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[…] Ross. Meanwhile, “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder” won awards in the drama category, while Lifetime’s “The Trip to Bountiful” TV-movie won four awards which included actors Cicely Tyson and Blair Underwood. On the film side, “Selma” got its props by winning both Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for David Oyelowo and Outstanding Motion […]

[…] Edition’ of the groundbreaking worship album. Throne Room Gold Edition will include an exclusive unreleased rendition of “Blessed Assurance,” inspired by her 2015 Kennedy Center Honors tribute to legendary actress Cicely Tyson. Throne Room Marking a more inspirational and worship focused direction, Throne Room was originally released in 2003, was RIAA Gold-certified and generated two hits, “Mercy Said No,” and “Hallelujah […]

[…] find out who’s getting older, and learn more about our history. EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.” – Cicely Tyson EUR BIRTHDAYS May 12: Actor Ving Rhames is 58. TV personality Carla Hall (“The Chew”) is 53. Actress Kim Fields (“Living Single,” ”The Facts of Life”) […]

[…] by Alice Walker, who will reflect on the Pulitzer Prize winning book, and it’s artistic and cultural impact. She will be joined by Danny Glover, Lupita Nyong’o, Cicely Tyson, and Phylicia Rashad. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on the life of African-American women in the southern United States in the 1930s, […]

[…] a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance.” – Cicely Tyson EUR BIRTHDAYS April 4: Singer Jill Scott is 45. Singer Kelly Price is 44. Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 43. BLACK HISTORY Apr. […]

[…] Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame awards ceremony on Feb. 17 in Atlanta.   The event is timed with Black History Month, with Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Jr., Cicely Tyson and Ray Charles named 2022 foundational inductees.  Per Billboard, “For the first time, the organization is unveiling its international fan favorite category, in which Bob Marley […]

[…] and LaTanya R. Jackson, The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. and Dr. Sharon Malone, Rodney & Holly Robinson Peete, LL COOL J and Simone I. Smith, and Cicely Tyson, among others. Co-chairs and benefit committee members included The Honorable Dwight Bush and Toni Cook Bush, Debra Martin Chase, Channing Johnson, The Honorable William E. Kennard […]

[…] the Kennedy Center December 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. The president was on time for the White House reception earlier at 5 p.m. for Honorees Carole King, Cicely Tyson, Rita Moreno, George Lucas and conductor Seiji Ozawa — the sixth honoree, The Eagles, have postponed their participation until 2016. The show will be broadcast on […]

[…] welcome these exemplary women into our beloved sisterhood!” The six honorees are following in the footsteps of legendary pop-culture influencers Angela Bassett, Ruby Dee, Aretha Franklin, and Cicely Tyson. The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded in 1922 on the campus of Howard University. The sorority has since grown to over 350,000 members in over […]

[…] this tall, and she looked like Miss Jane Pittman on steroids,” Goldberg said, referring to the 1974 film “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” She believes actress Cicely Tyson was made to look “so wrinkly” to play Pittman “because people had no idea what older black women looked like, because no one looked at old […]

[…] to TV also builds upon the legacy of Black storytelling that already exists in the Hallmark brand, particularly with Hallmark Hall of Fame, which counts the late Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman among its alumni. Plus, the Mahogany brand has its own collaborations with Black superstars, including Jill Scott and the late Maya Angelou, who […]

[…] of Maya Angelou fans have not seen footage of her sternly scolding a young girl who dared to call her by her first name; or witnessed longtime friend Cicely Tyson burst into uncontrollable laughter describing one of Angelou’s husbands, or was aware that Pearl Bailey single-handedly denied Angelou the opportunity to play her understudy in Broadway’s “Hello […]

[…] a movement of service towards each other, the communities in which they live and to God. Past honorees include former California First Lady Maria Shriver, Oscar Nominee Cicely Tyson, former LA County Supervisor Yvonne Burke, renown vocalist Nancy Wilson, gospel recording duo Mary Mary, TV One founder Cathy Hughes, actor/activist Hill Harper and The Honorable […]

[…] Gayle King. Celebrities, such as First Lady of the U.S. Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver, Taraji P. Henson, Randy Jackson, Lady Gaga, Loretta Devine, Omar Gooding, A$AP Rocky, Cicely Tyson, Bellamy Young, Sela Ward, Rita Wilson, Patrick Faucette, Paula Jai Parker, and more have experienced the Footnanny “dream” cream .         source: Marie […]

[…] Book III: Raising Kanan. | Getty Image Fact: Patina Miller got her start in musical theater on Broadway and London’s West End.  Plus, among important actors like Cicely Tyson, Courtney B. Vance, and Billy Porter –  Miller received one of only four (2013) Tony Awards presented to African American actors that year. Power Book III: […]