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The Artist Known As Prince Dead At 57
Michael Strahan Leaving Talk Show; Stuns Co-Host
Melissa Harris- Perry’s New Gig
Kelly Ripa and her co-host Michael Strahan.
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY
Prince’s body was discov- ered at his Paisley Park com- pound in Minnesota early Thursday morning.
Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.
The singer – full name Prince Rogers Nelson – had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his pri- vate jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he ap- peared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.
Prior to his most recent ap-
According to Hollywoods- BlackRenaissance.com, Oscar- winning actress Viola Davis and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington, will star in a film adaptation of August Wilson’s Fences to be released next year through Paramount Pictures. The film is already in production, will be shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, and is expected to be re- leased in 2017.
Back in the year 2000, Davis and Washington starred in a very successful 13- week run of a Broadway re- vival of Fences, and that production went onto get 10 Tony Award nominations, and won three awards for Best Re- vival, Best Actor, and Best Ac- tress.
The reason for the 16-year delay in getting Fences to the
Michael Strahan is leav- ing his job at Live With Kelly and Michael to join the team of another ABC morning pro- gram.
The former football star is heading to Good Morning America the network an- nounced in a statement on Tuesday. He will start his new full-time job in September.
Strahan's sudden move came as a surprise to many, in- cluding his cohost Kelly Ripa who TMZ reports was left com-
As Bossip exclusively reports, a grand jury has indicted Nicki Minaj’s brother on the charges he’s been facing that he repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl.
As reported, the grand jury, after about a month of deliber- ating, has decided that there is enough evidence to charge Je- lani Maraj with sexually abusing the pre-teen that came forward.
The 37-year-old was indicted on a slew of charges including felony predatory sexual assault against a child, felony sexual conduct against a child under age 13, sexual conduct against a child and endangering the welfare of a child. If charged, he could be facing a minimum of 15 years for the top charge alone.
Maraj appeared in the sex
pletely in the dark until just be- fore the news became public Tuesday morning.
ABC staff received a memo from James Goldston, the president of the network, about Strahan's new position on Tuesday morning.
Strahan has been appearing on Good Morning America for the past few years once or twice a week during the show's first hour, then leaving to head up- town to his other job with Ripa.
Nicki Minaj and her brother, Jelani Maraj
crimes division of Nassau County Court Tuesday(April 19) with his lawyers, Ben- jamin Brafman and Andrea Zellan. He pled not guilty and was free on $100,000 bond.
PRINCE
pearance however, Prince had cancelled two shows due to health concerns.
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Broadway version of ‘Fences’.
big screen has been, report- edly, that August Wilson, who penned the play, did not want to give his approval to a project that did not have a black director. Paramount at the time said that they would hire “the best director for the job” and approachedand all were white.
Less than two months after an ugly split with MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry has joined Elle.com as the website’s new editor-at-large, the maga- zine announcedMonday.
Harris-Perry tweeted the news late Monday, following the announcement. Leah Chernikoff, Elle.com site di- rector, said she was “thrilled” that Harris-Perry was joining the website.
Harris-Perry, a professor at Wake Forest University, will not work full-time withElle.com, but will write for the website and will “appear on-camera reg- ularly,” according to CNN’s Brian Stelter, who first broke the news.
Her first published story on Elle as editor-at-large also ap- peared Monday; it was an ex- amination of feminism in HBO’s new film, “Confirmation,” about Anita Hill and her effect on the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
Denzel And Viola To Star In Movie Version Of ‘Fences’
Nicki Minaj’s Brother Indicted For Raping 12-Year-Old
Meek Mill Previews New Song Featuring Rick Ross And Chris Brown
Broadway Play ‘Hamilton’ Wins A Pulitzer Prize
MEEK MILL
Meek Mill maybe on house arrest, but that isn’t stopping him from making new music. The Dreams Worth More Than Money artist took to Instagram Tuesday (April 19) to preview some new tunes.
Featuring his MMG bawse, Rick Ross and Chris Brown, “Trust Me” is smooth jawn ready to be devoured by the truest Meek Mill fans or any- one looking for some new good music.
For those unaware of the rules surrounding Meek’s house arrest, the judge agreed he could record music, but only release it for free.
All praise the ten-dollar founding father, because “Hamilton” just won a Pulitzer.
Last year, the musical’s cre- ator (and star) Lin-Manuel Miranda received a coveted MacArthur Fellowship, and this summer, he will undoubt- edly take home a Tony for his ground-breaking Broadway musical. But this week, he’ll be celebrating a Pulitzer, which he was awarded in the drama cat- egory for his work writing the much-adored “Hamilton,” a hip-hop-inspired reimagining
of Alexander Hamilton’s life, based on Ron Cher- now’s 800-page biography.
The play is described on the Pulitzer’s website as “a land- mark American musical about the gifted and self-destructive founding father whose story becomes both contemporary and irresistible.” Beyond gar- nering critical praise and heaps of awards, the plays has grossed $63.5 million and earned the highest advance ticket sales in Broadway his- tory.
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