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Reverend Run Builds Playground in the Bronx

Queens-bred rapper turned preacher Reverend Run, who’s also the star of MTV’s “Run’s House,” and his wife, Justine, got down and dirty for a good cause—building playgrounds in the neighborhoods that need them the most.
Today, the Simmonses teamed with KaBOOM, Kool-Aid and The Odyssey House  to lend a helping hand in the Bronx, New York, [...]

Bishop Denies Abuse: ‘I Walked Away That Night’

The husband of evangelist Juanita Bynum held a press conference Friday at his Duluth Church to tell the world he is not an abuser of women.
Thomas W. Weeks, 40, also a preacher, said he felt compelled to speak his peace after his famous wife announced to the public recently that she was “the new face [...]

Charges Against Husband Put New Focus on Televangelist

 Juanita Bynum is known and admired by thousands as a fiery evangelist whose no-nonsense, lead-by-less-than-perfect-example message of self-improvement was seemingly illustrated by her fairy-tale marriage to a man who also is a widely known minister.
The romance, which included a million-dollar wedding, became a nightmare last week when Thomas W. Weeks III was charged with choking [...]

R. Kelly Revisits the Closet

 
R. Kelly is to issue 10 new instalments of his cult video series “Trapped In The Closet.”
The original “hip-hopera” became a huge hit two years ago, especially in the U.S. where the DVD sold almost 250,000 copies.
Following the story of a man named Sylvester (Kelly), the drama featured 12 cliffhanger episodes with bizarre plot twists [...]

€Mama, I Want To Sing!’ € The Movie

Film adaptation of gospel musical to star Ciara, Patti LaBelle and Lynn Whitfield.
 

CodeBlack Entertainment is producing a feature film version of Vy Higginsen’s 80s stage play “Mama, I Want to Sing!” that will star R&B standout Ciara opposite co-stars Patti LaBelle and Lynn Whitfield, reports Variety.
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      The Off-Broadway gospel musical, based on the true story [...]