Dr. Dre, who has produced hits for Eminem, Tupac, Snoop Dogg and more, will be honored by the Recording Academy for his trailblazing production work. The Recording Academy announced Friday that its Producers & Engineers Wing will pay tribute the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on Jan. 22 at Village Studios in Los Angeles. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Ta-Nehisi Coates’ first novel, “The Water Dancer,” is among the nominees for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Coates’ narrative of an enslaved person’s journey to freedom is a fiction finalist, along with Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive” and Myla Goldberg’s “Feast Your Eyes.” The nonfiction nominees are Maria Popova’s “Figuring,” […]
Beginning in 1979, the Philadelphia-born Communist activist and archivist Marion Stokes (1929–2012) taped American television twenty-four hours a day for 35 years. Stokes would compulsively record all genres of television, from sitcoms and commercials to political news coverage and war footage. Now, there’s a new documentary by Matt Wolf titled RECORDER: The Marion Stokes Project, […]
This Valentine’s Day, a charming and intimate portrayal of Black love is on the way. In what appears to be the dreamiest pairing, Lakeith Stanfield and Issa Rae have joined forces for Universal’s upcoming film The Photograph. Written and directed by Stella Meghie (The Weekend), her latest project centers on a young woman, […]
By CHEVEL JOHNSON and REBECCA SANTANA undefined NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation germinated stories of black struggles that grew into universal tales of grace and beauty, has died. He was 86. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, which sponsors a literary award in Gaines’ honor, […]
Kamala Harris got a much needed boost this past week when the California senator picked up the endorsement of Higher Heights, the country’s largest political organization aimed at electing black women. But Elizabeth Warren would not be outdone. A day after Harris’ announcement, the Massachusetts senator won the backing of more than 100 black female […]
Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams’ Lovecraft Country has received a brief preview as part of HBO’s 2020 trailer featuring their new and returning series. Based on Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel by the same name, Lovecraft Country has been adapted for television as a one-hour long anthological horror series. It focuses on 25-year-old Atticus Black, who […]
The multi-talented actress, singer, dancer, and activist Lena Horne is being recognized with a historic acclaim: New York City’s acclaimed performing arts theater The Town Hall has announced a new award called the Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact. As the first major entertainment award named for a woman of color, this is […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that addressing global economic inequality is key to fighting climate change. Obama was a keynote speaker at the sustainable building conference Greenbuild in downtown Atlanta, where he participated in a question and answer session with Mahesh Ramanujam, the president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s going on tour, and she’s bringing a rock-star lineup with her, including former first lady Michelle Obama and Grammy- and Oscar-winner Lady Gaga. Live Nation announced Wednesday that Winfrey’s wellness arena tour with WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined) — dubbed “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” — will also […]