Alabama governor honors state's first Black poet laureate

The producers of the highly-anticipated Broadway revival of The Music Man have released the first image from the new production, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster!

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTiauna Jackson has become the first Black woman elected to the Association of Talent Agents, a national trade organization of Hollywood dealmakers.Jackson, owner of The Jackson Agency and a partner in the newly founded Collective 5 Entertainment, was voted to the board in an election last week.

Blake Lively shocked Ben Affleck while the pair was filming the 2010 movie . The film, which was directed by Affleck, took place in the Oscar winner's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. During a Tuesday interview on, Affleck recalled taking co-star Lively around his old stomping grounds, and noted that the alum had a very surprising reaction. "I took Blake Lively, who was terrific in, and she was really eager to learn from the people and wanted to go around and do research," he recalled.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are in for a wild ride. Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first-look pics from the duo’s upcoming adventure flick, “The Lost City”.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are in for a wild ride. Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first-look pics from the duo's upcoming adventure flick, . In one shot, Bullock, wearing a sparkly purple look, stands next to a more casually dressed Tatum in front of a waterfall.

Addie Morfoot ContributorSince she was appointed executive producer of “American Experience” in July 2020, Cameo George has been busy expanding and diversifying the slate of PBS’ signature historical documentary series, with the upcoming 34th season the first produced in full under her direction.The new “American Experience” season will kick off on Feb.

Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols is retiring from the convention circuit, which is bittersweet but nonetheless a milestone worth celebrating. Fans at L.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentJosephine Baker, the trailblazing American-born entertainer and civil rights activist, is the first Black woman to be laid to rest at France’s Pantheon.The Parisian monument is dedicated to iconic figures that have left a decisive imprint on French history, including the writers Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo and Emile Zola, resistance hero Jean Moulin and politician Simone Weil.

Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as an honorary starter at Augusta National Elder, who made his Masters debut in 1975 and recorded a best finish of joint 17th in 1979, was not well enough to hit a ceremonial drive but was warmly applauded after being introduced to the spectators by Masters chairman Fred Ridley. It was a fitting start to a historic day.

Lee Elder was a pioneering golfer who was the first black golfer to compete in the Masters when he competed in the tournament in 1974. Lee Elder taught himself how to play golf by sneaking onto all white golf courses as a youth.

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Gwen Stefani is ready for the holiday season! The 52-year-old performer is part of this year's special, and ET's Cassie DiLaura spoke with the newlywed, who was raised near Anaheim, California, about growing up with Disneyland as her «backyard» and her family's holiday traditions. «My parents used to pick us up from school and would be driving down Harvard Boulevard going, 'Oops, we made the wrong turn.

Getting formal is easy, but doing it with style takes a bit more work.