Entertainment

by Ronald Scott | Amsterdam News Sonny Rollins, the virtuoso who transformed the art of composing and playing saxophone into masterpieces that rivaled the works of Claude Oscar Monet; the simple complexity of a Romare […]

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose powerful voice helped define romantic ballads and Disney movie classics, has died at age 75 after suffering a stroke, according to family members. Bryson passed away […]

MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — Rob Base, one half of the legendary hip-hop duo Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock and the voice behind the genre-crossing 1988 anthem It Takes Two, passed away on May 22, […]

Bailey Tippen stole the show in her breakout role as a Sylvie in Beauty in Black, Tyler Perry’s hit Netflix series. At only 22, she’s already worked with some of the greatest talent in the business.  Bailey […]

By Itoro N. Umontuen | The 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola has expanded its Evening Concert Series lineup. Newly announced performers include Babyface and Leon Thomas. The annual festival returns to the […]

By Eugene Eubanks | The Black Promoters Collective ‘Floetry Presents: Say Yes The Tour,’ featuring Floetry, Raheem DeVaughn, and Teedra Moses was recently front and center at the Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville. Marking their […]

Social media is buzzing after Netflix’s “The Roast of Kevin Hart” on Sunday evening, with brutal wisecracks, pointed jokes and zingers from several stars across Hollywood. Hosted by Shane Gillis, the special featured a panel of comedian […]

Alexa Christina Rice From the Chicago Crusader In 2019, Fashion Fair, the cosmetics line created by Johnson Publishing Company’s Eunice Johnson, filed for bankruptcy following years of declining sales that ended the cosmetic giant’s decades […]

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson The predictable backlash against the Michael Jackson biopic came fast and furious. Many critics either panned the film or savaged it. There isn’t much middle ground. But that’s no surprise. It […]

By Dwight Brown | She loves him. She loves him not. He loves her. He loves her not. One woman. Two men. She’s living a lie and falling in love under the Tuscan sun.  How […]