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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sterling K. Brown, winner of the awards for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series for “This Is Us” and for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for “This Is Us”, poses in the press room at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Kanye West and Kim Kardashian west arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology in 2016.  (Photo:Shutterstock)   Associated Press Chicago, where Kanye West was raised, is the name of baby No. 3 with Kim Kardashian West. Mom made the announcement Friday…

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Reverential biopic chronicles rise, fall and triumphant return of legendary South African singer/activist Film Review by Kam Williams Zenzile Miriam Makeba had the misfortune of being born Black in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1932, which relegated her to second-class citizenship. In fact, she spent the first six months of her life behind bars with her…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Trevante Rhodes as Ben Milo in Alcon Entertainment’s, Black Label Media’s and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ war drama “12 Strong,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Interview with Kam Williams Trevante Nemour Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana on February 10, 1990, but raised in Little Elm, Texas from the age of 10. After excelling…

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TMZ: Questlove demanded NBC fire two white camera guys on the ‘Tonight Show’ over a racist group text they never asked to be a part of … this according to a new lawsuit. Camera operators Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino just filed suit against the TV network and the leader of The Roots after what…

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hugh Masekela, the legendary South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist, has died after a decade-long fight with cancer. He was 78. Often called the “Father of South African jazz,” Masekela died in Johannesburg after what his family said Tuesday was a “protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer.” Masekela was a…

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Bossip Jill Scott’s estranged husband said the singer’s alleged bullying and humiliation of him began even before they got hitched. Mike Dobson wrote in court papers that three weeks before his wedding, Scott and her lawyer pressured him to sign a prenup they drafted. He said he didn’t have a lawyer and felt coerced, but…

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Mary J. Blige has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Mudbound. See all 2018 Oscar nominees here. BEST PICTURE Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST ACTRESS…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Ava DuVernay, left, accepts the award for the entertainer of the year as Mary J. Blige looks on at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)   By Sandy Cohen associated press LOS ANGELES — A jubilant…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Roland Martin   By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com When first hearing about TV One’s cancellation of Roland Martin’s show for “budgetary” reasons, my immediate reaction was “bull crap”. I am convinced that his show was cancelled because some advertisers and some “Trumpets” were outraged because of Roland’s Afrocentric perspective when reporting and interpreting…

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