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EXCLUSIVE: Rosie Perez is joining Bryan Cranston in the upcoming second and final season of Showtime’s Your Honor, in a major recurring role.

EXCLUSIVE: Winter State Entertainment is currently in post-production on ROAF, a feature-length doc on the life of Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Roaf, which will examine his civil rights activism throughout his time in the National Football League.

City slicker Jennifer Lawrence embraced the farm girl look as she stepped out to grab breakfast in New York City on Thursday.The Academy Award winner, 31, donned a pair of dark blue overalls that she wore over a yellow t-shirt.She walked in a pair of red sandals, and she protected her eyes with rose-colored sunglasses. Country girl:Jennifer Lawrence looked rustic when she stepped out to grab breakfast in New York City on ThursdayThe American Hustle actress parted her long blonde hair in the middle, and it fell down nearly to her navel.

ESSENCE Festival of Culture’s concert series featured the past, present and future of R&B/Soul music.With Tiffany Haddish and Kenny Burns commanding the stage, the hilarious duo introduced the extremely talented Summer Walker shortly before 9:30pm, on what became an amazing evening in New Orleans. The singer – who sported a beautiful baby bump – came out to her song “Say My Name,” which the crowd recited word for word.

ESSENCE Festival of Culture reteurned to its full, in-person glory on-the-ground in New Orleans, and with it came hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world converging to express and experience Black Joy en masse. As always, big names in entertainment showed up and showed out for the duration of the weekend, turning up across the grounds and experiences dressed to the nines and ready to push the culture forward.

ESSENCE Festival, Haitian-American actor and producer Jean Elie has a smile on his face neither you nor I, nor immense jet lag could wipe off. The star, who most know for his role as Issa Dee’s witty brother Ahmal on HBO’s Insecure, is floating on cloud nine. He has a new series he’s producing and starring in, and he’s newly engaged.

DOMi & JD Beck have announced details of new album ‘NOT TiGHT’, featuring their label boss Anderson .Paak alongside Mac DeMarco, Snoop Dogg and more.The jazz duo will release their new album on July 29 via .Paak’s new label APESHIT, and they collaborate with their label boss on first single ‘TAKE A CHANCE’, out today (July 6).Elsewhere on the 15-track album, DOMi & JD Beck will collaborate with Thundercat, Herbie Hancock, Busta Rhymes and more.Watch the video for Anderson .Paak collaboration ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ and see the album’s full tracklist below.1. ‘LOUNA’S Intro’ 2. ‘WHATUP’ 3. ‘SMiLE’ 4. ‘BOWLiNG’ (feat. Thundercat) 5. ‘NOT TiGHT’ 6. ‘TWO SHRiMPS’ (feat. Mac DeMarco) 7. ‘U DON’T HAVE TO ROB ME’ 8. ‘MOON’ (feat. Herbie Hancock) 9. ‘DUKE’ 10. ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ (feat. Anderson .Paak) 11. ‘SPACE MOUNTAiN’ 12. ‘PiLOT’ (feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak) 13. ‘WHOA’ (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel) 14. ‘SniFF’ 15. ‘THANK U’In a recent Radar interview with NME, the pair discussed how they met Anderson .Paak and ended up signing to his label.“We discovered each other on Instagram and then finally met in New Orleans in 2019 when we were touring in Thundercat‘s band,” DOMi explained.

Michael B. Jordan was all smiles as he attended a Fourth of July party in Malibu, California, over the weekend. The 35-year-old actor -- who split from Lori Harvey in June -- seemed chill as he hung out with his friends at the event.

Bryan Cranston has confirmed that Your Honor, the Showtime legal drama in which he stars, will end with season two.The actor revealed the news while speaking to Dax Shephard on his Armchair Expert podcast.“I am [currently] preparing for the second and last season of Your Honor, which is a limited series that I did for Showtime,” said Cranston. “As they tell me, it got higher ratings than any other series they’ve ever had — and so, one more season of that.”Originally billed as a limited series, season one of Your Honor saw Cranston star as a respected New Orleans judge whose teenage son was involved in a hit-and-run, leading to an entanglement with an organised crime family.In addition to Cranston, the first season also starred Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name), Hunter Doohan (Truth Be Told) Hope Davis (Love Life), Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Showtime’s Your Honor will end after its upcoming season, series star Bryan Cranston said today in an interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. Filming on Season 2 has just started, with Joey Hartstone, who was a writer on Season 1, as new showrunner, Deadline has learned. Additionally, I hear Keith Machekanyanga, who recurred heavily as Lil Mo in the first installment, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.

ESSENCE Festival this year. Machel Montano, Kes The Band, and Wyclef Jean had some amazing sets that were full of surprises.Following the Grammy Award-nominated singer Mickey Guyton, the Trinidadian soca group Kes The Band rocked the crowd and sang many of their hits. In what was a dance filled set, they performed many of their hits.

Joe Manganiello recalls the time he learned Sofia Vergara was single. The actor appeared on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show to promote his new series Moonhaven. During their conversation, Manganiello opened up about the time he showed Vergara his People magazine placement as “Number One Bachelor in the World.”Manganiello also revealed that Jess Cagle gave him a heads up that Vergara was single.

