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Celebrities honored Chadwick Boseman on social media Saturday as the world marked one year since the actor's death. Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died in 2020 at age 43 from cancer.

Charles Connor, known for being Little Richard’s drummer who performed with other music greats including James Brown and Sam Cooke, has died. He was 86.Connor’s daughter, Queenie Connor Sonnefeld, said her father died peacefully in his sleep early Saturday while under hospice care at his home in Glendale, California.

https://t. co/f6NHThzLC7— Charles Connor (@ccdrummerman) July 27, 2020Connor began playing drums at the age of 12.

The Associated Press on Saturday that members of Brown's family reached an agreement on July 9. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe family of late singer James Brown has reached a settlement deal in the 15-year dispute over his estate, according to the Associated Press.The attorney representing Brown’s estate, David Black, told the AP that the settlement had been reached on July 9, though the details of the agreement were not made public.The estate of Brown, who died at 73 on Dec. 25, 2006, has been plagued by more than a dozen lawsuits since his death.

A long-running dispute over the estate of singer James Brown has finally been settled, an attorney involved in the mediation said on Friday.

James Brown’s family has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate, an attorney involved in the mediation said Friday. David Black, an attorney representing Brown estate, confirmed to The Associated Press that the agreement was reached July 9.

James Brown‘s family have finally settled a 15 year legal wrangle over the late singer’s estate.It comes after Brown specified in his will in 2000 that he would leave very little to his heirs, other than a $2million (£1.46million) scholarship fund for his grandchildren.But his daughters Deanna Brown-Thomas and Yamma Brown, among others, found a way to inherit potentially millions of dollars, following his death.While the settlement terms have not been made public, several of Brown’s children and

Surrounded by his legal team, a frail Bill Cosby had nothing to say today about his sudden release from incarceration and overturned rape conviction.

On Thursday morning, the inaugural Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame was held honouring a lengthy list of well-deserving artists.

The late Chadwick Boseman will have a wing of his alma mater, Howard University, named after him. Howard University announced today that its college of fine arts, led by Dean Phylicia Rashad, will be renamed the Chadwick A.

UPDATED with more details: Howard University is renaming its College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman, who attended the college before going on to become an A-list actor playing iconic roles including Black Panther, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson and James Brown.

Angelique Jackson Chadwick Boseman was best known to audiences for his work onscreen, playing iconic figures like Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall and the Black Panther. But offscreen, he was known as a proud Howard Bison.Howard University announced today that the newly re-established College of Fine Arts, led by Dean Phylicia Rashad, will be named for the late actor and distinguished alumnus.

We’ve had definitive biopics on legendary Black soul artists like James Brown (“Get On Up“), Miles Davis (“Miles Ahead“), Tina Turner (“What’s Love Got To Do With It“), and Ray Charles (“Ray“). And while she’s appeared in many films and there have been documentaries made about her, there’s never really been a definitive movie biopic about the Queen of Soul, at least one that’s stuck in the collective conscious.

Rock Stars on the Record: The Albums That Changed Their Lives” (Diversion Books), out now. “If I was good enough, they’d let me stay and be the bartender and deejay for their make-out parties,” says Farrell, who played records from his siblings’ huge record collection, which spanned the Beatles and James Brown to Jamaican singer Millie Small. But it was during sleep-away camp that a counselor introduced Farrell to the album that would give his life purpose: “The Concert for Bangladesh,” a 1971

Madison Watkins said she did everything she could to make it through to the Top 24 on “American Idol” and her efforts paid off.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Earning the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, he is also the first Black posthumous winner and the fourth Black actor to win the category, Variety noted.

Chadwick Boseman’s death in August, at the age of 43, shocked friends and colleagues who made recent films with him as much as it did fans around the world who mourned the passing of the actor who in a relatively short time played Black Panther, James Brown, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVTypically the cold opens of “Saturday Night Live” parody the politics of the past week, but for its second show of 2021, the NBC late-night sketch comedy series looked ahead — to Sunday’s Super Bowl.Kenan Thompson, who portrayed sportscaster James Brown in the sketch, kicked things off acknowledging the complications of late, but that ” today we come together in the spirit of football — and to murder millions of chickens for their delicious

He was part of one of the greatest stage routines in show business, helping James Brown overcome his passions and leading him slowly away from the pain of the stage. Only to watch as Mr. Brown repeatedly threw off the garment and raced back to the microphone.

Beyoncé, Prince, Lil Wayne, and Frank Ocean plus emerging Black artists you may not know yet.Consider it your soundtrack for February.Songs for Black History Month: Old & New Classics Black artists have dominated the music industry throughout history with their artistry and influence.Going as far back as Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, James Brown, and B.B. King, Black artists have given us music that will always be remembered and used for

Having been a high-profile filmmaker for four decades, Spike Lee has had his fair share of projects fall apart. Films like his biopics about James Brown, Joe Louis, and Jackie Robinson or even “Inside Man 2” were all floated around at various points in Lee’s career but ultimately never came together.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has posted a touching tribute to her husband Michael Douglas on their 20th wedding anniversary - telling him she "loves him now as she did then." She posted a video to her millions of followers on Facebook and Instagram made up of a slideshow of photographs of herself and her 76-year-old husband, along with a clip from the film, The War of the Roses, starring Douglas, whilst James Brown's 'I Feel Good' plays in the background.

that.In a video posted to his Instagram, Yen matches up moves while break dancing with a Chinese champion street dancer Yen identified as “David,” locking and popping with the best of them.“Never too old to dance, locking with David, the current China street dance champion with some James Brown,” Yen said in the post.