Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Boston Celtics director of special projects JoJo White displays a lucky charm, one of Red Aurbach’s cigars, before the NBA draft lottery, Tuesday night, May 23, 2006, in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)   associated press Basketball Hall of Famer Jo Jo White, one of the greatest players to come out of St….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Hanks (as Ben Bradlee) and Meryl Streep (as Kay Graham) star in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE POST.   Review by Kam Williams “The Post” is a picture fated to be compared to a couple of classic newsroom thrillers: “All the President’s Men” (1976) and “Spotlight” (2015). Like the former, it’s set in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Vincent Herring   By Steve Bryant The music isn’t letting up as a lot of great artists are coming to grace Philadelphia’s stages this weekend. Among them is an all-too-rare appearance from a member of Jazz’s avant-garde and two of the best veteran sax players on the contemporary jazz scene. Saturday, Jan. 20 Bobby…

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Griot Lupita Nyong’o has written a children’s book about embracing your natural beauty. The book, Sulwe, follows the story of a little girl named Sulwe, which means “star,” a 5-year-old from Kenya who wishes she had lighter skin. It will be released next year. As the darkest-skinned member of her family, Sulwe feels that she is not pretty…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Today” show anchor Ann Curry said Wednesday that the atmosphere of verbal sexual harassment when she worked at the morning show left her not surprised by the allegations that got former colleague Matt Lauer fired. Meanwhile, the show she left behind named a new executive producer for its first two…

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NEW YORK (AP) — The morning after making history as the first black man to win a Golden Globe Award for lead actor in a TV drama, Sterling K. Brown fulfilled an acceptance speech promise: He took his 6-year-old son Andrew to school. Brown said he was “humbled” by the Golden Globe win for his…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Anthony Anderson and Danny Glover will be in the spotlight at the 49th NAACP Image Awards Monday night on TV One 9pm/8 central. Anderson is hosting the ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, which will be broadcast live on TV One. Glover will receive the President’s Award…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  James Baldwin in the crowd. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 28 August 1963, Washington.  (Photo: Courtesy of © Dan Budnik – All Rights Reserved)   San Francisco— One of the most acclaimed films of the year, a box office hit and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Raoul Peck’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Afro-Cuban All Stars   By Steve Bryant Even though the holiday season has passed, it doesn’t mean that cultural activity in the city has subsided. As a matter of fact, the New Year has brought a wealth of cultural riches ranging from one of the pioneers of avant-garde jazz to classic Afro-Cuban sounds, as…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Part of the chorus performs a scene from Black Kid Joy   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie John Graves Productions has had quite the decade, and to celebrate the company’s anniversary, they brought back the popular stage production “Black Kid Joy.” Dancing and singing all through the Arts Bank in Center City this past December,…

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