(Akiit.com) SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A judge ordered the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department on Friday to set a date to auction the rights to O.J. Simpson’s book, “If I Did It.” The book, in which Simpson explains how he might have committed the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson ...
(Akiit.com) NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black princess. The company unveiled the plans at its annual shareholders’ meeting in ...
(Akiit.com) 10:50 am PDT March 21, 2007 Museum Planned In Fredericksburg, Va. RICHMOND, Va. — If you’ve ever dreamed of quipping alongside Bill Cosby, now’s your chance. A YouTube-inspired campaign will let Web surfers create homemade videos featuring America’s funniest dad, as he urges them to donate toward building a ...
(Akiit.com) Thu Mar 22,12:11 PM ET Vivica A. Fox was released from jail early Wednesday after she was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, authorities said. The 42-year-old actress was pulled over late Tuesday after her vehicle passed a patrol car on the Hollywood Freeway at 80 mph, ...
(Akiit.com) Wed Mar 21,10:48 AM ET Boxing great, ordained minister and grilling guru George Foreman has added another job to his resume: reality TV judge. Foreman, 58, will be one of four judges on ABC’s “American Inventor” when it begins its second season June 6, FremantleMedia North America Inc. announced ...
(Akiit.com) – On Wednesday night, a record number of viewers tuned-in to watch music and fashion collide on the catwalk with RIP THE RUNWAY. Produced by Cossette Productions and BET, the sexiest hour of cable television garnered an impressive 1.8 BET coverage rating (1.5 million households and 1.9 million total ...
(Akiit.com) Nothing has changed for Halle Berry since appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show†in 2004, fresh from the philandering of husband Eric Benet and boldly proclaiming that she will never, never get married again.      “I will never, never get married again,” Berry said for the bajillionth time in ...
Says she’s more than ‘just a rapper’ and a larger destiny is waiting March 19, 2007 Lil’ Kim is having none of that kind of talk. The notorious rapper, known for her tight-fitting, showing-nearly-everything outfits almost as much as her music, clams up about her 2005 prison stint. (She was ...
(Akiit.com) Tue Mar 20, 1:52 PM ET Many predicted Vanessa Williams would fade into obscurity when she gave up her Miss America crown because of a scandal over nude photographs, but her star shone brightly Monday. Williams received the 2,331st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fellow cast members ...
(Akiit.com) Tue Mar 20, 2:15 PM ET Bernie Mac says he plans to bring down the curtain on his standup comedy act after 30 years. Mac told David Letterman on CBS’ “Late Show” that he’ll retire after he finishes shooting the comedy film “The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth, ...
NEW YORK – Star Jones Reynolds has landed her own daily talk show – and she won’t have to worry about Barbara Walters this time. Court TV said Wednesday it had hired Reynolds to run a show about criminal justice issues that intersect with the pop culture world. The show, ...
“Dolemite,†the 1975 blaxploitation film to end all blaxploitation films, is about to get a 2007 upgrade. The remake rights to the film, created by comedian-writer-producer Rudy Ray Moore as a parody of the blaxploitation genre, were purchased by filmmaker Bill Fishman and will include Moore as an executive producer. ...