The world’s oldest person celebrated her 116th birthday on Saturday in the Detroit-area city of Inkster, Michigan. Born in 1899, Talley has lived through the turn of two centuries and 20 different presidents. The most recent of those presidents, Barack Obama sent Talley a special birthday greeting. “The breadth of your experiences and depth of your wisdom […]
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Only Light, a short film written and directed by African American Female Filmakers and, USC grad’s Thembi Banks and Evita Castine, wins the Audience Award at the 2015 Diversity in Cannes Film Festival. Only Light tackles the harrowing topic of the international sex-trafficking industry. The film follows a young girl who is kidnapped from the
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(San Diego, CA) This past Saturday, residents of southeastern San Diego’s Diamond Neighborhoods, City of San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, District 4 Councilmember Myrtle Cole and other community leaders joined officials from the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the long awaited grand opening of Walgreens near Market Street and
May 17, 2015 (New York, NY) – This Tuesday May 19th, the 90th anniversary of the birthdate of El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X, will be celebrated at The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Harlem, New York (165th and Broadway). This wonderful birthday celebration, which is free and open to the
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Check out the trailer for the upcoming Bessie Smith biopic, starring Queen Latifah, before it premieres on HBO tomorrow, May 16. The film focuses on Bessie Smith’s personal and professional lives during which she became one of the most most successful recording artists of the era, before dying in a car accident at the age of 43 in
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Last night the world learned that we lost another great musician, Riley B. King the iconic guitarist-singer-composer, known throughout the world as the legendary B.B. King. The masterful blues musician was 89 years old. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. PDT. Born on Sept.
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VISTA, CA –On Saturday, May 9, 2015, the award winning The 5th Dimension and jazzy soulful harpist, Mariea Antoinette performed for the first fundraiser hosted by the Rotary Club of Vista, the International Festival of Music and Arts. The benefit concert held at the Moonlight Amphitheater at the Brengle Terrace Park, raised funds for the
Last night, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee, stars of the Universal Pictures’ film PITCH PERFECT 2, held a private screening of the anticipated sequel and after party here in Los Angeles. Music celebrities and tastemakers were in attendance including, Academy Award-Winning actor, Jamie Foxx. Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee introduced the film as guests
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Like mother, like daughter. Beauty truly does run in this family. Check out the fiercely gorgeous Zoe Kravitz and mom Lisa Bonet, work the red carpet last night at the MAD MAX: FURY ROAD premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. AD MAX: FURY ROAD in theaters on 5.15.15 in 3D!!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – TV One’s News One Now – the first morning news program in history to focus on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective – will broadcast its first-ever town hall meeting, “State of Emergency: Baltimore and Beyond A News One Now Town Hall Meeting,”