Sherri Shepherd
Top Executive For ‘Sherri’ Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
When police went to Uzzle's home to conduct a welfare check when concern began to grow after no one had heard from him, they found that Uzzle had passed away in an apparent suicide.
Wendy Williams Sets The Record Straight On Health and Bank Battle In New Interview
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty After months of rumors and speculation surrounding her health, daytime talk queen, Wendy Williams is finally speaking out. In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ TJ Holmes, Williams not only revealed that she’s ready to return to work after missing season 14 of her highly successful talk show, but also that her absence is not “health-related” noting that her doctor advised her that she has the “mind and body of a 25-year old.” “Give me about three months,” she said via phone on Wednesday (March 16). “There are private things that I have to deal with and then I’ll be ready to come back and be free and ready to do my thing.” Related Stories Despite the health update, Williams did not appear on camera for unknown reasons, although Holmes shared...
‘The Wendy Williams Show’ Is Officially Ending, New Sherri Shepherd Show Coming This Fall
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Hall / Getty It is officially an end of an era for a media pioneer. The Wendy Williams Show is ending and Sherri Sheppard has been slotted to get her own show. As per The Blast the Ocean Township, New Jersey native has finally gotten her walking papers. Representatives at the show confirmed the writing that has been on the wall for many months is true. “This is also a bitter-sweet moment for us and our partners at FOX,” Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein said in a press release on Tuesday, February 22. “We all have a great love and affinity for Wendy, who grew into a true icon during her 12 incredible seasons as the solo host of a live, daily talk show dishing on ‘Hot Topics’ and interviewing celebrities.” The exe...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
