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Mar 3 2018

Ava DuVernay Gives Compton Students Advance Private Screening of “A Wrinkle In Time”

(Compton, CA. March 2, 2018) –Compton native and renowned film director Ava DuVernay invited students from her hometown to #WrinkleInCompton, an advance screening of her upcoming Disney film A Wrinkle in Time coming to theaters March 9, 2018. Since the city of Compton does not have movie theater of its own, Ava wanted to give the students from […]

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Feb 27 2018

Women Of Color Unite: Women Helping Women Until Hollywood Get’s the Memo

Women Of Color Unite hosted by Producer Cheryl L. Bedford Sets of a Flurry of Excitement, Hope and Action in The Industry Photo Credit: Leonora Anzaldua LOS ANGELES (February 26, 2018)- Nearly 150 women of color aligned at the valet positioned on a hillside, in residential area in Los Feliz where Cheryl L. Bedford and

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Feb 26 2018

A “Wrinkle In Time” Celebrates Warriors Who Code

Photo: Facebook Los Angeles, Calif. — Feb. 24, 2018 – Bright young girls from Black Girls Code came together with Disney, Nissan, HP and The JetBlue Foundation, to livestream a coding challenge inspired by Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, coming to theaters March 9th. Fifty girls from all over the country assembled in Los Angeles on

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Feb 26 2018

Patti La Belle Cast on “Greenleaf” Season 3

As fans feverishly wait for the season three premiere of the OWN network hit series Greenleaf, an exciting bit of casting news should tide them over for the next few months. It has just been announced that music legend and actress Patti LaBelle has signed on for a recurring role on the drama series. She

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Feb 22 2018

“9-1-1,” Star Rockmond Dunbar will receive the Ally Award at the Fourth Annual Truth Awards

LOS ANGELES — The Better Brothers Los Angeles (BBLA) in association with award-winning actress/activist Sheryl Lee Ralph and her non-profit organization, the DIVA Foundation, are happy to announce that award-winning actor Rockmond Dunbar will receive the Ally Award at the Fourth Annual Truth Awards. The Truth Awards will be held on Saturday, February 24, 2018

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Feb 22 2018

Oprah Winfrey Network Will Air ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood for 4th Year

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air Essence’s 11th annual “Black Women in Hollywood Awards” as a primetime special event on Saturday, March 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. For over a decade, the star-studded celebration has been at the forefront of honoring Hollywood’s most creative and accomplished African-American female visionaries, both in front of the camera

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Feb 20 2018

Alfre Woodard Joins Season EMPIRE Season 4 as Cookie’s Mom, Renee

Emmy Award Winner Alfre Woodard will join the Lyons as a guest-star on EMPIRE. She is set to play “Renee,” Cookie’s mother who comes back into her life with a turbulent reunion. The highly anticipated return of EMPIRE will air all-new episodes beginning Wednesday, March 28 @ 8/7c on FOX. Alfre Woodard’s work as an actor has earned her an Academy Award nomination, four Emmy Awards and 17 Emmy nominations, three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and

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Feb 19 2018

‘Black Panther’ Star Winston Duke Reveals How YouTube Helped Him Prepare for First Movie Role

“Black Panther” is officially a box-office smash, and today “Extra’s” Tanika Ray sat down with star Winston Duke at Universal Studios Hollywood to talk about what it’s like for his first movie to be a Marvel blockbuster! How did the Yale Drama School graduate, who plays M’Baku in the movie, prepare for one of

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Feb 19 2018

See ‘Black Panther’ Twice. It’s worth it.

Pictured: Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa Aka Black Panther and Michael B. Jordan as the villain Erik Killmonger. For full disclosure, I’m in no way a Marvel comics aficionado. As a matter of fact, it’s rare that you’ll catch me running out to see any film that has anything to do with super heroes with

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Feb 13 2018

Black Panther Covers ESSENCE!

ESSENCE’s March issue highlights the cast of the highly anticipated film Black Panther to take us to the incredible world of Wakanda—with three regal covers featuring stars Chadwick Boseman, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright. In the article Watch the Throne, the cast and creatives expound on why this African fantasy feels very

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