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Night One of BET’s “The New Edition Story” Kicked Off with Record Ratings

 BET’s highly anticipated 3-part miniseries, “THE NEW EDITION STORY”, kicked off its first night with record-smashing ratings.  The premiere telecast of the special drew2.5MM viewers P18-49, and 4.2MM total viewers P2+ on BET*.  Simulcast on BET’s sister network Centric, the miniseries scored a combined 2.6MM viewers P18-49, and 4.4MM total viewers across both networks during its initial premiere […]

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OWN’S Popular Drama Series Greenleaf Returns March 15

Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced on Monday, the season two premiere date for its acclaimed original drama series “Greenleaf” from Lionsgate Emmy-nominated creator/executive producer Craig Wright (“Lost,” “Six Feet Under”) and executive producers Clement Virgo (“The Book of Negroes”) and Oprah Winfrey. The first eight episodes of the new season will debut on

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“Fences,” “Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight,” Earn Big Oscar Nominations!

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and the 89th Academy Awards show is more diverse than ever.  “Fences”, “Hidden Figures”, “Moana”, “Moonlight”, “La La Land”, “Lion”, “Loving” and “13TH” all films that stood out for us, received nods in a variety of categories. This year’s list of nominees included seven actors of color, three African American

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Essence ‘Black Women in Music’ Celebrates Erykah Badu

8th annual Essence “Black Women in Music” will honor the extraordinarily talented GRAMMY winner Erykah Badu on the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album, “Baduizm.” “From the time that she first hit the scene with her album ‘Baduizm,’ we all fell in love with the genius that is Erykah Badu. It is only fitting that we honor the accomplishments

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Regina King Signs Two-Year Deal with ABC For Production Company

Award-winning actress Regina King (Ray, American Crime) has signed a two-year deal with ABC Studios for her production company Royal Ties. King’s sister, Reina King, will serve as development executive as the two develop and produce new projects. The Five-time NAACP Image Award winner is nominated for Entertainer of the year at the 48th NAACP Image Awards. This

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“Hidden Figures” Took the Top Spot at the Box Office

Fox’s “Hidden Figures” took the top spot at the box office beating out Rogue earning an impressive $22.8 million, finishing just ahead of the Disney-Lucas Film by roughly $1 million. The uplifting, inspirational historical film, starring Octavia  Spencer (Dorothy Vaughn), Taraji P. Henson (Katherine Johnson) and Janelle Monae (Mary Jackson) as three trailblazing females NASA mathematicians

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Viola Davis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Donald Glover & Moonlight Walk Away with Golden Globe Awards

There were so many reason’s for us to watch 74th Annual Golden Globes. For starters, many of our favorite’s were nominated, and won! Yay, Tracee Ellis (Black-ish) Ross, on becoming the first black actress in a TV comedy to win the Golden Globe since Debbie Allen did so in 1983.  Ross won for her role as Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson,

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Fox Releases Character Posters for HIDDEN FIGURES

20th Century Fox has released three new Character Posters for HIDDEN FIGURES to celebrate the film’s wide release this Friday, January 6, 2017! These 1960’s inspired character posters feature Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe starring as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one

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Photo: HIDDEN FIGURES stars Workin’ that #ChocolateStyle on ESSENCE’s February 2017 cover!

Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, stars of HIDDEN FIGURES are having a magical year.  With award season in full effect, each actress have garnered a nod letting the world know that these three talented chocolate beauties are on top of their game. HIDDEN FIGURES, which will have a limited viewing in theaters on Christmas day, officially

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