Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “This has been a long time coming!” said Ruth Carter, 59, in her Academy Award acceptance speech for best costume design for her work on the film “Black Panther” (2018). Carter, who was born in Springfield, Mass., and lives in Los Angeles, […]
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Don’t Try This at Home | The New York Times
How the Nicholas Brothers became America’s foremost tap-dancers. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most jazz tap-dancers stand up and dance. The Nicholas Brothers did that — and then they flew, catapulting themselves over each other’s heads, step by step down a staircase, or running up a wall and uncoiling backward into thin air. Perhaps you’ve seen them on […]
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Exclusive: Erika Alexander Talks Black Women In Hollywood & Paving Your Own Way | xoNecole
There are several iconic black leading ladies many of us grew to love and sought to emulate in the 90s. My favorite femme fatale during that time was a lawyer by trade, called a Brooklyn brownstone home, and had three homegirls standing to her left and her right who held her down through the ups […]
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Lauren London Is ‘Forever Stronger’ In The Latest Puma Campaign | Essence
The Marathon Continues
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Cynthia Erivo and Eddie Murphy Among Golden Globe Nominees | Ebony
The ‘Harriet’ star received two nods; Murphy and ‘Dolemite’ each received one.
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Harry and Sidney: Soul Brothers | The New York Times
Please allow me to divert my gaze for one day away from our national political darkness and toward two national rays of light. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Monday is Sidney Poitier’s 90th birthday. His best friend of 70 years, Harry Belafonte, turns 90 on March 1. This is an ode to and appreciation of the friendship — […]
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Influencers: Ruth E. Carter Is Preserving Black History Through Fashion | IdieWire
Eddie Murphy on how the costume designer of “Dolemite Is My Name” is one of IndieWire’s craftspeople shaping the art of cinema today.
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Irving Burgie, Who Wrote Calypso Hits for Harry Belafonte, Dies at 95 | The New York Times
He and Mr. Belafonte were behind the calypso craze of the 1950s. Mr. Burgie was also a singer, under the name Lord Burgess.
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10-year-old Oak Cliff singing sensation Skye Turner heads to Broadway to play a young Tina Turner | The Dallas Morning News
The local soul-singing star will take the stage in November for the Broadway musical ‘TINA.’
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Lena Horne Will Make History With Artist Prize Named In Her Honor | Shadow And Act
Lena Horne made history throughout her life of activism and entertainment. She’s now set to make history once again. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Horne has become the first woman of color to have a prominent entertainment award named after her. The Town Hall theater in New York City has announced its new award, the Lena Horne Prize […]
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