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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91. Publicist Candi…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84. Gregory died late Saturday in Washington, D.C. after being hospitalized for about a week, his son Christian Gregory told…

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EUR Web *We’ve just leaned of the hospitalization of Dick Gregory. The news about the 84-year-old legendary comedian/activist was posted on Facebook by his son, Christian Gregory. Even though he wasn’t specific as to what his father is ailing from or where he is hospitalized, but here’s what Christian shared: My father, Dick Gregory remains…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Legendary Philadelphia DJ Jerry Blavat joins Marian Anderson Awards Chairwoman Nina Tinari in the announcement of  Grammy-winning singer Dionne Warwick being chosen as this year’s Awards recipient.  (Photo: Bill Z. Foster) November gala and concert to honor one of top female vocalists of all time Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced today that five-time…

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Black PR Wire NEW HOPE, Pa –The Meet Group, Inc., a public market leader in the mobile meeting space, today announced a new live-streaming feature on Tagged, its leading African-American mobile meeting app. Tagged Live gives users the ability to broadcast and view live-streamed video and earn and send virtual gifts. With the launch of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shonda Rhimes    By Tali Arbel Associated Press NEW YORK — Netflix has lured Shonda Rhimes, the well-regarded creator of TV series “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” from ABC, its latest big get as media companies old and new fight for viewers’ attention. The streaming service’s announcement late last Sunday comes just days after…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bruno Mars (Photo: Featureflash / shutterstock)   By Mesfin Fekadu associated press NEW YORK — Bruno Mars said Saturday he is donating $1 million from his Michigan concert to aid those affected by the Flint water crisis. The Grammy-winning star told the audience at his show in Auburn Hills, about 30 miles from…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cathy Moriarty, Danielle Macdonald, Mamoudou Athie, and Siddharth Dhananjay in “Patti Cake$.”   Interview with Kam Williams Mamoudou Athie is set to play opposite Brie Larson in her directorial debut, “Unicorn Store.” He also can be seen in the recurring role of Grandmaster Flash in “The Get Down,” a Netflix series created by…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tiny Fey has returned to “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” to discuss the violence surrounding a white nationalist rally near her alma mater’s campus in Charlottesville. Fey sported a University of Virginia sweatshirt Thursday on “Weekend Update: Summer Edition.” She says it broke her heart to see “these evil forces”…

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Essence.com The stuntwoman who died on the set of Deadpool 2 Monday has been identified. Joi “SJ” Harris, who billed herself as the first African-American female road racer, died while performing a motorcycle stunt in Vancouver, Canada, PEOPLE confirmed. The Brooklyn, New York native was an advocate for women of color in the road racing game, and…

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