Tyler Perry’s speech at the BET Awards last week really had a profound effect on me. As the movie director, writer and actor accepted the Ultimate Icon Award, he gave one charge to the people sitting in the room: “own your stuff.” What he was saying to them is, get in the driver’s ...
Jussie Smollett: MAGA, He Wrote
Jussie Smollett is starting to look like a real Lyon king. The actor, who plays Jamal Lyon on the hit Fox show, Empire, is facing a firestorm of controversy after he filed a police report last month alleging that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in ...
If I Lose: It’s Going Down
I used to be an award show junkie. Every year, I would tune in to the Red Carpet Pre-Show on E! to watch the late, great Joan Rivers ask the stars who they were wearing. It was always fun to watch Joan struggle to keep a straight face as she witnessed the wardrobe monstrosities sashaying down the ...