A historic, non-fictional story just found another place in the record books. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hidden Figures landed at the top spot at the box office this past weekend. The film, directed by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent, The Beneficiary), tells the pivotal story of three African-American mathematicians who played an integral role in NASA’s early space efforts. The
Artist Brian McKnight has signed a worldwide deal with CAA for representation in all areas. He was previously with ICM. The R&B singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has released 17 albums and has been nominated for 16 Grammy Awards over the course of a career that dates back to 1988. He has toured and collaborated with such music heavyweights as Quincy Jones, Diddy, Christina Aguilera and Willie
The Kim Kardashian robbery finally has its first busts. French police arrested 17 people Monday in connection with the violent jewel heist in October of the reality star — a high-profile crime that has remained a mystery. Paris police announced the arrests of suspects ranging in age from 23 to 72, all of whom were
Esteemed actor Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes, Sunday night (Jan. 8). Through throaty whispers, due to voice loss and emotional exhaustion, she talked immigration and challenging the status quo, before putting president-elect Donald Trump on blast for his “performance” of the year. “Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners,” Streep reckoned
Tracee Ellis Ross made many proud and simultaneously made history Sunday night (January 8) at the 74th Annual Golden Globe awards. The Black-ish actress took home her very first Golden Globe for best actress in a TV comedy and the last black woman to do it was Debbie Allen in 1983. When the 44-year-old actress was told of
T.I. has entered a real realm of political and social awareness as of late, in and out of music, and his latest releases will be a series of open letters to President Obama, President-elect Donald J. Trump and all of America. The rapper and actor’s step towards activism is due in large part to the continued
Outgoing President Barack Obama hosted a farewell party at the White House on Friday night (Jan. 6) which featured a guest list packed with A-listers. Celebs from actors to musicians flocked to the presidential soiree to honor the Obamas ahead of the transition to a Donald Trump administration on Jan. 20. While cell phones were
Series creator Shonda Rhimes recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming sixth season of “Scandal” and revealed her writing team had to rethink a few plot points that skewed a little too close to reality. “We literally had a storyline where the Russian government was trying to destabilize the United States government by messing with the election,” Rhimes
Focusing on family! Days after her New Year’s Eve drama, Mariah Carey had dinner with her ex-husband Nick Cannon and their twins Thursday, January 5. The America’s Got Talent host, 36, shared a photo of the group on Instagram, which Carey later reposted. “Family Dinner!! All is well! Live! Love! Laugh! @mariahcarey #Ncredible,” he captioned the pic. The “We Belong Together”
Naomi Campbell revealed during her appearance on The Wendy Williams Show on Thursday, January 5, that she feels for Kim Kardashian after her Paris robbery because she was also attacked in the City of Light in 2012. The supermodel, 46, recalled running into the reality star, 36, at the Hermès store on October 1, two days before Kardashian was bound, gagged and