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Cicely Tyson will be among the six Kennedy Center Honoree's

Award-winning actress, Cicely Tyson will be among the six recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, which annually salutes entertainers who influence American culture through the arts. The actress joins “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, actress Rita Moreno, singer-songwriter Carole King, rock band the Eagles and acclaimed music director Seiji Ozawa in the class of […]

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Congressman John Lewis and Co-Creator's of Graphic Novel Series Make Stop in Southeast San Diego

(San Diego, CA) Trailblazer John Lewis, a champion for civil rights, international icon and well respected member of Congress, made his rounds in San Diego over Comic-Con week-end. This past Sunday, nearly 800 people filled the Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall to listen to Congressman Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell discuss their best-selling graphic novel

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Deepak Chopra: Achieve True Results by Channeling from the Strength of Those who Came Before Us

Speaking yesterday at the ESSENCE festival Empowerment series, spiritual advisor Dr. Deepak Chopra, says there’s a better way of enacting change within our society.   As we listen to and watch news outlets deliver the tragedies plaguing our society, Dr. Chopra advises that we hit our inner “pause button,” breathe and ask ourselves the following three

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Ava DuVernay Clears up Rumors on Directing ‘Black Panther’ Movie

In an exclusive interview with Essence magazine today, as it turns out those rumors of Ava DuVernay directing Marvel’s Black Panther movie aren’t true—she considered it, but passed. The Selma director tells ESSENCE she did meet with execs about bringing the story of Marvel’s first superhero of color to life, but they had different ideas of how to move

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2015 Essence Music Festival: Kevin Hart, Trey Songz, and Lecrae

Thursday night, kicks off the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, with the busiest man in Hollywood Kevin Hart, Grammy-award winning recording artist’s Trey Songz, and Gospel Hip-Hop artist Lecrae.  According to festival organizers, this is the first year ever that a Thursday show has been completely sold out. Click here for complete schedule.

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Chocolate Chat Q&A: Bravo TV Reality Star Toi Troutman-Walker on Life, Love and the Hair Business

Recently, in a phone chat The Chocolate Voice, caught up with the smart, lovely and talented Reality Television star and Founder of Renown Premium Hair, Toi Troutman-Walker. The stunning beauty candidly shares what it takes to find the right kind of love at any age. In a light hearted and revealing conversation, the former L.A. publicist opened

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