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Mar 29 2018

LA Film School Appoints Sonja Norwood to Faculty

(Los Angeles, CA) – March 29, 2018 – The Los Angeles Film School appointed veteran talent manager, television producer, entrepreneur, and author of motivational text “Change Starts with ME!,” Sonja Norwood, to its faculty, effective immediately. Norwood brings her more than 20 years of talent management experience with Grammy Award winner, actress, daughter Brandy and Platinum recording […]

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Mar 28 2018

Chocolate Style: Fashion-Forward Men Spring it at Stellar Gospel Awards Show

Come on through fellas, slay that Sunday Best, ya’ll! It’s not always the ladies who are dripping in finesse in vibrant colors when it comes to spring fashion. Check out these brothers who rocked bright colors, bold patterns, florals and sleek jackets in colorful print on the red carpet at the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel

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Mar 28 2018

Stellar Gospel Awards: Hailed as “Epic Night in Gospel Music”

Ricky Dillard & New G perform during the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) (LAS VEGAS, NV) – On March 25, 2018 – Central City Productions completed the taping of the 2018 Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Las Vegas at

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Mar 26 2018

San Diego Based Fantasy Trilogy Author Tomi Adeyemi Scores Seven Figure Book Deal

For me, flying is the best time to catch up on my reading. Recently, while on a two and a half hour flight to Austin, I realized that after I had taken my seat and was all buckled in, I didn’t have anything to read. So, my only reading options for the time being

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Mar 26 2018

Linda Brown, Central figure of Brown v. Board of Education Dies at 76

Linda Brown, the nine year-old young girl at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education that rejected racial segregation in American schools, died in Topeka, Kan., Sunday afternoon. Her sister, Cheryl Brown Henderson, confirmed the death to The Topeka Capital-Journal. The newspaper says Brown was 76. The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court

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Mar 26 2018

Photo Scoop: PaleyFest LA Honors ‘Queen Sugar,’ ‘The Good Doctor’ & ‘Stranger Things’

HOLLYWOOD, CA – MARCH 24: Kofi Siriboe and Dondré Whitfield attend PaleyFest LA 2018 honoring Queen Sugar, presented by The Paley Center for Media, at the DOLBY THEATRE on March 24, 2018 in Hollywood, California. © Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center The cast of ‘The Good Doctor,’ ‘Queen Sugar’ and ‘Stranger Things,’ were among

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Mar 20 2018

Mary J. Blige Shines as Voiceover in First Animated Film

Parmount Films’ animated sequel SHERLOCK GNOMES starring Mary J. Blige, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Blunt and more is out in theaters this Friday, March 23! In the film, Gnomeo (voiced by James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt) move to a new garden where they discover new adventures, new humans and new garden gnomes. In the film, Mary

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Mar 19 2018

JAY-Z and Roc Nation Invest Millions in Anti-Incarceration

JAY-Z and Roc Nation have announced a $3 million investment in Promise, an app that will combat mass incarceration. According to the application’s website, it was created to “get people out of jail and provide ongoing support and supervision to help keep them out,” by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Diana Frappier. The partnership hopes the platform

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Mar 15 2018

Veteran NFL Reporter Jim Trotter to Speak at 2018 SDABJ Scholarship Reception

SDABJ is pleased to announce Jim Trotter as the keynote speaker for the 2018 scholarship reception. Jim, a long time member of SDABJ has had a storied career that includes the San Diego Union-Tribune, Sports Illustrated and ESPN. He is a frequent contributer to NBC 7’s Sportswrap. Jim has covered the National Football League for more than

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Mar 13 2018

SNEAK PEEK: Tupac & Biggie | UNSOLVED

Photo: Marcc Rose and Wavyy Jonez The Chocolate Voice Sneak Peek: Friday marked yet another anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.’s death – more than 20 years later, his death is still unsolved. In the sneak clip from tonight’s episode of ‘UNSOLVED,’ “The Mack”, Lee Tucker (Wendell Pierce, ‘The Wire’) confronts Officer Daryn Dupree (Bokeem

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March 2018