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ABOVE PHOTO:  Beyonce and Jay-Z, who was the co-owner of Brooklyn Nets, at court side of Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks game at Barclays Center.  (Photo:  Photography T/Shutterstock)   eurweb.com There are multiple reports that Beyonce and Jay Z are planning to announce their separation following their current “On the Run” Tour. The power…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney in Fox’s “Gotham”   By Cherie Saunders  eurweb.com Even in a place like “Gotham,” a black woman is still worried about water touching her hair. Let’s just say that the introduction of Jada Pinkett Smith’s crime boss character Fish Mooney in the pilot of Fox’s anticipated Batman…

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Interview with Kam Williams Rosie Maria Perez was born on September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn where she was raised in a Catholic orphanage after being abandoned by her mom and taken from her aunt. She made a most memorable screen debut as Spike Lee’s girlfriend, Tina, in Do the Right Thing, and later landed…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Nina Simone, circa 1960   By Andrew Scot Bolsinger naturally moi.com The troubled life of American singer Nina Simone remains troubled today, more than a decade after her death. The so-called “high priestess of soul,” who battled depression and alcoholism throughout her life, left behind a lengthy battle for her estate and a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  KeKe Palmer with Rachel Jeantel.   By Tonya Pendleton BlackAmericaWeb.com Actress Keke Palmer made history by becoming the youngest talk show host in TV history with her new BET show “Just Keke.” “Everything is going really good,” Palmer, 20, told the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.” “We did better than expected so I’m really…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Philly Urban Creators plotting Hood Stock.   The voice of the 21st century resounds in Philadelphia, as the 17th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam makes its way to the city, July 16-19, 2014. Five hundred young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, will convene in Philadelphia, representing 50 parts…

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By Kimberly Walker UPtv.com I raced to Kinko’s like a woman who’d mistakenly left her purse there. In my sweaty right hand, I held my heavy script that I’d spent three months revamping – a family tale of redemption called Comeback Dad (premieres Saturday, June 12th at 8 PM ET / 7 PT) . There…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Walter Dean Myers  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)   By Hillel Italie associated press NEW YORK — Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children’s author and tireless champion of literacy and education, has died. He was 76. Myers, a longtime resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, died Tuesday at Beth Israel Medical Center…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Ealy reprises his role as Dominic in Think Like a Man Too.   For the last few years, Michael Ealy has been red-hot, jumping from TV to film and back to TV, seamlessly. He recently starred in the sci-fi television series, “Almost Human,” for which he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Musician Bobby Womack sits with his dogs in 2012, a French bull dog named Music, left, and a pug named Wo, posing for a portrait to promote a new album, “The Bravest Man in the Universe,” in Los Angeles. Womack, 70, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who impacted artists from the…

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