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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jacob Latimore Interview with Kam Williams Jacob Latimore has been hailed by Variety, Indiewire and The Wrap as a young breakout star. Having emerged as one of the most promising talents of his generation, his upcoming films are from Academy Award-winning directors and writers, where he stars alongside actors of that same caliber….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Charlie Murphy  (Everett Collection / Shutterstock.com) BlackAmericaWeb.com Comedian Charlie Murphy has reportedly passed away at age 57 after a battle with leukemia. TMZ reported that Murphy died Wednesday in a NYC hospital. His manager says he’d been going through chemo. Murphy famously co-starred on “Chappelle Show” in some of Dave’s most memorable skits……

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NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Murphy, older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up and performer in his own right, has died. Murphy died Wednesday in New York of leukemia, according to his representative, Domenick Nati. Murphy was 57. He was perhaps best-known for his appearances on “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central. He collaborated…

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The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) launches the Philly Celebrates Jazz Community Series, comprised of free concerts, dance classes, and film screenings in some of the City of Philadelphia libraries, parks and recreation centers, older adult centers, schools, Amtrak 30th Street Station, and in the Art Gallery at…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby  (AP Photo/Mel Evans) By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The judge in Bill Cosby’s criminal case expects the trial to last about two weeks and hopes to have a jury in place before the proceeding opens June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. At a pretrial hearing Monday, Montgomery County Judge…

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In 1951, a vibrant African-American woman was dying of cervical cancer at age 31. Under the bright lights of an operating room, surgeons harvested cells from her tumor that would prove to be astonishingly immortal and would change the face of medicine forever. Yet she — and any recognition of her involuntary donation — would…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  “The Best Place To Be” with Queen Latifah – The Travel Channel shadowandact “The Best Place To Be,” a new Travel Channel mini-series from Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere at Flavor Unit, is an invitation to discover the world through the eyes and access of Hollywood’s most adventurous. Each of the four one-hour…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bryshere ‘Yazz the Greatest’ Gray, Steve Harvey, and Charlie Mack on the set of “The Steve Harvey Show.”  (Courtesy of Kharisma McIlwaine) By Kharisma McIlwaine Charles Alston, better known to the masses as Charlie Mack, has been a fixture in the Philadelphia community for well over three decades. If there is an event…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  April Ryan  (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com) associated press NEW YORK — April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks has become one of the most visible White House correspondents since President Donald Trump took over, and she’s now been hired as a political contributor for CNN. CNN wouldn’t say Monday when it began negotiating…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Paula Peebles (in olive green suit with speakerphone) of the Philadelphia National Action Network (NAN) and Phila. Chapter NAACP President Min.  (Photo: K-Len Anderson) By David Bauder associated press NEW YORK–The founder of Fox News Channel was forced out in a sexual harassment scandal last summer. The network’s No. 1 star, Bill O’Reilly,…

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