By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyonce is in a 1990’s mood as she salutes singer Toni Braxton for Halloween. Beyonce appears on Instagram in a pixie wig, leather jacket, white tank top and jeans to re-create Braxton’s 1993 album, which she labeled Phoni Braxton. In the last of the three images, Beyonce […]
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Tiffany Haddish Tests Her Hot Streak With ‘Nobody’s Fool’
By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What’s the best thing that’s happened to Tiffany Haddish in the past year? Tough question. She takes a deep breath. “Meeting Oprah, getting a Tesla, hosting the MTV Movie and TV Awards, winning awards, going on trips, staying in different countries, getting an award in Canada. […]
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Ava DuVernay to Make Prince Documentary for Netflix
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay is making a multipart documentary on Prince for Netflix with the support of the late musician’s estate. The director on Tuesday confirmed Twitter reports late Monday that she’s working on the film. The documentary will be made with extensive use of Prince’s archives and will […]
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Tyler Perry and Tiffany Haddish Somber at Film Premiere
By JOHN CARUCCI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At the world premiere of his new film, “Nobody’s Fool,” Tyler Perry hoped that “good people” from all backgrounds will “step up and do the right thing” to end the divisive speech that many believe has led to violence. Perry, who serves as the film’s writer, director […]
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Janelle Monae on Lauryn Hill, Vinyl and ‘Dirty Computer’
By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Janelle Monae doesn’t remember the first album she owned as a child, but the first one she spent her hard-earned money on? “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” “I just connected with Lauryn on many levels. The fact that she was a young black woman in America […]
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ASCAP Hosts All-Female Songwriting Camp to Improve Diversity
By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a spacious recording studio in Nashville, two singer-songwriters, Priscilla Renea and Jillian Jacqueline, were working through a song idea, trading suggestions for lyrics and melody on the theme of resurrection. “When you least expect it.,” Jacqueline started off. “Resurrection!” says Renea with a flourish. Shortly […]
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25 years After Spurning NBA Jam, Jordan Invests in Esports
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarter century after being famously excluded from the cult favorite video game NBA Jam, Michael Jordan is investing in esports. Jordan on Thursday was announced as an investor with aXiomatic, a major esports ownership group whose properties include powerhouse franchise Team Liquid. Former NBA star and […]
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Author Ntozake Shange of ‘For Colored Girls’ Fame has Died
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism, sexism, […]
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Kanye West Makes Cameo Showing for Chicago Mayoral Hopeful
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Fresh off his bizarre Oval Office visit with President Donald Trump, hip-hop megastar Kanye West drew a crowd when he joined a Democratic mayoral hopeful and Chance the Rapper in a sidewalk appearance on Chicago’s South Side. West didn’t say anything during Amara Enyia’s event in Woodlawn Tuesday […]
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Toby’s Dinner Theater a Local Treat for DMV Residents; ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ Musical Keeps Fats Waller Tradition Alive
By Timothy Cox, Special to The Afro COLUMBIA, MD — Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller was just 39 when he died in 1943. From Sept. 14 thru Nov 4, Toby’s Dinner Theater in Columbia, Maryland has featured a musical production dedicated to the music of Mr. Waller’s many compositions. ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ originally showed on the “Great White […]
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Childish Gambino Cancels Appearance at Voodoo Fest Show Due to Foot Injury
By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Childish Gambino has canceled his Saturday appearance at the 2018 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans because of a foot injury he suffered last month. News outlets report Gambino’s 9:45 p.m. slot has been filled by rapper Travis Scott. In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 […]
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NBC Cancels Megyn Kelly’s Show After Blackface Controversy
By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was fired from her morning show Friday after triggering a furor by suggesting it was OK for White people to wear blackface at Halloween. […]
