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Tristan Mack Wilds is a lot of things, but what he isn’t is someone who can sit still. After playing good-kid-turned drug dealer on HBO’s hit series “The Wire” Wilds jumped coasts to play Dixon Wilson on the rebooted CW series “90210.” And while he was perfecting his acting chops on the small screen, he scored a […]

The Mass Media Arts Department at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) has formally adopted an academic internship program facilitated by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) to train future journalists in the film and entertainment industry.  Beginning this fall 2013 semester, the program, available only to junior and senior level students, represents the first academic […]

NewsOne honors GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. Reuben Jones Place…

CENTRIC recently confirmed that actor and comedian Anthony Anderson will host the 2013 Soul Train Awards, celebrating and honoring R&B’s finest and most soulful artists, at one of the nation’s leading mid-size arenas, the Orleans Arena, in Las Vegas, NV. The show taping on November 8, 2013 promises to electrify with soul stirring performances, iconic […]

Jamie Foxx snd Channing Tatum seem like a comic match and in “White House Down” that potential is on display. Although it’s an action movie,…

In Detroit, this very day marks the beginning of a violent, race-fueled riot that lasted for days and left dozens dead and countless others injured.…

ATL’s own 2 Chainz stopped by Hot 107.9 and went into vivid detail about the recent attempted robbery incident in San Francisco. While footage shows 2 Chainz and his crew running from the gunman, the ATL rapper said that everyone in the area was running because the attempted robbery took place in broad daylight in […]

Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced today that STARZ will greenlight “Power,” an hour-long original drama series executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and created by Courtney Kemp Agboh (“The Good Wife”), who will also serve as an executive producer and showrunner. “Power” tells the story of James “Ghost” St. Patrick, a wealthy […]

New York, NY: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Top Dawg Entertainment rapper-songwriter Kendrick Lamar with the ASCAP Vanguard Award during its 26th annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards. The invitation-only event will take place on Thursday, June 27th, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The […]

Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers (pictured) was a trailblazer for racial equality in the South — all while displaying a tireless dedication to self-improvement, education,…

Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace (pictured) was gunned down on March 9, 1997, just two months shy of his 25th birthday. With fame and all the…

The unofficial kickoff to summer barbeques is just around the corner. Memorial Day is the holiday where people get together to hang out, catch up, eat, and make plans for the coming summer months. I’m a person who does all of this at the Memorial Day BBQ, but I like to grub on food the […]