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[…] Ross, David Oyelowo, Laverne Cox, Octavia Spencer, Issa Rae, Chadwick Boseman, Terry Crews, Yara Shahidi, Danai Gurira, Isaiah Washington, Jacob Latimore, Jay Pharoah, Jemele Hill, Josh Gad, Loretta Devine, Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Jurnee Smollett, Meta Golding, Michael Smith, Tyler James Williams, Ava DuVernay, Chadwick Boseman, and many more. The production team will be […]

[…] with its filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. Misty Copeland’s “A Ballerina’s Tale” will close out the festival. “Orange Is the New Black’s” Selenis Leyva, Raven-Symoné, Loretta Devine, Angie Martinez, Bevy Smith and Omari Hardwick are also confirmed to attend the week-long events. The Urbanworld Film Festival was founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes […]

[…] his 50th consecutive case win.   Moderated by Emmy-nominated William Allen Young, Actor-Director “Code Black”, “Moesha.” Panelists include: Ken Sagoes, Executive Producer-Writer-Director, Karen Bolt, Producer and cast: Loretta Devine (Doris McHenry unconfirmed), Kaleb Alexander Roberts (DeShawn McHenry), Hiram A. Murray (Shawn McHenry), Melvin Ward (Norman McHenry), Bob Rumnock (Judge Carnige), Thomas Gipson (Prosecutor Brad), Pablo […]

[…] Marcille; Here We Go Again, starring LeToya Luckett, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Kyndall Ferguson; Fear Files (Lynn Whitfield, Robin Givens, Columbus Short), Comeback Dad (Charles S. Dutton, Loretta Devine), Russ Parr’s award-winning The Undershepherd, Hear No Evil, and 35 & Ticking (Kevin Hart). ABOUT TV ONE: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves more than […]

[…] Chanel Mack, Columbus Short, India Marie Cross and Rolonda Rochelle. Blessing has worked with a myriad of superstars in Hollywood as an actress and producer including Jackee, Loretta Devine, Kenny Lattimore, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, Dawnn Lewis, Iona Morris, Kelly Price, Ledisi, Ella Joyce, Elise Neal, Christian Keys, Ernest Thomas, Keith Washington, Keith Burke, […]

[…] adapted into a book in 1977 and then into the Tyler Perry film For Colored Girls which featured an all-star cast of black actresses including Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tessa Thompson. Like “For Colored Girls,” Shange’s other plays such as Spell No. 7 […]

[…] event will include appearances by multi-Grammy Award winning singer Lalah Hathaway, actress/comedian/singer Jenifer Lewis, Grammy Winning R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, Broadway star and Emmy Award winning actress Loretta Devine, and many others to be announced. Other scheduled virtual events include the streaming of a “World AIDS Day Townhall”; a riveting all-star reading of “Sometimes I […]

[…] accomplished actress and 2016 Tony Award Nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson with the NAACP Trailblazer Theatre Award. Miguel Nunez Jr. America’s dreamgirl, the uber-talented and award winning actress Loretta Devine, will bestow our honoree, nine-time Grammy nominee and now thespian Ledisi with the Spirit Theatre Award. In addition to these esteemed thespians, honoree Rory Pullens, Executive […]

[…] Choir Director, Throwback Holiday, and The Runners. Shedding light on the pain and tragedy of addiction, she played the role of Delphine, a heroin addict, opposite of Loretta Devine in Lost Souls Cafe, written and directed by Donald Welch, aired on TV One. The multifaceted actress is a recurring cast member on the Netflix Original […]

[…] Gayle King. Celebrities, such as First Lady of the U.S. Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver, 2016 Olympian Gold Medalist Justin Rose, Taraji P. Henson, Randy Jackson, Lady Gaga, Loretta Devine, Omar Gooding, A$AP Rocky, Cicely Tyson, Julia Roberts, Sean “P Diddy” Combs, Bellamy Young, Sela Ward, Rita Wilson, Patrick Faucette, Paula Jai Parker, Christy Turlington, Keri […]

[…] Chestnut, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tika Sumpter, Keegan-Michael Key, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Loretta Devine, Shonda Rhimes, Omari Hardwick, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Don Cheadle, Sanaa Lathan, Keke Palmer, Michael Ealy, Ken Jeong, Sylvester Stallone, and cast members from “Empire” – Terrence […]

[…] is resilient…it will survive as October ends and the month-long subdued celebration ends as well and UK’s Black History Month. READ THIS: Hoodoo Spells and Meaning Well: Loretta Devine Takes Us Inside the ‘Spell’ Movie TAYO Fatunla TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator. He is one of the […]

[…] the gritty Houston-based series, 5th Ward, starring Grammy Award-winning artist Mya. · Popular feature films such as romantic comedy No Regrets, starring Brian White, Monica Calhoun, and Loretta Devine; dramatic film The Fix starring Meta Golding; and Switching Lanes, one of the last feature films directed by the late Thomas Mikal Ford. · A robust […]

[…] 50 years ago, she was equally so last night at L.A.’s Microsoft Theatre. A packed house that included celebrities such as Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Freda Payne, Loretta Devine, Tika Sumpter, Alan Bergman, Ray Parker Jr., Shonda Rhimes and Berry Gordy Jr., couldn’t get enough of The Queen. Even her opening act, comedian Jonathan Slocumb; […]

[…] 2,500- to 5,000-square-foot homes for the remaining residents. Famous residents included Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, and dance/choreographer Debbie Allen as well as current residents actress Loretta Devine and former LA Lakers star Michael Cooper, according to the Times, which noted that blacks outnumbered whites nearly 3 to 1. A decade later, the ratio […]