Editor Dennis Freeman conducts in-depth interviews with high-profile athletes, musicians, newsmakers and just people making a difference in other people lives.
LONG BEACH, CA-The 31st Long Beach Jazz Festival did what it was meant to do: make you feel good. The annual trek down by the seaside near the Queen Mary in downtown Long Beach was […]
The thing that Kevin Robert Harris II (Track Bully) loved most was banging out music tracks. He played the piano. He knew how to compose. Music became his universe. Basketball used to be his love […]
LONG BEACH, CA-Entrepreneurs are individuals who are readily-assembled. They’re pre-packaged with creativity. Growing up in Long Beach, California, Kevyn Palmer always knew the creative juices that bubbled inside of him as a youth would someday […]
Audra McDonald doesn’t know how to do anything but be great. She sings. She acts. The breadth of her unparalleled success has skyrocketed McDonald to recognition as entertainment royalty. Her unprecedented six Tony Awards, five […]
Steven Burton is someone you might consider to be a revolutionary. In a good sense. The 33-year-old entrepreneur is making waves in the tuxedo and formal wear industry, creating a space called his own with […]
The hardest thing to adjust to since my move from New York to Los Angeles has been all the driving, which I know is a basic and “new to LA” complaint that people are sick […]
LOS ANGELES-Sy Smith doesn’t want her creative juices to ever get stale. That’s probably the chief reason why her musical sound defies conventionality. Smith’s music is anchored in futuristic soul. She can do the neo-soul thing. […]
LOS ANGELES-The entanglement of a love affair or a close friendship is always up for interpretation from outsiders. When this matter focuses on historical figures, the subject becomes a little more complicated and more closely […]
LOS ANGELES-Regular season out. Playoffs in. For the Los Angeles Clippers, this is where the rubber meet up with the road. The Clippers finished the 2016-2017 NBA season with 51 wins, thanks to a 115-95 win in the […]
LONG BEACH, CA-Reading is a privilege. Learning is an opportunity. If a child is unable to read their chances to learn dips compared to their classmates. Competing on a level playing field in the classroom […]
Last year was an incredible year in black film and television. Theatrical jewels such as “Fences,” “Hidden Figures, “Loving” and “Moonlight” proved to be instant classics in the heart-warming and critically-acclaimed department. The 48th Annual NAACP […]
LOS ANGELES-When the GRAMMY Awards come to town everyone knows it. The GRAMMYs is to the music industry what the Academy Awards are to the many talented thespians, writers and creators that make up the acting industry. The big […]
SANTA BARBARA-If you’re good, the people will come see you. Actor Denzel Washington is that good. Actually, he is better than good. He’s the best. Washington has been so good for so long that millions […]
“Queen Sugar” was a big hit during the 2016 television series run. A big reason for that was the bona fide acting chops of actress Rutina Wesley being displayed to the world. The American drama […]
Singer, songwriter, composer, pianist and living legend, Neil Sedaka, will bring his famous catalogue of music to the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on January 14 on his exclusive 12-city concert tour. Sedaka, 77, will […]
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