President Barack Obama will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Thursday, said the White House. Obama will visit the show during his trip to Los Angeles and will return to Washington Thursday night.
Month: March 2009
Tupac’s mom upset about movie deal
Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, is expected to file a $10 million lawsuit Monday claiming that Morgan Creek Productions are trying to sabotage a movie about the late rapper, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
“Instead of negotiating in good faith, they sought to obtain the rights by concocting a non-existent ‘agreement’ and engaging in heavy-handed threats, coercion and intimidation to interfere with and ultimately destroy the film project,” claims Amaru Entertainment, Shakur’s company.
Montel Williams has new radio show
Montel Williams’ new national radio show, “Montel Across America,” will air weekdays 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. central time with progressive network Air America Radio.
Williams is also debuting a multimedia business based on his “Living Well with Montel” brand. Previously, he was the host and executive producer of “The Montel Williams Show”, which was one of the longest running daytime television talk shows. He is currently launching a multimedia business based on his “Living Well with Montel” brand. He’s also published eight best-selling books.
Lionel Richie and Charlie Wilson among artists added to Essence Music Festival lineup
Lionel Richie, Ryan Leslie and Charlie Wilson are now set to perform at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans July 3-5. Other scheduled performers are Beyonce, Maxwell, Al Green and John Legend. En Vogue, Raphael Saadiq, Robin Thicke and Anita Baker will also perform.
X-Men’s ‘Wolverine’ movie out this summer
Check out the movie trailer for the new “Wolverine” movie due out in May.
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Check out LeToya Luckett’s new video
Check out former Destiny’s Child singer LeToya Luckett’s video for her new single, “Not Anymore.”
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Tyler Perry signs deal for two new movies
After the success of Madea Goes to Jail, Tyler Perry has signed a deal with Lionsgate for his next two movies, reports Entertainment Weekly. Next week, Perry begins production for I Can Do Bad All by Myself , which is based on one of his plays and features the popular character Madea. The movie films at the new Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and will be released September 2009.
The sequel Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too will go into production later this year and is set to be released Easter weekend 2010. Perry’s last seven movies have grossed more than $350 million domestically.
Hard times hit Sesame Street
Sunny days are few and far between on Sesame Street nowadays. Sesame Workshop, which produces the Sesame Street children series, is laying off 20 percent of its employees.
“After careful review, we have concluded that we will have to operate with fewer resources in order to achieve our strategic priorities,” the organization stated in a press release about cutting 67 of its 355 staff positions. “[We are] not immune to the unprecedented challenges of today’s economic environment.”
Prince to perform four straight nights on ‘Leno’
Beginning March 25, Prince will appear four straight nights on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” reports Billboard. His performance preludes his triple CD set release on March 29, which will be sold at Target for $11.98.
Prince fans received an email from his lotusflow3r.com website: “From the 24th on, there will b a slew of NPG-related events happening around electric LAlaland.. we don’t want 2 give away all the details yet, but b prepared 2 get yo groove on, numerous ways 4 numerous days. We know $ is tite but the adventures will b worth ur while! Stay 2ned 2 this outtaspacestation.”
Lil Kim makes her dancing debut on ‘Stars’
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Lil Kim got off to a good start last night when she debuted on the ABC series, “Dancing with the Stars.”