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TV One to Air the 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards on Easter Sunday

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 14, 2014) —  In a press release, TV One announced today that the 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards will air on Sunday, April 20, at 8pm ET.  For over two decades, the highly anticipated awards ceremony has highlighted the accomplishments of men and women who have significantly contributed to enhancing the quality of life […]

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DreamWorks Goes Chocolate: Rihanna Provides Voice of New 3D Computer Animated Feature Film

DreamWorks Animation studios plans to add a little, shall we say, “chocolate” to its growing, rather *vanilla* portfolio of movies, with its next project, titled Home, a 3D computer-animated feature film set in the future, which is based on Adam Rex’s children’s book The True Meaning of Smekday, and stars Rihanna (providing the voice for

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Video: Positive Black Males' Recreate Justin Timberlakes "Suit and Tie"

We’re having a very proud moment. At Illinois’ Central High School, dozens of young Black and Hispanic males, created and filmed their own video to Justin Timberlake‘s 2013 hit “Suit & Tie.” The honor students, poets, future collegiate athletes and National Honor Society members came together to create “Suit & Tie in the 217” to

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Happy Jackie Robinson Day! Ballparks Across the Nation Honor a Legend

Happy Jackie Robinson Day! On April 15th, we honor the legendary Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. Robinson, is celebrated for breaking down the color barrier in sports, and for his momentous achievements during the Civil Rights movement. Today, 14 ball parks across the nation will participate in a

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Theatre News: Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood Makes his Old Globe Debut as Othello

      SAN DIEGO (April 9, 2014)— In a press release, The Old Globe today announced that two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Blair Underwood—who most recently made his acclaimed Broadway debut in the iconic role of Stanley in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire and garnered rave reviews opposite Cicely Tyson in Lifetime’s The Trip to Bountiful—will make his Globe debut

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Dr. Ben Carson Explains to Roland Martin Why He Compared Obamacare to Slavery

“I’m not trying to make light of slavery. What I’m trying to get people to understand is what is happening with a government.” Carson explains to Roland Martin on TV-One’s “NewsOne Now,” in an exclusive interview on Friday. During the hour  lively conversation, Carson identified himself not as Republican or Democrat but a registered Independent

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Black Stuntwomen Pioneers to be Inducted into Smithsonian African American Museum in 2015

(Culver City, CA) During the month of December, Diamond in the RAW Founder La Faye Baker, and Co-Founder Jadie David,  two extraordinary African American Stuntwomen, were recognized by the African American Film Market and S.E. Manly Short Film showcase for their accomplishments as pioneers and Sheroes of the “Black Stuntmen’s Association.” Jadie David, the pioneer

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