BET is bringing audiences the captivating story of Master P and No Limit Records with a new production titled “NO LIMIT CHRONICLES.” The five-part docuseries will recount the remarkable journey of the label, from its extraordinary rise to decline and rebirth to prominence.
Over 100 artists from the hottest names in music, comedy and crossover entertainment have been set for AGAPAO LIVE, a world-wide streaming pay per view event, set for next Saturday, July 11, 2020 from 12 – 6pm PT/ 3-9pm ET.
This six-hour event will be live-streamed on the hottest new urban online network, Xperienc On Demand, to households around the world and include some of the biggest stars in entertainment coming together from their homes to inspire a locked-down world in a message of Unity through Music & Entertainment as the greatest artists in our time respond to Covid-19 and civil unrest around the globe. The debut event will be streamed on https://www.xodlive.com/
Read MoreMegan Thee Stallion performs “Girls in the Hood” and “Savage” at the BET Awards 20.
Mad and Black Thought join Public Enemy for Rendition of “Fight The Power” at BET Awards 20
jennifer Hudson performs “Young, Gifted & Black” at the BET Awards 20
john Legend performs his powerful track Never Break at the BET Awards 20
Roddy Rich delivers a live performance of his hot songs at the BET Awards 20
Early Friday, West—using the hashtag #WESTDAYEVER—shared a photo in which clothes could be seen being pulled from a bag marked “developed by Yeezy and GAP.” The bag also listed the frequent location of current-era West projects, i.e. Wyoming:
Projects to Include Stand-Up Specials, Unscripted, and Scripted Comedy Series
HBO Maxannounced today an overall deal with Marlon Wayans, which includes a number of projects in the works from the multi-hyphenate star. On the stand-up front, the deal includes an all-new hour-long special from Wayans along with a multi-act special in which he will serve as host.
Kerry Washington appeared on the debut episode of the podcast “Hollywood, the Sequel,” which looks at how the entertainment industry can change for the better following this moment of disruption.
Kerry makes some powerful points about how words like diversity and inclusion are inherently creating a world where there is an us and a them, an in and an out. She also addresses those who have asked how “Olivia Pope” would respond to the pandemic, saying “we can get into trouble when we rely on imaginary characters to save us…I have joked at times that part of how we got into the situation we’re in now is that we had a reality television character swoop into an election and people thought that he could save the day.”
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KIRK FRANKLIN RETURNS AS HOST & MENTOR, ALONG WITH JUDGESERICA CAMPBELL, JONATHAN MCREYNOLDS AND KELLY PRICE
Returning to BET for season 10 is America’s most inspirational singing competition, “Sunday Best.” Kicking off in Sunday Best fashion, the series returned with a live audience and band from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. 2020 marks both the 10th anniversary of the show and BET’s 40th anniversary. Season 10 welcomes back GRAMMY®-winning music legend Kirk Franklin as host; returning as judges are GRAMMY® winning songstress & host of “Get Up Mornings,” Erica Campbell, GRAMMY® nominated artist & star of BET’s “American Soul” Kelly Price and GRAMMY® nominated & multiple Stellar award-winning artist Jonathan McReynolds. “Sunday Best” season 10 will premiere Sunday, July 5th at 8PM ET/PT on BET.
Read MoreKendrick Sampson, BLD PWR founder, and actor, released a firm letter to Hollywood, specifically the people in leadership who perpetuated several negative stereotypes of Black people. Programs like Cops, Live PD, slave narratives, and several other programs that have permeated across entertainment. The letter serves to put Hollywood on notice that the time is NOW to change antiquated processes of operating within entertainment.
While stating the culture of entertainment is incredibly necessary, the letter also includes a list of demands to Hollywood from the Black community to end the glorification of police violence in our art and prove Black Lives Matter in Hollywood.
