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Halle Berry Says TV Is Where It’s At Right Now
Man At Center Of Drake’s Ghostwriter Controversy Speaks Out
The man at the center of the Drake ghostwriting contro- versy has finally broken his si- lence. Quentin Miller took to Tumblr to address the week-long discussion sur- rounding allegations he penned bars for the OVO leader.
The post follows Meek Mill igniting the speculation Miller was Drake’s ghost- writer in a series of tweets last week. That was followed by DJ Funkmaster Flex releas- ing a reference track of the At- lanta rhymer spitting a nearly identical verse as Drake used on “10 Bands.”
Miller essentially rein- forced the message delivered by longtime Drake producer Noah “40” Shebib. The Toronto beat maker wrote on Twitter, “If your asking if Q
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contributed to If You’re Read- ing This this the answer is yes. You can also read that in the credits.”
Neither 40 nor Miller di- rectly talked about the alleged “10 Bands” reference track or Meek’s claim Drake did not write the verse on “R.I.C.O.” off Dreams Worth More Than Money.
Eminem Answers 12 Twitter Questions
About New Movie Score
Eminem took over Twitter Friday, for a Q&A session with his fans. But he wasn’t just an- swering any random ques- tions. Mr. Mathers only answered a select 12 questions about the film Southpaw, which he execu- tive-produced the soundtrack for. Southpaw, stars 50 Cent and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film made $16M last weekend. It was directed by Antoine Fuqua.
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Halle Berry stars in TV series ‘Extant’.
A new timeslot for Halle Berry’s sci-fi series “Extant” has boosted its ratings.
CBS moved it back an hour on Wednesdays, from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m., and it made a huge difference in the ratings. Ac- cording to Deadline.com, the struggling drama saw a 17% jump among adults 18-49 from last Wednesday’s 10 p.m. episode, which was a series low.
While Berry has no inten- tion of giving up film – she has “Kidnap” hitting theaters in the coming months – the actress told the Comic-con crowd this month that TV offers more “quality work” for women of a certain age...and a certain race.
“TV is the new frontier,” Halle told the audience at her “Extant” panel. “The best writ- ing is on television. There are great characters for women and for women like me – my age group, my ethnicity.
Mariah’s New Boyfriend Gives Her A $500K Necklace
It's hard to impress your lady when she is pretty well off her- self.
But James Packer man- aged to do just that when he dropped $500,000 on a yellow heart shaped diamond neck- lace for Mariah Carey.
The singer showed off her stunning new accessory on In- stagram on Thursday, and not surprisingly was grinning from ear to ear.
TMZ revealed James, 47, had purchased the nice piece of ice, which came in at a hefty 18 carats, for his girlfriend.
He gave it to her just before she took to the stage for her performance at Caesars Palace Colosseum, Las Vegas on Wednesday night.
Mariah worn her gift on her Instagram post.
In fact so delighted was she, the 45-year-old diva dedicated her hit song Hero to her beau during the gig.
Mary J. And Queen Latifah Will Star In Remake Of ‘The Wiz’ On Dec. 3rd
Queen Latifah will play the Wizard and Mary J. Blige will play Eveline, the wicked witch.
In March NBC announced that it would follow up live productions of The Sound Of Music and Peter Pan with The Wiz, set to air December 3.
And on Tuesday People re- vealed that Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige have offi- cially joined the upcoming musical's cast.
The pair are the first big names announced so far in the highly-anticipated adaptation of the 1975 Broadway hit.
Queen Latifah, 45, will star as the wizard, taking on the role played by Richard Pryor in the 1978 film ver- sion.
Of the gender-blind casting,
executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron gushed: 'To see [Queen Lati- fah] play the iconic role of the Wiz and make it her own is going to be one of the joys of producing this event.'
Meanwhile, Mary, 44, will take on the role of Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the production.
Stephanie Mills, who por- trayed Dorothy in the origi- nal Broadway cast, will also join NBC's adaptation as Aun- tie Em.
Dorothy, however, will be played by an unknown, with the network holding an open casting call for the role.
Trina Braxton Dating A Black Man For The First Time
Bobby Shmurda Pleads Not Guilty To Weapons Charge
Bobby Shmurda ap- peared in court Thursday (July 23) to plead not guilty to weapons charges, according to published reports.
Shmurda’s girlfriend, Kimberly Rousseau, smug- gled in a knife during a June 21st visit and after he was caught with the sharp object, he lied to the grand jury about it. The GS9 rapper now faces felony and misdemeanor charges of promoting prison contraband, perjury and crim- inal possession of a weapon. If convicted he may serve up to seven years in prison. The Brooklyn rapper has already been charged with a slew of conspiracy charges for nar- cotics, assault, murder and weapons possession. The 20- year-old is due back in Octo- ber.
Bobby Shmurda
As for 18-year-old Rousseau, she pleaded not guilty to felony and misde- meanor counts of promoting prison contraband and a mis- demeanor count of criminal possession of a weapon while in court on Wednesday (July 22). She is to appear in front of the judge again in August.
TRINA BRAXTON
Trina Braxton finalized her divorce from Gabe Solis, on April 16, and The Braxtons’ self-proclaimed “party girl” Trina Braxton has a new man.
“Trina told everyone she was dating a Black man.
On Thursday night’s episode of “Braxton Family Values,” the pop-singer introduced her sisters to her new beau, Ja- cent.
At the time the episode was filmed, Trina was still finaliz- ing her divorce from Gabe. The Jasmine Brand reported that a Georgia judge signed off on the split April 16. Trina did- n’t get Solis to sign a prenup- tial agreement, however, on Twitter Gabe claimed he did- n’t take anything.”
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