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ABOVE PHOTO: 50 Cent  (Photo: Helga Esteb / shutterstock) associated press HARTFORD, Conn. — Rapper/Actor 50 Cent says the Secret Service is now asking him about the wads of “prop” money that drew questions from the judge in his Connecticut bankruptcy case. The rapper, whose name is Curtis Jackson III, went to court this week…

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While the new biopic Nina has many asking “Why?!” when it comes to the casting of actress Zoe Saldana, the better question might actually be “Who thought this was a good idea?!” By Denise Clay When it was announced in 2012 that a biopic of Nina Simone was going to be made and that Zoe…

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WDAS welcomes you to the Second Annual Women of Excellence Luncheon on Saturday, April 2, 2016! Join us for lunch, special live performances, and conversation as we celebrate select women that have achieved excellence, both on a local and national level! The 2016 Women of Excellence Luncheon is now officially sold out, but you can…

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By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Bounce TV is expanding into hour-long drama programming with “Saints & Sinners,” which will center around the pursuit of power, intertwined with deceit, greed, corruption and murder – all set against the backdrop of a large southern church. The 8-episode first season of the series premieres, Sunday, March…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Terrence Howard as Sheriff Arnold Pope in “Wayward Pines.” By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Fox has announced that “Wayward Pines” will return for a second season on Wednesday, May 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The series,  from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan comes back for what will be a 10-episode season of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Idris Elba By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Idris Elba is going to star in the long-in-development feature film adaptation of author Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” with Ron Howard directing – maybe Elba’s highest profile lead to date. It’s been several years since Universal Pictures announced its plans to turn King’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Barkad Abdi By Sergio Shadow and Act If you think the Oscar Nominated and BAFTA Award winning actor Barkhad Abdi is rolling in dough, think again. Something that always irks me is when I hear black people talking about how some black actor or actress in some movie, is supposedly making “big money”….

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ABOVE PHOTO: Misty Copeland (Photo: Gene Schiavone) Author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic Nelson George may have worn a lot of hats in his long career, but his love for music has been  constant throughout. He’s published numerous non-fiction books on Black Music History as well as a series of novels using the music world…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Host Chris Rock, speaks at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ‘Spotlight’ upsets ‘The Revenant’ for Best Picture, Chris Rock pokes fun at both the boycott and the Academy By Kam Williams On a night when the Academy Awards were overshadowed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Aunjanue Ellis as Queenie in a scene from Of Mind and Music. Interview with Kam Williams Aunjanue Ellis currently stars as Miranda Shaw, the director of an FBI base who oversees the training of a new group of recruits, on the ABC-TV drama “Quantico.” And she recently appeared on BET’s epic series “The Book…

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