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Don Lemon is speaking out. Two months after the news personality was fired by CNN, he granted his first sit-down interview to ABC24 Memphis and opened up his next professional moves.«I'm not gonna force anything. I'm not gonna let other people's timelines influence me,» he said.

Two months after he was fired from CNN, Don Lemon hinted that the network let him go because he wasn’t in interested in “platforming liars” on his show.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Culture’s Biggest Night is here. The 2023 BET Awards returns to Los Angeles’s Microsoft Theatre this Sunday, June 25. While the ceremony has previously been open to the public, this year’s event will be closed to nominees and select guests, meaning people will have to tune into the live broadcast in order to catch the evening’s high-wattage performances and honors. The ceremony will broadcast live on BET at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET and will also simulcast on Logo, MTV, MTV2, TV Land and VH1. Cable-cutters can also catch the event live and on-demand through live TV streamers such as DirecTV Stream, FuboTV and Sling TV.

fired from the news network, saying he doesn’t “have to be in a rush” to return to TV.Speaking to ABC’s Memphis affiliate ABC24, Lemon said that he is going to take his time to figure what his future holds and spent the next several months away from the cameras.“I’m not gonna force anything,” Lemon said. “I’m not gonna let other people’s timeline influence me. I know people say, ‘I miss you on television.

Some of country music's biggest crooners also hold the title of devoting dad. To mark the holiday, some posted to their social media about being proud papas, while others got some love from their partners with sweet family photos.  Many stars were recently gathered in Nashville for CMA Fest, where Jason Aldean and Keith Urban told Fox News Digital about their unique Father's Day plans, emphasizing how much they just wanted to be with their family. "My Father's Day plans are always the same man - I want to wake up, hangout with my kids, maybe grill out, watch them swim in the pool, and watch some baseball.

Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies’ guard who is among the NBA’s most dynamic players, has been suspended without pay by the league for 25 games after repeatedly brandishing a gun on social media. Pro rated, the suspension will cost Morant $10.2 million of his $33.5 million annual salary. It will also cost the Grizzlies, who came in second in the Western Conference last year, their best player for a good chunk of the 82-game season.

Thania Garcia Former Three 6 Mafia rapper Gangsta Boo died of an accidental overdose, according to a report by Fox 13. The Memphis artist (born Lola Mitchell) had fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol in her system when she was found dead at her home in January. Mitchell was discovered unresponsive at her mother’s home in Memphis and pronounced dead at the scene. She was 43. Following her death, Boo’s mother addressed her daughter’s death in a statement. “The Mitchell family would like to thank everyone for their condolences regarding the untimely death of Lola ‘Gangsta Boo’ Mitchell,” she said. “The family is asking for your continued prayers and privacy as we process the loss of our loved one.”

Diana: The Musical is headed to the West End and will star Loose Women panellist Denise Welch as Queen Elizabeth II as she makes a return to the theatre.

Three 6 Mafia – was pronounced dead at the start of the year, after she was found unresponsive in her Memphis home on New Year’s Day. She was aged 43.Now, the cause of death for the artist, whose real name is Lola Mitchell, has been revealed.According to an autopsy report, the rapper died of an accidental overdose.

Actor John Amos is receiving medical attention in Tennessee after officials in Colorado confirmed the "Good Times" actor "could be a victim of a crime." "We take allegations of crimes very seriously," the Custer County Sheriff's Office said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "We can confirm that an allegation was made to the Custer County Sheriff's Office that Mr. Amos could be a victim of a crime." They added, "We are thoroughly investigating that allegation and have consulted with our partners at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Department of Human Services.

Thania Garcia Following the release of two back-to-back chart-topping albums last summer (“Honestly, Nevermind” and his and 21 Savage’s joint “Her Loss”), Drake has scored seven BET Awards nominations for the 2023 show slated to take place on June 25 in Los Angeles. Memphis rapper Glorilla nearly meets him at a tie, clocking in with six recognitions as the 2022 winner of BET’s breakthrough hip-hop artist of the year. Among his nominations, Drake is up for best group alongside 21 Savage, best collaboration with Future and Tems for their radio favorite “Wait for U,” and album of the year for “Her Loss.” Glorilla competes with Drake in the best collaboration category twice — once for her feature with HItkidd (“F.N.F. Let’s Go”) and Cardi B (“Tomorrow 2”). The Memphis rapper is also up for album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great.”

