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Will Smith and Family team with Jay-Z to remake Annie
“The time is right to bring back ‘Annie’ to the big screen. Of course, we’re true believers in Willow’s talent and believe she will be perfect in this role,” said Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad
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High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
Jessica B. Harris’s absorbing new book, “High on the Hog” zeroes in on what she sees as the two divergent strands of African-American cooking. The first reveres homey staples like corn pone, fried chicken and chitterlings…
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I Used to Love Her: The De-Evolution of the Female Emcee (Part 2)
Part 2: All Hail the Queens In the late 1980s, a single brazen female changed the entire game. MC Lyte, the first solo female rapper to release a full album, introduced a sound as smooth as cappuccino, with hardcore lyrics that raised the bar for every serious rapper who wanted to stay in or join…
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I Used to Love Her: The De-Evolution of the Female Emcee (Part 1)
“You just don’t like her because you’re old”, is what the 14 year-old told me as we were debating the quality of Nicki Minaj’s music. Me? Old? I can still beat-box, pop-lock and recite every line of The Message, Sucka MCs, and Paper Thin. So maybe I am old, but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.…
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Idris Elba Produces Web Series Developed by HBCU Alum
Here’s a first-look trailer at a new web series executive produced by Idris Elba, titled Milk & Honey, created by Brown Paper Dolls (Dana Gills, Asha Kamali May, and Jeanette McDuffie – all Chicago natives (Spelman, Howard U & FAMU grads) who started the production company in LA. The series, which is headlined by Lance…
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Backstage with Eric Roberson
On Saturday January 15th, I got the chance to go to the Eric Roberson and Algebra Concert at CenterStage Atlanta. Getting into a SOLD OUT show is a great feeling.. but nothing compared to the rush of being escorted backstage an hour before said show to kick it in the dressing room with the headliner.…
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42nd Annual NAACP Image Award Announcements
Danai Maraire of Attagirlentertainment interviews Kimberly Elise, Sanaa Lathan and Columbus Short at the press conference held in Beverly Hills NAACP Image Award announcing the 2011 nominees.
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Rapper 50 Cent makes $8.7 million by tweeting
The 35-year-old celeb, aka Curtis Jackson, helped pop the shares of a no-name penny stock company he’s invested in by 290 percent yesterday after chatting it up this weekend on Twitter, the social-networking site