Courtesy BET(LOS ANGELES) — Sunday night, Queen Latifah “set it off” as host of 2018’s Black Girls Rock. The night, which honored the likes of Lena Waithe, Naomi Campbell, Tarana Burke, Mary J. Blige, Judith Jamison and Janet Jackson, was a rich celebration of women who, through their work and efforts, helped to define what …
Anthony Bourdain wins posthumous writing award, John Legend earns EGOT, and black actors make history at Creative Arts Emmys
CNN(LOS ANGELES) — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Game of Thrones, and Saturday Night Live earned top honors this weekend at the two-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. CNN’s travel show, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, took home five awards, including best informational series, best short-form non-fiction, and best writing. The show’s host, Bourdain, …
Miss New York wins Miss America in newly revamped compeition
ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW JERSEY) — Miss America has crowned its new winner. Miss New York, Nia Franklin, has been named the 2019 Miss America in Sunday’s live competition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey and hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba and Ross Matthews. It was the first Miss America without a swimsuit competition in the pageant’s history. “It took a lot …
‘The Nun’ conjures up a franchise-record $53.5 million debut
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (NEW YORK) — The Nun, a spinoff of The Conjuring 2, and the fifth installment in The Conjuring series, delivered a franchise record with an estimated $51 million in its opening weekend, breaking the first film’s $41.8 million in 2013. The sci-fi horror film also marked the second-best September opening …
Leslie Moonves out as CEO at CBS after new sexual harassment allegations made public
Photo: Bill Inoshita/CBS 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(NEW YORK) — CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves has been let go from the network amid new allegations of sexual assault, CBS confirmed in a statement. Effective immediately, Chief Operating Officer Joseph Ianniello will serve as president and acting CEO while the board conducts a search …
Miss America 2.0: Losing the swimsuits, and other changes to the competition
ABC(NEW JERSEY) — Miss America will unveil a number of changes during Sunday night’s broadcast of the 97-year-old competition. Good Morning America had an inside look behind Wednesday’s preliminaries. Besides the controversial swimsuit ban, it’s safe to say we’re in for a new kind of pageant — one that gets to know the ladies on a more personal …
Tori Spelling claps back at trolls who fat-shamed her kids in their back-to-school pic
ABC/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) — After posting a smiling picture of her kids heading back to school earlier this week, former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Tori Spelling got some comments she never expected, including Instagram trolls shaming her children. “School officially began today for my 4 older kiddos,” Spelling wrote. “This marks the first year that they’ll all be in the same …
Terry Crews settles sexual assault lawsuit against the William Morris agency
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Terry Crews has settled his sexual assault lawsuit against the Williams Morris Endeavor agency, and the agent he accused, Adam Venit, is reportedly retiring. “Terry Crews, Adam Venit and WME have settled the lawsuit Mr. Crews filed last year. It will be dismissed,” the agency said in a statement, according to …
Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn say goodbye to ‘Project Runway’; land new fashion show for Amazon
Barbara Nitke/Lifetime(LOS ANGELES) — “After 16 incredible seasons,” supermodel and entrepreneur Heidi Klum is bidding farewell to Project Runway. In a tweet, the German-born star said “Auf Wiedersehen” to the series she called “a show I was honored to host and help create.” Both she and her co-host of 14 years, Tim Gunn, are stepping …
‘Gilligan’s Island’ actress Dawn Wells reportedly in need of financial rescue
Photo by Monica Morgan/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Dawn Wells, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s series Gilligan’s Island, has come upon hard times, but fans of the show are coming to her rescue. Dugg Kirkpatrick, a friend of Wells, has created a GoFundMe for the 79-year-old actress, who is nearly $200,000 …