Willie Moore Jr. Show
In the 70’s, the miniseries Roots captured the imagination of the American viewing public and launched or upgraded the careers of actors like Ben Vereen, LaVar Burton, Leslie Uggams and more. The story, written by Alex Haley, traced a Black family’s ancestral line all the way back to Africa. https://twitter.com/MarkAPrinceJr/status/956283576928165891 Sadly, one of the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is still getting used to the idea of being a double Oscar nominee. The nine-time Grammy winner was nominated for two Academy Awards on Tuesday: Supporting actress and original song for “Mudbound.” Blige said she spent the morning “yelling and screaming and about to cry.” The 47-year-old called […]
Prayer in schools has always been a touchy subject or a battle ground if you will for people. There are those who are for it and those equally against it. In 1963, Madalyn Murray O’Hair was responsible for ultimately getting prayer removed from US public schools in the court case Engel v. Vitale. Yet one […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown will extend into the workweek as the Senate appeared to inch closer to ending a partisan stalemate late Sunday but fell short of agreement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said negotiations were still underway into the night, with a vote to break a […]
Essence readers will have an advance glance into A Wrinkle In Time as cast leads Oprah Winfrey, Storm Reid and the film’s director, Ava DuVernay, cover the February issue. In the article titled ‘A Different World,’ Winfrey, Reid and DuVernay open up about their experiences on set, and deep dive into their future trajectories and […]
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Unfortunately, the first few days of 2018 have been fraught with pastors accused of sexual misconduct. Though the #MeToo movement has to date focused mostly on sexual harassment in the workplace, it has not yet extended to a similar movement in the church community. However, some prominent pastors have been accused recently of sexual assault, […]
One of the most successful gymnasts of all time, Simone Biles had quite a back story. She and her sister were adopted by her grandfather and his wife as her mother struggled with a drug problem. Despite her modest beginnings, Biles went on to dominate gymnastics, ultimately becoming an Olympic champion. Lifetime, naturally, wanted to […]
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We all know Jennifer Hudson has a powerful vocal gift but it seems as though her talents as a singer are diminished in favor of some (cough, cough) much lesser talents. It appears thought that Hudson is leaning on her gospel roots for her new single “Burden Down” a song so powerful that she’s issued […]
Singer/actress Toni Braxton is working her acting skills again in a new Lifetime movie based on a true story. Faith Under Fire is the story of an Atlanta woman who leaned on her faith to stop an armed gunman who broke into the school where she worked. The woman’s name – Antoinette Tuff. More Via […]