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Lee Daniels series, Star, has been canceled after three season on air, Variety reports. The series starring Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady, Quincy Brown, Queen Latifah and Amiyah Scott aired it's season three finale on May 8.

The finale ended on a cliffhanger with the murder of one character and several other characters being shot and possibly killed during a wedding scene between Destiny and Brown’s characters, Alex and Derek.

According to Shadow & Act the cancelation wasn’t ratings related but likely due to Disney’s $71. billion Fox acquisition. The network also canned freshman series The Passage, as well as Lethal Weapon and The Cool Kids.

Star, which was created by Daniels and Tom Donaghy, premiered in 2016 and airs after Daniels' other music-related series, Empire. The hourlong weekly drama follows the story of three young singers, Star (Demorest) Simone (O’Grady) and Alex, as they set out on the road to stardom and the obstacles they endure while navigating through the music industry.

As a way to celebrate Mental Health Awareness month IRL, actress Taraji P. Henson has announced that a summit surrounding the issue will be coming very soon after the commemorative month. Henson announced that her newly created foundation, the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, will be hosting a two day Conference and Benefit Dinner on June 7-9 in her hometown of Washington, D.C.

At the summit, entitled Can We Talk?, 350-400 guests including therapists, counselors, social workers, influencers, community organizations, and policy makers will gather together to "identify national trends that have been barriers to mental health treatment in the black community." These discussions will also center around ways to dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health and how to funnel help to those who need it most.

Keynote speakers include Taraji P. Henson and Charlamagne Tha God, with Idris Elba's daughter Isan Elba serving as the conference's Youth Council Ambassador. Proceeds from the luncheon will go towards access to therapy for black people who may not exactly have the means to do so themselves. Additionally The You Got This! campaign—which seeks to fundraise $500,000 to go towards mental health resources—will promote the cause from now until the event in June.

Steve Harvey's nationally syndicated show has officially come to an end.

According to Variety, the series will take its final bow in June. The final episode was filmed on Thursday (May 9), but details about what took place remain unknown. Steve ran for seven years on NBC, with Harvey one of the few people of color with a successful talk show in the daytime slot in years. The talk show was previously pushed as The Steve Harvey Show but changed styles and tone after Endeavor’s IMG Original Content reached a deal with Harvey in 2017 that included him receiving a majority stake in the show.

In September, it was previously reported that Harvey was losing his slot with NBC after the network announced plans to develop a talk-variety hour with Kelly Clarkson.

A source told Variety that Harvey has no regrets about making the shift to IMG and changing the content from a traditional Oprah-like feel to heightened attention to celebrities and pop culture. “Steve took a shot,” the source said. “He still made more money than he would have under the old deal.”

Harvey touched on the topic back in January at the Variety Entertainment Summit, throwing bits of shade at NBC for not keeping him in the know about the decision.

“I thought I was, until they made an announcement a couple of weeks ago that they wanted to give Kelly Clarkson the owned-and-operated NBC networks -- that’s my slot," Harvey said about the decision. "I don't know if it sold, it's not selling like they thought, but I thought it would have been nice of them to come to me -- as the only dude who’s survived [in daytime TV] for seven years -- about it. You know, I'm an honorable guy," he added. "I'm just an old school guy, and I just thought that you're supposed to just talk to people and just go, 'Look, you've been good business for us. This is what we're thinking of doing, are you OK with that?' No, you just don't put something in the paper and say, 'I'm just going to make this move right here,' because it's crazy."

Ironically, the show has gotten more attention on social media thanks to Harvey's candor about general topics. This week, the comedian was met with disputes about ableism after he pushed the idea of "no days off" work ethic by not sleeping in. With a new audience (agreeing with his views or not) there's a chance the show can be picked up at another network or live in streaming world.

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— Coach Kay (@Kierstensharris) May 7, 2019