Tag: entertainment
Andra Day Becomes First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years
By Jackie Strause
Holly Wood Reporter
Andra Day won the Golden Globe best actress in a drama trophy for her performance in Hulu's The United States vs. Billie Holiday,...
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**COMEDIAN MARIO TORY at the StarDome Comedy Club.
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By Gwen DeRu
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY…THIS AND EVERY MONTH!!
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Mary Wilson, Motown Legend And Founding Member Of The Supremes, Dead...
New York Post
Mary Wilson, outspoken co-founder of Motown’s legendary “girl group” The Supremes, has died. She was 76.
Her longtime publicist Jay Schwartz confirmed in...
Nashville’s Newest Museum Traces History Of Black Music Across Genres
By Kristin M. Hall
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical...
Sharpe-Jefferson: Actress Cicely Tyson Epitomized the Strong Black Woman
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
It may have been a strange reaction, but when I heard the news of the passing of iconic actress Cicely Tyson, there...
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**COMEDIAN RONNIE BULLARD at the StarDome Comedy Club.
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Arizona State University Names New American Film School After Sidney Poitier
By Donna M. Owens
Essence
Sidney Poitier, the dashing, trailblazing star of stage and screen, has received countless accolades and awards as one of Hollywood’s most...
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in...
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**MAGIC CITY BLUES SOCIETY at Perfect Note.
**COMEDIAN CASIO KID at the StarDome Comedy Club.
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