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Film Review by Kam Williams Madeleine L’Engle finished writing “A Wrinkle in Time” in 1960, but the escapist fantasy was rejected by over two dozen publishers before it finally captured the imagination of John Farrar, co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In 1963, the groundbreaking, illustrated novel won the Newbery Medal for being the best…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cicely Tyson   (Photo: shutterstock) ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Cicely Tyson’s legend is being cemented into film history. Turner Classic Movies says it will honor the 93-year-old actress and activist with an official hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on April 27. Tyson is best known for performances in…

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105.3 WDAS is honoring phenomenal women all over the Tri-State area at their Fourth Annual Women Of Excellence Luncheon presented by  Gwynedd Mercy University.   It all happens on Saturday, March 31st, from 11am-4pm at The Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, located on 17th and Race. This year’s honorees include: Rev. Louise Williams Bishop, Legendary Philadelphia Broadcaster…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Chris De’Sean Lee & Company – “Hamilton” Chicago Company (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus)   The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and The Shubert Organization are pleased to announce the 2018/19 Broadway Philadelphia season, featuring an outstanding lineup of highly-anticipated Broadway shows, including the Philadelphia premiere of “Hamilton”. The monumental upcoming season boasts a prodigious…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Patrick Clanton By Kharisma McIlwaine The film “School of Rock” and its cast of talented young musicians stole the hearts of music lovers nationwide when it premiered in 2003. In the film, Dewey Finn (Jack Black) struggles to cling to his rock and roll dreams after being kicked out of his band. He…

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BOSTON (AP) — Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children’s TV program “Bozo the Clown,” has died. He was 89. Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease, his family said in a statement to WCVB-TV . Avruch played Bozo the Clown from 1959…

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Wizard World, Inc. continues its 2018 schedule with its 18th trip to the Pennsylvania Convention in Center City Philadelphia at Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia, May 17-20. Stephen Amell (“Arrow,” “The Flash”), Sebastian Stan (“Captain America” franchise), the “Justice League” trio of Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher, Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), Dave…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Pink Coat Design: Aliya Pooser. Makeup: Aliya Pooser. Model: Zamarys Baez. (Photo by Anexis Morales) Moore College of Art & Design’s “Century 21 Department Store presents FASHION SHOW 2018” will take place on Friday, May 11, 2018  at The Barnes Foundation, located at 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia beginning at 8:00 pm….

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Black PR Wire UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Academy, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy award winner John Legend has been cast as Jesus Christ in NBC’s special event “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!,” to be aired Easter Sunday, April 1. NBC continues to innovate its live musical productions with the staging of this iconic…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  ‘The Raw Word’ cast: Claudia Jordan, Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Dan Ratner.   Interview with Kam Williams Born and raised in Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is a writer, sociologist and ordained Baptist minister. Known for his passion and a moral urgency both in and out of the pulpit, Dyson has had a…

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