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Pooch Hall is so ready for tonight’s series finale of The Game, the show that got its start on The CW as a spinoff of…

Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Debbie Allen, Mara Brock Akil and Issa Rae all grace the cover of the May edition of Essence Magazine for their “Game Changers”…

Goodness gracious, would you just look at them?! Essence’s May cover features all of our faves at once: Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Mara Brock Akil,…

BET Greenlights Season 3 Pick Up For Being Mary Jane BET is all about Being Mary Jane. Just two days after the Salim and Mara…

Mara Brock Akil is imploring young women to use their voices because it is the most valuable asset they have. Girls Inc. gathered up some…

  Season 2 of “Being Mary Jane” is just around the corner! While BET hasn’t announced a premiere date for the return of its hour-long…

  It had a good run, but now it’s time to turn off the lights on BET’s “The Game”. The show is coming to an end after the conclusion of seasons eight and nine, which are being taped now to air in early 2015. Here’s the official BET statement: “All good things must come to an […]

Mara Brock Akil is dreaming up ways to blow viewers away season 2 of ” Being Mary Jane”! It was just a year ago that…