NEW YORK–A memoir by Serena Williams will be released in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, which beat out a handful of other publishers bidding for the life story of the No. 1 ranked women’s tennis player.
Julienna Richardson, founder and president of The HistoryMakers, a digital biographer and archivist of Blacks who influence history, announced that Eartha Kitt will be featured in An Evening with Eartha Kitt and will be interviewed by veteran journalist G
LOS ANGELES–Laila Ali and her husband, former Bears receiver Curtis Conway, are new parents of a baby boy whose name packs a familiar punch. Curtis Muhammad Conway, Jr. was born Aug. 26, the couple’s first child, Ali announced on her Web site
He has changed his stage name, his appearance, his performance style and the message in his music–all before he has even made his big debut. R&B singer and rapper Gemstones, formerly known as Gemini, has scored big online, with one of his hit songs
LOS ANGELES–Police say they have arrested Kanye West at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of vandalism after an altercation with a photographer.
Playwright Pearl Cleage’s A Song for Coretta will make its Midwest debut with the Eclipse Theatre Company of Chicago during its 2009 season, along with four full productions during the second and final celebration of past decade of featuring one pla
Danseur Arthur Mitchell skyrocketed into critical acclaim as the most significant artist in classical dance. He ultimately created one of the esteemed international companies in the nation as founder and artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. V
PHILADELPHIA-Teena Marie was first recognized as an R&B talent in the 1970s when she signed a recording deal with Motown at the tender age of 19. Now, the self-proclaimed “Ivory Queen of Soul” is being recognized for a nearly 30-year career th
In town to promote his upcoming album Paper Trail, southern rapper T.I. surprised an auditorium full of students Thursday at a North Side high school. The Atlanta-born rapper/actor, whose name is Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., told more than 100 students at
