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← Older posts Newer posts →The Rickey Smiley Show Returns for Season Two on TV One
August 1, 2013TV One premiered the second season of the network’s original hit sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show on Friday, July 26 at 9/8c. Loosely inspired by the real-life experiences and antics of comedian, TV, and radio personality Rickey Smiley, season two promises a funnier look into “Rickey’s World,” introducing two additional alter egos to his already beloved, wacky troupe of trademark personalities. Season one introduced audiences to leading man Rickey, a popular, Atlanta-based national radio personality juggling career and life as a single father of three. Fatherhood and radio station duties were often complicated by appearances from hilarious alter egos made popular by the star in his radio and TV routines, including church lady Sister Bernice Jenkins, gospel crooner Joe Willie, and Rickey’s Southern Baptist church leader, Pastor Watkins. Joining the chaos in Season Two are Smiley personas Lil’ Darryl, a boy in coke-bottle glasses who’s been in the fourth grade for nearly 12 years and often shows up at Rickey’s door unannounced, and Clarence the Janitor, a Birmingham-area school custodian who wears an elevated orthopedic boot to combat his uneven leg condition and claims to be a “professional soft shoe dancer.” Rejoining Smiley for the 13-episode second season is a stellar ensemble cast including: Ray J as Kenny, Rickey’s morning show producer and protégé; J. Anthony Brown as Rickey’s radio station manager Maurice, aka “Mo-Sweets” from his earlier rap career; veteran actress Roz Ryan as Aunt Sylvia; Jay Lewis (Lil JJ) as Rickey’s 18-year-old son Brandon; Ajiona Alexus as Rickey’s 16-year-old daughter De’Anna; Gabriel Burgess as his youngest son Aaron; Noree Victoria as his business manager Simone Renee Jackson; and Demetria McKinney as Rickey’s uber-career oriented ex-wife, Monica. Additionally, Season Two will feature a jam-packed lineup of celebrity guest stars and special appearances including: Kenya Moore, Cynthia Bailey, Syleena Johnson, …
Posted in Sports & Inspiration | Leave a commentROLAND MARTIN HOSTS ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD SOIREE
July 29, 2013In celebration of his new TV One morning show “News One Now” and recent honor as “Journalist Of The Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists, Roland S. Martin, hosted his annual Los Angeles soiree at the L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Wednesday, July 24. Martin was joined by celebrities and a host of Hollywood insiders including actress Erika Alexander (“Criminal Minds”), actress Rochelle Aytes (ABC’s “Mistresses), actor/ comedian Bill Bellamy (“Mr. Box Office”), recording artist Rhona Bennett (En Vogue), VH1 Director of Celebrity Talent Relations & Creative Development Denise Bishop, CW Vice President of Current Programming Traci Blackwell, SVP of Marketing Qubeey Marc Brogdon, President of Codeblack Films Jeff Clanagan, CEO of Revolt TV Keith Clinkscales, comedian Michael Colyar, actress Angell Conwell (“The Young and The Restless”), actress Wendy Davis (“Army Wives”), actor/director Bill Duke (“Not Easily Broken”), recording artist Terry Ellis (En Vogue), recording artist/ reality star Faith Evans (TV One’s “R&B Divas”), Sony Pictures Senior Vice President of Production / author DeVon Franklin, recording artist/ reality star Nicci Gilbert (TV One’s “R&B Divas”), actress Meagan Good (“Think Like A Man Too”), Co-Executive Producer Heather Gray (CBS’ “The Talk”), recording artist Cindy Herron (En Vogue), founder of THE AJ ZONE AJ Johnson, CEO of The Langford Company and former NBC executive Debra Langford, TV One CEO Alfred Liggins, reality star and restauranteur Miss Robbie Montgomery (OWN’s “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s”), TV One consultant Christina Norman, reality star Tim Norman (OWN’s “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s”), TV One acting Head of Programming D’Angela Proctor, actress/ activist Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Instant Mom”), television personality Tanika Ray (“HGTV Design Star”), director Matty Rich, publicist Reid Rich, Senior Associate Producer Tera Roberson (“Dr. Phil”), celebrity Judge Kevin Ross (“America’s Court with Judge Ross”), executive producer / comedian Chris Spencer (BET’s “Real Husbands of Hollywood”), …
Posted in Photos | Leave a commentVing Rhames Boards Lifetime’s Whoopi Goldberg-Terry McMillan Movie
July 25, 201312:37 PM PDT 7/24/2013 by Lesley Goldberg He’ll play Goldberg’s husband in the cable network’s adaptation of “A Day Late and a Dollar Short.” Lifetime has found Whoopi Goldberg’s on-screen husband. Ving Rhames has joined the cast of the female-skewing cable network’s adaptation of A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The TV movie is based on Terry McMillan’s best-selling book of the same name and reunites star Whoopi Goldberg with the author. (The duo previously worked together when Goldberg co-starred opposite Angela Basset in the feature adaptation of McMillan’s book How Stella Got Her Groove Back.) Day Late revolves around Viola Price (Goldberg), who after learning that her next asthma attack is likely to kill her, sets out to fix her fractured family. Rhames will play Viola’s husband, Cecil. Production will begin in the summer for a 2014 premiere. The pic is produced by Ostar Productions, Stephen Tolkin (Brothers & Sisters), Goldberg, Tom Leonardis, Jeffrey Hayes and Bill Haber. Tolkin will direct from a script penned by Shernold Edwards. A&E Networks will handle international sales. Rhames’ credits include Pulp Fiction, TNT’s short-lived drama Monday Mornings, Gravity and Kojak. He next appears in the features In Security and Percentage. He’s repped by Kramer Management. Source URL: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ving-rhames-boards-lifetimes-whoopi-592460
Posted in Sports & Inspiration | Leave a commentSONYA’S SPOTLIGHT ON YOU TUBE – EPISODE 5 – Earvin Magic Johnson & Gabrielle Union
July 22, 2013Sonya Jenkins shares tips from Earvin Magic Johnson and Gabrielle Union. Check back weekly for Sonya’s Spotlight Celebrity Success Tips. Also, subscribe to Sonya’s Spotlight You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/Sonyasspotlight More Sonya’s Spotlight Celebrity Success Tips to Come!
