Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

DMV Cake Man, Antoine E. Lee, presents a sheet cake to Grammy-nominated, recording artist and LoveLife Foundation founder, Raheem DeVaughn, at Sunday Soul DC on April 3. (Photo by Corinne L. Hollis) Fried green tomatoes stuffed with herb cheese. Shrimp, chicken, and sausage jambalaya with white chocolate bread pudding were just some of the items […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has won a lifetime achievement honor presented by the MacDowell artist colony. The Peterborough, New Hampshire-based MacDowell Colony announced Thursday the 85-year-old Morrison is the 57th recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal. Author Dave Eggers chaired the selection committee. He praises Morrison as “our nation’s conscience” and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Friends who enter into business partnerships sometimes don’t remain so. FILE – In this Nov. 1, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey, left, and Tyler Perry arrive at the premiere of the film “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles. Perry has four shows […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When Tyler Perry began creating shows for the then-struggling OWN Network four years ago, he’d send the scripts he’d written to Oprah Winfrey for approval — and she’d wince. In this Jan. 15, 2016 file photo, Tyler Perry participates in a panel for “The Passion” at the Fox Winter TCA in […]

In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Jarobi White, from left, Malik Isaac Taylor aka Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest pose for a portrait at Sirius XM studios in New York. Dawg, a masterful lyricist whose witty wordplay was a linchpin of the groundbreaking hip-hop group A Tribe Called […]

In this Nov. 19, 2005 file photo, opera star Kathleen Battle performs during the grand opening gala celebration for the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. Battle is returning to the Metropolitan Opera, 22 years after the company fired her citing “unprofessional actions.” Battle, who turns 68 in August, will sing a recital on Nov. […]

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2006 file photo, Argentinian tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri performs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. On Saturday, April 2, 2016, the Grammy winning musician died in a New York hospital from pneumonia at the age of 83, his wife, Laura said. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) NEW YORK (AP) — Latin Jazz saxophonist […]

In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. After six weeks of streaming exclusively on Tidal, the Jay-Z-backed music service, West’s latest album, “The Life of Pablo,” was finally released to other streaming platforms like […]

Pop star Rihanna, TV mogul Shonda Rhimes , and Democratic presidential candidate. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Pop star Rihanna and TV mogul Shonda Rhimes were among the honorees at this year’s Black Girls Rock! event, where Hillary Clinton made an appearance and told the audience “my life has been changed by […]

Hip hop mogul Sean “P Diddy” Combs has once again rocked the world with his latest venture, a girls’ spring 2016 fashion collection, more than 15 years after the initial success of his eponymous menswear line.  The 20-piece “Bad Girls 4 Life” collection boasts fun and playful apparel for girls and “tweens.” Inspired by his […]

While Scarface’s ‘The Fix’ didn’t sell well when it was released in 2002, that shouldn’t stop you from picking it up. (Courtesy photo) Houston rapper Scarface is the epitome of longevity, with a decorated career spanning over 25 years. Your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper has achieved every level of success and helped established the South […]

Shaka Senghor new book, ‘Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison,” is a best seller. (Courtesy photo) Shaka Senghor is an ex-con who is changing the lives Americans, both old and young,  with his recently released book which documents his experience in the American justice system. The book is a New […]