Moving on! Meghan King is dating business mogul Trevor Colhoun less than one year after ending her whirlwind marriage to Cuffe Owens.

nugs.net, according to Rolling Stone.The collection spans almost five decades and includes performances from Springsteen’s 1975 “Born to Run Tour,” 2005 “Devils & Dust Tour,” 2014 “High Hopes Tour” and more. The 72-year-old singer’s content was previously available exclusively for purchase as downloads or CDs. Now, the archives will be available in standard or hi-resolution, 24-bit MQA audio quality formats. Fans will be able to listen to the collection on iOS and Android devices, Sonos setups, desktop browsers, and all AirPlay and Chromecast devices.The streaming site itself has been recording Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shows since 2014 and will be expanding the series over the next five months with their content. The additional expansion will include a 1978 performance at The Roxy, a post-Hurricane Katrina show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2006 and concerts from 2017 in New Zealand. “When Bruce’s management came to us in 2014, they said Bruce had heard the recordings fans were making and posting on YouTube and knew there was a better way to bring higher quality live recordings direct to fans,” Brad Serling, nugs.net founder and CEO, said in a release.To stream the series, a membership to nugs.net is required.

Nicki Minaj has seemingly taken aim at Kanye West during her performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans over the weekend.The performance, which took place on Friday night (July 1), was Minaj’s first in-person live performance in around three years. A portion of the set was dedicated to a medley of Minaj’s early guest verses that originally saw the rise in her profile – including Young Money’s ‘Bedrock’ and Drake‘s ‘Make Me Proud’.

Frank Ocean singing at his high school graduation – check out the video below.The recently surfaced video shows Ocean singing at his 2005 high school graduation in New Orleans.The video begins with another graduate introducing Ocean — born Christopher Breaux – before he takes the mic and leads his class and the audience in singing the John Ehret High School Alma Mater.Check out the moment here:Last month, there were reports that Ocean is reportedly set to direct his debut movie, with independent studio A24 in talks to distribute the project.According to Discussing Film, A24 – the company behind Uncut Gems and Everything Everywhere All At Once – and another production company, 2AM, are both in line to work on the unnamed project.Ocean has a connection to A24, having licensed his music to a number of the studio’s films in the past – including Waves, which featured his songs ‘Godspeed’ and ‘Seigfried’ – and wrote the foreword to a published version of Moonlight in 2019.A24’s previous link-ups with musicians include a production deal with Travis Scott in 2021, with Scott’s company Cactus Jack signing up for a series of films.It was also reported in 2020 that Ocean had been working on a “secret” project with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. No further details about the potential plot, cast or release date of Ocean’s latest potential film have been confirmed yet.Despite being confirmed for Coachella 2023, the last glimpse of new music from Ocean came on Christmas Day last year, when he shared a new song on his Apple Music show, Blonded Radio.Ocean added that the new song, which appears to be untitled, was recorded in a single take with Cory Henry in summer 2020.

Lori Harvey spent the weekend in New Orleans for Essence Fest, taking to Instagram to share her love for New Orleans cuisine.The 25-year-old model took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing snaps from her New Orleans trip over the weekend.She was seen rocking the denim look while speaking on stage at the Essence Festival of Culture at theErnest N. Morial Convention Center on Friday.

Issa Rae continued to enjoy her time in New Orleans on Sunday as she attended the 2022 Crown Awards.The 37-year-old multihyphenate showed off her impeccable fashion sense in a light blue shorts set.She commanded attention with her flawless visage on full display as she pulled her hair back. Active: Issa Rae continued to enjoy her time in New Orleans on Sunday as she attended the 2022 Crown AwardsIssa, a Los Angeles native, spent her weekend in Louisiana as she appeared at the annual Essence Festival of Culture.As she spoke at the event she joked, 'I apologize for my energy this morning.

Tiffany Haddish looked like a princess as she attended a Disney panel discussion at the Essence Festival of Culture on Sunday in New Orleans.The 42-year-old looked striking in a bright yellow dress with elbow length sleeves and a high waist.The Grammy winner paired the flowing A-line frock with matching sandals.Her blonde hair was closely cropped and she accented the look with large gold earrings. Royal treatment:Tiffany Haddish, 42, looked like a princess as she attended a Disney panel discussion at the Essence Festival of Culture Sunday in New OrleansThe multi-talented actress has recently completed production on the Disney film, The Haunted Mansion, which is expected to be released next year.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Garcelle Beauvais looked absolutely beautiful in a partially open white button-down, which she paired with a long orange leather skirt, atTarget's Essence Festival Of Culture in New Orleans.While attending the star-studded bash, the reality star, 55, oozed glamour as she mingled with her celebrity pals as she rocked a quilted beige bag, gold bangle bracelets and a pair of open-toed platform sandals.The mother-of-three's straight dark hair looked perfectly sleek and she sported a radiant makeup look, consisting of bronzer,a shimmery eyeshadow, pink lip gloss and blush for a youthful glow. Glamorous: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Garcelle Beauvais looked absolutely beautiful in a partially open white button-down, which she paired with a long orange leather skirt, at Target's Essence Festival Of Culture in New OrleansAfter posing for a few solo photos, she was seen chatting with actressNia Long, who put on a leggy display in a pair of white linen shorts, light blue blazer and heels.

Lori Harvey is enjoying the sights and eats in New Orleans! The model and beauty mogul took to Instagram to share photos of her trip to The Big Easy and her carousel of photos looks delicious. Harvey captioned her post on Sunday, «I love New Orleans food,» alongside the salivating emoji. In the first photo, she is taking a bite out of a praline from Loretta's, a local pastry shop in the area. In the rest of the images, you see Harvey eating baked oysters, a variety of seafood and playing tourist in the French Quarter. A post shared by Lori Harvey (@loriharvey)Lori was in the Birthplace of Jazz for the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans. She was a speaker at the yearly convention held at the Caesars Superdome.  Last month, Michael B.