Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  Nore Davis  (Bounce TV/Couresy of The Front Page Firm)   Los Angeles –Comedian Nore Davis will headline his very own one-hour special as part of Bounce TV’s popular, family-friendly original comedy series “Off The Chain.” “Off The Chain: Nore Davis” world premieres Tuesday, July 14 at 9/8pm CT. “Off The Chain” features some…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson  (Photo: HBO) By Zack Sharf Indiewire Is it too early to say the summer of 2015 belongs to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? Not only did the beloved athlete-turned-actor kick off the summer movie season early with the billion dollar blockbuster Furious 7, continue it with the mega-disaster pic San…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Omar Benson Miller with John David Washington in a scene from “Ballers.”  (Photo: HBO)   By David Fischer Associated Press MIAMI — Omar Benson Miller spent three seasons on “CSI: Miami,” but only this past year did he get a chance to film a television show in South Florida. “It was Miami at the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Misty Copeland  (Photo: Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com)   By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press NEW YORK — Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who’s become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday – the first…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Ciara performs during a tribute to Janet Jackson at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Los Angeles.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Though she was absent, Beyonce won three BET Awards, including video of the year for “7/11,” while…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  JADA PINKETT SMITH as Rome in Warner Bros. Pictures’, “MAGIC MIKE XXL,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.  (Photo Credit: Claudett Barius)   By Lindsey Bahr ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Jada Pinkett Smith wasn’t exactly sure what she was getting into when she signed on for “Magic Mike XXL,” but she certainly…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Emmitt Smith  (Photo: Helga Esteb/ Shutterstock.com ) By David Bauder associated press NEW YORK — Rapper Flo Rida, the Macy’s department store chain and football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith all had something in common on Wednesday: They’re the latest to distance themselves from Donald Trump following his remarks about Mexican immigrants. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: (Finiding Your Roots/ PBS) By Tambay A. Obenson Shadow and Act PBS has announced that it has temporarily shelved its “Finding Your Roots” series, thanks to Affleck-Gate. You’ll recall the kerfuffle over the revelation that Ben Affleck had requested that the episode in which he was featured, omit that an ancestor of his owned…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  RJ Cyler as Earl and co-star Thomas Mann in a scene from “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”   Interview with Kam Williams The youngest of three boys, Ronald Cyler II was born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 21, 1995. He demonstrated a love of the arts and entertaining early on, teaching…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Albert Evans  (Photo: Paul Kolnik) By Jocelyn Noveck associated press NEW YORK — Albert Evans, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer and one of the most prominent African-Americans in classical dance, has died following a short illness. Evans, who was 46, died at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday night,…

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