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Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network To Launch 2 New Tyler Perry Shows

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Oprah Winfrey and her OWN cable network are gearing up to debut two new scripted shows from writer and director Tyler Perry this coming May. Perry’s shows, one a drama and the other a sitcom, will be featured in back-to-back debut nights as part of OWN‘s original programming overhaul.  There’s also appears to be an upcoming special featuring Perry’s popular “Madea” character and Winfrey’s “Sofia” role from the film The Color Purple as well reports Deadline. The first of Perry’s shows to debut will be hour-long The Haves And The Have Nots, set to air on May 28 at 9 p.m.  The drama features former Dukes Of Hazzard star John Schneider in the role of John Cryer, a judge who lives a double life. Actress Renée Lawless plays Cryer’s wife in the show.  Aaron O’Connell plays troubled son Wyatt, and Jacyln Betham plays daughter Amanda.  A key plot is that Amanda, a law student, has befriended a woman that could destroy the Cryer family. Perry’s second show, Love Thy Neighbor, debuts on May 29 at 9 p.m. with two back-to-back half-hour episodes. Patrice Lovely, who started in past Perry productions, plays Hattie Mae Love, a diner owner and matriarch Kendra C. Johnson plays daughter Linda, who is married to philandering husband and has a college-aged son Danny (played by Andre Hall). Winfrey’s Oprah’s Next Chapter series will also feature an interview with Perry on May 26 and will be followed by a behind-the-scenes special about the making of the new programs. OWN also announced that Denver Nuggets player Javale Mcgee and mother Pamela will be part of a new reality series called Millionaire Mama’s Boy.  There is also the new reality series Houston Beauty, featuring Glenda Jemison, the owner and director of Franklin Beauty School in Texas.

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Terrence Howard Loves Oprah’s “Tig Ol’ Bitties”

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Oscar nominated actor Terrence Howard is a man before anything else. During an interview, he said the best thing about shooting “The Butler” with Oprah Winfrey were her sizable breasts. In their upcoming film “The Butler,” Oprah Winfrey and Terrence Howard have a love scene and when asked about his favorite part about that love scene, he spoke about how making out with Oprah was hot and all of that. Howard went on to compliment the media maven because of her voluptuous body. The “tig ol’ bitties” comment seemed as though it was a Freudian slip, but once it was out there, he couldn’t take it back. Howard and Winfrey co-star in “The Butler” as neighbors and said the chemistry between them was great. “Oprah and I had such chemistry. To be able to make out with Oprah and to have love scenes with her and those tig ol’ bitties … She’s such a lovely, voluptuous woman … That was wonderful.”

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Beyoncé Reveals Blu Ivy’s Face [PHOTOS]

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She gets it from her momma. Beyoncé finally revealed the face of her and husband Jay-Z‘s daughter Blue Ivy. Unless you’re the staunchest of curmudgeons, you’ll probably say the kid is adorable. Beyoncé also took to Facebook to post a side by side pic of one of her own baby pictures and a still of Blue Ivy’s taken from her interview with Oprah Winfrey. “Her and I.. She’s My Road Dog, She’s My Homey & My Best friend,” read Beyoncé’s caption. Although there are scant traces of the Jigga Man in Blue Ivy, she is pretty much the spitting image of baby Bey. It will be a busy weekend for the Pop and R&B diva even though she isn’t booked to perform at a Super Bowl or an Inauguration. The HBO documentary she directed about herself titled Life Is But A Dream premiers Saturday night at 9pm ET. But before that, fans will be watching the OWN Network where her episode of Oprah‘s Next Chapter airs at 8pm ET.

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Beyonce Reveals Reason for Firing Father/Manager Mathew Knowles

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Though Beyonce fired her longtime manager, Mathew Knowles, in 2011, she has never fully addressed her reasons for severing professional ties with her father, until now.
At the time, the singer’s decision was rumored to have been a consequence of her parents’ 2009 divorce, and subsequent reports that her Knowles had fathered a son out of wedlock with actress Alexsandra Wright. In an hour-long interview with Oprah Winfrey, which will air on Oprah‘s OWN network just before Beyonce’s Life is But a Dream doc premieres on HBO, Beyonce reveals that it was actually her relationship with her father, rather than his extramarital affair, which inspired her decision. “It took a while for me and my dad to have an understanding. When I turned 18 and started handling my business more, he went into shock. And we had our issues. I’d say ‘no’ to something, and he’d book it anyway. Then I’d have to do it because I’d look bad [if I didn't],” Beyonce explains in the interview with Oprah. “We would fight sometimes, and it took about two years, to when I was 20, for him to realize, ‘Oh, she is an adult now, and if she doesn’t wanna do something, I can’t make her do it.

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Beyoncé Life Is But A Dream Screening

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Last night, Bey held a screening for her HBO documentary at NYC’s Ziegfeld Theatre. Everyone from Jay-Z to Oprah came to show support. Bey and Solange rock out at the after party. Bey will appear on Oprah’s Next Chapter on OWN at 8pm this Saturday followed by the documentary on HBO at 9.

Folorunsho Alakija Reportedly Becomes World’s Richest Black Woman

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According to Ventures Africa, an African business magazine and news service, the richest black woman in the world is NO LONGER Oprah Wilfrey but Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija.
The report suggests that the 61 year-old owner/founder of Famfa oil is worth at least $3.3 billion, $500 million richer than media mogul Oprah Winfrey whose wealth Forbes magazine estimated at $2.7 billion in September.

Infact, Alakija’s claim in a $10.74 billion oil well is worth $6.44 billion. But the report subtracts 50% of the $6.44 billion (in a worse case scenario) since it is unknown whether or not the company has any long-term or short-term debt. In essence, If Famfa oil is debt free, Mrs Alakija will undisputedly be the world’s richest black woman with $6.4 billion dollars.
She is also reported to have a real estate portfolio running into hundreds of millions.It was reported earlier this year that she acquired a property at Hyde Park in London for $102 million.
She also owns a Bombardier Global Express 6000 jet which she bought earlier this year for a reported $46 million.