Kimberly Elise will star in VH1′s new scripted hour-long drama, “Hit The Floor,” which will premiere on Monday, May 27th at 9 PM EST. The show, which also stars Taylour Paige, Charlotte Ross and Dean Cain, sheds light on the life of professional dancers in basketball. It follows the fictional squad “The Devil Girls,” who…
VH1 is continuing its promotion of scripted series alongside its popular reality television franchises. The network ordered an hour-long drama from actress Kimberly Elise. Hit the Floor, previously titled Bounce, co-stars Taylour Paige, Charlotte Ross and Dean Cain. Shadow & Act describes the show focusing on the “lives and loves of a team of professional…
When VH1 released the trailer for “The Gossip Game,” we shared our fear that the show would end up another reality program centered around fighting and drama. After the first episode, we couldn’t help but be turned off by the focus on catty conflicts when what we truly wanted to see was dynamic professional women…
Mona Scott-Young is the face behind two of the most popular reality shows on VH1. She produced “Love & Hip Hop” and its wildly popular Atlanta spinoff and is now lending her talents to “The Gossip Game” which debuts on Monday, April 1st. Though she’s been hugely successful in garnering ratings for the network, Mona…
The trailer for VH1′s “The Gossip Game” is here and I’ll be the first to admit I’m disappointed. The show, which debuts Monday, April 1st at 9:00 pm EST, features Kim Osorio, Editor-in-Chief of The Source; Angela Yee, co-host of Power 105.1′s The Breakfast Club, K.Foxx, co-host of Hot 97′s The Cipha Sounds & Rosenburg…
News that Lil Mama was tapped to play Left Eye in VH1′s TLC biopic raised quite a few eyebrows, but it seems the casting director is moving on with the project as planned. VH1 recently announced that Keke Palmer will join the cast as Chilli and Drew Sidora has signed to play T-Boz. Of her…
Erica Mena is crazy. Bat s%$t, somebody hurt her and now she’s over compensating and angry at the world crazy. And you know what, she’s proud of it. Last night on VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop video vixen, turned wannabe singer and faux manager jump off (ya’ll know Rich ain’t managing ish) Erica let loose her…
A few weeks ago I wrote an opinion piece for theGrio.com on how viewers of reality television shows likeLove & Hip Hop Atlanta were actively supporting VH1’s and executive producer Mona Scott-Young’s racist and misogynistic assault on the image of black women in America. Given that L&HHA was the most popular show on cable among black women aged 18-49 this…
Dear VH1, I didn’t know you had it in you, but I’m sure glad you did. Thank you for digging deep and emerging with a glimmer of uprightness. Thank you for resisting the urge to wring an already chaotic situation for every dollar it’s worth and choosing not to capitalize on crazy for a…
The moment fashion lovers everywhere have been waiting for is almost upon us. Yesterday VH1 dropped the supertrailer for celebrity stylist June Ambrose’s new show Styled by June and as expected the show is going to be filled with celebs, fashion and of course…drama! The trailer shows June is all her fabulousness and introduces us…
