Former singer-turned-reality TV star Tameka "Tiny" Harris has relaunched her talk show, The Mix.
The talk show is described as a "high energy, live millennial/Gen Z, mixed gender
talk show, where no topic is off limits.
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The show will relaunch on Tuesday, October 6, at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on Fox Soul and will air each subsequent Tuesday night.
Produced by industry powerhouse Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, and hosted by daughter Zonnique, Romeo Miller, Anton Peeples (Mr. Mom), newcomer Jamie DuBose, and Jazz Anderson (TV personality & rapper), with four-time Emmy-nominated producer, Jill King (Rachael Ray, The Real, Steve Harvey, Red Table Talk) as Executive Producer and Showrunner. It's must watch TV.
Topics on The Mix range from Black Lives Matter, current affairs, dating apps, viral trends, to breaking news for the culture, and husband T.I.'s latest brush with the law.
Featured A-list guests include Snoop Dogg, T.I., Lil' Yachty, Kandi Burruss and Sukihana, just to name a few.
Anyone can view The Mix on Fox Soul, which is available via iOS, Android, Apple TV, FireTV, YouTube/FoxSoul, Samsung Plus, Fox Now, Roku, Tubi, Xumo, CaffeineTV or on the web at foxsoul.tv.
Many are at a loss for words after viewing Tamron Hall's exclusive interview with disgraced Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum that aired on Monday's season 2 premiere of Tamron Hall's show.
Gillum was joined by his wife, R. Jai Gillum, who explained why she accepted Gillum's marriage proposal even after he told her he was male-oriented.
Gillum was caught nude in a South Beach hotel room with a naked male escort in March.
Gillum said he and his wife were in Miami that weekend to attend a friend's wedding. After drinking at a Miami bar for 4 hours, Gillum said he texted "an associate" to hook up.
He said he woke up several hours later on the bathroom floor in the hotel room where his friend had overdosed.
Sheriff's deputies gave Gillum a ride back to his hotel room, and he took an Uber to the rental home he shared with his wife. R. Jai was asleep when he arrived and he didn't want to wake her up.
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After Gillum explained to his wife what had happened, she said she was surprised because he was always so careful when he hooked up with other men.
Hall asked R. Jai to explain her decision to marry Gillum, knowing he was bisexual.
"So many people just don't understand bisexuality. Bisexuality is just something different," R. Jai said. "I just believe that love and sexuality exist on a spectrum. All I care about is what's between us and what agreement we make. Those people who love us and care about us and wish us well — no matter what did happen — that is the energy we need and receive."
"You said that you would not have married him if you knew that...," said Hall. "That I wasn't sure," said R. Jai, cutting Hall off.
R. Jai continued: "That a decision to choose you and say yes on the basis of knowing that it's our decision together... I've told him before that saying yes was solely about me and you. It wasn't about me, you, and the world. So I don't know, you know, someone has asked me before would you have made a different decision, and I had to say I don't know. I think, perhaps, being as young as we were -- I wasn't even 30 yet. I may have said no, because at that age, I know I wouldn't have had the maturity to say, while I am privately okay with this, I don't know that I have the strength to continually defend our relationship or my marriage to anyone who doesn't understand."
Viewers took to social media to express their opinions about the riveting interview.
Andrew Gillum is a drug addict and cheated on his wife with a man.
There is nothing to be proud of. Gay or bi-sexual Andrew Gillum was caught committing adultery with a man. I feel for his wife and his children. If he had not gotten caught none of us would have been the wiser. This is damage control. He needs to shut up and show respect to wife.
Definitely not an issue in my opinion- he is a good person with a strong voice. We can’t ask for better than that. At least he’s honest,decent, and speaks truth. More than we can say for this entire administration full of spineless cowards-that’s what we need to talk about&fix
— Jennifer Bell #TrumpCroniesAreAllPhonies (@jennie0501) September 14, 2020
@AndrewGillum proud of you. You didn't owe us that part of your life.
Maybe younger black women have been so warped by the LGBT agenda that they could rationalize supporting a DL man who cheated on his black wife with a white man...but as for 40+ year old black women...not a chance in hell lol
I’m still feeling my way through this but this stuff about how R Jai Gillum “supports her husband” is not sitting right with me. It’s not like she’s supporting a controversial political stance. It’s his identity. It feels like y’all are playing into the bisexual stigma.
Interesting that R Jai Gillum says the leaked nude bathroom photos would’ve most likely not made it out publicly and would’ve been criminal, if it was a woman in the situation. The entire incident was handled so sketchy.
R. Jai Gillum saying she was panicked and didn’t know where her husband was is the main reason folks should enable location sharing with their spouses. @TamronHallShow@tamronhall
Jeremy Tardy, who appeared in the first 3 seasons of Netflix's hit series "Dear White People," has exited the show amid allegations of racial discrimination.
