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ABOVE PHOTO:  Black-ish   By Kam Williams The NAACP, Grammys and British Academy Awards were all handed out this weekend. The festivities kicked off with the Image Awards, a Friday and Saturday event with only the second night being televised. The sitcom “Black-ish” (6) took home the most TV trophies, Beyonce’ (5) garnered the most…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Aretha Franklin (Photo: Ovidiu Hrubaru / shutterstock) associated Press NEW YORK — At 74, the Queen of Soul has decided to take it a little easier. Aretha Franklin is planning to retire this year, she told Detroit TV station WDIV Local 4, the city’s NBC affiliate. The singer says she will make one…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Daughters On The Grass, By Andre Bradley Using unique artistic styles, two artists challenge historical representations of the Black community As the social perception of minorities remains at the forefront of the nation, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) highlights the work of two artists who explore the relationship between their own experiences…

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Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog goes to all streaming services By MESFIN FEKADU Today NEW YORK (AP) — Tidal’s exclusive streaming rights to Prince’s Warner Bros. Records catalog is over. The record company announced that starting Sunday, his music on the label — including albums like the seminal “Purple Rain” to his early work like “Dirty…

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By Sergio Mims shadowandact.com One of the most acclaimed Blu-Ray sets of last year, headlined several times on this blog, was Kino Lorber’s collection “The Pioneers of African-American Cinema.” The set, which was curated by historians Prof. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart of the University of Chicago and Charles Musser of Yale University, is a collection of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rev. Joseph Williams, pastor of Mount Airy United Fellowship Church shows an example of John Mosley’s work.  (Photo Courtesy: Arlene Edmonds) By Arlene Edmonds Correspondent The Mount Airy United Fellowship Church uses its lower level fellowship hall as a small museum.  In the past, the church, located at 799 W. Johnson St. on…

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Edited by Veronica Chambers St. Martin’s Press Hardcover, $24.99 236 pages Book Review by Kam Williams “Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moment on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion conscious,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Book illustrator  Kwame Alexander  read to a rapt audience of children.  (Photo: Robert Mendelsohn) By Arlene Edmonds Correspondent The African American Children’s Book Fair drew about 4,000 parents and children came to get their purchased books autographed by their favorite authors and/or illustrators; the so the energy was high at the Community College…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Oprah Winfrey  (Photo| HARPO PRODUCTIONS) shadowandact.com Oprah Winfrey is joining CBS’ long-running “60 Minutes” as a special contributor, the news magazine’s executive producer Jeff Fager recently announced. “There is only one Oprah Winfrey,” Fager said. “She has achieved excellence in everything she has touched. Her body of work is extraordinary, including thousands of…

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