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Nov 15 2018

Michelle Obama Covers Upcoming ESSENCE Magazine December/January Cover!

“Forever First Lady” Michelle Obama covers upcoming December/January issue of ESSENCE Magazine. All smiles and looking stunning in a natural hairstyle for the first time. She talks to ESSENCE about her days in the White House, how to find your own Barack—and what’s next for her. ON HOW TO FIND YOUR OWN BARACK: “I think a lot of people don’t have […]

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Nov 14 2018

Creed II and Green Book: Two Films to Checkout During the Thanksgiving Holiday

In most homes across America, Thanksgiving Day is spent with four F’s: Family, Friends, Food and Football. Well, we’d like to add one more F to that list, films. Before falling asleep from being full from turkey, ham, sweet potato pie, dressing (as we black folk prefer to call it, NOT stuffing), greens, candied yams,

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Nov 13 2018

AGC Studios Acquires Rights to Film About Only Female NYSE Trader

Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has acquired the rights to produce the life of trailblazer Lauren Simmons, the youngest female trader to work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Kiersey Clemons who’s credits include “Dope,” is set to star in and produce. At 23, Simmons is also only the second black women

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Nov 13 2018

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network New Multigenerational Family Saga in Production

Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the start of production in Atlanta of the new multigenerational family saga “Ambitions,” produced by Will Packer Media in association with Lionsgate and Lionsgate-owned distributor Debmar-Mercury, and starring Robin Givens (“Riverdale,” “The Fix,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”), Essence Atkins (“Marlon,” “Half and Half”), Brian White (“Ray

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Nov 9 2018

Pioneer Filmmaker Leon Isaac Kennedy Makes a Positive Comeback

The 70’s gave us many heartthrobs—there was Michael Jackson, Billie D. Williams and even Donnie Osmond, but one thing’s for certain, there’s only one Leon Isaac Kennedy. The actor, writer, and producer often referred to as “Leon the Lover”, had an incredibly successful career, and then suddenly went off the grid—leaving many of his fans

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Nov 7 2018

Historic Midterm Elections and History Making Fresh Faces

Despite a few disappointments, black voters showed up in a big way at yesterday’s midterm elections. And, there’s a lot to be said for that alone. Historically midterm elections are unpopular among not only black, but all registered voters. Approximately 114 million votes were cast in U.S. House races in 2018, compared to 83 million

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Nov 4 2018

Retired physician and breast cancer survivor advocate for Black and Pink Health

Retired physician and breast cancer survivor advocate for Black and Pink Health.

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Nov 3 2018

Debbie Allen’s “The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” Performs at “The Nutcracker and The Four Realms” Screening

On Friday, November 2, 2018, Disney’s historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood presented a special performance of Debbie Allen’s “The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” prior to the evening presentation of Disney’s new live-action adventure THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, which features the world-renowned principal dancer from the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Misty Copeland, in her big-screen debut. In attendance was

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Oct 24 2018

Susan G. Komen SD Hosts Free Circle of Promise Event in Lincoln Park

On Sunday, October 21 at the City of Hope International Church, Susan G. Komen San Diego’s Circle of Promise was onsite to bring much-needed health resources to the Lincoln Park and surrounding southeast San Diego community. Attendees had the opportunity to receive free mammograms and clinical breast exams and heard pertinent information from Community Resource Activist, Wendy

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Oct 22 2018

Rock the Vote San Diego: Doing What it Takes to Get Millennials to the Polls

On Sunday, October 21, Indivisible WATU in partnership with Rock the Vote© held a free non-partisan event to register and mobilize millennial voters for the upcoming midterm elections. Today, October 22, is the last day to register to vote in California. Indivisible WATU a political advocacy group (WATU meaning “people” in Swahili), in association with Be The

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