Viola Davis won the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Viola Davis made history on Sept. 20 by becoming the first black woman to win an Emmy for best drama series actress, but said there is still work that needs to be done in getting more diverse stories […]
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Hip Hop Comes to the Comic Book Format
Hip Hop has long been an important part of Black culture and recently it has been the subject of countless movies, plays and very recently, graphic novels. Ed Piskor is a Pennsylvania born comic strip creator who has written and illustrated one of the most talked about Hip Hop novels of this year, “Hip Hop […]
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Aretha Franklin Has a Song _ and a Gift _ for Pope
In a March 4, 2015, file photo, singer Aretha Franklin is interviewed after a taping for American Idol XIV at The Fillmore Detroit. Organizers announced Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, that Franklin will perform for Pope Francis during an outdoor festival in Philadelphia on the next-to-last night of his U.S. tour this month. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, […]
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Apollo Theater to Induct 3 Comedians into Walk of Fame
In this Aug. 29, 1994 file photo, Richard Pryor appears at the taping of NBC’s second annual “Comedy Hall of Fame” in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Apollo Theater in Harlem will induct comics Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley and Redd Foxx into its walk of fame. The legendary comedians will be inducted during a special ceremony […]
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Kevin Hart, Chris Christie among Trevor Noah’s first ‘Daily Show’ Guests
(Left) Comedian Kevin Hart, and (right) comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah. (AP Photos) NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Kevin Hart will be the first of an eclectic list of guests on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” during Trevor Noah’s first week as host. Hart will be on Monday, when Noah debuts as […]
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Opportunity Lost: A Chronicle of Failed Reforms in the Newark Public School System
Two hundred million dollars just wasn’t enough. Even with $100 million dollars from Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, and another $100 million in private funds raised by Corey Booker, then mayor of Newark, and New Jersey governor Chris Christie—$200 million just was not enough to fix the Newark public school system. In “The Prize: Who’s […]
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Doctor Rosewood Makes a House Call
Morris Chestnut (Photo credit: Fox Broadcasting Co.) For the past quarter-century, Morris Chestnut has been working in television and movies. Morris made his big screen debut in 1991 as Ricky Baker in “Boyz n the Hood”. He’s currently co-starring opposite Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy in the psychological thriller, “The Perfect Guy”. This November, he’s […]
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Best-Seller Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing Comic Book Series
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Photo: Eduardo Montes-Bradley via Wikimedia Commons) (Updated 9/22/2015) NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s top writers about race, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has signed up with Marvel Comics for a Black Panther series. Coates, whose open letter to his son “Between the World and Me” is a best-seller and National Book Award nominee, […]
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Sean Penn Files $10 Million Suit against Lee Daniels, ‘Empire’ Co-Creator
(Left) Lee Daniels, co-creator of Fox’s mega-hit “Empire”. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File); (Right) actor Sean Penn. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File) Penn has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, against the producer of the hit Fox television show “Empire” Lee Daniels after comments Daniels’ made in the press that […]
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Rapper 50 Cent Sues Former Consultant over TV Deals
In this July 20, 2015 file photo, actor/rap mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson attends the premiere of “Southpaw” in New York. Rapper 50 Cent is suing a former consultant in a Connecticut bankruptcy court, alleging the man improperly acted as his agent and collected fees in advance for projects without his permission. (Photo by Evan […]
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Cissy Houston to be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
In this May 11, 2013 file photo, Cissy Houston performs during McDonald’s Gospelfest 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston, will be honored at the Gospel Image Awards in Charlotte, N.C. Houston will be the lifetime achievement honoree at Saturdays event, held at the Halton Theater. (Photo […]
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Maya Angelou’s Limousine Raising Money for Child Services
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A 30-year-old limousine belonging to the late Maya Angelou is being raffled off to raise money for children’s therapeutic care. Dr Maya Angelou poses for a photo in London on Sept. 20, 2005. (Writer Pictures/Graham Jepson via AP Images) The Winston-Salem Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Kn884r) that an executor of Angelou’s estate donated […]