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Pervis Staples, Founding
Teyana Taylor
Janet Jackson's 'Scream'
Member Of The Staple
And Iman
Music Video Outfit Sells
Singers, Dies At 85
Shumpert Land
For $125k At Auction
Pervis Staples, founding member of the legendary group the Staples Singers, had died at 86 years old.
According to PEOPLE, he passed away at his Dolton, Illinois home on May 6. A cause of death is not known.
His sister Mavis Staples said in a statement to Rolling Stone, “Pervis was one of a kind — comical and down- right fly. He would want to be remembered as an upright man, always willing to help and encourage others. He was one of the good guys and will live on as a true Chicago leg- end."
Mavis Staples is the last surviving member of the fam- ily's musical group.
Formed in a church base-
E! Reality Show
Janet Jackson’s ensem- bles she wore in the “Scream” music video opposite of her brother Michael Jackson are among the items up for bid in a three-day auction.
Julien’s Auctions says her black circular bubble textured fabric long-sleeve shirt, black patent leather pants and black patent leather over-the-ankle boots sold for $125,000 Satur- day. The auction called “Iconic Treasures From the Leg- endary Career and Life of Janet Jackson” was held until Sunday, the singer’s 55th birthday.
PERVIS STAPLES
ment in 1948, The Staples Singers rocked the gospel cir- cuit for over a decade before bursting onto the mainstream pop scene in the 1960s. Their many hits include such an- thems as "Respect Yourself" and "I'll Take You There." The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
IMAN SHUMPERT AND TEYANA TALOR
E!’s parent company NBC Universal trumpeted the news that ‘We Got Love Iman & Teyana’ is heading to the net- work this Fall.
Billed as a “refreshingly authentic and completely un- filtered new docu-series,” the show chronicles Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert’s lives as they build their empire.
Viewers will see them jug- gling fashion, business, music, and family. As well as the cou- ple and their kids, the series will feature an expanded cast of their friends and family.
Taylor and Shumpert are on board as executive pro- ducers.
JANET JACKSON
Jackson partnered with Julien’s Auctions to sell more than 1,000 items from her ca- reer and personal treasures. The auction was held live in Beverly Hills, California, and shown on Julien’s website.
TV Show 'All Rise' Cancelled
Black-ish To End With Season 8 At ABC
All Rise’s court proceed- ings will not reconvene at a later date: CBS has cancelled the legal drama after two sea- sons.
The season (and now se- ries) finale is slated to air Monday, May 24. CBS also cancelled the Walton Gog- gins comedy The Unicorn after two seasons.
All Rise’s second season was somewhat marred by the firing of creator/co-showrun- ner Greg Spottiswood this winter following an additional
investigation into allegations of unprofessional conduct. Spottiswood first came under fire when several writ- ers of color exited during Sea- son 1 over the series’ depiction of race and gender.
Black-ish, starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, debuted on ABC in 2014.
Black-ish’s Dre and Bow soon will take their final bow: ABC has renewed the family comedy for an eighth and final season, series creator Kenya Barris announced Friday.
“The people in the world I love, honor, respect and care for it is both exciting and bit- tersweet to share that black- ish been RENEWED by ABC for it’s EIGHTH... and FINAL SEASON,” Barris posted to Instagram. “In this day and age it is rare to get to decide when your show should come to an end, and we are grateful along with ABC to be able to make this final season exactly
what we’d hoped for – and to do it with the entire and AMAZINGLY STELLAR cast coming back to close this chapter out with us the right way!”
Heading into its season fi- nale, black-ish is averaging 2.4 million total viewers and just shy of a 0.5 demo rating — down 8 and 17 percent from its Season 6 numbers.
Out of the seven sitcoms ABC has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 4 in the demo (be- hind The Goldbergs, The Con- ners and American Housewife) and sixth in total audience.
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