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The Emmys might follow in the Oscars‘ footsteps and go hostless. Fox and the Television Academy are considering leaving the show without a master of ceremonies after the success of the Oscars, according to Variety. The Academy Awards ceremony was forced to do so following controversy around old remarks Kevin Hart made about the LGBT […]
After dropping our Best TV Shows of 2019 (So Far) list earlier this week, you’d think we’d be given some downtime from fire television (and films). Nope. NOPE! Sure, Men In Black International and Shaft are in theaters, but this week? The real heat is on the small screen. It’s funny because usually the summer has been seen as kind […]
We’ve got some new Kanye West music. Sort of. On Thursday, BET released a trailer from the upcoming second season of Irv Gotti‘s Tales series, highlighting an episode based on a song titled “Brothers” by Kanye and Charlie Wilson. The trailer begins with the “Mr. West” exclamation of DeRay Davis impersonating the late Bernie Mac, which can be heard on “Intro” off The College Dropout, and “Wake Up Mr. […]
We don’t know if the upcoming season of Stranger Things will be weirder than years past—newly released episode titles like “The Battle of Starcourt” and “The Sauna Test” are promising—but we can say that the folks at Netflix are taking the “things” part of the name very seriously. The streaming giant has gone merch-mad, dropping […]
With Chris Hemsworth out on Men in Black: International promo duty, it was only a matter of time until one of the late night Jimmys asked him for some purportedly exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of so-called “Fat Thor” from a certain Avengers shoot. On Wednesday’s largely Jonas Brothers-centered episode of The Tonight Show, Hemsworth let loose […]
Mary J. Blige, fittingly, has been named the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th annual BET Awards. “With a career of landmark achievements, including eight multi-platinum albums, nine Grammy Awards (plus a staggering 32 nominations), two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and a SAG nomination, Mary J. Blige has remained […]
The lead prosecutor of the Central Park Jogger case has resigned from Columbia Law School, amid renewed scrutiny over her involvement in the 1989 case. Elizabeth Lederer announced her decision in a statement shared by Columbia Law School Dean Law Gillian Lester. Lederer worked part-time at the university as an adjunct faculty member and lecturer in law. “I’ve enjoyed my years […]
In just over a week, ticket sales will launch for Dave Chappelle‘s Broadway debut. Chappelle is giving fans the chance to see him on one or all of five nights at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Billed as Dave Chappelle Live on Broadway, the limited run spans July 9-13, with tickets launching June 21 at 10 a.m. […]
After years of speculation and rumors, it has finally been confirmed that The Boondocks will return to TV. On Wednesday, Variety reported that Sony Pictures Animation has announced a host of new projects slated to be released in 2020, including a Boondocks “reimagining.” Fans may fear the terminology means the studio will smooth out the show’s trademark edginess, but the partnership is actually a rekindled […]
You know Bianca Lawson. If you were a teenager at any point in the last 30 years—or consumed any teen-oriented content in the same period—you’ve seen her. If you’d like to challenge that theory, here’s an abbreviated checklist, decade by decade: In the ’90s the actress played Megan on Saved by the Bell: The New […]