Pixies have announced a new UK and European tour, in which they will celebrate their ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’ albums.The tour is set to kick off in Spring 2024, and will see the alt-rock icons perform their third studio album ‘Bossanova’ (1990) and follow-up ‘Trompe Le Monde’ album (1991) in full.‘Bossanova’ was introduced by the singles “Velouria” and “Dig for Fire“, and marked the first LP following the success of their hit second album ‘Doolittle’. It also was the first to feature no songs written by bassist Kim Deal, as she formed her other band The Breeders around the time it was written.‘Trompe Le Monde’ arrived the following year, and featured four singles: ‘Planet Of Sound’, ‘Alec Eiffel’, ‘Letter To Memphis’ and ‘Head On’.

Back in March, Atlanta rapper and producer Kenny Mason shared 3, a three-song EP. There wasn't a skippable song in the bunch, but the opening track "100 Or Nun" featuring Tony Shhnow would have to be the best one (though it did take some time to grow on me, as I told Shhnow during a recent episode of The FADER Interview).

Yousef Srour Moneybagg Yo is preparing to be the South’s next mogul. His face is pasted on four different flavors of Rap Snacks, he has his own line of VIOR alkaline water, and he runs his own record label, Bread Gang Entertainment.  At 31, the Memphis-born rapper — whose new mixtape, “Hard to Love,” dropped today — still remembers the hustle of releasing his first one back in 2012, “From Da Block 2 Da Booth.” “We were writing on my CDs,” Moneybagg (real name: DeMario DeWayne White Jr.) recalls. “We were passing them out and getting posters and pullovers and anything we thought was going to put in the groundwork.” Raised on Juvenile and Three 6 Mafia, ‘Bagg has looked to ‘90s hip-hop royalty to cultivate his own ambitions as an entrepreneur. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers! Even though the season came to an end a while back The Cavs played playoff basketball for the first time in years. With the craziness of the 2023 NBA playoffs, many top teams have been dethroned. Milwaukee, Memphis, and the most recent one in the Boston Celtics.

EXCLUSIVE: Doug Herbert and George Poteet are two land speed racers who are competing to see who can next break the existing record and they’re now set to be the subjects of a new docuseries.

. “I knew it was gunshots because it rings around the city like church bells on a regular basis.

Almost exactly a year ago, GloRilla dropped 2022’s song of the summer: “FNF (Let’s Go),” a track with Hitkidd that made the Memphis artist one of rap’s hottest new talents and ended up ranked at No. 3 on our Best Songs of 2022 list.

Priscilla Presley requested to be buried next to her soulmate Elvis Presley during the negotiations with granddaughter Riley Keough, following the controversial legal battle that recently came to an end, after both parties reached a settlement and announced to be “happy” with their decision. And while the settlement has been kept private, a source confirmed to Us Weekly that Priscilla wanted to be laid to rest next to her former husband at his Graceland estate.

Lawrence Matthews (fka Don Lifted) has shared his first single of the year and — perhaps more importantly — the first song he’s released under his given name. “Green Grove (Our Loss)” is a tapestry of a track, weaving elements of hip-hop, soul, and breezy acoustic rock into a striking work of art.

reached a settlement over Lisa Marie Presley’s trust, but Priscilla Presley reportedly wanted more.The late Lisa Marie’s mother and daughter were formerly not talking about a dispute over her estate, but legal counsel reached a settlement Tuesday at a Los Angeles courthouse.However, while TMZ said that Lisa Marie’s estate paid her mother Priscilla, 77, an undisclosed yet large amount of money to settle the dispute, the outlet is now reporting that she wanted more.Sources with “direct knowledge” told TMZ that Priscilla lost out on a big ask — a burial spot next to her ex-husband Elvis Presley.Elvis is buried at Graceland, his Memphis estate, but there are already two gravesites next to him — his mother and father — so if Priscilla were to get a spot next to Elvis, someone would have to move.“Although I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon. It is my family’s and my wish for me to be laid to rest with my daughter and the love of my life when that time comes.

