Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Ta-Nehisi Coates By Desire Thompson newsone.com Ta-Nehisi Coates, renowned author of the New York Times bestseller ‘Between The World And Me’, as well as a number of thought-provoking pieces from The Atlantic that explore the Black experience, has teamed up with Marvel to pen a new Black Panther comic book series. Marvel made…

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By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – The cast of the hit series “Empire” were tight-lipped about the drama that unfolds on the upcoming second season, but when it came to discussing secrets about the show before it had its launch earlier this year — they were revealing. Emmy nominee Taraji P. Henson,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Timbaland (Featureflash / shutterstock.com) By Mesfin Fekadu associated press NEW YORK — Timbaland, the executive music producer of the hit series “Empire,” says he has completed his upcoming album and will use television as a platform for the new music. “Yes, it’s done. I’m doing a TV show with that,” he said in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Vivica A. Fox (Featureflash / shutterstock.com) By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Vivica A. Fox has signed on to play Taraji P. Henson’s (Cookie Lyon’s) older sister on Season 2 of “Empire,” reports Entertainment Weekly in an exclusive. Fox’s older sister character will be coming after Cookie for an “reasons unknown” –…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Stevie Wonder  (Photo: Featureflash / shutterstock,)  Janet Jackson  (Photo: Everett Collection / shutterstock,)  Drake, Dave Chapelle  (Photo: Everett Collection / shutterstock,)  Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes  (Photo: Featureflash / shutterstock.) A list of recommended entertainment for the whole family from music, cinema and television MUSIC Cecil McLorin Salvant–Oct 17 Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bobby Brown and wife Alicia Etheredge (Photo: s_bukley / shutterstock.com) By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Associated Press ATLANTA– Bobby Brown said he believes things would have turned out differently for Bobbi Kristina Brown if he had been with his daughter days before she was found unresponsive in her home in suburban Atlanta. Brown was to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The cast of  “The Carmichael Show.” By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act NBC’s summer comedy series lineup continued last week (after “Mr. Robinson” ended its run last week) with “The Carmichael Show” which kicked off a six episode run at 9PM Wednesday nights. “The Carmichael Show,” which hails from Jerrod Carmichael and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Gabrielle Union Loretta Devine and Jill Scott join cast By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Announced this week, the 3rd season of BET’s hit original drama series, “Being Mary Jane,” will premiere on Tuesday, October 20 in a new time slot, at 9 pm ET (it previously aired at 10 pm). Also…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Kendrick Lamar (AP photo) Power 99 and The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to award five Increase the Peace Scholarships Power 99, Philadelphia’s heritage home for Hip-Hop and R&B, announced the lineup for Powerhouse 2015 on Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center presented by Coors Light.  Powerhouse 2015…

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By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act Stanley Nelson’s acclaimed new documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, opened at Film Forum, located at 209 W. Houston St. in NYC last week, September 2, 2015, with a national roll-out to follow this fall. The film is also opening at the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem…

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