Bobby Brown with wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown (Source: Essence Magazine) By Brenda Alexander If you haven’t watched the second part of the Bobby Brown Story on BET, get your tissues ready, because 80% of the film was nothing but sadness. Continue Somebody died literally every 10 minutes. In between the deaths of close loved ones, he struggled hard to kick his…
Bobby Brown By Brenda Alexander From the moment the promo for The Bobby Brown Story dropped that opened with the original Bad Boy of R&B snorting a line of cocaine (seriously BET, y’all couldn’t think of anything else) and featured his classic pelvic thrusting performances, I knew we would get his raw unfiltered truth. We’ve anticipated a biopic for years….
Blac Chyna, Kloe Kardashian & K. Michelle By Brenda Alexander The black woman’s curvaceous booty is nothing new. We all envy that one sis in our family/friend circle for being shaped like a Coca Cola bottle: small waist, nice hips and a plump butt. But what happens when a woman desperately yearns for a shapely figure and the operating table…
Rapper Nelly with video model in his Tip Drill music video By Brenda Alexander After watching BET’s 30-minute digital docu-series “VIXEN,” I was left wondering: was video modeling a legitimate starting point for Hollywood hopefuls that could spearhead a dream career? And did the supposed tell-all ‘Confessions of a Video Vixen’ by Karrine Steffans change the narrative and perception of video…
BET’s Robin Thede By Nikki Igbo Trust me; you know Robin Thede. Even if you never saw her on the Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore or Key and Peele or Difficult People, you’ve heard her jokes and experienced her genius writing. She’s written for the BET Awards for forever as well as the NAACP Image Awards, the BET Honors, the…
Photo: Getty Images Issa Rae at the 2017 BET Awards Written by Alma J. Hill Award shows are for hair envy, no matter the event. The BET Awards is one of the few occasions where you will see black women embracing their natural textures in all their unique glory. This year did not disappoint with TONS of amazing, intricate designs…
By Sharee Silerio Last week, faithful fans learned that “Underground”, the beloved antebellum series in its second season, was cancelled by WGN America. Continue Reading Using the hashtags #PickUpUnderground and #RenewUnderground, fans have used Twitter to indicate what networks they’d like to see the show on, including HBO, TV One, OWN, Hulu and Netflix. #PickUpUnderground Tweets Both Executive Producer John…
Written by Tiffani Greenaway of MyMommyVents.com “I know my parents love me, stand behind me come what may…” Continue Reading What millennial doesn’t know the iconic theme song from A Different World? The Cosby Show spinoff followed Cliff and Claire’s spirited daughter Denise as she navigated life at Hillman College and introduced millions of viewers to the Historically Black College…
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