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A new reality television show about pastors in Los Angeles, scheduled to release this fall, is already stirring up controversy.

Preachers of L.A., about which Charisma News previously reported under its working title Pastors of L.A., is a new "authentic docuseries" from Oxygen Media. The show will feature Bishop Noel Jones, Deitrick Haddon, Bishop Clarence McClendon, pastor Wayne Chaney, Bishop Ron Gibson and pastor Jay Haizlip.

A press release says the series "will give viewers a candid a

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Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence on Monday for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.
 

Hill reported to federal prison in Danbury, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons. Inmates at the minimum security prison live in open dormitory-style living quarters and are expected to work jobs such as maintenance, food service or landscaping.
Hill, who started singing with the Fugees as a teenager in the
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Bishop Noel Jones @BishopNoelJones sits down with Pastor Mark Burns @pastormarkburns at 2013 Essence Festival on Gospel TV Show "Lift Your Voice with Pastor Mark Burns" on The Impact Network @ImpactTVNetwork.

HEAR from HIS OWN WORDS as he talks about WHY he is participating in NEW Oxygen Show "Preachers of LA"

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Film release follows Spoken Word Challenge giving young artists platform to showcase talent
Spoken word artist and emcee Propaganda, also known as Jason Petty, sheds light on the issue of identity, which affects so many youth today, through a new short film in partnership with the movement I am Second.
Propaganda has gained respect in the hip-hop world as a master of the performance art of spoken word, pairing lyrics and rhythm to create a powerful combination. His album, "Excellent," relea
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"The Have and the Have Nots" (OWN)
 
The freshman series has received an additional 16-episode order from the network.
OWN has doubled up on Tyler Perry drama The Haves and Have Nots.
The Oprah Winfrey Network on Tuesday ordered 16 additional episodes of the freshman drama series, bringing its total season order to 32 installments. The first 16 episodes will run through Sept. 3 with the back order premiering in early 2014.
The series, which marks OWN's first scripted effort, debuted with a
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Kanye West wants his listeners to know that he is "a close high" to God.
His latest album, "Yeezus," released Tuesday, offered several controversial track titles, including "New Slaves," "Black Skinhead" and the most audacious, "I Am a God." The track's credit says "featuring God," as if He's just another artist -- a Rick Ross or Pharrell Williams -- stepping into the studio to spit a couple of verses.
The song closes with the verses, "I just talked to Jesus/he said, 'What up, Yeezus?'/I said "
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"Monsters University," the prequel to Pixar's 2001 animated blockbuster "Monsters, Inc.," scared up $82 million in weekend ticket sales to easily outdistance the week's other new movie, the big-budget apocalyptic thriller "World War Z," which came in with an impressive haul of $66 million.
"World War Z,", the story of a zombie pandemic starring Brad Pitt, was Pitt's biggest opening weekend ever, easily outpacing the $50.3 million for "Mr. And Mrs. Smith."
Last week's top movie, the Superman
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Haddon also spoke on his message for the new album along with his new show "Preachers of LA," where his goal is to stop people from thinking that ministers are perfect people.
The Christian Post: Your newest single is "Have Your Way." Can you tell the readers about the meaning of the song?
Deitrick Haddon: "Have Your Way" is a real song. [It's] birthed from a real place because I was in a place when I wrote the song that I needed direction from the Lord because I was lost. I'm a guy who is
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James Gandolfini, star of HBO's "The Sopranos," has died of a possible heart attack in Rome. He was 51.

A spokeswoman for the cable network said that Gandolfini was on holiday in Italy. They were preparing a more complete statement.
Gandolfini, a burly man with a booming voice, had recently filmed "Criminal Justice" for HBO, which had received a limited series order.
Gandolfini won three Emmys for playing Tony Soprano, a beleaguered mob boss with mom issues. The actor specialized in playing
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As homosexuality has become more common, Christians have struggled with how they should respond. Some have taken to the streets in protest; others have openly embraced homosexuality, allowing gays and lesbians into the pulpit and leadership positions in the church. And, overwhelmingly, most Christians are simply trying to ignore homosexuality, hoping they can wait out the issue until it goes away because they don't want to deal with conflict or sin.
As someone who is on the front lines and h
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Memphis, new 'warts and all' biopic by British director Paul Greengrass, will focus on last days of civil rights leader's life