Tardy, 29, announced he was leaving the show on Twitter.com on Friday. "Unfortunately I will not be joining Netflix's Dear White People for its fourth and final season due to my experience with Lionsgate and their practices of racial discrimination," Tardy wrote in a series of several tweets.
Tardy claims Lionsgate negotiated raises with his white co-stars, but ignored his counter offer for a raise.
"After being offered to return for several episodes my team was notified that our counter offer would not be considered and that the initial offer was the 'best and final.'"
Tardy said he and other actors "banded together" in late August to reject their offers from Lionsgate. He said Lionsgate negotiated higher offers with white actors which led to them taking the deals before everyone else had received a "fair and suitable negotiation."
"We were all aware of the notorious pay disparities between people of color and our white colleagues on Netflix and Lionsgate shows; so this made it blatantly obvious."
He continued: "These companies have recently released statements and even donations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. I am calling out their shameful practices of discrimination and racial inequality with regard to how they have historically undervalued and lowballed people of color."
The fact that this has occurred behind the scenes of a show which purports to address systemic issues of racism and discrimination displays the very epitome of hypocrisy. Lionsgate. Netflix. I see you. We see you.
Will Smith is in a forgiving mood. The A-list actor forgave actress Janet Hubert, who played the original Aunt Viv on NBC's "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."
Smith and Hubert famously clashed on the set of the series. She was fired for refusing to get along with Smith, and replaced by actress Daphne Maxwell-Reid.
Smith buried the hatchet and forgave Hubert, weeks after forgiving his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, for cheating on him with singer August Alsina.
The entire cast of 'Fresh Prince' returned for the 30th anniversary reunion show except for the late James Avery, who played Uncle Phil.
The original cast includes Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton), Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, and Tatyana Ali.
Smith posted photos from the reunion show on his Instagram account. He captioned one image:
"Today is exactly 30 YEARS since The @FreshPrince of Bel-Air debuted! So we're doin' something for y'all… a for real Banks Family Reunion is comin' soon to @HBOmax! RIP James. #FreshPrince30th".
ABC officials have confirmed a third Black-ish spin-off - Old-ish - is in the works.
Bosses at the television network are working with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris on the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Old-ish is set to follow Black-ish stars Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis as they reprise their roles as Earl "Pops" Johnson and Ruby Johnson.
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Jenifer, 63, and Laurence, 59, play the parents of Anthony Anderson's character Dre on Black-ish. Tracee Ellis Ross plays Dre's wife, Rainbow.
Lewis will serve as executive producer of the show.
According to a script teaser, Old-ish "will follow Ruby and Earl as they give love a second chance. When they move to a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of L.A., they'll meet characters who represent the old and new faces of the community as they try to make it work as a married couple. Again."
Laurence has been a recurring character on the show from the beginning, while Jenifer was promoted from a recurring role to series regular in season 2.
Old-ish will be the fourth installment in the franchise - Black-ish premiered in 2014 on ABC, Grown-ish premiered in 2018 on Freeform, and Mixed-ish premiered in 2019 on ABC.
The Season two premiere of 'Tamron Hall' returns Monday, Sept. 14 with an exclusive and riveting interview with Andrew Gillum, joined by his wife, R. Jai.
Gillum will address the scandal that infamous night in a Florida hotel room that derailed his rising political career.
Emmy® Award-winning talk show host, executive producer and journalist Tamron Hall returns to daytime for her sophomore season with a provocative hour-long exclusive interview with Gillum and his long-suffering wife, R. Jai.
Gillum, a former rising superstar in the Democratic Party, narrowly lost the 2018 gubernatorial race in Florida that would have made him the first Black governor of the nation's largest swing state.
The father-of-three will discuss his swift fall from grace, his rehabilitation experience in the face of adversity, and his life with R. Jai, who will also join Hall during the hour to discuss the impact this has had on their marriage and their family and what the future holds.
Additional Premiere Week highlights include an Exclusive interview with former 'Vanderpump Rules' star Stassi Schroeder; Award-winning actor Samuel L. Jackson and wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson; Melissa Etheridge on the tragic death of her son; actor Chris Evans and filmmaker and actor Mark Kassen; a look at why back to school is anything but normal; and Tamron's big FIVE-OH birthday celebration with Naomi Campbell and DJ Jazzy Jeff!
Jemele Hill still feels some kind of way about losing her highly visible job at ESPN.
On Wednesday, she joined former First Take host Cari Champion in bashing former First Take analyst Skip Bayless.
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The two women were promoting their new TV show, Cari and Jemele: Stick to Sports, on Vice TV. But, judging from Hill's past, it's doubtful she will stick to sports.
Hill, 44, wrote a column for ESPN2 and previously co-host His & Hers with Michael Smith.
