Category: Entertainment
Diddy’s Allegedly Blames Drugs as Judge Clears Violent Video for Trial
by Stefi Mar | May 6, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
Sean “Diddy” Combs is preparing to argue that heavy drug and alcohol use left him mentally incapable of forming criminal intent, a defense that prosecutors are moving swiftly to block ahead of his looming federal trial.
Read More42nd Annual French Quarter Festival-All That Jazz & More
by Stefi Mar | Apr 22, 2025 | Entertainment, Local, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
The 42nd Annual French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron concluded on Sunday, April 13, 2025. This festival ended on a good note while leaving lasting memories for musicians and festival goers. The four-day celebration attracted a massive crowd of foodies, music aficionados, ethnomusicologists, art patrons, historians, and history buffs from April 10 to April 13, 2025.
Read MoreThe Comeback Trail: Jonathan Majors Lands Leading Role in Action Film
by Stefi Mar | Mar 31, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
Actor Jonathan Majors, whose career was slowed by a misdemeanor conviction in late 2024, is on the comeback trail. Last week, the film “Magazine Dreams” appeared in 800 theaters. Despite controversy in his personal life, positive reviews by movie critics and online movie buffs have hailed his performance. The independent film directed by Elijah Bynum was released on March 21. The film focuses on a fictional bodybuilder named Killian Maddox who is struggling with mental illness. During an unpredictable two-hour ride, Majors command the screen in an intense role that deals with broad themes of the meaning of human existence to failure and personal adversity.
Read MoreBREAKING Singer Angie Stone Dies in Car Accident at 63
by Stefi Mar | Mar 3, 2025 | Bakersfield, Entertainment, Front Page, Los Angeles, Obituaries, Valleys | 0
The music and entertainment world reacted in shock and sorrow after the tragic death of Angie Stone, the pioneering singer-songwriter and hip-hop trailblazer who was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning in Montgomery, Alabama. She was 63.
Read MoreDrake Settles iHeartMedia Battle, But His War Over ‘Not Like Us’ Rages On
by Stefi Mar | Mar 3, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Urban entertainment, Urban News, Valleys | 0
Drake took Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us—so personally that he took it to court. Now, he’s settled his dispute with iHeartMedia, but his fight with Universal Music Group (UMG) is just heating up. In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Texas, accusing iHeartMedia of accepting illegal payments from UMG to flood the airwaves with Not Like Us. Both Drake and Lamar are signed to UMG, making the allegations even messier. While the rapper and iHeartMedia have now “amicably resolved” their dispute, the details of their agreement remain sealed.
Read MoreSoul and R&B Mourn Loss of Roberta Flack, Gwen McCrae, and Jerry Butler
by Stefi Mar | Feb 27, 2025 | African Americans, Bakersfield, Entertainment, Front Page, Los Angeles, Obituaries, Valleys | 0
Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose smooth vocals and intimate style made her a defining artist of the 1970s, died Monday at her home surrounded by family. She was 88. Her publicist, Elaine Schock, confirmed the news in a statement. Flack revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which had taken away her ability to sing.
Read MoreNew Film ‘Godless’ Examines the Clash Between Catholicism and Politics
by Stefi Mar | Feb 18, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
Actor Harry Lennix and director-writer Michael Ricigliano are bringing faith and politics to the forefront with their latest film, Godless. The film stars Ana Ortiz as Governor Angela Porra and Lennix as Bishop Reginald Rowland. It tells the story of a Catholic politician facing excommunication after signing progressive legislation into law.
Read MoreCaptain America: Brave New World
by Stefi Mar | Feb 18, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
He’s a Black superhero who can handle his business. A Captain America who puts villains in their place.
Read MoreHip-Hop Mourns the Loss of Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Founder Dies at 54
by Stefi Mar | Feb 11, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Valleys | 0
Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54. The cause of death has not been announced, though Gotti had battled diabetes-related issues and suffered multiple strokes in recent years.
Read MoreRicky – 2025 Sundance Film Festival — Filmmaker Rashad Frett wins “Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic”
by Stefi Mar | Feb 4, 2025 | Entertainment, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Urban entertainment, Urban News, Valleys | 0
What is life like after being locked up in prison from age 15 to 30? How do you adjust to an outside world without the human development skills your contemporaries have? Writer/director Rashad Frett has a clue and fathoms it, along with co-screenwriter Lin Que Ayoung, in his intense, harsh reality, post-incarceration drama.
Read MoreWendy Williams Speaks Out: ‘I Am Not Cognitively Impaired; I Am in Prison’
by Stefi Mar | Jan 22, 2025 | Bakersfield, Entertainment | 0
Wendy Williams stunned her fans and others when she made a surprise call to “The Breakfast Club,” where she revealed deep frustrations with a conservatorship she described as “emotional abuse.” Despite her diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia in 2023, Williams was assertive. “I am not cognitively impaired,” she demanded. “But I feel like I am in prison.”
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