Hello everyone. Girlfriend, this has been a very busy week for me and more to come. If you have the energy then come on and hang with me. There is so much going on. First, I want to tell you that my 55th class reunion was the BOMB! We had a damn good time. It […]
Category: ENTERTAINMENT
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, National News, NEWS, TV and Film
Bill Cosby Gets 3 to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Assault
By The Associated Press His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, becoming the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison. The punishment all but completed the dizzying, late-in-life fall […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music
Suge Knight Pleads No Contest to Manslaughter over Fatal Confrontation
By Abrew Dalton, AP Entertainment Writer Averting a murder trial that had been nearly four years in coming, former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded no contest Sept. 20 to voluntary manslaughter for running over and killing a Compton businessman and agreed to serve nearly 30 years in prison. The Death Row Records co-founder entered the […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFE & STYLE, National News, NEWS, Travel, Washington D.C. News
First Black Female White House Reporter Gets Newseum Statue
By Jesse J. Holland, The Associated Press Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan triumphed over sexism and racism to become the first black woman accredited to cover the White House. In recognition of her achievements, the Newseum unveiled a statue in her honor on Sept. 21. The sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan is seen during a ceremony at the […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Books, ENTERTAINMENT, Media, National News, NEWS
Michelle Obama Book Tour is Reaching High
By Hillel Italie, AP National Writer Check out the upcoming events at Chicago’s United Center and you’ll see Bulls games, Blackhawks games and concerts by Fleetwood Mac, Nicki Minaj and Cher, among others. And former first lady Michelle Obama, to launch her book tour in November. This cover image released by Crown shows “Becoming,” by Michelle […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Books, ENTERTAINMENT, Food, LIFE & STYLE, TV and Film
From Sitcom Star to Cookbook Author
By Jannah G. Johnson, Special to the AFRO Sitcom star, photographer and former model Daphne Maxwell Reid is adding a new title to her long list of professions: author. Reid recently released a cookbook for beginners called Grace + Soul & Motherwit, which chronicles both delicious recipes and Reid’s memories. Although the 70-year-old Reid is perhaps best […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ENTERTAINMENT, Hair, LIFE & STYLE, Prince George's County News
Naturalista Expo Debunks Myths About Natural Hair
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO What do you need to use to moisturize your natural hair? Oil or water? To hear natural hair experts Tonia Butler and Shannon Davis tell it, the answer is water. “We need to use water or a water-like product to moisturize our hair,” said Butler, a stylist at […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Prince George's County News, Washington D.C. News
‘What Is Light?’ Brings Rhymes and Wisdom to Kids
By Andrea “Aunni” Young, Special to the AFRO Sharing positive affirmations are great ways to teach your children happiness and an optimistic affirmative attitude, according to child psychologists. Recently, the host of “Great Day Washington”, Markette Sheppard, released a best-selling book for children called “What is Light?” The book is a poetic board book with beautiful […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Police Brutality Portrayed in Art
By Maxwell Young, Special to the AFRO What’s black and white and re(a)d all over? This newspaper you might be reading, of course, but also the expressive imprint of Washington, D.C.-based conceptual artist, Maps Glover’s symbolic motifs that encase the interior of Transformer Gallery located in Logan Circle. The riddle is not something he considered when […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, D.C. Community, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
DC Area Students Open For ‘Hamilton’
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO When Anacostia High School students Kelli Johnson and Brenda McKinney took the stage at the Kennedy Center to rap about the Boston Tea Party prior to watching “Hamilton,” McKinney called on the audience of more than 2,000 teens to help the duo overcome stage fright. “The first thing […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, D.C. Community, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
DC Keeps Go-Go Alive
By Nyame-Kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO While the effects of the District’s new developments can be seen in different aspects of D.C. life, Go-go, one of the most famous aspects of the city’s culture remains, having been reinvented and is now being celebrated as it resurges internationally. Go-go music is a culmination of a number […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music
Prince’s New Basement Tape: Just Him Singing, Playing Piano
By The Associated Press Fans of Prince expecting his usual pyrotechnic guitar work will be surprised that one of the first official albums released from his fabled vault since his death more than two years ago showcases his jazzy piano playing. “Piano & A Microphone 1983” is just Prince noodling at a piano and singing […]
