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Rita Moreno recently received the Stanley Kramer Award during the 33rd Producers Guild of America Awards. According to the trade association representing television producers, film producers, and New Media producers in the United States, the Stanley Kramer Award “honors a production, producer, or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues.” During Moreno’s acceptance speech, the 90-year-old EGOT winner recalled the time she witnessed live when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Ledisi Delivers Impassioned Performance of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at Super Bowl

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Was ‘Overjoyed’ About ‘Holdovers’ Role After a Career of Having to ‘Fight for Fully Realized Characters’

Stuart Miller Da’Vine Joy Randolph had grown weary of scripts that offered her shallow or one-dimensional characters. “I’ve felt like I had to fight for fully realized characters with complexities or even start writing or producing myself,” she says. Then she was sent David Hemingson’s script for “The Holdovers,” for the role of Mary Lamb, who works in the cafeteria of a prep school for the wealthy, soldiering on even as she mourns the death of her sonin Vietnam. “I was so overjoyed to read this character, someone who was really struggling, but also trying to persevere in spite of her situation,” says Randolph, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2012 for her performance in “Ghost: The Musical.” She has since appeared in everything from “Dolemite Is My Name,” “High Fidelity” and “Only Murders in the Building” to “The United States vs.

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Harry and Meghan aides requested cushions, new carpet for NYC school visit: ‘gag order’ details

eponymous Netflix documentary.One special visit was to the Harlem public school 123 Mahalia Jackson — a stopover that caused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s aides to scramble and also provide a “gag order” for the educational institution.Their Archwell team had to rush to make sure that the couple had a comfortable visit, including bringing cushions and a new carpet to the school, according to emails obtained by the Daily Mail. The availability of an outdoor space was also requested.

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Donna Summer doc reveals painful accusation disco queen took to her grave

“Love to Love You, Donna Summer,” premiering Saturday on HBO. “It’s not pain I could have spoken about, but it’s something that I have to always incorporate into my reality.”The childhood trauma left her “feeling guilty” — even as she was feeling love from fans around the world at the peak of her musical powers.

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Chaka Khan blasts Mariah, Adele, and Mary J. Blige’s rankings in Rolling Stone list

At the start of this year Rolling Stone ran a list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Like all good list-making, it contained some undeniable truths (Aretha Franklin topped the poll) and some provocative decisions to get the people going. Celine Dion fans, for example, were so outraged by her not making the list in any capacity that they protested outside the publication's offices.

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First Look: Ledisi Stars As The Iconic Gospel Singer In ‘Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story’

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story will premiere during the opening night of the 30th annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles, CA.Starring the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ledisi in the lead role, Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story will explore the trauma of Jackson’s early childhood, and how those experiences help to strengthen her faith in God, and allowed her to use her amazing voice as a vessel for perseverance and unwavering integrity. Ledisi previously played the legendary gospel artist in 2014’s Selma.Named after Jackson’s classic song “Remember Me,” the film will also highlight her career and close friendship with Dr.

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‘Summer Of Soul’s Questlove On The Power Of Discovery, Black America’s Joy & A Jimi Hendrix Secret – Contenders Film: The Nominees

“I believe that a big reason why this ambitious idea of throwing a music festival in Harlem in which somewhere between 70,000 to 90,000 people every weekend would see performances was so that there was something joyous and hopeful for people at that point were kind of at the end of their rope,” Summer of Soul (Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson says about the importance the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival had to a Black America ravaged by violence and assassination.

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“A Huge, Huge, Huge Honor”: Filmmakers Of Color Predominate In Oscar Documentary Feature Race

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Alexander Hamilton, RIP: Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’ Choir Director/Arranger Remembered by Documentary Producer

Alan Elliott Alexander Hamilton, who died Jan. 30 at age 77, was a conductor and arranger who was able to add “movie star” to his credits in the last years of his life. His work on Aretha Franklin’s 1972 “Amazing Grace” album — certified as the bestselling album of her career — was heard by millions over a period of almost five decades before Franklin fans actually got to see as well as hear Hamilton’s handiwork as the arranger and conductor of that music.

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Meghan Markle wears red at New York City school as she arrives to read her children's book

Meghan Markle looked stunning in red as she arrived at a New York City school to read her own children's picture book The Bench. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have left two year old son Archie and three month old daughter Lilibet at home in Montecito, California, attended P.S.

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‘Mahalia’ Star Danielle Brooks On Bringing The Life And Struggles Of Mahalia Jackson To Light: “She Was Our Royalty; She Was The Queen Of Gospel”

Growing up as the daughter of a deacon and a minister, church and gospel music has had a major influence on Danielle Brooks. After her breakout role in Orange is the New Black, Brooks combined her passions for acting and singing in The Color Purple on Broadway. But Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia takes her back to her roots to play the legendary gospel singer and activist Mahalia Jackson. As both the star and co-executive producer, Brooks made it her goal to tell the story of everything Mahalia overcame in her life to become the legend that had inspired Brooks as a child.

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‘Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia’ Star Danielle Brooks On How Fate Brought Her And Iconic Singer Together – Contenders TV

Growing up, Danielle Brooks, best known for Orange Is the New Black, sang every week in church and recalls seeing photos of key figures in her Sunday School classroom — icons like Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and gospel superstar Mahalia Jackson. So she believes it was fated that she eventually would get to play the singer, she told me during the panel for Lifetime’s Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event.

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Listen to Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Trouble Of The World’ cover, her first release since 2016

Sinead O’Connor has shared her first release since 2016 in the form of a cover of ‘Trouble Of The World’.The musician’s last piece of music came four years ago as part of the compilation ‘Tribute To Blind Willie Johnson’.Now, O’Connor has put out her take on a song by New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. All profits from the track’s sales will be donated to Black Lives Matter charities.

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Sinead O’Connor Covers Mahalia Jackson’s ‘Trouble Of The World’ In Honour Of Black Lives Matter

Irish songstress Sinead O’Connor is paying tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement with a cover of Mahalia Jackson’s gospel classic “Trouble Of The World”.

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Jill Scott to star as Mahalia Jackson in new biopic

Jill Scott is set to play Mahalia Jackson in the upcoming biopic Mahalia!, based on the novel Mahalia Jackson written by Darlene Donloe.As reported by Deadline, Mahalia! will also be produced by Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Shakim Compere and Holly Carter. The script will be written by Richard Hocutt, Mark Gould and Tricia Woodgett.“I am beyond grateful to be able to partner with Latifah and Shakim again and equally excited that Jamie has joined the team,” said Carter in a statement.“Much like The Clark Sisters, Mahalia! is another epic story of faith that is driven by powerful and uplifting music.

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