L30: An Icon, Lena Horne From CNN: (CNN) — Singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday night, a hospital spokeswoman said. Horne was 92. She was one of the first African-Americans to sign a long-term movie contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942. Horne’s expressive voice made [...]
March 23, 2010
L30: art, media, pop culture Mixed Feelings: Tyler Perry Set to Direct ‘For Colored Girls’ | Clutch Magazine: The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color. Film director Tyler Perry has been slated to direct a beloved story about the lives of Black women from 1975 , with questions about his ability to do so. [...]
February 10, 2010
L30: news White House concert honors music of civil rights era – CNN.com. To read the full article from CNN.com, click the link below: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/obama.civil.rights.music/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories) President and Mrs. Obama from CNN.com
November 21, 2009
L30: Art, Media, & Pop Culture: tv and film BET’s Web Series “Buppies”: Off to a Rough Start « Black Web 2.0. The series entitled “Buppies”, which was first announced in October of 2008, is the tale of LA’s young black professional elite, though the eyes of Quinci Adams, played by Tatiyana Ali, a 26 year-old publicist. [...]
October 31, 2009
L30: Art, Media, & Pop Culture: TV New episodes of TV One’s hit series “UnSung” begin Sunday. The show, now entering its second season, according tom the network’s website, profiles some of the most influential, talented yet forgotten R&B, Soul and Gospel artists of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. The season [...]
October 5, 2009
Leave it to Fox’s ‘The Cleveland Show’ to Pick Up Where BET’s ‘We Got to Do Better’ Left Off – The Daily Voice – Black America’s Daily News Source. To read the full story from The Daily Voice, click the link below: http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/10/leave-it-to-foxs-the-cleveland-002317.php My commentary: Okay, I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about this new show. [...]
September 28, 2009
L30: Art, Media, & Pop Culture EURweb.com – MOS DEF, COMMON, HARPER IN NEW DOC SERIES: Current TV’s ‘Embedded’ program begins next month with six episodes.. Mos Def, Common and Ben Harper are among the subjects of a new music documentary series for cable channel Current TV titled “Embedded.” To read the full story from EURweb.com, click the [...]
September 17, 2009
L30: remix: tv & film Jill Scott Comes to Lifetime Movie Network – Essence.com. To view the full story, click the link to Essence.com below: http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/jill_scott_comes_to_lifetime_movie_network My commentary: I love Jill Scott! I’m so glad to see her branching out to do more TV. I’m still waiting to see The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, hopefully it will be on [...]
September 17, 2009
L30: you know you are over 30 when….. Bill Cosby on the 25th Anniversary of ‘The Cosby Show’. http://www.theroot.com/views/exclusive-talk-bill-cosby My Commentary: If you are old enough to remember the premiere of the Cosby Show, then are are old enough to know that we have yet to have another television show even come close to what the show gave us [...]
May 4, 2009
L30: Art, Media, & Pop Culture EURweb.com – Black Entertainment | Black News | Urban News | Hip Hop News | Black Entertainment. Click the link below to view the full story from EURweb.com: http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur52913.cfm My commentary on this topic: NBC is opening the door to diversity with this new wave film fest, however, I’m still waiting on NBC [...]
May 10, 2010
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