This coming week’s Sony Pictures Television’s getTV will air music variety specials featuring legendary African-American entertainers including Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and more.
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Atlanta: The Annual NFL-Sanctioned Super Bowl Gospel Celebration Coming For Viewers From Harlem To Harare
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially welcomed the 20th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration (SBGC) to Atlanta during a press conference today at City Hall with officials from the NFL, the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee, Boys & Girls Club of America and Radio One in attendance. Continue Reading →
TV One Is Streaming The Aretha Franklin Tribute Concert Tonight And Here’s Everything You Need To Know
TV One reports that more than 30 performers, including Kurt Carr, Raheem DeVaughn,Tasha Page-Lockhart, Gladys Knight, Kierra Sheard and Johnny Gillare scheduled to take the stage tonight in Detroit honoring Aretha Franklin.
Dorothy Dandridge In The Mermaid Gown, By Harlem’s Zelda Wynn Valdes, 1953
Dorothy Dandridge wearing the fabulous “Mermaid Gown” dress by Harlem designer to the stars Zelda Wynn Valdes. In 1948, Valdes opened her boutique, Chez Zelda, on Broadway and 158th Street, Harlem New York. Continue Reading →
Emmy-Nominated “Oprah’s Master Class” Returns To OWN
The acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series “Oprah’s Master Class,” featuring an unprecedented first-person insight into the brilliant minds of the entertainers and public figures we love, respect and admire. Continue Reading →
Lee Daniels To Direct Harlem’s Apollo Theater Doc
Lee Daniels is set to direct The Apollo Film Project, an authorized documentary chronicling the history of the famed theater in Harlem, White Horse Pictures announced Thursday. Continue Reading →
OWN Presents “Legends: OWN At The Apollo In Harlem
L-R: Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick perform during the OWN At The Apollo Concert Series, held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Photo by Jennifer Graylock-Oprah Winfrey Network
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today it will air the star-studded primetime television event”Legends: OWN at the Apollo” beginning Saturday, October 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on OWN. Continue Reading →
Ella Fitzgerald Debuts At Amateur Night at the Apollo, Nov. 21, 1934
Michael Jackson did, James Brown did, Lauryn Hill and Jimi Hendrix did, and so did the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight and Prince. And, on Nov. 21, 1934, at 17 years old, Ella Fitzgerald did, too. Continue Reading →
Interview: Apollo Theatre Employee Mary Flowers
Mary Flowers
Harlem World Magazine celebrates Black Music Month with Mary Flowers, who has worked at the World Famous Apollo Theater since the mid- 1980’s. Continue Reading →