2014 Oscar Nominations: Barkhad, Chewitel, Lupita and McQueen Nominated
This morning, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and actor Chris Hemsworth announced the nominees for the...
Wayne Wallace: ‘Your Art Should Go Hand-in-Hand With Your Social Consciousness’
Wayne Wallace is an acclaimed Afro-Latin jazz musician and eloquent public intellectual. This academic year, the multi-faceted, 61-year-old trombonist became a jazz professor at Indiana...
2014 Golden Globes: ’12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Picture
The highly-anticipated 2014 Golden Globe awards aired last night and there were few surprises. While the African Diaspora was well-represented in the nominations, only...
BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ Debut is Ratings Hit
Rick Kissell of Variety is reporting that BET’s first original scripted series, drama “Being Mary Jane,” ranked as the top-rated first-run cable program of...
Shonda Rhimes to Receive 2014 Television Showmanship Award
Creativecow.net is reporting that Shonda Rhimes will receive yet another accolade in what is turning out to be a charmed career in television. The...
The Soul Rebels: ‘We Play and Perform Music That’s Akin to Our Bloodline’
The Soul Rebels are a hip, groundbreaking group out of New Orleans. The eight-member band performs jazz, hip hop, R&B, soul, funk, rock and...
Former Miss Venezuela Spear Mootz Gunned Down; Five Arrested
Fox News Latino is reporting that five unidentified suspects have been arrested for killing former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz, 29 and her ex-husband...
Steve McQueen Heckled by Armond White at NY Critics Circle Awards
Ben Child of The Guardian is reporting that British film director Steve McQueen was heckled at the New York Critics Circle Awards last night....
Mara Brock Akil: ‘Being Mary Jane’ Shows Our Full Humanity
"This is one woman’s story. Sometimes we are saying one thing, but we are living something else. Sometimes we don’t act out something, but...
Jazz Musician Najee Talks New Music & The Other Side of Prince
Best-selling jazz musician Najee released his 13th studio album, The Morning After - A Musical Love Journey, this past October. His romantic, 11-song collection...
