Entertainment

“Dark Girls” Directors/Producers D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke (Dark Girls, LLC) are coming to Philadelphia on Saturday March 10, 7 PM for a special screening of their controversial new documentary at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby.

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First-class talent, luxurious gowns; the ladies strut their stuff on this year’s red carpet! Which gown was YOUR favorite?

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Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer have collected armloads of accolades for their work in the film about black maids who speak out against their white employers during the civil rights movement. Both are up for Academy Awards next week.

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On May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards were staged in Hollywood at the Hotel Roosevelt. Wings, a silent film, won the Oscar for Best Picture that night, a feat which would never be repeated, given the impending innovations in sound technology that ushered in the age of the talkies.

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The first-ever African American Ringmaster in the 142-year history of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Jonathan Lee Iverson, will be in Philadelphia for the final week of Black History Month when the Greatest Show On Earth performs at the Wells Fargo Center.

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Here, he talks about his new film, “Good Deeds,” a relationship drama which he wrote, directed and stars in opposite an A-list cast which includes Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Phylicia Rashad, Rebecca Romijn, Jamie Kennedy, Beverly Johnson and Brian White.

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News of Idris Elba playing Nelson Mandela has been circulating the web for at least a month or two, and while we’ve known about it, we didn’t (and still haven’t) posted anything about it because, as far as I know, there hasn’t been any confirmation of it… until now anyway.

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A year ago, Clive Davis’ glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.

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This is only a partial list of many celebrities, sports and political figures who paid condolences to one of greatest voices and talents in music history. May Whitney Houston rest in peace; sorely missed, but never forgotten.

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Whitney Houston’s funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena.

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