(E! Online) – There’s no official holiday that marks today, but there might as well be. Why, you ask? Because it’s Beyoncé’s birthday, people! They don’t...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An educational video game has been edited following a social media backlash over a scene depicting...
(Time) – Somehow it’s become unofficial law that Idris Elba’s name must be a part of any conversation about who would be the next best James...
(Politico) – The hundreds of close friends of the Obamas who attended a Prince concert at the White House will retain their anonymity after officials declined...
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...
