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'Straight Outta Compton' star Jason Mitchell gets gritty in Netflix drama 'Mudbound'

Published: 13 Nov 2017 23:37:48 Z

Jason Mitchell is a long way from Compton. Since breaking hearts two years ago as AIDS-stricken rapper Eazy-E in N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, the affable newcomer has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors, ...
Virtual reality tour traces steps of Daniel Boone

Published: 17 Nov 2017 23:35:13 Z

Boone led the way for 200,000 to 300,000 settlers through the Cumberland Gap in 1775, earning the nickname "father of the Western movement". The Boone Society, an organization made up of over 300 Boone family descendants, plans to have the first part ...
'The Chronic' at 25: How Dr. Dre changed hip-hop with solo debut album

Published: 18 Dec 2017 22:45:07 Z

In sheer numbers alone, the album was a phenomenon: winning one Grammy Award, spawning three top-40 singles and peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, where it spent eight months in the chart's top 10 .
Paxton Lynch's '102' crew provides unending laughter, friendship for QB

Published: 27 Apr 2016 06:32:04 Z

Wait, remember the time Paxton Lynch got too jacked up about his dynasty in a football video game? On Thursday night, Lynch is expected to be a first-round pick in the NFL draft – a 6-foot-7, 244-pound lump of quarterback clay whose big arm and rare ...
List: Oscar nominees and winners

Published: 29 Feb 2016 05:03:19 Z

PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Winner: Spotlight ACTOR Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon, The Martian Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie ...
List: And the Oscar nominees are ...

Published: 21 Feb 2016 20:14:42 Z

PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight ACTOR Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon, The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish ...
2 former lawyers of rap mogul 'Suge' Knight arrested

Published: 26 Jan 2018 13:25:18 Z

Two Los Angeles attorneys who represented former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight were arrested on warrants alleging they were accessories after the fact to a felony, authorities said. The attorneys, Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper, were ...
N.W.A, Cheap Trick join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Published: 09 Apr 2016 08:30:13 Z

If you don't think N.W.A belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ice Cube has a message for you. After an impassioned introduction from rapper Kendrick Lamar, who hailed N.W.A as "role models" and "black superheroes," Cube took the stage with ...
Chris Rock rips Trump, police violence, and (mostly) himself in emotional Netflix special

Published: 15 Feb 2018 19:44:50 Z

Chris Rock is back, and ready to face the world as a new man. More: Chris Rock to film 2 Netflix stand-up specials Tamborine is rife with political humor and pointed observations on race in Rock's usual style, but the special is mostly about Rock ...
USA examines infamous feud between Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and their 'Unsolved' murders

Published: 10 Jan 2018 00:31:15 Z

Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G., inspired Wavyy Jonez to become a hip-hop artist. Now, he gets to play the late rap star in USA's Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. (Feb. 27). At a winter TV press tour ...
Portland director Haynes snubbed by Oscars

Published: 14 Jan 2016 19:57:56 Z

These were Oscar's biggest snubs — and surprises. Oscar prognosticators had wondered if Stallone's relationship with Academy Awards voters had staled after so many years absent from the awards game, but a best supporting actor nod for bringing back ...
Deported vet in Mexico granted U.S. citizenship after 10-year struggle

Published: 31 Mar 2018 00:44:53 Z

Hector Barajas, a deported U.S. Army veteran who set up a health clinic in Mexico for other deported vets, has been been granted U.S. citizenship after a 10-year struggle. Barajas, 40, was born in Mexico but raised in the Compton area of Los Angeles ...
Column: Eradicating racism isn’t a task we can just leave to others

Published: 06 Feb 2018 19:07:13 Z

One of the most powerful books I read as a young man was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Why We Can't Wait. Written in 1963 after his experiences in Birmingham, Ala., King detailed a then-radical approach to the attainment of universal equality in America — ...
Lena Waithe's 'The Chi' trailer is out and here's why we're excited

Published: 19 Oct 2017 19:43:17 Z

Still feeling blown away by Lena Waithe's powerful Emmy's acceptance speech? The trailer for The Chi, her original Showtime series, which she created and is co-producing with Common, dropped Thursday, and it has us pretty excited.
'A Wrinkle in Time': Stars get frank about motherhood, parity and Oprah for president

Published: 07 Mar 2018 13:40:41 Z

HOLLYWOOD – It turns out, Reese Witherspoon is a killer travel guide. Last year, when she, Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling moved with the cast of A Wrinkle in Time (in theaters Friday) from California to New Zealand, it was Witherspoon who knew about ...