By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years
Jon Batiste had the most Grammy Award nominations and his five wins outpaced everyone, yet he somehow seemed the biggest surprise on a joyous night for music that
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary singer and songwriter Smokey Robinson has come under fire – at least on social media – because the
By AARON MORRISON NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a Black man slapping another Black man on live television at the globally televised Oscars, presumably in defense
By LINDSEY TANNER A disease that causes hair loss is at the center of the most talked-about moment at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith disclosed four years
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association Billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott’s $560 million donation last year to 23 Historically Black Colleges
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — The new, splashy Broadway musical about Michael Jackson is going to moonwalk across America next year. “MJ,” packed with dozens of
On Friday, February 18, award-winning author Sharon Jones-Scaife kicked off her “Kindness, It’s In You” Tour with her first stop at Ruby Shaw Elementary in Mesquite, Texas. During
Two-Time Oscar Winner to Attend Global Conference Just After Academy Awards CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Two-time Academy Award winner and 2022 nominee Denzel Washington will be speaking at the 2022 International
DALLAS – Ilyasah Shabazz carries the lessons of her parents in ways that are both intimate and public. After all, she has shared her family with the world,
