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Cicely Tyson Wins a Tony

NEW YORK – Cicely Tyson, who returned to Broadway this season for the first time in 30 years, took home the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play. In Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, set in 1953, Tyson played Carrie Watts, an active widow who lives in a small Houston apartment with [...]

June 18, 2013No CommentRead More

Craig Robinson Feature —“This Is the End”

SAN FRANCISCO – Comedian Craig Robinson, who audiences may best remember as Darryl Philbin, the warehouse manager on the long-running hit NBC TV show, “The Office,” is now enjoying even more success on the big screen. Robinson, 41, most recently starred with Kerry Washington (TV’s “Scandal”) in the family comedy, “Peeples” and in the end [...]

June 18, 2013No CommentRead More

Winfrey and Perry: A Match Made at OWN

“The Haves and the Have Nots” His first dramatic series, “The Haves and Have Nots” premiered May 28. The hourlong drama series became OWN’s most watched premiere show to date. And the comedy-driven “Love Thy Neighbor” premiered the following night, May 29 also breaking records. It is no secret that OWN is still searching for [...]

June 18, 2013No CommentRead More

Television Journalists Acknowledge the Best and Brightest

Although the official awards season is several months down the line, some of the best and brightest are being honored by television journalists. The list of nominees for the 3rd Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards was announced recently by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association. Thumbs up to Don Cheadle (“House of Lies”), Regina King (“Southland”), [...]

June 17, 2013No CommentRead More

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Unsinkable’ by Nicole Bradshaw

c.2013, Strebor Books $15 ($17 Canada) 320 pages You need a vacation. Just a little getaway, that’s all. A few days outside, sand and sun, drinks with umbrellas served by someone in a uniform. Luxurious accommodations, rich food – yeah, you could see that kind of life becoming more than just a vacation. But [...]

June 14, 2013No CommentRead More

NABOB Targeting $750 Million in Federal Advertising for Black-Owned Radio, TV

The federal government is one of the nation’s largest buyers of advertising, and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters is asking why more of the hundreds of millions in public dollars aren’t going to African-American owned broadcasting outlets. The group is targeting federal agencies that approve the allocation of ad budgets to change this [...]

June 14, 2013No CommentRead More

Link Between African Americans and Kidney Disease Spawns Festival Featuring Kidney Disease Survivor Natalie Cole

On August 22, “On The Vine,” a four-day music and entertainment festival starring Natalie Cole and benefiting kidney disease research will launch. “On The Vine” will take place on the island of Martha’s Vineyard August 22 – 25, and will feature live performances by Kenny “BabyFace” Edmonds, jazz greats Kahil El Zabar, Roy Hargrove and [...]

June 13, 2013No CommentRead More

Reality (TV) Bites for Dating Celebrities

A local ‘bad boy’ and ‘bad girl’ share how time in the limelight affected their love lives The love life of a celebrity is a complicated thing. It’s not that they have a hard time finding someone to date, but it can be a challenge to find someone who wants to date them for the [...]

June 13, 2013No CommentRead More

Cicely Tyson wins Tony at 88

‘Trip to Bountiful’ star was one of four Black actors to receive awards FROM WIRE REPORTS The Tony Awards were held Sunday night in New York City and one of the biggest winners was 88-year-old Cicely Tyson. Tyson, who returned to the stage after 30 years, picked up the award for Best Actress in a [...]

June 13, 2013No CommentRead More

White conservatives and the Black Press

Slightly more than a year ago I wrote a column urging Black folks to begin paying much closer attention to the ever-increasing conservative influence in this country. I especially wanted the Black Press to begin profiling major conservative individuals, groups and organizations to make their readers, listeners and viewers more aware of those forces that [...]

June 6, 2013No CommentRead More