The letter serves as a notice to Hollywood and making teams aware that business, as usual, is over. Talent, producers, and representatives are no longer standing idly by. The letter has received overwhelming support from BLACK LIVES MATTER Founder and TV writer Patrisse Cullors, Movement for Black Lives, Color Of Change, People’s Budget LA Coalition, National Black Justice Coalition, and NAACP Hollywood Bureau among many other organizations. The letter has received over 300 signatures from an extensive list of Black talent executives and creatives
BMI’s special set of all-Gospel Jam Sessions will feature performances by Gospel greats John P Kee (today at 3pm), Vashawn Mitchell(6/24) and Jonathan McReynolds (6/26). Tune in to BMI’s YouTube channel every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3pm EST for a musical interlude to brighten the workday!
Speaking to Trevor Noah on The Daily Show (via Metro), Union said: “Day one, Simon Cowell is smoking cigarettes inside. I’ve worked a long time. I’ve worked with all kinds of people. I’ve never experienced that.”
“When your boss — the person who has the ability to determine who gets opportunities and who doesn’t — doesn’t believe that the… rules apply to him,” she continued, before adding that she has a severe allergy to cigarette smoke.
“And he does it in full view of NBC, Fremantle and Syco and no one cares about Simon Cowell exposing all of these employees to second-hand smoke. That’s day one.”
According to Deadline, Union has filed a harassment, discrimination and retaliation complaint with California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), naming producers FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell’s Syco as well as NBC Universal and Simon Cowell himself.
Her complaint detailed allegations of insensitivity and sexism on set, while also making the claim that NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy “threatened Union through her agent” in regards to her speaking out against racism on set.
With the buzzed about announcement yesterday from Deadline.comthat this December Hollywood is launching the new streaming device and app called Venue which enables the ability to monitor a living room for people and sell individual tickets to view at home first-run cinematic releases, sporting events, concerts and more, we would love to schedule an interview with you and CEO Cihan Fuat Atkin of XCineX to share the Hollywood, technological & business journey behind launching the first of its kind streaming platform.
The streaming device is called Venue, and it is like no other product on the market because it holds a detection sensor that counts the number of audience members present in the room, thereby giving content creators the ability to sell tickets on a pay-per-viewer basis. The sensor monitors the room throughout content stream and ensures the ticket-to-audience ratio is equal, giving content creators the ability to charge each viewer just like a movie theater, concert, or sporting venue. With a veteran Hollywood, technology, and media leadership team in place, this patented new breakthrough advancement in reaching consumers is a boom to the studio, concert, and live event marketplaces that will benefit from the at-home ticketing technology. In development for years before the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been more imperative to bring the world’s most innovative technology directly into your home.
With a veteran Hollywood, technology, and media leadership team in place, this patented new breakthrough advancement in reaching consumers is a boom to the studio, concert, and live event marketplaces that will benefit from the at-home ticketing technology. In development for years before the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been more imperative to bring the world’s most innovative technology directly into your hom
Award-winning R&B/Pop singer Usher is calling for the United States government to formally acknowledge Juneteeth. He wrote an op-ed article for the Washington Post under the headline: “Why it’s so important that Juneteenth become a national holiday.
I'm sharing an opinion piece I wrote in The @WashingtonPost for Juneteenth which is online now and in print tomorrow. As you celebrate Juneteenth tomorrow, please be loud and proud!! https://t.co/DBPsTdnQxF
— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) June 19, 2020
“We could observe it, as many black Americans already do, by celebrating both our first step toward freedom as black people in America and also the many contributions to this land: the construction of Black Wall Street; the invention of jazz, rock n’ roll, hip-hop and R&B; and all the entrepreneurship and business brilliance, extraordinary cuisine, sports excellence, political power and global cultural influence black Americans have given the world,” wrote Usher.
“And rather than observing Juneteenth as we do other holidays, by taking it off, we can make it a day when black culture, black entrepreneurship, and black business get our support. A national Juneteenth observance can affirm that Black Lives Matter!”
