David and Tamela Mann broke the news on Thursday, April 24—their 26th wedding anniversary—that their reality show, “Meet The Manns,” had been picked up by BET. Now that speculation has ended and the Christian couple has an official network home, EEW Magazine is giving our list of 5 reasons why their reality is on our […]
The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People announced Sunday that Donald Sterling will not receive an honor amid controversy over a recording said to be of the Clippers team owner making racist remarks. The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP had been scheduled to give Sterling the group’s lifetime achievement award at its […]
ESSENCE Beauty Issue Cover Star Ledisi and Lorraine Toussaint have joined the cast of ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood honoree, Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King biopic, Selma. DuVernay announced via Instagram that Ledisi will play Mahalia Jackson and Toussaint will play civil rights leader, Amelia Boynton in the upcoming film. DuVernay took over the project […]
Recently, there has been an uproar over the proliferation of churches singing “harmless” secular music on Sunday morning, like Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”. While some think it’s no problem, others say songs that were created to glorify God are the only ones that should be sung in His house. But what about concert performances outside the […]
In a heart-stirring testimony, Pastor Donnie McClurkin credited his God-given musical talents and the prayer of an influential gospel singer in helping him to get free from the shame and sense of inferiority he had been experiencing at just 11 years old. “I never thought that I would be doing this because people told me […]
A family that faced eviction upon returning from a Make-A-Wish event has new hope for a stable home. Xernna Nieves said her family arrived home at their Stockbridge apartment to find an eviction notice. The family lives in the Ashley Woods Apartments. Nieves’ 16-year-old son has severe aplastic anemia and has already had two bone […]
Keke Palmer is hoping her legion of young fans will support her latest endeavor – hosting her own talk show on BET. The Keke Palmer Project is the current name of the network’s newest daily talk show aimed at the millennial generation – and with Palmer at the helm, the 20-year-old actress/singer is poised to […]
Congratulations are in order! Today it was announced that Brian Courtney Wilson has inked a record deal with Motown Gospel! Exciting details below… The ‘All I Need’ hit maker joins the likes of CeCe Winans, Tasha Cobbs and Tye Tribbett among others at the label, which is distributed by Capitol Christian Music. On his new […]
When you were younger, what did you dream of? Maybe it’s been so long you don’t remember. No matter what our age, we need to have a dream for our life. We need to have something to look forward to and work toward. And if we will trust God and do our part, we can […]
Tasha Smith is very open about her Christian faith. She knows the Bible like the back of her hand, but that wasn’t always the case. During a recent interview on “The D.L. Hughley Show,” the actress revealed she was once an atheist. “[Growing up in Camden] is why I said I was an Atheist. ‘Cuz […]