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MStars News reporter, Star Connor, had the opportunity to talk to one of your favorite characters from the #1 hit BET show, "Being Mary Jane," Stephen Bishop, who will be starring in this weekend's new movie, "With This Ring." Read More »
There's a big debate about the film, but American Sniper seems to be doing just fine bringing in $105 million at the box office over the weekend. The controversial film was also nominated for Best Picture for this year's Oscar nominations. Read More »
The ratings for the Lifetime movie, "Whitney" have come out and it looks like Angela Bassett and her team did great!. Read More »
After rumors circulated throughout Whitney Houston's life, Bobby Brown claims his ex-wife didn't have a lesbian lover, but in the film it may have appeared that way. "MStars News" has learned that after Saturday night, Jan. 17's debut of the Lifetime biopic movie "Whitney," some viewers would suggest that Houston had an affair with her longtime best friend Robyn Crawford (Yolanda Ross). According to "Entertainment Tonight," director Angela Bassett claims she doesn't know if the rumors are real or not. Read More »
It looks like Twitter liked the new Lifetime film "Whitney." "MStars News" has been covering all the pros and cons of Angela Bassett's directorial debut as she covered the earlier life of Whitney Houston. In the film, Yaya DaCosta channeled the singer as she took on Houston's greatest hits moments, including the years of her life with Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta). Despite the drama the film had with Houston's family, Bassett and her team went on to produce the Lifetime biopic. Now Twitter has decided to speak, and it seems that fans of the late singer, who died during Grammys weekend in 2012, are giving it great reviews. Take a look at some of the reactions from Saturday night, Jan. 17's movie: Read More »
After Saturday night, Jan. 17's premiere of "Whitney" on Lifetime, the late singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown decided to open up one on one with "Access Hollywood's" reporter Shaun Robinson. In his hour-long interview, the New Edition singer and solo artist talked about the couple's marriage and drugs and life after Whitney. We all learned a lot from Saturday night's movie premiere and special from Brown, like the couple's first date, which was a trip to the movies to see "Uncle Buck." Brown said he knew Whitney was the one by "the way we talked on the phone, the things we had in common, we smoked the same cigarettes." Read More »
Angela Bassett has been on the go promoting her new film "Whitney," which is scheduled to premiere on Lifetime Saturday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. One stop the new director made was to "The Wendy Williams Show," where she opened up about directing for the first time, Bobbi Kristina drama and her thoughts on making the movie. When Wendy asked the actress, "I understand this is your first time directing?" Bassett replied, "My first time." Wendy, "How did this all come about for you?" Bassett: "I was having lunch one day with the executive producer who produced [the] 'Betty and Coretta' movie that I did for Lifetime with Mary J. Blige a couple years back. He says he's working on this Whitney movie ... knowing his integrity, the way he goes about things, I was excited about it, because two years I wasn't excited about the idea." She adds, "It seemed too soon, and just inappropriate at the time, but now three years later I thought, 'Oh, wonderful' ... he talked about finding a director." Bassett said she rushed home to try to find some directors for her friend: Read More »
It has been one terrible week for Sony as the company's "dirty laundry" has been aired. After Buzzfeed provided the emails between Sony Pictures chair, Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin, the flim company has been getting a lot of attention. Read More »
The excitement building up to the release of Horrible Bosses 2 was massive to say the least, and early verdicts suggested it didn't live up to its hype. Today the film was released in the United Kingdom, and many other European countries, and although many enjoyed it, they, as many American fans did, admitted it was far below the expectations the pre-release hype had set. Many fell in love with Horrible Bosses, so a sequel was the right move, so director Sean Anders believed. Stars like Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston and Jamie Foxx of course made the film acceptable, but even they couldn't prevent many fans from saying it should of been called Horrible Father, with the plot loosely surrounding the aforementioned bosses. Should you watch this in the cinema, wait for the DVD release, or give it a swerve all together? Read More »
Wendy Williams has finally broken her silence and is addressing the backlash she has been getting from outraged fans and celebrity friends of Aaliyah after a Lifetime biopic premiered Saturday, Nov. 15. After Timbaland and fans across the nation expressed their disgust for the "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B" film, Williams finally addressed the criticism — and if you think she was going to issue an apology, think again. Williams said: "I see my Aaliyah movie broke the Internet this weekend! Everybody got an opinion. Well, I must tell you, whether you loved or hate, you watched. It was the second-highest rated movie on all of cable this year so far." Ouch! But Williams is right. For the ones who watched the film, Lifetime received some great numbers. Wendy was a genius with the controversial film that even the late singer's family disapproved of. Read More »
Much-anticipated second installment 'Dumb and Dumber To' has provided some hilarious interviews as of late, Jim Carrey even revealing to The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (November 13) of a hot dog binge that took place while filming. Read More »
It seems as though the star of the 2004 hit film 'Mean Girls,' Lindsay Lohan, wanted to play Rachel McAdams' role of Regina George. Read More »
Edward Snowden chronicler Laura Poitras has made a much-anticipated documentary that is both an intimate portrayal of Snowden's life, but also a story of the United States surveillance operations. Read More »
