Los Angeles, CA. (May 21, 2024) – The 49th Annual Gracie Awards, hosted by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), illuminated the evening with a captivating celebration of women in media at the esteemed Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The event, ...
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LOS ANGELES—May 28, 2024—Today, premium linear channel and streaming service MGM+ revealed a first-look trailer at the highly anticipated series Emperor of Ocean Park from John Wells and Sherman Payne. Executive produced by Sherman Payne, the series ...
Posted Wednesday, May 29th 2024 at 12:21AM
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Born on January 5th in Chester, Pa to Anna Mae and Jake Earl Sr. Donna Earl is the youngest of seven children, three boys and three girls. Upon graduating from Chester High School, she continued her education at Morgan State University, studying Busi ...
Posted Tuesday, May 21st 2024 at 12:57AM
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LUPITA NYONG’O
VISITS THE ABANDONED LISTENING STATION, TEUFELSBERG,
ON THE HILLTOP OVER BERLIN, GERMANY FOR THE
A QUIET PLACE DAY ONE
In the midst of the bustling cityscape of lights, dance and cameras flash, there emerges a figure who ...
Posted Thursday, May 9th 2024 at 4:56PM
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Dow Bank$ was born September 6, 1985 as Don E. Williams II. He was raised all over the South, being born in Houston, TX and later lived in Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama. Dow Bank$ was brought up by his mother and various close relatives. Education ...
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In an era where the lines between entertainment, politics, and media increasingly blur, figures like Aldis Hodge emerge as a standout actor that understands his power to create change. Hodge, celebrated for his riveting roles in One Night in Miami, U ...
Posted Friday, May 3rd 2024 at 5:32AM
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Carnival Cruise Line Adds Fifth New Ship to Fleet in 18 Months Just In Time for Busy Summer Travel Season
Long Beach, Calif., April 25, 2024 – Carnival Cruise Line solidified its position as the leading cruise line in California on Wednesday as it ...
Posted Wednesday, May 1st 2024 at 3:47PM
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Sony Pictures Classics is set to release its highly anticipated award-winning film, WE GROWN NOW coming to a theater near you! The heart-wrenching film will be released in New York, Los Angeles & Chicago on April 19, 2024, nationwide on April 26, 202 ...
Posted Friday, April 19th 2024 at 4:44AM
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About SHIRLEY
SHIRLEY tells the story of the first Black congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for president of the U.S. It chronicles her audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign.
DIRE ...
Posted Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 at 6:25AM
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Los Angeles, CA – Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced that the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles p ...
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Black Experience on Xfinity, comedian, actor, writer, and director Affion Crockett, and producer Delmar Washington (Ximen Media), celebrated the new, three-part innovative comedy series, Affion Crockett Presents: Microphone Masters, with a world pre ...
Posted Sunday, March 24th 2024 at 6:04AM
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(Harlem, NY – March 2024) — In its 14th celebratory year, the nationally syndicated Café Mocha radio show’s Salute HER Awards shined a light on Black women who have made history and have excelled beyond odds in honor of Women’s History Month. The ...
Posted Sunday, March 24th 2024 at 5:58AM
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The cast of the new BET dark comedy drama series "Diarra from Detroit'' recently graced the panel at Essence Hollywood House, sparking an engaging conversation that was as enlightening as it was entertaining. The panel featured the stars of the s ...
Posted Wednesday, March 20th 2024 at 5:26AM
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The 96th Academy Awards
In a press room interview Da'Vine Joy Randolph talks with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant about how creatives can use their adversity as a superpower to stay the course. Da'Vine took home t ...
Posted Tuesday, March 12th 2024 at 3:04AM
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Los Angeles, California – March 8,2024 – ESSENCE Hollywood House returned to Los Angeles for its fifth annual event featuring some of the industry’s most notable names and executives from film and television. Hosted by Skye Townsend, the event focuse ...
Posted Monday, March 11th 2024 at 7:10PM
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Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) Spotlight Screening of “Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story”
WHEN: This Saturday, February 10th
WHERE: Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw: 4020 Marlton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90008 *Parking available onsite
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Posted Friday, February 9th 2024 at 6:28AM
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Rustin is a 2023 American biographical drama film directed by George C. Wolfe, from a screenplay by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, and a story by Breece about the life of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Produced by Barack and Michelle ...
Posted Thursday, February 1st 2024 at 4:56PM
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Abbott Elementary is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, a perpetually optimistic second-grade teacher at the underfunded Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominan ...
Posted Thursday, February 1st 2024 at 4:37PM
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The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by David Hemingson in his feature writing debut. Set in 1970-1971, it stars Paul Giamatti as a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding schoo ...
Posted Thursday, February 1st 2024 at 4:24PM
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American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson, in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the film follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an ou ...
Posted Thursday, February 1st 2024 at 4:08PM
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SNOWFALL the last project from the late Oscar nominated director John Singleton has been nominated for 6 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. The all-star cast lead by Damson Idris as"Franklin Saint" has been vocal about upholding John's legacy in television and fi ...
Posted Wednesday, January 31st 2024 at 2:29PM
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“Luther: Never Too Much,” the documentary film, chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso. Using a wealth of rarely seen archives, Luther tells his own story with assistance from his closest friends and musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Di ...
Posted Wednesday, January 31st 2024 at 12:25AM
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