The nominations for the 33rd Independent Spirit Awards are in, and “Get Out,” leads the pack with 5 noms for this year’s slate. The breakout hit is nominated in the category of Best Feature, Best Director (Jordan Peele), Best Male Lead (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Screen …
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OWN OWN’s new Tyler Perry comedy “The Paynes” will have its series premiere on Tuesday, January 16 with two back-to-back episodes at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. “The Paynes,” a spin-off of beloved Perry comedy “House of Payne,” follows Ella and Curtis Payne (Cassi Davis and LaVan Davis) through the ups and downs of …
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Washington University in St. Louis seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. Photo credit: Joe Angeles/WashingtonUniversity. Ten African Americans are included on the 2018 list of 32 exceptional American students who’ve been named Rhodes Scholars, Black Enterprise has reported. It is the highest number of students of African descent to …
Calvin Klein, today announced its new CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR and CALVIN KLEIN JEANS global multi-media advertising campaign. The campaign introduces an evolution in the CALVIN KLEIN brand’s globally recognized #MYCALVINS call to action: “Our Family. #MYCALVINS.” Shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre, the first iteration of this new campaign features songwriter and recording/visual artist Solange alongside …
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Della Reese, the first black woman to have her own television variety show has died. Although the series which aired in 1969, was short-lived, Reese went on to earn another first by becoming the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Over the next two decades, she pursued acting and …
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 20, 2017) – The nominees for the 49th NAACP Image Awards were announced today with Netflix and OWN leading the nominations in the television categories with 23 nominations and 17 nominations, respectively. In the recording category, RCA Records leads with 12 nominations, followed by Capitol Records with 6 nominations and …
Nominees Announced for 49th NAACP Image Awards-Mary J. Blige, JAY-Z & OWN Lead Read More »
According to a report on NOLA.com, New Orleans mayors have typically come from families with political pedigree. They have well established ties to the civic and business community. The great majority have claimed native roots. LaToya Cantrell, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to the public arena. She is the first outsider …
African American Woman elected as New Orleans Elects First Female Mayor Read More »
It’s official, Serena Williams is now Mrs. Alexis Ohanian. Pictured in a photo posted to her personal Instagram page on Friday evening, the new mommy and bride looked stunningly beautiful as the camera captured her in the all-white princess gown designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. The bride, the greatest female athlete on the planet …
67 year-old Curtis Norris recently won $15,000 in a national business pitch competition put on by Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that helps formerly and currently incarcerated individuals start and grow their own businesses. According to Business Insider, Norris, who served 10 years in a California state prison between 2003 and 2013, won for his mobile power-washing …
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Taraji P. Henson will star as Mary, a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is turned around when she meets a young boy Danny (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), whose path she crossed when a professional hit goes bad. The film also stars Billy Brown (How To …
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