ATLANTA – Scripps Networks today announced a slate of five new original holiday motion pictures to premiere on ION and Bounce, continuing an annual tradition of bringing the best of the holidays to viewers wherever and however they watch television. This year’s new original movies feature familiar faces including Billy Baldwin, Vivica A. Fox, Jackee […]
Entertainment
Byron Allen’s ‘The Grio Television Network’ Launches News Block Featuring Eboni K. Williams And Marc Lamont Hill
LOS ANGELES – Allen Media Group’s African American-focused news, lifestyle, sports and entertainment platform theGrio (www.thegrio.com) is proud to announce the launch of THE GRIO WITH EBONI K. WILLIAMS and THE GRIO WITH MARC LAMONT HILL on Monday, October 24, 2022. The daily two-hour news block from America’s largest Black newsroom will feature critical news […]
Val Demings for U.S. Senate
Long before she would become Orlando’s first female Chief of Police, Val Butler Demings learned from her parents about the American Dream. They didn’t have much: two parents and seven children in a small wood-framed house in Jacksonville. Her mother Elouise Butler worked as a maid; her father James as a janitor, landscaper, and orange […]
The Lady Makers, Starring Jasmine Guy, Premieres in Atlanta July 20th
ATLANTA – The Lady Makers, a film written, produced, and directed by Tony Tite and starring Jasmine Guy, is an inspiring and transformative look into the lives of three elderly Jewish sisters who were appointed by a Judge to house and socially rehabilitate three young women from troubled backgrounds. The Lady Makers will premiere in Atlanta at […]
LMN’S “Keeping Up With The Joneses,” Executive Produced By And Starring Vivica A. Fox With Narration By Kandi Burruss, Returns With Four New Two-Hour Films Beginning July 8
Cast Includes Ted McGinley, Michael Pare, Arie Thompson, Ciarra Carter,Jasmine Aivaliotis, Marcos James and Shellie Sterling LMN’s prolific Wrong franchise returned this summer with the second season of the hit movie series event, Keeping Up with the Joneses, airing four consecutive Fridays beginning July 8 at 8p/7c. The four two-hour films are produced by Hybrid […]
U.S. Climate Activist, Illai Kenney, Urged Young Leaders at the Continental Youth Symposium in Uganda to Unite Globally for Climate Justice
By Edrea Davis – Determined to encourage unity across the African Diaspora, expand their global network of youth working to advance climate justice and to promote the upcoming PreCOP27 Africa Virtual Summit, the HBCU Green Fund sent a small delegation to participate in the 3rd African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Youth Symposium in Kampala, Uganda […]
ONE Musicfest & Live Nation Urban 2022 Lineup Includes: Lil Baby, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan, Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Ashanti & Ja Rule, City Girls, and More
ATLANTA – In its twelfth year in existence and second year in partnership with Live Nation Urban, ONE Musicfest (OMF), the Southeast’s premier urban progressive music and arts festival – has announced the lineup for its 2022 two-day festival taking place Saturday, October 8th and Sunday, October 9th, 2022, at Central Park, located at 395 […]
Byron Allen’s HBCU GO Streaming Platform Launches New Summer Programming
LOS ANGELES – Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) free-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO – the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – is launching a pair of exhilarating shows that appeal to the hearts and minds of their audience. Beginning Thursday, June 23, fans are invited to […]
Students Complete HBCU Green Fund’s Fellowship Primed for Growing Opportunities in Clean Energy
ATLANTA -After successfully completing a rigorous fellowship that exposes students to opportunities in clean energy and sustainability, Serena Echols was awarded an internship assisting a community in Florida that was exposed to contaminated groundwater. One of twelve students selected by the HBCU Green Fund to participate in their inaugural Atlanta University Center (AUC) Fellows Program, […]