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First African American Nascar Racing Star Host BUMBLEBEE Auto Clinic

With the upcoming release of BUMBLEBEE (Releasing December 21, 2018) local female influencers gathered at West Coast Customs (Pimp My Ride) for a special Glammed Out Auto Clinic taught by Tia Norfleet, the first African American Female NASCAR Racing Star and Brehanna Daniels, the first female African-American pit crew member.  The two historical figures spoke to the ladies in attendance about overcoming adversity, having strong […]

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TV One’s original Living By Design Featuring Special Guest Ledisi. Premieres Sunday, December

For the first time ever, brother/sister duo Jake and Jazz Smollett are inviting cameras to follow them for this exclusive LIVING BY DESIGN HOLIDAY SPECIAL. The pair will recreate down home recipes and make kicked up cocktails with celebrity guest, Grammy-nominated singer Ledisi. To really top things off, Jazz will share amazing concepts for setting

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Oprah’s Interview with Actress Gabrielle Union & Dwayne Wade Airs Saturday, December 8

Oprah Winfrey sits down with actress, activist and New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Union and her husband NBA superstar Dwyane Wade for a conversation about their unique path to parenthood in an all-new special entitled, “Oprah at Home with Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade & Their New Baby” airing Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

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Black Panther and BlacKkKlansman and More Diverse Films Earn Golden Globe Noms

We watched plenty of great films and television shows this year.  And, we couldn’t be more excited for the 2019 Golden Globe nominations! Although, the film Black Panther starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o, scored three nominations—Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Original Song and Best Original Score, what’s up with

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Michelle Obama Covers Upcoming ESSENCE Magazine December/January Cover!

“Forever First Lady” Michelle Obama covers upcoming December/January issue of ESSENCE Magazine.  All smiles and looking stunning in a natural hairstyle for the first time.  She talks to ESSENCE about her days in the White House, how to find your own Barack—and what’s next for her. ON HOW TO FIND YOUR OWN BARACK: “I think a lot of people don’t have

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Creed II and Green Book: Two Films to Checkout During the Thanksgiving Holiday

In most homes across America, Thanksgiving Day is spent with four F’s: Family, Friends, Food and Football. Well, we’d like to add one more F to that list, films. Before falling asleep from being full from turkey, ham, sweet potato pie, dressing (as we black folk prefer to call it, NOT stuffing), greens, candied yams,

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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network New Multigenerational Family Saga in Production

Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the start of production in Atlanta of the new multigenerational family saga “Ambitions,” produced by Will Packer Media in association with Lionsgate and Lionsgate-owned distributor Debmar-Mercury, and starring Robin Givens (“Riverdale,” “The Fix,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”), Essence Atkins (“Marlon,” “Half and Half”), Brian White (“Ray

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Pioneer Filmmaker Leon Isaac Kennedy Makes a Positive Comeback

The 70’s gave us many heartthrobs—there was Michael Jackson, Billie D. Williams and even Donnie Osmond, but one thing’s for certain, there’s only one Leon Isaac Kennedy. The actor, writer, and producer often referred to as “Leon the Lover”, had an incredibly successful career, and then suddenly went off the grid—leaving many of his fans

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