Happy Kwanzaa! As we begin to celebrate Kwanzaa each day we want to highlight the importance of the 7 core principles of Kwanzaa. Yesterday, we celebrated Umoja, or unity, which is about striving for and maintaining unity in the family, the community, the nation and people. The World Beat Cultural Center in Balboa Park kicked […]
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Ten-time Grammy winner and R&B star, John Legend has been cast in the lead role as Jesus Christ in NBC’s special event ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!’. The musical will air on Easter Sunday, April 1st, in front of a large audience at the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. Jesus Christ Superstar Live
Wow! Michael Che just became the first Black co-head writer on “Saturday Night Live.” Che broke a 42-year-old color barrier when NBC, who announced Che’s promotion on Tuesday, also named Colin Jost, Che’s co-host for SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment, as co-head writer. This will be Jost’s second time serving in the position, as he was a
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BET Network has named Scott M. Mills as the network’s new president. Current president Debra Lee will stay on as chairman and CEO, the Viacom-owned channel announced Thursday. Mills will take on day-to-day tasks and strategy at BET starting Jan. 1, 2018, with Lee set to focus on relationships with their external stakeholders and communities. Michael Armstrong
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Congratulations to Oprah Winfrey, on becoming the first Black woman to receive the Golden Globes’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement! The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2018 and be televised live on NBC. The news of was announced by 2012 Cecil B. DeMille honoree Morgan
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Nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday, Dec. 11. Nods went out to Anthony Anderson who plays the fun loving, dad Andre on the ABC hit comedy Black-ish. The show also received a nomination for Best Television Series-Musical or Comedy Anderson is also the voice of Bones in the animated film Ferdinand which is
Actress, founding Cheetah Girl, and THE REAL co-host, Adrienne Houghton will join Steve Harvey to host ‘SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO: CHRISTMAS,’ a 1-hour special airing on FOX on Thursday, December 14 at 8/7c. The legendary long-running, live talent competition returns to bring the cheer this season and will feature performances by Snoop Dogg, Boyz II
BALTIMORE (December 4, 2017) – For the first time in its award show history, voting for the 49th NAACP Image Awards will be open to the public. Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite nominees in 36 different categories across film, television, and music. In previous years, winners of the awards
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Photo taken by The Chocolate Voice at NAACP Image Awards On Saturday evening (Dec. 2), LL became the first rapper to earn the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor, which is America’s highest achievement for any performer. Along with LL Cool J, singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, Gloria Estefan, TV creator Norman Lear and dancer-actress Carmen de Lavallade were all on
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Things are definitely looking up for the ladies of Xscape. Hot on the heels of announcing that they are releasing new music (sans Kandi Burruss), the ladies have now hired a new manager. HipHollywood has learned exclusively that the trio (LaTocha Scott, Tameka “Tiny” Harris and Tamika Scott) have hired Vincent Herbert to manage them. Herbert known
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