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JAY-Z Snags Peabody Award For Doc On Kalief Browder
St. Petersburg Native Will Packer Signs With OWN For 2 New Series
Jay-Z's documentary on Kalief Browder continues to receive accolades.
“Time: The Kalief Browder Story” just won the 2018 Peabody Award, besting 60 other films.
The six-part documentary se- ries chronicles Kalief Brow- der’s time on Rikers Island.
Browder wasted three years on Rikers Island – 800 of those days in solitary confine- ment – although he was never charged with a crime.
Browder, who was only 16- years-old at the time of his im- prisonment for purportedly stealing a backpack, was stuck on Rikers Island because he
JAY-Z executive produced the documentary about Kalief Browder and his incarceration on Riker Island at age 16.
Will Packer, the execu- tive producer behind block- buster hit Girls Trip, has been green-lighted by OWN for two series to debut on the network.
Characterized as a family drama and an unscripted dat- ing series from a male per- spective, Ambitions and Ready to Love, respectively, are reportedly slated to pre- miere in 2019.
Deadline reports Ambi- tions, produced for OWN by Will Packer Media, focuses on a woman going head-to-head with some shot-callers and scammers in a new city all while trying to revitalize her marriage.
Ready To Love will be an unscripted series, focusing on successful men and women that have everything but love.
St. Petersburg native and FAMU grad, Will Packer will do 2 new series for OWN.
Ready to Love begins produc- tion in Atlanta in the coming months, but productions for Ambitions will start later this year. The new series will join hit shows Queen Sugar, Greenleaf and The Have and the Have Nots.
couldn’t make the $10,000 bail. Tragically, in June of 2015
Kalief Browder committed suicide.
Beyonce And Solange Tumble Onstage During Final Coachella Performance
Rihanna Is Launching Lingerie Line
Weekend two of Coachella marked Beyonce’s second iconic performance, however things didn’t go quite as smoothly as last weekend.
Beyonce, while trying to pick up her younger sister Solange for a repeat of last weekend’s dance off to “Get Me Bodied,” accidentally dropped her and fell over her- self. The two ended up rolling on the stage laughing for a few seconds.
The blip registered as rela- tively minor in a performance that was as powerful and in- spiring as the last.
Besides the small hiccup, Beyonce’s set also included several wardrobe changes from last weekend’s perform-
Beyonce tried to pick her baby sister up, and loss her balance and they both fell down.
After teasing us for a few days, Rihanna announced that she will be releasing her new lingerie line: Savage x Fenty lingerie.
The Bajan beauty an- nounced the new addition to her empire in a video via her Instagram.
There were rumors of a lin- gerie line from the singer in March when WWD reported that TechStyle Fashion Group had struck a deal with Rihanna. Techstyle Fashion Group is the conglomerate be- hind Fabletics, ShoeDazzle, JustFab and FabKids brands.
The "Work" singer has had huge success with her Fenty Beauty line as well as her Fenty
Rihanna is expanding her empire.
X clothing collections. And so, a lingerie line makes sense as the next venture in her grow- ing empire.
ance, such as pink instead of yellow sweatshirts. Destiny’s Child also wore glittery white
numbers rather than the cam- ouflage they donned last week- end.
Singing Legend Roberta Flack Rushed To The Hospital
Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams Is Getting Married
Legendary singer Roberta Flack was rushed to hospital Friday after she cut short her show at the Apollo Theater.
The “Killing Me Softly” singer was set to receive a Life- time Achievement Award at a benefit for the Jazz Founda- tion of America when she fell sick.
The 81-year-old singer re- portedly left the stage on her own before she was taken by ambulance to Harlem Hospi- tal.
“She suffered a stroke a few years ago,” her manager told PEOPLE on Friday. “She didn’t feel well so it was best to take her to the hospital. She’s doing fine, but is being kept overnight for observation.”
Flack is known for her #1 singles “The First Time Ever I
Destiny Child’s singer Michelle Williams has wed- ding bells in her future! She and pastor Chad Johnson are engaged to be married, and they plan to wed this summer.
The couple got engaged on March 21 — and not wasting any time waiting for the wed- ding! In fact, Johnson has been in wedding planning mode since the moment he proposed with a 5-carat dia- mond ring.
“She was, like, ‘Can we just revel in the moment, relish the feeling?’ And I’m, like, ‘Let’s go, let’s go,'” Johnson, who has been a chaplain to profes-
Michelle Williams and her fiance, Pastor Chad Johnson.
Roberta Flack became ill at the Apollo Theater on Friday night.
Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly” and “Feel Like Makin' Love”.
She is the only singer to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for two consecutive years in 1973 and 1974.
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