Songs, Movies & Moments: October 2022
Cory Hardrict on his divorce from Tia Mowery; Jada Pinkett-Smith is writing a memoir; Brittney Griner’s appeal; Mike Epps and Kyra Epps rebuild homes for new show.
A Look at Entertainment
by T.J. Moore –
Actor Cory Hardrict is setting the record straight on his impending divorce from Tia Mowery.
Hardrict shut down the speculation surrounding the dissolution of his marriage to the The Game actress that the cause was extramarital affairs. After a poster on social media suggested that Hardrict cheated on Mowery, the actor wrote back, ‘Lies.’
The couple, who tied the knot in 2008, share their son Cree, 11, and daughter Cairo, 4.
Jada Pinkett-Smith has revealed that she will be writing a memoir that shares details about her difficult journey in Hollywood and her “complicated marriage” to Will Smith.
On Oct. 6, Dey Street Books, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, announced that Pinkett-Smith’s book will be released next fall. According to the press release, the untitled memoir was described as “honest and gripping.”
Pinkett-Smith will reflect on growing up in Baltimore. As the daughter of two addicted parents, the Girl’s Trip star attended theater school but also worked as a “petty drug-dealer” before becoming an actress.
The press release also stated that the Red Table Talk creator and host will open up about her “roller coaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power.”
The Moscow regional court set the beginning of WNBA star and Russian detainee Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing for Oct. 25, according to new reports on the case.
The Phoenix Mercury center was convicted in August for drug possession charges. The court sentenced Griner to nine years in a Russian prison and to pay a fine of a million rubles, about $16,400 dollars, according to Revolt.
Comedian Mike Epps and his wife Kyra Epps have been hustling to give his hometown a makeover of the past two summers. During this time, the HGTV cameras rolled through the process for their new show Buying Back The Block. On this special, three-episode miniseries, we will see the Epps’ revitalize and restore the Indianapolis neighborhood that Mike grew up in. The couple will take abandoned homes and transform them.
“Kyra and I are restoring two homes on the block, one was my grandmother’s house from the 1960s,” Epps said in a press release. “Our kids will see us work firsthand, nail by nail, to rebuild these homes and our community. Our goal is to inspire legacy and family for generations.”
The Eppses already flipped an old firehouse in his childhood neighborhood and now the couple call that house home.
“Our two little ones are growing up on the same block as Mike did in the ‘70’s,” says Kyra Epps added. “Over the last two years Mike and I realized that we need to be close to our families more than ever. We decided to spend more time in Indianapolis so our children could understand the importance of family history. I am excited to bring my design style to the neighborhood for future families to experience.”
