(Los Angeles Times) – Comedian Dave Chappelle knows what’s funny, and it’s definitely not getting hit by a banana peel while on stage. That is...
(Los Angeles Times) – Comedian Dave Chappelle knows what’s funny, and it’s definitely not getting hit by a banana peel while on stage. That is...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) – The comedy Get Hard, scheduled for release March 27, co-stars Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. The...
(Hollywood Reporter) – In designating 31-year-old contributor Trevor Noah as Jon Stewart’s heir to the Daily Show desk, Comedy Central is about to boast a network first: a late-night host who’s...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender If one can say their life was an open book then LisaRaye McCoy...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist This week in Atlanta, it was all about feelings, tears and jeers. Nene may be gone, but the ladies continue...
Henry Hanks, CNN LAS VEGAS (CNN)—The three best-known members of 1990s R&B group Destiny’s Child reunited onstage Saturday night in a surprise performance. Beyonce, Kelly Rowland...
Elizabeth Wagmeister, VARIETY MAGAZINE NEW YORK (VARIETY)—NBC will ease on down the road for its next live musical television event. “The Wiz” will take center stage...
Elizabeth Wagmeister, VARIETY MAGAZINE NEW YORK (VARIETY)—NBC will ease on down the road for its next live musical television event. “The Wiz” will take center stage...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the beauty, power and tenacity of black women while spreading her...
Scott Mendelson, FORBES (Forbes)—The House of Katzenberg really needed a hit like Home. I was pretty grim about the box office prospects for DreamWorks Animation’s DWA +5.1% Home in...
Dave Itzkoff, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily...
Whether wailing with her multi-octave pipes and rhythmically pumping piano in nightclubs and at blues festivals, or every Sunday morning at Oakland’s Taylor Memorial United Methodist...
Shardae Jobson, HELLOBEAUTIFUL.COM (HelloBeautiful.com)—Hey DreamWorks, we got a little question for ya…why isn’t Rihanna, or actually her character Tip, featured in the posters for the...
Shardae Jobson, HELLOBEAUTIFUL.COM (HelloBeautiful.com)—Hey DreamWorks, we got a little question for ya…why isn’t Rihanna, or actually her character Tip, featured in the posters for the...
Brett Malec, E! ONLINE (E! Online)—Taraji P. Henson is taking the high road and apologizing for comments she made about cops racially profiling her 20-year-old...
Brett Malec, E! ONLINE (E! Online)—Taraji P. Henson is taking the high road and apologizing for comments she made about cops racially profiling her 20-year-old...
Maria Puente, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Crusading women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred on Friday introduced two more women who say Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them. And Allred promised...
Maria Puente, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Crusading women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred on Friday introduced two more women who say Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them. And Allred promised...
Curt Cramer, THE SOURCE MAGAZINE (TheSource.com)—The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill moved many as a master’s work in the modern music world. To this day it...
By Dylan “CineMasai” Green Special to the NNPA via The New Pittsburgh Courier (NNPA)—Idris Elba has been a singular commanding presence on screen ever since...
(The Wrap) – Two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis is attached to star in the courtroom drama “Custody,” multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. “Into the...
(The Wrap) – Two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis is attached to star in the courtroom drama “Custody,” multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. “Into the...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Pairing Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell is like mixing gasoline and fire. You know there’s going to be an...
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