Media Mogul, Philanthropist & Humanitarian Oprah Winfrey Turns 58!
Entertainment, Featured Monday, January 30th, 2012
On, January 29 Oprah Winfrey celebrated her 58th birthday. Happy Birthday O!

On, January 29 Oprah Winfrey celebrated her 58th birthday. Happy Birthday O!

African-American opera pioneer Camilla Williams has died in Bloomington. She was 92.Williams’ attorney, Eric Slotegraaf, said in a statement that the soprano died Sunday.Indiana University Jacobs School of Music spokesman Alain Barker said Williams died of complications from cancer. The school says Williams became the first African-American female to appear with a major U.S. opera [...]

Atlanta based Hip-Hop artist Waka Flocka Flame and SEA Brand Clothing company launched a custom Brick Squad Monopoly snapback hat to support Waka Flocka’s new anti-bullying campaign. The launch party was held at Wish Boutique in Little 5 Points, Atlanta to help bring awareness to the plague of children being bullied in schools across the [...]

You are invited to celebrate Black History Month by joining and hosting a Read-In as part of the twenty-third national African American Read-In. Originally sponsored by the NCTE Black Caucus and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), it also has been endorsed by the International Reading Association. From Wednesday, February 1-Wednesday, February 29, [...]

God’s Little Soldiers International Boys Choir releases its arousing rendition of the National Black Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. It chronicles the names of many of the greatest figures in African American History. It celebrates the men and women on whose shoulders Americans but particularly African Americans so proudly stand. This rendition will be [...]

In an effort to make sure that everyone is covered this holiday season, Pepto-Bismol is teaming up with Feeding America and Emmy Award-Winning Actor Eric Stonestreet to launch its “Feast for All” campaign. Through this campaign, Pepto-Bismol hopes to help people celebrate the Thanksgiving season right this year by donating two million meals to those [...]

The dress worn by late British soul singer Amy Winehouse on the cover of her Grammy-award winning album Back to Black is being put up for sale for charity, a London auctioneer said on Tuesday. The printed chiffon dress, designed [...]

Jon Bon Jovi has opened a new “pay-what-you-can” restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey called the JBJ Soul Kitchen. The new establishment is intended to encourage volunteer work in the area while specializing in healthy variations on classic soul food dishes. Patrons will quickly recognize that there are no prices on the menu but can either earn free meals by doing [...]

Alicia Keys presents STICK FLY, the critically-acclaimed American play by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon, opening this fall on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. The cast includes Dule’ Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Condola Rashad and Rosie Benton. Tickets are on sale now with a chance to win tickets to the [...]

Revitalized by the upcoming release of the highly anticipated film The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, a gonzo-eye’s view of a world first charted by Graham Greene, starring Johnny Depp, Actress Karimah Westbrook, who portrays Papa Nebo has a new movie, a new agent and most importantly a new attitude and [...]
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