NASHVILLE—March 15, 2022—Today, Amazon Music announced For Love & Country, a new Amazon Music Original feature-length documentary that proclaims country music has always been Black music. The genre not only owes part of its origin story to Black musicians, but through its history, prominent Black voices have
In an undergraduate biological anthropology class in 2011, Tina Lasisi heard a lesson about human skin tones that would change the course of her career. The professor displayed maps comparing the distributions of ultraviolet radiation and degrees of skin pigmentation around the world. Both overlapped almost perfectly. “That was
Alyce Smith Cooper is a stage actor, a storyteller and a published poet. Aside from her art and working as a nurse, Smith Cooper has led diversity training, worked in classrooms and served as an ordained minister. Photo credit: Rochelle Porter. (San Diego, CA) Long time
Ghetto Gastro @ Williams Sonoma Chef Wolfgang Puck and Wolfgang Puck Catering will return to create the menu for this year’s Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 94th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 27. The team
BEL-AIR -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Vernee Watson-Johnson, Daphne Maxwell Reid -- (Photo by: Peacock) Peacock’s critically-acclaimed drama series Bel-Air has reunited original The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air stars Daphne Maxwell Reid (Frank's Place, Snoops) and Vernee Watson-Johnson (General Hospital, Bob Hearts Abishola). Both will guest star in the
Kyle Irving Brooklyn Nets point guard, Kyree Irving just made women's history month a little sweeter by hiring his stepmother, Shetellia Riley as his new agent. Riley is reportedly the only black woman currently representing an NBA player, according to sports reporter Shams Charania. Irving hasn’t had
Amazon Studios, Hillman Grad Productions, and Good Trouble Studios are teaming up to take you on a journey into the making of ‘Verzuz’ in the upcoming feature-length documentary ‘Gifted & Black’ for Prime Video. James Adolphus is set to direct the film with actor, producer, and Emmy-winning
All-new episodes of TV One’s original, docu-series, UNSUNG and UNCENSORED debut this Sunday, March 6. UNSUNG leads with Soul For Real at 9 p.m. ET / 8C followed by the season debut of UNCENSORED, which features the platinum-selling R&B singer, Keyshia Cole, at 10 p.m. ET / 9C. Each episode will be
Nia Long Aunjanue Ellis/ Photo: Facebook Quinta Brunson/Photo: Emily Shur Chanté Adams March 2, 2022) New York, N.Y.—ESSENCE announces its slate of honorees for its milestone 15th anniversary ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards. As one of Hollywood's most highly coveted events during awards season,ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood
By Mac Curtis The switch to a vegan diet might seem like a daunting task. The key is consistency; take steps, not leaps, unless you are the type of person that can change overnight. Don’t be discouraged if you fall off the wagon a few times;