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ABOVE PHOTO: A law enforcement officer leads out a canine as federal agents stand at the entrance to a property belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, Monday, March 25, 2024, on Star Island in Miami Beach, Fla. Two properties belonging to Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This cover image released by Parkwood/Columbia/Sony shows “Act ll: Cowboy Carter” by Beyonce.(Parkwood/Columbia/Sony via AP) By Maria ShermanASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word. Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs:…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine Philadelphia is known for having a wide variety of community-based cafes and coffee shops. The Monkey & The Elephant is among them. Founded in 2015 by Lisa Miccolis, The Monkey & The Elephant is a 501C3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting young adults ages 18-24 that have aged out of…

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Photo: MoAR By Constance Garcia-Barrio Years ago, Adrienne Whaley, director of education and community engagement at the Museum of the American Revolution (MoAR), located at Third and Chestnut Streets, had expected to stroll into corporate boardrooms in three-inch heels carrying a hand-tooled leather briefcase. But history cast its spell and swept her in a different…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Regina King arrives at the premiere of “Shirley” on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) By Kharisma McIlwaine Shirley Anita Chisholm was, without a doubt, one of the most dynamic women in history. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924, and raised in Barbados…

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ABOVE PHOTO: From left, Justice Smith stars as “Aren” and David Alan Grier stars as “Roger” in writer/director Kobi Libii’s “The American Society of Magical Negroes”, a Focus Features release. By Kharisma McIlwaine “The American Society of Magical Negroes” has received its fair share of backlash since its release. The controversy surrounding the film centers…

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ABOVE PHOTO: MUSIC MOGUL AND ENTREPRENEUR SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. poses in his manager’s home in Beverly Hills, Calif., in Feb. 1993, during an interview. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac) By Beth HarrisASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Terence BlanchardPhoto courtesy: Ensemble Arts Philly By Kharisma McIlwaine New Orleans is known for its deep-rooted love and celebration of music. It is also known for giving the world a wide array of incredible musicians, and Terence Blanchard is among them. The six-time Grammy award-winning, Academy Award-nominated trumpeter, pianist and composer has blessed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Dominic Dorset as Kristoff in the North American Tour of “Frozen.”Photo credit Matthew Murphy By Kharisma McIlwaine Disney’s ‘Frozen’ took the world by storm with its 2013 release. Its popular song, “Let It Go,” was sung worldwide. Children and adults fell in love with the story of the princess sisters Anna and Elsa,…

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