Songs, Movies & Moments – August 2026

A Look at Entertainment

by T.J. Moore –

Actress turned political pundit Stacy Dash is celebrating a decade of sobriety after years of battling addiction.

The Clueless star took to Instagram with a series of photos showing her transformation in her journey.

“I have been clean for a decade today. I have walked through the valley of death,” Dash posted.

“I have had many dark nights of my soul. But God never left me, and I never used. So today the gratitude in my heart is overwhelming. My children are proud of me, and I can look at myself in the eye and say, ‘I am proud of me too.’”

Dash has been very transparent about her battle with addiction over the years. During a 2021 interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, she revealed that she was once taking between 18 and 20 Vicodin pills a day. At the height of her addiction, Dash spent between $5,000 and $10,000 a month to support her habit.

Stacey Dash Was Spending $10,000 a Month on Drugs

Stacey Dash opened up about her struggle with drug addiction on The Dr. Oz Show in 2021.

“I’m not blaming doctors at all because it was my choice to take more, you know?” she shared with Dr. Oz at the time, according to People. “It was my choice to take that extra one even though I wasn’t in pain. I chose to do that because the Vicodin filled that hole inside of me.”

WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle are divorcing.

According to court documents obtained by ABC News, the Connecticut Sun center filed for divorce on July 30 in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. The filing states that the couple, who married in June 2018, have been separated since July 24. The documents declared that the marriage “is irretrievably broken” with “no hope of reconciliation.”

Brittney Griner Files for Divorce From Cherelle Griner

Seven years after the couple tied the knot Brittney filed for divorce in Georgia’s Fulton County Superior Court.

As part of the filing, Griner is requesting that she and Cherelle share joint physical custody of their two-year-old son Bash. The petition also seeks an “equitable division” of the couple’s marital property and financial obligations, including “both real and personal, tangible and intangible” assets and debts accumulated during the marriage.

R&B singer Coco Jones and NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell tied the knot recently, surrounded by family, friends, and a guest list packed with the biggest and brightest stars from sports and entertainment.

Coco Jones and NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell

Coco Jones and Donovan Mitchell make their grand entrance, ready to celebrate their love.

Jones stunned in a reception gown paired with a flowing veil, while Mitchell matched her energy in a cream-colored tux for what was an unforgettable celebration.

The wedding also lands during career-defining momentum for the newlyweds. Jones followed up her debut album Why Not More? with a Super Bowl performance and two Grammy nominations this year, while Mitchell signed a $273 million extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, locking him into the franchise through 2031.

Paramount+ released first-look images of The Varnell Hill Show, premiering in September, and staring Tommy Davidson.

First Look at ‘The Varnell Hill Show’

Tommy Davidson stars in the ‘Martin’ spinoff series, ‘The Varnell Hill Show.’ The ensemble cast includes Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Nick Cafero, Emmanuel Hudson, and Chris Williams. Martin Lawrence is an executive producer.

A spin-off from a classic episode of Martin, The Varnell Hill Show is set behind the scenes of Hill’s fictional late-night talk show. Per the series logline, “Varnell fights to stay relevant in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape. Between network executives eager to modernize the show, a chaotic writers’ room, celebrity guests, family drama and his own outsized ego, Varnell quickly discovers that keeping a television empire together may be harder than building one in the first place.”

Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Nick Cafero, Emmanuel Hudson, and Chris Williams also star alongside Davidson. Guest stars include Ms. Pat, Deon Cole, Damon Wayans, Mike Epps, Omarion, and Martin Lawrence, one of the show’s executive producers.