Reliable Source: ‘Black-ish’ is an Obama ‘favorite’

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‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules offers lame reasons for kicking Jillian to the curb We’ve chronicled the strange ride on ABC’s “The Bachelor” for local contestant Jillian Anderson — including her exit from the show on Monday night after an awkward date with the titular love-seeking farmer. Now we get his side of the breakup story, and it’s cliche-ridden. Chris Soules, blogging for People.com, explains how their romantic rendezvous went …  Read full article »

Triumph, tears and mud for local ‘Bachelor’ contestant Jillian Anderson

Here’s a question you don’t want to have to ask before meeting your potential future in-laws. (Bear in mind that you are, at the time you utter this, barely awake from a poolside nap and wearing a bikini with a bottom so tiny TV producers place a black box over your rear so as not …  Read full article »

After the BET Honors, it’s the after party at Joe’s Stone Crab

Hey isn’t that… Everyone and their publicist at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab after the BET Honors awards show on Saturday night? Our spy tells us you couldn’t miss the tidal wave of star power that hit the restaurant after the awards show. There were honorees Usher and Phylicia Rashad, super producer Jermaine Dupri, former …  Read full article »

‘Black-ish’ is an Obama ‘favorite’

In ABC’s new sitcom “Black-ish,” two super successful and affluent African American parents, played by Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, navigate the “post racial” landscape as they raise their kids while juggling their relationship, careers and living in the ‘burbs. The show’s premise has struck a chord (it’s a bona fide hit for the alphabet …  Read full article »

Kimye and Ne-Yo hit the BET Honors while Obama sips coffee in India: Which VIP had the best weekend?

It was lights, camera, action in Washington over the weekend. A slew of superstars were on hand for the 7th annual BET Honors taping — an awards show that recognizes luminaries from the entertainment, education and business worlds, like 2015 honorees rapper-producer Kanye West, actress Phylicia Rashad, singer Usher, Microsoft chairman and Virtual Instruments CEO John …  Read full article »