When Nicole Kidman announced Jordan Peele as the winner of the Oscar for best original screenplay for his work on Get Out, filmmaker John Singleton cheered and clapped inside the Dolby Theatre's lobby bar which was filled with guests who erupted in ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2018 at 4:22PM
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Uptown Ventures Group, the parent company of UPTOWN Magazine, presented its annual, black-tie, invitation-only “Uptown Honors Hollywood” pre-Oscar gala during Oscar week celebrating “Women Directors in Television and Film” HOSTEDY BY Chris ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2018 at 3:28PM
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Awards season was in high swing last week in Los Angeles. One of the highlights of being an entertainment correspondent and red carpet host is wearing beautiful clothing by some of the industry's most well known and respected designers. This year I decided to partner with Retania Drain for my award ...
Posted Wednesday, March 7th 2018 at 1:04PM
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LOS ANGELES - ABFF Ventures hosted its annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The ceremony, hosted by actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer, honored director Ava DuVernay with the Industry Visionar ...
Posted Tuesday, March 6th 2018 at 9:42PM
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LOS ANGELES - ABFF Ventures hosted its annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The ceremony, hosted by actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer, honored director Ava DuVernay with the Industry Visionar ...
Posted Tuesday, March 6th 2018 at 4:51PM
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My name is Malika and I think of Winnie Mandela. I think of the late Corretta Scott King as I am now called to usher in their strength and spirit as a woman who must stand in the gap for my husband who has just become the latest political prisoner. ...
Posted Tuesday, February 27th 2018 at 11:12PM
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The GRAMMY Museum and Paley Center for Media present The GRAMMYs® Return To New York: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 60th GRAMMY Awards®, an intimate Q&A with Ken Ehrlich, GRAMMY Awards Executive Producer; Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the Record ...
Posted Monday, January 29th 2018 at 3:15PM
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The 49th ANNUAL NAACP IMAGE AWARD winners were announced Monday January 15, 2018 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Pasedena, California. Entertainment Correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant caught up with the nominees on the red the carpet during the liv ...
Posted Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 at 12:35PM
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Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But ...
Posted Tuesday, January 9th 2018 at 12:03PM
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Turning 50 years old today is director John Singleton who at 24 years old became the first African American and youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award lighting the way for Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen, and Barry Jenkins. Known for discov ...
Posted Saturday, January 6th 2018 at 4:46PM
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards among them is "DEAR BASKETBALL" by basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
Sixty-three pictures had or ...
Posted Wednesday, December 20th 2017 at 11:50AM
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The Board of Governors of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter announced the induction of eleven individuals into the prestigious Gold & Silver Circles. The Gold & Silver Circles are comprised of an elite group of pro ...
Posted Friday, December 8th 2017 at 12:31PM
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During the New York Emmys Gold and Silver Awards veteran award winning journalist Connie Chung weighed in about sexual harassment amid NBC's Matt Lauer being fired from the TODAY SHOW after sexual harassment claims were filed against him.
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Posted Tuesday, December 5th 2017 at 11:44AM
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The 2017 Top 25 African American PR Millennials Series Continues. Contributor and global media and communications strategist Gwendolyn Quinn and Antonice Jackson, President of the National Black Public Relations Society’s Washington, D.C. Chapter ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2017 at 9:42AM
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Prince Harry is to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.
The prince, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Ms Markle in spring 2018 and they will live at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace, London.
The cou ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2017 at 9:00AM
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Entertainment Studios, Inc., one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 41 shows on the air, and owner of seven 24-hour HD cable television networks, reaching nearly 80 million aggregate subscribers nationw ...
Posted Friday, October 27th 2017 at 1:52AM
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The cast of the CBS hit show "Blue Bloods" gathered at The PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA to celebrate their 8th season during PALEYFEST NEW YORK. "Blue Bloods" stars Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner, and patriarch of the Reagan ...
Posted Friday, October 20th 2017 at 7:48PM
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The "OZ" reunion took center stage Sunday night at The Paley Center for Media. Cast members from this prison cult classic reunited to discuss the impact the show has made on American culture forever changing the way we view our prison system and cons ...
Posted Thursday, October 19th 2017 at 1:23AM
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Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But ...
Posted Monday, October 16th 2017 at 1:48PM
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MARSHALL is based on a true incident in the life of Thurgood Marshall, when he was a young lawyer, long before his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Marshall to conservati ...
Posted Friday, October 13th 2017 at 1:08AM
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