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The soundtrack features all new and unreleased music from artists such as Nina Simone, Gladys Knight, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Laura Izibor, Macy Gray, Janelle Monae and Lalah Hathaway.

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A brilliant detective tormented by the darker side of humanity, ‘Luther’ shines a light into the hearts and minds of psychopaths and killers, and the shadowy spaces of his own soul. ‘Luther’ is a gripping, psychological thriller driven by a brilliant and emotionally impulsive detective.

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Albertina Walker’s singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the “Queen of Gospel.” At home in Chicago, she babied her beloved French poodles, wore rhinestone sunglasses and was a fixture at the city’s gospel music festival.

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Newsman Ed Gordon has returned to BET for a weekly public affairs program partly because the network has changed and mainstream Sunday punditry hasn’t. He’s hosting “Weekly With Ed Gordon,” a Sunday interview and discussion program…

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Taking a page from his sage mentors, Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker, he aspires to be an accomplished actor/director. Here, the talented young thespian talks about his new movie, My Soul to Take, a 3-D horror flick directed by Wes Craven.

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The Grammy Award-winning rapper was moved Monday into what city jail officials call “punitive segregation” for a month, until his expected November release date, Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello said.

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Taking place in America between the 1940s and the 1960s, FWTE’s “All About Eve” season features three plays about women, ‘Ladies in Waiting,’ now playing until Oct. 10; ‘Travesty of Justice,’ and ‘That Honeysuckle Summer,’

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This fall through spring, PECO joins with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to sponsor a diverse and engaging lineup of world culture celebrations the whole family can enjoy.

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Dick Griffey, the founder of SOLAR Records and a man who helped the face of black died in Los Angeles last Friday from complications of heart bypass surgery. He was 71. Griffey founded SOLAR Records in the late 1970’s and went on to become one of the preeminent Black music pioneers…

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The Annenberg Center presents not one but two Grammy award-winning trumpet players over the course of two October evenings. First, Terence Blanchard takes the stage on Sunday, October 3, at 7:00 PM, then, legendary South African trumpet player Hugh Masekela plays on Friday, October 8 at 8:00 PM.

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