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That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 10, “A Door Marked Exit”

• December 13, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Religion, Scandal, Sexuality, Television, Television Series
Tags: American Broadcasting Company, B6-13, Command, Cyrus Beene, Daddy Pope, Daniel Douglas Langston, Eli Pope, First Lady Mellie Grant, Fitz, Fitzgerald Grant, Gladiators, Huck, Jake Ballard, Joe Morton, Kerry Washington, Maya Pope, Mellie Grant, Momma Pope, Olivia Pope, Pope, President Grant, Quinn, Rowan, Sally Langston, Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, Wonderland

Golden Globes Announced: “Twelve Years a Slave” and Kerry Washington in Contention

• December 12, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Africans, Awards, Black Actors and Actresses, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumer Fraud, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, International Terrorism, Kenya, Love, People of Color, Race, Scandal, Slavery, Television, Television Series, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Captain Phillips", 12 Years a Slave, African, African Americans, American Hustle, Barkhad Abdi, Best Actor Drama, Best Director, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Golden Globes, Goodwife, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, Judi Dench, Kenya, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbinder, Nebraska, Robert Redford, Sandra Bullock, Slave, Somali-American, Somalia, Steve McQueen, The Oscars, Wolf of Wall Street, Yemen

Amber Riley (from “Glee”) Becomes The Seventeenth Season Winner of “Dancing With The Stars”

• November 29, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Music, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series
Tags: "Dancing with the Stars", 17th Season, ABC, African Americans, Amber Riley, B-Lister, Black Women, Blacks, California, Charleston, Corbin Bleu, Derek Hough, DWTS, Encouragement, Freestyle, Glee, Hines Ward, Karina Smirnoff, Knee Injury, Knees, Kristi Yamaguchi, Los Angeles, Mercedes Jones, Mirror Ball Trophy, New York, Obstacles, Painkillers, Pro, Professional Dancer, Riley, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth

That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 8, ‘Vermont Is For Lovers, Too’

• November 22, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Political Malfeasance, Scandal, Sexuality, Television, Television Series
Tags: African Americans, American Broadcasting Company, Baby Huck, Black Women, Blacks, Cyrus, Drama, First Lady Mellie Grant, Fitzgerald Grant, House, LGBT, Love, Mama Pope, Marriage, Murder, Olivia Pope, Olivia Pope Associates, Olivitz, OPA, Pope, President Fitzgerald Grant, Quinn, Scandal, Sex, Team Jake, Television, The Wild Thing, Thursday Nights, Vermont, Vermont Is For Lovers

Some Tuesday Love: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” from the Album, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: Live at ‘The Club’,” Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and His Quintet, Featuring Joe Zawinul, 1966

• July 9, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, African American History, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, History, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Love, Miles Davis, Music, Ray Charles, Stroke, Weather Report
Tags: "Mercy Mercy Mercy", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buckinghams, Cannonball Adderley, Club DeLisa, Electric Piano, Fusion, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Joe Zawinul, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Julian Edwin Adderley, Mercy, Miles Davis, New York, Ray Charles, Roy McCurdy, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Wayne Shorter, Wurlitzer Electric Piano

LeVar Burton Explains It All For Us When It Comes to “Driving While Black”

• July 3, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, New Orleans, Race, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Burton, California, CNN, Geordi La Forge, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, New Orleans, New York, Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tim Wise, United States

Sidney Poitier as Seen by His Two Youngest Daughters on Father’s Day

• June 16, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Japan, Love, People of Color, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: Bill Cosby, Diahann Carroll, Joanna Shimkus, KBE, New York, Poitier, Sidney Poitier, Sir Sidney Poitier, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Bahamas, Tisch School of the Arts, UNESCO

Cicely is Queen: Four African American Actors Get Top Honors at The Tonys…as Neil Patrick Harris Drops the N Word

• June 10, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Cicely Tyson, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Love, Patina Miller, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Lucky Guy", "Pippin", "The Trip to Bountiful", African American, African Americans, Billy Porter, Black Women, Blacks, Cicely, Cicely Tyson, Courtney B. Vance, Cyndi Lauper, Dramas, Game of Thrones, Kinky Boots, Love, Mike Tyson, Musicals, Neil Patrick Harris, Nora Ephron, Patina Miller, Tony, Tony Award, Tonys, Trip to Bountiful

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