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Jessie Williams Joins Forces To Help Students Get Scholarship Money
Fantasia Is A Grandma
Patti Labelle Unveils More Desserts To Go With Her Sweet Potato Pie Success
YouTube Star Comedian Has Sold 2 New Series
Quinta Brunson, has not one, but two new series on the way!
According to a report from The Wrap, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures’ has sold two original series created by the come- dian, who is also a BFMP pro- ducer, to YouTube Red and Verizon’s go90. Brunson, 26, serves as the star and writer for both series.
Debuting on YouTube Red on September 28th, Brun- son’s Broke is an 11-episode scripted comedy about friends (Maurice Williams and Paul Dupree) who’ve re- cently entered post-grad life
and are broke.
The second series, Adopted,
is a single-camera comedy that takes place in a pet adoption clinic, where four women vo- lunteer each weekend. Produc- tion for Adopted begins this fall and it will air exclusively on Verizon’s go90.
Susanne Daniels, global head of original content at YouTube says, “BuzzFeed has its finger on the pulse of social sharing, trending, and keeping audiences entertained. Quinta Brunson and The Try Guys already reach mil- lions of fans with their popular videos.”
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a $40,000 investment in his company.
The $2.99 app has so far helped students find more than $50 million in scholarship money.
Quinta Brunson and the Try Guys.
Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pie sold at a rate of one pie per second at Walmart last holiday season after video by James Wright went viral.
The sweet success of Patti Labelle's sweet potato pies ex- clusively available at Walmart has led to a major expansion of her personal recipe-based prod- uct line.
In fact, the pies have been so successful that she and Wal- mart have recently announced the release of three new Pattie Labelle premium cobblers and a new apple pecan cake.
All of the cakes and pies are pre-baked, and just need to be heated up in an oven.
Well, the pies were always a big seller, but after one of her fans (James Wright) posted a viral YouTube video. The pies went on to start selling at local Walmart locations at a rate of one pie per second. That, of course, equals millions and mil- lions of pies sold.
In fact, not too long after that video went viral with more than 8 million views, Kerry Robin- son, vice president for bakery and deli at Wal-Mart, was quoted as saying, "We are work- ing very hard with our supplier to try and produce more prod- uct. We're in the process of se- curing another 2 million pounds of sweet potatoes."
The four new cakes and cob- blers will include:
#1 - Patti’s Good Life Peach Cobbler: Loaded with fresh peaches, this cobbler fea- tures a top crust covered in cin- namon, and is very aromatic and sweet.
#2 - Patti’s Good Life Berry Cobbler: Stuffed with raspberries, blackberries, blue- berries and boysenberries, this mixed-berry cobbler has just the right balance of sweet to tart, and the bottom crust is en- joyably crisp.
#3 - Patti’s Good Life Apple Cobbler: Made with Fuji apples, this cobbler has a nice filling with a nice balance mixture of cinnamon and sugar. The apples have retained a bit of their tartness, which is nice with the pastry crust.
#4 - Patti’s Good Life Apple Pecan Cake: Deco- rated with rich buttercream icing and rich caramel goo, this tasty cake is a southern-style layer cake of Fuji apples and Georgia pecans. It goes great with coffee or tea.
Grey’s Anatomy star, Jessie Williams doesn’t want educa- tion to be an unattainable fi- nancial luxury. The 35-year-old actor has joined forces with 24- year-old Scholly App creator Christopher Gray, to help students access millions in scholarship money.
As a former teacher, Williams noted his first-hand experience with students who were “unable to even swift their true potential to even sniff their true potential because they weren’t born into this web of resource that were necessary to really thrive in this
rigged system.”
Gray created Scholly after
earning receiving $1.3 million in scholarship money, of his own. In 2014 he appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank and received
Usher Receives Star On Hollywood Blvd.
Fantasia and her husband, Kendall with grandson, Khoen.
Believe it or not, at the ten- der age of 32, Fantasia is now a grandma (or should we say, “glam mom”)!
The singer and her hus-
band, Kendall Taylor wel- comed baby boy, Khoen. The baby is the son of Taylor’s son, Treyshaun, and his girl- friend, Kayla.
Usher poses with his star on Hollywood Boulevard.
It was a star-studded event last week (Sept 7th) when Usher Raymond received his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Stevie Wonder, Kelly Rowland, Miguel, L.A. Reid, will.i.am and Usher’s “Hands of Stone” co-star Edgar Ramirez all came out to witness and support their superstar friend, who makes the 2,588th celebrity to receive a star on the famed boulevard.
Terry Lewis, a fellow Walk of Famer, along with his music production partner Jimmy Jam and guest Har- vey Weinstein, all made speeches on behalf of the hon- orary event.
In his acceptance speech,
Usher praised his first man- ager/mother, Jonetta Pat- ton. “I don’t just celebrate this moment by myself. I celebrate it with those people who in- vested in me, those people who loved me through my hard times,” Usher said.
“Mom, thank you for every- thing and all the people that you’ve actually helped to bring here. They wouldn’t be here if you didn’t recognize and make sure you selected the right people to be around and to help me be the man I am today and in this position.”
Usher’s other family in at- tendance included his grand- mother, aunt, sons Raymond V and Naviyd, and wife Grace Miguel.
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