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“Don’t Hang Up,” True-Crime Original Thriller Starring Wendell Pierce, Lauren Holly & Eden Cupid, Premieres Sunday, March 20 on Bounce

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ATLANTA –  Bounce (@bouncetv) will premiere its newest original movie “Don’t Hang Up” this Sunday, March 20th at 8pm ET. The action-thriller based upon real life events stars Wendell Pierce (“The Wire,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan“), Lauren Holly (“NCIS,” “Picket Fences”) and Eden Cupid (“Umbrella Academy”). The mystery revolves around Chris Daniels (Pierce), a husband and father whose life is upended when he gets a phone call that hurls him […]
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Legendary Hip-Hop Artist DMC Teams Up With the “Song That Owns Itself” to Launch a new Track Co-owned With Fans, Titled “Million Scars”

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LOS ANGELES — The team behind The Song That Owns Itself today announces the launch of STOI #3 in collaboration with DMC, one-third of the legendary hip-hop group RUN-DMC. Together they have tokenized DMC’s song “Million Scars,” enabling fans to co-own a piece of the song and thus share in its future success including any revenue […]
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RICE Grant Enables HBCU Green Fund to Expand STEM & Energy Training, Mentorship, and Internship Opportunities for Atlanta University Center Students

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By Edrea Davis  – The HBCU Green Fund recently announced a partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) that increases their capacity to train, mentor and identify internships in energy and STEM industries for students at the Atlanta University Center (AUC). A Department of Energy grant to RICE provides resources for the AUC […]
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Thelma Wright, Philadelphia’s Beloved “American Gangster,” Empowers a New Generation with Mentoring and Reform

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Philadelphia, PA – It has been well over a decade since Thelma Wright, once reputed to be one of the most dangerous and powerful Black women in Philadelphia, came to the forefront and shocked the nation with true confessions in her memoir, “With Eyes From Both Sides – Living My Live In and Out of […]
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Ford Foundation Invests $20.29 Million to Support Documentary Filmmaking in 2021

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The Ford Foundation recently announced its overall funding for independent documentary film for 2021. JustFilms, a part of the foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression (CFE) program, provided over $20.29 million to support 122 organizations and filmmakers in the United States and Global South. From that allocation, JustFilms granted over $5 million to support 71 content projects, with 49 comprising new grantees and 73% […]
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Political Paladins – By Lucius Gantt

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(The Gantt Report) –  Once upon a time, there was an American television show called “Have Gun, Will Travel”. It was about a gringo gunslinger named Paladin that went from town to town in the Wild West helping people solve problems that a gunslinger could solve.      In my mind, Paladin was more than a […]
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Tamron Hall Teams with Court TV For New True-Crime Series, ‘Someone They Knew…With Tamron Hall’

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ATLANTA – Daytime EMMY Award-winning TV Host, Journalist and Author Tamron Hall will host a new, weekly true-crime series on Court TV, the popular multi-platform network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting, and expert analysis of the nation’s most important and compelling trials. “Someone They Knew…With Tamron Hall” will be seen Sundays at 9 p.m. ET starting Jan. 9, 2022.  Each […]
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BlacknussNetwork.com Presents Black WWII Vet John Kitzmiller in Valley of Peace (Slovenia, 1957) Sun, Nov 21, 3pm

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CHICAGO – Valley of Peace (Dolina miru) is a 1956 Yugoslavian (Slovenian) war film directed by France Štiglic. John Kitzmiller received the Best Actor award for his role as Sgt. Jim at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis: During WWII in Slovenia, two orphaned children seek the imaginary Valley of Peace. Along the way they run into a downed black American […]
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Multiplatinum Singer-Songwriter and Producer Maxwell to Receive ‘Legend’ Award at 2021 “Soul Train Awards” Presented by BET

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BET recently announced three-time GRAMMY® award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Maxwell will receive the ‘Legend’ award at the 2021 “Soul Train Awards”. Award-winning and multiplatinum singer/songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and author Ashanti will be the recipient of the ‘Lady of Soul’ honor. The 2021 “Soul Train Awards” premieres Sunday, November 28 at 8 PM ET/PT on BET and BET Her. “It’s an honor to be […]
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