Aldis Hodge, the actor who we watched play high school quarterback Ray “Voodoo” Tatum, the displaced Hurricane Katrina victim on the Emmy-Award winning T.V. series “Friday Night Lights” is on a roll these days. Recently, he played Janelle Monáe’s husband Levi in the Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” and before that, he played rapper MC Ren, on […]
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Brand Maverick Entertainment (BME) president and event creator, Steve Jones, moderated a conversation with Golden Globe nominee Issa Rae (creator and star of HBO’s Insecure) at the fourth installment of The Hollywood Confidential on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills as a celebration in recognizing the closing of Black History Month. Powered by Walgreens and presented by SAG-AFTRA, the
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As a push to incorporate more hip-hop into its programming, The Kennedy Center recently announced their very first director of hip-hop culture and contemporary music! On Wednesday, the Kennedy Center announced the appointment of Simone Eccleston, who is currently the director of programming at Harlem Stage in New York, for the new position. Her first day
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We don’t know about y’all, but over here at The Chocolate Voice, we’re ready to experience the magic of the Academy Awards on Sunday! Especially that #BlackMovieMagic. Last year, critics let it be known that there was a lack of representation in films with people of color and, they weren’t having it. Through the years and
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Celebrating Black Women in Hollywood annually during the month of February, ESSENCE, honored remarkable moments and performers in film and television at yesterday’s 10th annual ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards & Gala. Honoring Hollywood’s “Next Generation” the 2017 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood awards were presented to Janelle Monáe, Issa Rae, Aja Naomi King
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During the June 15 induction ceremony of the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jay Z, Chicago’s Robert Lamm, James Pankow and ex-band member Peter Cetera and Max Martin. Motown founder Berry Gordy, who was a member of the class of 2016, will also be inducted since he was
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In TV-One’s latest film MEDIA, competition, power struggles, passion and unity are all themes that encompass the core of the networks made for T.V. film. Essentially, in the upcoming original drama, viewers can expect to see a great storyline filled with intriguing characters, played richly by talented actors, who delve into the competitive world of the
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Actor, director, filmmaker, NAACP Image-Award winner and Oscar Nominee, Ava Duvernay looking as amazing as ever, covers Essence’s “Black Women in Hollywood” March cover. Read a few quote’s/excerpts from the trailblazer in the upcoming issue which hits newsstands on Friday, February 17. “I want to do what I want to do for as long as I
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Another legend gone too soon. Just days after being hospitalized for exhaustion, the amazingly talented vocalist passed away at a Los Angeles hospital. According to his agent, the incomparable legendary jazz artists was surrounded by friends and family. The seven time Grammy winner was 76. Known for his vocal ability, his imaginative and improvisational qualities of
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Pictured: Jurnee Smollett as Rosalie and Aisha Hinds as Harriet Tubman Hold on tight! After watching WGN America’s full length trailer and first-look unit photography from the highly anticipated second season of “Underground” which returns Wednesday March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with 10 hour-long episodes, you’re in for the ride of a lifetime.
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