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By Ryan Broussard, Advocate Staff Writer: Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2013 5:54 AM
 NEW ORLEANS -- For the first time
since 1990 and the fourth time in its history, Southern University’s
“Human Jukebox” Marching Band will display its talents before a Super
Bowl crowd Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
The nationally renowned
band will perform a 6-minute, three-song performance accompanied by the
Dancing Dolls dance team during pregame festivities before the
Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers square off in Super Bowl XLVII.
The band will cap its performance with a second-line parade off the field. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 10:38 PM
 Atlanta -- Just in time for Black History month, DreamCatcher Productions soars into its sixth season with the critically acclaimed, "Black Man-O-logues," a true expose of black men’s perspective on love.
Performances commence on Saturday, February 9th - 4:00pm & 8:00 pm and continue through Sunday, February 10th, 4:00pm at the Woodruff Arts’ 14th Street Playhouse in Atlanta.
This show will be hosted by BET comic and nationally renowned comedian PREACHERMAN. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Monday, January 28, 2013 5:48 PM
 Maplewood, N.J. -- Ms. Boss Films is a subsidy of Ms. Boss International which is owned Audrey Bell-Kearney.
Audrey, who is producing a new film titled Self-Made: Inspired By The Life And Times Of Madame C.J. Walker, is using the crowdfunding site Indiegogo to help raise the funds for the film.
The film is a full feature film that brings viewers the riveting story of Madame C.J. Walker who was born free of slavery, then orphaned and how she became the first female self-made millionaire in America to the silver screen. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:57 PM
 NEW YORK -- What is that ‘best’ Christmas Gift for the ‘ultimate’ football fan?
DMG Travel International believes it should be a trip to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans at Mardi Gras Time.
Mardi Gras festivities will already be in full swing, when Super Bowl Fans arrive. Mardi Gras Time consists of music, parades, picnics, floats, excitement and one big holiday in New Orleans for several days!
Everyone wears Mardi Gras colors which are purple, green, and gold, and adorned with long beads caught from the beautiful floats in the colorful Mardi Gras parades. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:52 PM
NEW YORK -- Bobby
Mardis, a native Hammond, Indiana filmmaker, now based in Los Angeles
will be screening the first in a series of projects calledPeace on the Streetsat the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF).
This music video features
various Bay Area artists who have joined in the fight against violence
on the streets that have plagued not only their neighborhoods, but also
most major metropolitan cities around the country.
The HBFF searches,
acquires and programs the best films that stand out from the pack, in a
week-long event which features African American filmmakers. |
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By Larry Wright, President/Owner of Pitchvine Entertainment, LLC: Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:30 AM
 NEW YORK -- With schools all over the country about to open, it is very important to make it a point to showBreak The Chainsto your class.
This film deals with issues that affect teachers,
families, administrators and students.
It not only touches on bullying
but child abuse, child homelessness and student teacher relations as
well.
Break The Chainsis a story that will allow us to teach, learn
and start a healing process with indivisuals and families.
The film is a
voice for those who have no voice and a wake-up call to those who
refuse to listen to the cries of our young people. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:20 PM
 CINCINNATI -- In
its first-ever international choral competition, Oakwood’s Aeolians
Choir won three gold medals in its three competing categories, at the
Cincinnati-hosted 7th World Choir Games, July 4-14.
Director Jason Max Ferdinand explained, "In The Music of the Religions,
Musica Contemporanea and The Spirituals, we won gold in each."
"The last
category, which was new this time, we got the CHAMPIONSHIP rank. (As
in... the sporting Olympics, no one can win outright per se. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:47 PM
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that attempts to address the needs of the entire worship experience.
Gospel music has always been an integral part of worship in the black
church, ranging from the deep soulful sounds of the spirituals and
hymns, to the rich and upbeat selections of the contemporaries.
They
provoke deep, emotional and inspiring praise and worship, which has led
African Americans as a people down through the years.
It is "the music
that sets the tone and cultivates a fertile ground for God's spoken word
to be received. |
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Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:27 PM
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48 By theCNN Wire Staff Los Angeles (CNN)-- Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48. The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said. Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent" and that the cause of her death is being investigated. |
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By Erin Carlson, Yahoo!: Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:13 PM
 Beyonce graces the March issue of L'Officiel Paris, but it's a
controversial photo of the superstar inside the French fashion magazine that's
getting the most attention.
The glossy is celebrating its 90th
anniversary, and Beyonce marks the occasion with an homage to Nigerian
musician and humanitarian Fela Kuti; Beyonce's husband, Jay-Z, is a producer on the acclaimed Broadway musical " Fela!," based on the icon's life, music and courageous defiance against government corruption.
In a statement ( |
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Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:49 PM
Us Magazine "They have a lot in common and are taking things slowly," a source close to the pair told Us at the time of Richards and Sixx, who have been neighbors for years. After news of a split surfaced late Saturday, a Richards insider confirmed her romance with the rocker was never that serious to begin with. |
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