October 8, 2008 – 11:16 am
The Chicago Reader is taking a look at what was easily “the hippest trip in America.” Soul Train may have ended in April (actually production stopped nearly two years ago) but two generations will carry memories of the longest running syndicated program (38 years) in history.
“All I knew about the local Soul Train was that it started [...]
October 8, 2008 – 11:07 am
Here’s the first of the Ciroc ads we told you about first yesterday. This was the moguls homage to Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack.
October 8, 2008 – 10:46 am
JENNIFER HUDSON, QUEEN LATIFAH and ALICIA KEYS all grace the cover of Novembers issue of Ebony, just in time to see their new film The Secret Lives Of Bees, hit theaters this weekend.
The film was adapted and directed by the impressive Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, Dissappearing Acts) and produced by Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith.
October 8, 2008 – 9:53 am
EDDIE MURPHY, father of eight, has made a decade long string of cheesy bombs (with the exception od Shrek & Dreamgirls). But judging by his new 2009 Rolls Royce Phantom, retail begins at $400,000, bad reviews are hurting him. And Iaintmadatchu!
October 8, 2008 – 9:17 am
JOHN LEGEND will embark on an extensive worldwide concert tour kicking off November 19 in Minneapolis. The first leg of John’s North American tour wraps up December 13 with a second leg running from January 12 through February 9.
The upcoming John Legend concerts mark the artist’s first major tour since his massively successful world [...]
October 8, 2008 – 8:24 am
T.I. earns his third straight No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as “Paper Trail” debuts at the top this week. The rapper earns his biggest sales week ever with the Grand Hustle/Atlantic set, which moved 568,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, which is also the third-biggest sales frame of the year.
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