Entertainment

The 2026 Jacksonville Jazz Festival will return to Downtown Jacksonville over Memorial Day weekend, May 21- 24, this year. With an impressive lineup of award-winning performers, the festival will bring music lovers from across the […]

By Stacy Brown | Russell Simmons is accusing HBO and its partners of ignoring civil rights leaders, burying evidence, and turning his name into a global spectacle, and he’s putting it before a Manhattan court. […]

Through events like this, UNCF is changing the HBCU narrative across the nation by helping underrepresented students to get to and through college —UNCF will host its 5th annual Mayor’s Masked Ball benefiting Edward Waters University […]

By Elle Michelle – There is a particular kind of magic that happens when a voice carries more than melody. When it carries memory. When it carries lineage. Rainere Martin the internationally celebrated Donna Summer […]

by Tannnista Sinha (Houston Defender) Before we ever paid a bill or worked a full week, movies had already shown us what adulthood was supposed to look like…stylish apartments and exciting careers with minor inconveniences […]

By Lynn Jones – The feature film Polar, written and directed by Angel Terron, premiered March 12 at the historic Ritz Theatre and Museum, drawing filmmakers, cast, and community members for an evening centered on […]

Director Ryan Coogler (L) and actor Michael B. Jordan took home Oscars Sunday night for their film, Sinners. (Image via Wikimedia commons.) by N.C. Green When Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler each walked onto the Oscars stage Sunday […]

Fans across the country are flocking to see R&B icons New Edition, Boyz II Men, and Toni Braxton, but Florida audiences have been largely left out of the loop, prompting frustration among music lovers and […]

Lindo discusses craft, recognition, and the ‘Sinners’ role that brought him back to the spotlight. By Okla Jones Delroy Lindo’s recent Academy Award nomination is long overdue, but he has never carried himself like a man […]