Rapper/Actor Xzibit has been honing his acting chops going toe to toe with Academy Award nominees Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as the villain Shyne on Fox’s Empire.
Tony Cox has stepped back into his elf costume to rejoin Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa 2, the sequel to the successful 2003 film. Tony chatted with us about reprising his role as Marcus, working with the sequels new cast member Kathy Bates, as well as working with new director Mark Waters.
What makes “Almost Christmas” stand out from other African American Christmas themed movies is the focus on making the patriarch the glue of the family rather than a matriarch, and keeping the film fairly light hearted in lieu of going for a melodramatic route like The Best Man Holiday.
Behzad Dabu has emerged from the Chicago theater scene and taken Hollywood by storm with his role as Simon Drake on ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder.” Behzad chatted with us about his role on the hit series, his Chicago theater background and more.
After appearing as DJ Mister Cee in the 2009 Notorious B.I.G. biopic “Notorious”, actor Edwin Freeman has now stepped into the role of Young Pop, the younger version of Frankie Faison’s character Henry “Pop” Hunter in Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage. Edwin recently chatted with us about the role and working as part of the series.
On Thursday (October 27th) New York City’s Power 105.1 returned to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to host their annual Powerhouse concert which featured a roster of performers that included Ayo Jay, Kehlani, Young MA, Desiigner, Tory Lanez, Bryson Tiller, Fat Joe and Remy Ma, Wiz Khalifa, Usher and a special guest performance from Jeezy.
Keep a Child Alive celebrated 13 years last night by hosting their annual Black Ball in New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
Hollywood A list comedian actor Kevin Hart has broken another record in which he performed in front of an audience of 53,000 people in his hometown of Philadelphia at the Lincoln Financial Field football stadium. The show was filmed as part of Hart’s “What Now?” tour and the show will be released in movie theaters as Hart’s latest stand up comedy film on October 14th.
The cast of Fox’s upcoming series “Shots Fired” which was created by Gina Prince-Bythewood and husband Reggie Rock Bythewood discussed the series at Urbanworld Film Festival. The series which stars Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Helen Hunt, DeWanda Wise, Tristan Mack Wilds, Aisha Hinds and Jill Hennessy dealing with the aftermath of a racially motivated shooting in a North Carolina town.
Romeo Miller (son of Master P), Kristinia Debarge (daughter of James Debarge), Angela Simmons (daughter of Rev Run), Egypt Criss (daughter of Salt N Pepa member Pepa), TJ Mizell (son of Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay) and Damon “Boogie” Dash (son of Damon Dash Sr.) are returning to WE Tv this October for season two of Growing Up Hip Hop. WE TV premiered the first episode of the second season of the series at New Yorkโs Paley Media Center with cast members Romeo, Egypt, Damon, and Kristinia in attendance. Simmons who just recently gave birth to a baby boy was not present at the premiere.