Celebrity Birthdays May 3rd – May 9th
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor)
03 May 2012
James Brown – May 3rd Sugar Ray Robinson – May 3rdDamon Dash – May 3rdChris Brown – May 5thCraig David – May 5thRedi Tlhabi – May 5thHarold Minor – May 5thGabourey Sidibe – May 6thWillie ... read more >>
Chef G. Garvin is back on TV with a new series
Written by Sentinel News Service
03 May 2012
Chef Gerry Garvin Courtesy of TV One CHEF G.GARVIN HITS THE PAVEMENT WITH COOKING CHANNEL’S NEW SERIES ‘ROADTRIP WITH G. GARVIN’ Series Premieres Tuesday, May 29th at 9pm ET/6pm PT Acclaimed cookbook ... read more >>
Really Ealy!
Written by Kam Williams, Sentinel Contributing Writer
02 May 2012
Michael Ealy at the premiere of Think Like a Man. AP Photo Michael Ealy,The “Think Like a Man” Interview Born in Silver Spring, Maryland on August 3, 1973, Michael Ealy majored in English at ... read more >>
Court denies Hudson is getting star treatment
Written by MICHAEL TARM | Associated Press
02 May 2012
This April 16, 2012 file photo shows the Cook County Criminal Courts Building in Chicago where the murder trial of William Balfour, accused in the killings of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's three ... read more >>
Celebrity Birthdays April 26th – May 2nd
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor)
27 April 2012
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins – April 26thAvant – April 26thCoretta Scott King – April 27thLarry Elder – April 27thReggie Miller – April 29thDuke Ellington – April 29thMaster P – April 29thIsaiah ... read more >>
KPFK’s Hero Awards & Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor)
27 April 2012
Grammy-Award Winning Pianist Billy Childs and Charlie Haden Family to PerformKPFK 90.7 announces its honorees for the 2nd Annual Hero Awards and Tribute show. The Hero Awards is a benefit series for the ... read more >>
Legendary Saxophonist, Trevor Lawrence celebrates 45 Years
Written by Sentinel News Service
27 April 2012
Howard Hewett, Trevor Lawrence, Joseph Marks Saxophonist Trevor Lawrence was joined by friends: Howard Hewett, 2 Official, Beth Payne, Masumi, Joseph Marks, Wah WahWatson in Los Angeles at the Historical ... read more >>
Funnyman Kevin Hart set to perform at Essence
Written by Sentinel News Service
27 April 2012
In an April 18, 2012 photo actor Kevin Hart attends the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Hart has been added to the main stage lineup for the 2012 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.(AP Photo/Evan ... read more >>
Getting Ziggy with It
Written by Kam Williams, Sentinel Contributing Writer
26 April 2012
Ziggy Marley The “Marley” Interview David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley was born in Trenchtown, Jamaica on October 17, 1968 to Bob and Rita Marley. A five-time Grammy-winning musician, actor, artist, ... read more >>
Steve at Ease
Written by Kam Williams, Sentinel Contributing Writer
19 April 2012
Steve Harvey (AP) Comedian Steve Harvey and his wife Marjorie Bridges arrive for the "Think Like A Man" premiere on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in New York. The film is based on Harvey's best-selling book. ... read more >>
Lizz Wright and Anika Noni Rose light up The Broad Stage
Written by Joy Childs Sentinel Contributing Writer
19 April 2012
Lizz Wright Anika Noni Rose When big-name singers come to the Jazz Bakery, Catalina Bar and Grill, the Hollywood Bowl — think Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carmen Lundy — jazz regulars turn out ... read more >>
Saxophonist Love dies; part of Memphis Horns duo
Written by ADRIAN SAINZ | Associated Press
19 April 2012
Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, who formed the award-winning Memphis Horns duo with trumpeter Wayne Jackson and played unforgettable lines behind the royalty of soul, rock, pop and R&B, has died at ... read more >>
Celebrity Birthdays April 12th – April 18th
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor)
12 April 2012
Herbie Hancock – April 12thAl Green – April 13thPeabo Bryson – April 13thFlex Alexander – April 15thBessie Smith – April 15thMartin Lawrence – April 16thLuol Deng – April 16thKareem Abdul ... read more >>
Trial for rapper in '93 NY shooting opens
Written by Associated Press
12 April 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements are set for Tuesday in the murder trial of a once-rising rapper who reopened a nearly 20-year-old case by suddenly telling police he was the gunman.G. Dep, who made ... read more >>
Chicago jury chosen in Hudson family murder trial
Written by MICHAEL TARM | Associated Press
12 April 2012
In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Monday, April 9, 2012, a judge will question potential jurors as jury selection begins in earnest ... read more >>
Legendary Filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka passes
Written by Brandon I. Brooks Assistant Managing Editor
12 April 2012
Legendary filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka was found dead in his apartment in South Los Angeles on Sunday, April 8th, 2012. His daughter Tracey L. Gordon said that the cause of death has not been determined. Fanaka ... read more >>
Drunken driving charge for Bobby Brown
Written by ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Associated Press
05 April 2012
In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, singer Bobby Brown, former husband of the late Whitney Houston performs with New Edition at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn. Brown was arrested Monday, March 26, ... read more >>
Celebrity Birthdays April 5th - April 11th
Written by Sentinel News Service
05 April 2012
Christopher “Kid” Reid - April 5th Colin Powell - April 5th Booker T. Washington - April 5th Stephen Jackson - April 5th Billy Dee Williams - April 6th Billie Holiday - April 7thTony Dorsett - April ... read more >>
Blair Underwood taps into his brutish stage side
Written by MARK KENNEDY | Associated Press
05 April 2012
In this March 7, 2011 file photo, actor Blair Underwood is photographed in New York. Underwood taps into his brutish side for Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire." opening April 22, 2012. (AP ... read more >>
Whitney Houston's mom says she's proud of her
Written by Associated Press
04 April 2012
In this Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, singers Cissy Houston, left, and her daughter Whitney Houston arrive at the "Keep A Child Alive Black Ball" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Houston says in her ... read more >>
Oprah Winfrey still bullish on her cable network
Written by Associated Press
04 April 2012
In this image released by CBS, Oprah Winfrey appears on "CBS This Morning," with co-host Charlie Rose, Monday, April 2, 2012 in New York. Winfrey says she still has faith in her troubled cable network. ... read more >>
Heavenly Beverly
Written by Kam Williams (Sentinel Contributing Writer
04 April 2012
Beverly Johnson The “Beverly’s Full House” InterviewBeverly Johnson is the first African-American supermodel, as well as an actress, author, activist, businesswoman and TV personality. She was ... read more >>