Television

HOLLYWOOD—Seems music is everyone you turn nowadays. The nominees for the 2015 BET Awards were announced on Monday, May 18. Leading the pack of this year’s nominees is singer Chris Brown and rapper Nicki Minaj who both picked up six nominations including the coveted Video of the Year. Followed closely behind is Queen Beyonce with four nominations and rapper...

HOLLYWOOD—I will admit I was getting a bit bored with “The Young and the Restless” because it felt like we were constantly recycling the same storyline of the Newman family going at war. However, when you throw in Billy Abbott it turns what could be a lackluster narrative into something explosive. When we last chatted, Billy was working with...

HOLLYWOOD—Why is it every show that I gravitate to, seems to end too soon. Another one of my favorites, the OWN series “Queen Sugar” announced this week that the show will come to an end in 2022. It was crushing to hear the news because I consider this series to be a notable one that strikes a chord every...

HOLLYWOOD—The first season of Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and Have Notes” wrapped in grandeur fashion. Not only was the vixen Candace (Tika Sumpter) kidnapped by Jim’s (John Schneider) henchmen, but his son Wyatt (Aaron O’Connell) was taken into custody for hit-and-run charges. Season two picked up precisely where the season one finale concluded, with the Cryer family and the...

HOLLYWOOD—There are only two more episodes left before the mid-season finale of the final season of the AMC series “The Walking Dead.” This week’s episode, ‘On the Inside’ we finally saw the return of Connie who the audience has been aware of her survival for quite some time, but her actual narrative presence has been missing. Connie was back...

HOLLYWOOD—With only four episodes aired, A&E’s thriller series, “Bates Motel,” has been officially renewed for a second season. On April 8, President and General Manager of the A&E network, Bob DeBitetto, announced that the suspenseful series starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore will produce ten more episodes to premiere in 2014. “'Bates Motel’ has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal audience...

HOLLYWOOD—After weeks of causing havoc for the residents of Port Charles, Olivia Jerome has found her reign of terror come to end on “General Hospital.” Well, maybe not, we can discuss more about that later. Olivia not only placed a bomb inside General Hospital, after she kidnapped Robin, the mobster, held her sister Ava hostage, before kidnapping Alexis and...

HOLLYWOOD—It was the penultimate episode before the mid-season finale of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” So just what happened in episode seven ‘Crossed?’ Well the gang was reunited in their quest to retrieve both Beth and Carol from their captors. As I pointed out earlier, season five seemed to revolve around the notion of humans vs. humans. Humans can be brutal...

HOLLYWOOD—Gwen and Abigail are sisters on “Days of Our Lives” how ironic that two enemies would be tied by blood people. However, the scary tale is learning that Jennifer’s mother, Laura, is the reason Jack never knew about his long-lost daughter because mama wanted to protect her daughter and Jack’s burgeoning relationship. Oh, how the past always finds a...

HOLLYWOOD—Well after nearly a year in the making, the saga behind Gabriel Bingham aka Adam Newman is indeed reaching a fever pitch on “The Young and the Restless.” After nearly dodging the authorities for more than 2 years, after fatally striking and killing Chloe and Billy’s daughter Delia with his vehicle, Adam was forced to face the music in...