PATTY JACKSONS 4-1-1 WEEK ENDING: March 7th, 2014 The long term movie deal between Lionsgate Films and Tyler Perry is coming to an end. For years, Perry partnered with Lionsgate to distribute his films, and the deal was quite lucrative. So what happened? Three words Oprah and “Madea.” Lionsgate was a big fan of the Madea franchise, but Perry has wanted to move away from that image. Lionsgate was also not thrilled about Perrys growing interests and work on Oprah Winfreys cable outlet OWN. Perry has several shows on the network, including an occasional talk show. Who will distribute Perrys movies now? Right now his latest, Lionsgates movie, which opens in theatres on May 14th, is Single Moms Club with Nia Long .Speaking of Nia, shes been on a roll. First, shes fresh from the $70 million-plus success of The Best Man Holiday, which is now on DVD. Next, shes Tyler Perrys leading lady in The Single Moms Club. And, shes this months Essence magazine covergirl. Meanwhile, TD Jakes is on the cover of Aprils Ebony magazine. Taraji P. Henson is also doing her thing. The actress has a new movie coming out in June (Think Like A Man Too), a fall FOX TV drama (Empire) and another film this September with Idris Elba ( No Good Deeds). Finally, Henson will make her debut as the new host The 14th Annual BET Celebration Of Gospel, which will feature performances by Donnie McClurkin, Tye Tribbett, Ruben Studdard, India.Arie, SWV and Kem. There will also be a special tribute to Gospel Music Pioneer Richard Smallwood. The show airs on BET Sunday, April 6th. The VH1 network has cancelled Single Ladies. The Queen Latifah produced drama starred Denise Vasi, Charity Shea, LeToya Luckett, D.B. Woodside and Lisa Raye. The show started big but ended up a minor hit. There was no buzz on the show and too much internal fighting on the set about who was the star sealed its fate. Dancing With The Stars: the season 18 cast is here! Candace Cameron Bure (TVs Full House), Danica McKellar (TVs Wonder Years), Comedian & Price Is Right Host Drew Carey, Star Wars & Lady Sings The Blues Legend Billy Dee Williams and NeNe Leakes from The Real Housewives Of Atlanta. Can NeNe dance, or will she try to fight the other contestants? She definitely cant bring that Housewives attitude to this show, or those judges will cut her off. And, what about Billy Dee Williams? He wouldnt be the oldest contestant ever. Remember former Contestant Cloris Leachman was 82, but can Billy Dee do it at age 76? Williams is also known for using his slower-paced cool. Well see if that works. This new cast enters a very new Dancing show. First, theres a new band leader in the form of Ray Chew replacing Harold Wheeler and his 28-member band. FOX Sports Reporter Erin Andrews has replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host. Burke-Charvet did land on her feet within ABC. Shes landed a recurring role on ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey. Season 18 of Dancing With The Stars kicks off March 17th. This Sunday, March 9th at 10pm OWN presents Lindsay. This reality show/documentary series will chronicle the road to recovery for troubled Actress Lindsay Lohan. The show will also feature her parents. Welcome To Sweetie Pies starts a new season on March 15th on the OWN cable network as well. The show will continue to show the trials and tribulations of Ms. Robbie Montgomery, her family and their soul food business in St. Louis. In more OWN news, the life story of Darlene Love is coming to the cable station. Love is the famed background singer and actress who got her due later in life. Loves book, My Name Is Love, details her life as a background singer for the stars including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin and others. She was tied contractually to Music Legend Phil Spector, which delayed her career for many years. Love ventured into acting becoming famous for her role Danny Glovers wife in the Lethal Weapon movies. The book also discuses her love affair with Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers. Loves story is also chronicled in the Academy Award winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, which is out on DVD. The Darlene Love movie ill air on OWN later this year. The Women Of Soul will be at The White House. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host another installment of the concert series In Performance At The White House to air on PBS. Aretha Franklin, Jill Scott, Janelle Monae, Melissa Etheridge and Patti LaBelle are all scheduled to perform. Women Of Soul will air on PBS Monday, April 7th. The family of the late Whitney Houston continues to be at odds. This time its daughter Bobbi Kris husband/play brother Nick Gordon fighting her cousin, and Whitneys nephew, at a 16th birthday party. Published reports say this family function got out of control after cousin Gary Michael Houston claimed Gordon trashed the family publicly. The battle even continued on twitter. The 7th Annual Roots Picnic is happening Saturday, May 31st at the Festival Pier on Penns Landing. Hosted by The Roots, who are the newly installed House Band for the newly installed Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The Roots Picnic lineup includes Snoop Dogg, Janelle Monae and Jhene Aiko. Terry McMillans best selling novel A Day Late And A Dollar Short will air on Lifetime April 19th. The TV movie will follow the story of a dying mother as she tries to pull her family together before she passes. Whoopi Goldberg leads and all-star cast featuring Tichina Arnold, Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose and Ving Rhames. Speaking of Lifetime movies, A Trip to Bountiful will air this Saturday, March 8th. The movie is based on the Broadway play, which nabbed Cicely Tyson a Tony Award. Tyson will star in the movie version with Blair Underwood, Vanessa Williams and Keke Palmer Mary Mary graces the new issue of Jet magazine. Erica Campbells new solo gospel CD Help, is due out March 24th. Meanwhile, season three of Mary Mary’s reality show will deal with infidelity, fighting with their manager and Ericas voice problems. The show airs Thursdays at 9pm. Arsenio Hall got some great news from a one time TV rival. His late night talk show has been renewed for a second season, and none other than former competitor and Comedian Jay Leno delivered the news. In his first television appearance since stepping down from The Tonight Show, Leno surprised Hall and his audience by coming out on stage and announcing The Arsenio Hall Show has been renewed. Hall and Leno have known each other for over 30 years, but things turned sour 22 years ago. When Leno first took over Tonight, he competed with Halls previous show, and their fierce booking wars became Hollywood legend. Theyve since made up, but Leno couldnt resist joking that he was the new host of the second season of The Arsenio Hall Show. There will be a season number two for the BET smash drama Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union. Jada Pinkett Smith is returning to TV. She will be one of the stars of the FOX TV drama Gotham. Jada was last on TV with the show TNT drama Hawthorne. In Gotham, Jada will play a sadistic mob boss. In addition to her show, she will continue to be the executive producer of daytimes The Queen Latifah Show.
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