson. SILVER SPRING, MD – September 12, 2019 – CLEO TV will debut LENS OF CULTURE, a groundbreaking travel series for millennial and Gen X viewers of… Continue reading CLEO TV Announces Debut of Travel Series, ‘LENS OF CULTURE’ September 21

Saints & Sinners Wraps Most-Watched Season Ever

It’s rare for a television series to increase viewership season over season. Bounce’s original drama Saints & Sinners has done exactly that – for the fourth consecutive time. The show’s just-concluded fourth season reached 7.1 million viewers and increased audience versus season three by +11% among Households and +13% in the delivery of Persons 2+.… Continue reading Saints & Sinners Wraps Most-Watched Season Ever

Comedy Central Heads Back to ‘South Side’

Comedy Central  ordered a 10-episode second season of hit series South Side, the aspirational, scripted comedy set in and around the working class neighborhood of Englewood on the South Side of Chicago. Season one of South Side, currently airing Wednesday nights at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central, is garnering universal praise from critics and… Continue reading Comedy Central Heads Back to ‘South Side’

Master P’s I Got the Hook Up 2 Available Sept. 3, 2019

UMC (Urban Movie Channel) – the first and leading streaming service for Black film and television from AMC Networks’ RLJ Entertainment – will release Master P’s I Got the Hook-Up 2 on DVD and on Blu-ray on September 3, 2019. The film is the sequel to the popular 90’s classic. Executive produced by Master P (Percy… Continue reading Master P’s I Got the Hook Up 2 Available Sept. 3, 2019

BET Network’s ‘Sunday Best’ Announces Season 9 Finalists

BET SET TO CROWN SEASON 9 WINNER OF “SUNDAY BEST” ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH AT 8PM ET/PT “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” AND “NOT THE END OF YOUR STORY” FROM JOSHUA COPELAND AND MELVIN CRISPELL, III NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH RCA INSPIRATION SEASON 9 FINALE WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY TASHA COBBS LEONARD, VASHAWN MITCHELL, KELLY PRICE, AND JONATHAN… Continue reading BET Network’s ‘Sunday Best’ Announces Season 9 Finalists

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