Skye Dakota Turner stars as Young Aretha Franklin and Audra McDonald as her mother Barbara in RESPECT, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film. (Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert) By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic “They want to hear you sing,” says Rev. C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker) to his 10-year-old daughter Aretha (Skye Dakota […]
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New Tito Jackson CD features host of superstars, targets civil unrest
Jackson 5 legend Tito Jackson (Courtesy Photo/NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Bobby Rush, Kim Fields, Magic Johnson, UB40, and Smokey Robinson are just some of the names featured on Jackson 5 legend Tito Jackson’s latest CD, “Under Your Spell.” In addition to an army of superstars, Jackson […]
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New Art @ Work mural has African roots
Govans community unveiled a new mural called “Together Govans.” By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) program, Art @ Work, held an official unveiling on Aug. 5 in the Govans community for the new mural called “Together Govans.” The design shows clasped hands to represent togetherness […]
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Broadway’s neon lights shine with 10 new Black plays, musicals
Broadway officials have said the shows will go on, but only at 100 percent capacity. So, if New York reinstates restrictions on indoor crowds, Broadway could shutter once again. (Courtesy photo) Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent After a somewhat experimental reopening in June with “Springsteen on Broadway,” the Great White Way has taken a […]
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Dave Chappelle fought to bring truth through comedy during pandemic
Dave Chappelle’s untitled documentary film premiered at the Kennedy Center last weekend. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Donning face masks and stylish outfits, thousands packed into The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall for Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary Film, on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. People waited in wonder […]
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Poetry Foundation and Complexly announce new Ours Poetica Co-Curators
Charlotte Abotsi is a writer, educator, and filmmaker from Providence, Rhode Island. As a spoken word poet, she has competed in several international slams, placing in the top 20 poets at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam, and winning the 2017 Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam competition. Her poems have been written about in […]
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Larger-than-life icon stages the greatest comeback in and out of the ring
1974: World Heavyweight champion George Foreman knocks down Ken Norton in the second round of their world title bout in the Poliedro Arena in Caracas, Venezuela. The fight lasted less than two rounds with Foreman scoring his third consecutive knockout victory to retain his heavyweight title. (AP Photo, File) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the […]
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Sneakers changed the game, created culture
Courtesy photo By Wanda T. Boulware Special to the AFRO Tennis shoes, sneakers, kicks. What you call them depends on what part of the world you live in but wherever that might be; if you know then you know. Tennis shoes, or the love of them, have been a major part of society for more […]
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‘Stuck With You’ creator Patricia Jones gained success by investing in herself
TV writer Patricia Jones, creator of Allblk.tv drama “Stuck With You.” Jones’ juicy new series centers around a glamorous married couple (played by Queen Sugar’s Timon Kyle Durrett and Tammy Townsend of Love Is __), who seem to be on top of the world, but whose world is in fact teetering off the edge of […]
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TruSo, a Black-owned Social Networking App Set to Launch
Upon launch, TruSo will be available for both Apple and Android users. Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens, and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut. “I believe in the power of community – especially cultural communities,” Matthew Newman, the founder and CEO of TruSo noted in […]
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Ice Cube and Warner Bros. fight over ‘Friday’ franchise
Ice Cube (Photo credit: Bang Media) By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Rolling Out Ice Cube‘s Friday series is in the middle of a tug-of-war between the rapper and Warner Bros. studios. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ice Cube wants Warner Bros. to relinquish the rights to the Friday series as well as All About The Benjamins and The Players Club and has accused the […]
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Pyer Moss wows with couture show honoring Black inventors
Pyer Moss listen during an interview after unveiling his fashion, themed around the inventions of African Americans, Saturday July 10, 2021, in Irvington, N.Y., at the Villa Lewaro mansion, the home built by African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker in 1917. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) By Jocelyn Noveck AP National Writer This time, the weather gods […]