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Forgive me for generalizing, but if you're black, you probably love Tisha Campbell-Martin. Campbell-Martin is best-known for her role in the hit TV show "Martin" in the 1990s (or pronounced "Mar-innnn" for the ebonically-challenged). Tisha was also the star in…
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:20
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LOS ANGELES  — There had to be an auction, but so soon? A black velvet dress that belonged to Whitney Houston and a pair of earrings she wore in "The Bodyguard" will be sold to the highest bidder next month.…
Monday, 20 February 2012 21:56
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Whitney Houston has been laid to rest beside her father, John Russell Houston. According to wire reports: a gold hearse carrying Whitney Houston's casket [Sunday] morning pulled out of Whigham Funeral Home in Newark to head to the star's burial…
Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:37
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During their Feb.16 performance in front of a sold-out audience at the Showplace Arena, the 2012 New Edition reunion train graced the D.C. area in a nostalgic, smoothed-out hip hop and R&B kind of way. People from every background were…
Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:02
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LOS ANGELES — "The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture. Davis and Spencer have collected armloads of accolades for…
Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:35
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — In Whitney Houston's hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died, there's not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for fans to…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:58
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World renown DJ, Producer, Party Rocker, Record Junkie and "good dude", DJ Spinna (Vincent Williams) is one of the busiest and hardest working men in the music industry. His resume is as diverse as the people he's worked with. Some…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:43
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Strathmore, with its popular venues The Music Center at Strathmore and The Mansion at Strathmore, has been busy during Black History Month focusing its Great American Composers series on Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as "Duke." A month-long series of…
Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:36
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While most people gathered with friends on a recent Sunday night to watch the Super Bowl, friends of founders of "The Sweet Lobby," Winnette McIntosh Ambrose and her brother, Timothy McIntosh, could not wait for the game to end. They…
Monday, 13 February 2012 23:57
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NEW YORK — The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention. Brown was front-and-center…
Monday, 13 February 2012 23:32
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Actor Samuel L. Jackson says in an interview for the March issue of Ebony magazine that he became a supporter of Barack Obama in 2008 because of his race. According to the interview, the Oscar-nominated screen legend admits that his…
Monday, 13 February 2012 18:45
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