By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO Once again, the restaurant, community and cultural space, Busboys and Poets, facilitated a night to remember. On Oct. 15, Busboys and Poets hosted “Taking the Arrow Out of The Heart: An Evening with Alice Walker and Desert Rose,” with the poet, literary icon, and political activist Alice Walker. Established […]
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Remembering Hamiet Bluiett
By Nyame-Kye Kond, Special to the AFRO Dating back to the days of Black Broadway, When the U street corridor was an important destination for Black musicians, and later on when it became a poetry, and Go-Go hotspot in the 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Washington D.C. has always been an artistic mecca for progressive Black […]
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Producer Brian Moreland Talks Broadway, His Taye Diggs Directed Play
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Broadway producer Brian Moreland firmly believes that Black people saved Broadway. He explains that back in the twenties and thirties, “Off Broadway was where every Black performer was pushed, or forced off to. That’s where Black people were performing primarily.” As the economy tends to do, it had a […]
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Smithsonian African American Film Festival
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The Smithsonian is honoring African-American film and filmmaking this weekend at its inaugural African American Film Festival, Oct. 24-27. The festival, includes a celebration Oct. 25, hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. “Our night at the Museum epitomizes what’s so special about this inaugural […]
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Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj for Copyright Infringement
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-winning singer says Minaj’s unreleased track “Sorry” incorporates the lyrics and vocal melody from her 1988 single “Baby Can […]
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‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer to Receive Career Award
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter, the creator of the stunning costumes of “Black Panther” and numerous other Hollywood films, will receive the career achievement award at next year’s Costume Designers Guild Awards. The guild announced Tuesday that the two-time Academy Award nominee will receive the honor at the 21st […]
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Cosby Judge Rejects New Trial Bid; Camille Cosby Sees Bias
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husband. The ruling by the same judge that presided over Cosby’s trial also led the entertainer’s lawyers to file […]
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Don’t Miss the Rear View in the Hitchcock Homage: NUMBER 37
New York, NY, October 8, 2018 – Dark Star Pictures is pleased to announce that it has secured a U.S. theatrical release for the suspense thriller Number 37, beginning Friday, November 2, 2018. In her debut feature film Number 37, South African director Nosipho Dumisa stages a classic Hitchcockian tale against the raw backdrop of slum life in a forgotten […]
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Ambassadors For Motown Sound Seek More of It in Hometown
By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — From the auditorium of Detroit’s main library on a recent weeknight emerged the sound of Motown: Spirited takes of tunes that sprung from a studio just a few miles away and made their way around the world. Some of Detroit’s best singers and musicians breathed new life into […]
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Old-School R&B Group The O’Jays Get into a Political Groove
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The iconic R&B group The O’Jays has always made music for the heart. Now the group is going for the jugular on what it says is its last album. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees known for the classic song “Love Train” on Friday […]
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Philadelphia Songwriter Wins $44M in Suit Over Usher Song
By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia songwriter who claims he was cut out of profits and credit from song that was recorded by R&B star Usher has been awarded more than $44 million in damages in a suit that targeted the track’s other co-writers. A jury last week awarded the sum to […]
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Cardi B Hands Out Free Winter Coats in New York
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of people have lined up in New York City as rapper Cardi B handed out free winter coats. The Bronx-born rapper met with residents and fans on Thursday evening at the Marlboro Houses in Brooklyn during brisk fall weather. In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file […]
