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December 31, 2011
The 19-year-old vocalist from Sunrise, Florida won the Fox talent competition. Amaro, who was mentored by judge Simon Cowell and was at one point eliminated from the contest, was awarded the grand prize: A $5 million recording contract and a starring role in a Pepsi commercial.
December 31, 2011
Seventeen year old year-old Alike (Adepero Oduye) has been hiding a big secret from her parents, namely, that she’s gay. But that fact is becoming more and more difficult for the latent lesbian to suppress, given the raging hormones, which have her yearning for a girlfriend.
December 31, 2011
Sam Rivers, an internationally known jazz musician who played with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 88. Monique Rivers Williams says her fathera died Monday night from pneumonia.
December 26, 2011
Even though the adaptation of the Help had detractors questioning it’s historical accuracy, there’s no denying that Viola Davis delivered an Oscar-worthy performance and Vin Diesel was the best male lead of the bunch.
December 26, 2011
Everett Bradley (Hall & Oates) is bringing his funky, booty-shaking Holidelic show to WCL! Holidelic blends the musical influences of 1970’s and ’80’s funk and soul bands in original songs that celebrate diversity, mild familial seasonal dysfunction…
December 26, 2011
Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died last Saturday. She was 70.
December 26, 2011
Kobe Bryant’s wife, who stood by her husband when he was charged with sexual assault in 2003, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences after a decade of marriage.
December 17, 2011
This year’s event features two days, December 28 and 31 – of the traditional candle-lighting ceremony as well as an introduction to Kwanzaa symbols and principles, using a family-friendly format presented by master storyteller, Mlanjani.
December 17, 2011
Four years after releasing “So Much Better,” Carl Thomas returns with his aptly entitled fourth album, “Conquer.” Instead of his usual slow singing style, Thomas serves up a more uptempo record with 10 tracks showing off a new found flair that brings him back to life.
December 17, 2011
The Deep South drama “The Help” cleaned up with four nominations Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, among them honors for Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer. The adaptation of the best-selling novel also was nominated for best ensemble cast…
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