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(L-R) Mary J. Blige, Andra Day, Common and Miguel *Mary J. Blige, Andra Day, Miguel and Oscar winner Common are among the talent set to perform this year’s nominated songs at the 90th Oscars ceremony, show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd announced today. Blige will perform “Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” the Oscar-nominated song […]

Charlie Wilson (L) and Valerie Simpson *Charlie Wilson, Valerie Simpson and Vernon Reid perform “Dance to the Music” in a tribute to Sly Stone, and Andra Day salutes Nina Simone with a performance of “Mississippi Goddam” as part of PBS’ “GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends 2017,” the second annual all-star concert spotlighting the Academy’s 2017 […]

[…] Garrett Hedlund and Trevante Rhodes have joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ biopic on the life of Billie Holliday starring Multiple Grammy and NAACP Image Award Nominee Andra Day. Daniels will direct and produce pic from a script written by Suzan-Lori Parks, who was the first Black American woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for […]

Singer and composer Andrae Crouch plays the piano as he sings in to a microphone circa 1976. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Contributor *On this day in 1989, Madonna began a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Like A Prayer,” a song infused with the gospel greatness of […]

[…] songs like Beyoncé‘s “Halo” and the Etta James classic “At Last,” which the couple danced to during President Obama’s first inauguration. The 44-track playlist kicks off with Andra Day’s “Forever Mine” and concludes with John Legend’s “All of Me.” Don’t you just admire the love between these two? They will always live on in our hearts as […]

Andra Day debuts doo-wop tinged “Forever Mine” ahead of Spike Lee video *Buzzing chanteuse Andra Day reveals the first single “Forever Mine” from her debut album Cheers to the Fall out this fall via Buskin and Warner Bros. Records. “Forever Mine” is an ambling, doo-wop and Flamingos-inspired “love song to God” that doubles as the […]

L-R: Mary J. Blige, Nina Simone, Andra Day (Getty Images) *R&B stars Mary J. Blige and Andra Day have been invited to posthumously honor Nina Simone as she is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Class of 2018 induction ceremony, which will take place on April 14 in Cleveland, where Andra […]

A photo of the Memorial Program from the Andrae Crouch Memorial Celebration of Life at West Angeles Church of God And Christ (on January 20, 2015) in Los Angeles. *He is now with the Lord. Gospel legend Andraé Crouch’s life was celebrated over two days. Thousands from all over the world paid their respects […]

Andra Day *Remember Debbie Allen’s character Lydia Grant in the 1980s TV show Fame? “You got big dreams? You want fame, she said. “Well fame costs.”  The same is true for members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  In order to make a difference with this group of esteemed Hollywood influencers […]

Singer Andra Day attends the 41st Annual Gracie Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 24, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. *The first round of performers for ABC’s upcoming music miniseries “Greatest Hits” has been revealed ahead of its premiere later this month. As previously reported, Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerini […]

Andra Day in ‘Eggs Over Easy’ – OWN *Keshia Knight Pulliam is not walking on eggshells when it comes to conversations about the reproductive health of Black women. The one-time Cosby kid was supposed to just executive produce and narrate “Eggs Over Easy,” a documentary under the network’s first-ever health initiative, OWN Your Health, […]

Lee Daniels (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for TIME) *Netflix has won the bidding war for director Lee Daniels’ next movie starring singer Andra Day.  As reported by Variety, the film does not have a title or official logline yet, but it will be based on a true horror story. Day will play an Indiana […]

[…] to executives at several major label groups. Led by Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff to former First Lady Michelle Obama, the task force includes Common, Andra Day, Jimmy Jam and BET CEO Debra Lee. Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow announced the formation of the task force in early February, following criticism regarding the […]

[…] Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix) Steven Yeun – Minari (A24)   BEST ACTRESS  Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu) Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) Frances […]

[…] of his new songs, ”Every Chance I Get” and “I Did It,” with an all-star line-up including Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Megan Thee Stallion, H.E.R. and DaBaby. Andra Day’s performance of “Strange Fruit” and “Tigress & Tweed” was spellbinding. The legendary DMX was remembered with a mesmerizing tribute curated by Swizz Beatz featuring performances from […]