The Apollo Theater & WNYC Announce “50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred” The Apollo and WNYC are Partnering for the 5th Year to Present WNYC’s 12th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Presented as Part of Apollo’s Uptown Hall Series Co-Hosted by WNYC’s BRIAN LEHRER and JAMI FLOYD With WQXR’s TERRANCE McKNIGHT… Continue reading The Apollo Theater & WNYC Announce ’50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred’
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Sundance Selects Datari Turner’s ‘A Boy. A Girl. A Dream’
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE SELECTS DATARI TURNER PRODUCTIONS FILM ‘A BOY. A GIRL. A DREAM’ FOR 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Indie film starring Meagan Good and Omari Hardwick is Turner’s sixth selection at the prestigious festival (LOS ANGELES) – December 8, 2017 – Datari Turner Productions (DTP) is proud to announce that its latest film, A Boy. A Girl. A… Continue reading Sundance Selects Datari Turner’s ‘A Boy. A Girl. A Dream’
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Baron Davis’s BlackSanta Company Releases ‘The Winter Wonderland Mixtape’
The Debut Mixtape by the BlackSanta Company, Founded by Former NBA All-Star Baron Davis, Spreads Holiday Cheer Through Characters and Charity The Mixtape: LOS ANGELES, CA –DECEMBER 8, 2017– Joy to the World, for Black Santa has come, bringing holiday cheer with his signature humor and swagger. This year, The BlackSanta… Continue reading Baron Davis’s BlackSanta Company Releases ‘The Winter Wonderland Mixtape’
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Google.org Donates $1M Grant to Chance the Rapper’s SocialWorks Non-Profit
GOOGLE.ORG DONATES $1M GRANT TO CHANCE THE RAPPER’S NON-PROFIT ‘SOCIALWORKS’ AND $500K TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ ‘CS4ALL INITIATIVE’ TO BRING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO AREA STUDENTS The rapper surprised several Chicago fifth graders with a special visit during Computer Science Education Week Chance The Rapper at Google’s CS First Roadshow at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Academy in… Continue reading Google.org Donates $1M Grant to Chance the Rapper’s SocialWorks Non-Profit
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New Jimi Hendrix Album Out March 9 ‘Both Sides of the Sky’
On March 9, Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, proudly release Both Sides of the Sky, a dynamic new Jimi Hendrix album featuring 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970—10 of which have never before been released. The album will be released on multiple formats including CD, digital, and… Continue reading New Jimi Hendrix Album Out March 9 ‘Both Sides of the Sky’
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NIKE’s New Flagship Store Will Open in Early 2019
Nike’s new flagship store, covering more than 69,000 square feet at 650 Fifth Avenue at West 52nd Street, will open in early 2019. “Our new flagship store is about serving all of our consumers – especially our NikePlus members — with pinnacle innovative products, a unique design and environment and the very best of personalized… Continue reading NIKE’s New Flagship Store Will Open in Early 2019
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Boston Celtics Help Raise $80,000 for the Greater Boston YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program
Sun Life has closed out the most successful year yet in the fourth-annual #SunLifeDunk4Diabetes fundraising campaign with the Celtics, raising a total of $80,000 for the Greater Boston YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. Throughout National Diabetes Awareness Month in November, each Celtics dunk generated $1,000 from Sun Life, with the Celtics Shamrock Foundation matching $25,000. Hashtags… Continue reading Boston Celtics Help Raise $80,000 for the Greater Boston YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program
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Jim Jones Now Part Owner of American Arena League’s Richmond Roughriders
