By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia You can call Brittany Fennell by her given name, her last name or by the moniker that has driven her to fame, “B. Monet.” However, the award-winning writer and director from Silver Spring, Maryland, who holds degrees from Spelman and New York University, will go down in history […]
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Dave Chappelle Making His Broadway Debut This Summer
By Chelsea Lenora White HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle will make his Broadway debut this summer. Chappelle will perform five shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, from July 9 through July 13. The theater has this spring become home for music acts like Morrissey, Yanni and Regina Spektor making their Broadway debuts. Comedian […]
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BET Awards Honor Mary J. Blige, Nipsey Hussle, Tyler Perry
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer The 2019 BET Awards featured a number of contemporary pop and rap stars who are dominating the charts, from Cardi B to Lil Nas X. But the show belonged to artists viewed as icons in the black community, including singer Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry and the late […]
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Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Focuses on Falsely Accused Central Park Five
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor The painful true stories of five falsely accused young men, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise, has been brought to light in excruciatingly vivid detail by director Ava DuVernay. The group known as the Central Park Five would receive 6 to 13 years […]
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BET Awards to Honor Nipsey Hussle; Cardi, Lil Nas to Perform
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Nipsey Hussle, the late rapper who was a respected and beloved community activist in South Los Angeles, will be honored at the 2019 BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award. The posthumous honor will be presented Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The rapper is also nominated […]
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Documentary Emphasizes Power of Forgiveness
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com June 17, 2015, a Bible study at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church turned into a bloody crime scene. June 17, 2015, nine innocent people in their safe place of worship were brutally killed simply because of the color of their skin. On June 17, 2019, four years […]
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Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” Blasts Netflix Viewership Records
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor “When They See Us” has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the U.S. every day since it premiered on May 31,” according to Netflix’s Twitter account on June 12. Though Netflix does not release specific viewership numbers, the internet channel is a worldwide portal for content that […]
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Raven-Symone Plans on Motherhood, Her Degree & Directing TV
By Allison Kugel, Special to the AFRO Raven-Symone’s alter ego, Raven Baxter, has been a staple on The Disney Channel since the child actor turned Hollywood renaissance woman debuted her famous character on the hit show, That’s So Raven, in 2003. Back then, Symone’s alter-ego played a teenager who could see into the future, and […]
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AFRO Exclusive with Taraji P. Henson
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In the Black community, mental health is often treated as the elephant in the room that no one really wants to talk about. Between “praying the pain away,” worrying about “airing dirty laundry,” and thinking therapy is for “privileged people,” many in communities of color keep mental and emotional […]
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Baltimore Native Wins First Tony
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com As a boy growing up in West Baltimore, Andre DeShields was already turning heads. DeShields, a flashy dresser, would burn up the dance floor during student gatherings at middle schools like Booker T. Washington and #181 on the Westside. And by the time he graduated from Baltimore City College High […]
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Prolific Film and Literary Critic Kam Williams Dies
By MSR News Online Editor’s Note: Kam Williams was a frequent contributor to the MSR. We send our condolences to his family and loved ones. Find film reviews by Kam Williams here. Film critic and literary writer Kam Williams died Thursday, May 30 from prostate cancer. He was 66 years old. Film critic and literary […]
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PBS Documentary to Explore History of Transatlantic Slave Trade
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson and his production company Firelight Films announced that, “Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade,” will air on PBS in 2021. The four-part documentary will be the final installment in Firelight’s three-part series for Independent Lens, called America Revisited, which began with […]
