*Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Awards on June 26. “Diddy has always been a pioneering force in our community, breaking barriers, achieving unprecedented heights, blazing new trails, and, in so doing, raising the bar for all of us,” BET CEO Scott Mills said in a…
*While we often don’t realize it, it’s not always the more significant factors that make it harder to lessen a vast disparity. The smaller things we don’t have access to often largely contribute to the difference. For example, 77% of workers nationwide don’t have access to a defined paid family leave or caregiving benefit. Imagine…
*Netflix has greenlit the South Korean thriller series “Squid Game” for season 2. “And now, Gi-hun returns,” director, writer and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk said in a letter to fans about lead star Lee Jung-jae’s return to the hit survival series. “The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming,” Dong-hyuk added, THR reports. “Squid Game”…
*Fourteen years ago today, R. Kelly thought he had gotten away with his crimes against young girls. And he nearly did. On June 13, 2008, a Chicago jury acquitted the singer of all 14 child pornography charges leveled against him, stemming from the infamous 27-minute sex tape that prosecutors alleged showed him having sex with…
*Mo’Nique’s sister has weighed in on the comedian’s online war of words with D.L. Hughley. Mo’s sister Millicent Imes took to Facebook to note how “maddening” it was to see Mo’Nique “embarrass” herself during her recent dispute with Hughley, HotNewHipHop reports. “My Sister!! Stop the Madness!!! It’s not a good look,” she wrote. “God has…
What: Good Morning Gorgeous Tour Who: Mary J. Blige, Ella Mai, and Queen Naija When: Sept 17- Oct 29 Sept 17 – Greensboro, NC Sept 18 – Washington, DC Sept 21 – Charlotte, NC Sept 24 – Detroit, MI Sept 25 – Chicago, IL Sept 28 – Birmingham, AL Sept 29 – Atlanta, GA Oct…
7-time GRAMMY Award winning musician Sting has extended his critically-acclaimed Las Vegas residency, “My Songs,” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with six new dates in April 2023. The shows will be held April 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9, 2023. Produced by the Cherrytree Music Company, Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, “My Songs” presents a compendium of Sting’s most beloved songs with…
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It was the 1950s. Bebop had established itself as the new paradigm of jazz, but its newest popular variant, “cool jazz” or “West Coast jazz,” … Read More “JazzTimes 10: Classic Hard Bop Albums” The post JazzTimes 10: Classic Hard Bop Albums appeared first on JazzTimes.
Even when tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur is barely making a sound with his horn, he’s moving. On stage, his tone may be serene and still, … Read More “Oded Tzur: Isabela (ECM)” The post Oded Tzur: Isabela (ECM) appeared first on JazzTimes.