Literature

*Cynthia Erivo will shake her shimmy with Jennifer Hudson this fall when the musical "The Color Purple" returns to Broadway. Erivo, who starred in the...

*Paramount Pictures has secured worldwide distribution rights to “Captive,” the based-on-a-true-story thriller starring Selma‘s “David Oyelowo” and Kate Mara, reports Deadline.com. The studio has...

*Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties, the Pulitzer Prize-winner makes frequent TV appearances,...

*Damon Wayans Jr. is in talks to join New Line's romantic comedy “How to Be Single,” based on the 2008 novel of the same...

*Octavia Spencer is in final negotiations to play God in Lionsgate’s adaptation of the bestselling novel “The Shack,” reports Variety. Based on the William P....

*Wow, we need more people like former NFL player Philip Buchanon, who after being a professional football player, and squandering all of his money,...

*It's been three years since Don Cornelius, founder of "Soul Train," committed suicide. But author Ericka Blount Danois opened up recently to Jet Magazine about his...

*“Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts will sit down with two of the girls who were kidnapped by Ariel Castro and survived a decade...

*Neward, NJ  —Acclaimed author and motivational speaker Bruce Haneef Welch is on a mission to divert urban youth and young adults from the lures...

Sister trio Virtue is back with a new album ‘Testimony: Reloaded,’ single ‘You Are’ on Billboard Top 50 Chart *“We started back because over the...

*NEW YORK — February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and Dr. Linda Sturrup is on a crusade—a crusade to ensure that children get...

*One of the last major digital holdouts, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," should soon be available as an e-book, the attorney for the late...

*Atlanta, GA - Steve Harvey, #1 NY Times best-selling author, Emmy Award winning television host and renowned radio personality, will launch his first-ever “Act...

*Amber Rose is set to spill all the tea in her upcoming tell all book, “How to Be a Bad B*tch,” due this fall...

*Pharrell Williams its expending his "Happy" phenomenon into children’s literature. The musician inked a deal with publisher Putnam to write four new books for young...