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ABOVE PHOTO:  Nina Simone, circa 1960   By Andrew Scot Bolsinger naturally moi.com The troubled life of American singer Nina Simone remains troubled today, more than a decade after her death. The so-called “high priestess of soul,” who battled depression and alcoholism throughout her life, left behind a lengthy battle for her estate and a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  KeKe Palmer with Rachel Jeantel.   By Tonya Pendleton BlackAmericaWeb.com Actress Keke Palmer made history by becoming the youngest talk show host in TV history with her new BET show “Just Keke.” “Everything is going really good,” Palmer, 20, told the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.” “We did better than expected so I’m really…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Philly Urban Creators plotting Hood Stock.   The voice of the 21st century resounds in Philadelphia, as the 17th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam makes its way to the city, July 16-19, 2014. Five hundred young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, will convene in Philadelphia, representing 50 parts…

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By Kimberly Walker UPtv.com I raced to Kinko’s like a woman who’d mistakenly left her purse there. In my sweaty right hand, I held my heavy script that I’d spent three months revamping – a family tale of redemption called Comeback Dad (premieres Saturday, June 12th at 8 PM ET / 7 PT) . There…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Walter Dean Myers  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)   By Hillel Italie associated press NEW YORK — Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children’s author and tireless champion of literacy and education, has died. He was 76. Myers, a longtime resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, died Tuesday at Beth Israel Medical Center…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Ealy reprises his role as Dominic in Think Like a Man Too.   For the last few years, Michael Ealy has been red-hot, jumping from TV to film and back to TV, seamlessly. He recently starred in the sci-fi television series, “Almost Human,” for which he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Musician Bobby Womack sits with his dogs in 2012, a French bull dog named Music, left, and a pug named Wo, posing for a portrait to promote a new album, “The Bravest Man in the Universe,” in Los Angeles. Womack, 70, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who impacted artists from the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Meshach Taylor  (AP Photo / Tammie Arroyo) By Frazier Moore Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles, died of cancer at age 67, his agent said Sunday. Taylor died…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Brian Bradley, AKA Astro arrives at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.  (Photo by Helga Esteb-Shutterstock)   Interview with Kam Williams Brian “Astro” Bradley was born on August 26, 1996 in Brownsville, Brooklyn where he started rapping as at an early age. At…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The Roots Other Festival Details July 4th concert will feature performances by The Roots, Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Hudson, Aloe Blacc, Ariana Grande and Vicci Martinez This summer, Philadelphia will once again prove that the City of Brotherly Love is the only place to be on the Fourth of July. Today, Mayor…

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