St. Louis native Dick Gregory will be the subject of the March 19 episode of Unsung Hollywood, airing on TV One at 10:00 PM/ET (9:00 PM/CT). With credits that include comedian, civil rights soldier, author, and presidential and mayoral candidate, Gregory has harnessed his wit, spontaneity and fearlessness to knock down the doors of racism, intolerance and corruption for over six decades. […]
“August: Osage County,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Degrassi,” “Scandal,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Bones,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Elementary,” “Nashville,” “Blue Bloods,” “Parenthood,” “Law & Order: SVU” among top nominated productions Via press release/Los Angeles, CA (March 6, 2014) – The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has announced the nominees for the 18th Annual PRISM Awards. The PRISM Awards
(Los Angeles, CA) On Thursday Feb. 20, at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau held it’s 10th Annual Symposium, during the 45th NAACP Image Awards Week. This years title, “Moving Forward: The State of the Industry,” was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund. Angela H. Polk Program Manager
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It was no surprise to many when Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in her role as Patsey in “12 Years a Slave.” All of America, appeared to be pulling for her. Considering the fact that the Mexican born, Kenyan beauty who just celebrated a birthday on March 1,
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For Women’s History Month and in the spirit of tonights 86th annual Oscars, we salute eight fierce Black women for their portrayal of heroic women on and off screen. Maya Angelou, was the first black woman director in Hollywood. Her work includes, “Visions,” (1976) and “Down in the Delta.” (1998) Viola Davis was nominated for
SAN DIEGO – San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents “Detroit” by Lisa D’Amour as the fifth production of the company’s 38th season. Sam Woodhouse, co-founder and artistic director, San Diego REP, will direct the show. A young couple, Ben and Mary, are comfortably settled into their suburban lifestyle just outside a major American
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Via Press Release (LOS ANGELES) The NAACP and TV One announced that Anthony Anderson will serve as host for the 45th NAACP Image Awards and the first group of presenters confirmed include Lupita Nyong’o, Tyler Perry, Michael Ealy, Tony Goldwyn, Arsenio Hall, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, Octavia Spencer, Archie Panjabi, Dennis Haysbert, Rickey Smiley, Nicole Beharie, and
Move over Maury Povich: Detroit native, no nonsense paternity court judge Lauren Lake’s court is now in session. The Chocolate Voice caught up with the new court television star at the 2014 Image Awards Nominee luncheon where she served as co-host along side Roland Martin, to briefly discuss her new nationally syndicated
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(Hollywood, CA) NAACP Image Awards Nominee luncheon was held on Saturday, February 8, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, CA. In attendance was extraordinarily talented director, Bill Duke. Duke is the director/producer of DARK GIRLS, which is nominated for an NAACP Image Award for outstanding documentary-Televsion (OWN). The controversial film goes underneath the surface to explore the
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We’ve all emulated those famous Mu Gamma Xi dance steps from Stomp the Yard, and have mastered the choreography to ‘N Sync’s “Bye, Bye, Bye”. We’ve even shed a tear watching The Express and Showtime’s Soul Food – but what we haven’t done, is get to know the talent behind these memorable projects. For an
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