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‘The Breakfast Club’ Co-Host Angela Yee to Depart Radio Show After 12 Years
Angela Yee, the longtime co-host of the hit radio show The Breakfast Club, is leaving the morning show to launch her own solo weekday broadcast with iHeartRadio, Yee said on Wednesday morning. Way Up With Angela Yee will debut later this fall and feature the radio personality interacting with listeners, interviewing celebrity guests and discussing […]
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Savannah Guthrie, Gayle King and Questlove Celebrate the Return of The Hollywood Reporter’s New York Party
Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Gayle King, Amber Ruffin and Questlove were among the stars celebrating the return of The Hollywood Reporter’s New York Power Media party at The Pool in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday night. This year’s Most Powerful People in Media party, presented by A+E Networks, was held in conjunction with the publication of THR’s […]
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Charlamagne Tha God Will Never Pull Punches With Democrats: “They’re Gluttons for Punishment, Like I Am”
Lenard McKelvey, better known as Charlamagne tha God, is often referred to as a shock jock — a title well earned over his two-decade career of revelatory interviews with rappers, a few guest walkouts and audience response ranging from adulation to ire. But he’d rather be known as a media mogul — and not without […]
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La La Anthony Opens Up About “Incredibly Hard Decision” to Leave Her Marriage and Realizing Staying Busy Is a Trauma Response
La La Anthony doesn’t know anything else besides working. A self-described “hustler,” Anthony has been working since age 15 — first to help her mom land on her feet, then to pursue her dreams in radio, soon followed by the ultimate MTV gig as a TRL VJ at the center of 2000’s music pop culture. […]
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The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Emerging Hollywood’ Series, Hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, Returns for Season 2
The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday announced the second season of its video series Emerging Hollywood, hosted by radio and TV personality Charlamagne Tha God. The series features on-the-rise and established voices in the entertainment industry sharing their views on topics such as inclusion, racial politics, gender, mental health and body positivity. Season 2 premiered Thursday […]
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AAFCA Awards Recognize ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘King Richard’
Wednesday night at the SLS Beverly Hills hotel, the African-American Film Critics Association held its 13th awards show, which marked the organization’s first in-person gathering since 2020. The event was hosted by author and radio personality Charlamagne tha God and actress Alesha Reneé. The evening opened with Aunjanue Ellis winning the best supporting actress award […]
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Charlamagne Tha God, Alesha Renee to Host 2022 AAFCA Awards (Exclusive)
Charlamagne Tha God (The Breakfast Club) and Alesha Reneé (The Rich & the Ruthless) will host the 13th AAFCA Awards on March 2, the African-American Film Critics Association announced on Wednesday. The in-person awards show will mark its first live gathering since 2020. The AAFCA will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023. Winners of this […]
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‘Tha God’s Honest Truth’ Renewed for Season 2 on Comedy Central
Comedy Central is seeking more of Tha God’s Honest Truth. The cable network has picked up a second season of its weekly late-night show Tha God’s Honest Truth With Charlamagne tha God. The show, which counts Stephen Colbert and The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder among its executive producers, is slated to return in the summer. […]
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Charlamagne tha God’s Comedy Central Show Sets Creative Team (Exclusive)
Charlamagne tha God’s Comedy Central late night show is taking shape. Tha God’s Honest Truth, co-created by Charlamagne (Lenard McKelvey) and Stephen Colbert, has named Rachael Edwards as executive producer and showrunner, Charles McBee as head writer and Lisa Goumelle as executive in charge of production. All three have history with McKelvey or ViacomCBS’ MTV […]
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Charlamagne Tha God, Stephen Colbert Team for Comedy Central Late Night Show
“Can you ever really go home again?” Stephen Colbert asks in a 30-second clip that quickly racked up a quarter-million views and plenty of Twitter chatter earlier this week. The video, which revealed The Late Show host would be heading back to Comedy Central without offering too many more details, concluded with the words, “to […]
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Charlamagne tha God to Co-Host Audible Original Discussing Race in America (Exclusive)
The original will offer a range of voices from thought leaders, historians and pundits to address assumptions and attitudes about systemic racism.
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Political Actions of LeBron James, Ice Cube and Diddy in Spotlight as Democrats and Republicans Vie for Black Male Vote
The words of Black male celebrities active in presidential politics are being paid more attention to as the Black male vote is believed to be more in play this year politically than in years past.
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