John Witherspoon talks about getting visits from Richard Pryor when he was MCing at a club, and learning to convince him to get on stage and do a comedy-set. He talks about Richard Pryor’s TV show, and explains why it only lasted only four episodes. John also discusses his work as Grandad on the hit […]

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Talk show diva and Academy Award-nominated riveting actress, Oprah Winfrey (pictured) has reportedly landed a juicy role in the upcoming much and talked about Lee Daniels-directed biopic…

On Sunday Oprah Winfrey posted a picture of herself, Lee Daniels, and Mike Epps on Instagram. Lee Daniels did the same on his Twitter, thus confirming Epps’ starring role and not Nick Cannon as previously reported. Congrats Mike Epps, you got some big shoes to fill homie!  

Comedian/Actor Mike Epps is set to hit the big screen playing the role of Richard Pryor in an upcoming biopic about Nina Simone. From The Huffington Post Actor Mike Epps is joining the cast of “Nina,” the Nina Simone biopic written and directed by Cynthia Mort. Epps will play comedian Richard Pryor, reports the Hollywood […]

Quite often, one of your Facebook friends will dedicate their profile picture and status to a late celeb, but others recognize people who were blessed enough to survive life-threatening accidents. You would never be able to tell some of them were in life-threatening accidents. Here are some celebrities who used their circumstances to celebrate life, […]

The 1973 concert film/documentary, Wattstax, documented a 1972 concert in Los Angeles featuring some of the largest acts in soul music.