Entertainment
Over Half A Million Attendees Convene For The 2018 ESSENCE Festival
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report The 2018 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® attracted more than 510,0000 attendees to New Orleans this Fourth of July weekend, marking one of the […]
Essence Music Fest Night Time Schedule
Essence Music Fest Night Time Schedule Data Staff Edited Report Friday July 6, 2018 Main Stage 7:00 Doug E Fresh with Special Guest Mia X 7:00 Ledisi Superlounges 7:05 Pell 7:15 Lloyd 7:30 Damien Escobar Main Stage 7:45 Miguel Superlounges […]
Jackson Family Patriarch Joe Jackson Terminally Ill with Cancer
By Stacy M. Brown After his own failed musical aspirations, Joseph Jackson help launch his children to international stardom in the 1960s and 1970s. He managed the Jackson 5 before the group left Motown and […]
“Black Panther” to Deliver Keynote Speech at Howard University’s Graduation
By Lauren Victoria Burke Howard University Alumnus Chadwick Boseman, 40, will give the keynote address at the school’s 150th Commencement Ceremony on May 12. The star of the movie “Black Panther” will also be presented […]
Costs Run High in Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial
By Stacy M. Brown Judge Steven O’Neill has warned that the retrial in the criminal case of comedian Bill Cosby will likely last longer than the first trial. For Pennsylvania taxpayers, that means shelling out […]
Le Code Noir
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Voices in the Dark Company Theatre, Inc. presented a preview of their powerful play titled Le Code Noir on December 3, 2017 in Congo Square. The play is directed by […]
Don’t Miss This Movie: Marshall
By Dwight Brown Considering all of his major accomplishments, why hasn’t someone made a film about Thurgood Marshall’s life that was comprehensive? He was the lawyer who won the Brown v. Board of Education United […]
S.W.A.T. Reboot takes Contemporary Look at Policing and the Community
By Langston Bowles-Fulmore What happens when Blue lives matter as much as Black lives. That’s the dilemma faced by Los Angeles-born Lt. Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson, played by Criminal Minds Actor Shemar Moore. ‘Hondo’ is loyal […]