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Feb 13 2013

'Life is But a Dream'

We’ve already covered how this is Beyoncé’s world, and the rest of us just live in it, so it’s no surprise the 31-year-old was able to pull Oprah Winfrey out to her HBO documentary premiere in New York on Tuesday night.

“I only did this for you!” Oprah told Bey on the red carpet. “I haven’t been on a red carpet in God knows when.”

Jul 19 2012

Hollywood by Choice

If you’re a comic book fan and want to be the first to know what’s going on in the world of science-fiction, fantasy, action-adventure and horror when it comes to films and television, then make sure you put Comic-Con on your events calendar for next year.

Comic-Con, now in its 43rd year, is the annual pop culture international convention held in San Diego over a four-day weekend that celebrates a world created out of man’s boundless imagination through comic books, games, action figures (dolls), movies and television.

Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Jul 21 2011

Between the Lines

Before I start this rant (and it’s gonna be a rant), I want to say one thing—Curt Flood deserves to be in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. If you come away with nothing else in this commentary, I want you to come away with the man who challenged Major League Baseball’s reserve clause made the biggest contribution to the game of baseball in the 20th century since the addition of lights (night games). It is unconscionable that Flood, who died in 1997, is not in the hall of fame, and it begs us to ask why?

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 24 2011

Morningside High School uses theater to create change

Inglewood’s Morningside High School (MHS) had not had a drama department for more than a decade but that changed in September of 2010, when Joshua Grant-Konegni was hired as the new director of the school’s department of theater.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Dec 2 2010

Hollywood by Choice

Idris Elba is one of the hottest stars in Hollywood and apparently in the United Kingdom as well.

Doing double-duty, Elba just completed his first season as the star of the six-part BBC series, “Luther,” and he’s a familiar face in a number of American films and television productions, minus the accent.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”