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Maybelline New York announced that London bred beauty Jourdan Dunn is their newest spokesmodel.  Jourdan will be joining an elite group of Maybelline models which includes Christy Turlington, Emily DiDonato and a host of others. “Jourdan’s look, style and positive energy are perfect for the Maybelline New York brand,” said Jerome Bruhat, Global Brand President of [...]

Radio One’s network of stations, along with celebrity radio hosts Yolanda Adams and James Fortune, have something special to sing about. On April 3, they partnered with other inspirational music stations to raise more than $1.3 million for kids fighting cancer, sickle cell and other deadly diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during the seventh annual Radio Cares for St. Jude [...]

Celebrating the arrival of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Angela King Gallery will present “The Jazz Fest Show” an exhibit by award-winning New Orleans photographer Steven Forster. Forster will show 15 archival black and white photos from his vault, including iconic images of: Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles Wynton Marsalis, Fats Domino Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Irvin Mayfield Lionel [...]

Completing a journey that began in the fall, Fisk University claimed its first ever national championship title at the 25th anniversary Honda Campus All-Star Challenge. For a quarter century, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has sponsored this unique academic competition featuring the best and brightest students from America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Watch highlights from this year’s competition. [...]

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Celebrity Fight Night, the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center is unveiling an extensive expansion that doctors say will help thousands more patients receive care. The Center is the primary beneficiary of Celebrity Fight Night, an annual fundraising gala that will be held this year in Phoenix on April 12.  [...]

The dress Marian Anderson wore to sing at the Lincoln Memorial 75 years ago is finally getting its debut appearance at the Smithsonian. The classical singer accepted first lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s invitation to give a public concert after being being denied access to a Washington concert hall because she was black. On Easter Sunday 1939, [...]

Actor Jaden Smith is combating the negative backlash he received from the film After Earth with a return to one of his most successful roles. The son of Will and Jada Smith is preparing to team up with his co-star Jackie Chan for a sequel to their blockbuster remake of The Karate Kid. According to The [...]

Black, Disabled, Gay Christian man refuses to live a life defined by a label, confined by society and denied by the church. Obstacles and challenges are commonplace in life and one can either face it with courage and faith or curl up into a little ball of fear and despair. One such example is the [...]

Oprah Winfrey’s TV network finally has a reason to celebrate after being plagued by poor ratings. OWN, scored its most-watched quarter in network history, averaging 508,000 total viewers. The network is the first and only inspired by a single individual. Not only did it score most-watched, but the network was also deemed the fastest-growing cable [...]

The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. partnered with AARP to host “Because We Care” – the first of a series of forums designed to provide African-American families with information and resources that will enable them to take better care of their loved ones and themselves. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a three-time Olympic champion and advocate for youth and [...]