September 10th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
Duane Martin and his wife, actress Tisha Campbell-Martin, shared the first photo of their newborn son, Ezekiel Czar Martin, on Wednesday. The healthy baby boy — who arrived at a Los Angeles-area hospital two weeks ahead of schedule this week — weighed in at 9 pounds and 9 ounces and is 23 inches long.

Zeke makes baby number two for the couple, who has an older son (8), named Xen.
August 25th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: BET, TV
We hear Black Entertainment Television is in discussions to save the recently axed CW series The Game. BET is reportedly negotiating with CBS Studio to pick up the Girlfriends spinoff, which was dropped by the network last spring.

August 25th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
Michael Jackson’s brothers have landed their own series on A&E.

On Tuesday, a rep for the cable network confirmed to The Insider that a documentary special, which had been planned to chronicle the reunion of Jackson 5 members Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon Jackson, will now be turned into a weekly reality show.
No start date for the series has been announced.
August 24th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
La Toya Jackson will sit in as a co-host for Elisabeth Hasselbeck (who is on maternity leave) when The View kicks off its 13th season on ABC next month.
The older sister of late pop icon Michael Jackson will join the ladies on September 16 and September 18.

It’s back to brunette for Christina Milian! The previously-blond actress/singer appeared on The TODAY Show Tuesday to promote the upcoming DVD release of her new film, Bring It On: Fight To The Finish.
Tyra also vowed to reveal her natural hair for the fifth season premiere of her daytime talk show next month.

“This season on The Tyra Show we’re taking it to the next level and getting more real than ever before by encouraging women everywhere to own and rock what they’ve got and be proud!” the Emmy-winning former supermodel says. “For the Season 5 premiere, I will be doing just that – no fake hair, I’m rocking my REAL hair. This will all be going down on Sept. 8, which we’re declaring National Real Hair Day! We welcome everyone to go natural with me!”
She later added via Twitter: “no ponytails, no ballet bun head. hair will be out and free!”
The Tyra Banks Show returns to the tube Sept. 8.
August 14th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
In news that may come as a surprise to longtime reality TV fans, notorious “Bitter Betty” Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth is entering an Ohio seminary with hopes of becoming a minister.

The Apprentice villain, who has famously sparred with celebrities like Wendy Williams, Piers Morgan, and Janice Dickinson, is scheduled to begin her two year studies for a ministry degree at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio on Monday.
“I feel like God is calling me. He’s been calling me for two years and I can’t ignore it,” Omarosa revealed in a interview with Sister 2 Sister Magazine this week.
August 11th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 3 runner-up Yaya Dacosta has inked a deal to take on the recurring role of Wilhelmina’s (Vanessa Williams) daughter Nico on the third season of ABC’s award-winning dramedy Ugly Betty, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
Yaya previously starred on the ABC Daytime drama All My Children.

Lisa Wu-Hartwell of The Real Housewives of Atlanta has lost her Southern estate to foreclosure.

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