'Insecure' and 'Send Help' Star Jean Elie Gets Engaged to Randall Bailey -- See the Pics

all Americans, and we want to deliver authentic, compelling and truthful stories to them.”The four-part docuseries aims to recount the origins of the art form through the voices who were there at the beginning, creating an anthology of how the genre became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of U.S. history through intimate interviews and archival footage.“PBS is excited to join with Chuck D, Lorrie Boula and BBC Music to bring this illuminating project to audiences across our platforms,” said Bill Gardner, Vice President of Multiplatform Programming and Head of Development for PBS.

Zack Sharf Chris Rock addressed the infamous Will Smith slap more directly than ever during a recent comedy show at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey (via US Weekly). The comedian is currently touring the country along with Kevin Hart. Rock said he is not a victim, but he did joke that it hurt getting slapped by Will Smith on the Oscars stage.“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock said, later adding, “I’m not a victim.

Will Smith, Chris Rock has addressed the incident. The star was performing at Madison Square Gardens in New York when he made an unsubtle comment regarding the altercation which happened in March after Chris joked about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair loss. MORE: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett's summer plans - all we know Chris was on stage alongside Kevin Hart and Dave Chapelle when he said: "Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face," according to ET Online.WATCH: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the OscarsChris elaborated during his set the following day at when during a segment about overly senstive people, US Weekly reported that he said: “I’m not a victim."The statement comes days after Kevin - who is friends with both Will and Chris - spoke to Entertainment Tonight and said: "Will is apologetic, you know, he's in a better space, of course, than what he was after."People are human and as humans sometimes we make mistakes. So it's not about talking about the past, it's about acknowledging the present and doing your best to move forward."MORE: Chris Rock makes huge career announcement after Will Smith Oscars altercationMORE: Will Smith features in video as son Jaden celebrates his birthday Kevin continued: "I can only hope that the two of them find a way to find some solace in that and move past it … I still love him, I still love Chris, and, you know, you can’t judge a person by one thing.

smacked by Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards while headlining standup shows in New York and New Jersey over the weekend. “Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock, 57, declared while performing headline alongside Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle at Madison Square Garden Saturday, ET Online reported.Elsewhere during the event Hart had brought a live goat onstage and introduced it as “Will Smith.”Rock elaborated during his set the following day at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ, during a bit in which he riffed about people being overly sensitive, US Magazine reported.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentShimada Yoko, the Japanese actor who earned a Golden Globe for her role as Mariko in 1980s miniseries ‘Shogun,’ has died, age 69.Japanese media reported that she died of multiple organ failure due to colorectal cancer, in a Tokyo hospital on Monday (July 25, 2022).Born in 1953 in Kumamoto, a city on the southern island of Kyushu, Shimada made her TV debut in the 1970 drama “Osanazuma.” She became popular in the 1970s playing pure and virtuous types on TV and in films, including the 1974 hit “The Castle of Sand.”Despite limited English-language skills, she had one of the few English-speaking roles in “Shogun” when she was cast in the role of Mariko (aka Lady Toda Buntaro), the love interest of Richard Chamberlain’s shipwrecked British navigator turned samurai. Nevertheless, her portrayal as an aristocratic woman who dies saving her foreign lover’s life earned Shimada her first and only Golden Globe.

Social media blasted TBS host Samantha Bee in honor of her show’s cancellation on Monday. In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, TBS announced that the show would not return for the fall season.  "’Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,’ will not return to TBS.  We are proud to have been the home to ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ and thank Sam, and the rest of the Emmy-nominated team for their groundbreaking work," TBS explained.

Shawn Mendes was all smiles at the beach over the weekend. In new photos shared by, the «Stitches» singer was spotted, shirtless, walking barefoot along the Santa Monica strand as he made his way to the water with some friends.Partially coated in sand, Mendes kept it simple, wearing black swim shorts, while his friends went for a more covered-up look.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorGenres — and romantic entanglements — collide in L.A.-set “Love and Noraebang,” billed as the first K-drama/telenovela podcast series.The series, which debuted this week, stars Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat”), Justin H. Min (“The Umbrella Academy”) and Francia Raísa (“How I Met Your Father,” “Grown-ish”).Set in modern-day Los Angeles, the rom-com chronicles the whirlwind romance between the heir to a Korean chaebol, Jaesun (Min), and Ana (Raísa), a Mexican American entrepreneur whose love is pushed to the limits. After months of innocent flirting — and one passionate karaoke session, a.k.a.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWhen Jo Koy was starting out as a stand-up comic, he would spend hours making flyers at Kinko’s and putting them on car windshields in mall parking lots to hawk his latest gig.“I used to get in trouble with the security guards,” Koy remembers. “I was the annoying guy who would do anything to promote himself.”Three decades, three Netflix specials and hundreds of sold-out engagements later, Koy is continuing to hustle as he works to draw attention for “Easter Sunday,” Universal’s upcoming comedy based on his Filipino American family.But this time he’s moving far beyond photocopying: At his shows, Koy has been sharing a trailer from “Easter Sunday” and urging audience members to buy tickets using an interactive QR code displayed on large-format screens that surround the stage.

15 Most Wanted list.According to a press release, the Marshals Service is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the capture of Michael Anthony Baltimore. Other law enforcement agencies have also offered cash rewards for Michael's arrest.The one-time reality TV star is wanted for assault, homicide and parole violation charges after he allegedly shot and killed a man named Kendell Jerome Cook in a Carlisle, Penn., barbershop that the victim owned.

Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods) and Linus Roache (Batman Begins) have been cast opposite Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey and Allison Williams in Showtime’s limited series Fellow Travelers.

Juliette Porter debuts her JMP The Label swim line at Miami Swim Week on Saturday (July 16) in Miami, Fla.

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Season 3 of Apple TV+’s animated comedy Central Park will premiere Sept. 9. It will feature original cast member Kristen Bell who is rejoining the series as a new character, Abby, Paige’s (Katherine Hahn) little sister. (first-look image above)

Angelique Jackson Lee Daniels has tapped Omar Epps, Demi Singleton, Miss Lawrence and Anthony B. Jenkins to join the cast of his upcoming exorcism thriller “The Deliverance” for Netflix.The group joins previously announced stars Andra Day, Glenn Close, Mo’Nique, Aunjanue Ellis, Caleb McLaughlin and Tasha Smith in the film, which is inspired by a terrifying true story.

 alum Jean Elie proposed to his longtime girlfriend Randall Bailey last month while on vacation in Greece.As the Haitian-American actor and producer explained to it was hard picking the perfect moment to pop the question because he «didn't want to do it at the top because I felt like it was corny.» «I was sweating bullets all day because I knew I wanted to propose on our way to Mykonos,» he shared. «I didn't want to do it out the shower because I thought that was corny, and I was like, 'Do I want to do it at dinner?' I was like, 'I don't want to do it at dinner either.'»Eventually, the actor found the special moment while the two were enjoying drinks and fireworks unexpectedly began going off over the ocean. «I said, this is beautiful.