Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Malachi Kirby plays Kunta Kinte in the remake of the award-winning mini-series. (Courtesy photo) The “Roots” mini-series is coming back to TV with a contemporary twist.  This one is a new adaptation of the  nine Emmy, two Golden Globe Award winning broadcast that chronicles the history of a young West African man (Kunta Kinte), who […]

EA’s upcoming video game ‘Battlefield 1’ features a Black man on the cover and that has caused controversy. (Courtesy photo) Video game developer EA has become a powerhouse in the industry by releasing top selling projects for more than two decades, with titles such as “Battlefield” and “Madden NFL.” Recently, the company revealed that their […]

Marsai Martin, left, and Miles Brown, stars of ABC comedy ‘Black-ish,’ speak at the 41st annual Gracie Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 24, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Aunjanue Ellis, Iyanla, Jada Pinkett Smith and Angela Bassett were among the winners.

In this Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 file photo, Dionne Warwick sings “I Say A Little Prayer” at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Destiny’s Child alum LeToya Luckett will star as Dionne Warwick in a planned biopic of the R&B singer. The 75-year-old Warwick was in Cannes on Friday, May […]

              Cosby: “She Never Said No”, as He Put His Hands Down Her Pants NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her […]

Sean Combs performs during the Bad Boy Family Reunion Show at the Barclay’s Center on Friday, May 20, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before Puff Daddy hit the stage for an all-star concert featuring his Bad Boy family, Jay Z and Mary J. Blige, he could not […]

Barbados-born international superstar Rihanna recently launched a global scholarship program for international students enrolled in a U.S. college, courtesy of her Clara Lionel Foundation. On May 9, Rihanna took to Instagram to announce the launch of her scholarship program, which would award first-year students who are citizens or natives of Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, […]

In this May 11, 2015 file photo, Azealia Banks performs in concert at Irving Plaza in New York. Banks, like Donald Trump, is outspoken and often criticized for her opinions. That makes the rapper the perfect person to perform at a Trump concert. (Photo by Robert Altman/Invision/AP) On May 10, Azealia Banks launched a racist, […]

(Top left clockwise) – Trombonist J.J. Johnson, Saxophonists Ben Webster and Wayne Shorter. (Photos/YouTube and Wikipedia) NEW YORK (AP) — Saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Ben Webster and trombonist J.J. Johnson have been chosen as the 2016 inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. Shorter is equally renowned as one of the […]

Sundial Brands new hair care line, Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture, pays homage to America’s first Black self-made millionaire. (Courtesy photo) In the spirit of Madame CJ Walker, creator of Black hair products, Sundial Brands, maker of “Nubian Heritage” and “SheaMoisture,” revamped the 1906 hair line for a 21st century approach, entitled “Madam C.J. Walker […]

Sage Evans-Rainey is a student at the Baltimore International Academy. (Photo by William M. Carson Sr.) Sage Evans-Rainey is one out of hundreds of students who has been chosen to participate in the Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Intensive program this summer in Los Angeles, California. The Debbie Allen Dance Academy is a non-profit organization […]