By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It was a sign of the times for Black life in the ‘60s. Police brutality. Poor housing. Few job opportunities....
LONDON (AP) — The author of the new James Bond novel apologized on Tuesday after he said that British actor Idris Elba is “too street” to...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Former television judge Joe Brown has been released from jail after serving a five-day jail sentence for contempt of court. The Commercial...
(AdWeek) – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is on a roll, winning its fifth week in row in all measurements and growing the audience double digits compared...
(New York Times) – When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated...
(The Washington Post) – Yung Eazy, the son of N.W.A co-founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, thinks Suge Knight killed his father. Yung Eazy, whose real name is...
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(International Business Times) – The filmed story of N.W.A. is straight outta competition at the box office. And thanks to a third consecutive week atop Hollywood’s...
by Daria-Ann Martineau Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer In the summer of 2014, revered artist Kara Walker unveiled her much-discussed piece “A Subtlety,...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Married to the Medicine – It’s Getting Hot in Here Let’s start with Lisa Nicole Cloud… She’s a savvy businesswoman...
Tyler Conway, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) — The first footage of the movie that promises to bring the NFL‘s concussion controversy to the mainstream has arrived. Peter...
Eyder Peralta, NPR LOS ANGELES (NPR) — In case you didn’t stay up late to watch the MTV Video Music Awards, there are really only...
Mark Kennedy, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean...
Todd Cunningham, THE WRAP (TheWrap.com) — The last week in August is not a prime movie release slot, but there’s one new opener on Friday...
Mark Kennedy, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — The stage lights have been hard to get used to and she worried about limited rehearsal...
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SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — With hit shows like “Empire,” ”black-ish” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” diversity is the...
(ABC News) – Chaka Khan is heading to “Dancing with the Stars.” The singer confirmed the news on social media. “It’s official, y’all!! Need you to root...
(USA Today) – Director Spike Lee and actress Gena Rowlands will receive honorary Oscar awards, while the coveted Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Singin’ in the Rain star...
(Ebony) – When we first met fresh-faced beauty Yaya DaCosta, who became the runner-up on Tyra Banks’s America’s Next Top Model back in 2004, it was clear then that...
(Bossip) – Remember on the “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” reunion when Karlie Redd was adamant that her ex Yung Joc was trying to sleep with her at Yandy and...
(Yahoo) – Reverend Al Sharpton, who has hosted an early-evening program on MSNBC for four years, is moving to a once-a-week perch at the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network as it...
(BET) – Terrence Howard’s personal drama may be costing him his Empire. According to Page Six, the actor’s role in the upcoming second season of hit series...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Female directors are getting slightly more work in the expanding world of TV series and outlets, but...
(Christian Science Monitor) – This spring, NBC, home of such classic comedies as “Cheers” and “Seinfeld,” got the public’s attention when it announced that it would...
