By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — CNN Films is developing a documentary on civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Robert Lewis. The network announced Wednesday that “Gideon’s Army” director Dawn Porter is helming the project. She began shooting the 79-year-old Lewis last year ahead of the midterm elections. This Feb. 24, 2019 […]
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R. Kelly Judgment Withdrawn After Lawyers Say He Can’t Read
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly spent much of Wednesday in court, with his lawyer explaining to one judge that the singer didn’t respond to a lawsuit brought by one of his sexual abuse accusers because he is illiterate and with Kelly paying $62,000 in back child support during a second hearing. […]
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Chappelle to Receive Mark Twain Prize for Humor
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle has been chosen to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The 45-year-old Chappelle shot to international stardom through his Comedy Central program, “Chappelle’s Show,” which gleefully skewered racial stereotypes and hot-button societal issues. He later made headlines for walking away from a […]
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VH1’S T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle
By Valder Beebe, Texas Metro News Columnist Texas Metro News: Every day is a new day so make it your best day. Enjoy the joys of life, make wise use of your time and embrace as much love as you can by giving and receiving love of family, friends and new people into your life. […]
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3 Black Women Win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America. The North Carolina lawyer completed the historic triple Thursday […]
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New Musical Shares Motown History Through Lens of a Love Story
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When Marvin Gaye sang “Pride & Joy” in the early 1960s it was thought to be a tribute to his beloved girlfriend turned wife, Anna Gordy Gaye. Over 55 years since its 1963 release, the relationship in which Gaye sang about all those years ago will get its turn […]
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“Rafiki” Brings Black Queer Kenyan Love Story into Focus
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Part of the human journey is to search for something real. Oprah often calls it “being your authentic self.” If you are lucky you have the strength, time and privilege to seek it out. And lucky for us some filmmakers can capture that desire on screen. “Rafiki” a film […]
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Bridgeford Talks to AFRO About ‘Sage’ Film
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com The torrent of violence and homicides that has gripped Baltimore since the murder of Freddie Gray while in police custody and the subsequent Uprising of April 2015, has garnered national headlines. But, the reality is the city has grappled with disproportionate murder and mayhem and the stigma attached to it […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Michael Ealy Previews ‘The Intruder’
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor. mgreen@afro.com When Scott (Michael Ealy) and Annie (Meagan Good) move from the city of San Francisco to the Napa Valley wine country, they are planning to begin their lives as newlyweds and start a family. Yet when the young Black couple settles in, the original owner of the house, […]
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21st Maryland Film Festival Set to Launch
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com For devotees of more avant garde cinema offerings, the Maryland Film Festival (MFF) has grown in power and prestige over the last 21 years and the festival, which runs this year from May 8-12, has earned a burgeoning national reputation for presenting a wide-range of films that elicit visceral responses […]
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Obamas Unveil Slate of Series, Documentaries for Netflix
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a slate of projects they are preparing for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the streaming platform. The Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground Productions, on Tuesday announced a total of […]
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John Singleton, Maker of ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ Dies at 51
By JAKE COYLE and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated “Boyz N the Hood” and continued over the following decades to probe the lives of black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, has died. He was 51. […]
