The Apollo Theater raised over 2 MILLION DOLLARS during its 2018 Apollo Spring Gala, the historic Theater’s largest annual fundraising event took place on Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. The star-studded benefit concert washosted by David Alan Grier and fea ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2018 at 2:05PM
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The Apollo Theater raised over 2 MILLION DOLLARS during its 2018 Apollo Spring Gala, the historic Theater’s largest annual fundraising event took place on Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. The star-studded benefit concert washosted by David Alan Grier and fea ...
Posted Tuesday, June 12th 2018 at 10:47AM
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"Power" is a visionary drama that straddles the glamorous Manhattan lifestyles of the rich and infamous and the underworld of the international drug trade. The cast is led by Omari Hardwick as James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a man trying to escape his ...
Posted Sunday, June 10th 2018 at 2:44PM
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"Power" is a visionary drama that straddles the glamorous Manhattan lifestyles of the rich and infamous and the underworld of the international drug trade. The cast is led by Omari Hardwick as James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a man trying to escape his rol ...
Posted Sunday, June 10th 2018 at 12:02PM
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TA-NEHISI COATES author of "BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME" was among a host of luminaries honored at the 12th Annual Gordon Parks Foundation Auction and Gala in New York City. The Gordon Parks Foundation honors individuals who have contributed their lives ...
Posted Monday, May 28th 2018 at 7:19PM
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'SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY' IS NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS!
CHECK IT OUT THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2018 at 1:15PM
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The Paley Honors: A Gala Tribute to Music on Television
Since the moment Elvis Presley blazed across television screens, belting out the lyrics to “Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” the impact of television immediately reverberated throughout the music indu ...
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 at 6:53PM
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Actress Taraji P. Henson enjoyed a beautiful Mother's Day which ended with a proposal from her handsome 34 year old NFL beau Kelvin Hayden. The two have been dating for two years. Henson whose career became mainstream with her 2009 Best Supporting ...
Posted Monday, May 14th 2018 at 11:44AM
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New York, NY (May 11, 2018) -- "Queen Sugar" has been announced as participant at Vulture Festival, a weekend of high-profile events bringing the entertainment site to life, celebrating the best of today's television, comedy, film, podcasts, and more ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2018 at 2:21PM
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The Last Defense explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations of death row cases told over multiple episodes. In the case of a star college athlete convicted of shooting a father of two at point b ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2018 at 12:53PM
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ATLANTA (May 2, 2018) - Brown Sugar, the popular new subscription video-on-demand service from Bounce featuring the biggest collection of the baddest African-American movies of all-time, announced today its new titles for May 2018.
Brown Sugar wi ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 at 6:59PM
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NOMINATED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR BEST NEW TELEVISION SERIES BY ABFF (AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL) HONORS "SNOWFALL" IS SET TO return for a second season on Thursday July 19th on the FX network. Co-created and directed by Oscar nominated director John ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 at 2:40PM
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Jeffrey Wright delivers a powerful performance as a maximum-security prison inmate named Louis, who, 24 years after committing a violent crime as a young man, finds himself on the cusp of release from prison, facing an uncertain future on the outside ...
Posted Sunday, April 29th 2018 at 12:06AM
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS "INTO THE VOID" PROGRAM
ABOUT BAD PETER
Directed by Zach Strauss and starring Golden-Globe nominated Frankie Shaw (“SMILF”), Bad Peter tells the tale of an expectant mother who is forced into a humiliating birthing re ...
Posted Saturday, April 28th 2018 at 11:10PM
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Actors Damson Idris and Malcolm Mays of FX's hit show "SNOWFALL" talk about working with director John Singleton.
Oscar nominated director John Singleton is a 2018 BEST NEW TELEVISION SERIES ABFF HONOREE FOR FX's "SNOWFALL" set in Los Angeles 198 ...
Posted Friday, April 13th 2018 at 1:54PM
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Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s award-winning “Iyanla: Fix My Life” featuring six-time New York Times bestselling author, spiritual life coach and executive producer Iyanla Vanzant currently airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the Oprah Winf ...
Posted Friday, April 13th 2018 at 1:09PM
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LOS ANGELES - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today its popular long-running docuseries "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" will premiere its fifth and final season with a special sneak preview on Tuesday, May 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after Tyler Perry's "The ...
Posted Wednesday, April 11th 2018 at 12:23PM
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ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT WAS HONORED BY BLACK WOMEN IN MEDIA ON MARCH 29, 2018 IN NEW YORK CITY
For bringing in-depth interviews of Hollywood Back to the African American Communities!
Who single-handedly gets the exclusiv ...
Posted Friday, April 6th 2018 at 1:44PM
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(Los Angeles, CA) - March 29, 2018 - The Los Angeles Film School appointed veteran talent manager, television producer, entrepreneur, and author of motivational text "Change Starts with ME!," Sonja Norwood, to its faculty, effective immediately. Norw ...
Posted Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 at 3:33PM
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRÉ
Magnolia Pictures will release THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRÉ in theaters May 25, 2018
André Leon Talley has been a fixture in the world of fashion for so long that it’s difficult to imagine a time when he wasn’tdefin ...
Posted Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 at 12:34PM
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King in the Wilderness chronicles the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. While the Black Power movement saw his nonviolence ...
Posted Sunday, April 1st 2018 at 1:36PM
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Ebony is an activist turned candidate who will bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the table. Pittsburgh born and bred! Where she spent most of her childhood in Homewood with her parents and nine children. Her mother Victoria was a north side nativ ...
Posted Tuesday, March 27th 2018 at 4:30PM
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ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT chats all things Oscars at the 90th ACADEMY AWARDS with host Shannon Lanier on ARISE 360!
A 2018 BLACK WOMEN IN MEDIA HONOREE TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT single-handedly gets the exclusive! A widely res ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 2:35PM
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John Gray, an associate pastor at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, is known for a larger-than-life sense of humor that helps him connect with people and makes him different than traditional preachers. This series profiles John and wife Avent ...
Posted Thursday, March 15th 2018 at 12:52PM
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John Gray, an associate pastor at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, is known for a larger-than-life sense of humor that helps him connect with people and makes him different than traditional preachers. This series profiles John and wife Avent ...
Posted Thursday, March 15th 2018 at 12:12PM
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