May 24, 2013

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janetjackson

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or [...]




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RussellHornsby

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or [...]




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Lena Horne

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE It’s not the load that breaks you down, [...]




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*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “It’s not the load that breaks you down, [...]




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rosa parks

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “It’s not the load that breaks you down, [...]




Alicia Keys Optimistic About Lena Horne Biopic (Audio)

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*Rumblings of Alicia Keys possibly playing legendary entertainer Lena Horne in a biopic began circulating back in 2007, when Oprah Winfrey had taken over the languishing project that previously had Janet Jackson attached as the lead. There were reports that Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl scandal got her dropped from consideration by Horne herself, clearing a [...]




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HeatherHeadley

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “It’s not the load that breaks you down, [...]




Exhibit Opens in Pittsburgh for Teenie Harris, the Consummate American Photographer

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*The world premiere of Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, the first major retrospective exhibition of his work, was held at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. People will find the exhibit to be a truly wondrous experience. Large-scale, themed photographic projections of nearly 1,000 of Harris’s greatest images are accompanied by a jazz [...]




Artifacts from Lena Horne’s NYC Apartment Up for Auction

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*The estate of legendary jazz singer and actress Lena Horne is selling some of the elaborate gowns, jewelry, fine art and books that filled her New York City apartment. More than 200 items are for sale at the Doyle New York auction house today, reports the Associated Press. They include a sequined cardigan evening coat [...]




Turner’s Two Cents (Video): Believe! A New Year’s Message

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*New Year’s can be a bittersweet time of mixed emotions — joy and sadness, pride and regret, optimism and fear. “Turner’s Two Cents” columnist Cameron Turner cites Lena Horne, The Apostle Paul, “The Sound of Music” and more in an encouraging New Year’s video message:




Audrey’s Reel Whirl: Women Film Critics Circle Posthumously Presents Lena Horne With Its Coveted ‘Acting and Activism Award’

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“For Colored Girls” Receives JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD for “Best Expressing The Woman of Color Experience In America” and “Mother And Child” wins “Best Ensemble” and “Best Movie About Women” distinguished awards *Beloved and world renown actress Lena Horne is the recipient of the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) coveted “Acting And Activism” award, posthumously.  As [...]




Black Critics Group to Honor Van Peebles, Horne, Ebert

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*The African-American Film Critics Association will honor director Melvin Van Peebles, the late Lena Horne and film critic Roger Ebert at its second annual awards ceremony in December. Van Peebles is best known for his 1971 film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.” He also earned a Daytime Emmy in 1984 for penning the episode “The Day [...]




Turner’s Two Cents: Lena Horne’s Unconquerable ‘Belief’

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*Her cameo in the 1978 movie adaptation of the Broadway smash “The Wiz” wasn’t Lena Horne’s most famous screen role but it was certainly one of her most significant. As Glinda the Good Witch of the South, Miss Horne rendered the energizing anthem “If You Believe,” a song that reflects the pride and tenacity that [...]




Senate Passes Resolution Honoring Lena Horne

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*A rare unanimous vote in the Senate signaled the passing of a resolution honoring Lena Horne, the esteemed jazz vocalist and civil rights pioneer who died last week at the age of 92. Introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) the bipartisan resolution recognized Horne’s lifelong efforts as an actress, singer and civil rights activist, according [...]




Photos: Lena Horne Funeral in NYC; PBS to rerun ‘In Her Own Voice’

Pallbearers carry the casket of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne into Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Friday, May 14, 2010.

*Audra McDonald, Chita Rivera and Dionne Warwick were among the hundreds of mourners bidding a final farewell to legendary actress and singer Lena Horne Friday in her home state of New York. Also attending the service at St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan was her granddaughter, actress Jenny Lumet, writer of the 2008 film “Rachel Getting [...]