Regina King: Hardest working woman in showbiz?

February 26, 2010 2 Comments

Tweet Movie star Regina King is among a small cadre of African-American actresses we’ve literally seen grow up before our eyes (Janet Jackson and Cookie being among the others) on television. Born and raised in Los Angeles, it would be easy for King to be “Hollywood,” in all senses, but the 39-year-old actress is as ...

Jay-Z, Will and Jada back 'Fela' musical

November 17, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Big hip-hop stars Jay-Z and Will Smith and wifey Jada Pinkett-Smith are throwing their weight behind black Broadway musical “Fela” with the announcement that the trio will be producers. The “Fela” blog has added a “Shaun ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith present” tag to the web site’s banner. The play, a homage ...

Celebrities come out for 'Precious' premiere

October 29, 2009 No Comments

Tweet The movie that everyone’s talking about, “Precious,” based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire premiered to raucous praise and support recently by some of Hollywood’s A-listers.The film’s director, , has a hilarious quote about how he inroduced himself at Cannes, by saying, “I’m a little homo, I’m a little Euro and I’m a little ...

Will Smith's Ex Starts Shea Butter Business

May 29, 2009 No Comments

Tweet There are a host of clever business names out there, especially little cute day cares and home-based businesses that play on words and the like. Then there is Sheree Zampino-Fletcher’s new shea butter business: Whoop Ash.I didn’t make that up, Whoop Ash. Sheree and obviously some ill-meaning soundboards actually thought about this and went ...

"Seven Pounds" Breaks Will's Money Streak

February 10, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Will Smith was the king of the box office this decade, but while the world was watching the Super Bowl and wondering who Etta James was, a historic feat came to the end: Will Smith’s streak of eight straight movies breaking the $100 million mark is over, done, history, see-ya, audi-5. “Seven Pounds,” a ...

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