Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Celebrities invade the red carpet at the RACE Atlanta Premiere held Monday to kick off Black History Month. Pictured L to R: Christopher Morgan, Kim Fields, Will Packer, Eudoxie Bridges, Ludacris, Stephan James, Ambassador Andrew Young, Carolyn Young, Kathleen Bertrand (Bronze Lens), DJ Infamous, and Big K.R.I.T. (Photo Credit: Robin Lori/Liquid Soul) Stephan…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Madam CJ Walker   PECO is celebrating African American History Month 2016 by supporting many local events that contribute to the rich heritage of African Americans in the Greater Philadelphia region. Events include: •  February 3 to March 20: The African American Museum in Philadelphia presents Drapetomanía: Grupo Antillano and the Art of…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Solomon Jones in the studio. 900AM-WURD Wake Up With WURD’s Solomon Jones has been nominated as Best Radio Personality in Philadelphia Magazine’s annual #BestofPhilly! We need the entire WURD family to vote for Solomon Philadelphia Magazine’s website and encourage your friends and family to vote, too — because a vote for Solomon is…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  (Left to right) Kali Hawk, Marlon Wayans and Mike Epps in “Fifty Shades of Black.” Review by KamWilliams Ever since Scary Movie (2000), Marlon Wayans has carved out quite a career for himself writing and starring in a string of silly spoofs that includes Scary Movie 2 (2001), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Kerry Washington By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act HBO has confirmed the debut date for “Confirmation,” the original movie written by Susannah Grant and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, which details the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings, which brought the country to a standstill and forever changed the way we…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Justin Hires (Helga Esteb/shutterstock.com) Interview with Kam Williams Justin Hires is a very talented actor, comedian, storyteller, dancer, video jockey and writer who will next be seen playing Detective James Carter in the CBS-TV action-comedy series “Rush Hour,” based on the buddy films co-starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. The versatile entertainer has…

Read More

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media Let’s talk about the only thing that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences understands: dollars and cents. African Americans spend far more money on Hollywood films than any other segment of the film-going public. According to a comprehensive BET research study, African Americans make nearly 200…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Tika Sumpter as Michelle Robinson and Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama in a scene from “Southside With You.” By Noel Murray Indiewire/The Playlist Southside With You is a low-key romance with one heck of a hook, following a up-and-coming corporate lawyer named Michelle Robinson as she spends one summer day in Chicago in…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  The Birth of a Nation By Sandy Cohen associated press PARK CITY, Utah — Nate Parker left a successful Hollywood acting career behind to make the movie that mattered most to him. It took seven years for Parker to bring the story of slave rebellion leader Nat Turner to the screen. The Birth…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Jazmine Sullivan  (s_bukley / Shutterstock.com)   By Melanie J. Sims Associated Press Search the name Jazmine Sullivan online, and you’re likely to find the name of another powerful vocalist-slash-songwriter: Adele. There are Twitter pleas for collaborations between the two, year-end lists including them both, and perhaps, more often, think pieces that end in…

Read More