Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO: Halle Bailey ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES— A Disney-owned cable network has taken aim at critics who disagreed with the decision to cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming adaption of “The Little Mermaid.” Freeform posted an open letter on Sunday in support of Bailey after some on social media used the hashtag…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Tracy Morgan By Beth Harris ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES  — For Tracy Morgan, hosting The ESPYs is personal. It’s not just another gig to the comedian. The star of TBS’ “The Last O.G.” presided over Wednesday night’s show honoring the past year’s top athletes, performances and achievements. It airs live on ABC from…

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By Rachel D’Oro ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Princess Daazhraii Johnson grew up eating dried salmon and moose-head soup — foods labeled weird by other kids who had no understanding of her culture and traditions. Now the Fairbanks woman and other Alaska Natives are presenting their world to a general audience with “Molly of Denali,”…

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ATLANTA–The all new WERUradio is a web radio station that features music artists from the LGBTQ community and combines the genres of R&B, house music and hip hop. The station can be heard on WERUradio.com and on Alexa/Echo by using the WERUradio skill.  WERUradio also broadcasts 24 hours a day on WERUradio.com, Live365, streema.com, https://www.radio.net….

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ABOVE PHOTO: Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Beto O’Rourke and Elizabeth Warren Black PR Wire NEW YORK–This week, ESSENCE Communications, Inc. announced that the 2019 ESSENCE Festival presented by Coca-Cola will host exclusive keynote conversations with five of the leading Democratic contenders in the 2020 Presidential race, including Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Pete Buttigieg,…

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SILVER SPRING, MD –This week’s episode of ‘ATL HOMICIDE’ explores the case of Demetrius, a loving husband and father dedicated to his family. One evening when Demetrius doesn’t arrive to pick up his children from daycare, his wife becomes frantic with worry and files a missing person’s report with the Atlanta Police Department. Around the…

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By Mark Kennedy associated press NEW YORK — In the pilot of the new HBO series “Euphoria,” a young woman is about to be assaulted by an angry drunk in the kitchen at a house party. Her hand happens to find a kitchen knife. She raises it. “You want to hurt me?” she screams at…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine The non-scripted TV series “Bring It!” has been making waves on the Lifetime Network since 2014. The show highlights the lives of The Dancing Dolls, a nationally recognized competing dance troupe. The Dancing Dolls were founded in 2001 by Dianna Williams, affectionally known as Miss D or Coach D. Since their start,…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine Some Broadway shows have stood the test of time and continue to do so; “CATS” is one of those shows. The Tony award-winning play has the distinction of being the 4th longest running Broadway show of all time. “CATS” tells the story of a group of junkyard Jellicle cats on the most…

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By Teresa Emerson Over 20 years ago, (has it been that long?) when I started as managing editor of the SUN and was looking for good writers for the paper, Lloyd ‘Kam’ Williams sent SUN publisher/founder the late J. Whyatt Mondesire, an email offering his services as an entertainment writer. I’m so glad he did….

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