Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

President Barack Obama welcomes Allen Toussaint to award him the 2012 National Medal of Arts for his contributions as a composer, producer, and performer, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint easily adopted multiple musical roles during a legendary career that […]

Kevin Powell will be speaking at Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore about his new book. It has been over 20 years since Kevin Powell made a name for himself on the first season of MTV’s “The Real World.” Since then he’s gone on to become an outspoken activist, an award-winning journalist, an author several […]

Two-time Super Bowl Champion Dwight Hicks is one of the stars of ‘X’s and O’s.’ The writers and actors behind a new play coming to Center Stage in Baltimore say they are looking to both illuminate and challenge this country’s love of football. “X’s and O’s” is written by KJ Sanchez and Jenny Mercein. Mercein […]

Lamman Rucker is one of the stars of “The Man in 3B.” It doesn’t take long for Darryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) to start rubbing people the wrong way after he returns to his ‘hood in a rough section of South Jamaica, Queens. First, a miserably-married neighbor in his apartment building falls in love with him […]

In this Sept. 20, 2014, file photo, musician Wynton Marsalis performs during a memorial service for actress Ruby Dee at The Riverside Church in New York. Marsalis was honored with The Marian Anderson Award in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Marsalis, who has won nine Grammys and is the first jazz musician to win […]

In this Feb. 19, 2015 file photo, Shonda Rhimes arrives at the 8th Annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rhimes has a candid new memoir, “Year of Yes” (Simon & Schuster) outTuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Shonda Rhimes, who owns ABC’s Thursday […]

In this Jan. 4, 2014 file photo, Idris Elba arrives at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Whether actor Daniel Craig will bow out after the James Bond film “Spectre” or commit to another, his reign is nearly finished and everyone’s wondering just who will step into those bespoke […]

Balmain Creative Director Olivier Rousteing, center; with models Kendall Jenner, right, and Gigi Hadid. The Balmain x H&M fashion collection completely sold out in 250 stores and online after the Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) opened globally at 8 a.m., Nov. 5 to stampedes of fashionistas. In Washington, D.C., Balmain aficionados camped out […]

Raven- Symoné from “The View” and Don Lemon from CNN. (AP Photo) Two Change.org petitions have been created to call for the removal of Raven- Symoné from “The View” and Don Lemon from CNN after both hosts sparked outrage among viewers for their opinions on the recent altercation between a deputy and student at Spring […]

Rapper Lil Wayne MIAMI (AP) — Officers have seized assets from the Miami Beach mansion of rapper Lil Wayne to help pay a $2 million court judgment involving his lease of a private jet. Miami-Dade Police Department spokeswoman Marjorie Eloi says the court order was executed Tuesday. An inventory of what items were seized and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith says he’s ready to get back on the road. In this Nov. 1, 2015 file photo, Will Smith arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. mith says he’s ready to get back on the road.The entertainer told Ellen DeGeneres that he is planning to launch a […]