Mary J. Blige

More stars have been added to NBC’s live version of The Wiz, while Shaft is headed back to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah have joined the cast of the musical. Blige will play Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Latifah will star as the Wiz. The […]

Thomas Blige, 63, the father of R&B star Mary J. Blige is in critical condition after being stabbed early Thursday morning by an ex-girlfriend, reports The Huffington Post. Blige allegedly confronted the woman about slashing his tires and she responded by stabbing him three times, including once in the neck. The incident occurred in an […]

In the upcoming holiday movie, “Black Nativity,” (which is  based on a play by Langston Hughes), Mary J. Blige plays an angel named Platinum Fro. And while angels are often associated with mercy, Blige said she was struck by another quality required of the characters, particularly the parents of Jennifer Hudson’s character, a single mom named Naima. […]

Briana Latrise (pictured right), Kendu Issacs’ (pictured left) daughter from a previous relationship, is apparently pregnant and homeless, according to a recent series of tweets. What’s more, she claims that her parents aren’t helping her out. SEE ALSO: Woman Arrested For Wearing Bikini Thong On Myrtle Beach On a tweet she sent out May 15th, […]

It certainly seems as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel for songstress Mary J. Blige (pictured) with regards to her money troubles.  Now Uncle Sam has his hand out for a reported $3.4 million, accusing Blige of failing to pay federal taxes for the years 2009 through 2011, according to TMZ. SEE […]

Mary J. Blige has been hit with a $900,000 tax lien in New Jersey, TMZ reports. The R&B star is in the hole to the tune of $901,769.65 in back taxes owed to the state, according to court documents obtained by the entertainment news site. As NewsOne previously reported, Blige is facing a slew of […]

Soul songstress Mary J. Blige (pictured) was hit with a lawsuit Thursday that accuses her of defaulting on a $500,000 bank loan, according to the New York Post. The New York State Supreme Court filed document brought against Blige by Bank of America states that she took out a loan in 2005 and failed to make […]

Mary. J. Blige referred to her infamous Burger King commercial as “buffoonery”  during an interview with Hot 97 in New York, reports Indiewire.com. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! “I want to apologize to everyone who was offended or thought that I would do something so disrespectful to our culture,” said […]

Soul songstress Mary J. Blige’s career is picking up quite a bit of steam these days as she flips the switch from singing to acting.  Blige has been struck by drama fever, landing the role of Dr. Betty Shabazz in the upcoming TV film “Parallel Lives.” The film is set to portray the lives of […]

Lender TD Bank is alleging that they loaned the Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute’s Foundation for the Advancement of Women $250,000 back in June of last year with the agreement that the monies would be repaid six months later.  The bank is now claiming that the foundation only made one payment of $368.33 into the loan’s […]