Taraji P. Henson is following a growing trend of big screen actors moving to television. She recently got signed up to be part of new CBS drama series, “Person of Interest.”

The Conservatory Grill at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills was transformed into a blue-and-pink wonderland Sunday, as Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated the upcoming arrival of their twins with an elegant baby shower

The season premiere of “Celebrity Apprentice” aired Sunday night – and so far, so good between teammates NeNe Leakes and Star Jones. But we all know that it’s about to get really ugly in weeks to come – and the Real Housewives of Atlanta star says she wasn’t the only “Apprentice” cast member to be irked by the former prosecutor.

Cole was the first African-American to star in a network variety program and he attracted a bevy of major black singers and musicians as guests, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mahalia Jackson.

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 […]

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  via:eurweb Debbie Morgan, who stars on the daytime soap opera “All My Children,” has been missing from the series lately. She recently announced why she’s been gone since December: lyme disease. “It’s nothing fatal. Lyme disease is an infection caused by the borrelia bacteria from a tick,” she shared on the Tom Joyner Morning […]

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 […]

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via:eurweb After a strong opening at the beginning of the year, ratings for OWN, the cable network joint venture of Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, have declined, with shows with Winfrey’s name in the title remaining its strongest performers, according to the Hollywood Reporter. For its second week, ratings for OWN fell about 20 percent […]

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via:eurweb NeNe Leaks, coming off her near bus brawl with Kim Zolciak, mentioned that she is considering retirement from the show, especially with her own family drama playing out. “I’m not really interested in joining the next season. I’m just not really interested right now,” Leakes commented in a recent interview with Zap2it.com. Although this […]

Nichelle Nichols made television history as the first African-American woman to play a role in a series in “Star Trek” as Lt. Uhura. She reprised her role in “Star Trek: The Animated Series” and the first six Star Trek movies. It was a moment that couldn’t have been scripted any better. Actress Nichelle Nichols, who […]