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Dorothy Gale Week Day 4: Diana Ross in The Wiz (1978)1 comment

blakemp wrote 3 weeks ago: Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Joel Schumacher, based on the play by Charlie Smalls and William F. B … more →

Tags: Fantasy, Musical, 4 icons, 1978, wizard of oz, l frank baum, The Wiz, Sidney Lumet, joel schumacher

The Wiz

Mystery Man wrote 1 month ago: PLOT (spoiler alert!!!): A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartmen … more →

Tags: Classics, Movie Reviews, Musicals, cowardly lion, diana ross, flying monkeys, Lena Horne, Mabel King, MICHAEL JACKSON

Do you love Black History Month?1 comment

Hot damn, Charlotte Ann! wrote 2 months ago: The old adage says that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  Well, that remains to … more →

Tags: Atlanta Culture or History, Entertainment, In The News, Television, Atlanta, Black History Month, Black Love, Black Shampoo, blackenstein

BHM

ehreLife wrote 2 months ago: “The opposite of ‘pro’ is ‘con’, that fact is plainly seen. If ‘ … more →

Tags: Black History

December 1, 19556 comments

David S. Meyer wrote 5 months ago: Fifty-seven years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomer … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, Celebrities, Martin Luther King, NAACP, Rosa Parks, To Tell The Truth, Highlander Institute, Segregation, bus boycott

Nipsy Russell

travsd wrote 8 months ago: Today is the birthday of Julius “Nipsy” Russell (1918-2005). Those of us a certain age r … more →

Tags: Television, Comedy, African American Interest, Blackface & Minstrelsy, !!! STAND UP !!!, TV variety, Mantan Moreland, Dean Martin, Hubert Humphrey, Celebrity Roast

Honest, Abe is Still Alive18 comments

Mark Petruska wrote 8 months ago: Growing up, I never much cared for fish. Unless it came out of a box with a picture of a fisherman i … more →

Tags: pop culture, Food, cooking, Barney Miller, Joe Versus the Volcano, phil fish, betty white, Abe Vigoda, Tilapia

Nipsey Has Left The Building14 comments

Mark Petruska wrote 9 months ago: A couple of weeks ago, I learned that Nipsey Russell died. This tragic bit of news hit me hard. I lo … more →

Tags: pop culture, death, phyllis diller, Andy Griffith, george jefferson, Sherman Hemsley, anniversary, Spontaneous Combustion

Becoming Nipsey Russell

shenanitim wrote 9 months ago: All Nipsy stills graciously stolen from: http://www.allstarpics.net/pic-gallery/nipsey-russell-pics. … more →

Tags: Free-Range Tampa, Live from the C.O., I'm a Haiku-Writing Machine!

TV Shows You Should Know: Match Game

Allison Lips wrote 11 months ago: This is our tribute to Richard Dawson, who was a regular panelist from 1973 to 1978 and died last we … more →

Tags: Network Television, Primetime, CBS 2, TV Shows You Should Know, Daytime, NBC, CBS, richard dawson, Match Game

A little light Russell2 comments

loiseaufait wrote 1 year ago: Hey! Is that Mr. Nipsey Russell the Cat doing a little bedtime reading in last week’s New York … more →

Tags: happiness, Happy Friday, Arty, Beauty, Hemingway, Doppelganger, mr. russell, New Yorker, Bedtime Reading

The Baby Grand Bar in Harlem, 19536 comments

Harlem World Magazine wrote 1 year ago: The Baby Grand Bar at 319 West 125th Street (between st. Nicholas and 8th avenue), opened in 1953, i … more →

Tags: Harlem, cotton club, jimmy scott, harlem club, charlie parker, Ralph Cooper, big maybelle, the wanderers, The Baby Grand

In Search of Our Wiz (Reprise)18 comments

SomerEmpress wrote 1 year ago: The other night, our family sat down to watch The Wiz. I had never truly watched The Wiz. Now, befor … more →

Tags: Life, On Politics, On Traditions, Documentaries & Movies, The Wiz, wizard of oz, 1970s Black Pride, richard pryor, Lena Horne

For Martin Luther King Day week: Rosa Parks on To Tell the Truth1 comment

hoofin wrote 1 year ago: I really like this one, and am glad that it has reappeared on YouTube. It should ideally be in the N … more →

Tags: Americana, American History, Martin Luther King Day, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Movement, african american civil rights movement

Car 54 Where Are You?

The Heretic wrote 1 year ago: Car 54 Where Are You? “Car 54 Where Are you?” should be no stranger for those of you cla … more →

Tags: Heretic Enjoys The Tube, Comedy, Television, car 54 where are you?, buddy cop, Fred Gwynne, Joe E. Ross, 1963, Beatrice Pons

Bounce TV Does Not Have Much Bounce Yet

bcnn1wp wrote 1 year ago: With TV One and BET doing the same thing — and more — who will watch the new black chann … more →

Tags: Bet, TV ONE, Bounce TV, diana ross, MICHAEL JACKSON, The Wiz

Ed Sullivan Went To That Really Big Show in the Sky1 comment

anastasios67 wrote 1 year ago: Let’s listen to what happened on this day in history, October 13. [getty id="31810" title="Ed … more →

Tags: Shows, Archive, Paul Simon, Billy Preston, Bill Mazerowski, ed sullivan

Ed Sullivan Went To That Really Big Show in the Sky1 comment

Vic Porcelli wrote 1 year ago: Let’s listen to what happened on this day in history, October 13. [getty id="31810" title="Ed … more →

Tags: Celebrity News, Vic's Day In History, Paul Simon, Billy Preston, ed sullivan, Bill Mazerowski

Arts and Farts and Crafts

loiseaufait wrote 1 year ago: In which: my mama comes to town and we begin to execute a series of much discussed craft projects (i … more →

Tags: Living, Arty, DIY, Nesting, Ikea, Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Gabardine, Mama, Martha Stewart Oolong Tea


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