Archive for the ‘The Media & African Americans’ Category
Loose lips . . . Speak your peace.
Filed under: Blacks in Hollywood, Current Events, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: Garcelle Beauvais, jamie foxx, new baby, Wendy Williams Show
Sony Pictures is reportedly paying close to $60 million to AEG Entertainment for the 80 hours of Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” concert rehearsal footage. Before the icon’s sudden death on June 25, the 50-night concert was set to begin this month in London at the O2 arena. Sony is planning to release a film […]
Filed under: Art/Culture, Blacks in Hollywood, Business as Unusual, Current Events, Healthy Living, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: michael jackson, michael jackson film, sony music entertainment, sony pictures, video of michael jackson watching rehearsals
FOX adds diversity exec as VP
FOX is making a seemingly serious effort to embed diversity themes and talent at the earliest stages of program development. Ron Taylor, the TV network’s new VP of diverse programming and content, is the most recent example of this effort. Taylor will oversee script development reflective of diverse themes and/or written by writers from diverse […]
Filed under: African-American History, Art/Culture, Blacks in Hollywood, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: diversity in media, diversity in the workplace, FOX TV, ron taylor, TV program development
Detroit’s former FOX affiliate WJBK newsanchor and former WJLB-FM radio host Charles Pugh announced recently he will run for a seat on Detroit’s 9-member city council. He is the troubled city’s first openly gay political candidate. He shared his lifestyle with Detroiters five years ago and saw his popularity soar. Now he’s banking on his local-name […]
Filed under: Current Events, Political Bicker, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: African American, charles pugh, gay politicians, wjbk-tv, wjlb-fm
Veteran actress Zoe Saldana, 30, plays the lovely Nyota Uhura in the new Star Trek prequel, directed by J.J. Abrams, that opened in theatres over the weekend and soared to #1 with an estimated $76.5 million in box-office receipts. The role of Uhura was made famous by Nichelle Nichols in the 60s TV series by the […]
Filed under: African-American History, Art/Culture, Blacks in Hollywood, Current Events, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: avatar movie, CHRIS ROCK, Columbus Short, Danny Glover, death at a funeral movie, drumline, guess who, IDRIS ELBA, LORETTA DEVINE, MARTIN LAWRENCE, matt dillon, Michael Ealy, nichelle nichols, nyota uhura, star trek, takers movie, the losers movie, william shatner, zoe saldana
Book Alert: Exactly As I Am
Emmy-winning journalist and Access Hollywood anchor Shaun Robinson has written a new book that offers advice and wisdom for young girls from the celebrities they adore. In short, you’re beautiful exactly as you are…and even celebrities are flawed. Worth checking out if you have a teenage girl at home. Speak your peace.
Filed under: Art/Culture, Blacks in Hollywood, Current Events, The Media & African Americans | 1 Comment
Tags: access hollywood, exactly as i am, shaun robinson
Battle of the Radio Jocks
WVAZ-FM, Chicago’s highly-rated adult urban contemporary station owned by Clear Channel, replaced long-running The Tom Joyner Morning Show today with The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Harvey’s show already airs on #1 music station WGCI-FM, WVAZ’s sister station, in the market, but will now simulcast on both stations until March 31. After March 31, Harvey’s show will air […]
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Tags: African American, chicago radio market, clear channel, Steve Harvey, steve harvey morning show, tom joyner, tom joyner morning show, wgci-fm, wvaz-fm
CNN recently canceled D.L. Hughley Breaks the News and Comedy Central has done the same with Chocolate News, featuring veteran comedian David Alan Grier. Both shows premiered in October 2008. Supposedly, D.L. wanted to move the show to Los Angeles to be with his family, which CNN apparently wasn’t willing to accommodate. However, the cable network […]
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Tags: black cable tv shows canceled, cnn's d.l. hughley breaks the news, comedy central's chocolate news, d.l. hughley, david alan grier
Lady O and First Lady Obama
For the first time in the magazine’s 9-year history, Oprah Winfrey shares the cover of O: The Oprah Magazine with someone else — First Lady Michelle Obama. The April 2009 issue with the first lady looking amazing on the cover hits newsstands March 17. Check it out. Speak your peace.
Filed under: African-American History, black is beautiful, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: first lady michelle obama and oprah winfrey, o magazine, Oprah Winfrey
Submission deadlines for the 2009 American Black Film Festival are fast approaching: March 13 for the Nickelodeon Script Writers Review; documentaries, March 17; short films, April 7; and narrative features, April 17. The four-day festival will again be held in Miami, FL, beginning June 24. The host hotel is the Ritz-Carlton and films will be screened […]
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Tags: american black film festival, black film festivals, hollywood black film festival, international black film festival, twin cities black film festival
TV One head Alfred Liggins with mother and business partner Cathy Hughes TV One, a joint venture between Comcast and Radio One, recently told the Federal Communications Commission that it objects to BET founder Bob Johnson’s method for getting his new Urban Television on cable systems. According to TV One, the four-year-old cable network for African Americans 25 […]
Filed under: African-American History, Business as Unusual, Current Events, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: Alfred Liggins, BET, Bob Johnson, Cathy Hughes, NCTA, Radio One, TV One, Urban Television
Rihanna takes Chris Brown back
After three weeks, America’s chocolate sweethearts are reportedly back together or, at least, trying to work it out. Let’s hope these lovely kids get some help. Otherwise, we really shouldn’t judge or spend so much time minding their business. Speak your peace.
Filed under: African-American Youth, Blacks in Hollywood, Current Events, The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: African American, Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, Rihanna
CW may not renew The Game
The CW announced today 6 shows will return in the fall as part of its primetime TV lineup. There was no mention of The Game, a Black-oriented sitcom about professional football players and the women they love. Shows with predominantly Black casts just aren’t in vogue anymore. Networks now target younger audiences to establish a base. Black […]
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Tags: African American, BBTV, Better Black Television, Blacks in Hollywood, CW, FOX, House of Payne, Meet the Browns, Percy Miller, The Game, TYLER PERRY, UPN, WP
Journalism in Color
Former BET news anchor Ed Gordon served as moderator last week for online Black news outlet The Loop’s presentation of its survey and report Journalism in Color at the National Press Club in DC. A panel of multicultural journalists discussed the mainstream media’s past and present handling of race and race-related issues in America. We […]
Filed under: Current Events, Race Not Won (Racism in America), The Media & African Americans | Closed
Tags: Ed Gordon, National Press Club, Race in America, The Loop, The Loop's Journalism in Color
