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Lincoln opened the awards season as the odds-on favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Picture by virtue of its landing the most nominations. But the snub of Ben Affleck in the Best Director category made his movie, Argo, the sentimental favorite of…

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Actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as ornery restaurant owner Mr. Gaines on the television series “A Different World,” has died. Tonia McDonald of Myers’ nonprofit, Global Business Incubation Inc., said Myers died Tuesday night at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. She said he was 76.

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The NYC deli that accused Forest Whitaker of shoplifting last week is blaming the incident on a “misguided” employee, and insists race was absolutely not a factor, reports TMZ. The actor was publicly frisked at Milano Market after he was wrongly suspected of stealing an item.

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For those who have longed for Hollywood to bring out of the shadows more African-American heroines and their stories as well as showcase the talents of more black film artists, Lifetime TV’s film Betty and Coretta, airing in celebration of Black History Month, has achieved an historic double-header.

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Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as Black Byrd, has died. He was 80.

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The next chapter in TV One’s highly successful R&B Divas reality franchise unfolds with new series “R&B Divas: LA”. This season the series will be following the lives and careers of Kelly Price, Chante Moore, Lil’ Mo, Claudette Ortiz, Michel’le and Dawn Robinson.

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Bobby Womack has confirmed the death of his brother and former collaborator, Cecil, who courted controversy over the years and scored an international hit, “Teardrops,” in 1988 with the husband-wife duo Womack and Womack.

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Winners in movie categories at the 2013 NAACP Image Awards were announced last Friday. Taking home the top prize of best motion picture was Anthony Hemingway’s Tuskegee drama Red Tails. Producer George Lucas was on hand to pick up the award and he jokingly exclaimed, “Look, I beat Quentin Tarantino!”

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Current nominees Bruno Mars and Rihanna, as well as 16-time Grammy winner Sting, will join together for a special performance, and current nominee Kelly Clarkson is set to perform on the 55th Annual Grammy Awards telecast.

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Ten-time Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan will introduce two of her signature products in the Grammy Gift Lounge today, Thursday, February 7, Friday, February 8, and Saturday, February 9, in conjunction with the 55th Annual Grammy Awards® Ceremony on February 10, 2013…

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