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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It could be a while before the music artists find out winners in categories like Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. The Recording Academy and CBS...
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“It’s about soul. It’s about love. And most of all, it’s about the music.”This closing line in the Broadway smash “Ain’t Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations” – on the road now and currently at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center -- triggers...
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Photos: M. Allimadi\TwitterTags:& Black Star NewsBLACK STAR NEWS SHOWBlack Star News Show host Milton AllimadiBlack Star News Managing Editor Colin Benjamintragic fire in the Bronx apartment buildingKakwenza RukirabashaijaEnron KiizaGen. Yoweri Musev...
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Photos: M. Allimadi\TwitterTags:& Black Star NewsBLACK STAR NEWS SHOWBlack Star News Show host Milton AllimadiBlack Star News Managing Editor Colin Benjamintragic fire in the Bronx apartment buildingKakwenza RukirabashaijaEnron KiizaGen. Yoweri Musev...
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The missing chapter in Malcolm X’s biography must be fervently resurrected.
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(Photos: Twitter)Sidney Poitier, who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor, died on Thursday at age 94. Professor Mark Anthony Neal, a Duke University professor of African and African American Studies made the following obse...
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Photo: Twitter This week, we lost an icon of film with the passing of pioneering trailblazing film legend Sir Sidney Poitier at the age of 94. The following is a video interview done with the ground-breaking film star in 2014 where he speaks about h...
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(Sidney Poitier. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)The following statement was released by the Poitier family:There are no words to convey the deep sense of loss and sadness we are feeling right now. We are so grateful he was able to spend his last day surro...
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(Photo/Twitter) With the recent passing of Sidney Poitier, it may be an opportune time to revisit a neglected film from his long legacy, “Paris Blues.” The 1961 movie featured novel questions of race, music, and romance that reviewers failed to appr...
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(Photos: Twitter)Sidney Poitier has died, aged 94.The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field, for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Acto...
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New York, NY – Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America’s Cultural Treasures, announces the world premiere of Doña Perón at New York City Center, April 1-3, 2022, the concluding performances of Ba...
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The law on domestic relations has over time taken a series of development from the custom way of viewing marriage to embracing the common law principles that govern marriages.In Uganda, when the legal duties and responsibilities are ended or reorgani...
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Elon Musk is known across the globe, but not many people are aware that the SpaceX and Tesla billionaire is of African descent.The world’s richest man, who has a net worth of over $273.5bn, was born in Africa to an African father. But for some reason...
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(Photos: Opera Philadelphia)Opera Philadelphia recently announced the appointment of award-winning activist, arts administrator, and bass-baritone Dr. Derrell Acon to the position of Vice President of People Operations & Inclusion. Currently the...
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Reginald L. Wilson's play "Sugar Ray," about boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, will make its theatrical premiere at the Gene Frankel Theatre and will run from Jan. 6th to 23rd.Sugar Ray Robinson was, pound for pound, the greatest boxer of all time. In his 25...
