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News One Now Airs First Primetime Special with Academy Award® winning actress Mo'Nique

In a press release, TV One today announced that News One Now will air its first-ever primetime special with the Academy Award® winning actress Mo’Nique on Sunday, March 22nd at 10PM/ET. Recently recorded in Atlanta, Host and Managing Editor Roland Martin sat down for a one-on-one interview to discuss the recent controversy surrounding reports that

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Interview: Director, Gina Prince Bythewood, Beyond the Lights says, "It’s okay to be the best."

Award winning writer/director of “Beyond the Lights” Gina Prince-Bythewood, gets personal with The Chocolate Voice, in a warm chat about the film, the chemistry between the characters, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nate Parker, female empowerment and why she loves directing! “Beyond The Lights” is available on Blu-ray and DVD on Feb. 24. TCV: I read where “Beyond the Lights” took four years

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AARP, TV ONE & ONE SOLUTION Launch Initiative Targeting African American Consumers 50-Plus

(Via Press-Release) Looking to shift its brand identity among African Americans, AARP is joining TV One and One Solution (part of the Radio One family of media companies which collectively reach 82% of African Americans nationally) for The New 50, a content platform profiling well-known and successful African Americans that have found unparalleled success in

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NEWS ONE NOW #1 CABLE NEWS SHOW AMONG BLACK VIEWERS IN ITS TIMESLOT

SILVER SPRING, MD – News Release – TV One today announced that News One Now, the first morning news program in history to focus on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective, finished 2014 as the number one cable news show in its timeslot among all African American

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UNSUNG returns with Four Episode Run to Profile Rick James, Peaches & Herb, Angie Stone and Meli’sa Morgan

Silver Spring, MD, – On the heels of its sixth consecutive NAACP Image Award nomination, TV One announced last week that fan favorite series Unsung returns with four all-new episodes on Wednesday, January 14th at 8PM/ET. This season begins with a revealing tale of the both famous and infamous legend that was Rick James. Additionally, the series

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Black Stuntmen (BSA) Filming Documentary on Hollywood Behind the Scenes

  (Los Angeles, CA) On Friday, October 3, members of the Black Stuntmen’s Association came together for a mini reunion at Source Film Studio’s in Los Angeles.  Willie Harris, BSA President, along with colleague and business partner Alex Brown, Tony Brubaker, Phyllis Ellis, Henry Kingi, Joe Tilque, Oscar-Nominated actor, Elliot Gould and Academy-Award winning actor,

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Sony Pictures "Annie" adopts turnaround arts in support of struggling schools

  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 10, 2014 – In advance of the release of the highly anticipated motion picture Annie, in theaters on December 19, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment is helping to support Turnaround Arts, a signature program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.  Turnaround Arts works with local program partners to provide

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