Black Celebs Who Took a Stand, From Billie Holiday and Muhammad Ali to Beyoncé and LeBron James

straight to your inbox every day for freeOwen Hargreaves believes the Real Sociedad players were caught off guard by Daniel James and his pace as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 victory. Bruno Fernandes scored either side of half-time, with Marcus Rashford and James also scoring for the visiting team in Turin.

Her voice was legendary, as were some of the battles she faced in her career. Lee Daniels’ new film, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” revisits the life of the iconic, openly bisexual singer.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSinger-turned-actor Andra Day brought versatility to Lee Daniels’ biopic “The United States vs.

For director Lee Daniels and the cast of his new film, The United States vs Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday was a public figure with whom they felt a personal connection, like "one of my aunties," Daniels said of the jazz singer. But the film, which will premiere on Hulu Feb.

Lee Daniels The first time I saw myself on-screen was in 1972. The film was “Lady Sings the Blues,” a cinematic masterpiece about jazz icon Billie Holiday.

Jeremy Helligar Of all the words of wisdom my mother has passed on to me, the earliest ones I remember have been the most useful.

EXCLUSIVE: The remarkable story of Josephine Baker, one of the most influential female entertainers of the 20th century, will be the subject of Josephine, a limited drama series in development at ABC Signature, with Ruth Negga attached to star as the legendary Jazz age performer and civil rights activist.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn Lee Daniel’s upcoming “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” coming to Hulu on Feb.

just one week in February each year?If you’re wondering why Black History Month is in February––the shortest month in the entire year––you’re not alone. It all started nearly 100 years ago with Dr.

LeBron James is sharing his thoughts after he had a back-and-forth with a heckler who got ejected during his name on Monday.The Los Angeles Lakers were playing against the Atlanta Hawks when a woman sitting courtside started arguing with James. The woman, in since-deleted Instagram Stories, explained that her husband is a huge Hawks fan and has an «issue» with James.

Lee Daniels has become a morning person.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTo honor the first day of Black History month, on Monday the Weeknd — who is the headline halftime performer at Super Bowl LV — chose Mama’s Southern Soul Food a Black-owned restaurant in Tampa, Fla., to feed the frontline healthcare workers at AdventHealth Carrollwood.

Among the country's preeminent dramatists, Suzan-Lori Parks has won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her play Topdog-Underdog and a 2012 Tony for an adaptation of Porgy and Bess. Along the way Parks, 57, has dipped a toe in Hollywood, as far back as 1996's Girl 6, which she wrote for Spike Lee.

Liverpool minority shareholder LeBron James, a man with 72m followers on Instagram whose appeal extends far beyond the hardwood of basketball. Liverpool have a closer tie in with those stars now, a greater synergy, and when you are able to monetise that relationship through reaching new audiences and receiving a slice of that pie the new tie in with Nike actually has the potential to be the most lucrative in the Premier League.

Andra Day gained fame as a singer thanks to her hit anthem “Rise Up”, but she’ll soon be seen making her acting debut in the role of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO is developing the third season of the hit podcast “Serial” as a limited series, with LeBron James onboard the project as an executive producer.The potential series will examine the criminal justice system at work in Cleveland, Ohio.

The podcast-to-TV boom continues with HBO adapting the third season of Serial as a limited series.

Haley Bosselman authorKerry Washington, in conversation with Voices Artistic Creative Director Aja Monet, explained how “The Vagina Monologues” connected her ambitions as an actor and activist. “Once I became a professional actor … the path for connecting the activism and art wasn’t always clear for me,” Washington said in an Instagram Live.