Brian Benjamin Wins Special Election for Harlem State Senate Seat
By Dartunorro Clark of DNA INFO
Brian Benjamin, chairman of Central Harlem's Community Board 10, won the state Senate seat vacated by Bill Perkins Tuesday.
HARLEM — Democrat B ...
Posted Thursday, May 25th 2017 at 2:28PM
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WHOSE STREETS? which opens on August 11th. Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2017 at 2:50PM
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LOS ANGELES - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network debuted the season two trailer for its acclaimed original drama series "Queen Sugar" from Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay ("Selma, ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2017 at 1:12PM
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Dr. Oz took center stage Saturday night as a presenter at the 60th Annual New York Emmy Awards. America's favorite doctor spoke to entertainment correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant about staying heart healthy and living your best life. No stranger t ...
Posted Monday, May 8th 2017 at 8:20PM
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VARIETY- JIM ASWAD
Among the many skills that Sean “Puff Daddy/P. Diddy” Combs has (or has not) displayed over the years, the greatest might be a preternatural ability at self-promotion that borders on self-mythologizing. And with the aid of first-t ...
Posted Friday, April 28th 2017 at 12:28PM
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ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT talks with director J. D. DILLARD and actor JACOB LATIMORE of the brand new SCI FI FILM "SLEIGHT. Jacob Latimore hits his acting stride as "Bo" the orphaned street magician drug dealer in J.D. Dillard ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 12:31PM
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ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT was on the scene Sunday night for the Tribeca Talks series which featured newly retired basketball great Kobe Bryant in CONVERSATION with Glene Keane and Michael Strahan.
Basketball great Kobe Bry ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2017 at 1:39AM
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Entertainment Correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant interviews actor and comedian DeRay Davis who stars in the upcoming release "GROW HOUSE" which opens in theaters nationwide on 4/20/17.
ABOUT GROW HOUSE
There's a boom in medi ...
Posted Friday, April 14th 2017 at 2:51PM
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Comedian Charlie Murphy has died, TMZ reports. He was 57.
Murphy's manager told the celebrity gossip site that he died Wednesday morning in a New York hospital. He had been undergoing chemotherapy in his battle with leukemia.
Murphy was a stand ...
Posted Wednesday, April 12th 2017 at 2:06PM
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BBC
British Vogue has confirmed Edward Enninful as its first male editor.
Enninful, who has previously worked for Italian and American Vogue, will take over from Alexandra Shulman, who announced her departure in January.
Condé Nast Internation ...
Posted Monday, April 10th 2017 at 12:41PM
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Entertainment Correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant was on the scene Thursday night for the New York screening for the much-anticipated new FOX series "Shots Fired"at the Paley Center for Media. Creators/executive producers Gina Prince-Bythewood and R ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 6:35PM
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Mahershala Ali has won best supporting actor at the Oscars for his role in Moonlight.
He was nominated alongside Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Dev Patel (Lion) and Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals).
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Posted Monday, February 27th 2017 at 7:14PM
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Viola Davis won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in "Fences" on Sunday night, her first win after being nominated two previous times, and she didn't downplay her win as she went onstage and gave a moving acceptance speech.
"We are th ...
Posted Monday, February 27th 2017 at 4:57PM
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CLIVE DAVIS: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES WILL OPEN TRIBECA 2017 AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Via TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
The film screening will be followed by special concert featuring performances by Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Hudson, Earth, Wind & F ...
Posted Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 at 4:48AM
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Award-winning singer-songwriter Cynthia Erivo is set to perform at the Governors Ball, the Academy’s official post-Oscars® celebration, on Sunday, February 26. She will entertain the Ball’s 1,500 guests, which will include Oscar® wi ...
Posted Thursday, February 16th 2017 at 1:29PM
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Entertainment Correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant talks with director Raoul Peck whose critically acclaimed documentary "I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO" has been Oscar nominated for "BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE"
In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page let ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 11:27PM
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CBS NEWS- Oprah Winfrey, the esteemed broadcaster, producer, actress and philanthropist, will become a special contributor to “60 Minutes,” the news magazine’s executive producer Jeff Fager announced on Tuesday.
Winfrey will make her first appeara ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 3:52PM
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The 89th Oscars® nominations were announced this morning and "Moonlight" received the following eight (8) nods:
* Best Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali
* Cinematography - James Laxton
* Best Original Score - Nicholas Britell
* Best Ada ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2017 at 12:26PM
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Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea" Andrew Garfield in "Hacksaw Ridge"
Ryan Gosling in "La La Land"
Viggo Mortensen in ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2017 at 4:48AM
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(CHICAGO, IL) - January 17, 2017 - Central City Productions announced today the nominees in 26 categories for the 2017 Stellar Awards. Hailed as an "epic night in gospel music," this year's Stellar Awards will return tothe Las Vegas Orleans Arena on ...
Posted Monday, January 23rd 2017 at 8:15PM
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 19, 2016) — Casey Affleck, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Lucas Hedges, Taraji P. Henson, Brie Larson, Janelle Monáe, Viggo Mortensen and Octavia Spencer will be presenters at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive P ...
Posted Thursday, January 19th 2017 at 1:29PM
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Google is celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr Day with a special doodle and a homepage promotion of a curated collection of Civil Rights photography from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
http://www.google.com/?doodle=32694853&hl=en&source=sh/x/do&n ...
Posted Monday, January 16th 2017 at 1:22PM
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