Forest Whitaker is in line to play civil rights leader Martin Luther King in a new biopic for the British director Paul Greengrass, reports the Wrap.
Greengrass's film, titled Memphis, will be shot in a docu-drama style similar to that of his acclaimed 9/11 project United 93. It will centre on the final days of the Baptist minister's life, during which he struggled to
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Linda Woolverton, who wrote the script for the first "Alice," was tapped to pen the sequel late last year.
James Bobin, who directed The Muppets for Disney, is in talks to return to the studio for its sequel to the 2010 hit Alice in Wonderland, which earned more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The discussions are in early stages and sources say the helmer, who is currently shootingThe Muppets ... Again! for the studio, has yet to meet with
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4798Tonya Lewis Lee is a very busy woman. The former corporate attorney is a best-selling author, a television and documentary producer, multi-media production company owner and recently became a spokesperson for the CDC's Office of Minority Health's Infant Mortality Awareness project -- in addition to being a wife and mother of two. Recently, she shared with EBONY how exactly she keeps it balanced and how she's trying to help our people live better:
TONYA LEWIS LEE:  [Laughs] I manage it all by
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In this Feb. 1, 2013 file photo, recording artist Lil Wayne meets fans and celebrates his contemporary street wear apparel brand TRUKFIT at his hometown Macy's, in New Orleans. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties with Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude lyrical reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till.
Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain Dew soda.
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Those hoping for a sophomore return of TLC's 'The Sisterhood' will be disappointed. It was revealed April 26 that the Christian reality series will not be renewed for a second season. The program, which features a group of preachers' wives in Atlanta was besieged with controversy from the moment that it hit airwaves.
Religious groups called the program a disgrace, claiming that the series put Christians in a bad light. Cast member Domonique Scott, a former prostitute and drug addict perhaps g
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On a frigid Saturday in early March as the midnight hour draws nigh, Mary J. Blige materializes on an outdoor basketball court sporting a blond mushroom-cloud of an Afro wig, a white leather maxi-coat and matching stiletto-heeled boots -- along with a pair of giant wings perched on her back.
Forest Whitaker's stern preacher and his soft-hearted wife played by Angela Bassett, join in song with daughter Jennifer Hudson and grandson Jacob Latimore. "I love them so much," says Hudson of her movie p
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While a packed schedule may have been the real reason Miranda Kerr finally doffed her wings this year, another former Victoria's Secret Angel had a very different reason for severing ties with the brand: her Christianity.
Kylie Bisutti won a contest run by the lingerie behemoth in 2009, walking the fashion show alongside Kerr and the other Angels, posing for magazines and catalogues, and touring the country to promote the brand. Last year, however, she made headlines when she decided to quit th
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Microsoft will host an event at its Redmond, Wash., campus on May 21, where it is expected it will reveal the long-awaited successor to the Xbox 360.
Media invites sent to outlets including USA TODAY confirm a "special unveiling" next month with the title "A New Generation Revealed."
The announcement of a new video game console should come as little surprise, as Microsoft's rivals press forward with next-generation hardware.
Nintendo launched the Wii U last November, but it has struggled to
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Another faith-based film marketed by Provident Films has enjoyed a solid opening weekend.
"Home Run," which tells the story of a Big League baseball player who falls from the spotlight due to his alcoholism and a DUI, finished No. 3 on a per-theater average, pulling in an estimated $4,260 per theater. Because it opened in only 381 theaters -- as compared to the 3,000 or so theaters reserved for big Hollywood movies -- the per-theater average is closely watched. Its total gross of $1.6 million
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The first trailer for the superhero sequel will be released to iTunes on April 23.
With the U.S. release of Iron Man 3 less than a months away, Marvel Studios is already gearing up for its next superhero flick, Thor: The Dark World.
The studio released a teaser poster featuring actor Chris Hemsworth dressed as the Nordic demigod, wielding the hero's trademark hammer.
The second installment of the Marvel franchise will see Thor pitted against a militant ancient race, the Dark Elves. The ven
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