Special Encore Airings of “Dark Girls,” “Light Girls,””Oprah & Lupita Nyong’o on Colorism,””Oprah Winfrey Presents: Legends Who Paved the Way,”And “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Do Go From Here?” Parts One and Two
Read MoreMoms of Black Boys United for Social Change, Inc. (M.O.B.B. United for Social Change), an online community of more than 170,000 moms with 15 local chapters nationwide advocating for fair and just treatment of Black boys and men in American society, remains on the front lines of the fight against racial injustice. From recent activities, such as participating in protests for policing and criminal justice reform, to hosting a National Day of Prayer uplifting the George Floyd family and others devastated by police violence, or rallying its thousands of members for outreach campaigns pressuring local and national elected officials to adopt new policies, MOBB United is actively working to ensure that Black sons survive and thrive.
Read MoreCBS JOINS AS BROADCAST PARTNER TO SIMULCAST THE“BET AWARDS” 2020 SET TO AIR ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28 FROM 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT
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DRAKE LEADS WITH SIX NOMINATIONS
MEGAN THEE STALLION AND RODDY RICCH FOLLOW WITH FIVE NOMINATIONS
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BEYONCÉ, NICKI MINAJ, CHRIS BROWN, LIZZO AND DABABY TIE WITH FOUR NOMINATIONS EACH
Read MoreKiller Mike posted the following statement about Brooks’ death on Instagram:
Read MoreA new Change.org petition started over the weekend soared close to 100,000 signatures, calling for Alabama leaders to rename an historic bridge currently named after a KKK grand wizard and Confederate soldier.
The petition – which you can view at www.change.org/RenameTheBridge – calls on Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, the site of the Bloody Sunday beatings of civil rights marchers in 1965, after civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis (D-GA, 5th District). Rep. Lewis was one of the marchers on the bridge in 1965.
The petition, started by podcast host Michael Starr Hopkins, notes that Edmund Pettus was a “bitter racist” and that as the country reckons with a history of landmarks named after racist historical figures, the name of the bridge should be reconsidered. Starr Hopkins thinks the bridge should be renamed after Rep. Lewis since he was born in Troy, Alabama, and he marched in Selma has become a civil rights icon.
Roger Goodell told the league in this email this morning:
THE MAGIC JOHNSON STILL UP TO HIS TRICKS
Andre Cleveland Entertainment & David Arquette’s XTR Productions to co-produce documentary on Magic Johnson’s life on and off the basketball courts
LOS ANGELES, CA -Sports & Entertainment impresarios Andre’ Cleveland Entertainment (ACE) Network recently persuaded five-time NBA World Champion Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson to partner with David Arquette’s XTR Productions to co-produce a full-length documentary based on Magic’s extraordinary life on and off the basketball courts.
Read MoreLil Baby has returned with a politically charged song that touches on the killing of George Floyd, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter protests that have been ongoing across the nation. The track, which is titled “The Bigger Picture,” begins with news clips of reports about the protests and also features demonstrators chanting “I Cant’ Breath.”
Lil Baby also notified fans that proceeds from the song will go to three organizations.
Protesters gathered at Bryd Park around 8p.m. Tuesday and pulled the statue down. Protesters then began dragging it to lake and tossing it into the water while others cheered on!
David Pinney told CBS News that it “has a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue.” Pinney then added that Chauvin knew Floyd “pretty well,” and he’s fairly certain that their encounter on May 25, where Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes until he was unresponsive, was personal.
The saints and the sinners will be going at it again this summer. Bounce will encore its mega-hit drama series Saints & Sinners with two episodes back-to-back every Sunday night at 9:00 pm (ET)starting June 7.Saints & Sinners centers around the pursuit of power, intertwined with greed, deception, corruption, compromising sexual affairs and murder – all set against the backdrop of a large southern church. Cliffhangers and twists abound in the series, which is set in the sleepy southern town of Cypress, Georgia, outside Atlanta.
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