Gabrielle Union stars in new TV drama series FlashForward

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Gabrielle Union will be back on the small screen this fall.  She will star in ABC’s new fall drama,”FlashForward,” which focuses on how mankind responds when they are able to see their future.  Union will play criminal defense attorney, Zoey.

“We’re thrilled that Gabrielle is joining our cast,” executive producer David S. Goyer said in a statement. “When we met with her, we immediately knew she was our Zoey. She’s witty, soulful and beautiful. I’ve been wanting to work with her for a long time.”

The hour-long series premieres Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. central time.

Tisha Campbell-Martin expecting baby boy

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Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin and her husband Duane are expecting a baby boy this fall.  The couple held a Cirque du Bebe-themed shower Saturday with guests including:  Samuel L. Jackson, Cedric the Entertainer, Holly Robinson Peete, Eriq La Salle, Niecy Nash and Pauletta Washington.  The couple have a seven-year-old son, Xen.

‘Young and the Restless’ star marrries

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Actress Victoria Rowell, star of soap opera, “The Young and the Restless” and drama, “Diagnosis Murder,” married mixed media artist, Radcliffe Bailey, 40, June 27 in Dublin, New Hampshire.  The couple met through LaTanya Richardson Jackson, wife of actor Samuel Jackson, whom Rowell worked with in the film, “Home of the Brave.”  Jackson also walked the 50-year-old actress down the aisle.

“Just before the event, LaTanya said: ‘I’m going to introduce you to your husband. And you’re welcome,’ ” Ms. Rowell recalled to the New York Times.

The couple met in 2007.  Rowell has a daughter from her first marriage and a son from a long relationship with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.

‘Girlfriends’ star Golden Brooks is pregnant

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Golden Brooks, star of defunct TV show Girlfriends, is expecting a child that is due in September, reports People magazine.  Since 2008, Brooks has dated actor D.B. Woodside, 39, who is starring in the TNT series, Hawthorne, alongside actress Jada Pinkett Smith.  The 38-year-old actress recently completed the independent film Polish Bar.

Jada Pinkett Smith keeps the romance alive in her marriage

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Jada Pinkett Smith, star of the new TNT series, “Hawthorne,” told Redbook magazine how she maintains the fire in her 11-year marriage to Will Smith.  

“[Go for] a drive – and then pull over on the side of the road!” she said.  “Think of places outside that are comfortable to have sex. Does he have access to his office? Have a fantasy date. Be his secretary!” 

“Be sneaky,” Smith adds. “Your girlfriend’s house at a party. The bathroom! A guest bedroom! Just switch it up. Anything like that can keep it going. Anything it takes to keep the flame alive.”

Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx kiss

There was a lot of butt and crotch grabbing going on while Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx shared a very intimate kiss during Spike TV’s “Guy Choice Awards,” which will air late June.  Foxx presented Berry with the “Decade of Hotness” award.

Wanda Sykes is a new mom

On April 27, comedian Wanda Sykes welcomed twin babies, reports People.  Her wife, Alex gave birth to daughter Olivia Lou weighed (6 lbs., 7 oz. and 19-inches long)  and son Lucas Claude (7 lbs., 9 oz., and 20-inches long).

The couple were married last October.  Sykes currently stars in the CBS comedy, “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

‘Obsessed’ movie tops weekend box office

“Obsessed,” the movie starring Beyonce Knowles and Idris Elba, debuted no. 1 at the box office this weekend, raking in $28.5 million.  The two star in the Sony Screen Gems movie as a married couple that faces trials when a psychotic temp played by Ali Larter begins stalking the husband.

Halle Berry to star in heist film

Halle Berry is set to star in the film, “Who is Dora Payne,” about a real life international jewel thief who performed heists for 50 years, reports Variety.  One of the developers of the film is Justin Berfield, who starred as Reese in the Fox series, “Malcolm in the Middle.”