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Beyoncé, Solange, Donald Glover and Nate Parker Among NAACP Image Award Nominees

    LOS ANGELES, CA (December 13, 2016) – The nominees for the 48th NAACP Image Awards were announced today with ABC and HBO leading the nominations in the television categories with 23 nominations and 14 nominations, respectively. In the recording category, Columbia Records leads with 16 nominations, followed by RCA Records with 10 nominations and Atlantic Records with 4 nominations. […]

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Golden Globe Nod’s Show Inclusion: Atlanta, Blackish, Fence’s & Moonlight

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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Diversionary Challenges Family Truths in “The Mystery of Love & Sex”

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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Vanessa Williams and Daughter Jillian Beautifully Cover ESSENCE

Age ain’t nothing but a number. Whomever first said that phrase certainly had it right. Take a look at  53-year old former beauty queen, singer and actress Vanessa Williams and her gorgeous daughter, Lion Babe’s Jillian Hervey, covering the January issue of ESSENCE.  Without a doubt, beauty runs in the family. The two could pass as sisters.  Wouldn’t you agree?

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‘This Is Us’, ‘Atlanta’, ‘Trevor Noah’ & ‘Surviving Compton’ Among 2017 WGA Nominees

  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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Photos: Chaka Khan & John Legend Perform on Return of Showtime At The Apollo

In a 2 hour special, entertainers join host Steve Harvey for the return of the ultimate talent showcase Showtime at The Apollo. The celebrated entertainment show, premieres tonight at 8 p.m., on Fox. Check out a few images from the live taping a few days ago featuring performances by Grammy Award winning performers, Chaka Khan and John

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Reed for Hope Foundation Joins AIDS Healthcare Foundation for Love Healthy Event

(Los Angeles, CA) The Reed for Hope Foundation (RFHF) surprised thousands of guests with a live-guest performance by Doug E. Fresh at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s (AHF) “Keep the Promise” concert last night at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood to kick off RFHF’s inaugural Love Healthy Lounge Experience and Love Healthy Virtual Poetry Slam and that took place at an off-site

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