News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
Halle Berry is talking about becoming a mother for the second time at 46. “I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth,” said Berry in an interview with CNN’s Alina Cho. In the interview, Berry spoke about her work with designer Michael Kors and the U.N. World […]
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Good news, dance lovers: After an eight-year-plus hiatus, the ballet company Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) is back! “Believe, Again” shouts the banner ad on DTH’s website. Next to the beaming face of a young dancer named Michaela, a quote reads, “I believe because I am the little girl who dreamed of being a ballerina and
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For Roger Ebert, there was one person in his life who got a perennial thumbs up: his wife Chaz. The fabled film critic found the love of his life relatively late in life, after spending most of his adult years as a bachelor (and even once going on a date with Oprah Winfrey). The woman
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For Magic Johnson, supporting his gay son Earvin Johnson III, known as “E.J.,” wasn’t even a question. But Magic knew that for E.J., coming out to his parents, which happened years ago, was just the first step. “I told him, ‘Hey, we are here to support you, man. We’re going to love you no matter
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Conrad Murray continues to argue his innocence. The former physician of Michael Jackson, who was convicted in the King of Pop’s death and sentenced to four years for manslaughter, spoke about the case for the first time since being put behind bars through a phone interview with Anderson Cooper for CNN’s 360 tonight—the same day jury selection began for the Jackson family’s trial against AEG Live.
Suroosh Alvi held up his smartphone to show me a picture of a billboard. “This was sent to me from Sunset Strip in L.A.,” he said. “These things are popping up everywhere — it’s insane. They’re on yellow cabs in New York City, Austin, Texas, last week.” The black-and-white billboard image showed a ravaged street,
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If you see one play this season, make it “Kings” and you’ll see the grime and beauty of your soul on stage. Playwright Anna Governali has turned theater into an emotional brawl in which a teenager fights for his freedom armed with the graffiti he tags in each of the five boroughs. Setting out to become King, the
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Devyn Abdullah is the first winner of “The Face,” Naomi Campbell’s modeling reality show. The 21-year-old New York City native beat out a bevy of beauties for the title while competing on supermodel Karolina Kurková’s team. Devyn’s win has also earned her the opportunity to front Ulta Beauty’s 2013 fall and holiday campaigns. We’re just
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It’s music to their ears – and cash registers. Downtown Brooklyn business owners are already licking their chops and cooking up ways to cash in on MTV’s biggest night. Local restaurants, clothing shops and hotels are already coming up with promotional ideas to rake in even more customers when the MTV Video Music Awards come
Tony Bennett, 17 time Grammy Award Winner, and Activist Al Sharpton joined New York Voices Against Gun Violence and a broad, newly-formed coalition of advocates, victims, youth organizations, healthcare workers, unions, elected officials, faith leaders and artists in a rally last Thursday, March 21, to promote the NY SAFE Act as a model for legislation at the federal