Seven-Year-Old Aspiring Rapper Mir Money Breaks Down on ‘America’s Got Talent’

by Jorge Rivas on May 23 2012, 1:47PM

Leave it to Howard Stern to make a 7-year old cry.

Topics: Media, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

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Donald Glover Seen Canoodling With Lena Dunham on Set of ‘Girls’

by Jorge Rivas on May 22 2012, 2:42PM

Now everyone is dying to know if Glover is a new love interest on the show.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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A&E Orders Reality Series on Gentrification in South Boston

by Jorge Rivas on May 9 2012, 2:09PM

Apparently it’s news and reality-tv worthy when white folks get pushed out of the neighborhood but not when Latinos or black communities get the boot.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Oprah’s OWN Network Approaching More Than $300 Million in Losses

by Jorge Rivas on May 8 2012, 9:24AM

Not everything Oprah touches turns in to gold.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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ABC and Univision Partner to Launch English News for U.S. Latinos

by Jorge Rivas on May 7 2012, 11:45AM

A daily news site is expected to launch this summer with a 24-hour cable news channel coming in 2013.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Eva Longoria Defends New TV Series She’s Producing on Latina Maids

by Jorge Rivas on April 16 2012, 2:49PM

The show centers around four Latina maids in Beverly Hills with stories that Longoria says are worth telling.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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‘Mad Men’ Actress Who Plays Firm’s First Black Employee Says She Has ‘A Lot of Responsibility’

by Jorge Rivas on April 13 2012, 3:55PM

The actress who plays the ad agency’s first black employee says she’s got a lot of responsibility on her hands.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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BET Launching New Daily Show-Style Satire Starring Former CNN Anchor T.J. Holmes

by Jorge Rivas on April 12 2012, 5:45PM

Former CNN weekend anchor T.J. Holmes will host a late night comedic news show on BET later this year.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Oprah Wants to Talk to Zimmerman: ‘Justice Needs to be Served’

by Jorge Rivas on March 29 2012, 2:15PM

“It is a tragedy and it is a shame that we’re sitting here 33 days later and there hasn’t been an arrest, or questioning of what actually happened,” Oprah said recently about the Trayvon Martin case.

Topics: Media, /NOW Blog, Trayvon Martin

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Comedian W. Kamau Bell Gets His Own Chris Rock-Produced FX Series

by Jorge Rivas on March 28 2012, 3:28PM

Bell is best known for his one-man act, “The W. Kamau Bell Curve Show: Ending Racism In About An Hour” and for telling the very first joke about Barack Obama on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend” back in 2005.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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‘Nutella Face Paint’ That’s What MTV Calls Blackface Incident on ‘Battle of the Exes’ [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on March 8 2012, 4:36PM

On Wednesday night’s episode of the MTV reality challenge show “Battle Of The Exes” the last black contestant almost went home not because he lost a challenge but because his own teammate/ex-girlfriend mocked him with “one of the most offensive pranks” in MTV Challenge history

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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New York’s WNBC is Getting Rid of Anchorwoman Sue Simmons After 32 years

by Jorge Rivas on March 7 2012, 4:51PM

After more than three decades, NBC’s New York affiliate WNBC/Channel 4 is getting rid of anchorwoman Sue Simmons.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Don Francisco and ‘George Jefferson’ Join Television Academy Hall of Fame

by Jorge Rivas on March 1 2012, 11:20AM

Actor Sherman Hemsley who played George Jefferson in “The Jeffersons” and Spanish-language variety show host Mario Kreutzberger, aka “Don Francisco,” will be inducted in to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Lead in ‘2 Broke Girls,’ Sitcom Accused of Being Anti-Asian, Makes Out with Asian Dude [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 28 2012, 4:44PM

CBS’s Monday night sitcom “Two Broke Girls” has received a lot criticism for an Asian character that goes by Hans on the show because his role is loosely based on stereotypes.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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ABC Announces One of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Most Diverse Casts: ‘Steve Urkel,’ Sherri Shepherd and William Levy

by Jorge Rivas on February 28 2012, 12:31PM

Two words for you: STEVE URKEL.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Magic Johnson is Bringing ‘Soul Train’ Back [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 22 2012, 4:21PM

Magic Johnson, who once appeared on “Soul Train” himself, is bringing the show back to television.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Magic Johnson to Launch 24-hour Channel with ‘Uplifting Images of African Americans’

by Jorge Rivas on February 21 2012, 2:06PM

Magic Johnson is preparing to launch Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a focus on what Johnson called positive, uplifting images of African Americans.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Pat Buchanan: Days as Analyst at MSNBC Have ‘Come to an End’

by Jorge Rivas on February 17 2012, 11:12AM

In an essay, he cited “an incessant clamor from the left” as the reason for his departure.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Actress Lisa Chan Apologizes for Anti-Chinese Hoekstra Ad

by Jorge Rivas on February 16 2012, 9:51AM

Lisa Chan, the 21-year-old actress who appeared in Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra’s anti-Chinese campaign released an apology Wednesday.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Politics

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Ads Airing on Fox News: Keep ‘Legal’ Immigrants Out Too [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 15 2012, 1:50PM

A conservative group has launched a campaign to get the Federal government to limit the number of foreign workers that are allowed to enter the country with worker visas.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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