LaRita Shelby is known popularly by jazz lovers throughout Los Angeles as “Jazzy Rita.” In addition to singing jazz for her supper, Shelby is also an actor, host, producer, publicist, and a radio and voice-over artist.
There is a new detective on the block and she is using her faith to help her solve crimes. Introducing Detective Misty Rivers, making her debut in “Long Overdue’” by author, Regena Andrea Grundy.
Some of the Black men and women making moves in the comic book industry include TJ Sterling, David G Brown, Shequeta Smith, Brent Sands, and Karla Medrano.
“It was a moment while shooting, I wanted to bring three of my passions together, real estate, filmmaking, and young people,” said Yoba. “I shared that idea with a woman who is now my Chief of Staff. Two days later she gave me a deck which said, ‘I rebuild New York,’ and she had articulated my vision.”
“That’s one thing that I think definitely was a detriment to my standup career, is I wasn’t on the road like my peers,” said Spencer. “Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Jamie Fox — these were the guys in my class, and they were hitting the road hard, and now they’re all very wealthy comedians.”
TJ Sterling is an artist, writer and the president and lead artist of RAE Comics, which stands for Red, Arcis, the Latin word for stronghold, fortress or house and Entertainment. RAE Comics features diverse and underrepresented characters that go outside traditional American comics mixed with Eastern philosophies, creating something unique.
We recalled “the good ole days” when kids who had a beef with each other fought it out – by hand. They exchanged punches and bruises, exhausted themselves, made up, and shortly were friends again. They lived to fight another day, and as years passed, looked back on the disagreement and laughed about it as a learning experience.
On Saturday, December 10, Post & Beam, a restaurant located by the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, hosted a brunch and book signing with activist, writer, poet, and public speaker, Kevin Powell for his new book, “Grocery Shopping with My Mother.”
Comedian and actor Marlon Wayans has bought a brand-new modern farmhouse in a gated and private community in Encino.
In Pride’s film “Tender” I understood that I was looking at the work of an exciting new director.
“South Central Love” was created from a place of purpose, philanthropy, and love.
The First African American Woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize talks about her adaption of Richard Wrights’ novel ‘Native Son’ (now playing on HBO), and more.
Alicia Garza, who coined the term “Black Lives Matter,” is an Oakland-based organizer, writer, public speaker and freedom fighter who also serves as the special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance which stands as the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in America.
Watch as we sit down in an exclusive interview with actress Kat Graham and social media king Andrew Bachelor who talk about their new film, ‘Where’s the Money?’, which hit select theaters on October 20 and HD Digital on October 24.
Host: Brittany K. Jackson
ASCAP sheds light on the fierce women changing the landscape of female executives in the entertainment industry. This year’s honorees included music executives Ashley Calhoun, the Vice Present of A&R at Pulse Music Group, Ericka Coulter, the Senior Director of A&R at Epic Records and Roc Nation singer-songwriter Kirby Lauryen. Host Cristina Chavez moderated the panel.