In a press release Maya’s Cookies, America’s #1 Black-Owned Gourmet Vegan Cookie Company announced that the multi-talented NBA star and innovative businessman, John Salley, has joined the company in an advisory role. John Salley gained respect and recognition as a standout NBA player winning four championships with three different teams including his contribution to the […]
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (January 18, 2022) – Today, the full list of nominees for the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” were announced in a special virtual event on NAACP’s Instagram channel hosted by actress and musician Kyla Pratt, “Black-ish” actor Marcus Scribner and singer-songwriter Tinashe (@naacpimageawards). The winners will be revealed during the two-hour LIVE TV special, which will be hosted by seven-time NAACP Image
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As the nation pauses to pay homage to one of our greatest civil rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., take a look at some little-known facts highlighting the incredible leader, orator, pastor and humanitarian: Today over 700 streets in the Unites States are named after Martin Luther King Jr., with one such street in
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Today, Urban One announced Oscar and Grammy Award-winning singer H.E.R. will open this year’s URBAN ONE HONORS with an explosive performance. Hosted by Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer Ne-Yo, the two-hour telecast premieres Monday, January 17, 2022, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, at 8:00 PM ET/7:00 PM CT on TV One and Cleo TV, a division of Urban One. H.E.R joins
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A year after NAACP’s production partnership with CBS Studios formally launched with the hire of Sheila Ducksworth, President, below are a list of projects are currently in development between CBS Studios and the NAACP! “The current political and societal landscape demand that we expand the voices, contexts, and visibility of artists producing content around the
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Legendary and groundbreaking Hollywood actor Sidney Poitier, has passed away at the age of 94. His passing was confirmed by the Bahamas’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell, on Friday morning. Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, went on to win numerous awards and star in many films.
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“Married at First Sight: Afterparty” is a talk show that airs following every new episode of “Married at First Sight” and is hosted by the incredibly talented, Emmy nominated, actor, host and MAFS fan, Keshia Knight Pulliam. Fresh off screening that night’s episode, Keshia dishes with the MAFS current cast to get the inside scoop on the
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Los Angeles – Series creator Ava DuVernay and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that the critically-acclaimed drama series “Queen Sugar,” from Warner Bros. Television and ARRAY Filmworks, will conclude in its seventh season next year. Writing on the final season has commenced and production will begin in early 2022 in New Orleans. “To everything,
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ESSENCE’s hot new digital cover features Emmy-nominated actress Zazie Beetz who stars in the upcoming Netflix original film, The Harder They Fall. The film from Jeymes Samuel centers Black men and women in the west not as subservient beings, but as gender-equal, gun-toting cowboys who take, provide, protect, and, most of all, answer to no one. The stunning actress, who is as
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Emmy®-nominated producer Will Packer will produce the 94th Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It will be his first involvement with the Oscars, which will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022. “Will is a powerhouse producer who has enjoyed success across all movie
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