NPG Records/Warner Records The hit Prince film Purple Rain may one day be on Broadway. Producer Orin Wolf just announced that the blockbuster film is being developed for the stage, using Prince’s original music. Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on board to write the book, and Tony Award nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz is set to direct. “It’s been almost 40 years since Prince’s legendary…
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Keke Palmer wears many hats, one of which earned her an Emmy. The multihyphenate’s role as host of NBC’s Password was awarded with the Emmy for Outstanding Host For A Game Show at the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday. The victory is a history-making one, marking Palmer as the first Black woman to be named a nominee…
Kayla Oaddams/Getty Images Kid Cudi is days away from releasing his new album, INSANO, so he’s giving fans a glimpse of what to expect. Taking to Instagram Monday, he unveiled a star-studded track list boasting appearances from A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, the late XXXTentacion and Travis Scott, who appears on two tracks: “Get Off Me” and the previously released “At the Party,” also featuring Pharrell. The…
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2019 2024 may bring a new project from 21 Savage, but it’s not the music or community service endeavors that his fans are used to. The rapper teased his forthcoming biopic, American Dream, via a potential poster of the film, which sees him posing alongside Donald Glover and Caleb McLaughlin. Both actors are captured with 21’s face tattoos, seemingly indicating their starring…
Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show picked up two Emmy Awards this weekend, one of which was awarded to Jay-Z. The rapper, who co-directed the show with Hamish Hamilton, took home the prize for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 2023 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys. The second award: Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special. “I AM TIRED,” SZA said…
ABC News/Michael Le Brecht II In his first interview since a jury found him guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend, Jonathan Majors said he was “shocked and afraid” upon hearing the verdict. “I say, ‘How is that possible based off the evidence, based off the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence?’” the actor said…
Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images The Cosby Show, Wu-Tang: An American Saga and new film American Fiction all have the same thing in common: beloved actor Erika Alexander scored roles in the projects. She’s most known for playing Maxine Shaw on the hit ’90s sitcom Living Single, and she joined Tamron Hall recently to reflect on 30 years since the show’s debut. “Yvette Bowser wrote a beautiful script,” Alexander said. “She had already been…
Amy Sussman/Getty Images After months of speculation from fans on the internet, singer/actress Halle Bailey confirmed she and her boyfriend, rapper DDG, have welcomed a baby. They named their new bundle of joy, a baby boy, Halo. “Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me, was bring me…
ABC/Christopher Willard — ABC Samuel L. Jackson is joining star and executive producer Kevin Hart in a limited series for Peacock. Variety says Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist — based on the 2021 Fight Night podcast installment — tells “the infamous story of how an armed robbery during the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life, but…
Paramount Pictures/Interscope Records Mean girls don’t only wear pink on Wednesdays, apparently. Megan Thee Stallion, the self-described “Black Regina George,” and pop star Reneé Rapp, sport full-on sky pink ensembles with matching blonde wigs in the official music video for “Not My Fault.” The song is the first single from the official soundtrack of the upcoming adaption of Mean Girls. …
