ANOTHER TEMPTATION GONE

Otis "Damon" Harris, of the venerable Motown group The Temptations has died. He was 62-years-old. According to his daughter Erica Harris Outlaw, the singer was suffering with prostate cancer for the last 14 years, but recently he'd really been struggling. He officially passed away on Feb. 18 at Joseph Richey Hospice in Baltimore, MD. "He was in great pain for the last several months," she told CNN. "He was the kind of dad where you wanted the best for him. We're going to really miss him. We miss him already." Read more about what Damon brought to the group when he replaced Eddie Kendricks at theboombox.com

TLC MOVIE STARTS SHOOTING

TheYBF.com's caught up with the gorge 19-year-old KeKe Plamer on the red carpet of the recent Essence Black Women In Hollywood brunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  And she let us know how the filming will go for the much anticipated biopic about singing group, now officially named, “CRAZY, SEXY, COOL: THE TLC STORY.” Read what KeKe has to say at ybf.com

AFRICAN AMERICAN FOR DOWNTON ABBEY

It looks like PBS’s wildly popular “Downton Abbey,” which just wrapped its third season this month, is about to introduce its first black character as part of a storyline about race relations in the1920s. According to The Sun, producers sent casting notices out to agents seeking an actor to play Jack Ross, described as “Male, 25-30. A musician  (singer) at an exclusive club in the 20′s.” Read more about the character and why I think John Legend or Lenny Kravizt would be great for this part. Eurweb.com