Taraji P. Henson’s closet is as boldly eclectic as her career. “I’m a mood dresser,” she tells Alexa over Zoom. “One day I may have on a baseball cap and some sweats, and the next day I may have on a full Schiaparelli look. Dressing up for me is like putting on a character.” Henson’s latest … Read more
Theater review JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street. Almost without fail, the brilliance of August Wilson emerges even in mediocre stagings of his plays. That is the unshakable feeling at the revival of his “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” that … Read more
Nothing stops former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss. After her multi-platinum R&B group Xscape broke up in 1998, the Georgia native co-wrote the Grammy-winning “No Scrubs” for TLC and shares songwriting credits on hits for Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Pink. On Broadway, she’s produced Tony-nominated “The Piano Lesson,” a 2024 revival of … Read more
Shannon Sharpe doesn’t subscribe to the notion that he has to be a Big-J journalist to host an entertaining podcast. Sharpe conducted a widely viewed interview on his Volume “Club Shay Shay” show with comedian Katt Williams earlier this week, as Williams went double-barrel on various rivals in the entertainment industry in specific and even … Read more
Cedric the Entertainer looked no further than his own grandfather to inspire his first novel. “Flipping Boxcars,” out Sept. 12 (Amistad/HarperCollins), tells the story of Floyd “Babe” Boyce, a bootlegger in Caruthersville, Mo. (Cedric’s hometown), and unfolds over July 4th weekend in 1948. “Babe is my [maternal] grandfather and these would be stories that I … Read more