THE URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY REVOLT WITH FOUNDING SPONSOR HBO ANNOUNCES 2016 FESTIVAL SLATE DISNEY’S QUEEN OF KATWE TO BE FEATURED
Festival Runs September 21-25, 2016 in New York NEW YORK, NY
The 20th Annual Urban ...
Posted Friday, September 9th 2016 at 1:06AM
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If you have never read the book just hearing the names of the characters alone NOVA, CHARLEY, RALPH ANGEL will give you pause and ask yourself "Who are these people?" Last night Oprah Winfrey and Ava Duvernay touched the souls of black families every ...
Posted Wednesday, September 7th 2016 at 1:39AM
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Michael Jordan was such a huge brand for the NBA that we still talk about him, now an owner of the Charlotte Hornets, nearly 15 years after he last took off an NBA basketball jersey. As the years go by, his legend grows among new and young fans of th ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 9:21AM
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THE 48 TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
HOSTED BY NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WINNER
AND BLACK-ISH STAR ANTHONY ANDERSON TO AIR LIVE ON TV ONE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017
Telecast will also include a Pre-Show Airing Live from the Red Carpet
Los Angeles, CA - ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 2:20AM
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Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino has a new series "ATLANTA" premiering on FX on September 6, 2016.
Filmed on location in Atlanta, “ATLANTA” chronicles the lives of two cousins who must work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better th ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 5:24PM
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2016 Interactive One, the definitive digital destination for African American and Millennial audiences, today announced the hiring of Jamilah Lemieux, as the new Vice President of News and Men's Programming, effective August 25, 2 ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 2:23PM
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One of our favorite HBCU Alums actress Taraji P. Henson will be lending her gorgeous face to MAC cosmetics. The Howard University graduate who portrays Cookie Lyons on the hit show Empire is teaming up with the major beauty brand to launch a six-piec ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 3:18PM
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Urbanworld Film Festival Announces Filmmaker Ava DuVernay And Acclaimed Actor David Oyelowo As Its 20th Anniversary Festival Ambassadors
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2016 -- Urbanworld Film Festival announced today that critically-acclaimed filmmaker Ava Du ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 2:20PM
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Celebrated actress Halle Berry who became the first African American to win an Oscar for "Best Actress" for her role in "Monsters Ball" in 2002 just celebrated her 50th birthday on August 14th. In a career that spans 25 years Halle has made it a poi ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2016 at 2:33AM
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The New York Public Library
Introducing the New Director of the Schomburg Center, Kevin Young
by William P. Kelly, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries
I am happy to report that Kevin Young will be joining NYPL as Director of the ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 8:55AM
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TIDAL RELEASES EXCLUSIVE CLIP FROM NEW MOVIE HANDS OF STONE
The Weinstein Company and TIDAL Re-team to Promote Exclusive Content
New York, N.Y. – August 2, 2016 – Today, The Weinstein Company released a new film clip from their film "Hands ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2016 at 6:47AM
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CHERYL BOONE ISAACS RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT
LOS ANGELES, CA – Cheryl Boone Isaacs was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (August 2) by the organization’s Board of Gov ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 at 8:43AM
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