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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Los Angeles, CA. – NOV. 19, 2015 – Roland S. Martin, host and managing editor of TV ONE’S News One Now, the only daily news show program targeting Black viewers, will be speaking with Academy Honorary Award winner Spike Lee tomorrow, Friday, Nov.20. During the show’s live broadcast (7-8 a.m. ET), the filmmaker will join News
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Today, we salute all of the men and women who protect and serve our country. Happy Veterans Day!
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(Brooklyn, NY) On Oct. 15, friends and family of Murray Koppelman ’57, along with distinguished guests and members of the Brooklyn College community, gathered in the college’s Woody Tanger Auditorium to formally mark the naming of the Murray Koppelman School of Business. Koppelman’s generous gift of $12.5 million—the largest single donation in the history of
World Champion Simone Biles has joined the cast of Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular, one of the four star-studded ice skating specials in the Colgate Skating Series airing on ABC. The 2015 Gymnastics all-around World Champion is coming to the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center on Wednesday, December 16 for the Colgate Skating & Gymnastics
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On Monday, October 26, 2015, The Chocolate Voice was on the scene, as The Paley Center for Media hosted its Hollywood Tribute to African-American Achievements in Television, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. With locations in LA and NY, The Paley Center for Media is 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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OMG! Would you check out the insanely innovative and stylish costumes on the cast of NBC’s Live musical, THE WIZ LIVE! We are soooo looking forward to watching this television production over the holidays. Unrecognizable in costume is the amazingly talented cast members, David Alan Grier (Lion), Shanice Williams (Dorothy) and the adorable little dog Toto, Ne-Yo (Tinman)
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In a press release dated September 10, 2015, it was announced that Union Bank and the San Diego Chargers have again teamed up for the “Game Changers” fundraising program, which launches Sunday, September 13 prior to the Chargers’ game versus the Detroit Lions. This year’s program will help raise funds for Casa de Amparo, one of the
