Among the legends of innovative jazz artists scheduled to participate in the 2008-2009 Jazz at Symphony Center series is a quartet of female artists that includes vocalist and guitarist Cassandra Wilson–scheduled to premiere the season September 26
Grammy Award winning R&B songstress Toni Braxton is set to perform as a celebrity contestant on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. The Broadway actress will partner with the show’s Alec Mazo, marking her return to the spotlight after a six-month he
LOS ANGELES–Sean Combs says a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy pulled over members of his entourage and briefly drew his weapon–but was professional and respectful during a weekend traffic stop. A spokesman for Combs says the deputy never po
After a three-year pause, R&B songstress Syleena Johnson is ready to dominate the music scene with her fourth album under a new label–her own. After being signed with several labels, the south suburban Harvey native said it was time to take things i
DENVER-Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration.
NEW ORLEANS%uFFFD-National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the
They are the same age, grew up in neighboring towns and are complete opposites. But in the recently released movie, The Longshots, Keke Palmer and Jasmine Plummer are the same. Palmer plays the real life Plummer, a then-11-year-old girl from south suburba
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), a strong backer of the Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign, catalogued the events leading up to the Thursday nomination of Obama for the Democratic ticket as a near mountaintop moment.
On the latest stop of what she called an “improbable journey,” Michelle Obama took center stage on opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, giving a spirited pitch for her husband’s presidential candidacy.
On Tuesday night, America's Black press held a special reception at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Denver to recognize the political advancement of the Black community currently manifested in the presidential candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.
