NNPA NEWSWIRE — The “53rd NAACP Image Awards,” hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson, airs Saturday, February 26 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET. Presenters for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Debbie Allen became the first Black woman to be presented with a Governor’s award, which is given for outstanding achievement in the arts...
But even in this moment, when we feel despair and deep exhaustion, we remember one essential truth: our voices have power. We know this truth to...
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — Jesse J. Holland, best-selling, celebrated author has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his original book “Black Panther: Who is the...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced that it will honor Beyoncé and JAY-Z...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The network is taking some serious heat for excluding African-Americans from its core team of on-the-ground reporters and producers set to cover the...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — Bounce has licensed the broadcast television rights to the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series “Scandal” in a multi-year agreement with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer...
THE AFRO — Like many actors, Karimah Westbrook is a woman of many talents. Not only does she act, she is also a writer, dancer and...
Bruna Nessif, ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE (EOnline.com) – Oh, the Emmy Awards were tonight? That’s cool. It seems like the glitz, glam and honors given out...
(The Hollywood Reporter) – HBO has found its Clarence Thomas. Treme and The Odd Couple‘s Wendell Pierce has been tapped to play the Supreme Court justice in Confirmation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO says “Scandal” star Kerry Washington will play Anita Hill in a film about Clarence Thomas’ 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings....
LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Handle it, InStyle. Kerry Washington took to social media late Wednesday to gush about her March cover for...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writers LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writers FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writers Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the...
(People) – Put down the wine glass and bust out some tissues, Gladiators. Olivia Pope and President Fitzgerald Grant will exchange more than awkward glances and...
(Belfast Telegraph) – Kerry Washington has been “bitten by the design bug” after working on The Limited’s Scandal clothing range. The actress’ iconic alter ego...
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Let’s just go ahead and make it official. “Thursday” should be renamed “Shonday.” At least it...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a new focus on violence against women, President Barack Obama kicked off a star-powered campaign Friday against campus...
ABC released the promo for the fourth season of the hit show “Scandal” this week. The question many are asking is “Where is Olivia Pope?” The...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fact met fiction Wednesday in one of those Hollywood ways: The real-life president of the United States complains about “phony scandals”...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s explosive season-ending episode of “Scandal” was seen by 10.6 million viewers last week, the biggest audience...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American A landmark year for black filmmaking meant that it was a tight race for the 45th Annual...
by Blair Adams Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Actress Kerry Washington (Courtesy Photo) Rumors are flying around the entertainment industry that Kerry Washington,...
[People] Kerry Washington is known for being intensely private and keeping a tight lid on her personal life. But the Scandal star, who is expecting her...
[E! Online] Kerry Washington is pregnant. Which is not so scandalous on account of she’s a married woman and there have been rumors swirling for months that...
[USA Today] Kerry Washington is a married lady! The Scandal actress tied the knot with San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha in a secret ceremony on June 24...