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Bianca Peart,
Glenn Gilliam, Jacinda Motton, and
Kizzy Cox.
This WHAT'S THE 411 episode features our homage to the legendary poet, author, and film director, DR.
MAYA ANGELOU. WHAT'S THE 411 host KIZZY
COX, had the opportunity to get an exclusive interview with Dr.
Angelou at the
National Book Awards last November. We're also discussing events and updates about
BLAIR UNDERWOOD, STACEY
DASH,
50 CENT, ARSENIO
HALL, the late
MILES DAVIS,
DON CHEADLE, TYRA
BANKS and more.
So here's what we're talking about this week:
Music icon and businessman, DR.
DRE, sold
Beats Electronics to apple for three billion dollars. The deal works out to 2.6 billion dollars in cash and $400 million that will vest over time. Could DRE have done more with beats by DRE?
CBS cancelled THE ARSENIO HALL show. The move came three months after CBS had announced that it would renew the show for a second season. Why the about face?
Actor BLAIR UNDERWOOD was nominated for the TV Critics
Association Award for best supporting actor for the
Lifetime movie A
TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL. On
Blair's Facebook page, he congratulated his co-stars, those involved in making the film, and his fans for their support of the film
.
50 CAN'T THROW! Rapper 50 CENT threw the first pitch at a recent
New York Mets game.
It was the worst first pitch in major league history! 50 said he did practice before he took the field, but what happened 50???
The late jazz legend
Miles Davis was honored last week with his own street. A stretch of
West 77th Street, between
Riverside Drive and
West End Avenue has been renamed MILES DAVIS WAY in his honor.
Davis was once a long-time resident of this
Upper West Side neighborhood.
OMG! STACEY DASH is joining
FOX NEWS.
WHO IS ON THE CARPET THIS
WEEK?
WIMPY AND
SELL OUT POLITICIANS who won't or can't stand up to the gun manufacturers' lobby!
Chicago is becoming the murder capital of the
U.S., almost every day we're hearing news of gun violence in
New York City, and
Richard Martinez, a grieving father whose son was killed by a crazed gunman at the USC-Santa
Barbara Campus is outraged. He told the crowd at a rally for the victims:
"
Today, I'm going to ask every person I can find to send a postcard to every politician they can think of with three words on it "not one more"
WHAT'S IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE PIPELINE?
Acclaimed actor DON CHEADLE will star as MILES DAVIS in an upcoming biographical film entitled
KILL THE TRUMPET
PLAYER.
Actress ZOE SALDANA will portray Davis' first wife,
Frances. No release date has been set.
JUNE is
BLACK MUSIC MONTH. EBONY magazine has a new issue out, a collector's edition, with
BEYONCE on the cover. This issue features a 25-page salute to music's movers and shakers.
UNBREAK MY
HEART was a big hit for TONI BRAXTON. It is also the title of her new autobiography, which hit bookstores this week. Also in the bookstores this week, is a biography by renowned opera singer BARBARA HENDRICKS entitled LIFTING MY
VOICE, A MEMOIR.
SMEYES is coming to daytime. TELEVISION PRODUCER AND
MODEL, TYRA BANKS IS COMING TO
DAYTIME.
NOTE: What's The 411TV hosts comments are their own and not necessarily the opinion of What's
The 411 Networks.
- published: 09 Jun 2014
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