Lifetime has set the first titles in Toni Braxton’s multi-picture deal adapting the R&B icon’s signature hits for the screen, beginning with a feature based on Braxton B2000 smash “He Wasn’t Man Enough.” Braxton stars in the film as Mel Montgomery, a bestselling author blindsided when her boyfriend Richard (Thomas Cadrot) ends their relationship—only for […]
Brooklyn drill rapper Sheff G, real name Michael Williams, was sentenced to five years in prison on Oct. 1 after pleading guilty to second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy charges tied to gang violence in Brooklyn. He will serve five years of supervised release after prison. Prosecutors said Williams used earnings from his music career to […]
Lionel Richie is offering a candid portrait of his late friend Michael Jackson, including the pop icon’s lapses in personal hygiene, in his new memoir, Truly. Reflecting on Jackson’s life after going solo, Richie writes that the star’s routine could be “eccentric—like an absent-minded professor but still a kid.” Richie says producer Quincy Jones nicknamed […]
More than a decade after launching Serena Ventures without a mentor of her own, Serena Williams is stepping in to guide the next wave of entrepreneurs. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has joined Reckitt Catalyst—the British hygiene company’s social-impact investment program—as an entrepreneur-in-residence, mentoring U.S.-based founders building health and hygiene solutions. The role aligns with […]