OWN drama “Greenleaf” has taken the world by storm for its nuanced, emotional look into a fictional family’s deep secrets. But while the show’s incredible performances and storylines are what have drawn so many fans, one of the stars says it’s also about showing a side of Black culture that is often under-explored in Hollywood. In […]

OWN’s megachurch drama Greenleaf is back for its second season. If you remember, in the first season, megachurch pastor Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) welcomed his estranged daughter Grace “Gigi’ Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge) back into the family fold after the death of her sister. Here’s a synopsis, via Shadowandact.com of the second season, schedule to […]

  10-time Grammy award winner Cece Winans is releasing her first album in almost ten years! The long awaited album, Let Them Fall In Love won’t hit the shelves until 2017, but her new single Never Have To Be Alone, definitely comes at the right time! Check out a clip below. She talks to the Tom Joyner […]

  Deborah Joy Winans stars in OWN’s most talked about series, Greenleaf.  She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee and also performs the lead single from the show’s soundtrack, The Master’s Calling.   Her role on Greenleaf: “My character is pregnant with twins. My husband is confused.  He doesn’t know what he likes, so he’s got to figure that […]

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  Legendary Emmy award-winning actress Lynn Whitfield is one of the stars in Greenleaf, airing on OWN on Wednesday nights. She’s from Baton Rouge and on a recent visit home, spoke to the Aunt of Alton Sterling.   She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her role in Greenleaf, how her hometown is recovering since […]

  OWN’s newest hour long scripted drama Greenleaf follows the lives of the incredibly wealthy and powerful Greenleaf family and their Memphis megachurch, Calvary Fellowship World Ministries. In her first reoccurring role in two decades Oprah Winfrey plays the role of Mavis McCready, a blues club owner and aunt to Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge) and sister to Lady Mae […]

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Cleveland had one of the biggest celebrations that the city has ever seen, as scores of fans gathered to celebrate the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA title on Wednesday.

Oprah Winfrey is back acting on TV! The billionaire, philanthropist, actress, producer, and OWN’s HWIC (Head Woman In Charge) is one of the stars in the network’s latest scripted series’ Greenleaf.  The show which centers around the inner-workings of a Mega Church in Memphis, Tennessee run by a family of saints… and sinners. It stars Lamman Rucker, Keith […]

It must be nice to have your own TV network so you can act, produce and air your own projects. Oprah Winfrey will star in the upcoming family drama, "Greenleaf".