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BET Awards kick off with strong performance by Chuck D, Nas
NEW YORK (AP) - The BET Awards, celebrating its 20th anniversary, kicked off with a performance reflecting the current times as Black artists rapped...
Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
NEW YORK (AP) - Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like...
Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
NEW YORK (AP) - Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like...
With a gay protagonist, Pixar short ‘Out’ makes history
NEW YORK (AP) - In Steven Clay Hunter’s 23 years as an animator at Pixar, he has drawn a seven-armed octopus, a Canadian daredevil...
Andre Harrell, music exec who discovered Diddy, dies at 59
NEW YORK (AP) - Andre Harrell, the Uptown Records founder who shaped the sound of hip-hop and R&B in the late ’80s and ’90s...
Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time commencement
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an...
Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time commencement
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an...
LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event
NEW YORK (AP) - LeBron James is putting together an all-star event to honor and celebrate the high school class of 2020, which has...
‘The Chi’ star arrested for drugs, weapons in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A fired star of the hit Showtime series “The Chi" who was also featured in the Academy Award-nominated film “Straight...
Essence event affirms the power of black women in Hollywood
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Through laughs, tears and speeches that turned into sermons and affirmations, the overarching theme of this year’s star-studded Essence...
