Pharrell Williams seen at the world premiere of “The Black Godfather,” in Los Angeles on June 3, 2019. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File) By AFRO Staff Music maven Pharrell Williams has teamed up with Amazon and the Georgia Institute of Technology in an educational collaboration that promotes discussions on racial justice, STEM education and […]
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Black designer Sergio Hudson on looks for VP Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama
Vice President Kamala Harri, after the Inauguration, wearing her evening look designed by Sergio Hudaon while accompanied by her husband. (Phioto/The Chicago Defender) By The Chicago Defender Former first lady Michelle Obama was radiant at the inauguration and “Extra’s” Cheslie Kryst got a chance to speak with the Black Designer Sergio Hudson who created her outfit. […]
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The White Tiger review
White Tiger. Rajkummar Rao as Ashok, Priyanka Chopra as Pinky Madam, Adarsh Gourav as Balram in White Tiger. Cr. Tejinder Singh Khamkha/NETFLIX © 2020 By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire film critic Is this just another passive servant movie, like Gone With the Wind, The Help, or Roma? Or does it have a new kick? […]
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T’Kay’s Terrific Twos
River Rouge’s own social butterfly, T’Kay Montaque (courtesy photo) By Xavier Jones Telegram Media Specialist There is a box of treasure hidden under River Rouge, Mich. The hordes of people traveling for sports, food and entertainment in the city has skyrocketed over recent years. The fact that has taken the region by storm, is fashion. […]
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Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. takes on the late, great, Sam Cooke
(L-R) Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam Cooke), Eli Goree (Cassius Clay), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Malcolm X) and Aldis Hodge. (Courtesy Photo(Jim Brown).) By Frank Dilella Broadway Direct Broadway favorite Leslie Odom Jr. returns to film this winter in the stage-to-screen transfer of One Night in Miami. The movie, which marks Oscar-winner Regina King’s feature directorial debut, is […]
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US VP-elect Harris thanks Caribbean American voters for helping make history
Side by side screengrabs of the US’ first Black Caribbean American vice President elect Kamala Harris and Invest Caribbean CEO and Caribbean American advocate Felicia J. Persaud, (r.) during remarks at the Global Caribbean American inauguration celebration on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (ICN/CAAN image) CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Sun. Jan. 17, 2021: U.S. VP-Elect […]
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Artists effect change through unique talents
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Moving the country forward, just as much as the likes of Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., activism through the work of Black entertainers has long been a staple of change. Though not always as overt as a March on Washington, Black artists have long nurtured […]
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‘Locked Down’ film review
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic It may be 2021’s first viable COVID-themed movie. Hopefully it’s not the best we can expect. Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor Audiences who’ve been locked down, pent up, frustrated and emotionally frayed will relate. Life with the virus has been hard and […]
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Shawna Thomas, an award-winning journalist, producer and program executive, is named executive producer of CBS News’ “CBS This Morning”
Portrait of CBS producer Shawna Thomas in Baltimore, MD January 9, 2021 (Photo: CBS/ Chris) Award-winning journalist, producer and program executive Shawna Thomas has been named executive producer for CBS News’ CBS THIS MORNING. Thomas will begin her new assignment at CBS News’ flagship morning news broadcast with co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony […]
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Film review: ‘Sylvie’s Love’
Nnamdi Asomugha as Robert Halloway and Tessa Thompson as Sylvie Parker in “Sylvie’s Love.” (Courtesy Photo) By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic (NNPA NEWSWIRE) —It’s love at first sight. That’s true for the couple in this romantic period film and for audiences who will be transfixed by the stunningly beautiful footage. It’s the summer […]
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Theater groups announce ‘Consequences,’ beckon BIPOC creatives
Award-winning writer York Walker. (Courtesy of York Walker/Harlem9) By AFRO Staff Harlem9, Harlem Stage, and The Lucille Lortel Theatre (co-producers) proudly announce “CONSEQUENCES” – an inaugural, commissioned writers’ development and digital programming series for BIPOC creatives. The first thematic installment of CONSEQUENCES is to demonstrate how the consequences of elections impact the writer, their community, […]
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Historic doll maker, Howard U staple dies
Entrepreneur and longtime Howard University administrator Loretta Whitfield died on Dec. 27. She was 79. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As a District of Columbia Public Schools and Howard University graduate, Loretta Whitfield, who died on Dec. 27 at the age of 79, knew the value of representation. Whitfield and her […]