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‘Power’ Creator, Courtney Kemp Gets 5th Season; Expanding Brand
Sterling K. Brown Makes History Again
With a Outstanding Drama Se- ries win and more, Power was fully charged at the NAACP Image Awards last Monday and now creator Courtney Kemp is adding more juice to her ‘End of Episode’ production company.
As her Get Christie Love re- boots gets in gear at ABC, Kemp has brought ex-Universal Cable Productions Director of Current Programming Danielle De Jesus onboard to be the Head of Development.
De Jesus’ role is to develop and manage a wide content slated not just for TV, but also on film and other platforms for EoE.
Kemp inked a new multi-year overall deal with Starz and par- ent company Lionsgate in 2016, because Power is the most
Power creator, Courtney Kemp hires Danielle De Jesus as head of Development of her production company, End Of Episode (EoE).
Sterling K. Brown made history again Sunday night at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards as the first Black actor to win Best Actor in a Drama Series.
He was also the first Black actor to win a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Drama and was the first Black actor in nearly 20 years to win an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama.
Brown is the man of the moment for playing Randall Pearson in This Is Us.
The NBC drama also won for Best Ensemble in a Drama Se- ries.
Sterling K. Brown is first Black to win SAG Best Actor in TV Drama award.
watched series on the premium cabler and huge draw on the Starz app.
Power will be back for its fifth season later this year, starring
Omari Hardwick, Naturi Naughton, Lela Loren, Joseph Sikora and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who is also an Executive Producer.
Cardi B Is Making Money Moves And Making History
JAY-Z Launching Luxury Jewelry Line And New Clothing Line
Cardi B is making money moves and breaking records at the same time.
The new year has only begun, and the rapper is on track to having four top hits on the Hot 100 Top 10.
She started the year off with a collaboration with Bruno Mars on the remix of his hit "Finesse" from his 2016 album, 24K Magic with an ‘In Living Color’ themed video. The chart topper appears to be headed for the top five on next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart on Jan. 20.
Billboard reports that Cardi B would notch her fourth Hot 100 Top 10 if her three hits currently in the top 10 can all stay put. When "Finesse" joins
JAY-Z is making plans to launch a new jewelry business, according to court documents. The 48-year-old hip-hop mogul is trademarking the word Hovino,which he plans to use to sell a variety of luxury goods
Jay is looking to lock down the rights to use Hovino for jewelry, watches, tie pins and more.
JAY-Z keeps moving his brand into new arenas.
In addition to the Hovino brand, Jay is snagging the rights to The brand name “Aka Shawn Carter,” which could be a new brand of clothing as well as a retail store.
Jay's re-entry into the re- tail fashion business would make sense, since he sold his remaining stake in Rocawear to the Iconix Brand Group for $204 million dollars, in 2007.
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the others, she will be the first female artist ever to chart four simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s. This achievement puts her in the same company as the Beatles.
4 Episodes In, ‘Grown-ish’ Has Been Given Go For 2nd Season
TV Channel Freeform has given an early renewal to break- out new comedy Grown-ish four episodes into its freshman run.
The spinoff of ABC’s praised comedy Kenya Barris’ Black- ish has received a 20-episode second season order.
Grown-ish has been both a ratings and critical success for Freeform. It premiered January 3 as Freeform’s highest-rated comedy debut in nearly six years.
Bruno Mars 24K Tour Has Raked In $200 Million Already
Grown-ish stars, Trevor Jackson and Yara Shahidi (Zoey)
Bruno Mars has hit yet another major career mile- stone thanks to his 24K Magic World Tour. According to Bill- board, the trek has now reached an overall gross of $200 million.
The singer also sits on top of this week's top-grossing Hot Tours list, earning $37.4 million from 408,443 tickets sold during his final 2017 leg of the tour.
The 115-date 24K Magic World Tour began in Belgium on March 28, 2017.
The tour news is just the latest of Mars' accomplish- ments in a still-young 2018. His "Finesse" remix with Cardi B debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has already hit No. 3 on the
Toplined by Black-ish‘s Yara Shahidi, the half-hour college- set comedy tackles current social
issues and complexities facing both students and administra- tors.
Kodak Black Arrested While Livestreaming
Rapper Kodak Black’s legal troubles grew on Thursday when he was ar- rested in Florida on seven felony counts, including grand theft of a firearm, child neglect, possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of a weapon by a felon, and two counts of pro- bation violation.
The rapper, whose real name is Dieuson Octave, will remain in custody at a
Florida rapper, Kodak Black continues on his future as an inmate.
Broward County jail after a court hearing Friday in which he was ordered to be held without bond, accord- ing to Florida’s Sun Sen- tinel.
Judge Joel Lazarus or- dered him to remain incar- cerated until his attorney makes another request in front of a trial judge.
The rapper was apparently livestreaming on Instagram when the arrest took place.
Bruno Mars is on top right now.
Billboard Hot 100 just a week after its release. This feat has only happened once before in the chart's history, with Michael Jack- son's 1991's smash "Black or White. Las Vegas' The Park Theater.
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