Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Sophie Okenado, Denzel Washington and Anika Noni Rose in a scene from “A Raisin In The Sun.”   By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow And Act.com Producers have set opening night for April 23, 2014 at the Barrymore Theatre for the 2014 Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” which is…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Colman Domingo   Colman Domingo is finding that you can go home again, as he returns to his native Philadelphia to perform for the first time since his Tony Award-nominated Broadway turn in the hit musical, “The Scottsboro Boys.”  Philadelphia Theatre Company concludes its 2013-2014 season with the Philadelphia premiere of “A Boy…

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eurweb.com Queen Latifah’s place in hip-hop is secured, thanks to a successful career in rap that has expanded into movies, her own production company and a hit daytime talk show. As she graces the cover of the new Jet magazine, Latifah provides a glimpse into her personal life as she opens up on a variety…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  R&B singer Chris Brown appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, March 17, 2014. After a weekend in jail, Chris Brown has been ordered to remain in jail without bail for allegedly violating his probation stemming from his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna hours before the Grammy Awards.  (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, Pool)…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Toni Braxton  (s_bukley / Shutterstock.com)   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced last week that singer/actress Toni Braxton is set to star as Darlene Love in the network’s first scripted TV film My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story. Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Misty Copeland   Interview with Kam Williams Born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 10, 1982, Misty Copeland is a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre. A recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, Copeland is also an inductee into the Boys and Girls Club Alumni Hall of Fame. She lives…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Clive Davis, Aretha Franklin and Denzel Washington attend Aretha’s 72nd birthday celebration on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in New York.  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)   By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press NEW YORK — The fellas love Aretha Franklin: Denzel Washington helped the Queen of Soul celebrate her 72nd birthday…

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The Literary Café, The African American Museum of Philadelphia and WDAS-FM’s “Frankie Darcell Book Club,” present an up-close conversation with Jason Mott, author of The Returned on Monday, March 31, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Mott is a New York Times bestselling author and the inspiration for the hit ABC…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  This photo provided by Sony Pictures shows Jamie Foxx as Electro in Columbia Pictures’ “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Sony Pictures debuted 30 minutes of 3-D footage of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” at the movie-theater convention, CinemaCon, in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, March 26, 2014.  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures)   By Jessica Herndon Associated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Diahann Carroll and Marc Copage in ‘Julia.’   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com In the upcoming 4th season of the Emmy-nominated series, Pioneers Of Television, PBS will explore trailblazing moments of TV history, starting on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, featuring a lineup that includes an episode titled Breaking Barriers, which airs…

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