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Producers are considering pushing up the release of the movie “Sparkle”. The remake of the 1976 classic movie about three sisters in the music business dealing with the fall out of fame and drugs stars Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Mike Epps and Derek Luke. What would have been Whitney Houston’s big screen comeback was set to […]

Since Whitney Houston’s death her record sales have soared which means more money for her estate but someone else will be sitting like a fat cat because of the sales. No not Bobbi Christina but Dolly Parton. Yep she is all smiles right now because Whitney Houston’s mega hit “I Will Always Love You” was […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Tomorrow the owner of the Raleigh tabloid paper The Slammer will be featured on the TV show “Anderson” with host Anderson Cooper. If you aren’t familiar with The Slammer, it is a paper that publishes mugshots of people who have been arrested in specific areas. The show is based around people who make […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Travis Porter is back with their new single “Ayy Ladies” featuring Tyga.  Here is some behind the scenes footage from the shoot. In other Travy news, member Strap was arrested earlier today for trying to take a gun on an airplane.

TMZ is reporting that Whitney Houston had told friends she “really wanted to see Jesus” in the days before her death, and claimed she had a feeling the end was near for her. TMZ has learned … Whitney had been very spiritual in her final days … quoting the bible, singing hymns and engaging in […]

Adele had quite the presence at the Grammy’s over the weekend, winning 6 out of 6 of her nominations and performing for the first time in quite a while. Needless to say, her album scored yet another week at number one this week…with a 95% sales gain, obviously due in part to the show. “21″ […]

February 15th – Big L was shot to death in Harlem, New York, on this day in 1999. Big L, who was born Lamont Coleman in Harlem, began to freestyle at age 12 and soon formed a group called Three The Hard Way. After members of the group went their separate ways, he formed another […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… 13 Years ago today we lost one of the greatest MC’s to ever touch a microphone. Lamont “Big L” Coleman was gunned down in Harlem, New York at the age of 24. Hard to believe that it’s been 13 years, but here is a freestyle session that L did with one of his […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… It looks like the roster over there at Bad Boy just got a little bit lighter…Dawn Richard formerly of Danity Kane and most recently one of Diddy’s side pieces in Dirty Money has announced that she was let go by the label and is now a free agent. “Diddy has been very supportive […]