DeMane Davis is a television director and producer whose most recent work is the highly anticipated series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker” (Netflix/March 20.) The limited series stars Octavia Spencer, Blair Underwood & Tiffany Haddish and Davis produced and directed […]
In celebration of its 35th anniversary, “The Color Purple” is returning to theaters for Black History Month. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, the cinematic classic is based on the characters from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story follows the life of Celie […]
By Derrel Jazz Johnson Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Brooklyn product ConnieHawkins was honored at Barclays Center Monday night in a pregameceremony that united dozens of people, including basketball legendsNate “Tiny” Archibald and Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland, New York Citycouncilman Robert […]
Botswana held its first auctions for the right to hunt elephants since lifting a ban last year. The country has some 130,000 elephants, the largest population in the world. The government sold seven hunting licences on Friday, with each allowing hunters to kill 10 […]
The cast and creative team for “Parasite” took the stage on Sunday to accept the award for best picture, capping off what was a huge night for the film and a significant night for global cinema. “I feel like a very opportune moment in history […]
Kelly Paula an accomplished Broadway dancer and actress is dead. The renowned film personality died on Sunday at the age of 76 years, according to Broadway World. She leaves behind a daughter, the only child she had with her late husband Donald Chaffey, who died […]
A prominent Chinese intellectual has become the first high-profile public figure to lay the blame for the coronavirus crisis at the feet of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, saying the spread of the deadly virus has “revealed the rotten core of Chinese governance”. As the […]
Students from Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School stage set in at Granby Street’s Woolworth’s lunch counter. All Photos: New Journal and Guide archives This Black History special will be brought to you in three parts By Dr. Kelton Edmonds, Special to the New […]
Hyper-partisan polarization is making America’s politics a play-to-the-base mess. But there’s one hopeful trend that doesn’t get enough attention — and it’s front and center in the New Hampshire primaries. I’m talking about the rise of independent voters — those folks who refuse to […]
This month, in honor of Black History Month, American Masters presents the broadcast premiere of award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the “Best Music Film” category. The doc delves into the six-decade career of the musical […]
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