Entertainment

SILVER SPRING, MD –TV One’s original film “Downsized”, starring husband and wife duo Boris Kodjoe (“Code Black,” “Undercovers”) and Nicole Ari Parker (“Almost Christmas,” “Time After Time”), will premiere on Saturday, September 16 at 9 p.m. ET. The film, written by the 2016 TV One American Black Film Festival Screenplay Competition finalist Michelle McKissic, made…

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Review by Kam Williams Sometimes, substance trumps low-production values. Case in point, “Man in Red Bandana”. Minutes after the World Trade Center was struck by United Airlines Flight 175 on the morning of 9/11, Welles Crowther called his mother to let him know he was okay. The 24-year-old stockbroker knew she’d be worried, since his…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Novella Nelson NY Daily News Actress Novella Nelson, who starred in “Antwone Fisher” and earned more than 100 credits in television, film and stage roles during a career that spanned nearly six decades, has died. She was 77. The Brooklyn-born actress died Friday, according to Broadway World. There was no immediate cause of…

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Watch football outdoors with cold brews and river views The seasons are changing and so is Fishtown Hops. Located on the riverwalk behind SugarHouse Casino, the beer garden is trading in its summer style for Fall Fest that began on Sept. 7, just in time for football season. Fire pits and hay bales are replacing…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Nikki Powerhouse   Join Valray Productions for “The Art of I Am”, a play combining jazz, blues and theater to take you on a voyage of self-discovery at the Venice Theatre of Performing Arts in Manayunk. Part of  Valray’s “Sisters Take Stage –Connect 3” series, “The Art of I Am” begins at 7…

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The big top is on the move! Philadelphia School of Circus Arts announces the grand opening of a new 28,000-square-foot circus school and training studio at the former home of St. Madeleine Sophie Church, 6452 Greene Street in West Mt. Airy. Students from the tri-state region will soar to new heights in the sanctuary that…

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By Mesfin Fekadu associated press NEW YORK — During the late 1990s when the Notorious B.I.G. emerged as rap’s top performer, detailing street life in Brooklyn on songs and albums that dominated the pop charts, his mother didn’t think much of his music, which she used to call “noise.” Now, she can’t live without that…

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The request to cancel Kid Rock’s concerts came from the National Action Network’s Detroit chapter, which plans a protest next week. DETROIT (AP) — The choice of Kid Rock as the opening act for a new sports arena in mostly black Detroit has injected the musician into the national debate over race and culture because…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine  Owen Brown, known to many as “Fiidla”, is widely recognized as a virtuoso. The vocalist, violinist, multi-instrumentalist and vocal coach to the stars, has spent his career carving a lane that is truly his own. Brown, who recently rebranded himself as Owen Valentine, did so with great intention. The name ‘Owen Valentine’…

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By Hayden Wright, radio.com Flavor Flav has filed suit against Chuck D and Public Enemy’s various business partners for cutting him out of group choices, discussions and profits. Flav (born William J. Drayton) lists Chuck and seven other defendants in the suit, for an amount that will be determined at trial. “Despite Drayton’s position in…

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