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By Hillel Italie associated press NEW YORK — Tayari Jones, whose novel “An American Marriage” has been chosen for Oprah Winfrey’s book club, will always remember that phone call from last October. She was driving in Las Vegas, expecting to hear from books editor Leigh Haber of Winfrey’s magazine, “O,” for which Jones has written…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Dennis Edwards with The Temptations Review performs at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California on June 8, 2012.  Edwards died last Thursday after a long illness.  He was 74.  (Editorial credit: shutterstock.com) By Jeff Karoub associated press DETROIT — Dennis Edwards, a Grammy-winning former member of the famed Motown group The Temptations, has…

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ABOVE PHOTO: From L to R: Inanna Sarkis as “Gabriella”, Diamond White as “Tiffany” and Hannah Stocking as “Anna” in Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.” (Photo by Chip Bergman) Interview with Kam Williams Born in Detroit on New Year’s Day in 1999, Diamond White made a huge splash auditioning for Fox-TV’s “The X-Factor”…

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associated press NEW YORK — “Girls Trip” changed the game for Tiffany Haddish, and now she’s being honored as one of Essence magazine’s “game-changers” at its annual “Black Women in Hollywood” awards. “Girls Trip” was one of last year’s big hits and made Haddish a breakout star. The comedian is one of four women being…

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SUN NOTE: Philly filmmaker Rel Dowdell’s film “Where’s Daddy?’ screens Feb 12 at 7 p.m. at the Roxy Theater, 2023 Sansom St., Phila., $12, 267-239-2941.   Renaissance Brother! Interview with Kam Williams Rel Dowdell is a screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an English/screenwriting professor. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he received his…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Janet Jackson (Photo: Everett Collection / shutterstock) By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Together again? Not so much. Janet Jackson has shut down any rumors that she will be joining Justin Timberlake during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. “To put to rest any speculation or rumors as to whether…

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Image courtesy of usps.com NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the life and legacy of Lena Horne as the 41st honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Peter Norton Symphony Space. “Today, we honor the 70-year career of a true American legend,” said Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman,…

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Photo: Dennis Edwards from The Temptations. Credit: Shutterstock/Randy Miramontez “Dennis Edwards, who joined the Temptations in 1968 and sang on a string of the group’s hits including “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Ball of Confusion” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” in an initial tenure that stretched to 1977, has died. His family confirmed…

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Shutterstock The older sister of CNN anchor Don Lemon has passed away due to an accidental drowning. According to NOLA.com ‘Tanya “Leisa” Lemon Grimes, 58, of Denham Springs died after she fell into a neighborhood pond off of Iberia Drive in the Livingston Trace subdivision south of the Juban Road exit on I-12. Officers reported…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bruno Mars and Cardi B perform “Finesse” at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)   By Kristal M . Hall associated press Just as the Hollywood award shows this year have been dominated by the Time’s Up movement,…

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