(Photo credit: Will Downing) It’s his voice, that unmistakable deep, rich sound. With a vocal tone and smooth delivery that could melt glaciers, Lenny Green was destined for stardom. The host of the syndicated radio show “The Quiet Storm with Lenny Green,” Lenny makes his home at the show’s flagship station, the highly rated Tri-state…
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The highly acclaimed small screen biopic, “Godfather of Harlem,” will premiere its third season on Epix Cable Network, Sunday, January 15th, 2023, at 9 pm EST/8 Central. The 21st episode in the series is an historically inspired saga chronicling the exploits of Harlem kingpin, Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson, who with his Italian mafia partners controlled…
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“Satirical Postcards from the Edge of The Swamp: A Chronicle of Donald Chump’s Tantrums, Treachery, and Treason That Reawakened America’s Vicious Racism, 2016 – 2021” By Regi Taylor. This book may be construed as entertaining, but it is not entertainment. Satirical Postcards from the Edge of the Swamp: A Chronicle of Donald Chump’s Tantrums, Treachery,…
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In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count…
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he Great Northern Festival, The Cowles Center, and Northrop present the world premiere of Ashwini Ramaswamy & Kevork Mourad: Invisible Cities on January 27 & 28, 2023 at 7:30pm, both livestreamed and in-person from the Cowles Center’s Goodale Theater, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. This two-night engagement is part of Ragamala Dance Company’s 30th Anniversary Season. Tickets…
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Black Public Media (BPM) is going beyond the gender binary and weighing in on the pronoun debate with a short film series — part of its latest BE HEARD! social media campaign, which tackles pressing social issues. The Harlem-based national media arts nonprofit dedicated to creating and producing media content about the Black experience has commissioned Feral Films…
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Sarah McDonald, author of “The Cancer Channel,” was diagnosed with two, unrelated cancers. She talks of her diagnosis of breast cancer in this excerpt. When I arrived home Dr. ObGyn called me. She told me Dr. Radiologist had called to say she didn’t like what she saw in my scans. We would still need to…
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CREED III was shot with IMAX-Certified Digital Cameras, as part of the Filmed for IMAX Program, featuring IMAX Exclusive Expanded Aspect Ratio – Up to 26% More Picture After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing…
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—In honor of ArtDesk magazine’s tenth anniversary in 2023, the magazine published the ARTDESK 100 in its Winter 2023 issue on December 18, 2022 and online at readartdesk.com/feature/the-artdesk-100. “Everyone included in the ARTDESK 100 has clear, demonstrated bona fides to merit inclusion on our inaugural list,” said editor in chief Louisa McCune, co-founder of the magazine with publisher Christian Keesee…
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Standup comedian, writer, actress, the hilarious and relatable narrator of “Netflix’s BIGGEST competition show ever.”“TOO HOT TO HANDLE” with season 4 airing on December 7th, Desiree Burch, is taking over the entertainment scene. Burch also currently stars in the new Channel 4 series “THE HORNE SECTION TV SHOW,” which is currently available to stream episodes on All4 and…
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