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By Kharisma McIlwaine  Valentine’s Day is the holiday of love…i.e. the time of year where we hear a barrage of folks telling us how to dial up the romance for that one special day. The fixation on this one-day celebration of love often overshadows the love experienced on the other 364 days of the year….

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this June 29, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman called police multiple times to report black men he thought were suspicious in his neighborhood in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Anthony Anderson  (Photo by Earl E. Gibson III) LOS ANGELES–The NAACP and TV One announced today that Anthony Anderson will serve as host for the 45th NAACP Image Awards and the first group of presenters confirmed include Lupita Nyong’o, Tyler Perry, Michael Ealy, Tony Goldwyn, Arsenio Hall, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, Octavia Spencer, Archie…

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Alice Walker has been defined as one of the key international writers of the 20th Century. She made history as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the National Book Award in 1983 for her novel The Color Purple…

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Anna Gordy Gaye, who was married to musical great Marvin Gaye and whose brother founded Motown Records, has died, her family said. She was 92. A statement released by the family said Gordy Gaye died early Friday morning at her Los Angeles home while surrounded by family…

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A law enforcement official says tests have confirmed there was heroin in at least some of the dozens of plastic packets in a New York City apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead. Officials are working to determine whether the drug was mixed or tainted with anything else.

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American Masters — Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth charts Walker’s inspiring journey from her birth into a family of sharecroppers in Eatonton, Ga. to the present. The film explores Walker’s relationship with her mother, poverty, and participation in the Civil Rights Movement…

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AAMP presents a screening and discussion of “The Contradictions of Fair Hope.” Winner of numerous Best Documentary awards, this documentary explores temporal and religious tensions through the lens of an Alabama African American benevolent society and its signature event, the Foot Wash Festival.

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Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) was so worried about returning to his neighborhood in inner-city Washington, DC that he shared his concern with his cellmate Searcy (Dennis Haysbert). The wise, old elder responded with a simple suggestion “Take care of the king.”

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The list of overlooked thespians arguably extends to a couple other critically-acclaimed productions featuring black principal cast members, namely, the brilliant biopics 42 andMandela. What happens to Oscar buzz deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

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