Review - "If I had it my way, I would have been a 20-year major leaguer going to the Hall of Fame. Obviously, my calling was...
By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Your roundup of news stories you might have missed last week. Assemblymember Mike Gipson Demands Sac...
THE AFRO — ’s not very often that by the end of a play, there are empty theatre seats, audience members out of place and no...
Anthony D’Alessandro, DEADLINE (Deadline.com) – The Primetime Emmys showed substantial progress this year in recognizing African-American thesps, who received 18 nominations across all acting categories — easily...
(CBS News) – Wayne Brady didn’t imagine that he’d ever become a game show host. But the 43-year-old entertainer and improv extraordinaire has become just that...
(Rolling Stone) – Terrence Howard is standing in front of a mirror inside his extra-deluxe, penthouse-level Chicago apartment, looking at himself looking back. You could say...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. actor Danny Glover said Thursday that he is in Nigeria to star in a movie based on...
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in full swing. Cemented by history-making Emmy...
Stacia L. Brown, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Ava DuVernay, director of the Academy Award-nominated film “Selma,” spent all of this Wednesday...
Frazier Moore, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — When Oprah Winfrey was a youngster, the mere sighting of an African-American on television was occasion to...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender Bill Duke is one of America’s most prolific actors and directors as he continues...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Award is a guarantee of big stars and...
LONDON (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch says he was an “idiot” to refer to non-white actors as “colored.” The Academy Award-nominated actor used the word on...
LOS ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked revenge film “Django Unchained” is the top-selling DVD and No. 1 rental in the United States for a second week,...
