Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific tragedies in American history.LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are among those releasing documentaries based on the racially motivated massacre.
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Ethan Shanfeld Top female stars reflect on the “secret weapon” of being funny, their path to fame and their heroes in “Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: The Comedians,” which premiered Monday on Lifetime.The special featured interviews with Michaela Coel, Mindy Kaling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph and Sofia Vergara, who were celebrated in the May 5 Power of Women edition of Variety.
Tina Fey also paid tribute to the late “Saturday Night Live” icon Gilda Radner as
.Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific tragedies in American history.LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are among those releasing documentaries based on the racially motivated massacre.
UPDATE: The canceled commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Black Wall Street Massacre boiled down to money demands by the living survivors, according to NBC News.
One hundred years ago this week, a white mob attacked the Greenwood neighborhood of segregated Tulsa, OK, a thriving business district known as “Black Wall Street” where many of the city’s roughly 10,000 Black residents lived. The two-day spree of murder, assault, arson and looting became one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history.
The commission behind the centennial memorial of the 1921 Tulsa Black Wall Street massacre said today that its Remember & Rise event set for Monday has been canceled.
On the last day of the turbulent 2020-21 television season amidst a year of pandemic and programming chaos, we have once again learned you don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind and you don’t mess around with the NFL NCIS or The Masked Singer.
Jada Pinkett Smith has finally agreed to get matching tattoos with her mother, Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris, and daughter, Willow Smith!In a sneak peek clip from an all-new episode of, the three ladies look back on a previous episode in which Gammy and Willow called Jada out for not originally being on board.
Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett to produce a limited scripted series about the 1921 tragedy. The untitled drama will be written by playwright Nathan Alan Davis and depict events surrounding the two days when white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, attacked and destroyed the prosperous Greenwood District, which was known as Black Wall Street at the time, and left hundreds of Black Americans dead and thousands homeless or displaced.
Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.— Top artist: The Weeknd— Top Hot 100 song: The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights"— Top Billboard 200 album: Pop Smoke, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.”— Top female artist: Taylor Swift— Top male artist: The Weeknd— Top new artist: Pop Smoke— Top collaboration: Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth, “I Hope”— Top duo/group: BTS— Top R&B artist: The Weeknd— Top rap artist: Pop Smoke— Top country artist: Morgan Wallen— Top
Grammy-nominated artist Jeremih (Jeremy P. Felton) is set for a recurring role opposite Joseph Sikora in Power Book IV: Force, the third installment in the Power universe, from Courtney Kemp, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Lionsgate Television.
coronavirus health crisis that has devastated Peru.Later, in his workshop, he completes the scenes while reading newspapers or watching television news about the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands of people in his South American homeland.“It’s like a war with an invisible enemy,” Jiménez says of COVID-19.“Each drawing tells a story that had an impact on me,” says the artist, who drew 750 sketches and selected 100 of them for a book called “New Coronavirus and Good Government."His title
“The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice,” by Scott Ellsworth (Dutton)No one really knows what 19-year-old Dick Rowland did or said to Sarah Page in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he rode the elevator she operated to the fourth floor of the Drexel Building, the nearest place to Rowland’s shoeshine stand where a Black person could use the washroom. But the 17-year-old Page screamed, Rowland ran and police were called.
Garcelle Beauvais is breaking into bling! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has teamed up with accessories brand Roni Blanshay to create a “sexy, classy and chic” line of jewelry designed with the on-the-go power woman in mind, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.
Bill Gates cheated on his soon-to-be ex-wife. And honestly, they don’t particularly care.The topic came up on Monday’s episode of “The View,” after new reports that in the process of divorcing Melinda Gates, Bill Gates admitted to having an affair with an employee 20 years ago.
In the depths of the winter coronavirus surge, along came a show that brought a much needed respite and a lot more. Debuting on Christmas Day, the Regency-era Bridgerton, the first Shondaland series for Netflix, provided escapism with its vibrant mix of Jane Austen-meets-Gossip Girl while also redefining the period drama and romance genres with its contemporary storytelling and multi-racial casting.
turns 35 this month, and in celebration of the iconic action movie's anniversary, it's flying into theaters once more. Legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently opened up to ET about the original film and it's long-awaited sequel, «You know it feels like yesterday, I'm telling you.
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Chris Willman Music WriterThe Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma will open on May 10, 2022, representatives announced Wednesday, as they brought into clearer focus just what fans and students can expect when the facility opens in one year.Although a release avoids using the word “museum,” it’s clear the BDC is designed to stand as the ultimate repository of Dylan artifacts, with the promise of more than 100,000 “exclusive culture treasures” on view.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will explore the rise and fall of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a two-part special event OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street.
Rebecca Davis editorZhang Yimou’s spy thriller “Cliff Walkers” strode into first place this weekend at the China box office with a $24.3 million score, bringing its cumulative total up to $118 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.It more than tripled the gross of “My Love,” the melodramatic rom-com that had outpaced it last week for first place, in what was the opening weekend for both films.