::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . IYANLA VANZANT, WENDY RAQUEL ROBINSON,  LETOYA LUCKETT, HEZEKIAH WALKER, JASON NELSON,  JONATHAN MCREYNOLDS, DORINDA CLARKE COLE AND MORE ADDED TO TALENT LINE-UP AT THE  31st ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Karen Clark Sheard and Marvin Sapp Collaborate in Star-Studded Performance Stellar Awards to Premiere on TV One Sunday, March 6 at 6 p.m. ET LAS VEGAS -  - Iyanla Vanzant, Wendy Raquel Robinson,   LeToya Luckett, Jason Nelson, Jonathan McReynolds, Hezekiah Walker, Dorinda Clarke Cole, Alexis Spight, Briana Babineaux, Maurette Brown Clark, T.C. Stallings  and  Tim Bowman, Jr.  are among the artists added to the talent line-up at the 31 st  Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards  this  Saturday, Feb. 20 , at the  Las Vegas Orleans Arena .   Produced by Central City Productions, the l...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Journalist Mona Austin marks a decade of Fibromyalgia survival with the "10 for 10 Fibro Free" social media campaign , e xposing the disease that is gett ing on African American women's nerves Bristow, VA -- The month of March is Auto-immune Disease Awareness Month and the start of the "10 for 10 Fibro Free" social me dia cam paign, launched by Multimedia Journalist and F ibromyalgia sufferer , Mon a Austin . For over 15 years Austin has told the st orie s of gospel a nd ma instream celebrities ranging f rom Kirk Franklin to Patti La belle and kept radio liste ners abreast of the pulse of C apitol Hill and the White House for 7 years . Now the roles are reversed an d Austin is the s ub ject of the feature story. This year marks the 10 year anniversary of Austin's survival and she will celebrate by doing w ha t she does best--tell ing the story of F i bromyal gia and its impact on her life through a "...

buzzz worthy. . . A Fresh Take on History's Biggest Event form the Point  of View of the Skeptics Picking up where the "Passion of the Christ" left off Columbia pictures presents the biblical drama RISEN in theateres everywhere today (Feb. 19) Through the eyes of a high-ranking Roman military officer,  RISEN   imaginatively retells what happened after Jesus was crucified and resurrected. Following the crucifixion, Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) assigns Clavius (Joseph Fiennes) to find Jesus’ missing body and disprove any resurrection.    through the eyes of the unbelieving Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a high-ranking Roman military officer. Clavius and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton) are assigned by Pontius Pilate to ensure that Jesus’ radical followers can’t steal his body and claim a resurrection. Within days, however, the body is missing, putting Clavius on a mission to find it, to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and to prevent an uprisi...

buzzz worthy. . . Fashion insiders Lloyd Boston, Bevy Smith and Robert Verdi will join Wendy to break down the red carpet fashions of major awards shows NEW YORK, NY – BET Networks launches a new one-hour red carpet fashion specials series,  WENDY’S STYLE SQUAD , that will break down the red carpet fashions of major awards shows. Join fashionista and host of  “The Wendy Williams Show” Wendy Williams  as she brings her “Say It Like You Mean It’ approach to all things fashion, from the gowns and jewels to the red carpet attitude!  Wendy  will be joined by a panel of fashion insiders -  Bevy Smith ,  Lloyd Boston , and  Robert Verdi  for  WENDY’S STYLE SQUAD premiering Tuesday,  February 16, at 9 PM ET/PT  and will highlight the fashions from this year’s Grammy Awards®. Following the premiere, BET will air five additional episodes surrounding some of the biggest fashion and pop culture events, including the BET Awards®, ...

buzzz worthy. . . There is good news and bad news about the 2016 Grammys.   First the good news.  Kendrick Lamar won 5 of 11 Grammy nominations and put on a powerful racially conscious performance that his peers and fans could not stop talking about for the next 24 hours.  (He got a shout out from the White House.)   That the Grammys would okay the blackest segment ever televised was dope on their part.  Like a true boss with sass and class, Taylor Swift shaded Kanye West in her acceptance speech for Album of the Year without uttering his name.  She made sure she let the world know she is the only woman to get the award twice in history.  Stevie Wonder and Pentatonix gave listeners an ear massage with their version of "That's the Way of the World" in tribute to the recently departed Maurice White, founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.  Overall the performances were top rate (insert Lionel Richie tribute, Alabama Shakes and Gaga's Bowie tribute ...

buzzz worthy. . .  After two plus years of silence the water crisis in Flint, Michigan is no longer an issue relegated to a certain geographical location in the United States.  The issue has been given a global platform that will no longer allow  state officials to turn their heads and ignore such an inhumane travesty. Penske Corporation, Wayne Metro ,  and Wal-Mart partners with renown gospel singers / multiple Grammy award-winners Pastor Donnie McClurkin and Bishop Marvin L. Winans   for Flint water donation.  McClurkin and Winans will not only join forces with churches in Flint to donate over 6000 cases of water to the community, but will be on hand to distribute water to senior citizens physically unable to make it to the water distribution centers. On Thursday, February 11 several trucks made water deliveries to area churches including Bountiful Love Missions Church, Greater Holy Temple COGIC  and El Shaddai Ministries. Anyone desiring...

buzzz worthy. . . VATICAN CITY, ROME – Joseph Fiennes, star of Sony Pictures’ new film release RISEN, met Pope Francis in Vatican City yesterday. Fiennes is in town with actress Mario Botto and the producers to promote RISEN, which opens in theaters nationwide in the U.S. on February 19th.  The film will be screened at the Vatican today. RISEN is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection and the weeks that followed, as seen through the eyes of an unbelieving Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a high-ranking Roman Military Tribune. Clavius and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton) are instructed by Pontius Pilate to ensure Jesus’ radical followers don’t steal his body and claim resurrection. When the body goes missing within days, Clavius sets out on a mission to locate the missing body in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. AFFIRM Films (a Sony Pictures Entertainment company) originally acquired worldwide rights from LD Enter...