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ABOVE PHOTO: The 7th Annual Women of Excellence honorees from left to right: Lenore Sears-Gay, Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall Blake, Aja Graydon Dantzler, Desiree Tillman-Langford, Dr. Edith Mitchell, Frankie Darcell, and Elleanor Jean Hendley.  Photo credit: Kharisma McIlwaine By Kharisma McIlwaine On Saturday, April 15, 2023, the 7th Annual WDAS Women of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This cover image released by Avid Reader Press shows “Lebron” by Jeff Benedict. (Avid Reader Press via AP) By Rob Merrill ASSOCIATED PRESS LeBron James has lived a very public life. Who can forget the 2002 Sports Illustrated cover anointing him “The Chosen One” when he was just 17? Now 38, he’s done…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Ariana DeBose attends the BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England. By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK  — Ariana DeBose’s stint as host of last year’s Tony Awards went so well that she’s been asked to return this year. The Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. Otto Frank holds the Golden Pan award, given for the sale of one million copies of the famous paperback, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Teyana Taylor poses for a portrait to promote the film “A Thousand and One” at the Latinx House during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File) By Gary Gerard Hamilton ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Pulpits across America this past Easter Sunday…

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VISITPHILLY.COM What to look forward to this April and May. Spring most certainly lives up to its name in Philadelphia. As the temps get a little warmer and the days get a little longer, Philly seems to add an extra bounce to its step, with big-time events, festivals and celebrations taking place in nearly every…

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By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique sued Paramount and CBS on Wednesday, seeking what the Oscar-winning actor and comedian says are unpaid royalties from her sitcom “The Parkers.” The breach-of-contract lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Associated Press alleges the defendants artificially depressed the show’s profitability to “retain…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Topher Malone, a 17-year-old trans high school student in Round Rock, Texas, talks about her experience for the documentary, “You’re Loved,” which premieres at Green Light Cinema in St. Petersburg, Fla. on March 31, 2023. Carys Mullins, a Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This image released by Hulu shows David Jonsson, left, and Vivian Oparah in a scene from “Rye Lane.” (Chris Harris/Hulu via AP) By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS Yas and Dom meet-cute in the best possible way in the new rom-com “Rye Lane.” They’re paired up at a karaoke bar by chance and simply…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The cast of August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” from left;  Brian Anthony Wilson, Phillip Brown, Kesserack Kemnew, Kash Goins (director), Zuhairah, and Damien J. Wallace.  (Photo: Ashley Smith/Wide Eyed Studios) By Constance Garcia-Barrio As irony would have it, the late playwright August Wilson didn’t begin valuing the rich Black language he had heard in…

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