By Nakia Brown, Special to the AFRO What began as a hobby of perfecting the audio and cinematic experience, evolved a 7-seat home theater in a townhouse basement into a 85-seat luxurious and independent multiplex movie theater in Baltimore. Next Act Cinema, the first Black-owned movie theater in Baltimore, opened its doors at 921 Reisterstown Road, […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don’t want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don’t even want to be […]
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The Latest: Nipsey Hussle’s Fiancee: ‘I’m lost without you’
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store in Los Angeles (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The fiancee of Nipsey Hussle has broken her silence posting a tribute to the rapper on social media a couple days after he was fatally shot […]
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The Latest: Chief: Hussle Killing Involved Personal Dispute
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle (all times local): 9:45 a.m. Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore says the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle involved a personal dispute between Hussle and the suspect identified by authorities and was not gang violence. Moore told reporters […]
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Grammy-Nominated Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot and Killed at 33
By MESFIN FEKADU and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut. He was 33. Police […]
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Smollett Saga Shook Public Trust, Heightened Racial Tensions
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK, AP National Writer In the two months since Jussie Smollett reported a late-night attack by assailants shouting racial and anti-gay slurs, the “Empire” actor and activist went from victim to defendant. Police and many in the Black community rallied to his defense before condemning his account as a hoax. On Tuesday, […]
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Jackson, Nicks Enter Hall With Encouragement for Women
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Nicks, who became the first woman inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Janet Jackson, the latest member of the Jackson clan to enter the hall, called for other women to join them in music immortality on a night they […]
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Beyonce, ‘Black Panther’ win at 50th NAACP Image Awards
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Beyonce accepted the award Saturday night, the superstar paid homage to the people who were nominated in the same category […]
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Robert Townsend Doc on ‘The 5 Heartbeats’ Earns NAACP Nod
By JOHN CARUCCI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of us understand the heartbreak of finding out our favorite band has broken up, but few can actually turn that dismay into a cult classic. That’s what Robert Townsend did with “The Five Heartbeats.” According to the 62-year old filmmaker, it was hearing that David […]
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With ‘Black Panther’ and now ‘Us,’ Winston Duke is on a Roll
By LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Winston Duke went from relative obscurity to being a household name with his first film and he wasn’t even the lead, or second or third performer listed for that matter. That the first film in question was “Black Panther” didn’t hurt, but that Duke still […]
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Show Focused on Black fans, Athletes Finds SiriusXM Home
By JARED BOYD, The Daily Memphian undefined MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Larry Robinson and Howard Robertson created a pilot for their sports talk radio program “R&R on Sports” in 2013, something was missing from the marketplace. “At the time, there were no national syndicated sports radio shows with two African-American male hosts,” Robinson says. […]
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City Leaders: Smollett Owes Chicago $130K for Investigation
By AMANDA SEITZ and HERBERT G. McCANN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — City officials have ordered Jussie Smollett to pay $130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation into his report of a street attack that Chicago police say was staged to promote his career. A letter from the city’s legal department sent Thursday to […]