Entertainment

BET’S BALDWIN HILLS RETURNS

BET’S BALDWIN HILLS RETURNS WITH FRESH FACES AND NEW DRAMA

Premiering Tuesday, July 8 at 10:00 P.M.*, Five New Cast Members and Returning Favorites Heat Up Season Two

"Sneak Peek" on Tuesday, June 24 Following the "BET AWARDS ‘08" Post-Show

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Film Festival Ambassador Named

ANTHONY MACKIE IS NAMED 2008 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR

Festival to open in Los Angeles August 7-10, 2008

 
Actor Anthony Mackie and Jeff Friday, CEO of Film Life and founder of the ABFF

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ONEBROWNGIRL.COM FOUNDER WINS

ONEBROWNGIRL.COM FOUNDER WINS 2008 "BLACK ENTERPRISE" ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION

– MSNBC’s “Your Business” to Air Winning Pitch 6/22/08 –

“One Brown Girl” signature t-shirts

Oakland, CA (BlackNews.com) – It is imperative for a business owner to be able to deliver a concise, carefully planned, and well-practiced description about his or her company in the short time it takes to ride an elevator. This delivery is widely known in the business world as an Elevator Pitch. On Friday, May 16, 2008, American Express hosted the Black Enterprise Elevator Pitch Competition at the magazine’s 2008 Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Leon Newton’s New Single

DON’T BLAME HIP HOP NEW SINGLE RELEASE

Jackson, MS (BlackNews.com) - Leon Newton (BMI), pro songwriter of country and pop music has teamed up with R& B singer Joshua Smith, both of Jackson, Mississippi, to produce the hip hop song Don’t Blame Hip Hop. The press asserts that some media critics are biased toward hip hop and rap artists because the industry seems to exclude many young artists who are talented, socially responsible and not involved in violence. Media outlets portray hip hop and rap artists (for the most part) as youths who were once part of the gangs and drug life from poor inner cities, rapping their way out of the slums. While others advance the concept that they do not deserve their fame and fortune because they did not earn them by the traditional means.

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Harlem Book Fair 2008

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY HARLEM BOOK FAIR PRESENTS THE 2008 WHEATLEY BOOK AWARDS

    
Author Herb Boyd celebrates the life and           2007 Wheatley Award recipient, Walter Mosley delivers
literary work of actor Ossie Davis                      spellbinding comments to an enraptured audience

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - On Friday July 18th, 2008 The Harlem Book Fair will usher in its 10th Anniversary by honoring key figures in African and African American Literature. The Schomburg Center for Black Research will host the annual Wheatley Book Awards Program and Dinner. This year’s honorees are Haki Madhubuti (Third World Press); W. Paul Coates (Black Classic Press); Kassahun Checole (Africa World Press); Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson (Just Us Books); and Tony Rose (Amber Communications Group).

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