The year 2010 brings high hopes for Black Smoke Music World Wide, Inc. with the release of James Fortune and FIYA’s new album “Encore” set to hit stores tomorrow (Jan26). Presently, the first single from the project is gracing Billboard Music charts at the no.13 spot.
The unique vibe and essence of the album “Encore” is [...]

BET’s queen of late night comedy, Mo’Nique has done it again! The actress, comedienne, late night talk show host and Golden Globe winner, Mo’Nique can now add “SAG Award winner” to her name, as she picked up the trophy for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed film Precious: Based on the [...]

Do you remember the trio City High? They had a couple of hits, “What Would You Do” and “Caramel.” Well apparently Robbie Pardlo, one of the members of the trio has a pretty serious alcohol problem as documented here on the A&E series Intervention. According to A&E, Robbie has been struggling since the group disbanded [...]

Steven Spielberg is moving forward with his Martin Luther King Jr. bio-pic, his company Dreamworks have hired Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) to pen the feature film. But, there is one hitch in the giddy-up! Dexter King gave his blessings to Steven Spielberg, without the blessing of his silbings Martin III and Bernice.
For [...]

“this is another test, it won’t last always”

“troubles and trials come to make you strong”

“Are You Listening” is available for purchase at www.verityrecords.com right now. The single will be available next week on iTunes, Wal-Mart and other major retailers. It’s only a $1.29, please support this amazing single.
Enjoy the photos and the video from the recording below:

“Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” will be the most widely distributed telethon in history. It is a two-hour special, which will be broadcast from New York, London, Los Angeles and Haiti … and will air commercial-free across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT [...]

When I receive information regarding entertainers from their management, publicist, or other various sources — I sometimes don’t report it because it’s only a blurb of information and I don’t have the time to research and put together a complete story. Today, I decide to create a section called, “STUFF I HAVE HEARD BULLETIN.” Simply enough, right! [...]

Steve Harvey, the ubiquitous funnyman continues his full-scale campaign on becoming the King of All Media with the new announcement that he’s teamed up with ‘American Idol’ producers to host one of the most legendary games shows on television, “The Family Feud.”
Steve is a best-selling author, “Good Morning America” contributor, Essence magazine columnist, longtime [...]

The Season Five premiere of MTV’s “American Best Dance Crew” (ABDC) is slated to premiere next Thursday (January 28) … and its got a new judge, R&B singer Omarion.
Omarion has joined the judges’ table, alongside J.C. Chasez and rapper Lil Mama to find this season’s best dance crew.
“I’m so excited to be [...]

Oprah calls it “America’s new deadly” obsession, texting, emailing and calling while driving. Oprah’s show on Monday illustrated the great tragedies that happen due to distracted driving. Oprah urges her viewers to take a pledge. So far over 20,000 people have taken the No Phone Zone pledge. Click here to make your pledge.
Nearly 500,000 [...]

Cash Money Records co-founders, Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams are trying their hands in another business venture outside the music world. They’re now expanding their portfolios into the oil business. The New Orleans-bred brothers have launched an independent oil and gas company called Bronald Oil & Gas.
Via the company’s mission station on their [...]

“I’ve been looking at the news & right now God I’m a little bit confused”

“Weeping endure for a night, but joy is coming in the morning light”

We reported on Tuesday that Kirk Franklin produce a song for Haiti, which is being dubbed, as the gospel community’s answer to “We Are the World.”
The Gospel Music Channel (GMC) cameras and crews capture the historic recording event and GMC has now produced the official music video for “Are You Listening: A Love Song for [...]

On February 1, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie will bring together as much talent as possible during Grammy weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “We Are the World” by recording a new version of the track to benefit Haiti.
Usher, Natalie Cole, and John Legend have already been confirmed to participate in the 25th anniversary [...]

Rapper Kanye West and his model friend, Amber Rose, turned heads in long fur coats as they arrived for the Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris, France today.
Luxury was the name of the game at Louis Vuitton show, as the French megabrand delivered their fall-winter 2010-2011 menswear collection of razor-cut suits in charcoal cashmere and [...]

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is planning to throw a Super Sweet Sixteen birthday party for his son Justin this Saturday (Jan23). DIddy has lined up a series of big-name performers and guests including Chris Brown, for the event at an unidentified location, which will be filmed for MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16.
Themed the [...]

“He coulda gave me AIDS, when I was sleeping around”

“I shoulda been crazy, sitting up in the crazy house, out of my mind”

Today, Cookie Johnson celebrates her 51st birthday, but on Saturday night she got the surprise of her life when she stepped foot in The Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles. “He really got me this time,” she said of her husband, Magic, who planned a surprise bash to celebrate her birthday and the success of [...]

Bishop Paul S. Morton, along with the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Mass Choir, won the award for Traditional Choir of the Year, announced at the 25th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards over this past weekend. The golden Stellar statute represents the second consecutive year Bishop Morton and the Full Gospel choir are [...]