4-1-1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 7, 2003
The Showtime Series ‘SoulFood’ returns on Wednesday, April 9th on Showtime at 10pm.
According to Published reports Oprah wants to take some nude photos and present them to her sweetie Stedman Graham. Oprah turns 50 next January and she wants to give them to him as a present. Oprah is looking for a photographer that she can feel comfortable with. Oprah wanted Famed Photographer Herb Ritts but he died last December.
Producer Jermaine Dupri is coming out with his own clothing line. The line will be called Dupri. Jermaine is dating Janet Jackson and the romance is still going strong.
Queen Latifah will be starring in the movie Beauty Shop and her character will be introduced in Barbershop Two with Ice Cube. Latifah is getting ten million dollars to star in the movie.
D L Hughley is returning to TV. D L will be costarring with Howie Mandel in a series for NBC. (Afrochic's sidenote: Huh? D.L is so not funny on sitcoms. Who put those two together anyway?
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Amy Dubois Barnet the Editor and Chief of Honey Magazine is leaving the magazine to become the Editor in Chief of Teen People Magazine. Amy will be the first African American Female to head a major magazine at Time Inc. Time Inc is the nations largest magazine publisher.
Congratulations to State Senator, Vincent Hughes and Singer/Actress/Broadway Star Sheryl Lee Ralph they are engaged to be married. The State Senator got down on bended knee and gave his lady a Two Carat ring. No wedding date has been set.
Tyreese’s new movie ‘2 Fast, 2 Furious’ comes out in June. Tyreese is currently topping the charts with the song ‘How You Gonna Act Like That’.
Whitney Houston will be gracing the cover of the July Essence Magazine. She did a photo shoot and sources say she looks fabulous.
I wonder who will get kicked off American Idol this week? Last week Corey Clarkson was removed because he lied to producers about his background. Corey is due in court next week on charges that he beat up his kid sister and resisted arrest when the police arrived. This happened last October and in 2000 Corey was sued by the Walmart store for writing bad checks. Corey was able to get by the background checks because the police report had his name spelled differently. Trencye another American Idol with a criminal past was allowed to stay on the show because she confessed about her 1999 shoplifting arrest. American Idol Judge Randy Jackson is also making headlines his wife’s, first husband claims Randy broke up his marriage. Randy’s wife Erica was married to a man who says he found out his wife was cheating on him when he noticed a new tattoo on her body and she admitted she got it for Randy. Randy and Erica are happily married with two children. He also has a child from a previous relationship.