NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a long-time healthcare and social justice advocate, has called out Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving for parroting conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. ‘Kyrie Irving would be dismissed […]
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Rap star Coolio dies at age 59
Coolio, the Compton-raised rapper who achieved international fame with the 1990s Grammy-winning single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” has died in Los Angeles at age 59. The rapper’s manager told TMZ.com that Coolio–whose […]
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Promoter Sloop Jones presents the SloopWorld Music Festival
“It’s going to be an amazing time,” said Sloop Jones, the presenter of the SloopWorld Music Festival coming to Vegas at the Fremont Country Club, 601 E. Fremont St. on […]
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Branford Marsalis performs at UCLA
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Branford Marsalis and his acclaimed quartet on Oct.16 at 7 […]
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Documentaries offer fresh perspectives on iconic historical Black figures
Two original documentaries that shed new light on the lives of a pair of towering figures in the struggle to end slavery — Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass — premiere […]
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Rampage tops list of football fans’ favorite NFL mascots
With the first games of the 2022 NFL season underway, many fans will be wearing merch with their beloved (or not so) mascot on it. A mascot can say a […]
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‘The Wiz’ screening on Sept. 30
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures celebrates its one-year anniversary on Friday, Sept. 30. To commemorate the occasion, they are presenting a special screening of the Motown musical, “The Wiz” […]
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‘The Woman King’ crowns the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
The mighty women of the Agojie were warriors. From the 1600s to1800s in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey this all-female military regiment gallantly fought their empire’s enemies. Film fans […]
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Boseman wins posthumous award
On Sept. 3 the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2022 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Microsoft Theater […]
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August Wilson’s ‘Radio Golf’ play
A Black mayoral candidate on the verge of the business breakthrough of a lifetime must choose between his personal aspirations and his integrity in “Radio Golf” by August Wilson. Performances […]
