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ABOVE PHOTO:  FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry performs “Johnny B. Goode” at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.  (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File) By Hillel Italie Associated Press Rock n’ roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new…

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By Sergio Mims shadowandact.com Over the past few weeks, box office analysts have been predicting that Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” would gross as much as $120 million on its opening weekend. I thought it would do well, but not $120 million. It turns out that most of us were quite off the mark since…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shown in photo with writer Kharisma McIlwaine, is from left: Chy, Lady T, and Jaye of The Royal Mix. By Kharisma McIlwaine In honor of March being Women’s History Month, the world is honoring women of all nationalities, professions, and ages. Among the women we should be celebrating are the young trio; Lady…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lovely ladies in the Parade of Masks during the UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball.  (Photo: Robert Mendelsohn) By Patricia Gilliam Clifford I had the pleasure of attending the 2017 Philadelphia United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Mayor’s Masked Ball on March 18. The annual fundraiser was supported by over 600 guests and volunteers at The Pennsylvania…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dante James Emmy award winning independent filmmaker, Dante James is pleased to announce the formation of Black Pearl Media Works, LLC (BPMW). The multi-media production company has received partial financing for two projects; a feature length documentary, “God of The Oppressed” and a series of dramatic short films, “In Our Own Words.” “It…

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BBC Three announced last week,“The Idris Takeover,” described as “a unique and ground-breaking season” of content created and curated by Idris Elba for the network, kicking off Monday, March 27. The week-long collaboration will include comedy, drama, music and documentary, as Elba works with some of the best new and emerging talent in all fields,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Joni Sledge  (Courtesy of Rogers and Cowan) Funeral services for Joni Sledge are set for Saturday March 25,  9 a.m. at Deliverance Evangelistic Church, 2001 W. Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia. The interment will follow in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Joni Sledge, founding member of Philadelphia’s own Sister Sledge, died Friday, March 10, in her home…

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chuck Berry, the rock ‘n’ roll founder who defined its joy and rebellion in “Johnny B. Goode” and other classics, has died in St. Charles County, Missouri, west of St. Louis. He was 90. St. Charles county police say they responded to a medical emergency Saturday afternoon and found Berry unresponsive….

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Boom 103.9 brings you the Be Beautiful Expo 2017, Saturday, March 25th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center! For Boom 103.9’s  3rd Annual Be Beautiful Expo, many of your favorite performers will be hitting the stage like Fat Joe, Nick Grant, Dreezy, Bibi Bourelly, and just announced KHALID! The Be Beautiful Expo 2017 is being held…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in “This Is Us”. By Leanne Italie Associated Press NEW YORK — In Milo Ventimiglia’s trailer on the set of NBC’s “This is Us” hangs a black-and-white photo of himself at maybe 3 or 4, leaning on his dad’s knee, father and son smiling in the front yard in…

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