Page 25 - Florida Sentinel 12-8-17

Entertainment
Chance The Rapper Gives Out $220 Sneakers At ‘Open Mic’ Event In Chicago
Meek Mill’s Lawyers Claim Judge In Case Under Investigation; Ask Again For Appeal
Discovery Communications has increased its ownership stake in the OWN: Oprah Win- frey Network TV joint venture, in an agreement reached with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo, Inc.
Under the terms of the new deal, Discovery paid $70 mil- lion to acquire an additional 24.5% stake in OWN from Harpo, Inc..
The purchase increases Dis- covery’s ownership of the Black TV network to 74.5%.
This means that Discovery is now majority owner of OWN, with Winfrey’s Harpo retain- ing a minority interest of 25.5%. Previously Discovery and Harpo co-owned the OWN network with a 50/50 percent- age split between the two.
Oprah Winfrey has given up her 1/2 interest in OWN, by sell- ing 24.5% of her 50% share of OWN to Discovery Communica- tions.
In addition, Ms. Winfrey, 64, will continue in her role as CEO of OWN, with her exclu- sivity commitment to the net- work extended through 2025.
Discovery Communications is also in the process of acquir- ing Scripps Network Interac-
tive, the owners of HGTV and Food Network.
Discovery will now be the home to five of the top pay-TV networks for women, repre- senting 20% share of women watching primetime pay-TV in the U.S.
Meek Mill’s legal team is again asking an appeals court to free him from prison.
Lawyers for the rapper filed their appeal with Pennsylva- nia’s Superior Court on Mon- day, the same day that the Philadelphia judge who jailed Mill denied to release him and called him a “danger to the community.”
The 30-year-old rapper was sentenced to two to four years in prison last month for
Meek Mill is in prison in Pennsylvania.
violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case.
His lawyers unsuccessfully appealed to the higher court last week and have also called for the judge to step aside be- cause “there was an FBI inves- tigation” into her conduct and Mill’s case.
The FBI says it does not confirm or deny investiga- tions. The judge has had no comment.
Chance The Rapper continues to support the event at the Chicago library in honor of his late mentor. In honor of the 3rd anniversary he handed out the limited edition of the red Michael Jordan 11 Retro sneakers.
Discovery Channel Is Now Majority Owner Of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Channel
Chance The Rapper
showed up to Chicago Public Library’s annual “Open Mic” event bearing some rare and expensive gifts for the kids who attended.
The event, in partnership with SocialWorks Chicago, was named after poet and multimedia educator Mike Hawkins, a mentor to Chance also known as “Brother Mike,” who
passed away on Dec. 4, 2014. The event “presents a safe space for high school students to share, express, and net- work.”
Marking the third anniver- sary of Hawkins’ death, Chance teamed with Nike to give away 300 pairs of limited edition red Air Jordan 11 Retro sneakers, which hasn’t been released yet and will retail for $220.
Ray J Says He Is The Permanent 5th Wheel On ‘The Real’
TV One Has 2 Original Christmas Movies To Air In December
Move over Hallmark Chan- nel, TV One is feeling the spirit and has put up their Christmas tree with two new original movies for the holiday season.
Erica Ash and Redaric Williams lead the cast in Miss Me This Christmas as the "per- fect couple" Regina and Franklin. Viewers will follow the story of the married pair as their marriage of three years is on the rocks. Depressed and ready to drink her way through the holidays, Eva Marcille casted as Regina's free-spir- ited best friend, Trish Mc- Donald, cheers her up, with a trip. The change of scene leads to sparks with a new man, mil- lionaire tech entrepreneur Ulysses Danburg, Franklin fears he'll never win her back. Fortunately, there may be a happy ending after all. And just in time for Christmas.
Miss Me This Christmas
first aired Sunday, Decem- ber3at7p.m.ET.Andwill re-air on Sunday, Decem- ber 10th at 5 p.m.
You Can't Fight Christmas
stars Brély Evans and Andra Fuller. The story be-
Miss Me This Christmas and You Can’t Fight Christmas are 2 original Christmas movies aired by TV One this holiday.
gins with the annual holiday decorating of the Chesterton Hotel by interior design expert Leslie Major. She is hard at work managing the transfor- mation when she meets and develops a crush on the hotel owner's handsome grandson, Edmund James.
Both movies are set at the
fictional Chesterton Hotel.
You Can't Fight Christ- mas is premiering Sun- day, December 10 at 7 p.m. ET.
Both films will also be featured programming during TV One's Holiday Movie Marathon on De- cember 24-25.
Has Ray J jumped the gun, or is it true, he will permanently re- place Tamar Braxton as the 5th member on ‘The Real’.
After months of guest hosts sitting on The Real’s couch with Loni Love, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Houghton, the daytime talk show may have finally added a fifth host to their roster: Ray J.
The Love & Hip Hop Holly- wood star took to his Insta- gram account on Monday to share the news with his mil- lions of followers, writing,
“Looks like [I] got a new job!!! Stay tuned!! #TheRealwith- RayJ #telepictures #Day- timeTV.” The announcement was accompanied by a photo of Ray J posing with the women.
However, the news was not confirmed on The Real's offi- cial Instagram or Twitter ac- count.
Ray J was one of the few men to co-host in November, along with rapper T-Pain.
Ty Dolla $ign Announces Tour
Ty Dolla $ign has announced a new tour.
R&B/Hip Hop artist Ty Dolla $ign announces the ‘Don’t Judge Me Tour,’ which will journey across North America. The trek kicks off on February 21st.
The ‘Don’t Judge Me Tour’ will support Dolla $ign’s latest
project, Beach House 3, which landed at #8 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart as well as #11 on the overall Bill- board 200. The project features appearances from Jeremih, YG, Lil Wayne, The Dream, Damien Marley, and more.
PAGE 14-A FLORIDA SENTINEL BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2017