Entertainment

ABOVE PHOTO:  R&B singer Chris Brown appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, March 17, 2014. After a weekend in jail, Chris Brown has been ordered to remain in jail without bail for allegedly violating his probation stemming from his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna hours before the Grammy Awards.  (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, Pool)…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Toni Braxton  (s_bukley / Shutterstock.com)   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced last week that singer/actress Toni Braxton is set to star as Darlene Love in the network’s first scripted TV film My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story. Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Misty Copeland   Interview with Kam Williams Born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 10, 1982, Misty Copeland is a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre. A recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, Copeland is also an inductee into the Boys and Girls Club Alumni Hall of Fame. She lives…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Clive Davis, Aretha Franklin and Denzel Washington attend Aretha’s 72nd birthday celebration on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in New York.  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)   By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press NEW YORK — The fellas love Aretha Franklin: Denzel Washington helped the Queen of Soul celebrate her 72nd birthday…

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The Literary Café, The African American Museum of Philadelphia and WDAS-FM’s “Frankie Darcell Book Club,” present an up-close conversation with Jason Mott, author of The Returned on Monday, March 31, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Mott is a New York Times bestselling author and the inspiration for the hit ABC…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  This photo provided by Sony Pictures shows Jamie Foxx as Electro in Columbia Pictures’ “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Sony Pictures debuted 30 minutes of 3-D footage of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” at the movie-theater convention, CinemaCon, in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, March 26, 2014.  (AP Photo/Sony Pictures)   By Jessica Herndon Associated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Diahann Carroll and Marc Copage in ‘Julia.’   By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com In the upcoming 4th season of the Emmy-nominated series, Pioneers Of Television, PBS will explore trailblazing moments of TV history, starting on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, featuring a lineup that includes an episode titled Breaking Barriers, which airs…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tyler Perry   BlackAmericaWeb.com Tyler Perry dropped a shocker during an intimate interview with Cathy Hughes at the Women’s Empowerment Expo 2014. The media mogul revealed a shocking family secret. “I love my mother to death, but she lied to me”, Perry who is popular for the ‘Madea’ movies told Radio One founder…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Russell Simmons   Interview with Kam Williams Master entrepreneur and visionary Russell Simmons has influenced virtually all aspects of business and media; music, with the cofounding of the immensely successful Def Jam Recordings; the fashion industry with the trailblazing Phat Pharm, Baby Phat, Run Athletics, and Def Jam University clothing lines; television with…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Strahan  (JStone / Shutterstock.com)   By David Bauder Associated Press NEW YORK — Nickelodeon is looking to slime some athletes. The network said Thursday it is starting a sports awards show modeled after its popular Kids’ Choice Awards honoring the highs and lows in entertainment. “Kids’ Choice Sports 2014,” with former football…

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