Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blues legend B.B. King. (AP Photo) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues legend B.B. King — his health failing at age 89 — is in the middle of a tug of war between some of children and his longtime manager. Three of King’s 11 surviving children in a bid to take control over their father’s affairs […]

Errol Brown, lead singer of the band Hot Chocolate, died May 6 due to liver cancer according to his manager Phil Dale.  Brown was 71. In this June, 24, 1999 file photo, Errol Brown, frontman of the band Hot Chocolate performs. The singer died in the Bahamas aged 71, his manager said on Wednesday, May, […]

Ruby Melton, creator of Brown Girl With A Camera (Photo courtesy of R. Melton) Raised in a household where it made more sense to study accounting than art, Ruby Melton left a career in finance for creative exploration. “Photography is looked at as a hobby where you don’t make a lot of money or you […]

“This book… set out to answer a simple question asked repeatedly on cable news shows: Where did ISIS come from, and how did it manage to do so much damage in so short a period of time? The question was understandable, given the images and videos circulating… most notoriously, the horrifying propaganda beheadings of several Western […]

In this Nov. 1, 2014 file photo, Lauryn Hill performs at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans. Hill is canceling a planned performance in Tel Aviv because she wasn’t able to schedule a concert in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. The singer-songwriter said in a statement Monday, May 4, 2015, that she originally intended […]

In this file photo taken Aug. 22, 2012, B.B. King performs at the 32nd annual B.B. King Homecoming, a concert on the grounds of an old cotton gin where he worked as a teenager in Indianola, Miss. The Blues legend King is telling fans he’s in hospice care at home in Las Vegas. The 89-year-old […]

In this June 14, 2012, file photo, Towering Performance Award inductee Ben E. King arrives at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala in New York. King, singer of such classics as “Stand By Me,” “There Goes My Baby” and “Spanish Harlem,” died Thursday, April 30, 2015, publicist Phil Brown told The […]

Brooklyn Mack and Misty Copeland. Photo by Theo Kossenas. Many little girls dream of becoming ballerinas.  But rarely are they afforded the chance to witness professional African-American ballet dancers in celebrated productions or on national stages.  This changed for D.C.-area residents with The Washington Ballet’s opening of “Swan Lake,” at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater […]

Loni Love plays Donna Erricone in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Throughout her career, comedian and actress Loni Love has brought audiences into hysterics with her witty satire and hilarious stand-up. Through her tireless pursuit of excellence, Loni has now found herself at the top ranks of the comedy hierarchy. When not busy circumnavigating the globe […]

Days of Grace is the title of Arthur Ashe’s moving memoir about his remarkable tennis career as well as his stoic battle with AIDS. By contrast, Days of Grace, the movie, is a gruesome gansta’ saga set in Mexico City. The intricately-plotted crime thriller takes place in 2002, 2006 and 2010 during the weeks when the World Cup is being […]