Ja Morant, one of the NBA’s bright young stars, was suspended today by the Memphis Grizzlies after he was shown holding a gun, the second such incident this year for him.

Heeeere’s Jack! Jack Nicholson made a rare public appearance at a star-studded Los Angeles Lakers game.

2023 Met Gala for Kim Kardashian to make a fashion statement. On Monday, the reality star showed up to the Los Angeles Lakers playoff game against the Golden State Warriors wearing an «I Love Nerds» T-shirt.The 42-year-old mother of four was joined by her mom, Kris Jenner, her mom's boyfriend, Corey Gamble, and fashion designer Sarah Staudinger. The group sat courtside as the Lakers went on to beat the Warriors 104-101.Khloe Kardashian's family has been supporting the Lakers and her ex, Tristan Thompson, since the 32-year-old NBA star was recently traded to the team. Last month, Kim joined her 7-year-old son, Saint West, Kris, and Cory at the game against the Memphis Grizzlies at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

The Italian premieres of Cannes Film Festival opener Jeanne du Barry starring Johnny Depp and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny will be among the international highlights of the 69th Taormina Film Festival which gave a taster of its line-up at press conference in Rome on Tuesday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Orville Peck may be nervous about bringing drag queens onstage during his concerts in red states, but he refuses to let fear get in the way of fighting for LGBTQ rights. “We played Knoxville, and we did Memphis, and we played a few places in Tennessee and just the South in general. And I doubled down, and I had a drag queen come out in the middle of the show, and I would do a big speech,” Peck tells me. “To me, drag is extremely important not just because a lot of my lovely dear friends do it,” he continues. “It’s a cornerstone of not just gay culture but gay civil rights. It is literally why I have the ability to be an openly gay man in country music. Was I scared? Yes, but I did it anyway because sometimes you just have to do something no matter what.”

the station said in a news story posted on its website.The gunman fled to a neighboring restaurant while the police search continued. The Commercial Appeal reported, the suspect locked himself in bathroom of the restaurant and went live on Facebook.“I need to talk to the news people.

The Memphis Grizzlies have informed Dillon Brooks that they will not bring back the small forward when he enters free agency, The Athletic reports. Brooks became a controversial figure in the postseason for his comments targeting LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, who he dismissed as "old." "I poke bears," Brooks said after the Grizzlies won game 2 of the first round of the 2023 Playoffs against the Lakers.

They doubted him. They trash-talked him. They flagrantly fouled him.

Jack Nicholson was in the building for Game 6 Friday night, returning to his usual courtside spot (though without his usual sunglasses). Nicholson has been a proud Lakers season-ticket holder since 1970. Check out this compilation the NBA put together of some of the stars at Friday night’s game, including Larry David, “Red Hot Chili Peppers” bassist Flea, Adele (girlfriend of LeBron James’ longtime agent Rich Paul) and Dr.

LL Cool J has revealed his first headline tour in 30 years – featuring the likes of The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt-N-Pepa and many more.The F.O.R.C.E. Live, standing for Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy, Live tour is set to commence on  June 25 in Boston at TD Garden.

Adele and boyfriend Rich Paul are enjoying a night out!

Tabloid reports of Jack Nicholson’s “sad last days” received a smackdown on Friday night when the legendary Oscar winner returned to his court-side seat in L.A.’s Crypto.com Stadium to watch his beloved Los Angeles Lakers take on the Memphis Grizzlies.

Jack Nicholson is back where he belongs, in the house that Kobe built sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game!The Oscar-winning actor made a rare public appearance Friday night for Game 6 of the Lakers' first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. It was his first Lakers game since the 2021 season opener on Oct.

Jack Nicholson is back and better than ever.  The legendary Hollywood actor was all smiles during the Los Angeles Lakers versus Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series.  The 86-year-old Laker’s superfan returned courtside with his lookalike son Ray to cheer on their favorite team.The father-son duo made the rare appearance after two years since the last season’s opening game in October 2021. "The Shining" star donned a dark plaid blazer with a black dress shirt underneath.

If there was any question how important tonight’s playoff Game 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies was for the Lakers, one need look no further than a certain iconic court-side seat.