OWN announced today two new series from prolific hit-maker Will Packer (“Girls Trip,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “Ride Along,” “Roots”) and his Will Packer Media banner: the soapy new drama series “Ambitions” from global content leader Lionsgate and the unscripted dating series “Ready to Love.” Packer will serve as executive producer for both series. The new […]
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Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the second season premiere of its hit docu-series “Black Love” on Saturday, May 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series which highlights love stories from the Black community debuted last fall with 1.2 million total viewers, becoming OWN’s most-watched unscripted series debut in network history and its highest-rated unscripted series
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, USA -MARCH 09 2018: Left to Right: Charles Crenshaw, Monique, Tim Norman, host Kym Whitley, Miss Robbie, Jan, Linda and Michelle on the set of Welcome To Sweetie Pies, the series finale in which the cast discusses the series. LOS ANGELES – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today its popular long-running docuseries
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Let’s start by giving a huge congrats to TV-One, and the ladies of the groundbreaking “Sister Circle” on becoming the first live day-time talk show featuring a panel of four Black women as co-hosts. Bravo! Created by Executive Producer Helen Swenson,”Sister Circle” is produced out of TEGNA’s WATL in Atlanta. The show first aired in September of 2017.
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Ricky Dillard & New G perform during the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) (LAS VEGAS, NV) – On March 25, 2018 – Central City Productions completed the taping of the 2018 Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Las Vegas at
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – MARCH 24: Kofi Siriboe and Dondré Whitfield attend PaleyFest LA 2018 honoring Queen Sugar, presented by The Paley Center for Media, at the DOLBY THEATRE on March 24, 2018 in Hollywood, California. © Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center The cast of ‘The Good Doctor,’ ‘Queen Sugar’ and ‘Stranger Things,’ were among
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Anna Deavere Smith. Photo credit: Gwen Pierce, The Chocolate Voice By: Richard A. Eastes I recorded and watched about half of the HBO special, “Notes from the Field,” the one woman presentation by Anna Deavere Smith that was first shown Saturday, February 24. Emotionally, I found I had to “take a break” before I
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As fans feverishly wait for the season three premiere of the OWN network hit series Greenleaf, an exciting bit of casting news should tide them over for the next few months. It has just been announced that music legend and actress Patti LaBelle has signed on for a recurring role on the drama series. She
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air Essence’s 11th annual “Black Women in Hollywood Awards” as a primetime special event on Saturday, March 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. For over a decade, the star-studded celebration has been at the forefront of honoring Hollywood’s most creative and accomplished African-American female visionaries, both in front of the camera
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Emmy Award Winner Alfre Woodard will join the Lyons as a guest-star on EMPIRE. She is set to play “Renee,” Cookie’s mother who comes back into her life with a turbulent reunion. The highly anticipated return of EMPIRE will air all-new episodes beginning Wednesday, March 28 @ 8/7c on FOX. Alfre Woodard’s work as an actor has earned her an Academy Award nomination, four Emmy Awards and 17 Emmy nominations, three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and
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