Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new independent film recounts the faith and unity of a Birmingham high school football team in the years after integration and the movie’s co-director said he hopes its message resonates with current students and helps them realize the power of perseverance. Andrew Erwin, co-director of the film “Woodlawn,” was on […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After more than 20 years in New Orleans, the Essence Festival is now going global. (Photo Courtesy of Durban tourism) The festival has launched a three-year partnership with eThekwini Municipality to host the Essence Festival in Durban, South Africa, in 2016 and 2017, Essence Communications Inc. President Michelle Ebanks said Thursday. […]

In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Khloe Kardashian Odom and Lamar Odom from the show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” attend an E! Network upfront event in New York. Odom, the former NBA star and reality TV personality embraced by teammates and fans alike for his humble approach to fame, was hospitalized and his […]

The early conversations between director Cary Fukunaga and Idris Elba about their child soldier drama “Beasts of No Nation” began with, Elba says, the two discussing “the level of depth that he and I wouldn’t mind plunging into.” Idris Elba stars in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ (Photo credit: Victoria Will/Invision/AP) “There is a version of […]

In this Aug. 30, 2015 file photo, Chrissy Teigen, left, and John Legend arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Teigen and Legend announced on their Instagram accounts, Monday, Oct. 12, that they are expecting their first child. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend and Chrissy Teigen […]

Rapper Scarface ATLANTA (AP) — Jail records show rapper Scarface has been arrested for not making child support payments after being honored at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. Fulton County jail’s website says Scarface was arrested Friday. He had first given his acceptance speech for receiving the “I Am Hip Hop” award at the […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Scarface was a man of few words after accepting his “I Am Hip Hop” award, directing the attention away from himself and toward the many that have supported the veteran rapper. Scarface poses for a photo at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center on Friday, Oct. 9, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The manager for Three 6 Mafia founding member Robert “Koopsta Knicca” Phillips says the Memphis rapper has died. Joe Robbins says Phillips suffered a stroke before dying early Friday morning at a Memphis hospital. He was 40 years old. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/1Mnx4v8) Phillips recorded the well-regarded solo album “Da […]

In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Stand Up for Heroes event at Madison Square Garden in New York. “Dateline NBC” will bring 29 women who have accused Bill Cosby of assault together for a special on Friday, Oct. 8, 2015. NBC’s broadcast was timed to coincide with Cosby’s […]

Prince and Madonna (AP Photos) CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Some lucky music fans got to see two icons in the same room early Friday, as Prince performed for Madonna at Paisley Park. Minnesota Public Radio reports that about 30 Prince fans were summoned to Paisley Park late Thursday for something “extra special.” The group was […]

Actor and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner poses for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. Warner, who won his first Grammy earlier this year for his work on Robert Glasper’s “Jesus Children,” is currently promoting his new album, “Selfless.” He describes the third record with his band Miles Long as “funky passionate vulnerability.” (Photo […]

NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are happy that theatergoers are excited to see them onstage together again, but please, please, hold your applause when they first appear. In this image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, James Earl Jones, left, and Cicely Tyson appear during a performance of “The Gin Game,” playing through […]