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*Tavis Smiley is putting the Obama administration on blast, accusing some members of the group of intimidation. The PBS talk show host told the Associated Press that some of his sponsors were pressured to drop Smiley during his anti-poverty campaign. AP’s Lynn Elber reported, “Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the PBS show’s underwriter since the start, has [...]
*So how does one become a Broadway superstar? While there are countless paths to New York’s Great White Way, beginning actors all cite the same three pathways to the big stage – audition, audition, audition. “I auditioned for a lot of summer stock, and then I auditioned for ‘The Secret Garden’ on Broadway, and [...]
*“American Idol” season 12 champ Candice Glover will perform at “The National Memorial Day Concert 2013,” broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 26 beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The 90-minute program will be co-hosted for the eighth year by actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. The evening [...]
*Coming to PBS in June is a documentary that explores the beauty and grace of African-American funerals. “Homegoings” (airing June 24, 10 to 11 p.m.), from filmmaker Christine Turner, is told through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens and filmed at his Harlem-based Owens Funeral Home. It takes an up-close look at the world [...]
*Gary Carr, a regular on British TV, will join the red hot drama “Downton Abbey” as its first recurring black cast member. He’ll play a “charming and charismatic” young jazz singer in the show’s upcoming eight-episode fourth season, which airs in the U.S. on PBS. Creator Julian Fellowes said in November that it would be [...]
*Audra McDonald has been hosting this season’s “Live From Lincoln Center” series on PBS, but she’s set to command center stage next month for the show’s season finale. The special, titled “Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home,” will see the “Private Practice” star and five-time Tony Award winner performing a gala concert at Lincoln [...]
*New York police were so hell bent on finding suspects in the 1989 rape of a white jogger in Central Park that they simply rounded up dozens of random black and Latino teens in the area and hauled them into headquarters for questioning. “There were 30 some odd kids who went in the park that [...]
*Michelle Obama got a kick out of folks’ reaction to Justin Timberlake at her home today, where he will join other musicians for tonight’s White House concert celebrating the soul music of Memphis. FLOTUS found herself having to calm down a bunch of invited middle and high school students from across the country when JT [...]
*PBS will air the latest Ken Burns documentary “Central Park Five” on April 16, to be followed the next day with an online discussion featuring the filmmakers and all five of the exonerated men, streamed live by The New York Times. The film tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem [...]
*It looks like PBS’s wildly popular “Downton Abbey,” which just wrapped its third season this month, is about to introduce its first black character as part of a storyline about race relations in the1920s. According to The Sun, producers sent casting notices out to agents seeking an actor to play Jack Ross, described as “Male, [...]
*Reports are coming in to EUR that there has been a big shake up at the popular late night PBS program “Tavis Smiley.” Three of its top executives have purportedly resigned in unison this past Friday. Neal Kendall (executive producer), Luke Sader (talent producer) and Stephanie Storey (producer). Some sources have suggested to EURweb that [...]
*You might not want to watch the upcoming PBS special “Soul Food Junkies” (or read this post) on an empty stomach. Airing in January as part of the network’s Independent Lens series, the film from director Byron Hurt serves up such satisfying-yet-not-so-heart friendly soul food staples as fried chicken, ribs, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread, peach [...]
*Over a month after the City of New York issued a subpoena against Ken Burns’ upcoming “Central Park Five” documentary, the filmmaker’s lawyers are formally seeking to quash the city’s efforts, reports Deadline.com. Burns and fellow filmmakers David McMahon and Sarah Burns’ documentary centers on the wrongful conviction of five young males (four African American [...]
*For all of you who were worried that Big Bird was going to be sitting on the side of the road, holding up a sign that reads, “WILL WORK FOR FOOD,” he was going to survive regardless of who took office. So Romney can go eat dirt. “Reading Rainbow” host, LeVar Burton tells TMZ that [...]
*You knew this was coming. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “Sesame Street” star Big Bird was sucked into the first presidential debate last week when Republican nominee Mitt Romney said that although he liked the popular character, he would end the government’s subsidy to PBS if he were elected. Now, a group supporting President Obama [...]
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