She also made regular appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN First Take, Outside the Lines and The Sports Reporters.
But Hill couldn't keep her personal beliefs separate from her profession, which caused problems with the higher ups at ESPN.
During the 2008 NBA Playoffs, Hill was suspended after referencing Adolf Hitler in an article.
But she really irked her superiors on September 11, 2017 when she wrote a series of tweets referring to President Donald Trump as a "white supremacist."
ESPN issued a statement about Hill's comments, saying they "do not represent the position of ESPN. We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate."
Hill apologized after realizing her value as a Black female sportscaster was rapidly shrinking.
"My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light," she said.
A month later, ESPN suspended Hill for two weeks for a "second violation of our social media guidelines".
In January 2018, she was demoted to a writer's position at The Undefeated, ESPN’s website.
In October 2018, The Atlantic announced Hill was joining the magazine as a staff writer.
A Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot drama is in the works. The original NBC television series (1990-1996) was a situational comedy starring Will Smith as a street smart kid from Philly who is shipped to stay with his uncle's family in Beverly Hills.
The new drama series, Bel-Air, is based on Morgan Cooper's viral YouTube trailer. The trailer, with updates from the original series producers Will Smith, Benny Medina and Quincy Jones, is currently being shopped to livestream networks, including HBO Max and Netflix.
Bel-Air is described as a dramatic spin on the original comedy TV series that launched Will Smith's career as an actor.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the new Bel-Air series has been in the works for more than a year after the 4-minute clip went viral in March 2019.
Cooper, a self-described Fresh Prince super-fan, created and directed the trailer that reimagines the series as a drama.
He will co-write the script, direct and be credited as a co-executive producer, according to THR.
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The original series also starred James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell and Janet Hubert-Whitten/Daphne Maxwell Reid.
Smith has remained close with the cast, except for Hubert-Whitten.
Netflix has acquired 7 Black television sitcoms, and will begin airing the sitcoms beginning this weekend.
According to The Wrap, Netflix raided UPN Network's library and acquired the rights to popular Black sitcoms, Moesha, Sister, Sister, The Game, Girlfriends, The Parkers, Half & Half and One on One.
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Moesha, starring Countess Vaughn, left, and Brandy Norwood, will begin airing on Netflix this Saturday. The first three seasons of The Game, which ran for nine seasons total, will debut on August 15.
Popular '90s sitcom, Sister Sister, starring twins Tia and Tamera, will debut September 1. Girlfriends, which stars Tracee Ellis Ross, and ran for 9 seasons, will debut on Netflix on Sept. 11.
Time to pop bottles?? The following classic shows are coming to @Netflix (US)
Moesha - Aug 1 The Game S1-3 - Aug 15 Sister Sister - Sept 1 Girlfriends - Sept 11 The Parkers - Oct 1 Half & Half - Oct 15 One on One - Oct 15
— Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead) July 29, 2020
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She's back! Tamar Braxton returns to the small screen with yet another spin-off: "Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life!"
After nearly losing everything, including herself, Tamar is determined to turn her life around and take matters into her own hands by sharing her truth in a revealing new docu-series that follows her every move. However nothing can prepare Tamar for the most epic journey of her life.
In a series of shocking revelations and extreme breakthroughs, it's the most authentic side of Tamar Braxton ever as she vows to show the good, the bad and the ugly. Cameras continue rolling during Tamar's most vulnerable hours as she invites love back into her life with her new boyfriend David, relaunches her music career, navigates co-parenting with her ex and battles the pressure to reconcile and reunite with her family.
Tamar, 43, got her start as a member of sibling singing group The Braxtons alongside Towanda, Trina, and Traci in 1989.
"Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life!" premieres Thursday, July 30 at 10pm only on WE tv.
Tamera Mowry-Housley is leaving daytime talk show "The Real" after 7 years. The 42-year-old star confirmed her departure on social media Monday evening.
Tamera's announcement followed the news that Glee star Naya Rivera's body was found in Lake Piru on Monday.
"I had NO intention to talk about this today, especially in light of the news of my dear friend Naya, but now some reports are coming out and I'd rather you hear it from me first," she tweeted.
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"For seven years, my home and heart has been at The Real. The friendships that I've made there will last a lifetime, and the people that I've had the blessing to interview have changed my life for the better.
"However, all good things must come to an end, and it's with a bittersweet smile that I announce that I am moving on from The Real. To my fellow hosts, I love you, I will miss you, and I will always be there for you."
The Real first aired in 2013. The remaining co-hosts are Jeannie Mai, Loni Love, and Adrienne Houghton.
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Tamera (right) is best known for her role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB TV sitcom Sister, Sister alongside her identical twin sister Tia Mowry-Hardrict. The twins are pictured with their mom, Darlene Mowry, in April 2007.
