2022

Lifetime: Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas December 10

Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are forced to take refuge inside a church where a handful of also-trapped parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert. The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the […]

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HBCU Scoreboard the Chocolate Voice:  Vol. VIII It’s Homecoming Ya know?

By G. Napier Barnes, III. We stated in an earlier writing that October is officially HBCU Homecoming Month. An HBCU homecoming, unlike a homecoming at a PWI, is a combination fashion show, cook-out, jam session, step show, bid whist/spades/golf tournament(s) and parties with a football game added in as a time to chill out. Homecoming

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Octavia Butler’s TV Adaptation of Kindred Series: Gets Premiere Date on FX

The TV adaptation of Octavia E. Butlers preeminent novel, Kindred, will be headed to the small screen this December. The announcement was made at New York Comic Con on Sunday, per Deadline. The series will be released exclusively on Hulu with all eight episodes available to watch on FX. The highly anticipated series was given a pilot

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The Price Of Legacy: First Look for “Riches” Available Now from Prime Video

The six-part drama series from Abby Ajayi will premiere this December on ITV in the UK, and will be available on Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Nordics, and Sub-Saharan Africa On October 3, 2022, Prime Video released the official first-look images and teaser art for the upcoming drama series Riches. All six

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OWN Renews ‘Belle Collective’, ‘Love & Marriage’, ‘Love & Marriage: Huntsville’ & ‘Put A Ring On It’

https://thechocolatevoice.com/own-renews-belle-collective-love-marriage-love-marriage-huntsville-put-a-ring-on-it/(opens in a new tab) OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that it has ordered more than 85 new hours of content by picking up additional seasons of four popular series including “Belle Collective,” “Love & Marriage: D.C.,”  “Love & Marriage: Huntsville,” and “Put A Ring On It.”   The series will air during the

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HBCU Scoreboard Vol VI, Title IX Sports: Football is the King

By: G. Napier Barnes, III. Football is the King of intercollegiate sports especially on HBCU campuses.  Most football programs are revenue generating. Some programs can even “carry” a schools’ entire athletic department.  But because of Title IX, which came into effect in the early 1970’s, women’s sports are just as important on college and university

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The Oprah Winfrey Network Continues Powerful OWN Your Vote 2022 Campaign

“OWN Your Vote” (Tuesday, September 27, 2022) – OWN and national voting rights leaders today joined forces to launch the OWN Your Vote 2022 campaign – a bipartisan, pro-social campaign mobilizing Black women to vote in the upcoming midterm election and arming their communities to do the same. OWN Your Vote first launched in 2020

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