Photo credit: Bernard Smalls Los Angeles, CA – Movies, documentaries and TV shows about the black experience were in abundance in 2016 making it a truly historic year in terms of the number of movies, documentaries and TV shows released and number of blacks represented in front and behind the camera. “Our members had […]
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The nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday morning on NBC, and this years nominees show a significant spike in inclusion, including several Black stars who were recognized. In addition to Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, who both won Tony Awards for their Broadway performances in the 2010 revival of August Wilson’s Fences, both
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Rachel VanWormer and John W. Wells III as Charlotte and Jonny. Photo credit: SIMPATIKA Dorm room and dinner conversations surrounding race, religion and sexuality are topics that make up Bathsheba Doran’s cleverly written and entertaining dramedy, “The Mystery of Love and Sex”, now playing at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego. Known as the
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The Writers Guild Awards (WGA) has just announced its nominees for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing during 2016. Winners will be honored at the 2017 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles. Partial list-click here for full list of nominees. COMEDY
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Love Jones The Musical, a stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed 1997 Love Jones film, is on tour nationally this Fall/ Winter. The stage production will boast an all-star cast of R&B music’s biggest names including Chrisette Michelle, Musiq Soulchild, Marsha Ambrosius, MC Lyte, Raheem Devaughn and Dave Hollister who were all carefully selected to star in the must see musical event of
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Tupac, Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan are among the new nominees vying to be inducted into the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame has announced 19 artists on the ballot who could be on their way to joining the already stellar group of inductees. Nine of them are being nominated for the first
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As we move swiftly into the Fall season heading towards Winter, check out the list of 5 fun movies coming out. With the box office full of massive hits this season, we wanted to give you the scoop on some of the top movies coming out this Fall / Winter season. For the family friendly
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San Diego based record label M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records has carved another niche for itself by signing Reggie Codrington to their new jazz division on Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Although the company remains focused and dedicated to the production and development of Christian music and artists, label visionaries have embraced this new venture as
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The Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and culture officially opens to the public Saturday, September 24, 2016. In an interview this morning, one day before it opens on CBS Morning News, Winfrey said, “It is moving and profound.” “I’m actually a dancing emoji today, a dancing emoji. I’m sooo happy!” Winfrey shouted, dancing in front of the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opens on September 24. Leading up to the Sept. 24 opening of the historic museum, Smithsonian magazine’s September issue, does a powerful job of examining, as per the issues’s title, what it means to be “Black in America.” The historic issue, comes with one of four different
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