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ABOVE PHOTO:  Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac performs at Madison Square Garden on April 8, 2013 in New York City.  (JStone / Shutterstock.com) By Mark Kennedy associated press NEW YORK — Stevie Nicks is trying to whittle down the set list for her upcoming solo tour, but one song that definitely made the cut is…

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Review by Kam Williams Joseph Gordon-Levitt Plays Infamous Whistleblower in Reverential, Cloak-and-Dagger Drama Earlier this year, the film Citizenfour won the Academy Award in the Best Documentary category. But given how the movie made less than $4 million worldwide, one might reasonably conclude that the details of Edward Snowden’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) dump of National Security…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jerry Heller (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)   Associated Press LOS ANGELES – The music manager who helped introduce N.W.A to the masses has died. Jerry Heller was 75 years old. Heller’s cousin, Gary Ballen, says Heller died Friday night at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, after suffering a heart attack while driving earlier…

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September 17th to 25th, 2016 One of the most important artists of the 20th century was our neighbor. He walked among us. He lived among us. He was not born here, but he became a man and a professional musician here. We celebrate his birthday next month. September 23rd, 2016. He would have been 90…

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shadowandact.com Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey have teamed up again to created what may be the next hit television family drama— “Queen Sugar”. Based on the novel of the same name by Natalie Baszile, “Queen Sugar” takes place in the fictional Louisiana town of Saint Josephine. The centrifugal force of the series takes shape when…

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Featuring performances by Trey Songz, Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa and more iHeartMedia’s Power 99, Philadelphia’s award winning home for Hip-Hop and R&B announced the return of POWERHOUSE 2016 (#PowerhousePhilly) on Friday, October 28 at the Wells Fargo Center, with a superstar line-up featuring performances from headlining artist, Trey Songz as well as Philly’s own Meek…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby  (AP photo) By Maryclaire Dale and Michael R. Sisak Associated Press Prosecutors said Tuesday that they want 13 other women who said they were intoxicated when Bill Cosby assaulted them to testify at his upcoming felony sex assault trial. The criminal case against the 79-year-old actor involves a single 2004 encounter…

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By Kam Williams US Airways Flight 1549 had barely taken off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the afternoon of January, 15, 2009 when it sighted Canada geese flying in its path at about 2,800 feet. The Airbus 320 was unable to avoid the flock and the ensuing strike disabled both of its engines. At…

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Review by Kam Williams Who would ever think of making a movie just about Barack (Parker Sawyers) and Michelle Obama’s (Tika Sumpter) first date? Richard Tanne would, that’s who, and he makes an impressive directorial debut with this inspirational biopic chronicling a very eventful day in the lives of the future President and First Lady….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Emayatzy Corinealdi as Belle with co-star Malachi Kirby as Kunte Kinte in “Roots.” Interview with Kam Williams Born at Fort Knox, Kentucky on January 14, 1980, Emayatzy Corinealdi was an army brat whose family moved around a lot during her childhood as dictated by her dad’s military career. After stints around the country…

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