Movie & Music Reviews

Stellar Gospel Awards: Hailed as “Epic Night in Gospel Music”

Ricky Dillard & New G perform during the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on March 24, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) (LAS VEGAS, NV) – On March 25, 2018 – Central City Productions completed the taping of the 2018 Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Las Vegas at […]

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Ava DuVernay Gives Compton Students Advance Private Screening of “A Wrinkle In Time”

(Compton, CA. March 2, 2018) –Compton native and renowned film director Ava DuVernay invited students from her hometown to #WrinkleInCompton, an advance screening of her upcoming Disney film A Wrinkle in Time coming to theaters March 9, 2018. Since the city of Compton does not have movie theater of its own, Ava wanted to give the students from

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Photo: Musician Bootsy Collins of Parliament at NAMM Show in Anaheim

The annual National Association of Music Merchants show, or NAMM, at the Anaheim Convention Center was jam packed with performances, panels, musical instruments and icons. Including the one and only Bootsy Collins of Parliament. Collin’s career rose to prominence with the God Father of Soul, James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with the

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South African Jazz Musician & Activist Hugh Masekela Dies

Legendary South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela has died today (January 23) at the age of 78 Often called the “Father of South African jazz,” Masekela died in Johannesburg surrounded by family and friends,  after a decade-long fight with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his family. Trumpeter, singer and composer Masekela, started playing the horn at

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