Home[1] » NewsOne Now[2] » Victoria Rowell: Black Production Can’t Just Be Tyler Perry And Oprah Former soap opera star Victoria Rowell[3] is trying her hand at crowdsourcing with Indiegogo[4] to fund her latest project, “The Rich and the Ruthless.” “I want to get them [African Americans] to black-owned productions,” she said. “It can’t just be Tyler Perry and Oprah.” Stay connected on 2013 CBCF Coverage[5], and tune in to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin this fall on TV One[6]! Tags: CBC » CBC 2013 » Congressional Black Caucus » crowdsourcing » newsone now » Tyler Perry » Victoria Rowell » Videos[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] '); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'https://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/2660?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_'+_CI.counter; script.async = true; // Ensure td elements align properly in two column rows script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function() { if ( !this.readyState || this.readyState === "loaded" || this.readyState ...
Sarah Henson (pictured), the daughter of mega-church Bishop T.D. Jakes, has announced that she is divorcing her linebacker husband, Robert Henson (pictured), after...
The highly anticipated new Tyler Perry film “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” was premiered in Atlanta last week at a star-studded event...
What do you get when comedian Mike Epps[1] calls out comedian Kevin Hart[2] on Twitter? An uncomfortable blend of comedic gold and blatant homophobia. After getting word that Hart allowed Shaquille O’Neal to “hump” him in the season finale of Real Husbands of Hollywood, Epps went in about how Hollywood attempts to emasculate Black men and accused Hart of selling out to make a buck. This has long been a criticism levied at Tinsel Town; but Hart, like Tyler Perry and Jamie Foxx, have no problem slipping on a bra and panties to simultaneously make fun of Black women and curry favor in Hollywood. Conversely, White men have often been known to dress like women for a laugh — Robin Williams and Adam Sandler to name a couple — but it doesn’t spark the same outcry. Equally disturbing is that BET is a repeat offender when it comes to rape “humor,” as shown in this picture and in at least one episode of “The Game”. But the Twitter beef didn’t stop at homophobic “jokes,” such as referring to Epps as a ...
