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Last week it was announced that Angela Bassett would be making her directorial debut in the Lifetime movie Whitney Houston, a biopic chronicling Houston and Bobby Brown’s relationship. According to the press release, the movie would tell their story from “the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous…

Harvard University bestowed some R.E.S.P.E.C.T. upon the Queen of Soul Thursday afternoon: Aretha Franklin received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Harvard University’s 2014 commencement. Franklin is among eight people receiving honorary degrees during the commencement. The other honorees are former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, author Isabel Allende, medical ethicist Patricia A. King,…

Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86, and some may not realize the impact the poet laureate had on Oprah Winfrey’s life.  On numerous occasions, Oprah has mentioned how influential Angelou has been in her own life, but the award-winning talk show host shared one key lesson during a 2011 episode of Oprah’s…

When I was 10 years old I found a well-used book in my mother’s bedroom. The pages were folded back, the cover was barely intact and the pages were stained. If I had to guess, I’d say that the book had been read several times over. As I sat on my mother’s bed and flipped…

Kara Walker is a renowned artist who is best-known for using her art to explore gender, race and sexuality. Her current piece is housed in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Domino Sugar Factory. A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby—at 75 feet long, 35 feet high and 26 feet wide, a molasses sphinx…

Just in case you’ve been living life under a rock this weekend, or overdosed on barbecue at the family cookout, Kanye West is officially a married man after tying the knot with reality-TV star Kim Kardashian. Earlier Tuesday, Kanye tweeted a photo from the highly talked-about wedding: According to E Online, Kanye wore a custom…

Whitney Houston’s family isn’t jumping for joy over the new Angela Bassett-directed Lifetime movie chronicling Houston’s life.  Apparently some of Houston’s family members feel that her life wasn’t made for the small screen and that the movie would do her story a disservice. “Whitney is certainly worthy of more than a television movie,” says Pat…

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his wife, Janay Palmer, held a press conference Friday afternoon to speak about their domestic violence incident earlier this year.   In February Rice was charged with assault after an incident involving his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer. According to reports, Rice and Palmer were arguing at the Revel Casino…

Martin Lawrence will be returning to television this summer in the new buddy comedy series Partners. The half-hour series will star Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer as Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives. Outside of making movies, Lawrence has made only…

It looks as if anyone planning on seeing the artist formerly known as Mos Def perform in the United States this summer is out of luck. The Brooklyn-born rapper, now known as Yasiin Bey, is having trouble reentering the country after moving to South Africa. According to a statement released by Together Boston, the festival…