Despite losing all of that weight -from a 16 to 6 dress size – she still can’t get a book deal!. Jennifer Hudson allegedly wants more than $1 Million dollars for a book deal to talk about dropping more than 80 pounds as a Weight Watchers spokeswoman. She’s been shopping the idea for about 4 […]

Yup there’s yet another biopic in the works. This time Mary J Blige has confirmed she is still preparing to play Nina Simone in a biopic “Nina”. (It’s a working title.) The film will be based on Simone’s own book “I Put a Spell on You”. The book focuses on the relationship with her assistant […]

It’s time for another celebrity tell-all book and this one is sure to raise a few eyebrows.  Toni Newman, who began life as a man before moving to NY and becoming a transgendered prostitute,  claims to have inside knowledge about the sexual lives of LL Cool J, Eddie Murphy and Hot 97’s Mister Cee.  Deets inside… In her new book, […]

*In the midst of her current media blitz to promote her new book “Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me,” the talk show host confirmed that she “very casually” dated rapper 50 Cent last year. During an interview Tuesday on “Piers Morgan Tonight,” the comedienne and host of “Chelsea Lately” said they didn’t try very hard […]

Vanessa Williams will pen a book for women with her mother Helen Williams. The motivational book will focus on family, fear, success and loss. This past decade, Vanessa has regrouped and reinvented herself as a Hollywood power player. Taking risks has been her motto to success. “I was not only seen as a beauty queen, […]

Tyrese had a hard time getting a word in edgewise while sitting on Wendy’s couch. Why? Because he speaks the truth? He is promoting his new book “How to Get Out of Your Own Way”. There IS a double standard and ladies often hate on that fact. Look what happens when a man (Tyrese) tries to […]

“I don’t date Janet Jackson. She is my girlfriend; there is a difference. She is a very special and talented woman who never ceases to amaze me” -Wissam Al Mana in VMAN I don’t know much about Janet Jackson’s boyfriend Wissam Al Mana, but he seems like a special type of guy who’s not afraid […]

Today Michael Baisden will have Iyanla Vanzant on the show talking about her book “Peace From Broken Pieces.” The acclaimed author and motivational speaker survived childhood rape, physical and verbal abuse, teen pregnancy, abusive relationships — all by the time she was 30.

Here’s the in-studio footage from Jay-Z’s appearance on The Howard Stern Show. Following the sit-down, he speaks on their conversation in a post game interview.

Janet Jackson on 106 & Park promoting her new movie For Colored Girls. She opens up about her coming book that will hit the stand in 2011 and self esteem issues.

Basheer Jones and the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) welcome Sapphire to Cleveland this passed weekend. Jones and CPL was honored to host Sapphire, a performance poet and writer whose novel, Push, was made into the award-winning film, “Precious,” on Sunday, October 10th as part of the Writers & Readers author series. Sapphire addresses the criticisms of her […]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Author Sapphire speaks on her book Push and how domestic violence, as portrayed in the book is relevant now in the Black Community. Basheer Jones and the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) welcome Sapphire to Cleveland this passed weekend. Jones and CPL was honored to host Sapphire, a performance poet and […]