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Prince Gives Surprise Set
Kevin Hart Coming To Tampa May 8th
KEVIN HART Comedian and actor Kevin
Hart is kicking off a “What Now?” North American tour March 27th in Estero, FL and ends Aug 28 in N.Y. Hart will make a stop at Amalie Arena in Tampa on May 8.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 20 at noon.
Hart, one of the country’s most popular comedians, is best known as the star of ‘Think Like A Man 1 and 2. His TV show, Real Husbands of Hollywood pairs Hart with buddies, JB Smoove, Nelly, Boris Kodjoe, Nick Can- non and Duane Martin.
He is starring in ‘Wedding Ringer’ in theaters now. Some of his future movie projects in- clude “Get Hard” with Will Farrell in March, and “Ride Along 2,” scheduled for 2016.
The Weeknd And Beyonce’s Music Make 50 Shades Sizzle More
BEYONCE And THE WEEKND
The music of artists The Weeknd and Beyonce are part of the overall flavor mixed in with the sizzle of last week- end’s hottest movie, ’50 Shades Of Grey’.
The soundtrack which fea- tures The Weeknd, Beyoncé, Sia and Jessie Ware and is currently tracking for a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 this week?
In any case,most are al- ready obsessed with The Weeknd’s “Earned It.”
It didn’t really catch music critics off guard to learn The Weeknd has a song on the the 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack. However, his choice of a beat on “Earned It" is being touted as much different from his typical thriller of electronic production.
This was an interesting move for the Toronto singer as his typical, highly explicit and seductive subject matter was toned down for the 50 Shades of Grey audience.
Beyonce, like The Weeknd has 2 tracks on the soundtrack. Queen Bey slowed down ‘Crazy In Love’ so much that you had to look at the label to make sure it was the same song.
The director of Fifty Shades said that Beyonce embodies all that a strong woman should be, and the song fit the movie.
Selma’s Oscar Nod Is No Consolation For Not Receiving More Nominations
During All-Star Weekend
The good news at Sunday’s Oscars is Selma, Ava DuVer- nay’s tense, gut- wrenching, beautifully crafted film about Dr. Martin Luther King’s efforts to or- ganize a protest in Selma, Ala- bama, has been nominated in the Academy Awards’ Best Pic- ture category. The bad news: DuVernay was not nomi- nated for a Best Director Oscar.
The Best Picture nod takes into account the film as a whole — the production of the movie. The producers are the real winners in that category, and they’re the folks who go up on stage to collect the little
Prince has quietly struck again!
The incognito music icon performed a surprise set Sat- urday night at a private event at 23 Wall Street that marked the 30th Anniversary of Jor- dan, the iconic brand that cel- ebrates the great basketball star, Michael Jordan.
Event- seekers were told about the last minute perform- ance only a few hours prior to Prince taking the stage, which was well pass midnight. The music extraordinaire and his band, 3RDEYEGIRL, dug into his catalog of hits and classics including “1999,” “Purple Rain,” “Kiss,” “Little
PRINCE
Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” and more.
Several celebrities were on hand to witness the magic, in- cluding Michael Jordan, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Queen Latifah, Chris Rock, NBA star Carmelo Anthony, Rosario Dawson, Quest- love, and Tamron Hall.
AVA DUVERNAY
golden statue. But DuVernay was at the helm.
A nomination for DuVer- nay would have made history, making her the very first African-American woman nominated for Best Director. In the Academy’s 86 year his- tory on 4 women have been given the nod for Best Direc- tor.
Rick Ross And Meek Mill Get Into Scuffle During All-Star Weekend Event
Motown’s Star Songwriters Get Hollywood Star, Finally!
NBA All-Star Weekend produced its first scuffle late Saturday night during an ap- pearance at NYC Liberty The- atre. Rick Ross, Yo Gotti, Meek Mill, and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters were on hand.
‘The eyewitnesses say Ross and Mill were in the same section at NYC’s Liberty Theatre when someone threw a drink and the scuffle erupts. Reportedly, Meek threw a few
RICK ROSS And MEEK MILL punches and Rick seemed to
confine his activity to pushing. On the other hand, Rick’s bodyguards took care of busi- ness.
Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (HDH) – who were once Mo- town’s premiere songwriting team that produced so many hits like Marvin Gaye’s ‘How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You,’ The Supremes’ ‘Where Did Our Love Go,’ the Four Tops ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There,’ and Martha & The Vandellas’ ‘Heat Wave’ – fi- nally received their much an- ticipated star on the famous star walk.
The well-attended event in-
HOLLAND, DOZIER AND HOLLAND
cluded Motown legends
Berry Gordy, Mary Wil- son, Claudette Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and HDH Invictus label star Freda Payne.
Bobby Brown Tells Media To Stop Talking To Unauthorized Folks About Daughter
BOBBY BROWN And BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN
It appears Bobby Brown is having problems controlling certain family members from blabbing to the press about Bobbi Kristina Brown, so he’s asking the press to refrain talking to them.
The reality of relatives speaking to reporters without Brown’s permission about his comatose daughter’s condi- tion is borne out in conflicting reports about her current sta- tus and future.
“At this time it is requested that the media cease speaking with unauthorized members of the family. The integrity of the events that led to the hospital- ization of Bobbi Kristina must remain uncompro- mised,” Brown’s legal coun- sel, Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen LLC, said in a statement to Extra.
“Various members of the family have provided media in- terviews, however, none of them are approved visitors to see Bobbi Kristina. None of them have firsthand knowl-
edge of Bobbi Kristina’s treatment and the medical staff at Emory University Hos- pital has not communicated with them,” the statement said.
Bobbi Kristina In Accident Days Before Near Drowning
Other news of Bobbi Kristina’s life has been com- ing out. Now, according to re- ports Bobbi Kris was involved in a car accident just days before she was found un- responsive in her bathtub on Jan. 31 that sent the driver of the other vehicle and her pas- senger to the hospital.
According to ABC News, on Jan. 27, BK was driving her Jeep with her friend Danyela Da Silva Bradley as the pas- senger when Bobbi “lost con- trol of her Jeep” and swerved into the lane with on-coming traffic that was going in the op- posite direction, colliding with a Ford Taurus. The reports states the driver of the Taurus, Russell Eckerman, and BK’s passenger Bradley were both taken to the hospital from injuries sustained from the crash.
Eckerman’s injuries are grave, as he still remains in the hospital. Roswell, GA police say the accident is still under investigation.
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