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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Wendy Williams earns a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Talk show hostess Wendy Williams is getting her piece of the pie.

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On Monday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that the hot topics diva will be honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Oct. 17, The NY Daily News reports.

Williams will receive the 2,677th star on Hollywood Boulevard thanks to her work on her popular Emmy-nominated daytime talk show.

Williams, who made her name as a controversial radio host, was a mainstay in radio for 20 years. Williams was known for her shocking commentary, dishing dirt and dropping tea on stars that sometimes earned her the ire of celebrities.

She had stints at the former Kiss FM, Hot 97, and WBLS in New York as well as Philadelphia’s Power 99 between 1989 until she left radio in 2009.

At same year, she was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Williams is also author of the New York Times best-selling memoir “Wendy’s Got The Heat,” with Karen Hunter, which chronicles her cocaine drug habits.

A Lifetime biopic is in the works entered on her career and tumultuous life which is still making headlines.

Wendy Williams takes subtle jab at estranged husband with new executive producer credits

TheGrio previously reported, The Wendy Williams Show has been renewed for two more seasons.

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Byron Allen Acquires 11 Television Stations for $290 Million

A Supreme Court battle won’t stop business titan Byron Allen from conquering new heights! Allen’s company Entertainment Studios has purchased 11 television stations for $290 million in a new acquisition. His Allen Media Broadcasting division is acquiring the broadcast television stations from USA Television Holdings L.L.C. and USA Television MidAmerica Holdings L.L.C., which includes network affiliations like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

“Bob Prather is an excellent broadcaster and he has done a brilliant job of assembling a stellar management team to operate these very strong network affiliate broadcast stations,” said Allen, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios, in a press release. “This is another milestone for our company, as we have now agreed to purchase our second broadcast network affiliate station group within the past three months, and continue to aggressively look for other opportunities to grow our global media company through strategic acquisitions.”

“I have known Byron Allen for decades and we are delighted that these stations will now be part of his dynamic company, and that Heartland management will continue to guide them,” said USA Television CEO Robert S. Prather, Jr., in the statement. “These stations are dedicated to their local communities and this transaction will enable them to become even stronger on both their broadcast and digital platforms.”

Last year, Allen’s Entertainment Studios purchased The Weather Channel for $300 million. In July 2019, the black media mogul acquired four local TV stations from Bayou City Broadcasting, located in Evansville, IN, and Lafayette, LA. Plus, in May, he partnered with Sinclair Broadcast Group to acquire 21 Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) from Walt Disney/FOX Corp.

Almost a year ago, the comedian-turned-successful businessman filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast in addition to a $10 billion suit against Charter Communications. Now, the case has made its way to the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case on Nov. 13. Allen is claiming that the two media conglomerates refused to carry his cable TV channels based on racial bias. He has been going back and forth with Comcast in court to prove that its insistence not to carry his channels is based on the fact he is black.

Allen has gained support in his ongoing court battle against Comcast from the rapper and activist Michael “Killer Mike” Render and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Both the outspoken hip-hop activist and civil rights group are urging black people to stand with him in his lawsuit.

 

 



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Byron Allen Acquires 11 Television Stations for $290 Million

A Supreme Court battle won’t stop business titan Byron Allen from conquering new heights! Allen’s company Entertainment Studios has purchased 11 television stations for $290 million in a new acquisition. His Allen Media Broadcasting division is acquiring the broadcast television stations from USA Television Holdings L.L.C. and USA Television MidAmerica Holdings L.L.C., which includes network affiliations like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

“Bob Prather is an excellent broadcaster and he has done a brilliant job of assembling a stellar management team to operate these very strong network affiliate broadcast stations,” said Allen, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios, in a press release. “This is another milestone for our company, as we have now agreed to purchase our second broadcast network affiliate station group within the past three months, and continue to aggressively look for other opportunities to grow our global media company through strategic acquisitions.”

“I have known Byron Allen for decades and we are delighted that these stations will now be part of his dynamic company, and that Heartland management will continue to guide them,” said USA Television CEO Robert S. Prather, Jr., in the statement. “These stations are dedicated to their local communities and this transaction will enable them to become even stronger on both their broadcast and digital platforms.”

Last year, Allen’s Entertainment Studios purchased The Weather Channel for $300 million. In July 2019, the black media mogul acquired four local TV stations from Bayou City Broadcasting, located in Evansville, IN, and Lafayette, LA. Plus, in May, he partnered with Sinclair Broadcast Group to acquire 21 Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) from Walt Disney/FOX Corp.

Almost a year ago, the comedian-turned-successful businessman filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast in addition to a $10 billion suit against Charter Communications. Now, the case has made its way to the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case on Nov. 13. Allen is claiming that the two media conglomerates refused to carry his cable TV channels based on racial bias. He has been going back and forth with Comcast in court to prove that its insistence not to carry his channels is based on the fact he is black.

Allen has gained support in his ongoing court battle against Comcast from the rapper and activist Michael “Killer Mike” Render and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Both the outspoken hip-hop activist and civil rights group are urging black people to stand with him in his lawsuit.

 

 



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Joshua Brown Murder: Witness in Amber Guyger trial for killing Botham Jean, was set to testify in civil case before being gunned down

Joshua Brown, the Black man who was gunned down on Friday after delivering key testimony that helped convict Amber Guyger for the killing of Botham Jean in his apartment, was reportedly also set to testify in a civil case against the city of Dallas.

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The attorney for Jean’s family, Lee Merritt said while there is no motive or suspect yet named in Brown’s killing, Brown was preparing to testify in a civil action against the city filed by the family.

Brown, who used to live in the same apartment complex as Guyger and Jean, was shot several times by an unknown assailant at his new place of residence.

“To have a key witness, suddenly be killed is suspicious,” Merritt told CBS News in an interview published Monday. “Was this related to the trial? There is no clear indication.”

Brown “deserves the justice he sought to ensure the Jean family,” Merritt said.

Brown testified that he was returning home from an outing, when he heard two people meeting by surprise. He then heard two gunshots and immediately ran away. He told the court he did not hear commands like “hands.”

Jean was fatally shot and killed by Guyger after she entered his apartment in September 2018.

“He was reluctant to testify in this case because he had been shot at and he thought some people might want to do harm to him,” Merritt told CBS News.

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked people to “refrain from speculation.”

“I trust the Dallas Police Department will conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Joshua Brown,” he tweeted Sunday.

Brown’s body was found lying on the ground in the parking lot of the Atera apartment complex with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics took him to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he later died, according to The Washington Post.

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