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Patina Miller Takes it Back to the Hood in 50 Cent’s ‘Power Book’ Prequel | WATCH

[…] 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: […]

Review: PBS Film ‘American Masters – Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’

[…] 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 […]

Travel: Winston-Salem, a Black Haven for Arts, Culture, and Theater

[…] and was a professor at Wake Forest University. She agreed to be the first co-chair of the festival. Dr. Angelou then enlisted notable friends, including Oprah Winfrey, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Roscoe Lee Browne, Moses Gunn, Beah Richards, and others, including actors with whom she had worked on the 1961 production of Jean Genet’s […]

TV One to Re-Air Original ‘Roots’; Louis Gossett Jr. Reminisces: ‘We Stopped the World’

[…] Lifetime and History in 2016. Both versions are based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Alex Haley novel of the same name. The original “Roots” mini-series stars LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, Edward Asner, John Amos, Louis Gossett, Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Lorne Greene, Georg Stanford Brown, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen and O.J. Simpson. Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.) holds […]

Clips From PBS American Masters Documentary ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’

[…] including her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. The two-hour film also includes interviews with Dr. Angelou, her friends and family, including Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Alfre Woodard, Cicely Tyson, Quincy Jones, Hillary Clinton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Singleton, Diahann Carroll, Valerie Simpson, Random House editor Bob Loomis and Dr. Angelou’s son, Guy Johnson. “American Masters […]

EUR On the Scene: The 18th Annual First Ladies High Tea (WATCH)

[…] create 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 […]

Denzel Washington Praises Wife Pauletta for Being His ‘Biggest Life Achievement’

[…] guess, so it’s different. It’s relaxed.” The gala included appearances and speeches from Spike Lee, director Antoine Fuqua, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Hudson, Mahershala Ali, Michael B. Jordan, Cicely Tyson and Julia Roberts, to name just a few. Boseman called Washington the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). “There is no Black Panther without Denzel Washington,” he […]

Syreeta ‘The Trumpet Lady’ Thompson Releases Digital Single

[…] among his former students). Thompson is now also training the next generation of musicians in her role as Instrumental Music Departmental Chair for Middle School at the Cicely Tyson School for the Performing Arts in East Orange, New Jersey. She has held this position for eight years while simultaneously continuing to make appearances and compose […]

Inside Broadway: A Conversation with Broadway Veteran Chapman Roberts

[…] I invested money in all those Broadway shows. I invested in Mountain Top with Angela Bassett and Samuel Jackson. I invested in The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson. I invested in Stick Fly. I created Five Guys Named Moe, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Eubie, Daddy Goodness, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, Blues […]

Café Mocha’s 2021 Salute Her Awards: Cynthia Erivo, Holly Robinson Peete Amongst the Honorees

[…] 2020 Salute THEM Award recipient, multiple Grammy and Stellar Award-winning “Rose of Gospel Music” Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole. The evening will pay respect to the life of Cicely Tyson who left an indelible mark and legacy within the world of TV & Film. “Toyota is proud to wrap this extraordinary year for the Salute Her […]

Virtual Museum Honors Harriet Tubman, Emmett & Mamie Till

[…] History aficionado. “When I was a teenager growing up in Slidell, Louisiana, I watched an autobiographical movie about Harriet Tubman’s life entitled, A Woman Called Moses starring Cicely Tyson. It forever changed me as she became my all-time favorite hero,” says the New Orleans native. To commemorate this 400-year milestone and honor Tubman, Chambers has […]

Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah Nominated for Emmys

[…] her role in HBO’s “Getting On.” The Guest Actor/Actress nominees include Reg E. Cathey for his role as Freddy Hayes in “House of Cards,” 2015 Kennedy Center Honors recipient Cicely Tyson for her role as Ophelia Hartness on “How to Get Away With Murder,” and “Mama Pope” herself, Khandi Alexander of “Scandal.” David Oyelowo in HBO’s “Nightingale” David Oyelowo was […]

Viola Davis, Stacey Abrams Chop It Up on Oscars, Politics and Wielding Power as Black Women (Watch)

[…] higher level than what I do . I’ve always wanted to lead a life of significance. I’ve always wanted to leave breadcrumbs — like my mentor, Miss Cicely Tyson, did for me — and leave the world a little shifted by my presence. Not everyone can be a Martin Luther King Jr., but they can […]

West Side Preparatory Founder Marva Collins Dies at 78

[…] was noted for its focus on high-risk children. In 1981, Collins’ work at Westside Preparatory was highlighted on the small screen with the biographical film “The Marva Collins Story,” which starred Morgan Freeman and Cicely Tyson. In addition to parents and fellow educators, Collins’ expertise in education was sought by former President Ronald Reagan. marva collins

Bounce and Brown Sugar Celebrate Black History Month with Excellent Line Up of Films / WATCH

[…] was inspired by his mother to overcome poverty and prejudice and became a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. King (3 Part Mini-Series) – Stars Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Ossie Davis, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ernie Hudson, Tony Bennett, Al Freeman Jr. – The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days […]
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