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By Danae Reid With fall and winter on the horizon, many of us are preparing to go back into lengthy periods of recluse. The second half of this seasonal cycle is commonly referred to as “cuffing season,” which inadvertently means that folks are looking for new shows to add to their arsenal. Whether you’re looking…

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Dearest Lovies: In lieu of my usual column, I must discuss something that has been held like a top secret document, especially in Black families — anxiety, depression and suicide. Let me be clear, there have always been stigmas attached to mental illness, but we continue to see time and again examples of people who…

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BPT No matter what you yearn for when you imagine your dream vacation, you can make it happen in one of the 14 distinct communities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. You may think you know Myrtle Beach — with 60 miles of beautiful coastline, exciting nightlife and family-friendly attractions — but there’s lots more to…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Kendrah Butler-Waters, Kareem Chapelle, Jocko McNelly, Kimpedro Rodriguez, James Solomon , and Toby VEnt Martin. ‘We Shall: A Lyrical MLK Celebration’ is an engaging intermingling of spoken word, singing and instrumental music, will be held at The Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S 3rd Street, at 3PM; paying tribute to one of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Actress Charlotte Rae attends the ‘Ricki And The Flash’ New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 3, 2015 in New York City. Rae died at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday. She was 92.  (Photo: Shutterstock) By Lynn Elber ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES–Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete  (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / shutterstock)   By Florence Anthony New music from “Saints & Sinners” actor Keith Robinson is here. The new video for the hit single Never Be You was released on May 11. With his directorial debut, alongside co-director Juice Big Fellow, Keith gives fans…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Star Jones  (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Tongues are wagging that Star Jones tied the knot with her fiance Ricardo Lugo on a Royal Caribbean Cruise and also celebrated her 56th birthday on March 25 in the Bahamas as around 150 friends looked on. Star and Ricardo’s high powered guests included…

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blacknews.com Nationwide — After 26 years of operating a communications business where she created a local eight-page professional development newsletter that later blossomed into a full-blown business and financial magazine called “Onyx Woman,” Ola Jackson put her hard copy edition to rest to focus on helping the same women she assisted through her business workshops,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Denzel Washington stars in Columbia Pictures’ “Roman J. Israel Esq.”   Film Review by Kam Williams Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) is a high-functioning savant on the autism spectrum who has been practicing law in L.A. for the past 36 years. The brilliant attorney has spent most of his career under the radar,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Laura Harrier and Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”   By Kam Williams For movies opening July 7, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS A Ghost Story (R for brief profanity and a disturbing image) Romantic fantasy revolving around a recently-deceased musician (Casey Affleck) whose spirit miraculously returns home to comfort his inconsolable wife (Rooney Mara)….

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