Entertainment

Now that “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts has revealed to the world that she’s gay, what impact might that have on the number one rated morning show? If people focus on Roberts’ performance and not her sexuality, none. Before she addressed her sexuality publicly for the first time in a Christmas Facebook posting,  there…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Aaron Pritchard wipes off a headstone after laying the marker on the previously unmarked grave of blues musician Aaron Sparks in Crestwood, Mo. Pritchard is part of the Killer Blues Headstone Project, a nonprofit effort to posthumously honor sometimes long-forgotten blues musicians with grave markers. The group has laid 22 headstones to date, with…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Yusef Lateef (Photo: Wikipedia) associated press SHUTESBURY, Mass. — Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the first to incorporate world music into traditional jazz, has died. He was 93. Lateef died Monday at his home in Shutesbury in western Massachusetts, according to the Douglass Funeral Home in Amherst. Lateef, a tenor…

Read More

P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) was the pen name of Helen Lyndon Goff (1899-1996), the creator of the children’s classic “Mary Poppins.” When his daughters were young, Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) promised to turn their favorite book into a movie, since they were so enchanted by the British nanny with magical powers. Little did he know…

Read More

Music Impresario Kenny Gamble and founder of Universal Companies has partnered with Bumi Fernandez of Odunde 365 to ring in the Kwanzaa holiday with a citywide celebration, appropriately titled, “Kwanzaabration”, a free indoor festival, Citywide Kwanzaa Celebration at Universal Audenried High School, 33rd & Tasker Streets, December 28, 2013, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union. (shutterstock.com / s_bukley) MIAMI — Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are engaged. The Miami Heat star proposed to his longtime girlfriend Saturday and the actress accepted. They announced the news through social media, around the same time as the two-time defending NBA champions were gathering for a team Christmas…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: The Butler Best Wide Release Black Films 1. The Butler 2.  42 3. 12 Years a Slave 4. Fruitvale Station 5. The Best Man Holiday 6. Black Nativity 7. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 8. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain 9. A Madea Christmas 10. Temptation Best Independent Films 1. The Inevitable Defeat…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Angell Conwell Interview with Kam Williams Angell Conwell was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina on August 2, 1983, but raised in nearby Columbia. At 17, she made her big screen debut in the gritty, John Singleton drama Baby Boy opposite Tyrese, Taraji P. Henson and Snoop Dogg. She followed that outing with well-received supporting…

Read More

NEW YORK — Beyonce’s surprise album has sold surprisingly well: Her fifth solo effort sold more than 600,000 units in its first three days, setting a record for first-week domestic digital sales. Beyonce’s self-titled album was released early Friday morning exclusively on iTunes unbeknownst to the public. Apple said Monday that the album sold 617,213…

Read More

news.com.au She released her latest album by uploading tracks and videos straight to iTunes, claiming she wants to speak ‘directly to her fans with no filter. And it seems that Beyonce has gotten her wish. Within hours, hundreds of fans slammed the star’s record for its X-rated lyrics and ‘pornographic’ videos in which she twerks…

Read More