Posted in Spotlight | Leave a commentActress Gabrielle Union Shares her Success Tips
July 21, 2013“Education is the key to success. I started my career after I finished my degree at UCLA and I was still playing [characters] 15. So there’s no rush. Don’t skip over education. There’s no need to forego a solid, well- trained mind to start a career that will be waiting for you. The more you educate yourself, the more knowledgeable you are and the better prepared you are to handle all the different things that happen to you as a person in Hollywood.” Gabrielle’s Fitness Tip: “JUST DO IT. That’s my biggest tip. Get off your butt and hit the gym. The biggest challenge is that you just don’t want to do it. You’ve got to pay for what you put in your mouth. Just get to the gym. Once you get there you’ll feel pressure and you’ll be a little competitive.” Gabrielle Union
Posted in Celebrity Success Tips | Leave a comment2 GUNS in theaters August 2
July 21, 2013Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg lead an all-star cast in 2 Guns, an explosive action film that tracks two operatives from competing bureaus who are forced on the run together. But there is a big problem with their unique alliance: Neither knows that the other is an undercover federal agent. For the past 12 months, DEA agent Bobby Trench (Washington) and U.S. naval intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Wahlberg) have been reluctantly attached at the hip. Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate, each man distrusts his partner as much as the criminals they have both been tasked to take down. When their attempt to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel and recover millions goes haywire, Trench and Stigman are suddenly disavowed by their superiors. Now that everyone wants them in jail or in the ground, the only person they can count on is the other. Unfortunately for their pursuers, when good guys spend years pretending to be bad, they pick up a few tricks along the way. www.2guns.net Cast: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward and Edward James Olmos. Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur. Screenplay by: Blake Masters. Produced by: Marc Platt, Randall Emmett, Norton Herrick, Adam Siegel, George Furla, Ross Richie, Andrew Cosby. Executive Producers: Brandt Andersen, Jeffrey Stott, Motaz M. Nabulsi, Joshua Skurla, Mark Damon. Based on the Boom! Studios. Graphic Novels by: Steven Grant
Posted in Cinema | Leave a commentBLAIR UNDERWOOD AND DAVID OYELOWO HOST ICON MANN
July 21, 2013Actors David Oyelowo and Blair Underwood hosted ICON MANN on July 13, 2013. The event entitled “Because You Are, We Are Able” celebrated black men in film in 2013. ICON MANN is creating a network of dialog among Black Men committed to leveraging their celebrity in support of their peers’ film and television projects across all mediums available to them via red-carpet appearances, social media activations, and direct engagement. Guests included Jessie Williams (Greys Anatomy), Richard Brooks (Being Mary Jane), Djimon Hounsou (Baggage Claim), Omari Hardwick (Being Mary Jane), Bill Duke (Director, Dark Girls), and Charles King (Vice President of WME). There were twenty-five plus men that attended the luncheon.
Posted in Celebrity Profile | Leave a commentHalle Berry Weds Olivier Martinez in France
July 16, 2013The private ceremony was held in a church near a chateau in the Burgundy region. PARIS (AP) — American actress Halle Berry has married her fiancé, French actor Olivier Martinez, at a weekend ceremony in a church near a chateau in France’s Burgundy region. The owner of the Chateau de Vallery, where the couple stayed with their 60 guests, said Sunday that the betrothal a day earlier ended with a dinner and fireworks display. A wedding cake followed. Chateau spokesman Patrice Vansteenberghe said Berry — 46 and pregnant — and her 47-year-old husband “were very beautiful and very happy.” He said the bride’s long, white dress had a plunging back. Vansteenberghe added that the event was “confidential” because “she wanted to be left alone.” Berry’s publicist, Meredith O’Sullivan Wasson, confirmed the marriage. Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/halle-berry-weds-olivier-martinez-585195
Posted in Movie News | Leave a comment2013 ESSENCE FESTIVAL SNAPSHOTS
July 11, 2013Publicist Diane Larche’, Larche’ Communications LLC., shared some of her favorite snapshots with Sonya’s Spotlight Web Mag from the 2013 Essence Music Festival. For more 2013 Essence Festival coverage and photos, go here: http://www.essence.com/package/must-see-videos-2013-essence-festival Photo Credit: Diane Larche’, Larche’ Communications LLC.
Posted in Photos | Leave a commentSONYA’S SPOTLIGHT ON YOU TUBE – EPISODE 4 – Beyoncé
July 11, 2013Sonya Jenkins shares tips from multi-talented entertainer, Beyoncé. Check back weekly for Sonya’s Spotlight Celebrity Success Tips. Also, subscribe to Sonya’s Spotlight You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/Sonyasspotlight More Sonya’s Spotlight Celebrity Success Tips to Come!
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