Entertainment

Gladys Knight took to the stage at the Florida Theatre last week to sing her greatest hits to a sold out crowd. Lines were around the corner waiting to purchase tickets to hear seven-time Grammy […]

Comedian, actor and show host Bill Bellamy brought Jacksonville crowds to their feet for six sold out shows over the MLK holiday weekend. Hosted by the Jacksonville Comedy Club, two openers warmed up the crowd […]

By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) James Baldwin, the intellectual, civil rights activist and renowned author, left behind some biting and enlightening words about racism and the status of the Black community that are […]

By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) As we go forward, movies guide us. They give us directions. They motivate us. They provide rest stops, comic relief and flashbacks to the past. And they reassure […]

Viola Davis                       By Frederick H. Lowe The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that acclaimed award-winning actress Viola Davis will be honored with the […]

Essence Magazine has announced the initial lineup for the 2017 Essence Festival Concert Series in New Orleans featuring headliners Diana Ross and Mary J. Blige, among many others. The 23rd annual event will take place June […]

LOVE CONQUERS ALL when actors Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving win their U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the ban on interracial marriages. Based on a true story, the movie LOVING […]

Fan Grammy nominated soul singer Sharon Jones has succumbed to cancer after a prolonged fight, according to a statement from her official website. She was 60. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones […]

ESTEEMED PLAYWRIGHT August Wilson’s work will live on long after his death in a new format. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis star in Paramount Pictures “Fences,” coming to theaters on Christmas Day. By Elaine Hegwood […]