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PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES A STACKED TEAM OF NEW AND LEGACY PLAYERS JOINING “THE GAME”

Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced several new cast members joining the service’s revival of the groundbreaking series THE GAME, including Adriyan Rae (“Chicago Fire”) as Brittany Pitts, the daughter of Jason and Kelly Pitts; Vaughn Hebron (“Tyler Perry’s The Oval”) as Jamison Fields, an undrafted free agent; and Analisa Velez (“Sneaky Pete”) […]

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36th Stellar Gospel Music Awards on BET, Sunday, August 1st

The highly anticipated gospel event of the year, the 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, is set to return to television this Sunday, August 1st, at 8 pm ET / PT, only on BET. Hosted by recording artists Jekalyn Carr and Tye Tribbett, this year’s celebration is set to wow audiences worldwide with an eclectic mix of performances by industry legends and chart-topping millennial

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Berry Gordy Among Next Kennedy Center Honorees

Motown founder Berry Gordy has been named a Kennedy Center honoree, one of five inductees to be celebrated in December for exceptional achievement in arts and culture. The 2021 class — the Washington, D.C., institution’s 44th — includes opera singer Justino Díaz, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels, singer-actress Bette Midler and singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell,

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“OWN Spotlight: Oprah and Jennifer Hudson,”on Playing a Legend

“OWN Spotlight: Oprah and Jennifer Hudson” to air Tuesday, July 20 at 10 pm ET/PT on OWN, and available on discovery+ starting the following day. Oprah sits down with Oscar and Grammy award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson to discuss her new role as the legendary Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic “Respect” available in theatres starting

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Peacock Original series HART TO HEART Drop Thursdays in August

Unplanned, unscripted, unfiltered. In the Peacock Original series HART TO HEART from LOL Studios, Kevin Hart invites A-list talent to sit back, have a glass of wine, and engage in an unfiltered conversation.  ·        “There’s something powerful that happens when two people sit down together for a conversation, and ‘Hart to Heart’ is about capturing that magic,”

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San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts Presents “Say Their Names” Exhibit

There is a new memorial exhibit that’s currently on display in San Diego, California, through July 24, 2021, honoring dozens of Black Americans who lost their lives interacting with police or who were victims of hate crimes.  After it had been shown in some 30 cities around the country, the San Diego African American Museum

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Zaila Avant-garde the FIRST African-American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Thursday in the ESPN-televised national finals,14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from Harvey, Louisiana, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, making her the first African-American to win the prestigious honor. Well-rounded Avant-gard, a basketball prodigy has earned more recognition for her athletic prowess than her achievements in spelling. She is has appeared in a commercial with Stephen Curry

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OWN: Announces Additional Cast Members for ‘Kings of Napa’

NEW DRAMA ‘THE KINGS OF NAPA,’ Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced two new series regular cast members and four recurring guest stars for the new drama “The Kings of Napa,” from acclaimed showrunner, writer, and producer Janine Sherman Barrois (“Claws,” “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker”) and Warner

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Note to Congress: Now is the time to Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act! …..”If not now when?”

The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, and every (25) years the Act has come before Congress and it has been renewed and signed into law.Prior to his death, Lewis was pushing and using all the strength he could muster calling on his colleagues on both sides of the isle in Congress to support

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