Tamera is married to former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley and shares 2 children with him. They married on May 15, 2011 after dating for six years.
Ruby Rose (left) praised her Batwoman replacement Javicia Leslie as she reacted to the groundbreaking news on Instagram on Wednesday.
Following the announcement that the "God Friended Me" actress was cast in the role abandoned by Ruby last month, the Australian actress took to the social media site to congratulate Javicia.
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"OMG!! This is amazing!! I am so glad Batwoman will be played by an amazing Black woman. I want to congratulate Javicia Leslie on taking over the bat cape. You are walking into an amazing cast and crew. I can't wait to watch season 2 you are going to be amazing!!"
Ruby, 34, quit the show after just one season, amid poor television ratings and criticism over her casting as Batwoman.
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Ruby's casting as the female Caped Crusader drew so much criticism that she deleted her Twitter account in disgust.
Viewers complained that the openly lesbian actress wasn't "gay enough" for the role and she was a terrible actress.
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Meanwhile, Javicia, 33, shared a Deadline.com article about her casting on her own Instagram page, writing: "For all of the little black girls dreaming to be a superhero one day... it's possible!"
In a statement about her new gig earlier in the day, Javicia said: "I am extremely proud to be the first black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television, and as a bisexual woman, I am honored to join this groundbreaking show, which has been such a trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community."
Batwoman premiered last year with Ruby making history as TV's first openly gay superhero.
According to reports, Javicia's character Ryan Wilder replaces from Ruby's Kate Kane when she goes missing. The new season will premiere on television in January, 2021.
Daytime talk show "Strahan, Sara and Keke" won't return from coronavirus hiatus, multiple sources confirmed to Page Six.
"'Strahan, Sara and Keke' is put on hiatus and it doesn't look like it's going to come off," a source told Page Six.
ABC News took the talk show off the air in March and replaced it with "Pandemic: What you Need to Know," a daily coronavirus report by Amy Robach, Dr. Jen Ashton and TJ Holmes.
"It was initially supposed to be a 2-week experiment and the show did really well," a spokesperson told Page Six.
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Keke Palmer joined the show a year ago after she impressed ABC execs following her appearance on "Strahan and Sara," starring co-hosts Michael Strahan and Sara Haines.
Strahan and Haines won't be on the unemployment line. Strahan still hosts "GMA."
"Everyone is still getting paid. There's space for everyone. They're actively in contact... They're figuring out what the future will look like," a source said.
un•clock•a•ble (uhn-klok-uh-buhl) adjective 1. A complimentary word used to describe a MtF (male-to-female) trans whose feminine appearance is convincing.
The Chi creator Lena Waithe introduced The Chi's first male-to-female trans character in season 3.
In an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Waithe, 36, announced the new character named Imani (played by Jasmine Davis).
"It's definitely the gayest season ever," Waithe said of season 3, which premiered Monday on Showtime. "We kick off with two black women marrying each other in holy matrimony."
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"I'm so excited that we finally get to introduce our first trans character this season," she added. "Her name is Jasmine, she's a Chicago native, she's fantastic."
Waithe said the show won't bring any attention to the fact that Davis was born a male. Davis plays 'Chi' actor Luke James' live-in love interest on season 3.
"We make sure to not point a finger or shed too much light on her being trans," she said. "She's an amazing woman, she's an interesting character, and I'm excited that we finally get to do that this season."
Watch the video below to see why Davis is Unclockable (except for the voice and the chiseled jawline).
Waithe also announced there will be no police officers in season 3 in light of the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota and other Black people.
Even before all of this happened, when I pitched Season 3 to the network and studio I said, 'I don't want any cops this season. Why do police have to be in the black community narrative at all?'" Waithe said.
"My amazing showrunner, Justin Hillian, basically said, 'Well, you know how to make cops go away? Make a black girl disappear.' So that's what we did," she added. "We focus on how the community comes together, leans on each other, and doesn't necessarily need police to be in their community."
Actor Wendell Pierce is petitioning to become the new voice of beloved Black cartoon character Cleveland Brown.
Pierce, of HBO's The Wire fame, has launched a media campaign to be the new voice of Cleveland on "Family Guy" after Mike Henry, a white actor announced he would no longer voice the Black character.
"It's been an honor to play Cleveland on 'Family Guy' for 20 years," Henry wrote on social media. "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role."
Henry's decision follows on the heels of other white actors who gave up their roles playing Black cartoon characters.
Last week, Jenny Slate announced she was walking away from the series "Big Mouth" amid Black Lives Matter protests taking place around the world.
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Pierce, pictured with actor Dominic West in a scene from The Wire, took to social media to stake his claim for the voiceover gig.
"Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland, I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on ‘The Cleveland Show.'"
"Family Guy" has aired over 300 episodes across 18 seasons of television. Fox renewed the series last month for its 19th season.
