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Power 99 & WDAS FM join Vital Strategies to combat spiraling overdose deaths in Black communities 

December 14, 2023

Vital strategies launches five week radio campaign to promote naloxone and harm reduction strategies  PHILADELPHIA– Top radio personalities iHeartMedia/105.3 WDAS host Adimu Colon and iHeartMedia/WUSL Power 99 host Mikey Dredd are joining Vital Strategies for an on air awareness in a campaign to stem the rising tide of overdose deaths in Philadelphia’s Black communities. They…

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Top 5 new holiday movies to stream in 2023

December 14, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Thaddeus J. Mixson as ‘Nick Carver,’ Genneya Walton as ‘Joy Carver,’ Madison Thomas as ‘Holly Carver,’ Tracee Ellis Ross as ‘Carol Carver,’ and Eddie Murphy as ‘Chris Carver’ star in “Candy Cane Lane.” Photo: CLAUDETTE BARIUS © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC By Kharisma McIlwaine The holiday season is upon us! Lights illuminate the…

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Gerald Alston works wonders with wood

December 8, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Gerald Alston selling his beautiful wood wares. (Photos courtesy of Gerald Alston) By Constance Garcia-Barrio One Christmas, award-winning woodworker Gerald Alston gave his mother a fit. “From childhood, I would take things apart, toys or whatever,” Alston recalls. “One Christmas when I was about 11, my mom bought me a radio. She got…

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Jai Rodriguez reunites with the “Fab Five” for a one night only event

December 8, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Jai Rodriguez. (Shutterstock.com) By Kharisma McIlwaine Before there was “Project Runway” and “The Real Housewives,” Bravo introduced the world to “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” “Queer Eye” premiered in July 2003 and featured five openly gay men who were experts in their respective fields: Ted Allen, the “Food and Wine Connoisseur”; Kyan…

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Marcus Scribner stars in ‘How I Learned To Fly’

December 1, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Marcus Scribner  (Photo courtesy: Marcus Scribner) By Kharisma McIlwaine Millions of households welcomed Marcus Scribner into their homes as Junior (Andre Johnson Jr.) on the award-winning sitcom, “Black-ish.” After eight seasons of making people laugh on the successful show,Scribner takes on his first dramatic role as an actor and executive producer of the…

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