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Rosie Perez And Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrate Major Latino Ballet Company

“Hamilton” star Lin-Manuel Miranda and “Fearless” actress Rosie Perez were part of Ballet Hispánico’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. The ceremony’s recording will be available online for free on YouTube, Facebook and ballethispanico.org for the next two weeks. One of the nation’s most prominent Latino […]

Entertainment

HBO Max Green-Lights ‘The Gordita Chronicles’ Series

HBO Max has given the green light to the series “The Gordita Chronicles,” a family comedy from Sony Pictures Television starring Diana Maria Riva (“Dead to Me”), Juan Javier Cardenas (“The Walking Dead”) and newcomer Olivia Goncalves. The half-hour […]

National

Black Press of America making impact and progress

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Two years ago, the National Newspaper Publishers Association enthusiastically elected a new national chair and an executive committee with the promise of moving the organization to new heights […]

Education

Jonathan Bender’s Jump From High School To The NBA 

In a 2000 release, recording artist Nelly rapped: “I’m draftin’ ’em outta high school straight into the pros.” That was a reference to a then-growing trend among prep basketball stars: Bypassing college and entering the […]

Education

Nonito Donaire Turns Back The Clock, Wins World Boxing Title At 38

CARSON, Calif. — Nonito Donaire made boxing history with a fourth-round KO win over defending titleholder Nordine Oubaali on May 29, making him the oldest WBC bantamweight champion and one of a very few fighters to […]

Education

‘I Am A Man’: The Musical Magic Of History And Tragedy

In 2018, C. Von Parchman and Marty Arnold of 6x Entertainment were searching for something to sink their passion into. Instead of finding an interesting project, a project found them. Noted film producer Floyd Easley […]