By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic “You can’t stay!” Those aren’t the words a nerve-frayed family running from killer demons wants to hear. Yet, as they seek refuge, they encounter resistance in this sequel to one of the most innovative drama/horror/sci-fi films ever made, A Quiet Place. AQP was uniquely wondrous and scary. […]
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PJ Morton, Anthony Brown earn multiple Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations
PJ Morton and Anthony Brown The nominees in the 36th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards have been announced. Anthony Brown & group therAPy earned eight nominations. Their album, 2econd Wind: Ready (Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade), pulled seven of them – including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. The best-selling project features the Billboard No. […]
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Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August
2019 AFRAM Festival at Druid Hill Park (Photo credit: BCRP) Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August The Cultural Festival Is Back for a Week-long Hybrid Experience BALTIMORE, MD – Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) and their partners are excited to announce the return of the Baltimore AFRAM Festival. The […]
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7-time Grammy winner Christian McBride’s New Jawn will headline the 25th Anniversary Chestertown Jazz Festival in September
The Chestertown Jazz Festival, organized by local radiologist Dr. Mel Rapelyea will return in September for its 25th Anniversary. Jazz doesn’t get any better than the groove Christian McBride’s New Jawn delivers, and fresh from winning his 7th Grammy, McBride has accepted Dr. Mel Rapelyea’s invitation to headline the 25th Anniversary Chestertown Jazz Festival in […]
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Netflix to feature backstory of ‘Bridgerton’s Black Queen
Queen Charlotte, portrayed by Golda Rosheuvel in Netflix’s “Bridgerton” series, will get her own spinoff series. (Photo courtesy Netflix via Twitter) By AFRO Staff “All Hail the Queen.” Netflix on May 14 announced it would be running a limited series featuring the back story of Queen Charlotte, the Black English regent featured in the highly […]
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After making history, Miss USA competing for Miss Universe
Miss USA Asya Branch of Booneville, Miss., waves to fans as she gets a welcome home parade through downtown Booneville April 23, 2021. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP) By The Associated Press Asya Branch, the first Black Miss Mississippi to win Miss USA, will compete for the title of Miss Universe on […]
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Lil Kim set to release debut memoir about her hip-hop career
Lil Kim at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards (Photo by Norman Johnson for rolling out) By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Lil’ Kim just announced that she’ll be releasing her debut memoir on Nov. 2, called Lil’ Kim: The Queen Bee. The book will be co-written by Kathy Iandoli and published via Hachette Books. The memoir […]
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The rebirth of Ebony and Jet magazine
Ebony Magazine relaunched in digital format on March 1, 2021. Media veteran, Michele Ghee, was named CEO of Ebony and Jet in January. The new owner is former NBA player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman. He bought the magazine out of bankruptcy for $14 million in December 2020. Bridgeman’s daughter, Eden Bridgeman, will oversee Ebony Media. By […]
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Wrath of Man film review
Jason Statham stars as H in director Guy Ritchie’s WRATH OF MAN, A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.Photo credit: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures© 2021 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic “If he’s not a cop, what is he?” That’s the question of the day at Fortico Securities, […]
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Judge dismisses another lawsuit by Michael Jackson ‘Neverland’ accusers
Fans online reacted with the hashtag #MichaelJacksonWasFramed as news of the latest dismissal against Jackson’s accusers spread. (Photo: Michael Jackson performing “Stranger In Moscow” during his HIStory World Tour in Brunei / Wikimedia Commons) By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor (NNPA Newswire) — On April 27, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Young […]
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Author and poet Kai Adia leans into community of bookstores for latest release
Kai Adia’s “The Depths of Anima” is an introspective look at Black girlhood and the transition into womanhood. (Courtesy of Reparations Club) By AFRO Staff Author and poet, Kai Adia, is honored to have her books in independent bookshops across her city of Los Angeles including the historic, Black-owned bookstore, Eso Won Books. As a […]
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Actor Hill Harper launches first Black-owned DigitalWallet, ‘The Black Wall Street
The Black Wall Street’s campaign, Crypto-curriculum and DigitalWallet will be led by Harper in partnership with Najah Roberts, a worldleading cryptocurrency exchange expert. The Black Wall Street technology & DigitalWallet will empower the financially-excluded and confront the racial wealth gap, in remembrance of the approaching centennial of the race-fueled Tulsa Massacre in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district […]