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, and the Netflix film adaptation of . It’s undoubtedly a long way from his days impersonating Maya Angelou on Logo’s a decade ago. But for the multi-hyphenate performer, who has appeared in everything from to the long-delayed sequel and has written for and performed on Broadway, it’s been a journey worth taking.

Royal biographer Lady Colin Campbell has slammed Channel 5’s decision to cast Jodie Turner-Smith as a Tudor-era Queen.‘I see absolutely no reason whatsoever for a woman of colour playing Anne Boleyn, except to make a spurious political point that in my view is bordering on racial aggravation,’ says the former I’m A Celebrity contestant, born in Jamaica.‘People would be extremely offended if there was a play about Maya Angelou and she was played by Meryl Streep — so the reverse has got to be true

There’s never been a better time to read up. Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a part of the New York Public Library system, has just released its Black Liberation Reading List to mark its 95th anniversary and to respond to the global protests in support of Black Lives Matter.  The list is 95 books long and focuses on titles by black authors, many whose papers are included in the Schomburg collection: Think James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Ann Petry and Harry Belafonte.

Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelly Rowland, Shonda Rhimes, Yara Shahidi, Janelle Monae and more recited Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem during YouTube’s virtual “Dear Class of 2020" commencement celebration on Sunday (June 7).

Members of the Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. The Man are stepping into a banned book controversy in their Alaska hometown.

Something to celebrate! Heather Locklear announced that she has been sober for one year.

Heather Locklear marked one year of sobriety on Tuesday in an emotional post on Instagram.

It's a joyous day for Heather Locklear.

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