insert_link Adult Contemporary Jennifer Hudson Wins Big at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, More Winners The 2022 NAACP Image Awards took place on Saturday, honoring achievements by people of color in culture and entertainment. Jennifer Hudson, who starred as Aretha Franklin in Respect, was one of the biggest winners of the night with her Entertainer of the Year award and outstanding actress in a motion picture award. Saweetie, Anthony Hamilton, and Jazmine Sullivan were honored as the outstanding musical artists of the year. See the full […] todayFebruary 28, 2022
insert_link Classic Hits Today in Music History: February 7th 1963 - The first Beatles single "Please Please Me" was released in the U.S. on the Vee-Jay label. Capitol Records, EMI's United States label, were offered the right to release the single in the U.S., but turned it down. Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago and a friend of Vee-Jay executive Ewart Abner, played the song on the radio from February 1963, thus becoming the first DJ […] todayFebruary 7, 2022
insert_link Fashion Fashion Fair Cosmetics is relaunching with New Formulas, a New Partnership with Sephora, and Kiki Layne Fashion Fair Cosmetics — the beloved, iconic, trailblazing luxury makeup brand catering to Black women — is set for a major comeback. After undergoing a change in ownership, a rebrand and a formulation makeover, the legendary beauty brand is hitting the shelves at Sephora this fall. Originally launched in 1973 by Johnson Publishing (the company behind Ebony and Jet) to cater to Black women whose complexion needs were being overlooked by the mainstream cosmetics industry, the department store […] todayAugust 31, 2021
insert_link Music Jamie Foxx, Patti LaBelle and More Featured on ‘The Apollo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ The digital edition of THE APOLLO: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has been released by Universal Music Group/Blue Note Records/Polygram Entertainment/UMe, just ahead of the new HBO documentary's November 6 broadcast premiere. Helmed by Oscar® and Emmy®-winning director Roger Ross Williams, THE APOLLO chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of New York City's landmark Apollo Theater. The soundtrack's CD and 2LP vinyl editions, featuring liner notes written by Williams, will […] todayNovember 4, 2019
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