Jim Jones Now Part Owner of AAL’s Richmond Roughriders Season Kicks Off March 2018 New York, NY, December 5, 2017 – Music, Fitness and Fashion Icon Jim Jones is now a part owner of the Richmond Roughriders along with Gregg Fornario and Michael Kacor. The Richmond Roughriders football team is part of the AAL, American… Continue reading Jim Jones Now Part Owner of American Arena League’s Richmond Roughriders
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Octavia Spencer Covers AARP The Magazine
Octavia Spencer, Just Where She Wants to Be! The Award-Winning Actress Shares Her Most Treasured Moments Rising to Fame in the December/January Issue of AARP The Magazine In an exclusive interview with AARP The Magazine, Octavia Spencer talks about her latest film and recounts the importance of living in the moment while on the… Continue reading Octavia Spencer Covers AARP The Magazine
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‘Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues’ Pop Up Shop in Brooklyn
36 CHAMBERS PRESENTS A “WU-TANG: THE SAGA CONTINUES” POP UP SHOP AT ROUGH TRADE IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND, DEC. 1-3 November 29, 2017 — New York, NY) – 36 Chambers presents a Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues pop up shop this weekend, December 1-3, at Rough Trade (64 N 9th St, Brooklyn, NY… Continue reading ‘Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues’ Pop Up Shop in Brooklyn
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Mariah Carey & DJ Khaled To Headline 30th Anniversary AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Mariah Carey & DJ Khaled To Headline 30th Anniversary AIDS Healthcare Foundation With Hosts Laverne Cox & Mario Lopez At Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium On November 30th WHO: Grammy award-winning singer Mariah Carey and award-winning music producer and AHF Partner DJ Khaled will perform at a free concert event hosted by Mario Lopez and actress Laverne Cox. AHF Partner Debbie Allen and the Debbie Allen Dance… Continue reading Mariah Carey & DJ Khaled To Headline 30th Anniversary AIDS Healthcare Foundation
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OWN Rings In The New Year With Tyler Perry’s Comedy ‘The Paynes’ January 16
OWN RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE SERIES PREMIERE OF TYLER PERRY’S COMEDY “THE PAYNES” JANUARY 16 Hit Perry Dramas “The Haves and the Have Nots” and “If Loving You is Wrong” Return January 9 & 10 Los Angeles – OWN’s new Tyler Perry comedy “The Paynes” will have its series premiere on Tuesday, January 16 with two… Continue reading OWN Rings In The New Year With Tyler Perry’s Comedy ‘The Paynes’ January 16
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Kelly Price Joins MC Lyte’s Sunni Gyrl Management
Kelly Price Finds Love After Divorce, Expands Her Entertainment Enterprise and Joins Sunni Gyrl Management Under the Leadership of MC Lyte, Lynn Richardson and Ingrid Morris LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2017) — On the eve of her 25th year in the business, renown songstress, songwriter and actress Kelly Price ended a two decade… Continue reading Kelly Price Joins MC Lyte’s Sunni Gyrl Management
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The Tennessee 4th Mass Choir Releases EXCITEMENT OF PRAISE
TENNESSEE 4TH MASS CHOIR RELEASES SOPHOMORE PROJECT, EXCITEMENT OF PRAISE, ON ALL DIGITAL OUTLETS TODAY ALBUM FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM CARLA TOLBERT TAYLOR, KATHY TAYLOR, AND THE LATE SHEA NORMAN For Immediate Release: NASHVILLE, TN – – Under the Jurisdictional leadership of Bishop Jerry L. Maynard (who oversees 38 churches), The Tennessee 4th… Continue reading The Tennessee 4th Mass Choir Releases EXCITEMENT OF PRAISE
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Tiffany Bynoe Releases ‘Don’t Judge Me, Just Love Me’
R&B SONGSTRESS AND BILLBOARD HITMAKER, TIFFANY BYNOE, RELEASES NEW SINGLE “DON’T JUDGE ME, JUST LOVE ME” ON ALL DIGITAL OUTLETS For Immediate Release: ATLANTA, GA (Friday, October 20, 2017) – – R&B songstress and Billboard Hitmaker, Tiffany Bynoe releases her new single “Don’t Judge Me, Just Love Me” (AWAL/ Cobalt Music) on all… Continue reading Tiffany Bynoe Releases ‘Don’t Judge Me, Just Love Me’
