February 5, 2015

Update: Bobbi Kristina

Update: Bobby Brown’s lawyer released this statement on Thursday: “If we issued a statement every time the media published a false report regarding this matter, that’s all we would be doing 24 hours a day. This is false, just as is the vast majority of the other reporting that is currently taking place.”

This comes after report that family members gathered to say goodbye.

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6th Annual AAFCA Awards

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION DELIVERS ITS MOST DIVERSE A-LIST ARRAY OF CREATIVE TALENT IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE CAMERA EVER AT THE 6TH ANNUAL 2015 AWARDS CEREMONY

ATTENDEES INCLUDED:
Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Ava DuVernay, Kathryn Bigelow, John Singleton, J.K. Simmons, Chadwick Boseman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alfre Woodard, David Oyelowo, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Mike Epps, Debra Martin Chase, RZA, Salli Richardson-Whitfield,

(null)Gil Robertson with the cast of Selma

(null) Best Supporting Actor Winners, Tyler Perry and J.K. Simmons

(null)Best Actress, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

(null)Best Actor, David Oyelowo

(null)Best Ensemble Cast, Chadwick Boseman

The PRIVATE Meeting

I just got off the horn with my homie from BK and he was telling me that Jay Z and Roc Nation are working out some type of deal to be ready to offer to Lil Wayne if Birdman fails to cough up that cheese. It seems that Jay fell back from Wayne after he took shots at Bey in songs I the past but J is now looking at how profitable he can be if Wayne comes over to the Roc and bring Nicki and Drake.

NO BAIL for Bobby Shmurda

There was some hope that Bobby Shmurda would be leaving New York’s Rikers Island this week after his $2 million bail was posted last Friday (Jan. 30) by his “management associates.” The bail application was reportedly withdrawn on Wednesday (Feb. 4) and no new hearing is scheduled, according to the special narcotics prosecutor’s office for New York City.

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‘EMPIRE’ Scores Another Week of High Ratings

Defying the usual rules of television, Empire’s ratings have risen each week it has aired, starting at 9.9 million viewers on Jan. 7 and most recently attracting 11.3 million last Wednesday.

Now that we know exactly how Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) managed to wrangle herself an early release, she jumps to a conclusion in Wednesday’s episode of Empire that causes her to react in a way that will almost certainly have her behind bars once again. (Unless, of course, she can get someone to take the fall for her – it worked for Lucious, after all)

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With his video $1 million over budget, Lucious commands poor, off-his-meds Andre to find the money to continue financing it, despite the fact that the upcoming IPO has accountants questioning their every expenditure.

What did you like about last nights episode