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Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia

December 25, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO: Muhammad Ali (Shuttersock) By Bruce Schreiner Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said Saturday night. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, is being…

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David Oyelowo–Mellow Oyelowo!

December 21, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO: David Oyelowo (center) in a scene from Selma. Interview with Kam Williams David Oyelowo (pronounced – “oh-yellow-oh”) is a classically-trained stage actor who is working successfully and simultaneously in film, television and theater, and has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. He was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for his stirring…

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CNN anchors under fire for police brutality ‘hands up’ support on air

December 20, 2014

As reported by the Huffington Post last week, four of CNN’s hosts are at the center of fiery criticism after boldly expressing their support of protests associated with the deaths of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager that was gun downed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer, and Eric Garner, an unarmed black male that…

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Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.–Opening the genealogy flood “Gates”

December 14, 2014

Interview with Kam Williams Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. An Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Gates has authored 17 books and created 14 documentary films, including Finding Your Roots,…

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Top Five—think you know funny huh?

December 14, 2014

By Kendall Alexander The third time is definitely the charm when it comes to honing serious directorial and screenwriting chops for funny man Chris Rock in the new film, “Top Five.”  Centered on comedian turned b-list actor Andre Allen (Rock) he is working the media circuit to promote a new controversial movie in which he…

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‘Boyhood,’ ‘Selma’ among AFI movies of the year

December 14, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO: David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King in a still from Selma. By Jake Coyle associated press NEW YORK — The American Film Institute on Monday named the coming-of-age tale “Boyhood,” the sci-fi epic “Interstellar” and the civil-rights drama “Selma” among its top movies of the…

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Kanye, Usher Phylicia Rashad to get BET Honors

December 14, 2014

associated press NEW YORK — Someone other than Kanye West is confirming his visionary status. The superstar rapper will receive the Visionary Award next month at the BET Honors. West – who has called himself a visionary and more – will be one of five luminaries honored at the eighth annual event, to be hosted…

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