Arts and Entertainment

Rapper Meek Mill Says U.S. Criminal Justice System “Made to Keep Minorities Trapped Forever”

May 10, 2018

Arts and Entertainment, National
Howard University Graduate Chadwick Boseman to Speak at the School’s 150th Commencement Ceremony on May 12

May 3, 2018

Arts and Entertainment, Education, National
Who killed Biggie and Tupac? USA’s ‘Unsolved’ paints a complicated, humanizing portrait

Mar 6, 2018

Arts and Entertainment
Here’s the release date for Michelle Obama’s memoir so you can plan to take the day off

Mar 6, 2018

Arts and Entertainment
Jordan Peele makes history with Oscar win for ‘Get Out’ screenplay

Mar 5, 2018

Arts and Entertainment
Omarosa says ‘plantation’ White House shunned her for being Black

Feb 26, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Husband and wife duo Rudy Gaskins and Joan Baker bring diversity to voice-over industry

Nov 21, 2017

by Gwendolyn Quinn The exclusivity of the voice-over business has been one of the entertainment industry’s best-kept secrets. Traditionally a field dominated by white males, the voice-over world has for decade...

Film Review: Roman J. Israel, Esq

Nov 16, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Denzel Washington may be the most accomplished actor of our generation. Like a chameleon, he’s morphed from the stern father in “Fences...

Tia Mowry puts all angst to rest over ‘Sister, Sister’ reboot

Nov 8, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Fans of the ’90s sitcom “Sister, Sister” can finally rejoice as a reboot is already in the works. Tia Mowry says that she and her twin sister, Tamera Mowry, are so close to finalizing a Sister, Sister revival. In fact, she says that there’s just “one step l...

Inside ‘The Sweet Spot’: Burlesque Troupe Celebrates Black Erotica

Nov 6, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

by Karu F. Daniels Sex sells, even to black people on the poetry circuit — a notion poet Ainsley Burrows knew in his heart to be true and ended up going against the grain by making a bold visionary move. In 2...

MC Lyte, Chuck D, Collaborate With Smithsonian on Hip-Hop Compilation

Nov 6, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

by Donna Owens Music legends MC Lyte, Chuck D and Questlove of The Roots are among celebrities who’ve teamed with the Smithsonian on a forthcoming rap and hip-hop anthology that’s being touted as a “powerful c...