NBC’s THE WIZ LIVE! Airs on Thursday December 3rd! We’re so excited. In the meantime, we get a chance to admire the fantastic costume. Speaking of costumes, will you check out the first look at Mary J. Blige as Evillene (Wicked Witch of the West)! OMG! Spectacular! NBC’s star-studded, live musical holiday event, starring Queen Latifah, Mary […]
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Looks like to rumor’s are true. He’s baaack! Multi-hyphenate artist and filmmaker Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars® for a second time, producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today. The 88th Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on Oscar®Sunday, February 28, 2016, on the ABC Television Network. Rock previously hosted the
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The first musical performance on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” will take place tonight, Monday, October 19 at 11:30pmET/PT by Raury. The 19 year-old soul, hip hop and folk artist will be performing “Fly,” a song he wrote after Ferguson. He will also appear as a panelist along with “Nightly Show” contributor
A three-year partnership has been formed with eThekwini Municipality to host the Essence Festival in Durban, South Africa in 2016 and 2017, announced Essence President Michelle Ebanks and eThekwini Mayor James Nxumalo at Durban City Hall today. Each year, the Essence Festival in New Orleans draws more than 450,000 attendees from across the globe to its multi-day
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(San Diego, CA) Perhaps it wasn’t until the 2011 Grammy-awards show that many took notice to the brilliance of Esperanza Spalding. During that time, a relatively unknown 26-year old beat out mega pop star Justin Bieber, stirring up angry “Belieber” fans taking home the Grammy for best new artist. Needless to say, Spalding had nothing to prove
COMMON, NE-YO AND ELIJAH KELLEY ARE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO ALL-STAR CAST FOR ‘THE WIZ LIVE!’ NBC’s Highly Anticipated Dec. 3 Telecast to Be Among Biggest TV Events of the Season UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Aug. 13, 2015 — Adding to an already A-list cast, Oscar winner Common, singer-songwriter-actor Ne-Yo and “Hairspray” co-star Elijah Kelley have joined NBC’s
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(San Diego, CA) Smooth jazz guitarist and vocalist Nick Colionne who’s style of music is best described as both urban and contemporary, is set to hit the stage this Saturday, closing out the summer at San Diego’s Jazz at the Creek. The Chicago native who learned to play guitar at 9 from his step-father, has
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(San Diego, CA) On Sunday, July 26th for the second year in a row, Bayside Gospel aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier and Museum, turned the celebrated tourist ship into a spectacular outdoor Gospel concert. The evening couldn’t have been more perfect. The entertainment that took place aboard the ship was quoted as being a sanctuary
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(San Diego, CA) So a couple of weeks ago, The Chocolate Voice met up with musician’s and brother’s, Bruce “BW” Henderson and, Dave Johnson of The Johnson Project at a popular Southeast San Diego eatery, Felix BBQ with soul. During our conversation, Bruce, who likes to be referred to as BW, made sure that we
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The Fifth Annual Long Beach Gospel Fest, founded by Pastor Wayne Chaney, Jr. and wife Myesha of the Antioch Church of Long Beach takes place on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Marina Green Park. The free, open-to-the-public event, showcases some of the best gospel artists in music today, announced multi-award winning performers including Grammy-nominated Tina
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