Martin Lawrence Returns To Television?
TV Guide is reporting that Martin Lawrence is in negotiations with CBS for a deal. He’ll star in and executive-produce his own series for the network.
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Drama! Bad Girls Club Star Tells Racist Castmate To “Kill Herself”
Bad Girls Club star Ashley Cheatham has blasted castmate Christina Hopkins after she was caught on video spewing the N-word twelve times at an unidentified Black woman.
“Being drunk is not an excuse to bring out your inner racism. It’s disgusting and downright offensive … Go get a f**king life. Better yet, do the world a favor and go kill yourself.
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Racist Univision Skit Mocks “Afro-Monkey”
MEXICO-A Univiosn skit that aired on Mexican television a year and half ago has gone viral due to its racist content. In the skit an African foreign exchange student is mocked as a monkey, told he was a shadow, that his mother used shoe shine grease on his skin and has his lips and mouth made fun of.
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Read MoreWhatever Happened To Classy Black Women On TV?
Tonya Pendleton, a writer for AOL Black Voices has written an article inspired by VH-1′s “Basketball Wives” that criticizes the entertainment industry for not showcasing Black women with “class,” comparing the Black women on TV to the Cosby Show’s Claire Huxtable.
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Read MoreEvelyn, Shaunie, Royce, Tami and Jennifer were all exquisitely coiffed and made up, wearing glittering jewelry, kick-ass shoes and sexy, figure-affirming dresses.
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Nat `King’ Cole’s TV Show Gets Digital Release
LOS ANGELES — Television’s groundbreaking “The Nat ‘King’ Cole Show” is getting a digital release more than 50 years after it aired.
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WBW Honors: Oprah Winfrey
A woman who believes “luck is preparation meeting opportunity,” Oprah Gail Winfrey has continuously shattered gender and racial barriers in America. Winfrey is the most successful talk show host in American TV history — male or female, Black or white — and the first female African-American billionaire. As one of the most influential women in the world, Winfrey continues to be a beacon that transcends racial and social
Round 1 Results for the Greatest Black Sitcom Competition!
Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition. Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32.
Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90′s sitcom “Thea” beat out the super-popular Disney darling “That’s So Raven.”
This week we have our eye out for several
Read MoreThe Simpsons Says Fox News “Not Racist, But #1 With Racists”
Nation– The television show, The Simpsons made fun of its parent company, Rupert Murdoch ‘s NewsCorp’s news channel, Fox News with a Fox News helicopter that says “Not Racist But #1 With Racists.”
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Read MoreSesame Street Song About Loving Black Hair Goes Viral
Sesame Street has a new song called “I Love My Hair” about loving curly African hair in all its forms and it has gone viral on the internet. African-Americans off all ages have been posting it on facebook and it has been on several blogs.
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Our Favorite Black Families on TV
The Family Unit is very important to children. It helps shape and mold them when creating their lists of goals and values. The stability that a family can have on a child is something that can make or break them.
Read MoreDo You Know What Your Kids Are Watching?
All across the airwaves, media outlets reported long standing children’s’ show, “Sesame Street” was pulling the skit of singer Katy Perry and Elmo’s remix of “Hot and Cold” off their season premiere episode due to excessive comments from parents complaining about too much cleavage from the “I Kissed A Girl” star.
Read MoreKanye Will Appear On “Saturday Night Live”
Despite saying the f&^# the cast of Saturday Night Live and that they could “kiss his whole ass,” in his song “Power,” Kanye West will have a performance on the show October 2nd, MTV News is reporting.
Saturday Night Live had previously had a skit where, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend karate kicked a card board cut out of West after the infamous VMA incident.
Read MoreRegina King Blasts The Emmys In Blog “White As Ever”
Regina Kings recently wrote a harsh criticism of the Emmys on The Huffington Post. See criticized the award ceremonies for not recognizing actors of color, confusing her with another Black actress and not recognizing “Sesame Street” and “227″ actress Alaina Reed Hall, who passed away this year.
Read MoreUp to and including this year, there have been only 53 non-white actors nominated for Emmys out of nearly 1,000 possible nominations in the top four
Oprah On Final Season: “The Secret To Success Is Authenticity”
After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey is calling it quits with her talk show and moving on to her OWN Network which debuts January 1, 2011. In a recent interview with TV Guide, she discusses her last and final season and the secrets to success. Here are a few excerpts:
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