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Star-studded fundraiser event to celebrate Belafonte’s 95th birthday

A star-studded line-up will celebrate the 95th birthday of legendary singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte. HB95 will be held on March 1,...

Correspondents’ dinner mixes big names in media, politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two secretaries of state, Tea Leoni and Madeleine Albright, arrived arm in arm as a wide mix of Hollywood and Washington...

Celebrities help legendary Congressman John Lewis celebrate 75th birthday

ATLANTA — John Lewis was yanked from the ranks of obscurity on a rural Alabama farm and catapulted to international icon status because he defied…

Oprah, Tyler Perry, Ava DuVernay at African American Film Critics Assoc. Awards

Celebrities and executives across the entertainment industry spectrum of film, television and new media converged at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood Wednesday night for the…

Winfrey, Wonder among celebs at NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey will pay tribute to the late Nelson Mandela at Saturday night's NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Winfrey is...

'12 Years a Slave,' 'Best Man Holiday' nab NAACP Image Awards nods

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a year rich with Black-oriented films, nominees for the NAACP Image Awards include "12 Years a Slave" and "Lee...

Idris Elba? Or Alfre Woodard? They all look alike, says Armani

(NNPA)--During the fifth annual Governors Awards in Hollywood recently the Giorgio Armani team—known for their sleek and unusual fashions—couldn’t tell the difference between a...

12 Years a Slave: The realest slavery account in a movie ever

This image released by Fox Searchlight shows Michael Fassbender, left, Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor, right, in a scene from "12 Years A Slave." (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Francois Duhamel) I’ll never know what it means to be a slave, producing forced, free labor, in the United States prior to the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. More definitively, I could not imagine what it would mean to be a legally free person and still be held captive for little over a decade.

Fashion Watch on Lupita Nyong’o

It has been reported that Lupita Nyong’o delivers a performance in "12 Years A Slave" that is nothing short of extraordinary. And if...

Pitt attends premiere for ’12 Years a Slave’

Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the premiere for "12 Years a Slave" on day 2 of the Toronto International Film Festival at The Princess of Wales Theatre on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) by Rob MerrillAssociated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) — The upcoming film "12 Years a Slave" is a harrowing look at slavery, but its stars, including Brad Pitt, say it's a subject that needs to be explored more on the big screen.

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